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 can email us to the studio, which is info at dailyprayer.uk. That is infoddailyprayer.uk. Wherever you are across the beautiful world, the love of God, the spirit of the Lord is over your
life. And as we watch the news channels live here in London, England, as we see things that we never thought we'd see, but actually we are seeing because the prophecies of Scripture are alive and well. We are watching and we are waiting for the second coming of Jesus Christ. So what do we do as we watch and as we wait? We pray and we pray
and we believe. This is a time to get the Bible off the shelf, to put it on your desk, to put it on your bed, to sit in bed and read it in your chair, get yourself a nice cup of tea, a cup of coffee, and sit there and just throw open the word of God and say, Lord, I want to read about the King. I want to read about, dear God, the power of the Holy Spirit. Turn the Bible open right now.
Let's turn to Psalm 16, verse 11. There is a pathway carved for you. There is a pathway carved for you. And dear God, he's walking with you right now. You are not alone. And the prayer that we are praying coming out of Psalm 16, verse 11, Jesus, surround my night with gladness and peace. Father, at this hour, Father, at 10 p.m., live here in London, England, we pray for such an outpouring of your love. Jesus, surround my night with gladness and
peace. Father, whatever rhythm we've been in today, Lord, whatever the workplace situations have been, whatever the family life has looked like, Father, whatever school and education, whatever the rhythm of life, Father, we pray for the rattlesnakes that have been trying to bite us and put poison in our system. We pray for those rattlesnakes, Lord, that are around our ankles. We pray, dear God, for those foxes that hang around picking up the scraps. We pray for the dogs, the mutilator of the flesh according to the word of God. We pray for those that want to try and take our self-worth. We pray for those that are trying to manipulate us. We pray for those, dear God, that are trying to tread us down. We pray for a blessing on our enemies right now. We pray for all those, dear God, that are trying to surround us and see our failure. Lord, we pray for those that are trying to bring harm to our tent in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that you will bless them, pressed down, running over, shaking together. But right now, Lord, we pray that you will surround our night with gladness and peace. Father, we thank you, dear God, that we are walking in paths of righteousness. Lord, we're not worried about what the world is saying about us. We're not worried about, dear God, what culture says. We're not worried about the rhythm of the drumbeat of number 10 Downing Street. Lord, we are walking in the kingdom of God. And right now, Lord, wherever we are scattered across this beautiful world, Lord, we thank you that you created all things. And right now, Jesus, surround my night with gladness and peace, power and authority.
Lord, you tell us through the beautiful gospel of John 8, verse 12, Jesus spoke again. Jesus spoke again to the people, and he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have light of life. Father, I thank you that there is a light burning. Lord, I thank you, dear God, that there is a lamp burning. I thank you, Lord, there is a candle burning. I thank you, dear God, there is a fire burning. I thank you, dear God, that you are the light of the world. And Lord, I thank you that in Genesis, dear God, chapter 1, verse 3, the Bible says, God said, Let there be light. God was telling the world that Jesus Christ is the light of the world. And Jesus Christ was on his way through the beautiful book of creation, Genesis chapter 1, verse 3. And he said, Let there be light. I'm telling you there is light sitting in your spirit. I'm telling you there is light in your eyes. I'm telling you that the light of the world has your life. Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray that you, dear God, will surround us with gladness. You will surround us with peace. But Lord, all those that try to pull us down, bless them. But Lord, remove them out of our path. Because Lord, we want to walk, dear God, in the light of the world. Father, Lord, we don't want, dear God, the umbilical
cords to trouble. Lord, we don't want the chains, dear God, to trouble. Lord, we don't want the bears growling in our face. We don't want the pots and pans of society and culture rattling in our head. Lord, we want to hear the rhythm of heaven. Lord, Father, from the battlefield to the boardroom, from the boardroom to the field of life, from the field of life, dear God, to the trenches of war zone. Father, we thank you that we don't have any more battle fatigue. Lord, we thank you, dear God. We shake it all off, Lord. We rise on wings as of eagles. And Lord, I believe that the Spirit of the living God is over our lives right here from London to Brazil, Portugal, Mumbai. Lord, Holy Spirit, all the way, dear God, through Paraguay, Peru. Let the power of God, Lord, settle our hearts. But Lord, we want to rise up in the name of Jesus. We want to rise up in peace. We want to rise up in the anointing. We want to rise up, dear God, out of the ashes of trouble and surround us with your love, your mercy. And Lord, let your peace abound in our hearts.
May the Spirit of the Lord be like a blanket of comfort around you at this hour. God is with you. Never give up. May the joy of the Lord be your strength. I will catch you in two. Don't go too far.