Faith Through Storms (#1099 - Elim)

God’s Purpose in Every Season – Romans 8:28

Unshakeable: Daily Christian Devotional Prayer Podcast with Reverend Ben Cooper

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (NIV)

Life isn’t always smooth or predictable. At times, it can feel like you’re walking a tightrope suspended over fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But Romans 8:28 reminds us of a powerful truth that reshapes how we face our valleys: God is working all things together for good for those who love Him—even when we can’t yet see the outcome.

In today’s Daily Christian Devotional Prayer Podcast, Reverend Ben Cooper leads us through a transformative 5-minute prayer experience rooted in the divine assurance of God’s purpose. Whether you're driving to work, washing the dishes, or facing a silent battle no one else sees, this episode offers biblical strength and peace that anchors your soul.

Trusting God's Plan in Every Season

Our culture pressures us to stay strong and in control—but Scripture teaches the opposite. We don’t need more self-reliance; we need deeper surrender. When we shift our eyes from the chaos around us and fix them on Jesus, we rediscover hope.

Today's devotional prayer reminds you:

• You are chosen by God before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)
• You are called for a divine purpose, not random or forgotten
• Your life has eternal significance that no trial can cancel
• Jesus isn’t coming back for your things—He’s coming back for you
• Nothing can separate you from the love of Christ (Romans 8:38–39)

A Devotional for Real-Life Faith

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If you're walking through a season of uncertainty, this episode will fill your heart with peace and clarity. It’s more than a moment of prayer—it’s a divine realignment.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Introduction
• 3:06 Romans 8:28 - All Things Work Together
• 8:54 God's Unconditional Love for Us
• 16:11 Life's Tightrope and Keeping Focus on Jesus
• 24:04 Called According to His Purpose
• 32:12 Breaking Bread Together
• 38:54 Closing Prayer and Farewell

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:08

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Speaker 2: 0:31

Stay encouraged, stay faithful and and know this you are not alone. Welcome everybody, wherever you are across this world, tonight in the house with us on rb christian radio as we record this service, and we want to say thank you to everybody that is, uh, right across the globe. You know 25 000. You know gathering. Imagine what that looked like plus. Imagine what that looked like Plus. Imagine what that looked like. We're speaking a lot about that lately, but we just want to say thank you to everybody that is with us on the live stream it's really important. And thank you to everybody that downloads and prays and then standing with us For those that pray. We thank you for praying. For those that give, thank you for giving, and we just want to tell you tonight that God is with you.

Speaker 2: 1:03

So, wherever you are, without further ado, let's just jump straight into the book of Romans. We're going to the book of Romans and we go to Romans, chapter 8, verse 28. Romans 8, verse 28. A beautiful little packed power bit of scripture tonight. Yes, I know the word of God is all power. Yes, I know the word of God is all glory. But let's just have a look at this beautiful bit of scripture tonight. Yes, I know the Word of God is all power. Yes, I know the Word of God is all glory. But let's just have a look at this beautiful bit of Scripture tonight Romans, chapter 8, verse 28. And this is such an applicable Scripture for us, wherever you are across this world, that God is with you. God is with you. Tonight we are being prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ. We are getting ready for the King. We are getting ready for the King. We are getting ready for Christ to return to take us home to glory. He's gone and prepared a place for us, and there is a place in the heavenly realms for you, and it's got your name on it. It's got your name on it. You are sealed with the blood of Jesus. You are sealed with the blood, with the Holy Spirit. Your name is in the Lamb's book of life and we want to tell you right now, in the mighty name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, that the presence of God is stirring you tonight. God is calling you. God is calling you. Calling you. What for? Calling for ministry? Calling you for he's calling you to follow him. That is the greatest calling. Jesus is saying come and follow me, come and follow me. But then I hear my voice, my inner me, going Lord, you don't realise the trouble I've got. Lord, you don't realise the situations I'm going through. Lord, do you realise what I'm pressed? Do you realise, lord, I've got issues with my mind. I'm worried, I'm scared, I'm doubtful. Lord, do you realise what's going on in my life? I want to tell you tonight, wherever you are, that everything is okay. Do not worry, do not be anxious about anything. What we see happening across the world, what we see happening right now in the streets of London, the surrounding areas, what we see happening across this world tonight, the world is just moving fluidly because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, without further ado, let's get straight into the book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 28. What a beautiful bit of text this is, and this is for everyone in the house, this is for everyone on camera, this is for everyone on the social networks. Wherever you are joining us on this live stream tonight, whether you're on radio, we welcome you on RB radio, christian radio across the world, and we just want to say may God bless every one of you.

Speaker 2: 3:27

Romans, chapter 8, verse 28. And we know that in all things, god works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. When you look at that scripture just for one moment and we know Three words in Do I actually know? I do know. But why do I allow fear and anxiety to run me some days? When I look at the scripture and we know we've got to remind ourselves, whatever you are facing a financial crash, a fear crash, a relationship crash, a life crash you know. Whatever you are facing, we want to let you know tonight. We got to let each other know that all things work together for the good. Everything is working together for the good. Even when I go through Psalm 23,. Even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

Speaker 2: 4:25

When you look at that scripture right before your holy eyes tonight, I want to encourage you with my brothers and sisters in the house, I want to encourage you with everyone across the world that God is for you and not against you. Whatever you are facing in your life, do not allow the trials, the testings, the stretchings to get you so low and so down that we lose sight of Christ. You know, when you look at this word tonight, and we know that's in all in all. What does all mean? All means, all In every situation, through every trial, every high point, every low point, every valley experience, every mountain experience. Everything is working together for the good. Everything is working for the glory of God.

Speaker 2: 5:16

For God to get his glory, the Bible says God will not share his glory with no man, no pastor, no leader. God will not share his glory with no man, no pastor, no leader. God will not share his glory with no great, what we call preacher of the world. God will not share his glory with no one. God is calling you tonight. God is calling you out of an anxious thought. God is calling you out of stress tonight. God is calling you out of fear. Tonight, god is drawing you closer to him And's telling you I love you. You know, I know the plans I have for you. Whatever your, your head is saying, it's not true. Whatever the world is saying, it's not true. Whatever you think, it's not true, I want you to live by faith. So, as we look at these scriptures and we know that in all things, all things, every area of life, every situation we face, every trial, every mountain, every valley, every sunset, every river, every river experience, every sea crossing, every area of life. God knows that we're going to do what we're going to do before we even knew what we were going to do. God knows everything about our lives. There is nothing new under the sun. And he's calling you tonight. He's calling you out of church, out of religion. He's calling you out of the trouble. He's calling you out of the mud and the mire.

Speaker 2: 6:35

Do you feel, like David, that you're in the mud and you're in the mire? You know, when you look at that great Psalm, when David says that he was in the pit, in the pit of despair, in the pit of the mud, trying to couldn't get out. Do you feel like you can't get out? Do you feel like that you can't get out of the situation you're in? Do you feel like you can't move through the situation you're in? Do you feel like you're under so much pressure financial pressure, pressure to be a man, pressure to be a woman, pressure to be a parent, not a parent, whatever, whoever you are Do you feel the pressure? Do you feel the pressure of life? We've got to rise on wings as of eagles, even when you feel that the road is bleak and wearing and tiring and exhausting.

Speaker 2: 7:19

All things work together the good, the dark, the blessed, the unblessed. Every situation is going to get God's glory. Every area of life is going to get God's glory. Glory when you see what's happening out across the Middle East right now all things work together for good. When you look at Palestine, when you look at the Palestinians, all things work together for the good. When you look at Turkey, when you look at Egypt, when you look at Iran, when you look at all the Middle East, all things work together. Everything is working together.

Speaker 2: 7:55

There is no one that is ahead of Christ. No one can outthink him, no one can outdo him, no one can out reason him. He is so powerful, he is so. He's beyond our conception, he's beyond our eyes, he's beyond the physical realm, he is God. And every area of life, right the way for every town, every village, every nation, all things are working for the coming of Jesus Christ. It looks bleak, doesn't it? It can look bleak in the realm of the flesh, it can look absolutely horrifying with some of the things that are going on, and it can look on a really bad day God, where are you? But all things are working right the way through the Middle East, right the way through London, right the way for every church, right the way for every ministry, right the way for every valley, every area. God is moving and God is setting everything up for what? He's setting everything up for the second coming of Jesus. He's setting everything up for the coming of the King.

Speaker 2: 8:54

Jesus Christ is coming back on that beautiful, amazing horse that is in the heavenly realms. You know, where do we sit at this moment in time? What are our thoughts? What is our biblical interpretation of where we sit? Have the other horses been released? Are we experiencing birth pains? Where do we think we are? What is our interpretation of the scripture at this moment? Are we watching the great falling away? So, whatever we see, and the worries and the fears and the way life is so complicated and so complex, do not worry. I want to tell you tonight do not worry, do not worry about your life, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, bring your request to God, bring it to God, bring it to the cross. Tonight, through this study, through this prayer time, whatever you are going through, it's going to come good. Whatever you are, whatever trial you're in, it's going to come good.

Speaker 2: 9:51

If someone has thrown you in the lion's den, guess what? They're not going to eat. You Guess what? If someone put you in the fiery furnace, like Meshach Shamrach and Abednego, guess what? There's someone walking with you. You're going to come out of the fire, your clothes are not going to be burnt, your hair is not going to be smelling of smoke whatsoever, but as the enemy gets close, as the enemy gets close to the fire, the heat, the enemy will be consumed by the fire of God. Isn't that interesting that Meshach, shamrach and Abednego, they was able to walk in the intensity of the furnace, because when God has got a plan for you, no one can take you off the earth, no one can do anything to you. When you realize who you are and they said, our God is able. Whatever God decides to do, god is going to do and we are comfortable with what God is going to do I want to tell you tonight, when you look at these scriptures and we know that in all things, every area, the fierceness of life, the doubt, maybe, of faith, the uncertainty of life, the unfamiliar territory that you might be in tonight, the area of not being stable, you feel a bit fearful.

Speaker 2: 11:07

You feel doubtful, your mind is racing. There's so much going on in your life. You've got deadlines to hit, you've got money to find, you've got children to feed, you've got workplace issues, you've got educational situations happening with the children. I want to tell you tonight you might have been delivered some not so good news from the doctor, from the consultant, but I want to tell you tonight all things work together. I want to tell you that, even if you've heard something that you didn't want to hear, all things work, even if you're carrying stuff. All things, because when you look at this scripture, this is for me and this is for you.

Speaker 2: 11:42

Tonight, I'm telling you right now, and we know that, in all things, god, who is this God? This is the God that breathed the world into being. This is the God of Genesis. This is the God of every book in the Holy Bible. This is the God that created heaven and earth. And he said we know that in all things, god works for the good of those who love him. Interesting, isn't it? Love him. Okay, what do you actually mean Now for us to love God? He will let us know that he loves us first, because there is a calling on our lives.

Speaker 2: 12:22

Now, when you look at these scriptures, this scripture is really deep and steep in theological depths, when you really get the grips. And we haven't even migrated, we haven't even read verse 29, because when you look at that that can throw your eyeballs. Sometimes them types of scriptures. And it says and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. Did we decide to love Jesus first? Actually, no, how do you know that? Because the bible says in John 3, 16, for God so loved the world, whosoever we are the whosoever. See, we can't love him first because we didn't know him first, because, guess what, he loved us before the foundation of the world. He said I knew you before the foundation of the world. I grafted you together, I knitted you together in your mother's womb, and his love is unconditional.

Speaker 2: 13:23

And when you look at the father's love, the father's love over the prodigal, has anyone ever been a prodigal? Thank you, brother, you know, does anyone still feel like a prodigal? Thank you, brother. He's got two hands and he put his two legs up, you know? Hallelujah, jesus, when you think about that.

Speaker 2: 13:46

And the reason I'm talking about the prodigal is that the father loved the son. When the son was living and eating with pigs, when he was at his lowest point of his life. The father loved the son and the father never stopped loving the son. And let me remind you tonight, and I'm going to remind myself the father never stops loving us, even when we didn't know him. Can that be actually true, that we wasn't even interested in Jesus at one point, when we didn't really know Jesus, when we wasn't familiar with the word Jesus? I want to tell you, if you feel like a prodigal, it's okay to feel like a prodigal, because actually, when you feel like a prodigal son or a daughter, what it actually means is that there is a move in our heart and our mind and our body and our soul that is telling us what.

Speaker 2: 14:41

I've got to get out of the pigsty and I've got to get back to the father's house. I shouldn't be living like this. I shouldn't be hanging around pigs. I shouldn't be feeding with pigs. I shouldn't be laying with pigs. I shouldn't be being involved with the swine of life. I've got to get back to my father's house. And the Bible says in that beautiful factual story of the prodigal son his brother didn't give a monkeys about him. His brother wasn't bothered about him. What are you doing, dad? Why are you bothering with him? What are you doing that for? Look what he's done. He spent everything. He's spent everything. He's done everything he wanted to do. And the father said don't worry, son, don't worry, get the best robe, get the fattest calf. We're going to celebrate, because that is such a powerful image that the father is celebrating when a sinner comes home. When a sinner says Jesus, I'm sorry I failed you today, that's all right, ben, that's okay. I love you so much.

Speaker 2: 15:48

What is it that God cannot remember? Am I allowed to say something like that? There's something that God cannot remember, where his memory just is gone. Let's just like that. There's something that God cannot remember, where his memory just is gone. Let's just use that. Let's just speak as human beings. He can't remember what. He can't remember what our sins was. He can't draw them back up, he can't bring them back. He can't bring my past back, but the world will bring it back. The world will want to tell you that's what you are, ben.

Speaker 2: 16:19

But God says to you and to me tonight all things work together for the good of those who love him. He first loved me. He loved me before. He loved me, before I even knew who this Jesus was. He loved me before the foundation of the world. He's exactly the same for you tonight.

Speaker 2: 16:42

So when we look in Romans, chapter 8, verse 28, he said and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose, straight away, we think that's ministry. No, it's not ministry. What is his purpose? What is the purpose? His purpose, his pleasure, his goodwill. God says the same thing to every one of us.

Speaker 2: 17:05

Go into all the world, the Great Commission. Go into all the world. Be that daughter I called you to be. Be that son I called you to be. Be that daughter I called you to be. Be that son I called you to be. Be that Bible boy. Go into all the world and tell the world about what the love of the eternal father Tell those about this eternal love, this love that goes beyond the human understanding, that this father's love the greatest story.

Speaker 2: 17:35

You know, when I think about the prodigal story, when I mean the greatest, I'm talking about in the human way, because the greatest story is the story of Jesus, the biblical fact, the biblical story of Christ. But when you look at it, from the father to the prodigal son, you know that is such a powerful. That's me. That prodigal son is me eating with pigs, walking with pigs, chatting with pigs, even though pigs can't speak, but I know a few pigs do try and speak. When you think about it, and what I find absolutely beyond my mind is this it says that the son come to his senses and he said I've got to get back. But before he started to get back, his father knew that he was coming back. And the Bible says that the father see the son. That was a considerable distance, still off. And that's right.

Speaker 2: 18:36

My brother, my brother's doing the actions at the back of the church and the father was running to the son, not the son to the father, but the father to the son. Do you know God is running to you tonight? Do you know that God is running to me tonight, that the father is coming for you tonight? You do not belong to anybody else. You do not belong to your wife or your husband. You do not belong to your children. They do not belong to you. We belong to the father. First and foremost, we have just borrowed the human beings around us. We're just looking after those in our sector, but we belong to the father and you belong to the Father, on screen and in the house, tonight, on podcast, on radio. You belong to the Father.

Speaker 2: 19:25

You are not here because of your father and your mother's thoughts and plans. You are not here because there was an accident, so to speak. You are not here because it was an accident, so to speak. You are not here because it was planned by human beings. You are here because God planned you to come in and he chose the people in your life to be the vehicle to bring you in. But God chose you to be here. You are not here by chance. You are here for a reason. You are not here because, because, because you are here because of his goodwill, his good pleasure, no matter what anybody has said about you, no matter what anybody has said about your birth and your existence and your press into the world. You are here because the God of Israel said I'm bringing my daughter in and I'm bringing my son in at this hour, at that moment, and I'm going to use those two human beings that I created to be part of that person's journey. You are here not because of your mom Now, that will drive the atheist crazy.

Speaker 2: 20:30

You are not here because of your dad. You are here because of your father in heaven. You are here and God just chose the vehicles of human beings to call family and to do what was necessary to do according to the biological process. But, brother and sister, you are here because of God loves you and you are not going until God says I'm taking your last breath, ben, no one can take you out of a bullet with an ax, with an arrow, no one can take you out with a crash or no one can take you out because God brought you in and God is going to take you out. God brought me in and God is going to take you out. No one in your life has control over your heartbeat. No one in your life has control over the way your lungs in, how and exhale. No one has control of how long me and you are on this earth. No doctor, no pharmaceutical, no great surgeon no, the greatest surgeon in the world cannot do what God has done. God is keeping you on this earth.

Speaker 2: 21:41

God has you, and you might say well, ben, I'm in a real serious valley tonight, hallelujah. You might say well, ben, I'm halfway up the mountain, hallelujah. You might say I'm at the peak of the mountain, hallelujah. Be careful when you're at the peak because you're going to roll back down. You know, even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil because your rod and staff, they comfort me, all things work together for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Speaker 2: 22:14

Now, that purpose, that word purpose. We will never be able to come to the sunrise or to the sunsetting. On that word it's impossible because we are limited as human beings to education and to vocabulary. We think that we know what the purpose is, but it's beyond our human reasoning. Do you know why you're here? Do you know why you're in existence on this earth? Are you happy with life? Are you tired with life? Are you worn out? Because of the system? It's just this wall that just keeps, we keep hitting this wall.

Speaker 2: 22:53

I want to tell you tonight, brother and sister, wherever you are across the world, let's live by faith. The Bible says the just shall live by faith, because if I live by sight, I'm just going to trap myself just in the treadmill like a hamster just running around the wheel of life. But there's so much more for you, there's so much more for us, because the Bible says, and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Do we realize that we've been called according to his purpose? Do you realize there's a calling on your life? And what is that calling? The calling is of salvation. You are saved. He has called you, he has saved you, he has equipped you, he has given you everything that you need.

Speaker 2: 23:45

And so often we look to the skill set that we have, that we have acquired through life. We think that we're wise, you know, and we're not as wise as we think we are, you know. But I want to tell you tonight that God knows your life, god sees your pain, god sees your turmoil, he sees the anguish, he sees the tears and he is with you and he wants you to know tonight. And we know that in all things, through the valley, through the mountain, through the desert, through the storm, through the trials, through the tribulations, through the victories, through the storm, through the trials, through the tribulations, through the victories, through every area of life, there is victory Even when I'm in the valley. There is victory Even when I'm treading this tightrope.

Speaker 2: 24:30

Do you feel like you're on a tightrope of life and, as you're walking the tightrope, you can't even look down? Because if you look down, I don't want to look down. Right, oh Lord, because if you look down, I don't want to look down. Oh Lord, I can't look down. I'm too frightened to look up because, lord, I might lose my balance. Do you feel like you could lose your balance on the tightrope of life? Because we're living the tightrope by sight? Close your eyes and walk across the tightrope. Close your eyes and walk across the tightrope. Close your eyes and walk across the tightrope of life and say tonight, god, I'm going to walk this tightrope of life and, lord, I don't need anything to balance me. Lord, lord, I'm not going to look down and get fearful, lord, I'm not going to look up and lose my balance. I'm going to keep my eyes on Jesus. If you have a Bible, you know where we're going to go.

Speaker 2: 25:15

Hebrews 12. Hebrews 12. One, two, three. Read what it says. Hebrews really clearly tells us you know, keep your eyes on the author, the perfecter of your faith. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Turn the scriptures over. Let's have a look and see what it says for ourselves. I'm just going to see if I can quickly flick over there. Hebrews, here we go.

Speaker 2: 25:37

Hebrews, chapter 12. If you have a Bible, turn to Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 2. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus, the author, the perfecter of our faith. Think about that. Fix your eyes on Jesus. Are you living a tightrope existence? Are you fearful to look down into the abyss of the unknown? Are you frightened to look up and see that? Where is this earth going? Are you frightened to look forward because the distance is just too far? Are your legs weary? The distance is just too far. Are your legs weary? Are your ankles tired? Are your muscles aching? Have you journeyed so long on your own and exhausted yourself? He is the author.

Speaker 2: 26:26

When you look at this scripture, hebrews, chapter 12, verse 2,. Let us let's just take a moment what it says. Let us. For it to be an us, there has to be more than me, and God is telling me and telling you across the world on radio audio visual in the house tonight. Let us, because we're part of the kingdom. Elim doesn't own us. The government doesn't own us. Nobody owns us, except the triune Godhead, because he brought you in and he will take you out. And he is coming back. He is the great great I am. He is Jehovah Jireh, he is Jehovah Nissi, he is Jehovah Shalom. He is your savior, he is your peace, he is your shield. He is yourhovah Nissi, he is Jehovah Shalom. He is your savior, he is your peace. He is your shield. He is your rampant. He is the king of the Jews. And Jesus Christ is coming back and we are being prepared for the second coming of Jesus. He's coming for you and he loves you.

Speaker 2: 27:33

So when you think and talk and study about the coming of Jesus, what's he coming for? We know he's not coming for the fabric. The TVs will stay, the sofas will stay, the chairs will stay. Your house will stay. That car that you slogged yourself for is going to stay on the drive. The house that you've absolutely worn yourself out for is going to stay. The pension fund that you've been pumping into for years is going to stay. The food in your cupboard is going to stay. Everything is going to stay. So who's he coming back for? He's coming back for you. He's coming back for everyone. He's coming back. He's preparing the bride. Well, actually, ben, you got that wrong. He's not coming back for everyone. Ah, what do you mean? That's why this scripture comes alive.

Speaker 2: 28:36

Now let's turn back to the book of Romans. The book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 28. Now, this is his purpose. He brought you in and he's going to take you out. Let's have a look now.

Speaker 2: 28:52

We know that in all things, god works for the good of those who love him. You could not, I could not love him before he loved us, so he loved you before the foundation of the world Done. And then it says who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And then it goes in verse 30, and those he predestined, he also called. Those he called, he also justified. Those he justified he also glorified. Come on, the devil is under your feet, cancer is under your feet, heart, disease, fear, doubt, everything's under your feet.

Speaker 2: 29:39

So when the Bible says that you've been predestined, you have been called according to his purpose, one of the purposes of Christ and the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit is coming back. That is, his purpose is to come and pick you up. He's coming to pick you up. He's coming because he's prepared a place for you and you're going to be in glory Whether this earth suit breathes its last and I die in this. Well, not in this place, hopefully not. But you know what I mean. Whatever I do, if I pass out and die in a pulpit, don't get the defib out. I want to go straight to glory.

Speaker 2: 30:18

When you think about this, he brought, brought you in, he will take us out, and when you think about this, he has called you according his purpose, his will. And what is that is to walk with him in the eternal glory, to be with him in the eternal glory. That is the ultimate goal. He brought us in to this world. He keeps us in the world, he takes us out of the world and he places us in the heavenly realms. But he loved you before the foundation of the world. He called you before the foundation of the world. He knew you before your mom, the world. He knew you before your mum, your dad, your brother, your sister, before your family tree even come into existence. He knew you. He says I knew you before the foundation of the world and what we could really really gather our thoughts on as we come into the table in just a few moments. We've got eight minutes and we're out of here.

Speaker 2: 31:20

I think it's really important for me to understand, and maybe all of us tonight, that he's coming back for you. He's coming back for religion. You got that wrong, ben. He's coming back for the atheist, ben. You got that wrong. He's coming back for the building. He's not coming back for the building. God doesn't want this building upstairs because his kingdom is greater than any building. He's not interested in the fabric of any building. Your Mercedes, your car, your house, your pension fund, your chair that you love sitting in your TV, that you spent a goodness knows amount of money on the garage, that you love, the house that you're building now, the business that you love, the house that you're building now, the business that you are getting together right now, is going to stay on this earth, and he's coming back for you. Your name is stamped in the lamb's book of life.

Speaker 2: 32:15

So let's just quickly recap as we come to the table. Let's grab some bread wherever you are across the world. If you're at home tonight, thank you for joining us. If you're comm's, grab some bread wherever you are across the world. If you're at home tonight, thank you for joining us If you're commuting or traveling wherever you are across the world. You know we just got over seven minutes and we're out of here.

Speaker 2: 32:30

I just want to read this scripture one more time, just before we break bread together tonight in the house of the Lord and across the world. And it says and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. You've been called according to his purpose and the way that we look at his purpose now is. His purpose is to come and to take us home to glory. We were brought in, we'll be taken out and within a twinkling of an eye, you'll be with me in paradise. He says no purgatory. I'm not doing a Catholic run. There's no car park. I'm not going to be in the car park layer, just laying there with all the Holy Joes and the saints.

Speaker 2: 33:13

The Bible says within a twinkling of an eye, you'll be with me in paradise. You'll be with me in paradise. Within a twinkling of an eye, faith on the cross. You'll be with me in power. Within a twinkling of an eye, faith on the cross. Within a twinkling of an eye you'll be with me in paradise. That is the ultimate journey's end. Where your journey starts, where the earth suit finishes, where your earth suit finishes, eternity begins. Where sickness drops to the floor, where the heart stops beating, where the mind stops working, where the scripture says ashes to ashes, dust to dust. From the earth I came the earth. I shall return.

Speaker 2: 33:52

This skin that I'll walk in won't make it to glory, but the inner us will, the inner us. I have stood, watched, held, had people in my arms. I can't tell you how many people have died in my arms in the places that I work. I can't tell you how many hands I've held that have crossed over from this world to the heavenly realms. I cannot tell you how many times I've seen death come down the corridor of life. And let me tell you, when God calls you and you breathe your last, suddenly you realize that this is just a carcass, this is a vehicle. This isn't really me. This isn't really me. This is just the skin that I'm walking in, this is just the vessel that we are in. You know, I can't tell you how many people I've just sat with, sat on their bed with just held their hand. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it, over and over and, over and over and over. I can't tell you how many times. Death is nothing at all. It's like this, and you're walking the streets of gold.

Speaker 2: 35:15

Let's break bread, father. We break bread together, right now and tonight. Lord, we're on our way to glory. We're on our way to glory, thank you, jesus. So tonight, jesus, I ask you that you will forgive me of my sins and I can hear the Father's voice. Yes, ben, it's already done. Lord, I want you to cleanse me by the blood. Lord, I want you to cleanse me by the blood. Yes, ben, it's already done. Lord, I want you to carry me. Yes, I am carrying you. God has you and every area of your life, or my life, is working together for the good of those who love him. We love him because we are born again.

Speaker 2: 36:03

Religious people are arrogant Religious people. You can pick them out, you know who they are. You know that there's no connection with religious people, with the churchyites, with all that, the religiousites there's no connection, you know. But when you're in the presence of a born-again brother or sister, you know that, you know that you know. So, father, in the name of Jesus, as we come to the table, the Passover table, I thank you that the church didn't bring this in. I thank you that God brought this in. I thank you God gave us clear instruction and tonight we go right the way back to Exodus and we say thank you for the book of Exodus, that we thank you for bringing this. And right now we thank you that Jesus is, was the Passover lamb. Bless. And right now we thank you that Jesus is, was the Passover lamb. Bless this bread, right now, as we understand what it represents In Jesus' name. Amen, this cup. You know, this cup is beautiful, the one that I'm speaking about, the cup of redemption. Cleanse me from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet in the beautiful name of Jesus Christ. Amen Done. No dancing through hoops, no swinging incense down the corridor of the church, no pleading with the priest. Jesus said just come to me and I'll break bread with you. Where religion says no, I'll say yes, because he don't turn nobody away.

Speaker 2: 37:55

So the scripture that we've been in tonight we've been in the book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 28.

Speaker 2: 38:01

Let me read it one more time. We have got one minute and seven seconds left and we know that in all things, god works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. I'm telling you now that you have been called according to his purpose. God loves you. You are wrapped up in your father's love. The word is living in you, no matter how you feel about yourself. It's irrelevant. It is irrelevant what you think, how you think, how you try and work it out. God loves you because he sent his son to the cross.

Speaker 2: 38:43

Let's pray, father, in the name of Jesus. Bless everyone in the house. Bless everybody on camera tonight. Bless all those dear God, those thousands, lord, that are listening across the world, wherever we are. But, spirit of the living God, will you carry us tonight? Bless us abundantly, lord. Draw us into your glory In Jesus' precious name, amen. Thank you wherever you are. Thank you to everybody in the house. Thank you to everybody online tonight as we cross over for worship on the radio. May God bless you Until we see you again take care and remember, never give up.

Speaker 1: 39:34

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