Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England, where the world gathers for five minutes of faith, hope, and strength. You know, it is New Year's Eve, it is Wednesday, we are climbing out of 2025, and we are about to be catapulted into 26. The glory of God and the love of Jesus Christ is over your life. He is
with you. But come on, let's get to the cross of Calvary. We're going to release the weight of the past stuff in our life before the midnight hour. We're going to get to the cross. It doesn't matter when Big Ben says it's midnight. We're going to be free in the name of Jesus Christ. We're not waiting for a New Year's resolution because we are Jesus followers. We are not committing to the way of the world. We are going to be Jesus' followers from now on. Yes, we are born again. Yes, we are spirit-filled. Yes, we are blessed and highly favored. But right now we're going to leave the past behind and we're going to trust God that He's going to empty the suitcase of my head and it's going to be emptied and taken away.
Father, in the name of Jesus. Lord, I can't carry the weight of my thoughts anymore. Lord, I need to leave it at the cross of Calvary. And Lord, I need you in my life. And Father, wherever we are, dear God, from London, dear God, to Beijing, from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur, from Kuala Lumpur to Italy, to France, all the way from France to America to Russia to China to Hong Kong, Singapore. Father, we pray that you will move around the world, dear God, on this beautiful day on the 31st of December, that the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit will set the captives free. We believe, dear God, that you are emptying our mind, dear God, of the worries, the fears, the abuse, the doubt, the uncertain days, dear God, that we've gone through. Father, we have walked through the valley of the shadow of death and we believe in
miracles. And right now, Lord, we thank you for the book of Philippians, chapter 3, verse 13. Forgetting what is behind and straining to what that is ahead. I press on to the goal to win the prize for which God has called me. Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray that that scripture will resonate in our heart and our mind. Lord, forgetting what is behind and straining to what is ahead. I press on to the goal. Lord, I press on to the prize. I press on to the cross of Calvary. Lord, we lock shields of faith. Father, we get down on the rugby scrum of life, on the field of life. And Father, we push and we carry and we pray each other, dear God, to victory. This is the hour of victory. This is the hour of blessing. This is the hour of moment. Father, we thank
you. Just like the Israelites were sitting on the shoreline, dear God, on the river bank of the river Jordan. Father, we believe that we are consecrating ourselves. Lord, I want to get my life right. Lord, I want to walk right. I want to talk right. I want to think right. I want to live right. Lord, I want to live holy and pure. I want to live in the arms of Jesus. I want to live for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. So Father, we pray that you will give us clean hands and a pure heart. But as we consecrate ourselves, Father, we pray and we ask you, Lord, clear our mind. Father, declutter our mind, declutter our life. Father, we want to leave and we are going to leave 2025 in the past.
Lord, we are forgetting what is behind and we are straining to what that is ahead. And I press towards the goal. I press towards the goal to the prize for which God has called you. God has called you to salvation. God has called you to hope. God has called you to new beginnings. God is with you wherever you are. The book of Isaiah 43, verse 18 says, Forget the former things. Do not dwell in the past. Father, we are not going to dwell in the past. Lord, we're going to hold tight to the word of God. Lord, we're going to leave the disappointments. We're going to leave the mistakes. We're going to leave the unspoken griefs. We're going to leave the unseen battles. We're going to leave everything, dear God, in 2025. And Lord, we're going to walk, dear God, in new beginnings. We're going to walk in power. Lord, we're going to leave shame. We're going to leave regret. We're going to leave those inner bruised moments, dear God, right back in the past. Father, it is an echo, dear God, of history. But Lord, it is not our present. We are going to our destiny. We are pushing on to destinations. Lord, new beginnings. Father, we thank you, Lord, that we are filled with courage. We are filled
with the word of God. And we believe that we are forgetting the former things and we do not dwell in the past. Father, I thank you that we're not dwelling in yesterday. We're not dwelling in the early stages of 25. Lord, we are free. Because who the sun sets free is free indeed. And right now, we pray for the love of God and the Spirit of the living God wherever you are tonight. Come on, we're going to cross over extremely soon. We're going to leave everything at the cross. We're going to leave everything behind. God has a new beginning for you. Do not carry those thoughts. We've got to pray like we've never prayed before. The Spirit of the Lord is with you. You are blessed and highly favored. May the Spirit of the Lord carry you. We will see you extremely soon. Never give up. The power of God is in your life. Come on. Let's pray like we've never prayed before. Visit us at dailyprayer.uk. We're on a journey. We're on a New Year's Eve journey. And the Spirit of the Lord is carrying you, and He's carrying me. See you soon.