Hello and welcome to Elim Church Swanley, you're joining myself, Reverend Ben Cooper for today's podcast. Good morning everybody we are in we are gathered around a mic for coffee and prayer. May God bless you and strengthen you wherever you are today. We ask that you will just continue to follow Jesus. It's that simple. We are in Psalm 118. And I'm going to read from verse five in a few minutes. But welcome to everyone in the world of podcasting. Welcome to everybody in the world of church. Welcome, brother, Andy, brother, Donny and brother Glen this morning as we gather and as we sit as we wait as we be still. And as everybody joins us online this morning as people are starting to hop on. I see people are coming online this morning. We welcome you to church this morning, this Wednesday morning service as we gather around these mics for coffee and prayer communion, as we've been doing this for a long, long time, all the way through lockdown, and even before we went online before lockdown. Good morning, everybody. I just want to encourage you this morning, continue in your faith. Continue following Jesus, continue reading the word continue to pray, maybe you might be in a position in your life where you're actually finding it very difficult to get into the Word of God. Maybe you're finding it very difficult to even engage in prayer, do not worry. Just be you because Christ created you. God loves you beyond your human understanding. And wherever you are today, we just want to say thank you again, this is this is coming from all four of our hearts this morning that we thank you for joining us for this online streaming church service this morning, wherever you are across the world. And may God bless you and strengthen you. We've got our sister walk in at the moment, we've got people working, we've got people joining us wherever they are across the globe. And we just want to say thank you so much to everybody and those that are on Buzzsprout those that are on Spotify, I Heart Radio, and the other platforms that we go on through this podcast in service that we deliver to everyone this is such a blessing to us for here. To be able to share the Word of God to pray with you to walk with you, to journey with you. And we are all together wherever you are, we might be from different denominations, we might be in different churches. But you know what, above the natural and above this earthly church, we belong to the kingdom of God. We're in the kingdom. We just want to encourage you guys at this moment guys and girls, boys and sisters and brothers and whatever we call ourselves this morning. Firstly, you are a daughter of the living God. You are a son of the living God and Jesus loves you. It is that simple. It is that clear. But there are many there are many of us there are many in church, that a struggling, carry and fears. Worrying about your children worried about your marriage, worried about your life worried about finances, worrying about everything that is going on. Do not worry. But isn't it easy for someone to say do not worry. Worry is a very powerful instrument that the devil uses. And we got to encourage one another. We got to pray for one another that we don't worry that we just do not operate in fear. So I'm going to read Psalm 119. When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord, he bought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me. I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me, the Lord is with me. He is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take refuge in the Lord Linton trust in humans, it is better to take refuge in the Lord and to trust in princes. All the nations surround me but the name of the Lord or but by in the name of the Lord. I cut them down. They surround me on every side. But in the name of the Lord. I cut them down. They swarm around me like these. But they are consumed as quickly as burn in phones. In the name of the Lord. I cut them down. Verse 13. I was pushed back and about to fall. But the Lord helped me. I was pushed back do you feel pushed back by culture, by society by work by family, by marital issues by financial worries by sickness disease, do you feel that you've been pushed back? Because verse 13 of Psalm 119 says very clearly, I was pushed back and about two. So this is a very critical stage for the psalmist I was pushed back and I was about to fall. But But the Lord, the Lord is helping you. The Lord is with you. If you feel that you are just about to fall you're about to slide you're about to slip and then You feel in your heart, your mind, that there is no way that you can return from this catastrophic situation that's happening in your heart, your mind your spirit, but God is going to catch you. God already has you. He will not let you fall. Then it says in verse 14 of Psalm 118, The Lord is my strength and my defense. He has become my salvation. God is with you. He's protected you. Do you realize that you are filled with the Holy Spirit? Do you realize that the Word of God is living within you? Do you realize that God chose you? Do you realize that the hand of the Lord is on you? Do you realize that God loves you so much that He sent His one and only begotten Son, I was pushed back the psalmist says, I was, I was in the process of complete collapse. I was in the process of brokenness. I was pushed back so far. And I was just about to fall. The last breath from his lungs as he was going to fall. God stepped in. God steps in when when the world actually pushes us back. God steps in when family pushes back God steps in when work pushes us back. God steps in when pastors and leaders push us back. God steps in when situations are just about to pile in and is like a like a wave like a strong ocean wave about to be crushed. Do you feel like you're drowning? Well, you're not going to drown? Do you feel like you're going to lose it, you're not going to lose it. Because God is with you. God is with you at this moment in time he is strengthening you, even when you feel at your weakest and when you feel that you have no energy left. In your innermost being the power of the Holy Ghost is your fuel. The word is, is can I use the word energy I don't like to use that too. I got to be very careful how that can be misled. God is your God is your strength. God is God as God is with you. He is your your source of life. He is your great I am He is your Jehovah Jireh he is your everything. And he will not let you fall. He will not let you fall. He will not let you stumble, he will not let you slip. He has taken you to the brink. He has taken you to the River Jordan. And he is saying to you, sister and brother stand in your Jordan. Watch the strength feel the the energy of that river Jordan around your legs feel the pressure of the problem. But when you feel the pressure of the problem, just keep your eyes in front of you. Because I'm going to do something that man cannot do. I'm going to I'm going to get you into the promised land. I've given you a promise. And my word cannot return void. The scripture says He had to get the Israelites to the promised land because he promised no matter how many times they came away, they walked away. They partied hard. They worshiped idols, he gave him a promise. And God will fulfill his purpose in your life. But you are you are at the brink. The Book of Joshua says Go and stand at the brink of the Jordan. You're just like to Levitical priesthood carrying the Ark of the Covenant, carrying everything in that arc and you've got to stand in the River Jordan. But while you're standing in the River Jordan, you are sensing in your senses and in your areas and in your philosophy and your understanding. If I fall in this situation, I'm going to drown but you will not fall God is gonna park the waters for you. He will make her way where there is no way he will he is your supply chain. He is your God he will put food on your table he will get you those children's shoes he will heal your children of COVID He will set you free of antidepressants. He will give you healing. He is the great I Am but within the UK at this moment, we have to hold tight to the Word of God. How tight if you are a believer hold on to the Word of God. Never give up. Never give up hold on to the Word of God. Forget the building of the church. Forget the structure of the church Forget everything that is caught and captured in that word church in the worldly churchy, religious connotations and remember that Jesus is the head of the body. Jesus is the head of the church and he is looking down on you His eyes are on the righteous He's looking at you, and He loves you. He's with you even though you feel lonely, even though you feel despair, even though you feel lost, even though there are many as well this morning that are carrying hurts from other areas of their lives. God wants you to lay it down at the cross this morning. God wants you to lay it down. Don't keep carrying your baggage. You're bringing stuff through your mind you're bringing stuff up, he's keeping you awake at night is turning you over. Surrender over to God. As you stand in the River Jordan, as the psalmist says, I was about to fall I was pushed back. But the Lord helped me. I feel Christ's hands this morning are are wide open. And he's wanting to take everything that you are carrying. You got to stretch out in faith. Just stretch out like you've never stretched out before. take that leap that that that leap. Just just say, God, I'm for you. Lord, I thank you for everything in my life. But a lot I needed Jesus. Is it arms are wide open. He's calling you. He, he is leading you. Even though you feel that you're not being led anywhere. Even though you've been in church for many years, and you're sitting in church and it's tiring and exhausting and it's boring. What is the purpose of this church? What am I doing here? God, I need you because religion can't break my depression. Religion. Can't set my children free religion can't heal this marriage. Religion can't heal me. I need a Savior. And we know his name is Jesus. Word. He's your counselor. He is your God. He is your great time. He is with you to the very end of this age. He says I will never leave you nor forsake you. Hold on to Jesus. Psalm 119. I'll read it again. And then we'll be we're in we're already in. Come on. I know. Glenn's coming up and I feel that so we're 118 Psalm 118 Verse five. When hard pressed I cried to the Lord. He brought me into a spacious place the Lord is with me. I will not be afraid what can mere mortals do to me? The Lord is with me. He is my helper. I looked in him on in a look sorry are looking triumph upon my enemies. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans it is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in Prince's all the nations surround me. But in the name of the Lord, I cut them down. They surround me on every side but in the name of the Lord I cut them down. They swarm around me like bees, but they are consumed as quickly as burning. Through thistles depends what you're reading from, in the name of the lawn phones in my in some translations in the name of the Lord i i kept them down. I was pushed back and about to fall. But the Lord help me The Lord is my strength and my defense. He has become my salvation. Good morning. Welcome to church. Hold on to Jesus. Thank You, Lord, wonderful God. Thank You Father, you are worthy by your Spirit,
Glenn Walsh:and not by might not by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord every time, every time. It's the Holy Spirit activity. Amen. And then when you was going through the Psalm one was then to Isaiah 60. Starting at verse one is a rise wake up. Arise, shine for your lightest come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Thank you god For behold, darkness shall cover the earth and the thick darkness the people and doesn't it feel like that? It does. You know, you look around and think what is going on? It's heavy darkness shall cover the earth and thick darkness the people but the Lord will arise upon you come on and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light and kings to the brightness of your rising Lift up your eyes all around and see. Lord, I pray that we would look to you that I've always will not be fixed on our problems and our troubles on the the grief that's all around us on the panic and the confusion. Whatever eyes are on you, Jesus, you are the author, the former owner of faith, our faith, your faith the Completer of faith The offer and perfecter of faith in Jesus I'm gonna thank you for this covenant you bought us into this law, and the faith we have is your faith living in us. Lord, we're saved by grace through faith and even that faith is a gift from you. Yes, amen. Lord, you know is completely were surprised to have wretchedness. But you already know it. Glory, you're not surprised. You're not shocked. You're not disappointed. You know us completely lot. Even the very hairs on our head, you know us. You even know our DNA, and you knit us together in our mother's womb. And then, Lord, you're so sovereign over our lives. We plan in our heart, but you direct our steps, amen, Lord, none of us lot of out of reach of your love, no one is safe from your love. Lord, Your love even penetrated the heart of soul, also known as Paul, that church destroy that Christian killer man, and yet he was not safe from your love. You met with him and transformed him. And Lord, we pray that Your Holy Spirit will transform us. Yes, we know our own wretchedness. We're so aware of it. And yet, Lord, and yet in you were clothed with loads of righteousness in you were seated with you in the heavenly realms. With you we are holy and blameless, without spot on blemish. Such is your redemptive work, and it's all through the blood. We have no cry of our own. But we do have the cry of your blood. We do have the cry of your covenant. And it says in Isaiah 59, from verse 21, pray to God. As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord, my spirit that is upon you. And my words that I've put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring, says the Lord, from this time forth. And forever. More come on to So Lord, we thank you for this good work you started in us and our confidence is that you who started this good work, I mean, he's the one who's able to bring it to completion. Yes, we're not confident in ourselves. We're not confident in the flesh. But our confidence is in you. And Holy Spirit, we pray that you would move ever more in us Yes, Lord, that always would be fixed on you, the author and perfecter of our faith, amen. And we pray for our children and we pray for our children's children, that this covenant would not depart. That even though they may not be walking with you, we declare just like a Z kill, we cry, we prophesy. Amen, that you would bring our children from afar that they would be carried back on the hip, that they would be restored to you, for you our faithful God, you are there is no deceit in your toes. Look at all Lord, no disable, pray you are truth. Amen. You don't just speak truth you are truth. Amen. And we pray Lord, for regeneration. And we pray Lord for repentance. Yeah. For repentance brings life. The garbage that gets between us and you can be removed. Yeah, remove the skipping as you paid for it, Lord through your blood. So I'm praying Lord, we won't be those who are saying, how much sin can we get away with? Did God really say? No, we're gonna say, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. We will get rid of the garbage we will turn for you, Lord, or that Pearl of Great Price. Thank you, Jesus, you are worth losing everything over to be found in you. Yes, and to be known as yours. Amen. Thank you, Jesus, for your friendship. That goes beyond our understanding. Your face is always turned towards us. Your banner over us is always love. Why do we fill it with rubbish? Why do we turn away causes to repent? Jesus, you said when the Holy Spirit comes, he'll convict the world of sin in regards to righteousness because they don't know you. But we know you're not. So why do we chase after rubbish? Turn our hearts back to you. Holy Spirit come. We want to be those who cry Abba, Father. Yes, father. We want to be those who say Jesus, my Lord My caner. My old in all. turn us back to you, Lord, revive your church.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yes, Father. Amen. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Donny Stockburn:Lord, I want Archie to wanna, I just want to read you these words. I've got my Andia vote them two nights ago. And I know bear testimony to what you're hearing today is from God. And I just read words exactly as I've written down, it says, Lord, I want to pray for all those who are going through times of doubts and fears. And old fears, especially for all are in that place where the truth seems distance. And faith has faded. Life is miserable and troubled. minds need God's light. But let's just get into this word of God. And I know God gave me proverbs 1810 must lock it into typing. And I'll go read it to you. I think you know it already. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous they run into it, and they are safe. Or Lord Our love that word safe, Lord is it holds me up when I know it's not then dependent on me but upon you. Your name is a place of safety. The name of the Lord is a strong tower and asked the righteous run into it and we are safe. And well, the most precious treasure. He keeps us in a safe place in the pelvis nine that says safe place. That place is like a strong towel. This word says, listen to the Word of God. We are in a safe place his name and everything in it is unchallengeable. Amen. You love that? Yeah, we download it uncontainable. The blood and the name of Jesus as made us in accessible to any enemy. We're in the strong tower. We can't, we can't be got out. The enemy can't get at us. We're safe forever. Covered border blockage is that safe place is God gaming these words impenetrable. It's eternally secure.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, Jesus
Donny Stockburn:Its not temporary. It's not a place we duck into. To get there. When we feel down and run out again and get some more get another riding. It's a place we stay in. God is made it secure and safe. Anything other than eternal wouldn't be safe. Loading you made sure in this word, that we would know that this is the safe place, and that you take us here. And it's your name that keeps us safe. And this is eternal. It is John 10. I think it's 2729 tells us that nothing can ever steal us away from God. Nothing, there is nothing in existence can get to us. This will confirms it, that those who are in it the righteous that's all those who are saved are safe. God has declared as women a safe place. And from there that's a persistent we cry from God has established us in his place. Yes. And from there we pray in God's will. And so far are gonna go alternate world again, and pray for it. Hello to all those who are suffering all those that are going through it. All those of feeling of old fears are creeping back in. Old troubles are coming back on and breaking load or new ones as well. And they pile in Lord and faith fades a bit and we get weak Lord, Lord just reestablished His truth. This is the Word of God. That where I'm gabble where where was it? Was it impenetrable, impregnable, and challengeable uncontainable. That's where we send and play from, it may feel that something's different, because all these battles, but the truth is, is not willing, will ungettable God has made us in a safe place. So from there, follow apply for all those are now and all those around the world, Lord, all Christians, all those who are the righteous, or pray, Lord, that this truth, this foundational truth that can never be changed, will be established in our hearts again, Father God. So all those troubles and all those fears, so all in all, Lord, we know that we are safe, that they are indeed written, Father God, nothing can change it. Nothing can steal us away. So far, pray for all those who have gone through the mill Lord, and Lord, some goodwill come out of it, because God is refining us. But finally God just established His truth now lives again. Lord, we're in a safe place. Yes. We're in the name of Jesus. We're in the son of God's name, Father, God, His blood is secured us forever. Nothing can change it. Law ridges. Thank you for that truth. Now, in Jesus name, amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Father, we just bless you this morning
Glenn Walsh:in addictions as well and people who've turned back so that addictions he thought was free. Suddenly you're caught up again. Yes. says in Ezekiel 11, for that says the Lord God, Behold, I myself will search for my sheep. commands will seek them out. And it also says in Isaiah, where was just a minute ago, where it says, Where is it, just reading it, the Lord Himself. He saw that there was no, no one to intercede, then his own arm bought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him. I believe God is saying that he's coming for you. Come on. No, he's actually come for you. Yeah, those old addictions, they haven't got you like they did prove turn back to them. But that's incidental. The joy is not there. But a new addictions come in addiction to the Lord. Yeah, you've received His grace and mercy. And he is so there for you. So in the name of Jesus, your first sever those addictions through the blood. And I believe God just wants to take you in his arms, he wants to hold you close, they would know you. They're not just about him that you would know him. They see through the Holy Spirit we do quite Abba Father. He makes it real, he makes it an experience. The Holy Spirit brings the reality of the Father, the reality of the son is, he is the counselor.
Donny Stockburn:Amen
Glenn Walsh:He's the life of Gods he's the breath of God, he is so Lord, for those who have turned back, even though it is like a dog returning to its vomit. Jesus, His grace and mercy is all over. Yes, it's not company judge you done it, Lord has come to bring you to freedom, no judgment. He's come to set you free. God, so, so love the world. He sent His one and only Son, not to judge us, but to give us life, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. He came to save us, not to judge us. The judgment is coming. But those in Jesus, have passed over from death. Lord, we do pray for those addictions. Those things that do not bring pleasure. Essentially, the bait of the enemy, who's come to kill, steal and destroy, but Jesus claim that we may have life about a life in abundance come and if the sun sets us free, we are free in date, so be loosed and be free. In Jesus name we command Yeah,
Reverend Ben Cooper:Freedom. Freedom is on you. Word is the venue. And there are many, there are many crying out from the addictive position. From many postures that you're in at this moment, you are free, the arm of the Lord have stretched into that dark place where people have left you in that place where people have rejected you because of trends and patterns that keep coming and rising up. God has set you free, you are free, who the sun sets free is free indeed, as the scripture says, and as Glenn has already mentioned, you are free. Just hold on to the Word of God. Just hold on the psalmist in Psalm 119, when hard pressed, not in a revival stage, not in a church understanding of worship, but hard pressed. What a powerful line that is. When hard pressed I cried to the Lord. He bought me. He, he he brought me he brought me just as the psalmist you know, great, great man that he was David and with all his flaws and, and the character flaws and everything went along with him. It says I was in a slimy pit. I was in a pit and got stretched out his right hand. I was in a pit of everything. It smell. It was rough. It was bad. No one could save me from my pit. But Jesus, no one could break the addiction in my life. But Jesus, no one can set me free but Jesus, no counselor, no pharmaceuticals, no therapist, no incense, no jumping up and down. But Jesus, He is the one that sets the captives free. He's the one that holds the keys to death and to life. His name. His name is Jesus. Wonderful. Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace. Come on church. We're blessed. We're blessed. We're blessed. You are safe, safe, you are safe in that. You're not because of the money surrounding you not because of who you are and who you know, of the world. But who knows you? And his name is Jesus? Yes, he is El Shaddai. No mana law he is, as Moses said, who is sending us? I am. The I Am is with your children. The I Am is fighting your battles the I Am, is destroying spiritual forces that are trying to capture your mind he is the great I AM. As he says in the Gospel of John, the seven items. Come on brothers and sisters. We may feel tired today, but it's okay. We may feel weary and rundown, but that's okay. Because that's just our body. But greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. He's with you. We're coming to a place of communion very, very soon and is because it is going to bring to us and we're just going to be still and we're going to rest to stay in Jesus. Forget the church for a while. Forget the building. Forget all the brass and the gold that strip in forget all the funny staffs and the hats we wear and all the Catholics we get all all the tradition forget all that because that is not going to save you. Because it's a gift, a gift not from an establishment not from a religious order, but from the God that said, let there be light. And there was the ransom has been paid. Before I even done the dirty deed. He set me free. He saved me as Roman says, while you were still a sinner, Ben, I chose to save you. While he was not even thinking about me. I chose to save you, Ben. I chose to send my son to die akana upon across for you, brother and sister child of the living God. I'm your father. And I am your I Am. I Am the Beginning. I am the last. He knows the end from the beginning the beginning from the end. Hold on to him. Hold on to him. So he loves you. You're tired, you're weary, you're exhausted. But that's just your flesh. The Holy Spirit is everything to you. He's your counselor, he will counsel you. When you can't get counsel from the world. He will strengthen you when all your physical body is exhausted. He loves you. God bless and God bless God bless.
Andy Hammond:Yeah. I just wanted to all of us to look at Isaiah 61. where it's headed the year the laws favor, beautiful. It's changed us repeat seems worse in Luke four, verses 16 to 21. But Isaiah 61 says the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me. Because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release the darkness and the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favorite and the day of vengeance about God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty. Instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a man a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. I think those were words are really, really powerful for us today. And this is when Jesus was being rejected. Yeah. He actually said these words. And I think will experience rejection from time to time to me. In fact, I think there's someone distinct today who's feeling rejected, whether it's by family, maybe even by their church. I feel rejected. That's a big one. And so, Father, we ask that you come by your spirit now. Thank you for being with us. This morning. Thank you that Have you watched my rising this morning? My Awakening to face the day. And we pray for all those now who are awake, but find it difficult to face the day? Yeah, yeah. Father, we ask that you come and put your loving arms around them, yes to give them support, to give them encouragement,
Reverend Ben Cooper:praise the Lord. Praise God, we
Andy Hammond:want to go deeper with you, help us to turn torture, not away from to be able to approach. I think it's always amazing Father, that you, creator of the world, creator of the universe, want to be in relationship with us. So we thank you that we can do just that. And has already been said or alluded to today that it's by coming into relationship with Jesus. Yes, by accepting his savior in our lives, praise God. Wow, what a relationship that can be. You are Jehovah Jireh, you are our provider. So we thank you that when we read scripture, you speak to us. Just thoughts just drop into our head. And as people know that I give away scriptures. I've frequently give a challenge. When I give a testament to someone I say to them, Be careful. Be aware that this book could change your life.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Jesus.
Andy Hammond:Father, we pray that even now those watching can turn to your book, the Bible, turn to your book and grant a space and time to, to read it. So that you can speak to us in the quietness. You can give us a setting carrying as we sit with you. Thank you for this opportunity this morning. We can sit with you. Speak with you and express our thoughts of who you are and what you're doing, man and father, we look forward for what you're about to do as well.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Yeah, what you're gonna do, yeah,
Andy Hammond:thank you. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Thank you, Holy Spirit, which is resting you this morning, all of us. Just rest in you to dialogue. We're learning to journey very differently. With the Father, Lord, where we've coming out of the church grip, and we're coming in to the hands of Jesus, we're leaning into your Lord, we're learning to walk very differently by faith, Lord, we learn in father as the hours go, as the week goes, the moment I go, to realize that I've got to lean into Jesus. I've just lean into him because he is my everything. We're coming to the table, Donnie and Andy are gonna lead us. So wherever you are across the world today, and whether you're capturing this right now on live stream, church service, coffee and prayer at this hour with us, or you're going to catch this just simply through a podcast mode, or you're going to watch this, that through the socials later on down the timeline of whatever that may be in your life. Please just join us now we're going to break bread. We're going to take a cup, we're just going to be still and know that he's God. God is healing you. God has freed you. You are chosen, you are safe. And above all that you are saved. Your name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life. God bless Sandy, God bless Donnie as you lead us.
Andy Hammond:Yeah, Father, we just come to your table. And we thank you that we can come to you. We can come to you with open minds and open hearts and We can turn to one Corinthians 11 And verse 23, it reads, The Lord Jesus on the night that he was betrayed, took bread. And when He had given thanks, He broke it. So this is my body, which is for you do this in remembrance of me. In the same way after supper, he took the cup, saying, The cup is not is the new covenant in my blood, do this, whenever you drink it in remembrance of me. But whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. Therefore whoever eats a bread or drinks a cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. So a man ought to examine himself, a man and a woman ought to examine himself. So we thank you for that. So we drink this blood, and we eat the bread, in remembrance of you. And we look to them to help you when you return. That so take the spread and remembrance of what you've done for each one of us.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you, thank you Jesus.
Donny Stockburn:It says in Proverbs 1810, it says, the name of the Lord is the strong tell that we are in his will in the name of the Lord. As I started looking, some of the things are in the name of the Lord. First two things, all power, or glory, amen. Oh, in his name, and we are in his name to all life. Love, divine, joy and peace is in him. His name is Jesus, and we're in him. So don't be a fight. out faster. That word is a word. I wish I'd known as a child would have spent far less hours hiding under the covers fighter, the dark and things like that. This word sets you free. It's the blood of Jesus has made us Inex accessible, in accessible to the enemy. The blood of Jesus has secured our place. Nothing else. Just a blood of Jesus. I say just the blood of Jesus is the most precious thing, Lord, to be in Jesus to be in that name. To be safe in at nine. No matter what's going on. No matter how many times we fall down. We are safe. Jesus has secured it a Calvary is not is not an in our situation is eternal. It finished. Lola and Rita thank you for that blood, dishonest. In Jesus name. Amen.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lord. Thank you Holy Spirit.
Andy Hammond:This scripture from Colossians one from verse 15. The supremacy of Christ has just come to me. I think it's worth mentioning this. There are quite a few verses there. 15 to 20. I encourage everyone to read, because this really talks to us today about the supremacy of Christ and nine levels without and nothing is possible without him. And he admits through his blood shed on the cross that we have life and the promises that we can have life in all its fullness. It doesn't promise that we won't have tribulations or trials. But the promise is, he never leaves us all. Secure, Lord. Thank you for safe. Amen. Yes.
Reverend Ben Cooper:So important. So so so important. God loves you. The supremacy of God. He is in full charge. He is in full control. There is nothing outside of his plan. Amen. There is nothing outside of his eyesight, nothing outside of his thinking nothing outside of him. He is the Creator of heaven on earth. He is your God and He is your father. He is the great iron. He's worthy of all praise. He loves you. Some may be experienced in Psalm 23 At this moment. Walking through, you're on a walk through, you're walking through Some may be experiencing a pinnacle moment in faith where miracles are breaking out and you just know God is in full charge. There may be some right now just questioning, do you exist? There may be many seeking. We're all at different layers and different levels of the journey with Christ. You are individual, you are unique, you are loved, you are blessed. You are chosen, you are safe, you are saved, you are anointed, are filled with the Holy Spirit. You are and your name is stamped in the Lamb's book of life. This is not a feeling. This is fact this is not an emotion. Yes, this is salvation. Yes, you are saved. You are saved. God is saving you out of denominations that are heading the wrong direction. God has stretched in too many denominations that have come against his word, and he is drawing you out of denominations. You are feeling very stretched in the denomination that you're in his hand is in that pagan religion. And be careful of that new religion. Save the planet. It's a pagan, all the way through. We cannot save the planet. If you are a Bible believing believer, you know what we are talking about, about what is going to happen to the earth? Yes, we recycle. Yes, we respect and we do what we have to do according to the Word of God. But there is a one world order a one world religion, and it is putting the stamp on save the planet. worship the sun, worship the universe, worship the gods of the weather structure. Save the planet. Be careful. Be careful, be careful. Creation. He said, Let there be light and there was he created the heavens and the earth. And the fullness there is he separated life light from darkness. He created the fossil fuels. He created the atoms in the air. He loves you and he created this earth. He is in charge. Don't get caught. Don't get caught in the hashtag save the planet. Look to Jesus. Yes. Pray for the leaders that are caught in paganism with witchcraft, sorcery. worshipping idols, worshipping them themselves. I am the pastor. This is my church. I am the leader. There are many leaders that are putting that label on themselves. I am what I would say is I'm in trouble when I speak like that. I'm in serious trouble. So whoever wherever, whatever, whoever we may be. We just got a prayer request come online. Can you please pray for me and my son? Yeah, we got it. We got it. Chris. We got Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna bring Chris let's all bring Chris because this is what it's about. We bring our brother Chris, I just caught that. I don't think Andy would have caught that as well. We're going to hand over to Andy now. And he's going to just bring this not to finish because we never finished with Jesus. We just we just pause the moment as in church service, so we're coming to the end of this, this communion service this time. Don't worship the planet, worship Jesus. Don't worship human beings. worship Jesus. Don't lift up human beings with the script that we read this morning. What can mere mortals do to me? Governments are trying to manipulate you governments are trying to manufacture you because you are cash in their eyesight.
Andy Hammond:I just and they want to say another verse from Colossians, which is following on from what you're saying. Then Colossians two four says I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine sounding arc.
Reverend Ben Cooper:And you've summed it up beautifully. Not you but the word.
Andy Hammond:We do pray Father God for for Chris and his son, that this situation concerning housing will be finalised and brought to a real, satisfactory conclusion. We pray that now in the powerful name of Jesus.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen, and Amen. We've reached it, we've made it. We've got to a position where God is holding us all. I'm gonna ask Glen, actually, if he will close in prayer, but and is just going to mention something about the Bibles.
Andy Hammond:Oh, yes. I send this request out every week, if you want to Scripture, Bible or New Testament to slavery, and we get one to you, free of charge.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Thank you. Amen. Thank you, Donny. Thank you, Andy. Thank you, Glen. Glen is going to take us out in prayer, literally, I hope he's not going to take us out in prayer. I know I'd love to go and glory. But I'd like to see the finished work of this building project first Lord.
Glenn Walsh:I'm going to end by speaking words of prophecy, because that's what God told Zico to do. And I've been looking at as he called 36, and 37. And I do believe there's people listening, and you've been listening, and you've been saying, that's okay, but you don't know me. You don't know what I've done. You don't know where I am, I used to walk with the Lord, but I'm not now in Zico, 37, verse 23, God says, but I will save them from all their backsliding in which they have sinned, and will claims them and they shall be my people, and I will be that God. And in 3629, it says, And I will deliver you from all your uncleanliness now many of us do think of ourselves and say, Can we live again. And this is when the Spirit of God when God told us he killed to prophesy, he said to me, prophesy. And I will put breath in you, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord. So as he called prophesied, as he was commanded, and as he prophesied, this is read it for yourselves the value of dry bands, but then in verse 13, of 37, and you will know that I am the Lord. And in verse 14, and I will put my spirit in you and you shall live. And then you shall know that I am the Lord, it says it again. And I will do it declares the Lord. So we do speak life, we do speak. revival in the individuals over the Church of Jesus Christ, I'm not talking about the religion of Christianity, talking about the Bride of Christ, the Church of Jesus, Holy Spirit, come and fill your people. Let us live again. Lords, we're not going to settle on the wrong side of the Jordan. We're going to go all the way into the promise in the Promised Land. Yeah, we're in Lord. Lords will be settled. When we see every promise from you. Every prophecy fulfilled when the church looks like the church in the word, when gifts of the Holy Spirit when the fruit of the Holy Spirit is active in your church, when we are laid by you, when we stand and say, We know you, succumb Holy Spirit, glorify Jesus in our lives, through our lives, through your church, and let it be here on the earth. Yes file just as it is in heaven. For your namesake, we cry, we store the honor of your name.
Reverend Ben Cooper:Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you so much for joining us today on this online church streaming service. We will see you roughly this time next week around about half past nine as you join us. Thank you to everybody that's listening back a week later, through the podcasting platforms that we use. Have a great morning and remember God is with you wherever you are today. Hold tight. in Jesus precious name, God bless. Bye Bye.
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