Good morning and welcome. Thanks for joining us here this morning at Elim Church. My name is Reverend Benjamin Leonard Cooper and we have don with us this morning. We have our brother Andy with us this morning. We are in the little studio recording. It is Wednesday morning, and it's 20 past nine. We hope you're all well. We thank you to all our listeners in the world of the platform. Have buzzsprout Spotify, Apple Music, I Heart Radio, Google Play, Alexa, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. Sometimes I forget how many things that we go on to. Yeah, but we thank you all the listeners around the world wherever you are, that you've listened to us through the great media of podcasting, we thank you so much and everybody on social media this morning through YouTube and Facebook Live we thank you so much. May God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are, as we just gather for coffee and prayer this morning. And we just want to welcome Andy to the mic this morning. That's gonna open up in prayer as we just gather as we just rest and be still So Andy, good morning. How are you friend?
Andy Hammond:I'm very good. Thank you.
Reverend Ben Cooper:You have a good night's sleep.
Andy Hammond:Oh, yes. Yeah, of course. I always sleep well.
Reverend Ben Cooper:He always goes done. I know. You slept well.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, I've been pillaged wrong. Got we've got
Reverend Ben Cooper:a bit twisted. We just want to say thank you to everyone again this morning. You're listening to us. This is raw, this is real. There's no bells and whistles during the squeaks. So the chairs were actually we've changed the chairs to get rid of the squeaks. So you're just gonna hear us snoring and all the other stuff that goes along with it. But come on, we got to push into prayer. You know, India said saying earlier on there could be a finish line in sight. Very interesting what he said there. So we're going to just press into Christ. And we're just going to trust God that he's going to guide us this morning. But we welcome everybody, wherever you are. Thank you to listen to us through the great platform of social media, and also through the world of podcasting. Andy, can you open up in prayer as we have this time together as we gather? Yeah, name of Jesus?
Andy Hammond:Can I quote some scripture first, or course you can. phrase in in Romans, Romans four, where Paul quotes Psalm 32. And blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, amen, whose sins are covered? blessings is the man who sinned the Lord does not count against him, and whose spirit is no deceit. It's interesting, those words whose sins are covered? Yes. And that word covered has legal connotations, it means expunged from the record. Oh, that is really interesting, isn't it? who sins are expunged from the record? No more. So, Father, I just want to thank you, that we can come before you a man. And if we're in relationship with you, we know that we are blessed. We are forgiven. Our sins, our wrongdoings are expunged from the record. So we bless you for what you've done. through your Son Jesus. Amen. And right at the beginning of this meeting, Father, we ask, send your Holy Spirit. Send your Holy Spirit to be with us here.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus. Yeah, Father, bless
Andy Hammond:us this movie with Billy Ben and his household. Tony and his household. Be with my household. Yes, Ron, and all who walk over the threshold. That they will fill your power they will feel your touch. Holy Spirit Carmen, Phyllis a fresh with your power. Give us your insight. Give us words of comfort to say those to those we meet those who are in need. We ask your father to come now. And bring your wisdom to government? Yes. The news of schools reopening on March we asked you you will bring health and wholeness to our young people. And Father, any fear of returning that you will replace that with hope. Yeah, Father, I just had that word hope this morning. Our hope is built on nothing less than on Jesus Christ. righteousness, your righteousness. So far, we ask you now, to be a blessing. Give courage. wisdom to our teachers as they return to the classroom. And Father, we ask you to cover them with your protection because of this virus, and those who are not vaccinated father that there will be a special protection for their glory. And we ask that in your powerful name.
Donny Stockburn:Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you. Thank you Holy Spirit. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord, Father, we just come before you this morning. And lo, we just bring everything to the table this morning loaded Father, we just pray that you will move by your spirit and your goodness and your mercy. And Lord, we just thank you for everyone listening Lord and watching Lord for whatever means and however they're listening at this moment in time we just pray that peace and hope will abound in their heart, their spirit and their mind. And the love of God will just descend this morning, Father, wherever we are around the world Father, we just pray that the love of God will be over us in a very powerful in a very fresh way today that we will feel the love of the Father, in love of the sun, the love of the Holy Spirit that today will be a breakthrough day that today will be a great day and a great day in the kingdom of God. So Father, we thank you for this nation we pray for this nation we Father, we just bring every family before you we bring doctors and nurses we pray for government we pray, Father, for those in retail, those that are in business, those that are in education, those in construction, Father, those that are in the catering, the cleaning industry, Father, those that are in law, and so many other different industries. We've just bring it all before you this morning. And Father we pray as there as There seems to be a glimmer of hope we thank you that there is power, in the name of Jesus and Lord, we are sure that we won't go back to what we thought was normal. But Lord, that we will go back to freedom law, we will go into freedom not that we will leave law in any law chains that have been holding us down. Father, we believe that we have been spiritually freed now. And will we pray Lord for this virus for Brexit as well or for the spiritual implications from Europe? that we've been freed up Lord from the spiritual area of Brexit Father, we thank you that we are not under any satanic oppression from Europe, but we are free, who the sun sets free is free indeed. So this morning, Lord, Father, we pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to breathe over this nation, that this morning will be a good and a powerful day. Lord, we pray for all those that are at work today. All those that have traveled into work or those that are working from home, all the all those the cast staff that are going into the community. No, we just pray that you will move very powerfully and clearly Lord in areas of our lives, Lord, that we never thought possible. Lord, we pray Lord for financial freedom. Well, we think of those that have got caught in debt, we pray for those that have got into a real hard situation through financial lack through this pandemic. Father, we ask you that you will make our way where there seems to be no way. Those that are struggling with debt funds, those that are struggling with the food, Lord, those that are struggling to put clothes on the children's back, we pray that you will make away or Lord where it seems to be impossible that the fire of God will descend, Lord, that the love of Christ will be around single parent families today those that are worrying about their Universal Credit worrying about their social housing, worrying about getting the repairs on the home done worrying about this worry of law, we pray that worry will be gone at the name of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit will come and descend across this nation today you are the king of kings, and you are the Lord of lords. But Lord, we pray that you will speak to us today we pray that hope will abound. And the goodness of God will fall on each and every one of us that the power of the Holy Spirit will move. Lord as we try as we look at getting back Lord, to work as we try to get back Lord, to to live in we pray, Lord, that we won't go back to the old ways but Lord, you're doing a new thing. Lord, we think that you are our strength you are our refuge. You are our rock and Psalms. Psalm 18, sorry, says in verse one it says, I love the Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. My rock is my God in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, verse three of Psalm 18. I called to the Lord who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. The cause of death entangled me, the torments of destruction overwhelmed me, the cause of the grave coiled around me. The snares of death confronted me. In my distress, I called to the Lord I cried out to God for help. From his temple, he heard my voice. My cry came before him into his ears, the earth trembled and quake and the foundations of the mountain shook. They tremble Because he was angry, smoke rose from his nostrils consuming fire came from his mouth burning coals blazed out of it. But Father we thank you that you did God will not hold anything back from your children. So Lord right now all those that Phil as the psalmist was writing, the codes of death had entangled them there was a almost a strangulation Lord of life they was they couldn't breathe because of the pressure, the panic the worry, the fear that the the cause of life was holding them down farther than the snare layer that's out there to lay a snare Father, we pray that we won't get caught in any snare and Father, we thank you that the cause of death as the psalmist said, will not Father thank You will not entangle us anymore. Father, we thank you that those codes are broken at the name of Jesus that there is freedom. The code of worry is broken, the code of fair is broken. The code of Tao is broken the code father of anxiousness that the called father of, of being scared of life, the cold father of financial debt and worry is broken at the name of Jesus. And we are free, who the sun sets you free, is free indeed. And we pray for all those this morning, Lord that are looking for freedom in Christ, Lord, that You will set them free, that there will be power in the name of Jesus, come, Holy Spirit, move by your goodness, awaken our hearts today, Father, Lord, we will not be bound by the culture of their father we will not be bound by what the world is saying, Father, we will not be bound by what the enemy may be trying to do to us and Father, I ask you, Lord, that You will speak to those father, that have been worrying about Brexit that have been worrying father about all the trade deals worrying about what we'll be able to survive without Europe Father, I thank you that we are separated. And Lord You shall supply all our needs according to thy riches in glory. Lord, I thank you that we have been separated spiritually from Europe. Lord, I ask you that you will cut every inroad that the enemy is trying to do spiritually coming into this nation father trying to poison this system father spiritually we ask you Lord that you did God will put a fire around the UK a hedge of Fire Lord we asked you that you did God will break the Masonic activities Lord that you will break Father God the the spiritual activity from Lucifer and his agents Father we pray that that will be broken, Father from Europe and we will be free Lord the Father we will not have the spiritual oppression that has come over law from foreign gods from foreign idols father, it will be broken father we come against witchcraft wizardry. Father we come against dig on paganism. Lord, anything father that is not of the Father we will not be found to be worshipped any foreign God because you are a jealous God and we lift up the greatest name in heaven and earth. So Father, we ask you that you will close the gateway Lord, that the enemy tries to use to get into our house into our lives. To get around us Father, we pray that that gateway will be broken. So Father, we are sure now Lord, that you will put a hedge around the UK. We pray, Lord, that you put a hedge of fire around every home. Every place that someone says that is where I rest we pray that there will be peace in homes today that there will be calm across this nation, Lord, that this nation will be able to breathe, that we will not be found to be dead God chained with any satanic nation but Lord that we will be free at the name of Jesus. We ask you, Lord for freedom. We thank you though that we are free from the spiritual Brexit law. We're not worried about the trade deals. But no, we do not want to be partnering with any nation. Anyone that does not lift up the King of kings and the Lord of lords. So Father, I pray that you will continue to set this nation free spiritually from any nation in the globe, Lord, that is not praising, not lifting up not worshipping the God of Israel, Spirit of the Living God we pray that you will move. Lord, we ask that you will breathe through this nation that you will breathe over this nation, that you will breathe everything out Lord, that is a Sonic, satanic oppression. And Lord that we will fill and see the goodness of the Lord that the goodness of God be on this nation Lord as the spring approaches as summer approaches. Let the sun shine, Lord and we're not just referring to the round disc in the sky, we are referring to the sun, the sun, the King of glory, Lord, let let our gods shine. Let there be a beam of light across this nation. Let there be healing. Let there be miracles. Let the power of God burn for this nation. Burn for schools and colleges, the universities, the homes, the businesses, the workplace, the lives Lord, every street every town, let joy abound. Saving Lord, I ask you now, Lord, that You will lift heavy burden, the heavy burden on this nation and Lord, it will rise it will rise on wings as of eagles. We will see Above the cloud line, load that we will saw again load that Father that this nation will be found by the rest of the world to serve the God of Israel that we did. God will be serving the King of kings and Lord of lords. I ask you, Father, that you will brief Lord brave over us. You are the Lion of Judah, the King of kings, bless everyone that lives in the UK, bless this government, guide them and filled them with the power of the Holy Spirit. Lord, we pray that you will breathe down the corridors of Westminster Lord that you will brief Lord over London, the home counties, the towns, the villages, the parishes, Father, clean this nation through sweepers through with a wide holy broom, in the name of Jesus, sweep out everything that is of Masonic activity, paganism, witchcraft, sorcery, Father, calm, Lord, we are sure now, Lord, that You will move on this nation. Come, Lord, we need the king. We can
Andy Hammond:thank you, Ben, for referring to that Psalm. Psalm 80. God bless you my bra,
Reverend Ben Cooper:God bless.
Andy Hammond:Cause of death just reminded me cannot give a Come on, like a testimony that
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yeah,
Andy Hammond:yeah, I had. And it's really on Psalm 116, which quotes the same, same verses the court of death in Tango. Yeah. And I, I've had this testimony for a long time, because you know, that I belong to an organization that gives away Bibles.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank God for that.
Andy Hammond:There was a deep sea diver on the North Sea oil rigs, and he was working on the seabed. And he was, you know, you can picture the scene, a helmet and the airlines flowing up behind him, and he was walking on the seabed, and he suddenly realized that his airline was blocked. And he couldn't see how he was going to survive. And he cried out to God, oh, Lord saved me. Wow. And the next that he realized he was at the surface of, and being taken on board again. It seemed that God had answered his prayer. Although he didn't realize it. At the time, he was then taken back to the mainland, and he was taken into a hotel. And he went into his bedroom and lied, he lay down on the bed, obviously exhausted, and he stretched out his arm, and there was a Bible on the side. And he picked up the Bible, and he opened it, and it fell open in the middle, where the Psalms, and Psalm 116 fell open. And he read this song, I love the Lord, for He heard my voice, he heard my cry for mercy. Because he's turned his ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live, the cause of death in tangled me. the anguish of the grave came upon me, I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord. Overlord, save me. With that he started and realized that this these words just described exactly what had happened to him. And he was saved by God, who heard his voice. And I can say now that this is a true testimony, that man deep sea diver, is no longer a deep sea diver, but he's a pastor of a church. Wow, as a result, and that's the power of Scripture. And those, if you're listening to this now, and you're in a desperate place, if you just cry to the Lord, oh, Lord saved me. He will do just as he promises to do just Can I say that also? That if you need a Bible, if you need a Bible, just go to 11 send a message to Ben, and he'll get it to me. Make sure that you get a copy. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:We will do that's really, really important. Yeah. If anybody needs a Bible that that so so, so important. We can get your Bible for around a week. That's not not an issue whatsoever. We can get that. So please just send your messages in that's really important. Let's let's pray over that. Let's pray. Father, we bring this before you Father, the Word of God we just pray, Lord, that Bibles Lord will be asked for that people will ask for Bibles. The Bibles will be in schools will Bibles will be in businesses. The Bible soon will be in the hotels Father, we pray for that ministry. Lord, we pray for that ministry, Lord, that long standing ministry that gives that Bibles we just pray, Father, for that ministry that it will continue to be funded that Father, there will be a way Lord, that You will continue. We pray, Father, for the printing aspect of it, Lord, the printing side of things, Lord, we, we pray for however that works. And whatever way that is us we pray, Father that will go on and that will continue we pray. And we thank you that the word of God is is the seed and nothing can stop the seed growing. Thanks, father. It is powerful. We thank You, Lord, that the seed is dropping into hearts today. We ask you, Lord, that that seed will be watered, we pray, Lord, and we thank you that that seed will be nurtured. We thank You, Lord, that that seed is growing. We thank you, Lord, for the seed of faith. We thank You, Lord, that that that small seed of faith, Lord, within each and every one of us, we pray that all of our faith will grow today. We pray, Lord, that our our belief will move forward. We thank you that Jesus just said on the shoreline, he said on the shoreline, just believe I Thank You, Jesus, that we don't need to go to theological, theological college. We thank You, Lord, that we don't need to go to Bible school. We don't need to go to any situation law. We don't need to go to any ministries. We don't need to go anywhere. But just to come to Jesus. So this morning, we thank You, Lord, that we haven't got to be evangelists. We haven't got to be theologians. We haven't got three preachers and teachers. We thank you that you just call you calling us. You're calling us as daughters and sons. You're calling us the sons and daughters and father, you're calling us to follow Jesus. And Lord, we pray that we will be known to be Jesus followers that will be following the King of kings and the Lord of lords will be known to be a children of the living God that we follow the God of Israel, that there is peace in our hearts today. And Lord, as the world is trying to roadmap out of this pandemic, Lord, we walk by faith. We thank You, Lord, that we walk by faith that we are healed. We are chosen, we are blessed. We are children of the living God. And we pray that there will be a move on our hearts and our minds today. That we will leave all religious aspects out though that we won't lift that symbolism above our God that we won't lift that ritual stuff, Lord that has gone on in churches, historical things, that we do things a certain way at a set hour by that set person. We sit in a certain chair, we sit in a certain way we cross our legs a certain way a little bit farther. I pray, Lord, that when Lord the house of the law, when the doors reopen, we will not go back to the old ways, but there will be freedom. So we pray for every church across the nation today. Whatever denomination it may be, Father, we pray that you will breathe new life in the doors. We pray, Lord, that You will breathe in every church today, Lord, the cathedrals, the smaller churches, the schools that rent their places out for churches, we pray, Lord, for village holes that are moved into churches, we pray, Father, for every place that is called a church that it will be the Church of Jesus Christ. It will not be pastors church, it will not be the place where this person sits, that person sits but it will be where the Holy Spirit is, it will be found to be seen moving in the Spirit of God. So we pray for every church from the cathedrals all the way down to the parish churches, the evangelical churches, the Pentecostal movement, every denomination that calls itself the church, we pray that you will breathe for every denomination today and you will remove everything out of every denomination that is not of God. Please, Lord, please, Lord, we are sure this morning that you will breathe on every church in the UK, and Lord, that we will stand on the word from Genesis to Revelation, that we will not take anything and we will not add anything but Lord that we will live by the Scripture. And we pray for leaders. We thank you for leaders, but Lord, we want to see spiritual leaders rising out of the ashes of COVID. We want to see preachers and teachers rising Lord, pressing the Word of God, Lord, we want to hear the power of the gospel preaching across the airwaves. We want to hear Lord, the word repentance, we want to hear the word the blood of Jesus, we want to we want to hear the word preach, Lord, look, come on Jesus. Father, I pray that you will stir up the preachers and the teachers, that you will stir up the body of Christ that you will stir us up Lord and father when when the doors open. I thank you that we will not go back to the religious order that we come from. But we will move in the Spirit of God that we will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit that we will move as in the way you want us to move. And Lord, we thank you that there is a new dawn breaking. There is a new beginning. The best is yet to come. Lord, breathe in every day. Church Father, we are sure that you will pre file and you will burn everything out that is impure. And, Lord, we need our holy God to take your place in this nation, Lord, remove man from any pulpit that has his own agenda. Remove any woman from any pulpit that has their agenda. Remove any man any woman, Lord, that is not following the Word of God from pulpits. Lord, we need fire preached. We need repentance, preach, we need the resurrection preached. We need father eschatology preach, we need the birth, the resurrection creation. Father, we want to hear Lord Jesus slow. We want to hear the power of the word, Lord. We don't want opinionated preachers, we don't want motivational speeches. Lord, we want the Word of God, Lord, this nation needs the word. And Father, we pray that you will continue to raise up Lord, preachers and teachers, Lord, that will deliver the real word of God. Father, I ask you that we won't hear any more about the gospel of cash, Lord, the quick fix, but Lord, we will come to you, Lord, and we will repent we will lay everything down at your foot store and you will move, Lord, as the scripture says, move on our hearts that they strip us back. Strip us back to the Lord in Jesus name.
Donny Stockburn:Thank you for Thank You, Lord, we come to this prayer room. Yes, Lord, we come to this prayer like this asking place where battles are fought Father God hailing not with theology, not with smoke or candles or anything, Lord, not with teaching or preaching, we can pray and we can ask in into this room, Lord, are following now we are praying to a god. Now I've had to write it down to remind myself God, a father who loves us deep Thank you, Jay God, who can overflow anything, a God can change anything. And it does both all the time. I'm just going to read you this little bit of Scripture. It says, oh, Ben knows what I'm gonna say said just about everything about faith. God spoke to me about faith earlier. Yesterday, actually, this is this is as in phases of phases three, and this is a guy, evangelist, Paul. And he just writes these words, as he becomes to realize what I've just spoken, and the features for it. He says, Paul says, For this reason, I bow my knee to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven, and on earth is named, that he would grant you according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened. Hold on to that word, be strengthened with my food, his spirit, and in the inner man, for Christ may dwell in your heart, through five, food fight. That's the word God gave me. His faith is what connects us to God's word. God's word holds the power. And if you just look over to Ephesians, two, there is the sign. It says it faces tonight. Now therefore, you are no longer strangers or foreigners. But fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yes, Lord,
Donny Stockburn:oh, what a lovely thing that is fair. Come on. It says, four by Grice, you have been saved through faith. That little word faith is what God gave me, that it connects us to the power of God. And we can answer anything in that name. You know, we get to get to the point sometimes where we think we've got to do some good days before we can come to God and ask him. That's not so Bible tells us of God's faithfulness and love a man. But law is so often found lately, that it's been a testing ground. And my faith has not really come up to it. And I've fallen backwards. And sometimes I've resolved to my own power, strength or whatever it is far to go my own reckoning. And I left that word of God, I've left the source of power that changes everything in our lives. I've left that behind. And finally God, my prayer today is, I know that that's happened to lots of people, especially pastors and people are no farther God, they've started looking in with ourselves, and our faith is drop loaded, not done is not done that in a phase is drop, fluid today, I'm asking in this room and he asked him, where we come and asked, Lord, I'm asking Father God, that you will strengthen five star at law strengthen the faith of your your sons and your souls, God, that again, we will stand and ask for miracles. We're asking for miracles to our Lord, and the nations to be changed through the power of your word and our faith connects with that word. And they've got it down here. Our fears, our doubts, all overcome by faith, all the times we doubt the Lord times, we feel Yes, it's because our face has fallen down. Because if we reconnect, if we have faith in that word of God that says he can do all things give all things. Once our faith is connected with him, we have access to the power of God again. And that's what I pray that we will have miracles, we see signs of wonders to God, and your word poured out, Lord, and we will be praying night and day from expecting Lord, not hoping, even but expecting Lord. That's what it says in James, you expect it when you ask believe you're gonna receive the lever. That's what I'm asking fun look, you will strengthen that tiny little word, faith that connects us with the power of God. Lord, we just pray that you will strengthen it in each one of us. As we go, we pray that we leave here today, Fargo, our faith will be on a new level law that we will ask, as Jesus asked, we will ask as Peter and Paul ask for gold, we will ask for the same faith. We go out on the streets with the same faith on God. Now, we have a God who can change everything a God who is coming to change everything. So Lord, and he said, we're nearing the end of the race, you know, and it seems quite sensible thing for me to say little but when I read the Bible, it's more than sensible. It's more than hope. It's a search for Lord, I want to connect with that. I want my faith to connect with that when I pray for people, Lord, I want to connect with your power. I want to connect with what your Word says, finally, God, I don't want to leave your word, your word. Ben spoke about the word the word is the power. Well, that's where we get our power from. That's where we get our way through this world. And that's where we get our, our hub and everything comes through that that firefighter gardener I'm not looking at it as a as a little thin fuse wire connecting us with God. Lord, we want a mighty strong connection of faith. Lord, Lord, we want that. That's what we're trying to do faithful to God, so that all the power and all the authority over all things, a load will have access to them. That's what we got. That's what children of God have access to God's power. Lord arches ask you now Jesus like that in every household. Everyone is watching it for everyone is joining us in prayer. Know that prayer will be in every question. In this land. Lord, we want more faith in you. Because we have fallen down so often. We've resolved to compromising the gospel through lack of faith, because we haven't got the strength to stand, Lord. But what Laura Marie, connect with that power, when we know that certainty, that will connect you with a God who can change anything, do anything, find a God in our lives, then the power comes back, and Lord and everything else, all the lights go on in the house again, Lord, and northern witches, kneel down to you now, which is asked you find a god, as you said, we could. As you as you invite us to Lord, we asked you in Jesus name, Lord, that You will up, lamp up, I have five thought about how church fathers are praying Jesus is Lord. Amen.
Andy Hammond:Amen. just from looking at the physicians to Scripture, and I've got those words underlined, for it is by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this not from ourselves, is the gift of God, not by words, so that no one Converse for we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus, to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. And it is that grace of God, that undeserved favor that we received from God, and that phrase is repeated several times in Ephesians. Two. So it is that grace, so we thank You, Father, then we can come to you even even though he don't deserve it. We can come to you, that undeserved favor that you just stretch out your hand so that we can come and sit before you. And you can you right, reach out your hand and draw us in. Yeah. So we thank you. We thank you for that. And we pray for those who find that difficult to come before you. Before you Jesus, they find that difficult, and I was just reminded from scripture in john 20 when Jesus was To Thomas. And if we recall, it was Thomas who said to the other disciples, I'm not going to believe until I see him. And when Jesus appeared to him in that upper room, Thomas said to him, My Lord and my God, then Jesus told him because you have seen me you have believed. And listen to this. Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed. Yeah,
Donny Stockburn:yeah, we know flytefoam.
Andy Hammond:Yeah. So these miraculous signs are written and recorded in the book. And these are written that you may believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have life in his name. So that's the deal. You, if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, then you will have life. It's not my words. It's not our words this morning. It's words recorded here, in
Donny Stockburn:the work was.
Andy Hammond:So just, we just thank you, Father, that we can come to you. And we pray now that you will open hearts, that you will open our eyes to see that yes, Jesus, you are the Son of God. And by believing that they will have life, life in all its fullness, yes, thank you. So we pray, Father, that you will break down any difficulties, any prejudices that people have built up in their lives? And we pray that they will melt in your presence? That they will know that, yes, you. You are Jesus, the Son of God, who came into the world so that we could have life and not death. praise You, Father. We worship you. We give you thanks and praise for who you are for what you've done. Through your son.
Donny Stockburn:Thank you.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you.
Donny Stockburn:Thank you, Lord. He never said courage. He never said boldness. He never said bravery never said wisdom. I've got none of them things. No, but I got five. You said come by faith. Lord, my people should live. Trust faith. In what? In God's word. trust in God's word. It's unchallengeable. It's unbreakable. It's unmovable. It's words of truths and promises. That's what our faith is in. Not in our ability in any way, shape or form. God says it's a gift. So Lord, we just ramp up that gift Father God, Lord, I've got it down here, Lord, but for faith, Jericho will still be standing here as well wouldn't have gone into it into the promised land. And who knows what else after that. But faith bought down walls of Jericho. Jericho now life. I once met an old coach who taught one of my sons as a pitcher. He said, Unless you take Jericho, you'll never take another town. Lord, we can't take Jericho unless we got faith. Faith in your word. do it your way, not our way. Father God, we just pray, strengthen our fight. strengthen our faith, put the lights on, know what lights go on when we connect with your word, Lord, so far we've got just get us get our heads down into your word Father God. Strip us back of all the world has been always preaches like strippers back of everything in this world. Phyllis, Lord, like you filled those jobs at that wedding face with a new wine. Fill us with your word like that, Lord, is our prayer to dialogue. We connect us with your living Word. So we can ask for those miracles and expect them Lord. In Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Psalm 27. Psalm 27, verse one, is just a nice simple text. It says the Lord is the light of my salvation. Whom shall I fear the Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27 verse one, we thank You, Lord, that You are the light of our salvation. Lord, whom shall we fear we will fear no one. We will not fear the terror of night, Lord nor the arrow that flies by day as Psalm 91 says, You are a stronghold as Psalm 27 says the Lord Is our stronghold of my life? Who shall I be afraid, Lord, we will not be fearful we will not be doubtful. Lord, we thank you that our faith arises this morning and there is power, in the name of Jesus in this morning, you are the liar of our salvation. You are the light of our salvation. Lord, I just want to keep reminding myself this morning, that you are a good and a powerful God, Lord, that there is nothing outside of your eyesight. There is nothing outside of you that you are all time you have created time, your before time, you are the beginning and the end, as Isaiah says that you know, the end from the beginning, the beginning from the end, and the end from the beginning, Lord, you know absolutely everything about everyone. Soon every situation and you are the light of our salvation, whom shall we fear? We pray for anyone this morning. There is at work that is at home, that is having a fearful moment. Yes, Lord, we pray that there will be a breakthrough in joy. We pray that joy will break through from law God from the darkness into the light that no there will be this morning there will be a beam of light in our hearts, all those that are fearful that there will be a breakthrough moment in the name of Jesus. That's the word of God because you tell us the Lord is the light of my salvation, Whom shall I fear? So Lord, all those that are sitting at home that are fearful, break the fear this morning break, Lord, any shadows, Lord of death, any shadows of worry and shadows of fear, because Lord as the psalmist says, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff. they comfort me, You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, Lord cup runneth over. You anoint as a fresh Lord, You prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies. Lord, our cup runneth our cup runneth over this morning. And Lord, out of our belly shall flow rivers of living water. So this morning, Lord, we pray, Lord, and we thank you. And we just speak to the Lord to any situation, because we serve a God that causes things are not as though they are. And we pray over ourselves today, and say, Lord, we thank You, Lord, that is only a shadow. It is only on the outside, it cannot affect us on the inside. Because as john says, Greater is He that is in me, then he that is in the world. And Lord, we have the great God, the God of Israel, the God that said, Let there be light is living in us. This is our God sent His Son, john 316, because of unconditional love, where Lord, I found where I slipped where I slide, where I make mistakes, our Jesus our God sent His Son to die upon the cross from for us, because the Scripture tells us that Jesus was before time, he created time, and in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So Christ, we thank you that Jesus Christ of Nazareth, was at the beginning of time before then words came out of the mouth of God, let there be light, and there was Father we pray, Lord, as we speak over our lives, we thank you, that fear is going, that doubt is disappearing. anxious thoughts are gone at the name of Jesus. Lord, we will not engage in the name it and claim it preaching we will not engage Lord, in the prosperity gospel, we will not engage Father God in other false gospels, but Lord, we will engage in the real world of God's laws. As the churches begin to open, as we see, Lord, as we see a glimmer, we pray that we won't go back to the old things, we won't go back to the old stuff, Lord, that we won't engage Lord, that Father that you will reveal to your children today, the false prophets, the false teachers, the falseness that is hidden under Lord the cloak of religion, and law. We thank You, Lord, that the devil is a liar and your Word is true. And Lord, the children of the living God, whoever says that I am a believer in Jesus today, we have the fullness, the fullness is living within each and every one of us, Lord, you don't do things. In a half measure. You don't do things in a quarter measure, Lord, you told us very clearly, Lord, that everything is done in fullness. And Lord, you bring everything into completion. And Lord where it seems dark we thank you that light is beaming fruit today, where it seems fearful. Joy is breaking through today. Spirit of the living up, we pray for the children. We pray that you will touch and bless and heal or any children loan that have been hurt and bruised and damaged through this pandemic, Lord, They dig up won't have no long standing effect for everything. Look for the mental health, for the worry for the doubt, for everything that goes on for the children, for the youth, for the worries for the fears, Lord for this lockdown. We pray, Lord, that You will blow this lockdown off the face of the earth. And Lord, that we won't go back to the old chains. But Lord, we are free. We are free today. Lord, keep us free. Keep us free today, Lord, Lord shackles are gone. shackles are gonna find chains are broken, religious chains are broken. Lord, you're doing a new thing. The former things have gone. See, I am doing a new thing. The Scripture says, open our eyes. So we want to see Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
Andy Hammond:Just thank you reminded Ben, when you said that the water flowing, remind me of eco 47 Yeah, when the River Road runs, and flows out from the temple. And if we look at verse, I think it's seven, eight. He said to me, this water flows towards the eastern region and goes down into the Arab where it enters the sea. when it enters, enters into the sea, the water there becomes fresh. And that sea there is is the Dead Sea. And I don't know, some of our listeners might have been to the Dead Sea, but i've i've floated in the Dead Sea. And it's so thick of salt, that its name is exactly there, nothing can live in it. Nothing can live in the Dead Sea. And this is what happens. When you encounter God, instead of life, instead of death, you have life. There's a complete turnaround. And it says here in Ezekiel 47, that swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. So there's a complete death where nothing can live in that sea, now has life. Come on. And that's just like our encounter with Jesus. Whereas we've got certain death. But when we encounter Jesus, when we accept Him, who he for who he is, we accept him into our lives, then we have life and life in abundance. And if you read again, through his EQ, 47, you see the number of fish that live there. And just like us, really, we're sitting here, we're all different. We're completely different personalities. And, and God made us as individuals, and we have life and we live together. And that's what churches, amen. So we thank You, Father, God, that you came through Jesus to give us life. And we can't do without you. And and we know from Scripture, that you've told us to be witnesses for you. I know we can't be a all evangelists. But we can be witnesses for you. That we can just tell our neighbors, who we are, who we stand for. So I pray that and father this morning, that there will be some courageous people out there, standing up for you, standing up for you, telling their neighbor, their friends, their family, that this is who I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, he may die for me, die for me on the cross. And I just remembered that we're going through the season of Lent, and with a lead up to Easter, when we will celebrate such amazing stuff at Easter when Christ died, but he we know that he didn't finish it. We know it didn't finish their glory because he rose again on that third day. So we celebrate that Father God, we celebrate now this morning, here in this small room. Come on. We thank you and father, all those who need a touch from you today. We ask you to go and meet with them. Bring your healing power. You do this now you can reach out wherever they are. So Carla, put the words into people's mouths to come and ask you now. We pray that In Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Sisters and brothers, we're going to come to the table, we're going to ask Donnie and Andy, that that will lead us in a few moments as we just resting in the stillness in us, we feel the presence of God moving in our homes, our workspace, wherever you are at your desk, just clicking in and out of this live stream, wherever you're listening for podcast, wherever you are across the world, may God bless you and strengthen you. May the Word of God come alive in your heart like never before. And we're just going to gather and we're going to take bread and we're going to take of the wine. The bread that symbolizes the body of Christ, and the cut that symbolizes the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is so glorious to do that, wherever you are, that we can do this. And we thank Thanks be to God that we have this beautiful, beautiful time together. Well, you can just take it. So if you just want to get yourself some bread and some wine ready, whatever that may be grape juice, rhiwbina, even a little fruit show, you know, it is just, it is just a symbol. It's symbolic. That's the most important thing to remember. It's what it represents. So let's just ask God that it will move across to us right now father, as Andy and Dawn lead us in prayer. Lord, I put my life on the table before everyone this morning. And I say Lord, forgive me of my sins, forgive me of my failings. Lord, Lord, the the troubles that are going on the worry in my head, the fear, the doubts, all the issues that a human can have father I just pray that you'll keep me on the potter's will as the Prophet went down to the potter's house. And he see that clay upon that will father keep me on the potter's wheel. I want to be in the Masters hands, I want to be in the hands of the master, Lord, I need you to shape me to reform me. Lord, I need you to deal with things within me because Lord, that stuff, Lord that's rooted, that stuff that needs to be dealt with this stuff in my head that's causing confusion. That stuff floored me and around me but law by the grace of God, Lord, we thank You, Lord, that all have sinned and fallen short of your glory. And this morning, Lord, I pray for my brothers and sisters, wherever they are, if they they're not feeling good enough love, we thank you that we don't need to feel good enough because feelings have nothing to do with faith. feelings have nothing to do. So, Lord. Lord, that we will not live our lives by our feelings but we will live our lives by faith. And it is by faith. It is by grace. We are saved we are blood washed, Lord, it doesn't matter if we don't feel worthy because it doesn't matter what we think about ourselves. It's what you, dear God, have done for us, you will set us free. So Lord, if we are entrenched in our feelings if we are stuck in our feelings, Lord, if we have come to almost freeze in our feelings that we feel unloved, unworthy, Lord, unrighteous law, we thank You, Lord, that that is just a thought. And it is not true. Because our God loves us, our God sent His Son to die upon the cross before we was even born. So Lord, I pray right now that I will not live by feelings. I will not live by emotions. I will live by faith. And I will stand on the word and I ask you, Lord, for the brothers and sisters, wherever they are around the world, that you will touch them and bless them and strengthen them. Let the word of God come alive, Lord, let the Word of God come alive in all of our hearts like never before. Lord, can I ask for an acceleration? Can we ask for an acceleration of the word within us law to accelerate a slaughter to draw us closer to you, Lord, I also think of the protocols this morning, bring the protocols Lord, the father's arms are always open. The Father's arms are always open. So Lord, heal me, strengthen me, guide me. Thank you, Lord, that I am forgiven, Lord, that my history is now to the cross of Calvary. My present is now to the cross a Calvary and what lies ahead of me. Lord is now to the cross of Calvary, the free now's free now's of love. And free nows that represent one represents history. One represents present and one represents the future, free nails, free nails of love. You are covered in the blood of Jesus. You are a child of the living God. There is nothing too big for our God. There is nothing Nothing too big for our God.
Donny Stockburn:Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Can I just say about faith? The only way God's work and get into us a man is full faith. Yes, no matter who you are, you may be a theologian surrounded by books. And I have a brain full of Scripture, whatever it is, you may be the Pope, you may be an archbishop or Bishop wherever you are. But you still have to come to God. Amen. Only through life. Faith connects us to go. And Jesus didn't see sight faith. He said at some editor, he said, faith like a child. And for a long time, I wonder what that meant. I thought, you know, cannot be six years old again. Faith is quite simple, simple faith of the child is he rolls his father's and it comes with nothing. That's what we call nothing at all. We come with nothing. And we rely on God for absolutely everything. That's faith. That's faith. And that's what connects us to the Word of God, the power of God, alone. And as Andy was explaining about that part of the Dead Sea that comes to life, that's what happens when Jesus comes into our lives. Nothing comes to life, until he comes into us, just as a river of life went into the Dead Sea. So Jesus comes into our life brings us to life. And that's the flowing into us. And he flows through faith. God, in His wisdom, has like faith, about faith, the way he gets into our lives. And we can't receive him in any other way. We just simply believe he is who He says He is. And he will do what he said he will do. Amen, Lord, and you got a whole host of history of witnesses in this world to say, Yes, he does do what he said he would do. He has done it already many, many times in each life in every Christian night, God has proved himself and you know, I know ends up in faith again, that is a good God. He knows he understands that flesh, everything. And so it is Thank you, Father, God, that the today Lord, I do ask, again, Lord, that You will strengthen our faith. So we can receive all that you promised on Yes, I rely on your word, and never ourselves and we asked it in Jesus name.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. I'm just gonna read for one Corinthians, chapter 11, verse 23, if anyone wants to know what the scripture references is one Corinthians chapter 11, verse 20, through three through two runabout, verse 28, for I've received from the Lord what I also pass on to you, the Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed, took 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 cup after supper. So he took the cup saying this covenant is a new immigrant blood do 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 it comes. So then whoever eats the bread or drinks or the cup 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. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. God bless God bless you, Donnie, as you lead us in communion this morning.
Andy Hammond:So Father, we just asked you to come now and be with all those who are participating in this communion with you today. We ask you, father to bless this bread and we remember what it represents. It represents your broken body given for us on the cross and follow I just recalled here that as Jesus hung on the cross, and as he died that century and yeah, remember the words of the century and when he said, when he saw the earthquake, and all that was happening. They were terrified. But he explained, exclaimed, surely, surely he was the son of God surely. So that's, that's good enough for me. That's good enough for me. Now we take the spread in remembrance. Amen.
Donny Stockburn:Amen. Thought v. Word as we take this one. symbolic of the blood of Jesus life of Jesus to life is in the blood guts. But it's about fear. If I said, the fear of God, it sounds like something to find you. And you know, like a headmaster or someone you don't like much elde fear position in your life is not talking about that fear. Let me just read this to you change your mind. Which right here in Molokai, malikai 311, verse 16. It says here, for those who fear the Lord, and who meditate on his name, they shall be mine, the Lord of hosts. On that day, I will make them my tools are on lord, oh Lord, I'll leave that for those who fear the Lord. ufologist Thank you, Lord, that You, you give us that, that, that gift God, you made us your jewels, and Father God, how you did it was through your son's blood, and which is pleasure, Lord, you've made a way for us. You've made a way through all the sin and all the all the corruption of this world. Lord, you've made a way through stripe into the kingdom of God, we go, Lord, following Jesus, which is thank you for this blood that has made a way for us in Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you. Take on every fall, we just thank you that we're able to gather around the table of remembrance. As we always say, whether at work whether at home, whether sitting in a field, sitting in a church, we're doing it in remembrance of the weather, we're doing it on our own or with family, with colleagues, at school, in a staff room, wherever it may be, we thank You, Lord, that we come before you. Then we say, Lord, forgive me for my sins. Cover me in the blood of Jesus. As it says in Exodus, chapter 12, the blood will be assigned. And we thank you that the Scripture is so true without error. Your word is without error. But Lord, I just pray for all those that are listening and watching right now, Lord, that they will have a great day in the name of Jesus, that they have a powerful day in the world, that they will feel the love of God just rise in their hearts. They will feel the fresh the freshness of a new dawn, a new beginning breaking in their lives, they will they will hear Lord historical wars, crashing and tumbling down at the name of Jesus on the Lord. As the walls Lord come tumbling down the dairy cows fall today, Lord behind the wall, the sun is shining, Lord, and as the walls crashed, and as the dust clears low, we thank You, Lord. And Lord, as the noise just disappears, Lord, the sun is in the sky. You are the light of our salvation, who shall we be afraid of who shall we be fearful? Lord, we thank you for this time together. As we've gathered for this hour. We pray that you'll strengthen us and bless us and continue to move across this nation. bless everyone. We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. We thank you so much, Lord, for what you've done and what you're gonna do, Lord, but let the word come alive in our hearts today. Lord, let your love be around us today. Let your love be upon us today within us. And in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you for all those listening. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen. And Amen. We just want to say thank you so much for wherever you are around the world. We thank you for joining us today here at 11 churches, we've gathered around the mics for this podcast this morning. We thank you for all those that are listening through buzzsprout, Spotify, all the other means thank you for those on YouTube. Those are on Facebook, but may God bless you wherever you are. You've been listening to Donnie, you've been listening to Andy, we've had the Word of God we've gathered around communion, and myself, Reverend Ben Cooper, and as Andy said, so rightly true. If anybody needs a Bible, please just text in writing, you know, whatever and however you need, we will get you a Bible that is no issue whatsoever. So may God bless you wherever you are on planet earth in Jesus name. Amen.