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 commuted prayer, quick-fired moments of faith, to carry us through the rest of the day.
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Wherever you are, there is fire over your life, there is glory over your life. You are blessed and highly favored. Whatever the day is, whatever the hour is, whatever the moment is, I want to tell you that Jesus Christ loves you. The Father is with you. The Holy Spirit is with
you. And right now, I want to invite you to prayer with me. I want to invite each and every one of you. Yes, we got worries, we got fears, we got doubts, we got all that ramming on in our lives, but I want to invite you to pray with me for the persecuted church. This is an invitation where we lock down and we pray for our brothers and sisters.
Father, I come to you, Lord, and I thank you for those that are praying with me right now. And Lord, we pray, dear God, for the blueprint, faith under fire. We ask you, dear God, that the Spirit of the Living God will capture everyone, dear God, where their faith is under fire. Lord, where they're feeling, dear God, downtrodden, Father, where there's violent oppression. We ask you, Father, as millions of believers are on their run because of they follow Jesus Christ, because they are born-again spirit-filled believers, as surveillance is watching, as intimidation is over. Lord, we pray right now, wherever the persecuted church is, Lord, as we lock in to the Word of God. Father, we thank you for 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verses 8 through to 9. Lord, as we read this, as we pray this together, Lord, every heart that is with me, every spirit that is with me right now, every brother, every sister, Lord, we believe that this word is touching our brothers and sisters on the other side of the world, wherever they are. Lord, let the glory be with the whispering church, the underground church, the persecuted church. Lord God, touch their hearts right now. But Father, we believe that this prayer, this scripture from 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verse 8 and 9 is gonna bless them from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet. Whenever we are hard pressed on every side, but we are not crushed, perplexed, but not despaired, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. Father, I thank you that the church is not destroyed. Father, it is being struck, it is being
knocked. Father, we know out in Iran, churches are being flattened. We know in Afghanistan the same. We know all the way around Eritrea. We know these areas, Father, we know these hot spots. Lord God, but we believe through the silent basements, dear God, the secret prayer network is moving. Lord, remote villages, hidden rooms as they gather, Lord, we believe wherever they are right now, from Cairo to East Anbor, from East Anbor to Beijing, from Beijing to China, South Korea. Lord, we believe right now from Eritrea, all the way to Somalia, all the way to Sudan. Father, we believe North and South Nigeria. We believe that there is revival in these real hot spots around the world. Father, we believe that the Christians are rising. We believe they are not isolated, they are not hunted, they are not imprisoned, they are not silent because God, God's word is fully stretched and fully powered in their lives. We believe every worshiper right now is not in danger. Every community that is gathering whispers
the word of God. Lord, we pray for those right now, those secret believers. We pray, dear God, for those displaced Christian families, every imprisoned pastor, every imprisoned worshiper right now. Lord, every worshiper in danger, we pray for communities that are gathering as they whisper the Holy Spirit through the word of God. We pray for the persecuted believer wherever they are around the world. We pray that the fire of God, that they will find strength, they will find anointing, they will see the power of God. Whatever nation they are in, Father, we ask you that the persecuted church will rise, that the persecuted church will move forward in such authority, such power. Lord, we are so privileged to pray for the silent church, the whispering church, the church that's under threat. We believe that our sisters and brothers are rising on wings as of eagles. Spirit of the living God, we thank you that they're not destroyed. They might be struck down, but they're not abandoned. Father, they might be perplexed, but they're not despaired. In the name of Jesus, they might be hard-pressed on every side, but they're rising, dear God, like warriors. They're rising, dear God, like David, like Esther's. They're coming out of the bull rushes, they're coming out, dear God, of the wilderness. They're coming out because the power of God is with them. Holy Spirit, strengthen the persecuted church. Lord, let their endurance continue. Help them to persevere. Give them, dear God, supernatural courage in the greatest name in heaven and earth.
My name's Reverend Ben Cooper. Let's never give up. Come on, we've got to stand with our brothers and sisters in the world of the persecuted church. May the joy of the Lord be your strength. Until tomorrow.