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 commuter prayer, quick fired moments of faith, to carry us through
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below. Wherever you are right now, we are praying for faith under fire. We're praying for our brothers and sisters that are in that global place, that place wherever they are right now, the persecuted church. We're praying that God, through the persecuted church, will move so powerfully, so awesomely, so gloriously. Father, you are sovereign, you are power, you are El Shaddai, Jehovah Jirah, Jehovah Nisi, Jehovah Shalom. Father, we come to you, Lord, with our arms open wide. And Lord, we are calling right now. We are calling our God right now as our faith is under fire. We're praying for the persecuted church. We're praying for endurance, courage, and we're praying for God's protection. Wherever our sisters and our brothers are right now, Lord, we speak this word over their lives.
We speak 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 12. Father, we believe that this scripture right now, anyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Father, that's a hard scripture, Lord. That's a hard verse to hold on. Father, you are telling us exactly as the word says. Anyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Father, we pray that wherever we are today, from London to Lagos, dear God, from Seoul to Saint Paulo, dear God, we pray for the underground church. We pray for the global church. We're asking you, dear God, to move through every area of church. But right now, we focus on the persecuted Christians. Lord, in those lands that are being torn about. Father, we pray for those that are coming under pressure, the believers that are facing pressure, surveillance, imprisonment. Father, we pray for those that are being violently abused in many, many areas because of their faith. Father, we believe that the love of God is giving those brothers and sisters endurance, encouragement, Lord, in the pressurized zones of the underground church, the secret church, Father, the whispering church. Father, as they seek the Father's heart, Lord, as they're looking for you. Lord, we lift our brothers and sisters right up now in North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, and Eritrea. We pray for those areas that are coming under faith, under fire. We pray, dear God, for North Korea. Lord, we pray that you will bless North Korea, that it will be saved, bloodwashed, and sanctified. We thank you that Bibles are getting in to North Korea. We thank you for Somalia, the same prayer. Lord, save Somalia. Lord, let it be blessed from the crown of its head to the sole of its feet. Father, we thank you that the Bibles are getting through the borders at the name of Jesus. Father, we bring Yemen before you. Lord, this war-torn zone, Lord, where Christian lives are on the run. Father, we pray for those that are in Yemen right now. We pray that Bibles will get through the borders. Lord, the secret church, the underground church. Father, we thank you for Yemen. And Lord, we thank you that it belongs to Jesus Christ. Lord, Eritrea, this nation that has been coming under fire for so many years. Lord, we pray for every one of them that are right now stretched beyond stretched. We pray as they gather in secret. We pray as they gather in fear, but they worship. We pray for the whispering church, the underground church, the secret house church.
We pray for uh shelter for pastors, evangelists. We pray for missionaries. We pray, dear God, that your presence, dear God, will go with every one of them and for those that are in prison because of their faith. Father, watch them, keep them safe in the name of Jesus. Let your power and your anointing cover them. Lord, we pray for the persecuted believers. We're praying for the underground church to be stronger. We're praying for encouragement. We're praying for protection. We're praying for endurance. We pray for hope in suffering. Father, cover our brothers and sisters in the blood of Jesus. Wherever they are in the persecuted church, let the love of God be over them right now. Father, wherever they are, from the battlefield, dear God, to the prison, from the prison, dear God, to the secret house gathering. Let the love of God be with them. Empower the believers to stand firm. Let your glory radiate over them. Lord, let your words sustain them and strengthen them in the greatest name in heaven and earth.
Holy Spirit, touch those believers today in the persecuted church, the whispering church, the secret church, the underground church. Let the joy of the Lord be their strength. May God bless you. My name's Reverend Ben Cooper. Until tomorrow.