Reverend Ben Cooper: 0:01

Good morning and welcome. Thank you for joining us here in Elim church. In our podcast. You're joining myself, Reverend Ben Cooper and we have done with us this morning. We have our brother Andy this morning that worships down in Christ Church in Swanee. And it is so good to have everybody following us online this morning, we can see you for the world of social media, we just want to welcome you wherever you are. And we give you a quick way of Good morning, as we joined for coffee and prayer, we're going to take communion together. We're here for about an hour. And we try to do this between nine and 930. Every Wednesday morning, we hope that you are all safe wherever you are around the world. And we are just praying that God will give us strength for them about you guys, but this morning, my prayer for me and everybody I believe is Lord, just keep me strong fruit of Allah.

Donny Stockburn: 0:48

Yeah,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 0:48

keep me strong in the valley. I want to shell I want to shell to Lord, Psalm 91. He might be a saint, we could flick open in a few moments. But before we dive any further, we just want to welcome everybody in to this prayer group this morning, as we're here to be praying together, wherever you are around the world, you may be still in your PJs, Sam batla, he may be

Donny Stockburn: 1:11

coming by who said my

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view bobbin in front of you, you might be at work, he might even be in a van, you might be at your desk, wherever you are, you are so welcome to join us this morning. And we just play the oldest wall in your world. Thank you for sharing these podcasts that we do onto Spotify. And through the world of every podcasting platform, you can find us just using Swanley, Reverend Ben Cooper, and the podcast will come up. And we just want to thank you for sharing everything that we do across every platform. And we just thank you so much for being amongst us today, wherever you are. Just a quick, quick word with you. Before we go any further, is it next week there is the alpha course.

Andy Hammond: 1:54

The 20th was sat next next Wednesday, next Wednesday, that will be our first evening by zoom. And you need to sign up though. Yeah, we're putting a deadline at the end of this week to see whether people want to do this. And if you're at all interested, go on to the Christ Church website, Google Christ Church Swanley, and you'll find the website.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 2:25

So we can get a plug this morning, anybody who wants to jump into an alpha course with Andy from Christ Church and so on. Please, please do so you're more than welcome. And this is the beauty I really believe of church at the moment. I know we all want to get back into the physical building. And now we want to gather again, but you know what, we can still connect and you will be back in. We'll be back. But we just want to say thank you for joining us. Come on, let's pray. Let's get into this this morning. I think that's something about for everybody listening and watching wherever you are today for for social media live for us now or for podcasting. A week later, whenever this goes out. I don't know about everybody listening. But as for me, I keep hearing I keep resonating in my spirit. That word fear seems to be this big word that is underlined, but it is not spoken about, you know, the church is gently starting to bring it out. And I do believe that people are fearful of speaking about being fearful. Yeah, because if we talk about all I am fearful, but you're a pastor, and you're you're talking about you are fear, but we've got to remember is that we we are, we are flesh and blood. And also Christ lives within us. And we need to be very careful because the church is very, very good at telling us that everything is okay and all all his world when, when really, if you look at Psalm 23 says even I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. And I've come to realize over a number of months, you know, that the messages that have been preached for many generations haven't been the messages that they should have been. Now I'm not saying that's every church. I'm not saying that. But what I'm saying. And what I'm trying to say is the majority of the preaching and the teaching hasn't taught us as an individual to live in a real crisis experience because, you know, we have been fluffed up you know, and everything. It's just like almost on clouds floating along and on a holy cloud where you think everything's okay and suddenly is plague it's a plague as driven the whole world to hibernate. And through the hibernation and through the retracting the isolation and people living in very abusive relationships, people getting Cabin Fever, fever, people getting mental health issues, suicidal thoughts. The church hasn't delivered a message of how to live in a crisis experience. When there is only yourself in this walk in it feels like I might be the only one in the world that is walking this lonely path at the moment but the more you speak To be the more you realize that there are many people in the same situation. And when you speak about it, it makes you feel okay. You know what? I feel a bit like Thomas today, I feel a bit doubtful. I feel fearful today, you hear the news coming across the airwaves and all through social media. And I do believe that for the next number of months, that prayer that I will really focus on is Lord, give us strength. Give us strength to keep walking through the valley. I honestly believe I sound like right now. I don't believe God is going to remove this plague. Because I believe it's biblical. I believe it. Yes.

Donny Stockburn: 5:39

Yeah,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 5:39

I believe God is shaking humanity. Yeah. And I also believe God is shaking the church through this. And just basically looking across the courtyard as he did to the disciple, and said, Are you going to deny me when the rooster crows when it when it comes to following me, as a real disciple? Are you going to sit by the fire bands, with the crab as the fearful place in a sense, and the challenge is at the church door, we got a lot of the church, when you when you mentioned the word church, he puts us all in this category, whatever label whatever denomination we are. And we are hearing that the church is saying certain areas of the church, we should keep the doors closed. Now I understand and I get exactly where they're coming from, respect him people back, we need a place of spiritual arrest. If he's going to be past that the church is happy to walk and shop tight, just like any public house for so are non essential that the spiritual ality of the UK is almost non existent. You can see it's running around in a frenzy trying to find an answer. And the answer is in Jesus Christ. But if the church goes down the route of I think we've got a lock. And I understand what what is going on with all that, that we might pass it do this and that. But there must be measures, there must be ways to be able to control this and to do this, because we need to focus. And there are people that need to get back into church just to sit and breathe to be still, we are living in critical times. You know, I even we are in such a spiritual battle is probably I believe it's probably the biggest battle since the cross. And what I mean by that is the whole world is coming under spiritual attack. And we're seeing that the church, and I'm talking about the infrastructure, and the business side of that has no answer to this. But Jesus Christ has the Oh, yeah, we know. And I've rambled on a bit this morning, guys and gals listening and watching. But do feel it's important to just want to let everybody know, out there listening and watching through podcasts, or when coding for social media might go through fear for moments and I'm not frightened about talking about. It's been beaten in my head quite a lot. And then obviously, the areas where I work and get very close with it on the walls and things like that. And I just want everyone let everybody know, you will make it for

Donny Stockburn: 8:23

all nights in the hospital, but it's in families as well in families is a decision coming up. It's almost as though is it you feel it in the

Reverend Ben Cooper: 8:31

family atmosphere?

Donny Stockburn: 8:32

Like in the days of na, this will now morality wise? Yes, sir. Love?

Reverend Ben Cooper: 8:39

Yes. Yeah.

Donny Stockburn: 8:40

You know, God's gonna do something about it, and just proceed in the days of No. And it says in the Bible in the back there, as in the days of Noah, and I'll try to I don't want to think about it, but I look out a window let's see, the evidence is so thick and so strong, that these really are the days you know, and I can't get away from it. I have to face that's what I said with God yet face it without God, I know I've chosen

Reverend Ben Cooper: 9:06

there's a fork in the road. I mentioned this for quite a number of weeks as a folk. And there are three parts of the journey that started this this fork in the road for humanity. And even we're gonna lean in to the ivory towers and the establishment and and be governed by what they're saying. It's not we're gonna lean into Jesus. Yeah, there are many that have made a decision to lean into Jesus there are many have made a decision in the church to lean into the line above a bit of both. But there is a decision where suddenly you're you go, even Iran for Jesus or for what number 10 is beating the drum on imeva for Christ, I'm going to follow Him and absolutely, because we are not because the church for many generations has been 5050 very watered down. It has been preaching that revival is coming revival is here when actually it's not. I will get shut down for a lot of things. I say. But we are in a plague we are in a pandemic. And we are being persecuted the church needs to realize it is persecution, spiritual attacks. I realize that I am not going to see revival in the way of flags being waved and and hula hoops in church and praising God what I'm going to see is a squeeze on my face as well. We are being persecuted This is the beginning of the end is

Donny Stockburn: 10:28

that Yeah, and the

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prayer is strength for me God

Donny Stockburn: 10:31

demand for to say God one load leads. You can put whatever you like on that Hinduism all the rest of that stuff. Yeah, one load leaves to life. Yeah, one road is truth. One is whatever you like, whatever you want to make up. That's right. I've chosen clearly as Moses did. Yeah, me and my family. He said, Come on, we chill. Today we choose is life. Joshua said, Yeah, just say a couple of words is carry on. A few things. I found out I've had a really bad week of fear face. It's sorting this out. And God's been speaking to me, sir. And, you know, have begged him to speak to me further because no one else can feel the fear like him. And I found out in the Bible, fear it's the most quoted word. Yeah,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 11:19

yes.

Donny Stockburn: 11:20

Oh, it's 360 times someone will correct me on that. 65. So it won't reach down in here. Perhaps a little bit more than that. But Jesus main message for the first message was, fear not, fear not come on. Oh, I love that. That's what I'll be. That's my as the place I'll go. And basketball. A blank is a fear not Jesus said Fear not. And I love it. And then another thing I learned, I've gotten this word, and it says God can lay his strength, right upon our weakest point. I love that and all. But that's what on the fence it equates with strength and one thing, a foundation start, we have to lay down before we do any planning or anything like that. And do you mind if I read it? Because Yeah. When you get out of a bad memory, and I don't want to get words mixed up, give me Our pass on. And this is it. One thing, all questions now, for absolutely certain is our final place. One thing we know. Well, all Christians know for absolutely certain is our final place forever will be everlasting life in heaven with Jesus, that's our final place. already decided, we've been given history in advance. It's already happened. Our eternal life has begun. We're all in the ark right now. And the Ark is Jesus is a finished work of God, the work that Jesus left having to complete? It's finished. He said, so out loud. sound out loud. And probably isn't that a wonderful? out of out of the out of the mouth of Jesus? His last words, his last words, is that a coincidence that his last words were is finished. Come on God is the wife of me. And then one, as I says, to back that up, Ben loves this one. By the way, I

Reverend Ben Cooper: 13:15

love this.

Donny Stockburn: 13:17

There is nothing. Not nothing. Laughter can take me away. That's not your contentment. God's word says the sign is john 1027 29. That's marfo. Then God, Jesus says, There is nothing that can steal you out of my father's Hallelujah, nice security. Whatever goes on whatever feels like the place where the troubles come alive. God says it's finished that your mind or your end is already decided. And nothing can change it. No one can steal your wife or me. Make sure that and anyone who doubts this a little bit more, because there's a lot of controversy about it. JOHN 524 says this that you've already entered into eternal life.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 14:06

Thank you, Lord,

Donny Stockburn: 14:06

you've already started out how is in heaven? It's almost like your mind going back for for a while for me and do some work. Okay, we will. But we've already started our eternal life. That's the word of God. That's not my word. And in one, john, I've got one join for nine. Yeah, it confirms it says that we Oh, if you've been born again, you will not see and you will not continue to sin because the seat of God, the Spirit of God is in you. And that's what keeps you safe price karma. All these words out of foundations that we're going to play off and speak about fear. So today

Reverend Ben Cooper: 14:47

we're gonna Andy, would you bring us into a place of prayer for all of us watching and listening and let's just let's just pray as really pressed. Come on.

Andy Hammond: 14:56

All of us. Yeah. What's what's been My heart at the moment is God's Spirit. And whenever I pray, I always ask God's Spirit to come. His Holy Spirit, which was the counselor that he, he promised, he promised His disciples and in Acts two, it says in the last day, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people, your sons and daughters will prophesy. Thank you, for your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, and of course, that's a quote from Isaiah. Thank you for and so I asked God Spirit to come. Holy Spirit, we asked you to come now. Be with us, fill us with your thoughts. Direct our prayers this morning. Yes, direct them be in our voice this morning. And all those who are listening now or watching through all the mediums are going out this morning, we are sure to be with them to Holy Spirit. Go and meet with them. Bring your comforts. Bring your peace. Bring your love. And Father, we lift up your son Jesus, for who he is. He's our friend,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 16:44

praise God.

Andy Hammond: 16:45

He's our Savior. He's the one whom we can trust. We just thank you. We want more we want more of your power. We've we know that people are troubled. As this pandemic doesn't get any easier, we ask that you will bring your peace or your comfort to all those who feel locked in. Or those who are scared to go out scared to go down to do their own shopping.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 17:32

Yes.

Andy Hammond: 17:34

So far that we asked you to come and be with them. Just on the just on the news this morning, Father, about NHS staff who are being really troubled, going through difficult times. They've been working full tilt now for so many months, a year, nearly Father God. And this is having such an impact. There are emotionally exhausted. And we only on the news this morning, I hear that some people in the health sector are depressed, suffering from PD, PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. So we asked you to come and meet with them to we want to your healing power to reach them. They're in the healing sector further. And we know that you too, are in the healing sector. So come and meet with them. Give them strength and power. We just we just give thanks for all that they're doing. that they're doing. They're in the business of saving lives too. So we asked you, father to come and meet with them. Give them that strength and let them know that you are with them.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 19:15

Thank you, Jesus. Thank you.

Andy Hammond: 19:17

Thank you Father God, Hallelujah. Amen. Amen

Donny Stockburn: 19:20

dies for God's instruction in times of faith, times of encouragement, encourage us, that all of us, give us a scripture because the scripture Lord uses that word. Lord, you show me that Rotem is Lord where copus and, and his friend Lord met Jesus, and he didn't know it. And I was down on it and broke a lot we are sometimes Lord when we let go of the truth, when we let go the truth, that's what happens. You get down out and you get big trouble Robin. And Jesus walked along them alone. No, they didn't know it was Jesus knew from them that you would choose and And along that load as seven miles straight to the got to know as you spoke to them, what did you spend it for? You spoke your word, your word you just gave me all they didn't know. They thought he was dead. They believe that he wasn't dead, he was alive, but they thought he was dead. And so he was suffering all kinds of things along that load, you wouldn't we went through the Scriptures. And you explain to them how true they were and how powerful they were. And our Lord, and by the time you got to know our Lord, they felt the burning was back in hours. And the flight was back. And I work out why. And I'll just want to read you that last bit. This is what they said to each other at the end of that journey. Did not our hearts burn within us? While he talked with us on the load for a while. He said he only talked. What was he talking about? He was talking to scriptures. I've got scriptures that Jesus was reading them this word that I'm looking at, yeah, his word. I mean, now, he was reading this word to them. And their faith was we thought, and the burning came back in

Reverend Ben Cooper: 21:13

Colorado, but as

Donny Stockburn: 21:14

the truth was revealed to them, so so fear fell away. And joy came back, and the burning came back in their heart, it says, suddenly rose, and returned to choose from have found the 11. Who knows who will then gather together saying the Lord is risen indeed. He is alive, as a fact is alive. There is a fact that Kate is alive back again. He's made promises to us. He lives these men suffering all kinds of when I think about all that they've seen Jesus do miracles, and stuff like that. And yet they really just had that doubt. It says, I even lost hope. Copeland said, Father, Jesus, and he said to Jesus, that we did hope. That minute, Hubbard gone evening hope that God it was right in the bottom in the bow, that Jesus spoke to the gospel as truth were revived in the field when and the burning came back, the last node which is prime for everyone that was down there, at the bottom of that bow and what you'll do, through your words, so there's your living Word, that you will revive souls that you will bring them back on the right load of truth, Allah God, Khurana clear as crystal, this word of truth leads to the living God leads to eternal life, right? This is the why there is no other way Jesus sat in that night and guess me Father, is there another way? We know this is the only way Jesus is the only way wherever your doctor suffering, post traumatic stress. And Ben was talking about some of the things he sees and just saw those are a lot wherever you are. Jesus is the answer. That's just a fact. It's not a theory, Jesus Christ is the answer is the answer to all your fears. As you only run away. He said, I am the truth if you're looking, john one, Jesus said, causing the word. This is the word This is word that would Jesus was talking to those disciples on about our lives. Jesus said on the word. Thank you for that work and bring us life. And Lord, we just pray that is our prayer today. That this word is word you've given us. His Word of life, will revive souls will bring them back to you, Father, God will fix all your hopes and all. All their fears. Get just given to you. Jesus said bring to me. bring them to me that was the inviter persuading me to bring all your fears. Bring all your troubles lion before me. I will give you a young, lightweight, easy to carry. You will find rest in me is the word of god I can't resist Thank you Lord Jesus name Amen. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 24:19

Amen fathers we gather Lord for prayer this morning and communion wherever we are around the world father whatever means we are listening and watching to this this morning. Father we thank you. But law we asked for peace this morning. We pray for all those that are furloughed. We pray for those that are working at home or those that are struggling with life. We pray for all those that are worried about their jobs, the closures of where they may be working, Lord, Father, we pray for for families, Lord that are just contained in their home pray that you will bring peace and understanding father we see marriages stretch we see relationships between parents a stretch we see grandparents, not able to see their children the worry the fear of of families, not being able to gather a lot of interest. Seeing one another. We pray for peace, love, we need peace in this nation. We need guidance. We need understanding Father, we need your love and your goodness to be pulled out across each and every one of us and today Lord, we just pray for the glory of the Lord for restoration. Lord, where there is been where there is worry when there is doubt father the data that is accumulating follow the fear that is rising. The doubts that are out there, Lord, the uncertainty the fear in our footsteps, but Father, we thank You, Lord, we ask you right now that our faith will rise Yes, Lord, we thank you that we don't need to come into church to find Jesus. Lord, we thank you that we don't need law to be in a system to find Christ because you are everywhere. You are above who you are, but a few are around you are to the left the right you're on the present. On the potent you are in all your amount will you create your times, time and heaven on the earth? Right now we need to say the following. There's a beautiful scripture in the book of Judges in the judges, it says there is no king in Israel. And each man done what was right in his own eyes on father that is a fearful text law when there is no king in a nation when there is no clear leadership when there is no one leading to follow. We need clear leaders Lord, in the church in the government, we need Lord clear leadership. We need clear direction but lot more than an earthly direction and we need the Heavenly Father, Lord, you tell us that you never leave us nor forsake us, Lord that you will be with us to the very end of his age. And Lord, I'm praying right now, as I think and focus on those of the lonely, even though they might be indoors with their family, their children, their wife, or their husband, their brother, their sister, their friend, they may be in a family unit within that bubble, but still feel lonely within themselves a Father I pray that you will extract the feeling of loneliness I find that you will extract the feeling of being alone or the atmosphere that is so quiet or in the lonely environment, the loneliness from within the fear from within the doubt from within all that stuff bother we know a lot of peace, law, press across this nation. We pray Father that you talk families every house today will feel the power low, heavenly activity. Lord as you did Father, in the book, a lot of acts Father, we need the breath of God, we need the wind of the Holy Spirit to breathe and to burn down the corridors of the youth godfather we need the glory of the Lord. We need a tank because there is no king in Israel, Lord, and we thank you for the book of Judges, the end of judges, but little die is a very harrowing text because when there is no leadership, each man each one is doing what we think is right in our own eyes. And Lord, we pray that we will not go by opinions, we will not go by graphs and spreadsheets. No, we will not go through a business mind. But Lord, we pray, Lord, for that for the church in this nation, that we will go spiritually that we will go by faith, Lord, that we will not lean on our own understanding as the scripture says, but we will go in and got a new employee for all those that are struggling with that fight this morning. Although that feeling within that spirit, that fear is greater than than fight in a fight, that there has to be a switch that we pray that there will be more than a fight will rise and the money is the name of Jesus. Father, we pray for a fresh move.

Donny Stockburn: 28:22

Across the nation we

Reverend Ben Cooper: 28:23

marry for a fresh, fresh move, oh, the Word of God would prefer men and women we pray for children. We pray, Father for peace what peaceful up down low, we think about Thomas in the New Testament to Father we see Thomas very clearly to this very day. Unless I see the now marks in his hands and touch his side I will not believe and father I do believe that. That is how a lot of us may be feeling at this moment. Unless I see the Messiah. I'm struggling to believe because all around me is troubled as Moses said to God in the book of Exodus, chapter five when he went to God and he said, God, every time that I've delivered a message to Pharaoh from you, the trouble have got worse. I cannot see you moving What have you done to us? So Father, I pray and I've come to a clear understanding the more we seek our God, the God of Israel, the more we see Pharaoh rising. The trouble arises and more we see the more we have our eyes open to the trouble around us father, and Lord. We don't want to be like Moses just locking on to the trouble. Lord, we want to be the God as it says in Hebrews chapter 12. keep our eyes on Jesus and Lord, I pray that all of us in this room today as three that are here in this place, everyone listening and watching, Lord that we will keep our eyes on Jesus is the Anji or something along the line. We will never get weary. We will never run and stumble but Lord we pray. The eyes are on Jesus now. eyes on Jesus Spirit of the Living God. We pray that you move very powerfully and clearly across this nation that we will never take our eyes off of Jesus. Pray for everybody watching and listening for the world of media and the power Lord of technology. Maybe I pray that peace Lord will be in their hearts, that joy will be on their hearts, that they will feel the power of God. I pray for believers that are struggling. At this moment, I pray, Lord, for those who are waiting to get back to church, and Lord, to be with that church family, I'm really worried that they wouldn't have that feeling of peace within themselves. And for those that are seeking and searching spiritual things and love that you will draw them to Jesus Christ, we pray for atheism. This morning, we pray, Father, for those that are going down the road where they say God does not exist. We pray for them, we pray that you will open their eyes so they will say, Jay, we pray for this government we guide this government law will be the God of Israel for the hope of jairaj Jehovah, Mrs. Jehovah shall or shall supply father we may be in a wilderness experience. We may be dead gun looking at the promised land Across the River Jordan. And it seems like it's impossible to get to today. But look for the power of the power of obedience for the power of your word. Yeah, release us Father, Lord of the River Jordan. And then we will go through into the promised land law. There are many of us, all we hear is Pharaoh around us. All we hear are their chariots and their horses. All we hear their God is the enemy of advancing a systematic control. Lord, we are not robots. Lord, we are children of the living God told us that you said in your word that I shall create humanity in my image, we are created in the image of a living God. And this morning, Lord, we rise, Lord, as children of the living God, Lord, we thank God for the government, we thank God for what is in the world. But Lord, we are not of this world. Well, we might work in it, we might walk around it and within it, to get things done, but we will not allow the worldly things to attach itself to us. Driven by spiritual entities and agents from Satan, we will not allow ourselves to get caught in policies from here because we will not allow ourselves to get co impulses that are not godly, we will not allow ourselves their god to get caught in political arrangements come in their gods from ivory towers, Lord, we will follow the Word of God. And Lord, we will follow you Lord, but Lord, you've heard that a million times that is cyfle in the garden. Jesus said to the disciple, before the rooster crows, three times, you will decide that the actions of the church are disowning you right now, Lord, a certain percentage of the church is in the courtyard with Jesus Christ. And the eyes are upon each other. The church is sitting around the fire bin with the servant girl, and the others. And the finger is being pointed to the church. I saw you with him. No, I wasn't. He said three times. Lord, I feel in my spirit that this is really important to say, what the church decides to do over the next day, week, months, and years. Oh, is it for Jesus? Or is it an ivory tower?

Donny Stockburn: 33:41

revival?

Reverend Ben Cooper: 33:42

Is it for Christ for Pharaoh? Is it for sisters, the power of the Holy Spirit? Or is it for the kings of this lower courtyard? Here? Jesus? Is the judge looking and he said the church? Are you going to disown me around the fire bin of life? Yes. Are you going to stand up and be counted to Jesus Christ? Yeah. Yeah. And the one rain carry

Andy Hammond: 34:13

on. He just said, Tim, I've written some notes here. While you were praying, and before you actually said about Peter, you know, I, I've written here. And you can see this fresh move of the Holy Spirit. And I wrote here, Jesus restores Peter.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 34:37

Oh, wow. Yeah. JOHN

Andy Hammond: 34:39

2115.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 34:40

Yeah.

Andy Hammond: 34:43

So I just, I think that's prophetic that Jesus restores Peter. Yeah. Yes. And as we know in john 21, he asked you as Peter, Peter, do you love me

Reverend Ben Cooper: 34:59

or Got

Andy Hammond: 35:01

a question? He says, Yes, I love you, Lord. Then he asked him again. Peter, do you love me? Do you love me? You know, I love the Lord. And then a third time, as if to you know, emphasize that and what, but what does Jesus say, then

Reverend Ben Cooper: 35:23

I will die for you

Andy Hammond: 35:25

fleed Feed my sheep. So, so far, though that is such a profound piece of Scripture, that we need to feed the sheep, not just physically, but spiritually as well. We need to guide them and put you We must lift you, Jesus heartless. We lift him, hi, Father God, we just thank you. We praise your name, we praise your name. And there was an old testament, I was looking at Nehemiah. And the Israelites in chapter nine. It says, the Israelites confess their sins. Yes. And there is a I've got a verse underlined in my, my Bible, verse 19. It says, because of your great compassion, you did not abandon them in the desert, you will not abandon the father day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path nor the pillar of fire by night shine on the way they were to take. You gave your good spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manner from them. And you gave them water for their first Father, we just we just pray that scripture this morning. Yeah, Yes, Lord, we pray Father, we lift it to you. Thank you. Yeah.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 37:06

We are. whoever calls themselves a believer is gathered around them biobay this morning, and there the system is crying out. I saw you disciple. And we've got a southern girl on the other side courtyard, shouting out. He's one.

Donny Stockburn: 37:29

Yeah. Does he accuser.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 37:30

So when you look at that very partnership, Christ is in the courtyard. But in the earlier texts that Andy mentioned, he said, when you come back, when you come back, strengthen feed machine. The church is in a position and it's got a decision on the power of freewill. Am I gonna repent? And come back to Jesus? Yeah. Am I gonna lean into the ivory tower? Am I gonna lean into the towers of Babel, and follow and worship foreign gods? Or am I gonna lean into the wisdom of Christ? Am I gonna lean into Jesus? You got to understand, round around the communion table around that table that Christ was at with the disciples at the Last Supper, and one that saw him for 30 pieces of silver, just because he was a disciple and chosen doesn't mean to say that he was going to choose not to sell Jesus. I do believe certain areas of the church, the establishment has sold Jesus out. Yeah. And this is a chance of the protocol. The protocol church, could I say, a camp put that, be careful, are I say this for the protocol. It has left the Father's house. It has left the Father's house and it has gone and spent the money that is accumulated on his own.

Donny Stockburn: 39:06

Yes. So again,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 39:08

it is on its own agenda. That give me everything he said, I want my inheritance. Now I want to I want to leave I want to go. And I do believe a certain percentage of the church religion and the establishment has left your written Word of God and has found itself we will not in the sky pen, you can work peaks and suddenly starting to realize that this is not what it's meant to be. Because when the money runs out, the lights go out. And the darkness falls. When you have left the line, and you've chased darkness. You will reap what you saw this morning for the church In the UK for the false prosperity gospels that have been preached for the name it and claim it healing ministries, Lord that have peddled the gospel. For my Lord, I repent, Lord aware, I haven't preached and taught the word that you've arrested in my spirit. Lower I asked, Lord, stand on, and as we see follow a new beginning a new dawn arising. But Lord, I pray that you will strengthen the church that you will strengthen the body of Christ for the decisions that have got to be made. The decisions of leaning into Jesus or leaning in to the Tower of Babel, leaning in to Christ. See, Jesus took bread with Jesus. There are many people take bread and the cup. The system takes bread and takes the cup. Church bishops, leaders, pastors, vicars worship leaders, congregations we all take over the bread and the wine. But our advice 30 pieces of silver? Was I sitting around the firemen when my back was against the wall when my own mortality was in question. If you tell us that you follow Jesus, you are going to die. The question that the persecuted church is being pushed upon every second of their day. If you follow Jesus, you will be in prison. Yes, if you follow Jesus or have a Bible, you will be put to death. But the church in the UK is far. Far Far Far from Jesus.

Donny Stockburn: 41:53

Yes,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 41:55

it's time to return. And the finance is always looking out for the protocol. We might be sitting around the fire bin this morning. contemplating, do I lean to the Tower of Babel? Or do I lean to Jesus? Am I gonna deny him? Because isn't it interesting? When the spotlight is on the individual? It's okay when we're in a fellowship we're in church, we're in a crowd will shout the name of Jesus. So we'll lift the sword of the Spirit. But when you're around the fire burn on your own, and you've got satanic voices coming at you. Are you a believer? If you are a believer, you there are repercussions. Following Jesus Christ is looking across the courtyard at the church waiting for the roost at the club. Are you for me or against me? I'm for you, Jesus. I need your Lord. I need you in my life like never before. I need your Lord in every area of my life like never before this law This is a time when we need strength is David cried out and what do I overtake my enemy? Do I pursue my enemy? Christ God said the god the voice of God of Israel said pursue and overtake take everything back that the enemy has stolen. Father I pray not coming from a Pentecostal pastors voice. But Lord come in from the Word of God that we will assume the enemy Lord and we will be the one who's gonna chase in the enemy we will not allow the enemy to chase us but Lord we switch and we turn we become young David's Lord, we go down to the battle line and we face the collapse of life. And we say you come at me with soul Javelin and spin that I come in and name

Donny Stockburn: 44:04

the Word of God come the

Reverend Ben Cooper: 44:06

name of God

Andy Hammond: 44:08

and we take the kingdom and we take the kingdom

Reverend Ben Cooper: 44:14

common refresh this nation. We're coming to the table in just a few moments. We're gonna take Brad and taken a line and and he had done he will lead us in a few moments and no doubt there'll be more scriptures and more prayers and we just got to rest but I do believe the church is sitting around five it got some serious decisions or like

Donny Stockburn: 44:39

just say for forget, it is clear kolia to die and we don't know each of us are going to say but clearly there's a call for bringing back souls with the with the compass and the road to alliance with Jesus revived Pay when he blew it when he gave it away, and he followed Jesus by like instance, a cornea, people who have given it away, spot have been undecided and leading this way and that way, there's a clear kolia now, there was a time coming soon, when you'll go left or right, you'll go with Jesus, or you'll go to the other. That is we No, no, no, don't talk about that right now. But I just want to say these words here, that God gave me in the way it says, Don't let Satan prophesied your future. That is a word. Because he doesn't know it. No, he doesn't know Jesus knows it. And he has prophesied our future. So hold on to that. That's the word and allow you to take it, faith was gone. Even hope was gone. They were fearful. They didn't know what to do. There is all over the place. And in Jesus who revived him, he broke the line. They thought he was dead. But he found out he was alive. The burn man is back the fire was back the life was back in them. Jesus can revive you. That's one word. And he just wildfire. And we just take that little line now just want to pray for a few people specially here. I've got men down and those who are struggling in their fight. Yes, those who have been wounded in battle. We suffer with deep wounds, and those who are drifting away, those who have sort of gone away a little bit like in not when you go swimming, the tides caught us just taken out, and they've got no strength to get back. You've drifted away. For those as well. Those who follow like Peter, at a distance, they were still sort of in touch. But there's a big gap between them. And there may be you. And those who have lessons like copas and hope was to England where they were they they believed they just believed in the wrong things. They've gone down the wrong road that Jesus wasn't alive and pay to make make their hearts burn again. Now Peters heart was broken, a little bit you installed him. And these two disciples their hearts. They didn't even have hope, Lord, but you restored them. And we pray, Lord together now as we come here to, to do in the first place, Lord, to pray, we pray for them, we pray that you will break into those lives Father God, that you will know why you are why the Lord that you want to go to the impossible allies and closed in only what is natural what is possible. So Lord, your your everything is possible to you. And a law which is pray that you will break into those broken lives, that fear for our lives. Those lives Lord, staggering around don't know where to go left to right. We pray, Lord, that You will pick them up as you meant to do that's why you left heaven to come to earth to God. To apply a fear to blight the fear of silent white the lie, lie and fear come from the same place, Lord, which is plaguing now in Jesus name, blight the fear, implant your word into their minds, souls and spirits, your living Word, the Word that Jesus spoke on the way to Elias, we pray, Lord, that that word will bring life back to them, Lord Christ unto you. And we ask this in Jesus name, Lord, Amen.

Andy Hammond: 48:28

Just a small piece of Scripture from Hebrews. And it's always a piece of Scripture that I turned to, and it's a call to persevere. Come on. And I think that's where a lot of people are at the moment that they feel like giving up. And it's an encouragement. I think whenever you read scripture aloud, it encourages us because this is God's word. It is God's Word to us. So therefore, brothers since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living lay open for us through the curtain that is his body. And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful and let us consider how we may spur one other one another on towards love and good deeds.

Donny Stockburn: 49:55

encouragement

Andy Hammond: 49:56

let us not give up meeting together somehow are in the habit of doing but let us encourage one another. And all the more as you see the day approaching. Now, those words about a meeting together the Greek was that people have been deserted. Yes, leaving. So I don't think it means to us that we should all gather together again. Bearing in mind what's happening about the virus buddy is looking again to the last who've gone off site, the protocols. I think it's calling the protocols to come back to their their first love. And Father, I just pray that those Yeah, and that's a word I've had also this morning about restoration. restore us to that first love. And Father, I just stir. bends said this morning about either your for me or against me. And that's a word that resonated with me, because those are the words that Jesus said to me when I first became a believer, and you either for me or against me. And my only answer to that could only be I'm for you. And I can say that he's never left me. Yeah, thank you now was singing an old chorus, turn your eyes upon Jesus, look for in his wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely in forever in the light of His glory and grace. So Father, we just thank you that we can turn to you Hallelujah, that when we turn away from you, and go our own path, you stand and wait for us to return. And when you see us coming over the horizon, you run to meet us, you run. And that would have been so undignified for a Jewish father to do that. But you in that protocol, some story you ran, picked up your cloak and ran to meet us and embraced us. So we thank you. We thank you. Yes, thank you that you can run and meet us. And for all those who are listening today if you have if you need to come back. Jesus is waiting. Jesus is waiting to greet you to put the best cloak on you to welcome you and to throw a party. They should come back. So thank you. Thank you. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 53:15

Amen. We're coming around the table. We're gonna restaurant table and we got white bread together. We're taking a carpet. So whoever's gonna join us this morning. We're just gonna, we're just going to read we're going to read from one Corinthians chapter 11, verse 23, that will rest in his present wherever you are. We thank God that this has not been put in place by the church. It hasn't been put in place by the vicar and got blamed by the bishop yet and got put in place by the establishment. It's been put in place by Jesus Christ. Yeah, all the way back to the Old Testament, even before the church, even even came into being double, even, even even before the church came into being Christ. Got this together with the power of God for the holy scriptures in the Old Testament. So we thank God, that I don't need the approval of man, I don't need the approval of the system of the church. I take bread, and I take out a cup because I'm a believer in Jesus Christ. I am a follower of GOD. And I trust in Him. One Corinthians chapter 11, verse 24, I've received from the Lord what I also pass on to you, the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed to bread. And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my buddy, which is for you Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way after supper, he took the cup saying, this cop is a new covenant in my blood through this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me. For whenever you eat this bread and drink of this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. So then whoever eats the drink Because of the Lord and I'm one of the manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat the bread and drink of this cup. Father as we come to the table, low before we go any further I asked Lord for forgiveness upon my life to Jesus, as our brothers are gonna pray over the England's forgiveness, law that you helped me, keep my eyes on J. K, eyes on Jesus, Lord, that word, Lord, take the glasses off a lot. I gotta keep my eyes on Jesus, Lord, I've got to keep my eyes on Jesus helped my vision guide my eyes, Lord, Lord, helped me to keep my eyes on the sweet my eyes on the effect of our faith. Thank Andy and Donny boy for the bread and wine. So please join us this morning, wherever you are in the world.

Andy Hammond: 55:58

So as you take the bread, and Father, we just thank you for what you accomplished on the cross. Your body was broken for us. And we remember that you actually died for us died so that we could have life and we take this spread now.

Donny Stockburn: 56:34

This is the blood of Jesus. We are in the art now. Go to students in it. No tall pitch with the blood of his son. Or frankly, we're locked in. We're locked in with Jesus forever. Not for a day or two. But forever. This is the blood. This is the precious Price's blood that made eternal life possible for us. Thank you for our wishes. Thank you, Lord, for your love Lord is beyond our understanding at the moment, which is taking both ends fall to God. You have made a life for us. Made a life for us to live eternal life. So it is blood, which is praise you and thank you, Lord, Jesus name, Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 57:29

Glory to God, wherever you are around the world, whether you're listening by means of a podcast, or whether you're watching us live on social media. We pray this morning that God will give you peace. We pray that God will strengthen each and every one of us, that God will guide us. And as we sit in as we rest and as we be still, as the scripture says, do not lean on your own understanding. I cannot lean on my own understanding. I've cannot lean on my own logic, my own faults, philosophy. The thinking, the overthinking the over analyzing, over anticipating, I cannot live by my emotions and by my feelings. And how I feel. I've got to live by faith just shall live by faith. We cannot live by our natural perception. We cannot live by sight we cannot live by the way we hear. We cannot live by our perception, the way we see things for this earthly body. We've got to live by faith. So Lord, I pray this morning that law not only will peace, rise in all of our hearts, but faith will accelerate. Know that you will if I do something so powerful that I'm in that I will not live by my natural emotions. And I will not go through my life on adrenaline and thinking my way through life. But I will go through my life by the word of God. Yes, I will go through the journey of life through the power of the Holy Spirit. I will go through every hardship for the world with us. I will face every Goliath with the word and through faith know that we will face every Jericho with the word for the word and with Jesus. So Father, we pray as we bring this to a close this morning. We thank you that everyone is with us, Lord. And you've drawn us together this morning. Lord, I prefer Andy and Donnie and myself, I pray that you will strengthen us and everybody listening via the podcast or via social media this morning that each and every one of us will go by faith As we go by in life, we will go in complete peace and Lord, where we are wrestling with ourselves, where we are wrestling with our own thoughts where we are wrestling with our own minds, and we are wrestling with our own idea of things. Yes, Lord, we will always be wrestling, because we are Lord, only able Lord sometimes to think on earthly levels. So Lord, I pray that when the crisis comes, and that the waves seem so high, that we will not look at the size of the storm, but we will continue to walk on water as we walk towards Jesus. Lord, we've got a walk to help us to walk towards gentleman's love, will walk in, towards Jesus, law, nor in the Scripture, do you find anyone floating? What the church talks about? And what the church talks about the falseness of Christianity, he got a walk on the earth, and you walk forward, and you walk continually, and you continue to walk, one foot, the left and the right, the left and the right you keep walking loss as we keep walking, Psalm 23, even I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I will come in your rod and your staff, they comfortably You prepare a table before they in the presence of the Lord, come on. Come on Jesus. Thank you that your word is being fulfilled in these times, to make sure that the scriptures father are very real. Your word is without error. Bless us, we pray, guide us for the rest of this day, and forevermore until we get into eternity. In Jesus precious name. Amen. Amen. And Amen. We just want to say thank you this morning. Thank you for listening. And joining us on this podcast. My name is Reverend Ben Cooper, and we're about done with us this morning, as we always on Wednesday, and we've had our brother Andy, and we praise God for their lives and everybody that's watching for the world of social media this morning. We are going to click out of this. You've been listening to us here at Eton church with the scratches on the tables, the pens, dropping the cups, dropping the tins, knocking, you've been listening to the squeaky chairs, this is just raw, this is real. This is not edited in any way. May God bless you and strengthen you, wherever you are around the world. Have a great day. Whatever you do, best day in the world. Yes.

Donny Stockburn: 1:02:40

Depends on the cut. Can we finish on a word about Isaiah 43 is my favorite just the first verse. But now that says the Lord who created you, oh, Jacob, and he formed you Israel. That's that's that's his church. He says his word, fear not for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you and through the rivers. They shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire. You shall not be burned, nor shall the flame sculpt you for I am the Lord your God. The Holy One of Israel. Do me

Reverend Ben Cooper: 1:03:26

that they made Yeah, that's it. Done. What reference was that just for people listening besides

Donny Stockburn: 1:03:31

I for me? 123 Firstly, first is

Reverend Ben Cooper: 1:03:36

there we go. That's what we're finishing on. May God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are around the world. Please share everything we say and we do here in Elim church and Swanley g d bless and stay in the Word f Go

Donny Stockburn: 1:03:48

Amen.