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. Wherever you are right now, I've got to tell you, never give up. Whatever you are facing the challenges of life, God bless you, whether it's the morning, whether it's the evening, or whether it's the early hours or the late part of the day. I pray for you right now, but never give
up. Never give up because God has commanded us right now. God is telling us through Joshua 1 verse 9, this is for you and this is for me. This is for all of us. Lock in with me right now. I invite you in. I know you're busy. I know you're scampering through life. I know you've got hectic things going on. I know we're living in chaos, but this is what God is saying to us through Joshua 1 verse 9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong. Be strong and courageous. Whatever you face, be strong. Don't feel intimidated by the world. Don't feel intimidated by the people in your life. Don't feel intimidated by the line manager. Don't feel intimidated by church and by pastors. Don't be intimidated by religion. Don't be intimidated by the world. Be strong and courageous.
And I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will anoint you. I pray that you will walk in wholeness and glory and power. Lord, as the sun rises on this day, as the sun sets on our day, Father, I pray wherever we are emotionally, spiritually, and physically in this world. I pray, dear God, that the rhythm of heaven will capture us, that we will hear the angels, dear God, in their heavenly realm realms singing, holy, holy, holy is the Lord, most worthy of all praise. Lord, we gotta get to Jesus. Lord, the battle cry within us is Lord, guide us, bring us peace today. And Lord, we pray for New Zealand. And we pray, dear God, Jesus, cover New Zealand with peace. Guide the leaders with wisdom. Guide every human being, dear God, from London to Wellington, from Wellington to Christchurch, from Christchurch, dear God, to Australia. Australia, dear God, all the way to Durbin and Auckland. Let the Spirit of the Lord be over you right now. Father, we pray for breakthrough. We pray, dear God, that New Zealand will fill the fire of God, that it will reign over New Zealand, that the presence of God will move through New Zealand. Lord, we are tired and we're weary. But Joshua is telling this, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever
your life looks like, I tell you, God is speaking to you right now. He's saying, Have I not commanded you? He's telling us with a loud voice. He's telling us right now with power. He's telling you be strong at work. He's telling you right now, be strong in your relationship. He's telling you be strong. Nothing to do with arrogance, nothing to do with being proud, nothing to be being with in the air of violence. What he's saying is be strong in the spirit. Don't be strong in the physical. Don't be showing the fist. Don't be showing that that side. He's saying, be strong in the word. You hold your place. You walk in peace. You walk in glory. And tell the world that Jesus loves them. When the enemy comes up and
the enemy rises that face in front of you, when the bear of the enemy comes and stands in front of you and he growls his teeth and he makes such a loud noise, tell the bear to get out in the name of Jesus. Tell the bear of the world to get out. Get under my feet in the name of Jesus. I'm blessed and highly favored. I'm strong, I'm courageous. Oh my God, I pray right now that we will be like David, Shepherd Boy David. When David was in the wilderness, when he was in the field of life, the Bible says that he wrestled bears and lions, Spirit of the living God, as we wrestle the bear, dear God, as we wrestle lions of life. Lord, we pray right now as we hear the loudness and the strength of the lion's voice, of the bear's voice, Lord, we're not going to be afraid. Lord, we're not going to allow the world to intimidate us. We're going to be strong. We're going to hold it tight. Father, wherever we are, Spirit of the living God, we pray for New Zealand. We pray, dear God, for the world. We pray, Lord God, that you will carry each and every one of us.
And Lord, you tell us in Psalm 23, verse 5, this is for you. Wherever you are, listen to the word of God. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. My cup runneth over. Father, right now, Lord, our blessings are running over. The glory of God we're running over. Lord, we are running over with miracles. So, Lord, open my eyes. Give me faith to see the miracle that is before me. Lord, I will not acknowledge the bear and the lion, but Lord, I thank you that they're under our feet in the name of Jesus Christ. Wherever you are around the world, be strong and courageous. God is preparing a table before you in the presence of the lion and the bear. God has a blessing for you in the battlefield. God has a blessing for you in the struggles of life. Hold on, smile, and never give up. The joy of the Lord is your strength. I will catch you at the next prayer.