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 that prayer request, email us to the studio, which is infodailyprayer.uk. It is that unusual hour wherever you are. It is dark, it is bleak, and whatever you are doing, you know, we are live here in London, England, and we pray that the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit will be over you at this early door. May the spirit, may the power, may the love of God be with
you. Are you weighed down? Are you worried? Are you scared about life? Is there stuff in the closet of history that you don't want no one to know that you're trying to hold back? We've all got stuff, but you know what? It doesn't matter about what has gone on, it's what is now. You know, come on, let's walk afresh. Let's let's ask God for a new rhythm in our lives. Let's
pray. What are we gonna pray for? We're gonna pray, Jesus, help me face tomorrow. Jesus, help me face tomorrow when anxiety rises high in the midnight hour. Father, we thank you. Lord, as we come to the cross of Calvary, I invite the brothers and sisters around the world and whatever their time zone is, whatever they are facing now, Lord, whether the sun has risen, whether the sun is setting on their life, I pray, Lord, that anxiety will go, that fear will go. And Jesus, will you carry us? Lord, we don't want you to leave us. Lord, this is a big old world we live in, and Lord, sometimes it gets scary, sometimes we're fearful, sometimes we lack courage, we're scared of life itself. And right now, Lord, will you quiet the storm? Lord, will you bring quietness to our heart? Will you, dear God, just get our heart to be at the right rhythm? Lord, you are the line of
Judah. You are the great I am, and Holy Spirit, when we feel lost, Lord, when we feel a little bit lonely, when we feel a little bit down, Lord, when these thoughts are spiraling, dear God, out of control, will you bring the peace of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit? Lord, we want to walk in freedom. And Lord, whatever our time zone is, from London to Belfast, from Belfast to Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Manchester, Jesus, help me face tomorrow. Lord, at this hour, Lord, as we are moving around, mooching around in life, Jesus, help me face tomorrow. When anxiety starts to rise at this hour, help us, dear God, in every area of our lives. Lord, we love you. And Lord, we've got to get to you. And Lord, sometimes life, Lord's life has so many crisscrosses in front of us, so many barriers, Lord. We find it so difficult to get to you. And Lord, I pray that the trappings and the barriers in front, dear God, of you, Lord,
will go. Lord, the barriers that we put there ourselves, Lord, you just say, Come to me, all of you that are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. But Lord, life is so complicated. Lord, and at this hour, Lord, these inner battles, these external battles, Lord, the battles of his historical events that we've gone through, Lord, help us to leave the historical thoughts and battles in the past. Lord, we don't want to carry them right now. Lord, so you tell us through the beautiful book of Matthew 11, 28, come to me, all of you that are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Father, we need rest. We need the love of God and the power of the Holy
Spirit. Lord, at this hour, Lord, whatever we are facing, whatever we are looking at from the battlefield of life, Father, these thoughts that are spiraling out of control, Lord, we're worried about tomorrow. We're worried about the hour. Lord, we come to the cross of Calvary and we believe that the Psalm 34, verse 19 is for us at this very moment in time. When anxiety was great within me, your love brought me joy. When anxiety was, sisters and brothers, let's make that was. Father,
I don't want anxiety to be my normal. I don't want fear to be my normal. I don't want doubt, worries, and the tremors of this world to be my normal. I want to leave everything in the arms of Jesus. So, Father, I thank you that you have wrapped yourself around us and whatever the time zone is, whatever the battle, we're on whatever battlefields we're on at this moment, Spirit of the Living God, I pray that you will bless the listeners from the crown of their head to the sole of their feet in the greatest name in heaven and earth. In the name of Jesus.
Don't go too far. I'll see you soon.