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 your five-minute commute of prayer, quick fired moments of faith, to carry us through
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below. Wherever you are across the world, we're gonna lock shields of faith together. We're gonna scrum down in prayer, we're gonna push the darkness across the triline, and we believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. Let's lock shields of faith, let's knuckle down
right now. We're praying for the persecuted church, faith under fire. We're praying for our persecuted brothers and sisters wherever they are across the world, as they are suffering, as they are looking for the word of God like never before. Father, we pray for the persecuted church, the underground church, the secret church, and the prisoners of faith. Lord, will you bless their lives in the name of Jesus Christ? And
as we pray through 1 Peter 4, verses 12 to 13, dear friends, do not be surprised as the fiery ordeal that has come over onto you to test you, but rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings for Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his joy is revealed. Father, in the name of Jesus,
that's a heavy scripture, Lord. Father, I'm not too sure if I want this fiery ordeal. Lord, but when I look at the persecuted church, I can't comprehend how they are still standing. And Lord, I want to keep praying for them, Lord, because I don't know how I would be if my faith was under fire. And I'm praying, dear God, for the brothers and sisters through the underground church. I pray, dear God, as their faith is under fire. The prayer for the prisoners of faith. Lord, I ask you, dear God, that you will strengthen those right now. The prayer to stand beside every hidden believer. Lord, I pray right now as fear rises in the underground church. I thank you that the Holy Spirit is so strong, is so powerful. Lord, we rejoice in the gospel
of hope. But right now, Lord, I pray, as they walk through the fiery ordeal, Lord, as they go through the fire, they go through the refined fire, Lord, I pray that Bibles will get in. We ask you, dear God, as millions of worshipers in secret, Lord, I pray, Lord, for those that are risking imprisonment, those, dear God, that are going through violence and rejection. We ask you, dear God, that Bibles will get in. Lord, that you will make a way where there is no way. Father, we pray for the Bible smugglers, that the word of God will get in to those lands, around those areas, dear God, where angels fear to tread. Lord, and wherever the persecuted Christian is, we pray that you will bring, dear God, the power of purity, boldness, and let them walk in a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, wherever they are across this earth. We are asking, dear God, that you will bless them from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet. We are praying, dear God, as they sit in the shadows of persecution. We pray and we thank you that the light of God is bearing such a light down on them in the
name of Jesus. Lord, we ask that you will strengthen the underground church in China, Iran, Eritrea. Dear God, we pray right now for Afghanistan. We pray for North Korea, China, Somalia, Spirit of the Living God, protect the secret gatherings, protect the families. Lord, we ask you right now that you will sustain the prisoners of faith. Give them courage to rise. Lord, let fear melt like wax. Lord, I pray as they're in safe houses, as they're in prisons, as they're hidden in meeting places, as they worship in choir. Lord, as revival is in their heart, give them endurance. We thank you for the secret and the underground church. We thank you that that church is growing, that that church is growing in spirit and in power.
And Lord, we believe that chains are falling off. We believe doors are opening. Lord, we thank you. Give them supernatural courage in hostile environments. Let the power of God be over them. We pray today. We believe that 1 Peter 4, verse 12 and 13 is over their lives. Spirit of the living God, touch them today, wherever they are. But Lord, we stand with the persecuted church, the secret church, the prisoners of faith. Lord, and we ask you that you will just touch their hearts, their minds, their bodies, their souls, and bring peace, dear God, to the challenges that they have.
May God bless them in the glorious name of Jesus. May the Spirit of the Lord be over you wherever you are today. May the power of God keep you strong. And thank you for joining us. Thank you for praying with us. My name's Reverend Ben Cooper. Until tomorrow, stay blessed.