Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself, Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England, where faith meets the world in daily devotion and global hope. This is our five-minute commuter prayer, quick-fired moments of faith, to carry us through the rest
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The power of God is over your life. We welcome you today. Whatever your time zone is, we welcome you in to this daily devotional time together for the midnight hour prayer, for the midday prayer, for the lunchtime prayer, for the early evening prayer, whatever your time zone is, wherever you are at this moment. Let's lock in and let's pray together. Father, we ask you for today's daily bread. Will you give us today our daily bread? Lord, we need peace today. Will you supply? Will you make a way where there is no way? Lord, in this midnight hour at this lunchtime, whatever this time zone is, Lord, we are praying for peace. We are praying for provision. We are praying for
God's guidance as our shepherd. And Lord, we're going straight in, Father, to Psalm 23, verse 1. And we want to tell the world and the listeners today that the Lord is our shepherd. We lack nothing. And today, Lord, as the sun rises, Lord, as the moon starts to shine in the heavens above, as the stars are twinkling in the heavens above, Lord, as we look out the window of life, as we rise on this early hour, as we kick the duvet off. Father, as we curl back up into bed after a long night shift. Father, as we're on a school run, Lord, as we're cutting the grass, as we're doing whatever we may need to do as human beings, Father, we ask you that you will lead us. Because, Lord, we need a shepherd. And Father, we thank you that the shepherd never abandons his sheep. Lord, we believe that you are leading us in paths of righteousness. So Father, we ask you at this midnight hour, at this midday, Lord, that you will take care of our minds that are overloaded with decisions, and Lord, the decisions are pressing in and trying to rob our peace. So Father, we ask you that you will lead us into new pastures. We thank you that the Lord is our shepherd. We lack nothing. And as we pray Psalm 23, verse 1, we thank you that God is not silent. He is leading, he is providing, he is restoring all the way around this globe.
The Holy Spirit is crisscrossing continents, is moving here, there, and everywhere. The Bible says He is omnipresent, He is omnipotent. The word of God is in your life, and the kingdom of God is over you. I want to tell you today that there is security in your life. I want to tell you today that there is clarity and there is peace at the name of Jesus Christ. Yes, the Lord is our shepherd. We are not abandoned. Dear God, from Zurich to Malta, from Malta to Malaga, from Malaga to Spain, from Spain to France, Spirit of the living God, we pray for the Blair Islands. We pray, dear God, for New York. We pray for the UK. We pray, dear God, for every island, every nation around the world, that we will experience the shepherd. And not just a shepherd, but as the Bible says, the good shepherd. So Lord, I thank you that we lack nothing, that our God will provide.
Lord, we need rest right now. Lord, we need help in decisions. Lord, we are tired. We are weary. And many of us feel very empty. Lord, and we're crying out like never before. And the burden is aching. The burden is feeling heavy. But right now, Lord, Father, we pray that the shepherd, dear God, is closer than we really realize. So Lord, we pray, dear God, for peace, overwhelming times right now. As peace comes in overwhelming times, Lord, as these overwhelming times are pressing against the door of life, we believe in God's provision in financial need. We believe in divine
grace. We believe that we are getting rest and we are exhausted and weary. We believe the power for prayer today is emotional healing and stability. We believe that the love of God is breaking out in our lives. We believe in the power of prayer, that God is making peace in stressful situations. So, Father, will you lead us as a shepherd? Will you take us right now from wherever we are? Father, we thank you that the shepherd guides. Lord, bring peace to our hearts and our minds, our bodies. But we declare today to the Lord that the Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. I refuse fear and I walk in his peace and provision.
Let's make this a loud shout. Let this make a call to action today. Share this prayer with anyone during your lunch hour that needs peace and guidance.
He is your shepherd, and my name is Reverend Ben Cooper. Until tomorrow.