Reverend Ben Cooper: 0:01

Hello and welcome to Elim church swanley, you're joining myself, Reverend Ben Cooper for today's podcast. Yeah, good morning, wherever you are today. Thank you for joining us online as we just wait and we just see people hopping online, my god bless you and strengthen you. Thank you for joining us. For this online church streaming service. We got our brother Glenn, we got Andy and we got Don in this morning and wherever you may be across the earth as we record this podcast as we're live right now across the world, we just ask you that you may be sending a prayer request in on to all the social medias that we're using, and, and we will catch them as we go. But we're going to gather and we're going to pray, we're going to rest we're going to be still we're going to seek the Lord and wherever you are today, may I just pray that God will strengthen you and bless you and may the hand of the Lord be upon you. And we thank you so much for joining us as we just rest. And as we just just completely be still wherever you are today. I just feel that that's really important to be still whatever is going on in your life. Just Just be still when we were referring spiritually there. And I'm going to come and read from Psalm 91. So wherever you are going to keep repeating myself is very, very important. But because people are jumping online, a few minutes later, half hour later so if we repeat ourselves we are we are not apologizing. We are just catching the people that are jumping online. May God bless you and strengthen you. And we Thanks be to God Yeah, if you're walking, you're in a coffee house, we see the text coming through this morning, and may God strengthen you. I'm going to go into Psalm 91. A beautiful Psalm, you know, simple text, it's only 16 verses long. It's very, very powerful. I believe God is led me this morning to Psalm 91. I'm gonna I'm gonna read it the full 16 verses. We're gathering for prayer wherever you are today. I was in this the other day, and this has just been pressed on my spirit. Again, I just feel that this is the right thing to do. So we thank God for the podcasters that are listening on buzzsprout, Spotify, everyone online as we just press in now. So let's just gather our thoughts and let's just rest and be still wherever you may be. May God strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you for all your prayer requests that have come through. Thank you for all the downloads. Thank you for all the likes and the shares and everything that runs along with the social media church, the online church, you know, we've been gathering for a long time now, Wednesdays but let's just read Psalm 91. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely he will save you from the Fowler's snare from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers and under his wings you will find refuge His faithfulness will be your shield on your rampart. You will not fear the terror of night and on the arrow that flies by day not the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 1000 may fall at your side 10,000 your right hand but it will not come near you will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say The Lord is my refuge, and you make the most high your dwelling, no harm will overtake you no disaster will come near your tent for he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up in a hand so that you will not strike your foot against the stone you will tread upon the lion and the Cobra you will trample the great lion and the serpent because he loves me says the Lord, I will rescue him. I will protect him for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him with long life while I satisfy him and show him my salvation. Verse 16. You are saved you are blood washed, you are a child of the living God. When you look at the last two words, in Psalm 91, I will show him my salvation. Salvation is the gift. The gift giver has given the gift to each and every one of you you are born again you are filled with the Spirit of God. You know and I we just want to encourage you this morning just just believe, wherever you are today, just believe it. We're living in times of the very treacherous they're very hard things are happening all around the world. But we want to encourage you today wherever you are, thank you for joining us online streaming service. This church service but verse 16, that is what's pressing on my heart with long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation you are saved, you are blood washed doesn't matter what you think about yourself doesn't matter how you feel about yourself today. It doesn't matter what anybody else says about you, Jesus Christ love you. The Father sent his one and only Son you are saved you have been given that gift you know we cannot work for salvation, and that's so glorious. But what's really important I do believe, as it says in the New Testament work out your salvation, with fear and trembling with fear trembling. Come on church, wherever you are today. Just remind yourself, you are a daughter, and you are a Son of the living God. When you read Psalm 91, we know and we understand what that that means. And we get that. And it says so, so much to us right now. But I just want to encourage you this morning, angels have been put to fly because of your life. Verse 11, he says, For he will command his angels concerning you, to guide you in all your ways. You know, the enemy, thinks that he's setting you up, but God has set the enemy up, there's nothing for you to worry about God is set, and he has set the enemy up the Scripture is very, very clear what the end times will look like. And we are sitting in end times, and thanks be to God, that you have protection from the or with I should say, with the blood of Christ, you are a child of the living God. It doesn't matter about how many times you hop in and out of church, it doesn't matter if you haven't even been to church. God has called you Christ has saved you. The Word of God is with you never, ever give up. Wherever you are, today you are so romans eight, nothing can separate us from that precious, beautiful love. You can't be separated. You know, the world is trying to separate you. The world is trying to put confusion in your mind, but you are a child of the living God, hold on and never give up. May God bless you. We're we're into the service. And we're just pressing in our hand over to my brothers this morning. But Psalm 91, whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty, I will say, of the Lord, He is just remind yourself this morning that he is your hose. He belongs to you. You belong to Him. However, without going all on the theological line and breaking it down and going all through the razzmatazz and bringing it right to that point, let's just remind ourselves, I will serve the Lord. He is my refuge. And he is my fortress, my god. Look what it says there. It says, My God in whom I trust, he's my God, he's your God, he's, he's the Great I Am. He's the king of kings. He is the Lord of lords. As it says in the book of revelations, he says, Behold, I was then, but I am alive. He is alive, your God is alive. He is in charge of your life, the enemy is defeated at the name of Jesus. The Scripture says at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow you know, we are to easily lead to bow the knee to other movements to other situations in the world we are, but we got a bow the knee to only one and His name is Jesus. We just bow to the king. He's our God. He's our king. We don't bow we don't worship foreign gods. We don't get caught in materialism. And we don't get caught in what the world is offering us. We bow the knee to the King of kings and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, He loves you. I just want to remind you this morning that you are loved, you are loved. You may feel unloved by your family, your friends, your work colleagues, your workspace, you may feel that no one loves or cares for you. But let me tell you this, Jesus cares for you. He says, cast your burdens upon me, because He cares for you. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. He loves you so much. He sent His one and only begotten Son, and His name is Jesus. Yes, His name is Jesus. Jesus Christ has set all of us free. Free from the law of sin and death, as it says in in Romans, you know, there is now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus, you are not condemned in Christ, you are loved. It doesn't matter what your past look like. It doesn't matter what your situations are, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how bad the past has been. Across a Calvary proves it. The scripture tells me very clear that Jesus loves you. He loves you unconditionally, even though you feel gritty, even though you feel mucky, even though you feel lost, even though you feel absolutely treacherous, and rash. God is with you. And God is with me. And it doesn't matter how we feel. It doesn't matter if we keep looking back into the past. We know that it says whoever puts their hand to the plow shouldn't look back, but the devil tries to remind us to look back but I want you to remind yourself this morning to look forward. Look forward to the great thing that God has for you. He has set you free, you are a miracle, you are a child of the living God, you are blessed. And just reflect in Psalm 91 as our brothers will bring other texts to the service this morning. But wherever you are today, I'm just want to encourage you to hold on the still know that he's got. All things are possible to those who believe. Let's get ourselves into that posture into that position within our innermost being of believing belief, because look at what Psalm 91 says whoever dwells in the shelter, the Most High. We're all living in Christ will rest in the shadow of the Almighty, I will say of the Lord. He is saying that to yourself, wherever you are today, he is my refuge. He is my refuge and my fortress, my god. Look what it says, My God in whom I trust, trust him. Continue to keep in the Word of God, we just want to encourage you this morning, God bless you and strengthen you, by the hand of God always be upon you. He loves you unconditionally. You know, he cares for you is care for you is beyond human understanding beyond, we cannot articulate, we cannot work it out. But what we do need to work out in Scripture says is work out your salvation with fear and trembling. You are saved, you are blind wash, your name is in the Lamb's book of life. You are a child of the living God. And you know what is so glorious about Jesus? He's the head of the church it's not about the Pope. It's not about the bishop. It's not about us four it's not about denomination it's not about a limb. It's not about the Church of England it's not about Catholicism is not about a God is not about Methodism, it's not about any movement. It is about Jesus. thing, do we realize that we haven't got to step into a building? Do we realize that we haven't got to run to the altar and say, I've decided to follow Jesus? Do we actually realize that he is predestined, he has chosen us He is set each and every one of us free. by the blood of the Lamb. There has been a ransom there has been a price and the price has been paid. We are slaves to righteousness. We don't belong to Boris. We don't belong to our family. We don't belong to anyone in this world, but Jesus Christ. You're his son, and you're his daughter. And you are a child of the living God. You are, You are blessed. You are loved. You are cared for. Cost your cares cost your burdens onto him because he cares for you. Amen. And may God bless you in Jesus name. Thank you, Lord,

Donny Stockburn: 12:12

Your Father God, we we found you. We were in a whole new situation now. Now that you've saved us now that you've watched us and cleanse us. Now you've made us immaculate. I love that word. We are children of God. I can't believe what Ben says, read at this prepared couple of days ago and it's almost like he's read what I've said about being the children of God, about us being in your children, Lord, and and in these days, you've blessed us so much, not only to clean us inside and drive out all the world in this order worldliness Lord, keep us free from the effects. That's what these days are doing of the world. Lord, we are no longer in this world. We are no more more to do with this world. And Jesus was. He said that he made that statement, Father that they are no more to do with this world denier. And a lot of we're out of heaven. Now. We're God's children, what Bengals sign and you cleanse us and healed us Lord, we lock a vessel that's been cleansed and healed and washed, cleaned and made immaculate and sinless and spotless, and our Holy Lord, fulfilling, fulfilling on filling up Lord. And I know last week when I was away, I felt an emptiness that I was out of fellowship. And but this word kept coming, be filled, be filled, be filled with the Spirit, be filled with the Spirit. That's all I kept hearing. And now we are see why not that oh, we need your spirit. We are your sons and daughters. And you Jesus said, He will send your spirit to fill you up with a hole in cleansed and washed in the blood of Jesus. But we will make that way so we could fill us up with his own spirit. Lord, we just pray now that you will fill us again and afresh. afresh Lord, philosophical spirit topping up those lamps filled with oil or do the 10 virgins Father God. Make sure loader we don't run out of oil. Father God, it's an awful experience when we run in dry like that. And God system, Sha one apply for all those Christians who are blood washed all our nucleation and they know they are not not just gonna read you hear from Romans eight, verse 16. This is one short verse says the Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God, man. We are the children of God. Nothing can change it. And we are filled with his spirit. But no doubt is one Apply for the children of God who've been made a new creation and washed in a precious blood of Jesus and made immaculate and likeness, Lord, but they consider themselves to be second class, Christians who consider themselves to be on the outside looking in. Lord, you've died to bring us and fill us Lord to you. Father, we just pray for those Lord, who is a feeling. We know it's a lie, because of this word here. God has made us children of God. That's what we are now. And to feel any different ways just a feeling. never rely on feelings. Rely on this word here. Stand on his word that says you are a child, Father God, which is pray that now Lord, all those who consider themselves to be less than that. Father, God, you put it Boy, you rectify, Lord, you're revived the move. Remind them of who they are Father God, through your spirit, that they are filled, filled with your spirit filled with Christ one. Wonder Colossians is the first 27 says that we are filled with Christ. the fulfillment of your plan is Christ in us. That's what we're filled with. Children of God are filled with the Spirit of God. Father, God, Archie, Archie Now, come on, refresh us. Fill us a fresh in a new Lord. as as as the Jew falls every morning, your spirit fall on us, Father God, apply, fill us up load, fill us up, load in and bring that blessing into our lives. Look, enable us to minister your word again, Lord, and to realize who we are in Christ. Lord arches, pray for all those now who feeling other than what your Word says, Lord, I pray you will dismiss those feelings. And by your spirit law, you will prompt this word. This word here that says we are children of God firmly into their souls and spirits firmly into the vessel Lord, that you've washed and cleansed and healed. And I ask this in Jesus name. Amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 17:08

Amen. Amen. Thank you, Jesus.

Glenn Walsh: 17:10

This isn't a dream. It's a reality. Yeah, and you we've got and God is so sovereign over our lives. We're hearing that already. But I know a lot of people let circumstances get them down. They I think some people listening today feel betrayed you feel a real sense of betrayal from those near. Now it says in the Proverbs that man plans for these heart but God's directs our steps. Amen. Also the man dreams, but it's the Lord's purpose that will prevail. Burns, there's a story in Genesis and record the facts that happened. And I'm going to read from Genesis 45, starting at verse four. And this is Joseph. Now Actually, I'll go back to verse three. And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph is my father studied, still alive. But he's found that these brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. See, they done such evil to their brother Joseph. Anyway, from verse four, and they came near, and he said, I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. Now do not be distressed or angry is comforting them with yourselves, because you sold me here for God sent me before you to preserve life. He knew that what they planned for evil, God had planned for good. And then down in verse seven, he says to them again, and God sent me before you, to preserve for you, a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So wasn't you who sent me here. This is verse eight, but God, God is sovereign over their lives. whatever's going on, he's playing every side, and he's purpose will prevail. And Joseph went through extreme hardship. The Jesus said many troubles you will have. But he's promises he is with us through them all. Never really leave us never really forsake us. And he works it all out for good, amen. Glen, stuck in the season you're in. There's an end to it. Amen. And there's a purpose to it. And he's purpose will prevail. Father, I pray that you will show your PayPal is late you are with the Jos you've not forsaken anyone. betrayal. Jesus, you knew what betrayal was like. He was betrayed by one of the 12 betrayed by him. Judas betrayed you with a kiss. The one whose feet you washed, the one who did cheese bread with you. The one who shared in your ministry betrayed you. Joseph betrayed by his own brothers, he siblings who sold him off as a slave wash their hands of him, and yet your purpose prevailed. So Lord, I pray for those who are sitting in despair. Your Word says, Lord, then you bring beauty from ashes, that you turn our mourning into dancing. And I pray that, Lord, that your people would know your promise that you are with them. You are for them. That what the enemy designed for evil. You designed for good, Lord, don't bring good out of it. So we just pray your blessing. We pray a new day. We pray, Lord, that your purposes would be made manifest, and your people would see with faith and vision for Your glory. fearless, Lord, and Lord were yours. Nothing can snatch us from your hands. Nothing.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 20:50

Thank you, Jesus.

Glenn Walsh: 20:50

Lord, there's no angel, no demon, no height, no depth, not past, not present, or future. Nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God. That's so Christ Jesus and Lord. Thank you, Lord, for this covenant. You've bought us into Yes, amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 21:10

Thank you, Jesus, thank you for your word, Lord. Thank you, Jesus, nothing, nothing can separate Allah, nothing

Andy Hammond: 21:16

can separate us from you, Father, and Hulk is always in you. And that verse from Isaiah 40, verse 31, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint. The word hope has been with me over the last week or so, really. And that's where our hope lies. It's only a Jesus. We we come before Him, and He gives us some strength, he gives us a determination to carry on when things are difficult. And you will know things have been difficult. It seems. Well, it's nearly two years, it seems to me that we've been through this trial. And but we're coming through. God is with us. Amen. He gives us the strength. He gives us the hope you're full of stuff. And we

Donny Stockburn: 22:32

all of us,

Andy Hammond: 22:33

I think there is that command, that that thread that runs through scripture that Jesus gave us that we should love one another, just as I have loved you. And we need to imitate Jesus. And there's a whole chapter really in Philippians chapter two, talks about imitating Christ's ability. Thank you, Jesus, and shining like stars. Yeah, what a picture that gives. You can go out in the evening and just look up into the sky. And on a clear night, you see all those stars sparkling. And that's a command of Scripture, that we are to shine like stars. How wonderful that is that we can do that. And it says in verse five of Philippians, two, your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. Thank you, Lord. That's not easy. That's not easy, who being in very nature, God did not consider equality with God, something to be grasped, but made himself nothing. Taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on the cross. While therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, in heaven, and on earth, under the earth, praise and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Thank you for the glory of God the Father. wrappers and the name of Jesus, every nation.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 24:45

Thank you, Lord,

Andy Hammond: 24:46

we thank You, Father, that we can come to you. Through Jesus,

Donny Stockburn: 24:54

yes lord

Andy Hammond: 24:54

for what he's done. Thought is accomplished. We come before you the Morning, knowing that all the efforts that we make will be of nothing if we don't love you, if we don't get into your will. So Father, we asked you, send your Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit come and be with each one of us. Bring your strength. Bring your encouragement, bring your guidance, bring your love, the love that Jesus had for each one of us, help us to reflect you, in our daily walk, help us to reflect the love that you had for the last for the helpless for the poor, for the sin. And Father, we just remember Sharon fan this morning. Who is unwell is in hospital. Yes. So we pray, Father God, now that you will bring your healing, please, Holy Spirit, come and meet with Yes, Father, to fill. And Father we. You just said the word. Amen. And it was done. So Father, you gave you gave us that all authority? We just say the word.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 26:30

Thank you. Thank you, Lord, Jesus, amen. Amen. Yes, Father, thank you for being here. Thank you for miracles today, Lord, wherever we are across the earth today, Lord, we believe in miracles. We believe in the Word of God we believe in the power of you we believe in our God we believe as the psalmist says and and as my brothers and as we're praying together this morning and my sisters and brothers online Lord, we believe in the Word of God we believe we trust in you and Lord out I'm sorry lower value or let you down but Lord, I believe, Lord, I'm sorry that I might say the wrong thing sometime but Lord, I believe so. Lord, I'm sorry, Lord, that I do silly things make stupid situations come into being but Lord, You protect us, Lord, just looking at the the areas of life law, whatever may be going on in our lives. I thank you that there is power in real essence, I thank you, Lord, that when I come when we stand, and we just come before you and say, Lord, Father, forgive me, for I have sinned and fallen short of thy glory, Lord, that now that now that those Roman soldiers hammered home, Father, every blower that now every whack of that now father has taken our transgressions taken, Lord, the sickness that disease has taken, the silly things that we may do the ridiculous attitudes that we may carry, like every everything father was was upon our Lord and Savior. Everything was upon him, everything was upon him. JOHN 14, verse one, do not let your hearts be troubled. If you're in trouble this morning. Don't be in trouble. Look what it says in john chapter 14, verse one, I'll read it through. It says, Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God. believe also in me. My father's house has many rooms, if it was not, so I would have told you that I'm going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, that you also may be where I am, you know, the way to the place where I am going. Then it goes on a little bit further by just want to hold if we can for a moment. He says I'm going to prepare a place and when that place is prepared at the right time, when the script is lined up. When my father says and I come back, I'm coming back. I will take you you will be with me. You are coming home. Let me just remind all of us this morning. We're on our way home. We're on our way home. This is just a stopgap. This is just a fleeting in eternity. This is just a moment. You know there is so much depth in these texts so much. Look what that says in john 14 verses one through to the end of verse four. Do not let your hearts be troubled. You are saved. There is a place prepared for you. Even though you think that there isn't there is there is a place prepared for you. You have been given the gift of salvation. You did not decide to choose this holy God. He decided to send his one and only Son to set you free. You are a child of the living God. You are saved. You are blog post, do not let your hearts be traveled, believe you believe in God rather believe also in me, Father, we believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. My father's house has many rooms, if that was not so I would have told you that he says, I'm going to prepare a place for you. And then there's a place prepared, there's a place there's a place for you. There is a place for you, the devil will try to snatch that from you. And he will try to infill your thought pattern with words and, and all types of things he will put on the TV screen of your life of what we've done, and how we have been. But the cross a Calvary, the blood of the lamb is washed, and as one to claim, wiped it clean, but there's a place there's a place prepared for us, is very deep, it's very deep in a theological depth when you look at that, but he's gone. He's prepared. He's coming back, he has saved us. However way we look at that for eschatology for the rapture through whatever and whenever, if we go before, however, whatever it may be, whatever way and however we go, one thing is for sure that you have a place in eternity, with Jesus with the Father, with son, with the Holy Ghost, you are saved, you are saved, you are blood washed. And Jesus says in verse six of john, Chapter 14, Jesus answered, I am the way, the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me. We're in because we've gone through, not in our own strength, not in our own will, not with our anticipation, not in any way, shape, or form, can this flesh decide to choose a holy God, but the Holy God has decided to save you and to save me? We can't work it out. We can't understand it. We can't grasp it sometimes. Because when I look at me, I think, oh my god. Why? unconditional love, no strings attached. JOHN 316 basic text this morning. For God so loved the world, that he gave His one and only Son, or begotten Son that whosoever shall believe. I believe. I believe in creation. I believe in the rapture of the church, I believe in the blood of Jesus. I believe in the Word of God. I believe in the birth the death the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't understand everything Lord, but I just believe what did he say to the to the fishermen just believe how simple can that be? But pastors and leaders and deacons and congregate and those that are leading congregate we we can make it complicated. Priests we can we can make it complicated when it's actually just belief. Just believe let's go back to the basics. Let's go back not actually to basics, but to the, the firm root word of God.

Donny Stockburn: 33:36

Oh man,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 33:36

just belief. Let's drop all the razzmatazz and the beating of the drum in church and all the air comes pastor roll out the red car, he's got a park cop car parked out the front. Let's lift him up. Let's lift him up. Let's lift Jesus up. Let's lift up the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Let's praise the Great I Am Jehovah gyra is with you. Jehovah nissi is with you Jehovah shalom is your guide your strength is your peace. He is with you right now. He's with us for here. He's with you on the other side of these mics wherever you are today. He with you? Oh man, he's really

Glenn Walsh: 34:23

thank you Jesus. Lord, you're kinder to the people and said How long were you go limping between two opinions? How long will you go limping between two different opinions beautiful if the Lord is God follow him but a bow then follow him Well, I believe makes many many people limp in their faith. If they've got one foot in the kingdom of God and the other foot they've refused to take out the world Amen. I can you walk like that? I can you walk like that. No wonder it's a limping. But then in Joel JOHN three, verse 14, its multitude multitude in the valley of decision for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision and I believe God's calling us to challenge Amen You believe this and follow me. Yeah Come on gland with the Lord is God and God is the Lord the Lord and follow God hallelujah. Don't do either between two opinions Make up your mind. Let's fall on it. We here. We know Jesus died for us on the cross. We know what he went through. But the battle was won the night before a man oh man in the Garden of Gethsemane, uh, yeah. When he said, Not my will, but yours be done. And I believe God is calling us afresh, to do the same, to surrender, to decide, if God is God, follow him. Make your decisions come in line with that surrender, surrender, your will be done not. you rather have the world then don't with the world. But what does that offer apart from death? God's grace is big enough that we can come to him as we are, and we can't come any other way. But we won't stay as we are. Ben said earlier, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. And it goes on to say because the Lord is working you a man, how awesome is that? Beautiful. So Lord, I want to thank you for your grace for your mercy, Lord, we don't know often how we got into your kingdom. Apart from this same fact that we've all got that same testimony. We were blind, but now we see. You took those scouts from our eyes just like you did. Paul, also known as soul. And he saw clearly and decided to follow you know what we decide after you we decide to follow you we decide to surrender all and say you are a landlord, you are a god. And we live for you. Yeah, no claims to this world. But you are out great reward. Just like you said to Abraham, you are that shield, and a great reward. And then Joel also says, And it shall come to pass afterwards. We forget this we know this was fulfilled. And so it shall come to pass. Afterwards after we decide for you. After we go through here, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Thank you to your sons and your daughters, your prophecy, your old man, children dreams. This is for sitting here. And your young men shall see Ville see visions that's even on the male and female servants. In those days, I will pull out my spirit. Come on, Lord, Lord, we claim that we claim your Holy Spirit we do we walk we can't walk without yours. feeling alone. Each church was led by the Spirit. That's what we want, Lord, we want to be led by your very presence, as Moses said, If you don't, don't with me, I'm not going. Yes, Lord, we pray that you will baptize afresh your people, your church, that your church will be full of the presence. Now just like they re when they rededicated the temple, or when Solomon dedicated the temple, the priests couldn't even go in. Because of that, sure, kind of glory, your presence, they had to worship outside. When Moses came down from the mountain, he had to wear the veil, and the people played it. Moses, you speak to us on God's behalf. But your heart Even then was to be with your people. And you are now through your Holy Spirit. You tore that temple curtain from top to bottom, so that your presence could be with your physical beauty and religion puts it back up again.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 38:48

Thank you lord.

Glenn Walsh: 38:49

I've even seen a guy in churches that separates the congregation Yeah, from the alter below the gate of lord. Yeah, kick it off,

Reverend Ben Cooper: 38:57

not take it off. Lord,

Glenn Walsh: 38:58

holy Spirit come, you've relayed a nation of priests. Take the We Are the priestly people with one high priest who goes before us who lives to intercede for us to live in Jesus. Right? We decide for you Jesus, your will be done. Your kingdom come here on Earth. Just as it is in heaven. No difference. Let your presence fall, Lord, let your presence come. revive your church. Yeah. revive your people. For what a reward you are. We know you. We are yours. You are ours. unseparable through that Blood Bowl, purchase the rent some of ourselves. Thank you lot. Blood wash, amen.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 39:43

Amen. On that note, we're coming to the table in a few moments wherever you are across this beautiful app that we walk. We're going to take bread and we're going to we're going to break that bread. We're going to take this Karpen as Glenn was bringing them scriptures and as Andy has brought scriptures and Donnie has bought the word and we're just in prayer together, now we're going to break bread together, and we're just going to take this bread and our brothers are going to pray and we're going to rest. And wherever you are, God is with you. God is with you. The Scripture is made very clear today. Very, very clear. God is with you. We're gonna hand over to Randy. And he's gonna lead us and Don will carry on, me and Glenn are just gonna sit in the presence and rest and be still on the fruit of water God.

Andy Hammond: 40:38

Yeah, father. Such a delight to be able to sit around this table, listening and receiving from you. So that we can give away to all those listening, the word, our prayers. And just following on from what Glenn read, and refer to Acts two, and when the people heard the message from Pete and the people heard this, they were coming to the hall and said to Peter, and the other apostles, brothers, what shall we do? So all you're listening out there, brothers and sisters, what shall we do? Peter replied, Repent, and be baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, thank you the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you, and your children, and for all who are far off for all whom the Lord our God will call if God is calling you today, and as you wherever you are home, or wherever you're listening, just be prepared to get some bread, and some juice or wine. To remember, at amazing sacrifice by Jesus. And we come before you know, and we repent of all those things that Yes, Father, have not done Forgive me, Lord. And all those things that we have done that we shouldn't have done. Yes, sir. So let's bring your forgiveness. Amen. Wash us again. And we remember your sacrifice by taking the bread and we remember your body broken, given for each one of us.

Donny Stockburn: 43:18

Down in spirit, are you low on joy? Do you feel like you've blown it with God? That's just solid all those feelings. replace them with God's word. He took the same precious blood, the same quiz, Crimson blood, to make clean and Mike holy and making macula that thief on the course, whose whole life had been set aside from God. Now in in a split second, there's he turned to Christ. That blood that saved us, saved him. Such as that precious, precious blood of Jesus, Lord. Will we just take it now and give you thanks in our spirits, Lord, and asked you to fill us up with your Holy Spirit. Now that we are clean now that we are holy, now that we are righteous, even though thief on the cross Lord was made holy and righteous, a vessel for you to fill with your Holy Spirit. Lord, we pray that as we drink this, we will be filled again. And again and again and again Lord. In Jesus name, we pray this Amen.

Andy Hammond: 45:00

Chapter in Romans chapter eight. Towards the end, Paul explains that we will be more than conquerors. And we know in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those god foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those who predestined, he also called dopes, he called, he also justified those who justified he also glorified. What then, shall we say in response to this, if God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all? How will he not also, along with Him, Christ graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those who God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he's convinced Christ Jesus who died more than that, who was raised to life. And he's at the right hand of God. And he's interceding for us. Well, well, the truth is that Jesus is interceding for us, even now. wherever we are, whatever state of mind we are. Remember that Jesus is interceding for us. He is praying for you. Each one of us. Thank you, Father. Yes. Compared so we are more than Congress when we stand alone with Jesus.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 46:53

Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Yes, for unconvinced neither death, nor life nor angels nor demons, neither the present and the future. Not any powers, neither height, nor depth, nor all or anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God. That is in Christ Jesus. Amen. We're grafted in. We're in Glenn's gonna lead us in prayer. As we close this service we've had time together, we've brought together we've just taken communion together. And as we hand over to Glenn, and please remember, if anybody needs a Bible, and he can get us a Bible, and Glenn will take us out in a few moments. And he could you please just share?

Andy Hammond: 47:41

Yeah, it's a big thing this every week, if you want to Scripture Bible, or New Testament, we now have a new testament with Psalms and proverbs In addition, so it's a really great read, the most powerful, the most popular book in the world. And what we do is good news for everyone we put helps at the front. So there are pages of helps where you can look up three or four scriptures. So if you're worried about the future, I can see here there's three scriptures against that heading. If you're lonely, and there's scriptures about that, if you're need guidance, you're looking for a job, even the Scriptures for that. So the open and just send in a request and we get something to you.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 48:45

Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Before we close in prayer, there's been a request just come on just to refer to the scripture points that we've had. I've had Psalm 91, john 14, first one through to the end of about six we've had Glenn, you've had Joel, chapter three,

Glenn Walsh: 49:05

and Genesis.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 49:07

Yeah, yeah. We'll pick them up. We'll pick them up. And Andy has them in front of us. And Tony's got some there. Andy, what have you got?

Andy Hammond: 49:14

I think I've X to 37 to 41 reference to Romans eight, which you concluded Yes. Yeah. We've had Philippians, two, six to 11. Isaiah 40, verse 31. You had Psalm 91. At the beginning, Romans 816, Colossians 126 27. I think 27 that was done is Genesis 45. I think you've said verse three onwards.

Glenn Walsh: 49:46

Amen. Joseph. Yeah, yeah, there we go. Setup finger.

Andy Hammond: 49:50

Yeah, we don't have 14 wonderful.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 49:53

There we go. Reference. There's the reference points. You can back listen that you can capture that Don, we've got all your references, approximately. So we're there. We've made it. So in

Glenn Walsh: 50:02

closing, in closing over tickling Hebrews 11, if you look around there, but also 1038, but my righteous one shall live by faith. And then Genesis, Hebrews 11 goes through faith, all the people who live by faith. In Genesis 12, verse three, says about Abraham, all families will be blessed when him in Genesis 15 is, I am your shelter and great reward. So Father, I want to thank you, that we go from faith to faith, and the faith we have is a gift from you. We pray for more. But we also choose to live by faith. So Lord, I pray a blessing on everyone who listens and asks for sitting here that we would know your voice. You say in john 10, my sheep know My voice, they cannot listen to another. Praise the Lord. Thank you, Jesus, that we've heard your voice. And it's you who said to us, you're saved, were yours. You've spoken those words of life over us you are that shield, you are our great reward. We're blessed today because of Abraham's obedience. So Lord, we want to be those who surrender to your ways, who like you, the author and perfecter of our faith endured, you walked on our tribe will be the same not that we too will surrender and say your will not ever and our promises we will know you more for this is eternal life that we would know you. Reveal yourself through your Holy Spirit. And bless us. In Jesus name.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 51:47

Amen. Amen. In Colchester,

Donny Stockburn: 51:50

put that other scripture in it's in Luke 23. Verse 39, to 43. That's the thief on who costs.

Reverend Ben Cooper: 51:59

Amen. Thank you done. Yes. Thank you so much. There we go. God bless you all, wherever you are today. Thank you, Dani. Thank you, Andy. Thank you, Glenn. And thank you, Ben. And thank you to everybody online today. We thank you so much for joining us for church, online church, you know, church looks very different. But we Thanks be to God that we have the power of technology to connect with one another. What a great a great, what a great way to be able to have church together. So wherever you are across the earth, we thank God for your life. We will catch you very, very soon. This time next week. there abouts, for online coffee and prayer. And thank you for your prayer request. And may God strengthen you and bless you. And always continue to walk in the presence of him. Never give up. Never give up. Thank you so much. God bless. Take care and we will see you very very soon in Jesus name. Amen, amen.

Donny Stockburn: 52:51

Amen. Thank you.

Close: 52:52

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