Blessings, God bless you wherever you are. Come on, welcome as we gather for prayer. Come on, you know my name's Reverend Ben Cooper. We are recording this live here in London, England. We're gathering for faith, we're gathering for hope, but we're gonna pray now for our brothers and sisters. Faith under fire. I just want to check in a quick second. I hope you're okay. I hope you're well. Uh may the Spirit of the Lord carry you today.
We're gonna lock into Faith Under Fire right now as we pray for the persecuted church, the whispering church, the suffering church. You know, we're gonna bring before the Lord those three uh 370, yeah, 370 million displaced Christians, persecuted church, now brothers and sisters that are on the run because of the power of God. Not because of the power of God, but because the authoritarians and everything that's going like that. But we're gonna pray. Come on, will you lock down with me? First, I'm
gonna pray for you. Lord, I pray for every listener, wherever they are. They put their socks on as they get ready for work, they put their makeup on, Lord, as they get their lunch ready, they get the kids ready, they get each other ready, they're jumping in the car, whatever they are doing at the beginning or the mid or the end of day. Father, wherever we sit across the world, I pray, dear God, that we will lock together right now and we pray for our brothers and sisters within the persecuted church.
Through this daily devotional prayer time together, Lord, we bring our brothers and sisters where their faith is under fire. And Lord, we hold on to the great book of Romans. We hold on to Romans 15, verse 13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as we trust in Him. Father, we pray that every one of us, Lord, in the West, dear God, in America, in the Asi, dear God in the east, in the north, east, the south, in the west, wherever we are around the world, Lord, I pray that Jesus restore my hope. Lord, restore each and every
one of us. But right now we pray for restoration within the persecuted church. As we focus on our brothers and sisters, Lord, as they walk through uncertain days, as they go through fearful moments, Lord, as they seek and they see danger before their eyes, Lord, we pray that you will close doors. Lord, as they worship quietly, Lord, we pray for those prisoners of faith, those, dear God, that are behind bars because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We pray for the safe houses. We pray for courage when they feel exhausted and heavy, when they've been on the run for their life. We pray and we ask you, dear God, that they will realize they are not forgotten. And as we stand, they are not abandoned. And Lord, we bring our brothers and sisters around the world within the persecuted church, the suffering church, the whispering church, and we ask you,
dear God, that you will bless the church. Father, that the church within Helsinki, dear God, Prague, Luxembourg, Venezuela, Lord, that they will feel the love of God. But right now we pray in the name of Jesus that the Lord God that you will bless the church in South Korea. Lord, let the church in South Korea grow in the power of God. We pray for the church in Christ uh in China, that it will move in the spirit of the living God. We pray, dear God, for the church right now in Afghanistan, that in Afghanistan the church of Jesus Christ will move in power. Lord, we pray for Iran right now. We pray, dear God, that the Holy Spirit will be in Iran, that the power of God will be in the persecuted church, that you will move, dear God, by your spirit, by your glory. Father, we believe that you're closing doors of opposition and your opening
doors of faith. And right now we pray wherever we are, from London to Budapest, from Helsinki to Prague, Luxembourg, Venezuela. Lord, we pray that the love of God will pour out over our brothers and sisters. Jesus be our hope. Jesus be our rock. Jesus be our deliverer. You are our refuge. You are our strength. And wherever we are gathering, we pray that you will restore hope, power, and anointing, dear God, to every believer where their faith is under fire. Lord, give us fresh hope, give us fresh vision, give us fresh anointing, and let the power of God burn in our spirit. May the Spirit of the Lord be with you today, wherever you are, until the next prayer. My name's Reverend Ben Cooper. God bless.