Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England, where the world gathers for five minutes of prayer, faith, and hope. God love you. Wherever you are, across this world, the presence of Jesus Christ is in your life. He is carrying your heart. He knows your bones are aching. He knows you're exhausted. He knows you're lonely and weary and tired. But Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. And let's pray.
Without further ado, it is faith under fire. And we're going to go to Hebrews 13, verse 3. We're praying for the persecuted church, the suffering church, the whispering church, and the church that is persecuted for their faith. We have just watched and witnessed what America has done on Christmas Day, right out in northern Nigeria. And it goes a little bit further. The news channels are not displaying exactly what went on, but you know, to the persecuted Christian, you know what America has just done to the terrorists and everything that's gone on like that. You know, God is moving very, very powerfully.
We need to pray because we are watching things that we never thought that we would see. And Christmas Day, we know that America uh set them strikes out. And uh we pray for any civilians that got caught in all that gunfire and everything going on there. But right now we're gonna pray for the persecuted church, and that's what America was doing. They was uh protecting the persecuted church. It's a big subject, it's a massive subject, and without further ado, maybe I've rambled on too much. We've
got to get into prayer. Father, in the name of Jesus, we pray for our sisters and brothers that are in the persecuted church. We pray right now, Lord, for the brothers and sisters, dear God, in those war-torn nations. But Lord, we also pray for our brothers and sisters where their faith is under fire. North Korea, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Eritrea. We pray for the Whispering Church, we pray for the secret church, the church that is under fire. We're praying, dear God, as the scripture comes alive in our spirit right now. Father, we pray that 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verse 8, thereon, when hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, persecuted, but not abandoned and not struck down. Father, we ask you that the word of God, Lord, when we're pressed on every side, when we're weary and exhausted, we're praying, dear God, for the prisoners of faith right now at this hour. And Lord, we ask you, dear God, as faith is under fire, strengthen the persecuted church, the Christians that are running for their lives, Lord, as we are watching it live on news now, Spirit of the Living God, we pray, Lord, for the persecuted church. Father, it is not abandoned, it is not struck down, it is rising in the name of Jesus. And we believe that the power of God is moving so clearly, and dear God, across the world, as we lift up our brothers and sisters, our Christian brothers and sisters that are arrested and they are under fear, they are under doubt, they are under scared feelings. Lord, I pray for the church that is worshiping in secret. Lord, every hour, every moment, dear God, to cry for Jesus Christ. We're praying for protection and endurance within the world of the persecuted church, the suffering church, that whispering church, as the believers gather in secret, in secret rooms, in forests, in hidden
places. Father, we pray for the displacement right now. Impastor the believers, Lord, empower them right now, the pastors and the believers, Lord, empower them, Lord, as they preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, Lord, every believer, every whispering worshiper, every child, everyone that is on the run. Lord, we thank you that the word of God is getting in. We believe that Bibles are getting through. Bring supernatural courage, bring food, bring shelter. Lord, bring that divine intervention right now in the name of Jesus. Let them know that they are not forgotten. Wrap them up in your presence and your love and let the fire of the Holy Spirit sustain every one of them that is under trial. We're praying for courage, protection. Lord, bless the underground church. Let the love of Jesus Christ be over them right now. We believe that the word of God is moving through the whispering church, dear God, the persecuted church. Father, those that are caught under gunfire right now, those that are under house arrest, those that are under surveillance, those, dear God, that are running for their lives. Lord, we believe that Bibles are getting into those nations. So Lord, we pray for North Korea. Let North Korea see the love of God, let Somalia see the power of the Holy Spirit, let Afghanistan rise in the power of revival. Lord, we believe that Eritrea is moving in faith. So these four nations we bring before the cross of Calvary and let the love of Jesus be over every one of them in your wonderful name.
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