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, love, and strength. If you've got a prayer request, you know that you can email us at infodailyprayer.uk. I will repeat myself: infodailyprayer.uk. The glory of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, wherever you are across this world. Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for locking in for these prayer times, these quick fired five minutes, wherever you are. Let's lock in and we're going to pray.
We're going to pray for New Zealand. We're just going to be focusing on New Zealand for the next few prayers. The Spirit of the Lord is with you wherever you are around the world. Will you lock shields with us? Come on, we're going to pray right now. Jesus, give me courage tonight when anxiety rises in the darkness. Father, we thank you for the love of God is around the world. And I thank you for everybody that is with me right now in prayer, dear God. In hope, dear God, in faith. Lord, wherever we are, on the bus, on the tube, in the car, in the van. Lord, wherever we are, at the desk, working, living, moving through life, whatever we may be doing. Father, I pray for a blessing over everybody that's listening to the sound of my voice. And I pray that the love of Jesus Christ,
Lord, that you will guide us. Father, at this hour, at this midnight hour, Lord, at this hour when we're trying to rest, Father, we're exhausted, we're worn out. Father God, our fingers are tired, our brains, dear God, have got this fog. Lord God, we don't know what to do. Lord, we got to get ourselves to Jesus. Father, when anxiety rises right now in the middle of the night, in the early day, Father, wherever we are across this beautiful world, Lord, we believe that Joshua 1 verse 9 is for each and every one of us. Have I not commanded you, be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. For the Lord thy God will be with you wherever you go. Father, we need this word because Lord, we feel quite discouraged. Lord, we don't feel like conquerors. We don't feel like that we're strong at the moment because Lord, we are battling inward thoughts. We are battling outside situations. And right now we come to you, Lord, for every anxious thought, dear God, across Auckland tonight. Lord, across the world at this moment. Wherever we are, we pray, Father, Lord, that you will bless us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. Lord, that you tell us that you've commanded us. Lord, help me to live in that scripture. Help me, dear God, not to come off the track, not to come off of the rouse, but to stand on the word of God. Lord, to hold it in that place. To believe, dear God, to walk strong and trust you. Father, wherever we are, from the battlefield to the boardroom, Father, from the boardroom to the school run, wherever we are on the field of life, from London to Auckland, from Auckland to Wellington, from Wellington to Christchurch, from Christchurch to Hamilton, from Hamilton all the way to Durbin. Father, we pray that the love of God will be poured out around the world, that we will feel your love, your mercy, your saving
grace. Lord, we need Psalm 23, verse 4. Oh God, we need you right now. We're tired, we're weary. Lord, the long nights, the long days. Father, this life feels very strange at this moment in time. And I pray that you'll remove the pressure, the sense of being overwhelmed, the fear, dear God, of being alone with my thoughts. Lord, I don't want to be alone with my thoughts at this time. Lord, I look out the window and it's dark. I look out, dear God, on the way of the world and it feels dark. Lord, I go to work, it feels dark. Lord, I rise, it feels dark. The sun is out, but Lord, it feels very oppressive. And I pray, Lord, wherever we are right now, that the Spirit of the Lord will descend on each and every one of us. And we believe that Psalm 23, at this hour, Psalm 23, verse 4, even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Father, reveal yourself to all the listeners. Let the love of God touch hearts today. Lord, extract us out of these thoughts. Lord, extract us, Lord, when I feel scared at the dark nights. Lord, help me, dear God. Lord, the prayer for being overwhelmed, the prayer for being anxious, the prayer for being down and worried. Jesus, protect my mind tonight. Lord, will you protect my mind? Lord, I need strength. Lord, I want I need to sleep. Not only do I want to, but Lord, I gotta sleep. Father, we gotta rest. Lord, you've got to jump in the arena. Spirit of the living God, Lord, draw us to a place of rest. Draw us
to a place of peace. May the Spirit of the Lord be over you wherever you are right now. Don't give up. Hold on tight. I'll catch you in a few moments on the next prayer. God bless.