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Psalm 46:1 — Jesus, Be My Peace When the Night Feels Too Heavy Live from London, England — Brazil • Portugal • Chile • Angola • Argentina noite tranquila oração • oração de paz • Jesus acalma meu coração • devotional prayer • Christian night peace • global worship • esperança para hoje Psalm 46:1 (NIV): “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” John 16:22 (NIV): “So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” In this quiet hour, Jesus, when the night feels heavier than I expected and my thoughts stretch further than I can hold, I turn to You. You are my refuge, my strength, and the steady place beneath every emotion that rises at midnight. When my heart feels unsettled or weary, You draw close, bringing a peace that the world cannot copy and a comfort deeper than anything I could manufacture on my own. You remind me that I am not abandoned in the dark; Your presence fills the silence with reassurance and rest. Lord, speak calm into the places where I feel stretched, worried, or unsure. Ease the weight of today’s pressures and lift the quiet fears that whisper when the world around me grows still. Let Your joy settle inside me, gently turning my attention from uncertainty toward Your faithful love. When the night feels long, breathe peace over my mind and steady my emotions with Your nearness. Teach me to rest in the truth that You hold tomorrow, so I do not need to carry it tonight. Holy Spirit, rest upon me now. Surround my thoughts with light and fill my breathing with ease. Let Your peace move through every corner of my heart, softening tension, restoring hope, and setting a gentle rhythm of trust. As I lay down, Jesus, be my quiet, be my comfort, and be the peace that steadies my soul. I place this night in Your hands. Jesus night prayer, Psalm 46 devotional, Christian night encouragement, prayer for peace at night, Portuguese prayer noite tranquila, esperança em Jesus, uplifting prayer, global devotional, oração de conforto, John 16:22 prayer, peaceful sleep Christian, night anxiety prayer Jesus night prayer, Jesus peace, Psalm 46, devotional calm, Portuguese prayer, esperança, Christian sleep prayer, global devotional, uplifting prayer

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Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself Reverend Ben Cooper, recorded live here in London, England, where the world gathers for five minutes of faith, hope, love, and strength. If you've got a prayer request, you can email us to the studio, which is info at dailyprayer.uk. And thank you to everybody for your support, your love, and your shares and your cares and everything that goes on. If you'd like and if you'd want and if you feel that you can support this listener-funded ministry, please do so. Just go onto the show notes, hit that link, uh, just nestling down in there, the link below to buy me a coffee, just three pounds a month. That's all it is, wherever you are across the world. Thank you to everybody on RB Christian Radio, whatever your time zone is, whatever your life looks like, the glory of God is with us. And what we're praying for at this hour, we're coming out of the book of uh Psalms 46, verse 1. Jesus, be my peace when night feels too heavy. Come on, let's pray. Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord, at this hour, Lord, at the 12th hour, 12 a.m., here live in London, England. Father, we pray all the way out, dear God, across the world. Father, we lock shields today. Lord, we hold each other up in the name of Jesus. Lord, we want courage, we want strength tonight. And Lord, whatever the time zone is, whether the early doors we listen, Lord, the midday or the middle of the night, wherever we are, whoever we are, we pray that the love of Jesus Christ will just come around and just gather us up. Lord, we want that blanket of love. Lord, we want that blanket of love just to be wrapped around us. We want the scripture wrapped around us. We want the love of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. But Lord, as we pray out, as we pray through Psalm 46, verse 1, God is our refuge and strength. A very present help in trouble. Father, wherever we are, we need your very present help in times of trouble. Lord, as we look at life, as we get ready, dear God, for a new week, a new day, a new rhythm of life. Lord, I pray that we won't listen to the pups and pans clanging and banging in our mind. But this battlefield, Lord, this quiet hour, Jesus, help us, Lord, right now to find a place where we can just calm and rest. Hold us tight tonight. Jesus, don't let us go. Lord, when we feel stretched, when we feel worried, when we feel uncertain, Lord, ease the wake, dear God, of the pressure of what we've just come from. Father, I thank you, dear God, that the love of God is over our lives, that the power of the Holy Spirit is within each and every one of us. But Jesus, be my peace when night feels too heavy. And Lord, wherever we are, live here in London, England, to Brazil, Portugal, Chile, Angola, and Argentina, Lord, we're praying, dear God, that this Christian time, this prayer time, that this global worship of prayer together, Lord, as we stretch out to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, I pray right now that the love of God will just be reflecting in our heart. Lord, as we come to this prayer time, as we just gather around the word of God, as we stretch out to the Lion of Judah, Lord, I thank you, dear God, that you are that Lion of Judah, that you are the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Holy Spirit, will you let that rest upon us tonight? Surround us, dear God, with your love and your power. Lord, let the love of God, let the Lion, dear God, let that lion roar over our lives. The Lion of Judah, the great I am. You are worthy of all praise. You are the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Father, breathe down the corridor of our life at this hour. Wherever we are sitting, whatever our life is reflecting from the battlefield of life. Holy Spirit, just fill us. Jesus, will you carry us at this midnight hour? Jesus, will you help us, dear God? Lord, we've got to lock into the word. Lord, we need you to be our anchor on wherever we are across this world. Holy Spirit, I thank you, Lord, from the battlefield to the Passover table. Lord, speak to us tonight. Speak to us at these early doors. Father, as we're just getting down into bed, Lord, as we're just trying to rest, bring calmness, Lord. We want to hear the rhythm of trust. We want to hear the rhythm of God. Jesus, be that quiet moment, be that comforter that we need. But God, in the name of Jesus, I thank you, Lord, for everyone under the sound of my voice. May the Spirit of the Lord carry you. Never give up from the battlefield to the Passover table. Jesus Christ is with you. I will catch you in two. Don't go too far.