Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself, Reverend Ben Cooper, wherever you are in the world. Thank you for making daily prayer part of your life and part of the rhythm of your day. Come on, the title of this prayer is coming from the Gospel of John 19, verse 17.
Jesus, as you carried the cross, strengthen me to carry what is before me. Father, we thank you. Whatever is before us, whatever lies ahead of us, we are praying that your love, your grace, your mercy will carry each and every one of us. But Lord, we believe in miracles. Lord, as you carried the cross according to the Gospel of John 19, 17, carrying his own cross. He went out to the place called the Skull, which in our Americ is called Golgotha. In the name of Jesus, I pray and I thank you, God, that you carried that cross. I thank you, Lord, that you went to that cross for each and every
one of us. But Lord, through this afternoon prayer, we pray, Jesus, help me to keep moving forward with strength and endurance. Lord, I pray that we will go forward in power and in authority. We will go forward in love and mercy. Lord, help us to keep going. Lord, through this afternoon, we pray that the grace, the love, the mercy, the saving power of the Holy Spirit will just carry each and every one of us through. Jesus, help me to keep going. Help us to keep going forward and keep pressing towards the goal. Lord, we believe right now that there is anointing over our lives. We believe as Christ carried that cross. We thank you that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. And right now, we will not turn back. We will continue. We will press on. We will press in. Father, wherever we are across this world, we pray that your love will hold us. We pray that the mercy will carry us. We pray, dear God, that redemption, dear God, will just inject us with that power, Lord. Holy Spirit, just inject us
at this moment. Lord, it is afternoon. We are in the Passover time. And Lord, we are a little bit fatigued. Lord, the situations are not going as we thought they were going to go. We look at social media and Lord, through the Passover time, Lord, the news is exploding, kingdom against kingdom, nation against nation. Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I pray that we won't look at the shipping lanes. Father, we won't listen to the sound of the war cry, but we will listen to the line of Judah. Father, from the battle room to the boardroom, from the boardroom to the Passover table, from the Passover table to the washing machine to the field of life to the scaffold. Dear God, whatever we are doing through this Passover season, I am praying that your love and your grace and your favor, dear God, will permeate through this skin. That we will feel your mercy. We will feel your love. Lord, as we stretch out from London all the way to Jerusalem, from Jerusalem all the way to Tel Aviv, from Tel Aviv all the way to Bethlehem, from Bethlehem all the way to Nigeria, from Nigeria, dear God, I pray for an outpouring of your love around the Middle East right now. That your love and your saving grace, Lord, through this Passover time, Lord, we believe in peace. We believe in forgiveness. And we believe, dear God, as Jesus carried his cross, Lord, I thank you that there is power in the name, the greatest name in heaven and earth. But right now we need strength. Lord, we're a little bit tired through this afternoon prayer, from the battlefield to the boardroom, from the boardroom to the Passover table. Spirit of the living God, I pray, as we walk in forgiveness, we walk in love, we walk in the goodness of God. Lord, we are rich in Christ Jesus. All things are possible to those who believe.
Wherever you are, just remind yourself the price has been paid. The 30 pieces of silver were returned back. The lamb that was slain over this Passover time. We are redeemed, we are washed in the crimson tide, the blood of Jesus, wherever you are. Be braggadocious. Let the world know that I am a born again, spirit-filled, blessed and highly favored, brother and sister in Christ Jesus. But wherever you are, don't you ever give up. Keep going forward because there is redemption, there is hope, and there is power over and in your life. Jesus Christ loves you. Remind yourself, John 3 16, for God so loved the world. I will catch you at the next prayer.