Thank you for joining us today on our daily Christian prayer podcast with myself, Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England. You know, where faith meets the world in daily prayer and global hope. We're in these quick-fired five-minute commuter prayers. You might be, as I always say, run into the coffee machine, run into Starbucks, run into Costa, you might be in McDonald's drive-thru. You might be wherever you are, grabbing yourself some food. You might be taking the kids swimming. You might be on the school run. You might be sitting and relaxing. You might be resting. You might be at work. You might be on the treadmill of life, the treadmill in the gym. You might be cutting the grass, cleaning the car. You might be listening to us on the radio, RB Christian Radio. You might be just doing life and whatever you're
doing. But I want to tell you now that there is healing in your life. I want to tell you now, don't worry. I've gone through many years where I've worried so much. It's ruled me. It has taken over my life. Early mornings, waking up in sweat and anger and scared of the day. Sometimes I'm going to let you into a little secret, my sisters and brothers. I still wake up scared. Some days I wake up in a literal sweat. I'm frightened of what the day's gonna happen. I'm scared even though I do what I do and I pray like I pray and I preach and teach and a lead pastor in this church, podcasting, books, this, that, chaplaincy, I still get scared. I still get worried. I still feel very lonely in my life. But I have to get a grip. And what do you mean, Ben? I have to say in the morning, God help me. Sometimes I'll wake up in a pool of sweat saying, please, Jesus, I can't face the day. I ain't got the energy. But I just keep praying, please, God help me. Help me when I get out of this bed. Help me to change my atmosphere, my understanding. Help me, dear God, to be faithful to your word today. Lord, take the fears today away.
We're in the book of 2 Timothy chapter 1, verse 7, and this is a beautiful scripture. It says, For the Spirit of God, He didn't give us a spirit of timidity, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. The back end of that scripture in prayer says, But give us power. You got power to overcome. Not because of your strength, but because of Jesus. Because of the word of God, He's in your life. You've got love all around you. You've got self-discipline. You've got God.
And I pray right now through this gentle prayer, as we record this live here in London, England, as we pray together, I ask God that He will strengthen you now in the quietness of this prayer. I pray for healing from fear. I pray for anxiety, for relief. I pray for peace of mind. I pray for courage. The prayer for mental strength. The prayer for calming chaos. Lord, these are crises that hit me very frequently. Lord, sometimes I feel my heart beating so fast it's in my throat. Sometimes, Lord, I'm scared. Sometimes, God, I don't want to go asleep at night because I can't face tomorrow. Sometimes I can't, Lord, shut my eyes because I'm overtired and I'm scared about tomorrow. Lord, I need the Holy Spirit in my life more than ever before. I need you to fill all of us, Lord, with the power and the love and a sound mind. I need these chains, these chains of worry to be broken, and I need these shackles to be removed now in the name of Jesus. I need the peace of God in the silence of panic and confusion. I need now that God, as I walk, as I run, as I move, as I drive, as I rest, as I go through the storms of being a human being, I need your spirit to keep me strong in these storms. Lord, I thank you that fear has no power anymore. That fear doesn't have the final safe say, but faith does. And I ask you right now to help us to breathe. I pray for those that are struggling to breathe right now. Lord, I pray, dear God, that you will get air and oxygen into their lungs, God. I pray that we will feel the breath of heaven. I pray that fear has no home in my life. Fear has no home in the listener's life. But the Spirit of the Lord does. Because there is power in us, there is love in us, there is self-control, and we are alive through Jesus Christ. And I ask God right now for this for you. I pray freedom from anxiety and panic attacks, healing from stress, worry, and mental exhaustion, peace and calm through the Holy Spirit, faith to overcome fearful thoughts and doubts, divine
protection against fear that is so stubborn. I pray that God's presence to replace anxiety with peace, healing from sleepless nights and inner turmoil. I pray for renewal and courage and confidence in God's plan. I pray that God will give you spiritual stability and strength in uncertain days. I pray that we will be thankful that the Spirit of the Lord is over us. And right now we thank you that the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is in our lives. And we want to tell the world around us now that we rise today, that we will not be anxious, but today is the day of breakthrough. And I want to tell the world through this life application when fear rises, speak faith. Your peace is stronger than your panic. And I want to tell the world through this declaration, I reject fear and receive power, love and sound mind through Jesus Christ. I ask you for breakthrough. I ask you that the listeners will find peace and rest in the greatest name in the name of Jesus. But today, Lord, through that beautiful book of 2 Timothy chapter 1, verse 7. For the Spirit of God gave us, He does not and has not given us timidity, but the power, the love of self control. 2 Timothy chapter 1, verse 7. My name's Reverend Ben Cooper. May God bless you for this still prayer time, and may the Holy Spirit lead you until tomorrow.