Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Reverend Ben Coopers podcast, offers an inviting space for listeners to explore Christianity and spiritual growth with wisdom, humor, and a deep commitment to biblical truth. Through Rev. Ben's engaging conversations with guests, the podcast not only explores the timeless wisdom of the Bible but also tackles the pressing issues of life, faith, and hope in a way that is accessible, thought-provoking, and enriching. Whether you’re seeking spiritual nourishment, answers to life’s big questions, or simply a place to reflect on your faith, the Rev Ben podcast is a valuable resource on your journey.
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Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
A Journey Beyond the Physical Realm - (#684 - Elim)
What if you could see the world through the lens of faith, where light triumphs over darkness and salvation is a gift waiting to be embraced? Explore profound spiritual themes as we journey through the scriptures, highlighting the transformative power of divine light. From the message of Psalm 27, which portrays the Lord as our guiding light and salvation, to the reassurance found in the protective embrace of Psalm 91, this episode promises to uplift and inspire, offering a beacon of hope amidst life’s uncertainties.
Venture into the timeless creation narrative of Genesis, where the spoken word of God brings forth light, foreshadowing the spiritual illumination brought by Jesus Christ. Delve into the essence of salvation, which resides within the heart, transcending the physical realm. We unravel the duality of human existence, emphasising the eternal nature of the spiritual self and the enlightening power of divine light, as reflected in the teachings of Jesus. This journey of enlightenment and rebirth reveals a path illuminated by faith and divine purpose.
Join us in a global spiritual gathering, united by the desire for peace and strength through communion and prayer, especially for regions in need like Israel and the Middle East. As we call upon divine guidance, we advocate for leadership grounded in biblical values, trusting in the healing power of the Holy Spirit. To continue this spiritual journey, we recommend Reverend Ben Cooper’s podcast, available on platforms like Spotify and iHeartRadio, offering rich content for those seeking a deeper connection with God’s word. Stay blessed, connected, and safe as we embark on this meaningful journey together.
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Good evening, world. God bless you wherever you are, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. God is with us wherever you are this evening. May the hand of the Lord always be upon you. Thank you so much for joining us wherever we are across this beautiful world this evening. Just a quick reminder, very, very quick reminder. There is a little bit of trouble with the screen this evening, but that doesn't matter, because all we need to know is that we can hear. So the volume is okay, we're in and we're ready to go wherever. Wherever you are this evening, we thank God for your lives in the powerful name of Jesus Christ. We're going to turn to Psalm 27, verse 1. Psalm 27, verse 1. And that is it. Wherever you are, we thank God for the thousands, tens of thousands of downloads right across the earth.
Speaker 1:In the world of podcast, we're not worried about the visuals, it's just the sound that we need to hear. It is the word of God. That's all we got to hear is the word. May God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. God is with you wherever you are. I pray that you will feel the love of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. You know, it's really, really important that we dive in the scriptures, we get in the word of God and wherever you are this evening, may God strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. But we're in and we're in Psalm 27, the Psalm of David. We thank God for your support, we thank God for your prayers and, wherever you are placed, may God strengthen you. May the hand of God, may his presence, may the Holy Spirit, always lead you in paths of righteousness.
Speaker 1:Let's get straight in as we gather around this beautiful word of god psalm 27. Psalm 27, verse 1 the lord is the light of my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Are you fearful tonight? Are you doubtful tonight? Are you worried tonight? Are you fearful tonight? Are you doubtful tonight? Are you worried tonight? Are you lost tonight? May the hand of God be resting upon you and may the power of the Holy Spirit sit within your heart, your mind, your body, your soul.
Speaker 1:But as we get into the word of God, when you look at Psalm 27, verse 1, and it says the Lord is the light of my salvation, two areas there, two key critical areas as we look at these scriptures, as we gather for breaking of bread and undertaking of the cup in the presence of our Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. So the Lord is my light. You know if you have a Bible with you. If you turn to Genesis, chapter 1, round about verse 3, it says and God said Let there be what he said, let there be light. Light is critical. We understand through science. The darkness only has its strength when there is the absence of light. But when light comes in, darkness has to flee. There is power in the word of god.
Speaker 1:If you are struggling with life itself, if you are fearful, doubtful with whatever is going on in your world, your situations, wherever you are at this moment in time psalm 27 whether you're on the visuals, whether you're on the audible, whether you're listening through I heart radio in america, singapore, japan, uh, israel, wherever you are at this hour, may the hand of god always be upon you, but he is the light of the world. The Bible says that. Jesus says I am the light of the world and darkness cannot exist. If you are carrying the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, there is the greatest light within you. You know when you study light, when you look at light, when you work out light, when you try and come to some form of human understanding, trying to look at everything that goes on. You know, in Psalm 27, verse 1, if you're joining us this evening, I see people just joining us for this live stream broadcast, for this podcast across the world.
Speaker 1:We are in Psalm 27, verse 1, the Lord is the light of my salvation Two critical words. So you know that obviously you might say that salvation is the is the stronger word, but also we might lean into that word light as well. So in verse one it says the lord is my light, the lord is my light. In the beginning of genesis, chapter one, verse three, it says and god said let there be light. There is something extremely powerful, whether you look at it through picture formation, whether you look at it through word, whether you look at it through visuals, whether you just look at it through the eyes of science. However you look at light, light is powerful. Jesus says I am the light of the world. There is a correlation and you can hear the fabric of the text. You can hear that the text being woven together all the way from Genesis, chapter 1, verse 3, and God said see, there is power in speech. What we got to remember is that when we speak, you know, angels have to move. When we speak, the word of God is put to flight. So if you have a Bible, turn to Psalm, turn to Psalm. Let's think, let's go.
Speaker 1:Psalm 91 you know it's very clear what the psalmist writes in psalm 91. He is very, very clear in what he says. Psalm 91 that god will command his angels, concerning you, to carry you in all their ways so that you will not strike your foot against the rock. You know, god has your life. God has every area of your life. He has every centimeter, every area of your life. He has every centimeter, every millimeter of your life.
Speaker 1:Are you fearful? Tonight? There are angels assigned to you. The word of God is written for you. The word of God is with you and whether you're in Psalm and you look in Psalm 91, whether you might want to dip your toe in Psalm 23, but we are in Psalm 27,. They all just run smoothly together. They are woven. The word of god from genesis to revelation is woven together.
Speaker 1:Psalm 27, verse 1. Let's read what it says again the lord is my light. There is power in light. You know, when you just strike a match and you bring light into a dark situation, when you bring light into a dark place, you know the darkness seems to disappear, it seems to fade away. And remember, you carry light, you carry the word of God, you carry the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and the living word is amongst you. He is the great I am. He is worthy of all praise.
Speaker 1:If you are worried, if you are fearful, if you are doubtful, as the psalmist writes it, just as he just presses on after the word salvation, he says whom shall I fear? There is nothing for you of me to be fearful of. There is nothing in this world that we should be fearful of, frightened of. There should be nothing in our lives that we are, uh, stressed about. You know stress and worry and fear. You know, we know where that comes from. It is from the outside environment. It is from the outside world that is around us.
Speaker 1:But if you are stressful, if you are fearful, I would encourage you tonight, across the world, to get yourself in the Holy Word of God, because there is power, there is freedom, there is redemption, there is hope, there is glory, there is mercy, there is justification. There is glory, there is mercy, there is justification, there is redemption. Everything is in the word of God. So we encourage you this evening to be brothers and sisters of the word, brothers and sisters of the greatness of the word of God. You know God says do not hide that light. You know the Bible is very clear in Psalm 119, 105, I do believe it says your word is a lamp unto my feet, a light for my path, a light. The word of God is a light. The word of God is power. The word of God is fire. The word of God is hope. You know it will deal with every situation in your life. It won't remove every situation, but what it will do? It will strengthen you through your situation. It will give you hope in your situation. The word of God is power and it is authority.
Speaker 1:But if you are joining us, if you are linking through to this service at this hour we're sorry about the broadcast, but you will be able to listen to this back through seamlessly and flawlessly, so beautifully and so so clear. If you link into the podcast later on, it will go up soon. You can find all these services just very simply on spotify iheart radio. You can find them, alexa. You can find them on apple podcast. You can find them on google. You can just find them anywhere. So we don't worry about the visuals, because the audible that the, the voice is, is what we are looking for. So there is clarity, you know. There is clarity through the word of god and wherever you sit across this world at this hour, I pray that you will realize that god, through christ, through the lord jesus christ, the lord is my light, the lord is the light. He will light up the path.
Speaker 1:Again, again, we have to reference the Psalm. We can't escape the fact that the Psalmist is so powerful when he talks about light, when he talks about the word of God. And if you have that Bible still flicked open tonight, you may be just on that text in Psalm 119, 105. Your word is clear, it's given us clarity, it's given us authority. Your word is a lamp. Your word is a lamp. You know, a lamp is so critical, it was so poignant, it was so powerful. In those days they didn't have electricity, all that sort of stuff. Light is so powerful.
Speaker 1:Darkness has to flee at the power of light. We understand through science, as we've said, as we've looked at, as we've pulled this apart more times than we can count. You know, light is greater than darkness and darkness through the eyes of science and through the eyes of a test tube, darkness only exists because there is an absence of something. Darkness only exists because there is an absence of what. Darkness only exists because there is an absence of something. And when you put light into a dark space, when you put light into darkness, you know the light is greater than any darkness and you carry the light of the world. Jesus says I am the light of greater than any darkness and you carry the light of the world. Jesus says I am the light of the world. No one comes to the father except through me. Again, we have to reference these scriptures there because they're woven together.
Speaker 1:The scripture cannot be separated. The word of god cannot be removed from one text to another. The word of god just flows like a beautiful river. It glistens like a beautiful lake when the sun is shining upon that. Psalm 27, verse 1,. The Lord is the light of and my salvation.
Speaker 1:Then we come on to the word salvation. What does salvation mean? It means to be saved. The basic principle, the basic understanding means to be saved from what Saved from sin, saved from the eternal bits of the lake of fire of hell. To be saved, to have salvation.
Speaker 1:What is salvation? Salvation is given. Salvation is a gift given. Salvation is a gift. Light is a gift. Christ is a gift. So when we look at all this stuff that goes on through the word of god, we are given everything. Light is given, salvation is given, hope is given, redemption is given, because they all run beautifully together. So salvation is upon you tonight. Salvation is around you. Tonight. Salvation is around you.
Speaker 1:Salvation is living in your heart. You know, it's not a suit that we wear, it's not a skin that we carry on, this outside of this body of ours. Salvation sits in your heart. You are saved because it's not the flesh that is saved, it is the inner man, it is the inner me, me. It is the inner you, that, the inner person. It is not the flesh. We understand through scripture that flesh is corrupt and flesh is enmity to god. But the heart is the critical thing, because the heart is saved, not the flesh. We've got to understand that the flesh doesn't get into glory, because the Bible clearly tells us one thing, and one thing's for sure that this earth suit will return.
Speaker 1:As it says in the book of Genesis, when someone is laid to rest, it is very obvious, as the scripture says ashes to ashes, dust to dust. So we have a heavenly body, a body that is free from pain, a body that is free from anxiety, a body that is free from pain, a body that is free from anxiety, a body that is free from stress, a body that is free from wheelchairs, from cancers, from sickness and disease, a body that is completely well. You know, when we leave this earth you know even a twinkling of an eye you'll be with me in paradise. Thank god, thank god that when we get to glory that this earth suit, that this body that carries pain, this body that is crippled, this body that is almost useless to a certain degree, this body that suffers all these attributes of being a human being, thank goodness that this human earth suit stays on this earth and it disintegrates and it goes into the earth. That's why it says disintegrates and it goes into the earth. That's why it says from the earth we came the earth we shall return.
Speaker 1:When you look at the scripture, god created man from the dust of the earth and God said let's make man in our likeness. God does not have an earth suit. So when you look at Christ, we could say well, christ does to a degree. Yes, he does to a degree, because the Bible says the man, christ Jesus. So Christ has flesh on the skeletal, he has blood running through his veins. We understand that he has DNA. We understand that he is in the likeness of himself.
Speaker 1:When you study Christ Christology is a great thing to study you study a man that never lifted a hand to the world. He never jumped in the arena with any area of physicality, he never punched, he never kicked, he never rebelled as in physical fighting. He just used the power of voice. He used the power of the spoken word Because he is the light of the world. The light of the world is the living word.
Speaker 1:So when you look at what god said in genesis, chapter 1, round about verse 3, see what it says for yourself. Do not allow yourself, uh, just uh, for me to say what it is. Get yourself a bible and find the scripture reference for yourself genesis, chapter 1, verse 3. And god said let there be light. He did not create anything else but light first. First was the first physical creation from the uh, the physicality, from the spiritual realm, into this, this physical place that we live.
Speaker 1:We understand that there are dimensions and we see this dimension in which we walk in, in which we live, in which we operate, in which we move in. There is a dimension that is around us, but there is another dimension that we understand. It is the spiritual world. That cannot be seen by the natural eye and it can only be accessed sorry, it's only accessible by faith. Sorry, it's only accessible by faith. We understand that faith and by being born again, because Christ said to Nicodemus in that beautiful scripture, john 3, 3, nicodemus, you must be born again.
Speaker 1:I cannot. How can I be? How can I move up this transient route? How can I disappear back into my mother's womb? I am an adult. It is an impossibility. That cannot happen. Jesus, how can this be? Jesus says you're born from above. You know, born again means to be born from above. You are born from above, you are born from the heavenly realms, you are born from God. You have been created by God, for God, for his goodwill and his good pleasure.
Speaker 1:We are sorry about the pixelating on the visuals tonight. There is nothing that we can do about that, but it is the audible that is critical. Just grab yourself a coffee or a cup of tea, throw your slippers on, throw your legs on that sofa and just sit back and listen to what God is saying. God is telling you that there is light living within you. Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. The power of God is living within you tonight and the power of God is a few things, but we're looking at salvation and we are looking at light. Light cannot be crushed by darkness. Light cannot be pushed out by darkness. Darkness can be crushed by light and darkness can be pushed out by light, but darkness cannot supersede and it cannot arch over the power of light. It cannot do that.
Speaker 1:When you look at Genesis chapter 1 and you study creation, it's very, very easy and it's very, very clear to see that God done a great work out of the darkness of space. Let's use the word space, let's use the word of just of nothing. You know, when you look at Genesis chapter one, god brought, god brought the world, god brought creation from an out of darkness. God does his great work in dark places. God does his great work when he pulls someone from the darkness into the light. He pulled the world out of this dark, invisible substance. He pulled the glory and the power. He pulled creation out of the darkness and he said let there be light. So light was spoken out of the darkness of existence. We can't imagine what it was like at the very beginning of time. But god created light first. There is a reason why he wanted to create light first and if you was to study genesis and if you was to study creation, we understand that that god created light first and then darkness was in existence. But further, through the scripture, it says that god separated light from darkness. There was a separation. What was he telling us? He was telling us through the text that he brought into existence, through the living word of gen. He was telling us that light cannot be equated and cannot be connected to darkness, because darkness is on the other side of the cross. So we have to look at this.
Speaker 1:Genesis is talking spiritually as well as physically, as well as quantum physics, as well as mathematics, as well as creation. The word of god is telling us that god said let there be light. And there was. You could look at that and you could unpack that you could ravel that without going, uh, too far off the peg of what the word is. God says in genesis, chapter 1, verse 3. God said let there be light. And there was. You know. Jesus says I am the light of the world. So God is not only creating this physical attribute of this physicality of this world in which we live and which we run our and we move our lives through, this very physical world. We are living this physical world because he brought us into the physical world.
Speaker 1:The Bible says that he knew you before the fabric of time, before creation. He said before the world was formed, I knew you, I created you, I formed you in your mother's womb, before your mother, before that generation, before generation, before generation. I created you, I formed you and I put you in a consistent line. I knew that line. When that line would come into pass, when your mother would bring you out through that vehicle of that body that I created, that she would bring you into the world. It wasn't your father and your mother that had the skill, through the biological processing, to bring you into the world. It is the living word of God.
Speaker 1:You are here because of Jesus Christ. You are not here because of some family tree. You are not here because your mother and father got together. You are here because your mother and father were put together because of Christ, put them in your life, but you was here before the foundation of the world and God was with you. You was here before the foundation of the world and God was with you. So, when you look at the scriptures, you are here not because of a father's will, because of a mother's will. You are here because of the existence of the father's will, not of an earthly father, but of the heavenly father. You are here because of his unconditional love. You may be brought into an unusual family. You might have been brought into an unusual family. You might have been brought into an unusual existence, but God brought you here.
Speaker 1:No matter how you look and how much you unpack that and how much you analyze that, god brought you in and God will take us out. He brings us in and he brings us out. You know he is the creator of heaven and earth. And let's get back to the word of God. And we are in Genesis, chapter one, verse three. And God said let there be light. So we understand that God is speaking through the rhema word, through the spoken word, we understand that God is speaking the power of speech, he is speaking the power of creation through the word of God. So when you look at this scripture and God said let there be light, do we think that could we possibly just stretch our minds a moment? Do we think or do we ask God, god, are you speaking a little bit more deeper than just what the fabric of that word says? Lord, do you want to take us a bit further? Can you reveal more through that text?
Speaker 1:Genesis, chapter 1, verse 3. And God said because there is power in speaking, there is power in light. And God said let there be light. Jesus says I am the envelope of the text and we could just look inside that envelope of the word and say I just wonder if God was not only speaking the world into creation, but he was letting creation know that there is something greater than the natural light that we see. Was he letting the world know that Jesusesus christ, through the spoken word, is coming into existence? He said let there be light. And there was. Jesus is extremely clear through his scripture, through himself, because he is the living word. And he said and I'm repeating myself for a certain reason this evening, because we all rest and we all listen at certain times and there are many online tonight. God said let there be light, and there was. I believe that God was using that metaphor of a physical attribute of light to let the world know that Jesus is coming. He said let there be light, and there was. And he is speaking light into the darkness. Jesus, what was Jesus and what is his ultimate role? He is the saviour of the world. The world is dark and the light came into the world because Jesus is the light of the world.
Speaker 1:If you have a living word we're in front of you tonight Turn to the Gospel of John and you will find such power and authority in the living word of God. And when you look at John, chapter 1, verse 1, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. We get that there is a woven, that there is a gluing, that it is unable to separate God from the word, word from God, jesus from God, jesus from word. There is a move, a transient move, there is a lift, there is a move of the word of God. That cannot be separated, you know, but God separated light from darkness. We understand that as you read through Genesis, that God saw and God created and God spoke. But there comes a point when God said let there be light. And there was, and I actually believe God was speaking the physical world into being, but also he was letting us know that Jesus was on his way.
Speaker 1:When you look further down the timeline of creation, the Bible says that God saw light and darkness and he separated that light from darkness. This is exactly what the cross does, this is exactly what the blood of Jesus does, this is exactly what the living word does. So you can understand when you look through revelational knowledge and God reveals the word and you explore creation, and God said let there be light, and light was thrusted into existence. And when Mary pushed on that last push and the savior of the world popped out of that transit route not a transit, not a full transit, but I'm referring to the transit route of the mother's womb, when Jesus was popped out into the arms of Mary, when she wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, it's interesting that what stood in the dark sky over Bethlehem? What stood out? What was there? It was the star. It was a bright star. So brightness and light is greater than darkness.
Speaker 1:So when you look at light, when you look at light and you study light through the living word of God, where you find light, light is more powerful, obviously, than darkness. That when Christ popped out of that beautiful Mary as she gave birth and she gave one great push and he came out, the living word became flesh. Let's refer to the scripture. That is a greater way to present what the word is saying. So when you look in the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14, and it says the Word became flesh, the Word became the Word came into existence, light came into the world. So not only do we have Genesis, chapter 1, speaking of the physical attribute of light that may be through stars, that may be through light itself, that may be through the moon, through the sun, that might be referring to many areas of light, but it is also referring to Jesus Christ. You know we might touch the boards of unfamiliar teachings and theological understandings, but we have to look beyond the fabric of what we have been taught before, that Jesus through the living word, the God, the heaven and earth, the creator.
Speaker 1:When you look at Genesis 1, verse 3, it is fascinating that God created light. First he created light, first he spoke. The spoken word brought light in, and then the spoken word brought light in, and then the spoken word brought light in again. When do we see this? We see this in the birth, in the coming of the king. We see this when Mary pushed that final push. We see light again, the light of our salvation. So when we look at these scriptures and when we really ask god to get to reveal that's what we got to say we say god, reveal the living word. So remind ourselves that genesis, chapter 1, verse 3, and god said let there be light. So light was accelerated from darkness into darkness and suddenly we find that light is an explosion and suddenly light is greater than darkness.
Speaker 1:And when Christ came into the world as the sacrificial lamb and as you look in the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14, and the Word became flesh, so the Word became flesh, but the word is the light of the world. So this is the second time that we see that light is an explosive reaction to the darkness. You know, when you look at what is happening, there was darkness at the time of Christ's entrance into the world and so we can look at that and say Jesus says I am the light of the world and the gates of hell and darkness cannot prevail. He is the light, he is the king of kings and he is the Lord of lords. So we understand that God brought the physical light and also God gave us the spiritual light. So you find from Genesis and then you find in John Genesis is the physical speech of the eternal God that God brings. God brings light through the physical realms. And then in the Gospel of John, chapter 1, we clearly see that God brings through Christ Jesus, through the dressing room of Mary. We find that God brings the spiritual light, yes, as long and as well as the physical. It says the, the word became flesh and made his dwelling, that the light of the world lived amongst us. So there is two very important points, two very important pivotal points of the word of god genesis, chapter 1, verse 3, and the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14.
Speaker 1:It talks about the word coming in and the word, the spoken word. Word is critical, word is light, word is power. If you are in trouble, if you are fearful, speak the living word over the darkness that may be around you. So back to the scripture, psalm 27, verse 1. The Lord is the light and my salvation. The Lord is my light, depending what translation you're reading from. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? It's interesting, isn't it, that he speaks about fear and he talks about being afraid. We see that they are connected. Fear and being afraid is connected, but there's a difference and there is a different understanding from fear and from being afraid. Excuse me, my voice is giving out, but we are coming to that critical point within this time where we will break bread and we'll take out a cup. Wherever you are, just remember that the light of the world is living within you. The power of the Holy Spirit is with you, wherever you are at this moment in time. You might be lonely, you might be fearful, you might be doubtful, you might be struggling. You might be doubtful, you might be struggling, you might be stressed, you might be exhausted from living the greatness of the living word.
Speaker 1:So we have genesis, chapter 1, verse 3, and god said let there be light. And light was thrusted into the world. Science is trying to measure light, science is trying to work light out. Science is trying to keep up with light, the acceleration of light. You know you can't control light and you can't control the word of god. You cannot box the word in and you cannot control light. Light is impossible to gauge, to measure, to work out. There is only certain areas of light that we will understand. It is always superseding, it is accelerating beyond human understanding. Light is so powerful, god is so powerful, jesus is so powerful and you carry the light of the world.
Speaker 1:The Bible says let your light shine. Let your light shine, let the word of God shine, let the glory shine in your workspace, in your life, in your family, in every area of your life. Let your light shine. You are an ambassador for the eternal God. Do not allow the world to crush you, do not allow any situation to hold you back. Press in and never give up. There is power, there is glory and the Holy Spirit is with you wherever you are. We're coming to the table in just a few moments and I pray that the fire of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit will carry you across this earth and you will realize who you are in Christ Jesus, not within oneself, not within the skin that we walk in, not within the life that we live in, but we will recognize who we are through the eternal word that we are blessed and highly favored, wonderfully and fearfully made. That the power of the Holy Ghost is with you. Whatever you are facing, do not be afraid. Whatever you are going through, do not be fearful of the situation. The Bible says in Psalm 23, that great Psalm, even though I walk through, just remember our life is just a walk through, we are walking through. Many might spend hours in the understanding of life as we walk through Psalm 23. Some seem to get just a little quick, psalm 23. Some seem to get loads of it. You know, just keep walking, never give up.
Speaker 1:The Bible says the steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord, god's plan over your life. Jeremiah 29, verse 11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to give you hope of future, plans not to harm you, but plans to take you to a place. Plans to give you a hope, a future plans, not to harm you, but plans to take you to a place, plans to give you a place, plans to accelerate you to a place. What God has for you? Have we really explored what God has for me and you? Have we really explored what the living Father has for each and every one of us? Have we looked into the scripture and said Lord, I want all the promises. Lord, I want every word. Lord, I want everything in your word. I want your power, your glory, your mercy. Lord, will you strip me back of flesh? Will you strip me back of self? Lord, will you carry me to my destination? Will you carry me to the place? Will you carry me through the word of God? Let's not live our lives by fear and doubt. Let's live our lives by the power of the word of god.
Speaker 1:If you're with me, wherever you are scattered across the world, whether you're joining me through uh, visuals or audible, whether you're listening to this as a podcast, whether you're watching this through this really bad, you know broadcast that. You know we got a bit of bit of quite a few things going on within the camera system tonight, but we're not worried about visuals. You know we just want to hear what God has to say to each and every one of us. But wherever you are situated, can you grab yourself just a bit of bread? Can yourself a bit of grape juice, whatever you may have. And as we just gather ourselves around the table of remembrance, as we may have, and as we just gather ourselves around the table of remembrance, as we gather our thoughts, as we just be still and we know that he is the King of Kings and he is the Lord of Lords, I pray that the fire of God and the presence of God and the Holy Spirit and his love and his mercy will just radiate over you, that you will feel his presence, his mercy, forever.
Speaker 1:Father, as we gather as Bible-believing believers, as we gather around the scriptures, we gather around the Passover table. Father, for these last few minutes of this service, father, these last 10 minutes, will you speak very clearly to each and every one of us? Will you open our hearts, will you open our minds, lord, will you bring us to a place of rest in christ? Jesus? God is with you, the spirit of god is over you, the power of the holy spirit is with you tonight and I pray that you will find rest for your heart, your mind will stability, the love of God will strengthen you. But, father, we thank you for this bread as it symbolizes the body of Christ. And tonight, lord, will you strengthen us tonight, lord, will you bring peace tonight, lord, will you bring that place? Lord of rest as we come to you, lord, as we rest, as we be still. Lord, we thank you that the fire of God is over each and every one of us. Bless this bread.
Speaker 1:Lord, set the captives free tonight. Let us realize that we are saved and we are blessed and highly favored and we are losing our voice in jesus name. Amen, wonderful God, wonderful Saviour, king of Kings and Lord of Lords. Come on Jesus, lord, will you set the captives free tonight, lord, will you set each and every one of us free? Lord, can we feel your power and your glory through the saving grace? Lord, through your mercy, through your goodness, through your presence, lord, through your hand. Come lord, strengthen us. We pray so, lord, as we gather around the word, as we gather, lord, and as we sit, as we rest, as we focus Lord, lord, as we meditate, lord, as we meditate biblically through the living word of God, father, we thank you that your word is yes and amen. Lord, will you cover us in the blood of Jesus, will you cleanse us from the crown of our head to the soul of our feet in Jesus precious name. Amen.
Speaker 1:Brothers and sisters, wherever you are scattered across the world, we're just going to spend a couple of moments just praying for the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God just to sweep, to sweep for Israel, and that God will remove every terrorist cell, that God will remove every terrorist organization and God will bring freedom through the living word of God. Father, we come to you tonight, lord, and we pray for Israel, lord. I pray, lord, as I stand with Israel, lord, as I put the marker in the sand. Tonight, lord, I stand with the biblical Israel and Lord, I pray tonight, in the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, lord, that there will be a stirring in Israel. Lord, that you will give Israel strength to remove every terrorist Lord organization off of the earth and you will bring peace.
Speaker 1:In the name of Jesus Christ, lord, we pray, father, for all the areas, dear God, of these nations surrounding Israel tonight. We pray tonight, god, that you will bring peace to the Middle East, that the presence of God and the Holy Spirit will be within the Middle East. We pray, lord, for all these Islamic countries, that they will be saved, that you will save every Islamic leader that is in a government position and, lord, that you will sweep through every area, lord, of every other tribe, every other tongue, every other religion, and the power of god will move so powerfully. But tonight, lord, we pray for the fire of god to sweep through israel. Tonight. The love of god and the presence of the holy spirit, lord, lord, wherever people are, we just ask you, father, that there will be peace in Israel and the love of God will be so strong. Lord, we bless you and we thank you and we praise you for time in your presence, because there is power in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 1:We pray that you'll give us a government that has a backbone. We pray that you'll give us a government that stands on the word of God. We pray, father, god, that you will remove any government leader from post and you will bless them if they are not Bible-believing believers. So tonight, lord, will you give us a government that believes in Scripture? Will you give us a government that believes in the power and the authority of Jesus Christ? Will you give us a government that stands on the word of God? Will you give us a government, lord, that believes in the word of God. Will you give us a government, lord, that believes in the power of the Holy Spirit? Will you give us a government that believes in creation, the birth, the death, the resurrection of Christ Jesus? Will you give us a government, lord, that will lead us into paths of righteousness?
Speaker 1:Spirit of the living God, in these closing moments, I pray for healing over everybody online, lord, whatever their situations are, whatever they face, whatever is going through their mind, their body, their soul, that you will touch their hearts. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, wherever they are situated across the world, would the love of God and the power of Jesus Christ just rest on every one of us in the precious name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Lord, we believe in miracles, we believe in the glory of God, we believe in the presence of Jesus Christ and wherever people are. Lord, with your love and your mercy, with your saving grace, lord, do your best work tonight. Lord, do your great work tonight. Father, you are the King of kings and the Lord of lords. We are expecting miracles, we are expecting salvation.
Speaker 1:So, lord, at this moment in time, if there's anybody online tonight that is dipping through the social networks, that needs jesus christ. We pray for the atheists. We pray for the witches, the wizards. We pray for those that are devil worshiping right. We pray for those atheists that have just dropped onto this timeline, those agnostics that are sitting on the fence. We pray, dear God, for those that worship Buddha, that worship Allah, that serve foreign gods. We pray that salvation will visit this nation tonight, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, and the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, lord, will set the captives free. We pray tonight for salvation, lord, if there's anybody that is worried, anybody that is searching, anybody that is looking for hope in their life. Tonight, lord, we pray, lord, that the glory of God will come down with power and authority and the presence of the Holy Spirit will save them and set the captives free, in the glorious name of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1:We believe in miracles. We believe in the saving grace of Jesus Christ. We believe that he is the eternal father, the king of kings and the Lord of lords. Lord, let your glory rest tonight, let your presence move. Wonderful Savior, great Redeemer, great King and God that you are, come, lord, pour out your Spirit. Lord, but, father, we pray that many will be saved, lord.
Speaker 1:If there's anyone that is just a churchgoer online, if there's anyone, lord, that don't know you as their Lord and Savior tonight, touch their hearts. If there's anyone that is religious, touch their hearts. Remove that stony heart tonight, lord, and soften hearts tonight. In the mighty name of the Father, in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Spirit. But tonight, lord, will you move across this nation? Will you move, dear God, through the power of technology? Will you move, dear God, through every corner, every fabric of this nation? Will you set the captives free For those that abound, lord, we pray that shackles will be broken, that fear will go at the name of Jesus and Lord, that we will come to an understanding that we need to be born again.
Speaker 1:Jesus and Lord, we will come to an understanding that we need to be born again, that there's only one criteria in our lives that we are born again. Nothing else matters. Sister and brother, wherever you are across the world, the Bible says we must be born again. But we believe in miracles, we believe mental health is going, we believe fear is going, we believe sickness is going, we believe doubt is going. We believe that there is such a move of the holy spirit right now across this nation by the power of the word, as we trust in you, as your word leaves, leads us in paths of righteousness, as your word carries us, as your word sets the captives free.
Speaker 1:Tonight, lord, we thank you for everybody scattered across this world, wherever they are, whatever means and whatever nation they are living in. Father, we pray that the fire of god will descend on them tonight and the love of god will rest on them. You are the king of kings, you are the lord of lords. We thank you that cancer bows, that sickness bows, that doubt bows, that fear bows that all things are possible to those who believe. So, dear god, I pray that our belief and our faith will rise tonight and lord, that we will rest in the arms of christ and the power of the holy spirit carry us. We pray, we pray, lord, we love you. Jesus, you're worthy of all praise. God bless every one of you. Amen, and may the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit carry you forevermore, in the precious name of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1:You can listen to all this stuff back on Spotify, iheartradio. You can listen to it through all the other means by finding podcasts. Just type in Reverend Ben Cooper's podcast and they will come up. You can listen clear. The sound is very, very good, high quality. Reverend Ben Cooper's podcast. Have a look tonight, have a listen tonight. Wherever you are, stay safe, keep in the word, god bless, and we'll see you soon. Take care, god bless.
