Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England, where the world gathers for hope, faith, strength, and prayer. The Spirit of God is with every one of us. I know I say that a lot, but I mean it. I actually mean it from every fiber in my bones. The Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, Yahweh, the King of Kings, is with every one of you right now. We thank God for your life. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for locking shields
of faith. As we get down on the rugby field of life, as we get down and we scrum down together. Come on, you are not alone. Even though we can't be with you in bodily form, we're with you in spirit. That is scripture. That's what that great apostle writes. Even though I can't be with you in bodily form, I'm with you in spirit. Guess why? Because we're grafted into the vine, we're grafted into the kingdom of God. We cannot get out. We are safe. We are wrapped up in the love of Jesus. We're wrapped up in the word. We cannot escape because the Bible says nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. We're in. We've got the beautiful Jesus in our lives. We've got the powerful of the Holy Spirit. We got Yahweh. We got the God above all gods. Everything is alright. Come on, let's
pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for the listeners across this beautiful earth. And I pray right now as we pray out of Psalm 23, verse 5. Jesus, prepare my heart for peace and strengthen me tonight. Lord, this might sound a strange thing, Jesus, but Lord, I've forgotten what it feels like to have peace. I've forgotten, dear God, what it feels like to have rest in my heart. Lord, I've forgotten what it feels like to smile and to laugh. Lord, I've forgotten because of the trampoline of life, the bears, the lions, and the tigers of life are always growling. And Lord, all I feel like we do is wrestle the bear and the lion. Holy Spirit, Lord, I pray that you will remove the snakes in our lives. Lord, I pray that you will remove, dear God, the foxes and the dogs, those that are nipping at our ankles, those little words, those little texts, those little emails, those little things on social media that irritate us. Lord, remove those irritations. Holy Spirit, Lord, I want to walk in peace. I want to walk in holiness. Lord, help us not to lean into the world. Help us not to conform to the pattern of the world, but have our minds transformed by the renewing of Christ. Lord, we want peace today. Lord, at this hour, Father, we thank you that the rhythm of heaven is with us, that the rhythm of God is with us. We're seeking the kingdom of God. Father, I thank you that every one of us is grafted in, that there is an anointing over your life.
I believe Philippians 4, verse 7 is for you. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. There is power. Guess what the psalmist writes in Psalm 23, verse 5? Come on, let's pray this through. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Oh yeah. You anoint my head with oil, my cup runneth over. Oh yes, Lord. I might be in the valley, but I'll tell you what, there's a table being prepared for us. Lord, we might be in the face of our adversaries, but Lord, there is a table in the valley of despair. Lord, we might be going through hell and high water, but Lord, there is a table. Lord, it's not prepared by anyone else. It's not prepared by human hands. It's not prepared, dear God, by any human being. It is prepared by the God of Israel. Lord, you tell us that you prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies. Lord, what a banquet. Lord, take us to the banquet. Lord, right in the middle, dear God, of the battlefield, right in the middle of the battle of your life, you might be having the biggest battle of your life. You might be in the most depressive time of your life. You might be in the darkest valley of your life. But God is preparing a table to strengthen you right in the middle of trouble. I've been there, I've been there more times than I can count. And I gotta tell you, sometimes I realize it's better to be in the valley when God is preparing the table
before you. Don't listen to the social media friends. They won't prepare nothing for you. Don't listen to your work colleagues. They'll drop you at five o'clock in the afternoon. Don't listen to your church buddies. Don't listen to all that sort of stuff. Oh my God, once Sunday's gone, you won't see them to the next Sunday. But God prepares a table before me, before you in the presence of our enemies, because God never leaves us nor forsakes us. Spirit of the living God, whatever the rhythm of our lives is, from the battlefield to the boardroom. Father, right here in London, England, all the way, dear God, to Chicago, Lisbon, Cape Town, Australia, pour out your spirit from the battlefield to the valley of the shadow of death. There is a table being prepared for you. The spirit of the Lord is over you. Holy Ghost, holy God that you are. Draw us right now at this hour. Bring us. Lord, let us feel that there is a night covering over our lives. Lord, I pray for all those that are right in the middle of the valley. Lord, they're suddenly drying their tears and they'll see the presence of Jesus. Suddenly, Lord, they'll start to rise on wings as of eagles and they'll see the power of God. Wherever you are, don't you ever give up from the battlefield to the valley. God is with us from the valley all the way to the Passover table. He's with you. Never give in. I'll catch you in two.