Building a Life Beyond What You Can See (#1072 - Elim)

What does it truly mean to live by faith in a world consumed with materialism, status, and visual validation?

In today’s episode, we dive deep into the biblical wisdom of Habakkuk and Hebrews, exploring how believers are called to a radically different lifestyle—one that goes beyond what is seen, measured, or possessed. Living by faith is more than a spiritual slogan; it is a countercultural way of life rooted in eternal truth.

We live in a time when identity is often shaped by social media, achievement, and possessions. But the Bible teaches, “The just shall live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4). Faith means walking in obedience even when the path ahead is unclear. It means trusting God’s provision when the world tells you to depend on self. It’s about choosing the unseen over the visible, the spiritual over the material.

You’ll hear how our culture blurs the line between “wants” and “needs,” and how Scripture refocuses us on God’s promise: “My God shall supply all your needs” (Philippians 4:19). This simple distinction is the key to unlocking spiritual contentment in a world that always demands more.

Another theme we explore is the power of your words. Are your declarations rooted in faith or fear? What you speak reveals what you believe. Faith-filled speech aligns us with heaven’s reality, while negative speech keeps us tied to worldly systems of scarcity and limitation.

We also reflect on figures like Jacob, who had to wrestle with God to receive transformation. In the same way, living by faith may involve letting go of control and comfort—but what we gain is divine clarity, supernatural provision, and unshakable peace.

If you're tired of living by what you see and ready to walk by what God says, this episode will inspire you to rebuild your life on the foundation of faith—the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

🎧 What You’ll Learn:

• What it really means to live by faith, not by sight
• The biblical difference between wants and needs
• Why God calls us away from material dependence
• How your words reflect and shape your faith
• How to build a life rooted in eternal truth

📖 Key Scriptures:

• Habakkuk 2:4 – The just shall live by faith
• Hebrews 11:1 – Faith is the substance of things hoped for…
• 2 Corinthians 5:7 – We walk by faith, not by sight
• Philippians 4:19 – God will supply all your needs

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• Habakkuk 2:4 explained
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• trusting God in hard times
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• biblical perspective on needs vs wants
• overcoming materialism through faith
• Christian encouragement 2025
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• live by faith not fear

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Podcast Ministry
• 2:15 The Book of Habakkuk: Living by Faith
• 8:45 Faith vs. Physical Perception
• 15:11 Religion and Material Dependency
• 21:35 Living Outside the Natural Realm
• 29:05 Wants vs. Needs in Christian Life
• 36:15 Breaking Bread and Closing Prayer
• 41:00 Support and Ministry Information

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

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Speaker 1: 1:01

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Speaker 2: 2:03

Good evening. God bless you. Thank you for joining us in the house of the Lord this evening. God bless you. Thank you for joining us in the House of the Lord this evening and thank you for everyone that's joined us on radio and wherever you are across the world tonight. Thank you from the very depth of our heart. May God bless you and strengthen you.

Speaker 2: 2:14

Let's turn into the Old Testament. We're going to turn to the Old Testament. First, we're going to turn to the book of Habakkuk. We're going to go to the book of Habakkuk, just just into the old testament. Let's just quickly turn there. You know we are living in very, very powerful times. We're going to go into the book of Habakkuk and then we're going to go up to the new testament, the book of Hebrews 11, verse 1. We are living in really, really interesting times. You know. We're going to go to the book of Habakkuk. We're into the minor prophet. It was a prophet. When you look at the timeline of the word of God and we see everything that's going on here, you're looking at an inner region of around about 600 years before Christ. This minor prophet, very, very instrumental in the time of the Babylonians, and everything that's going along with this, but I find this fascinating to sit where we sit at this moment in the UK and to see where we are. You know, grab yourself a Bible, grab yourself a cup of coffee, a cup of tea. Thank you for joining us on this podcast. Thank you for joining us on the other side of the world tonight on radio.

Speaker 2: 3:14

Wherever you are scattered, for those that are in the house of the Lord, we're in the Old Testament. You know, a book that's not really turned over. A lot is in the book of Habakkuk, chapter 2, verse 4. I just want to pick up the tail end of that text and then we are going to drop straight over to the book of Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 1.

Speaker 2: 3:33

We're in a very, very powerful position at this moment in time. I'm not referring to us as as human beings, but I'm talking about in the timeline of the coming of Christ, when you see that everything, the reaction of the world of Christ, when you see that everything, the reaction of the world, the political agenda, life, finances, everything that's happening around the world we are living, the world is extremely vulnerable at this moment, like there's a lot of vulnerability and people are very vulnerable as well and we've got to be steadfast and we've got to be sure We've lost I wouldn't say we so much all of us, but there are many people that have lost their identity in the mechanisms of life, in the structure of life. You know, this world in which we live is, by everything we do and look at, is we perceive it. We live by the natural senses. You know, we are living by our senses, by what we perceive, natural perception that lives in front of us. The chairs are here, you're here, I can see everything is in the house tonight. So it's real, it's in existence, it must be here. My eyes are seeing this physical realm in which we live in, you know, and the world operates. The world, the devil's territory, it operates by the physical realm that is in front, but the kingdom of God operates in the world that is not seen, that is unseen, but is extremely, extremely real. So, wherever you are joining us in the house of the Lord tonight, whether you're online on Christian radio, join us. God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ. Whether you're listening to this through a podcast, and we just want to say thank you, we must mention this before we go any further for those that listen to this stuff on the podcast. We're in 140 countries and 1710 cities, and it's increasing. We just want to say thank you to all those people around the world. You know thank you so much from every one of us here in this ministry, in this church, for listening and downloading and everything that goes along with that. Thank God for the power of technology.

Speaker 2: 5:27

But we're in the book of Habakkuk, chapter two, verse four, and it talks about faith. We are living in a time when we've really got to live by faith. When we've got to live by faith. We are living in a world now that is so reliant on what it has in front of itself money, cars, status. You know notoriety. What we have in front of us is our self-worth. You know houses, dependency on buildings, jobs, careers. Everything that we have in this world is the tangible presence of this world, the devil's territory. You know. The devil wants us to be reliant on this physical realm that is in front of us. He wants us to rely on the cash. He wants us to rely on the vehicles. He wants us to rely on the house. He wants us to rely on the physical world, politics. He wants us to rely on what our natural eyes see. But the Bible speaks over and over and over again. We've got to live by faith. We can't live by what we perceive, by what we touch, what we smell, what is in front of us. We've got to live outside of this natural realm. We've got to live outside of the skin that we walk in. We've got to live by faith.

Speaker 2: 6:37

Faith comes from hearing a message and the message is heard through the Word of God. So, when you look at this minor prophet, the book of Habakkuk, approximately 600 years BC before Christ, and as you just put your eyes on Habakkuk, chapter two, if you're at home, wherever you are at this moment in time, brothers and sisters, you know, grab yourself a Bible. The greatest investment you'll have, from the youngest to the oldest, wherever you're from, whatever color, skin, whatever culture, whatever tribe, whoever you are, grab yourself a Bible. It is the greatest investment anyone will ever do in their life is to invest in the word of God, in the beautiful word of God. So what we have we have the Old Testament, we have the New Testament.

Speaker 2: 7:18

We understand how powerful the old is. We understand how powerful the new is. When you look at the new, you can the New Testament, you look at it spiritually. You look at the old is we understand how powerful the new is. When you look at the new, you can the new testimony. Look at it spiritually. Look at the old, it's spiritually. You look at the old, it's physically. You look at the new, it's physical. When you look at the both but now we are in it feels like there is a change of the foundation that we're on, you know. It feels like the world is actually shifting. It feels like there is a shift. It feels like there is a movement.

Speaker 2: 7:44

There is a lot of undercurrents let's use that word. There's a lot of undercurrents flowing under the surface of business, of education. There's a lot of undercurrents flowing in the political area. We can't live anymore by our perception and by what we see. We have to live outside of this natural realm.

Speaker 2: 8:07

When you look at Jesus Christ speaking to Nicodemus, he tells him very clearly you must be born again. But Jesus was telling him you've got to live outside of your education. You've got to live outside of your teaching. You've got to live out of the Torah. You've got to live out of the old. You've got to live in a new way. The Bible says you can only see, you can walk. You've got to live out of the old, you've got to live in a new way. You know. But the Bible says, you know, you can only see, you can walk, you can get in there, but it takes by faith, it is by faith.

Speaker 2: 8:32

So the scripture that we're in at this moment in time is the Old Testament prophet, the minor prophet Habakkuk, chapter 2, verse 4, and I'll read the tail end of that text, what it says there. And it says see, he is puffed up, his desires are not upright, but the righteous will live by his faith. The righteous will live by his faith. It takes everything that we have within ourself, from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Bible tells us that we've got to live by faith. And when you try to grapple and you try to unravel and you try to work out, what faith is? This invisible concrete, this foundation that I build on, that is not touchable but is very physical, even though it's spiritual. Let's turn to the New Testament. Let's go up to the book of Hebrews, chapter 11, and we're going to go to verse 1.

Speaker 2: 9:29

So the minor prophet tells us this we've got to live by his faith, we've got to live by his way. We've got to live by faith. Everything we do, everything in our life, is before us in this physical realm. Everything we do, from finances to work, to living, to church, religion, everything is mechanical, everything is mechanical. But what we got to do is we got to live outside of this mechanical drum of the skin of life and we got to live in this position of faith. It will take everything that we have, every amount of energy and strength, if I can use that terminology, everything that we got to live by faith, to live outside of this, what we perceive because the world gives us our self-worth, by what we see and what we have and what we accumulate as life goes by, by cars, by houses, by property, by money, by clothing, by postcode, by education, by church, even when you look at church, the layers, the class layers in church, by the area of religion.

Speaker 2: 10:40

You know, and we are watching religion acting at this moment in time. You know there was so much emphasis the other day on the news and on religion, about how the Pope, this new Pope, has changed his shoes from red shoes to black shoes. We're more interested in what he's wearing and what he's not wearing than the cross of Calvary. You know we are watching everything. Religion watches everything practically watching everything. Religion watches everything practically. We are watching all this stuff going on around us and our eyes are caught by what we see. And what our eyes see feeds our bodies and by what our eyes see is the way that we react If we're in a bad situation. It makes us feel bad. If we've got trouble at work line manager, if we've got trouble in finances, trouble in relationships, trouble anywhere, our eyes dictate and tell us how we're going to be in this natural realm. But the Bible says the just shall live by faith. We've got to live outside of this natural realm. We've got to live outside of the skin, we've got to live outside of what we see. But to live by faith it will take absolutely everything that we have to live by faith.

Speaker 2: 11:49

In the New Testament, in the book of Acts, you know, in the book of Acts it tells us very clearly that they sold everything that they had. They sold their houses, their possessions and they gave to the poor and they lived in a completely different way gave to the poor and they lived in a completely different way. That is completely the opposite way to the way that religion lives at this moment in time, religion lives by money, religion lives by control, religion lives by manipulation. When you look at the fabric of the way that religion operates, it is cash, rich, it moves all in them areas. But the Bible says the apostles. The apostles sold their property, they sold everything, they sold their stuff, they sold their goods and they gave everything that they had. But there was a coming together, there was a unity where they was together, where they broke bread and they took it a cup and they worshiped. It says that there was, there was. The core elements of Christ were there Worship, praise, faith, prayer, the core areas which we are lacking in this nation, within the realm of church, because church looks at and church reacts.

Speaker 2: 13:03

In the physical realm. The more people we have in a church, the more powerful it is. The more people are in church, the more God is moving, the more people in church. Everything is gauged by this physical realm in which we live. But the Bible tells us that there is more outside of this physical realm. It is that spiritual realm and Jesus makes that clear to Nicodemus. He says you must be born again. You must be born again Outside of this natural realm, outside of this physical realm, outside of perception, outside of life itself, outside of notoriety. We've got to live by faith.

Speaker 2: 13:49

So, when we look at faith and when we understand what faith is and I don't know if we'll ever come to this completion in the area of studying faith and what faith actually is but when you look at it, we're just looking at this moment in time and it says in Hebrews 11, verse 1, now, faith is being sure. So we understand that faith has an area and an element of seeing. Faith is the substance, faith is this concrete, faith is this rock. Faith is this invisible glue that holds everything together. But where do you get it? Where do you buy it? Where do you accumulate from it? You don't get it through religion, you don't get it through church, you don't get it through the mechanics of religion and all that sort of stuff.

Speaker 2: 14:38

Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of God. So when you look at about what the Bible says, when you look at what the Bible says extremely clear the just shall live by faith, live by faith. What do you mean? So faith has an undercurrent Faith, has this word resting within it. You know, and you pull back the fabric of the text and you open up the word. Faith comes from hearing the message. What is the message? The message is the 66 books. The message is the Old Testament. The message is the New Testament. The message is the word of God. Faith comes from hearing the message and the message is heard through the word of God. So there is a message to the Bible believing believer wrapped up in the scripture. So if I am not hearing the word, and where will I hear the word? Primarily I will hear the word at church. I will hear the preaching and the doctoring and the fundamental points of Christianity coming from the pulpit.

Speaker 2: 15:41

But what we find we have is religion, not only religion. We have religion mixed up with a woke way, a soft, very, uh, very desensitized. We are living in a time when the message isn't preached through the fundamental truths of the gospel of jesus christ. We are missing in a massive area of church across the landscape of the UK, the doctrine, sound doctrine. We need sound doctrine. We are hungry. This nation is hungry. This nation is lost. The children are lost, adults are lost, church is lost, families are lost, culture is lost. The human being is walking around the wasteland of the UK. We look at this nation and we think that we have everything. We think that we have everything because we've got everything in the physical realm. When you've got everything in the physical realm, you realize how empty we actually are, because we rely and we put all of our weight, we put everything that we have on what we have in our home. You know, our home is our castle. All that old razzmatazz you know by the car you drive, by the badge you have on your car, by where you eat, by where you shop, by where you get your food, by where you do this, where you live, what road you live in. Oh, I can't let them know that I live in this road in Swanley because, oh dear, I can't do that. I've got to change my address. I'm going to change it to Seven Oaks. I'll give them Seven Oaks postcode That'll keep them off me can for the night, but I live in Swanley, brh 70X.

Speaker 2: 17:16

And when you start to realize where you live and who you are, it brings freedom. It brings freedom when you realize who you are in Christ, when you realize who you are in Christ and you start to live by the Word of God. So let's just take a moment and just think about this scripture the just shall live by faith. Who is the just? Everyone in the house, everybody on camera, everybody listening on radio, everyone that is born again. The just shall live by faith. But we live our lives by the mass percentage.

Speaker 2: 17:52

I'm ashamed to say, 98% of our lives are lived by materialistic ways. When we live by materialism, we live by the gods of this world. When I live by the gods of this world, I limit myself and I literally put myself within a prison of relying of the God of money, the God of mammon, the God of this, the God of that, everything. There are gods for everything and I could lose my focus on the God that created all things. My God shall supply all my needs according to thy riches in glory. If you are in need tonight, if you are worried tonight, if you are lost tonight on the other side of the earth, whatever your time zone is, whatever you are looking at in your life, whatever lens that you are looking through tonight, I pray that we will use the lens, the lens of faith.

Speaker 2: 18:52

Faith comes from hearing. Faith comes from hearing. Faith comes from hearing not seeing, but hearing, because the Word of God is power and there is power in the spoken word, the rhema word, the word release, the word you know out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water. So my language and I'm not referring what I'm referring to is the way that I present things, the way that I speak, the way that I articulate, the way that I verbalize the way that I speak, the way that I articulate, the way that I verbalize, the way that I bring the language out, the English language out, the way that I present it, is the way that I will be. So if I am in negative thoughts, if I'm running this down, running that down, moaning about this, moaning about that, I am literally nailing my feet to the floor. I've got to be extremely careful because the Bible says out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Speaker 2: 19:48

And what you put through your eye gate, through your ear gate, where does it sit? It sits on the tablet of your heart. So what I watch is what I listen to influences the skin that I walk in. When it influences the skin that I walk in, it also influences the way that I live my life. The way that I live my life. Am I living my life by what I see by what I hear of this world. 98% of the human being lives its life by what it sees and what it hears. But the bible says the just shall live by faith. This invisible ingredients, this invisible glory, this invisible beauty that is wrapped up in the scripture. The just shall live by faith if we take, take healing. You know how big and large has healing been across, right across the platform, the church, time and time and time again. But amongst the healing we have the fake name it and claim it. We have so much going on. So if you take healing, the just shall live by faith.

Speaker 2: 20:59

Lord, I believe tonight my body is well, lord. I believe that every organ in my body, my mind, my thinking, lord, I believe I have no mental health issues. I believe, lord, that my kidneys are working, my lungs are working, my pancreas is working, every organ that you have given me, god, is working and functioning absolutely perfect, lord. My blood count is perfect, lord. I don't have blood pressure, lord. I don't have blood sugar issues, lord. My vision is clear, lord. I thank you that I can see well. I thank you, lord, that I'm walking well. My bone structure is sound.

Speaker 2: 21:36

In the name of Jesus, because there is power in the tongue. James writes that the power of the tongue it gives life or it takes life. And what is the power of the tongue? When we speak, we are speaking words. Words are like arrows. Words are like darts they land. Every word lands, whether that's the word of God or whether that's the word of Satan. Am I speaking the word of Satan? What did you mean? The word of Satan? Am I speaking the words of the world, the words of government, the words of political agenda, the words of money markets, the words of business, or am I speaking the word of God? Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of God.

Speaker 2: 22:28

If I spend my time on social media, it's going to cause me anxiety. If I spend my time on social media, it's going to make me look at myself and it's going to make me shrink within myself because I can't marry up to what social media is saying about the human being. If I live by social media, I'm living by the devil's territory. If I live by the word of God, I'm living by God's law. If I live by what the politicians are saying, I'm living in a bad way. If I live by what governments are saying and trusting in the governments. I am living very satanically in the devil's playground.

Speaker 2: 23:08

I have to live completely within the framework and the law of God, god's law, god's spiritual law. The Bible says you have not because you ask not. Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water. You know I'm speaking to myself at this moment. This is all rhetorical, I'm not speaking to anyone else, but to me. Tonight I'm saying Ben, you've got to live by faith. My God shall supply. So when the scripture says my God shall supply, who is my God? That is the first thing. Who is my God? Is it the God of money? Is it the God of business? Is it the God of the world? Is it God? What God and who and what God am I serving? Am I serving the God above all gods? Am I serving the God above all gods? Am I serving the God of Israel? Am I serving the God of Genesis, matthew, mark, luke and John? Am I serving the God that spoke this world into existence, or am I serving many gods? I have to analyze my life. I have to look like with a dissection knife and unravel my life and dissect every fabric, every area.

Speaker 2: 24:27

The book of Habakkuk. He said very clearly we have to live by the faith of him, by God. We have to live outside of this natural realm. If I live in this natural realm, I'm living like the Babylonians. I'm living like the Babylonians. I'm living like the Babylonians. I'm living by business. I'm living by the way of the world. I'm living by the kings, by pharaohs. I'm living by the way of culture. I've got to be extremely careful about culture. I'm living my life in the cultural drumbeat rather than living my life by faith. The just shall live by faith. You have not because you ask not. The Bible is extremely clear the just shall live by faith. But to live by faith will take everything that I got within the skin, that I walk in to do what it says in Hebrews 11, verse 1. Now, faith is being sure of what we hope for.

Speaker 2: 25:27

I actually believe the UK church in a massive area of the establishment, whether we look at it religiously or we look at it as in church. I believe we have lost all hope in what, all hope in the Word of God Because of the Word of God in the majority of the church isn't being preached. The Word of God has been watered down in so many ways. And we have a weak and we have a woke and we can't even call it preaching. Weak and we have a woke and we can't even call it preaching, we can't even call it the word of God.

Speaker 2: 26:05

So what we find? We have a nation. We have a nation that is infiltrated with many gods. Many gods are in this land, many gods are over this land. But what God am I serving? Am I more concerned of the gods of finance, of the world, of business, of life? Am I more concerned about the spirits that are out there, the Jezebel spirit, Ahab, everything that's going on, pharaoh, everything that's going on, or am I trusting in the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords? You know, jesus says drop your nets, come and follow me. For those disciples to drop their nets was to drop everything within their capabilities of their hands. And they had to drop their nets and everything that they'd done was completely by following Jesus.

Speaker 2: 26:55

To follow Jesus will take so much faith. It could shake you to your core. It will make you feel that you're strange. It will make you feel that you're an outsider, that you don't belong because of the crowd of church, the crowd of religion, the crowd of the world is walking together To be separated. To be separated means to come to the River Jordan, to consecrate yourself and to find in your life that I am an individual in Christ Jesus and don't conform to the pattern of the world. The Bible makes that really clear Do not conform to the pattern of this world, do not conform.

Speaker 2: 27:35

We find ourselves again through social media, through church, through religion, through politics, through clothing, through labeling, through vehicles, through houses, through culture, the way that we dress our house, the way that we dress ourselves, the way that we work, the way we go, the places that we shop, the places that we eat, the coffee houses that we go to. We are controlled by the God of this physical realm, more known as the God of money. We put so much reliance on the God and money itself credit cards, debt, hp, all this sort of stuff. We put so much reliance on that. And when we rely on finances, finances we find that we get trapped. And when you get trapped, you find that you become a slave, not to righteousness, but you become a slave to the financial, the keeper of the purse. When you look at life, the bible says my god shall supply all my needs. My God shall supply all my wants, no, all my needs, because wants are of this natural realm.

Speaker 2: 28:45

Wants are I want a car, wants are I want a bigger house. I want a new carpet. I want to get the bathroom done. I want a loft conversion. I don't just want one car, I want a spare car. I want a new iPad. I want a new phone. I want new clothes. That's a lovely belt they're wearing over there. It's 400 quid. I want a new bear belt. I've got to get my nails, my toenails done. I've got to get my beard. I've got to get a haircut. I've got to get this. I've got to get this type of jeans. I've got to wear that type of clothing. Actually, they've just bought about new pair of trainers. They're only a thousand pound. I'll think I'll have a pair of trainers. My God shall supply all my needs.

Speaker 2: 29:31

I us, we maybe and I'm not pointing at anyone online in the house or any human being, but have we lost the understanding and the difference, the difference between wants and needs? Because the flesh wants those beautiful trainers, the flesh wants to look of the way of social media. And when I don't look like the characters on social media and suddenly I find myself, I put pressure on myself because I don't look a certain way, I don't walk a certain way, I don't have what they have, when actually, if you see on the other side of the lens, they are as more empty as anyone, because they are looking for validation from the camera. And we shouldn't be looking for validation from the camera of social media, we should be looking to Jesus. You know, as I look to Christ, my God shall supply all my needs according, because needs are extremely different to wants. Wants are of the world, of the devil's world, the flesh, the craving, the craving. I've got to have this, I've got to have that, I've got to go to this nation, I've got to go to that country, I've got to send the children to this school. We've got to have this car Actually, they're having a loft conversion down there we're going to have a swimming pool in the name of Jesus. You know, all that sort of stuff. I want, I want, I want. But what do I actually need? I actually need Jesus.

Speaker 2: 30:56

The Bible says something very profound and very important to me as a Christian. It says seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and everything else shall be added unto thee, seek the kingdom. What is this kingdom? Where is this kingdom? This kingdom of, of this invisible God? The Bible says that God is invisible and he sits in an unapproachable light. He is the God above all gods, he's the King of Kings and he is the Lord of Lords. I pray that, wherever you are right now, that each and every one of us will not live by our wants, but we will live by what we need, I need. I need the word of God. If I've got the word of God, I've got everything that I need, because when I'm in need of God, he shall supply all my needs when I realize who I am in Christ.

Speaker 2: 31:48

You know, there are many of us that have lived the life, the amount of years we've been on earth and we've lived outside of the calling of what God and who God has called us to be, because we are too busy living by what the families say, what the children says, what the husband says, what the wife says, what the culture says, what the pastor says, what the culture says, what work says, what education says. We live our lives by what the world says, the majority of our lives, and we don't and we're frightened to live our lives as that individual because, as I live as an individual, I've got to sidestep and come outside of the crowd, and I've got to. And when I come outside of the crowd, suddenly I'm seen when I'm in the crowd. There are many people in the crowd of life that are so weary and so tired and so exhausted and the crowd is carrying us and the crowd is dictating to us, but the crowd doesn't give us what we need, because the crowd is always looking for validation. The crowd is always looking for a noise. The crowd is looking for a bigger crowd. The bigger the crowd, the better it will be. The more people it will better it will be. That is completely the opposite.

Speaker 2: 32:57

When Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane, he did not go in with the crowd, he went in on his own. When you look at the scripture, there is more power being alone with God than being in the biggest church on earth and lost in the crowd because you become a gift aid number. There's nothing more worse than being lost in the crowd, whether that's sports, whether that's ministry, whether that's church, whether that's music, whether that's life. When you're at work, you are mixed and you are lost in the crowd of the people, the audience around you. I don't want to get lost in the audience around me. I want to get lost in Jesus, because I need to lose myself to find me, jesus, because I need to lose myself to find me.

Speaker 2: 33:45

Sometimes we've got to lose everything and put everything aside, just like that great character, jacob. He pushed everything and everyone in his life, everything that he owned, humanity and wealth. He pushed it on the other side of the brook and he said I'm going to find this God. Is there anyone brave enough to say Lord, I'm going to wrestle with you until I get what is required? To wrestle with God will take everything we got, because it takes faith. We wrestle in prayer, we wrestle in hope. We wrestle in the scripture, hebrews 11, verse 1. We have less than 10 minutes and we've got to break bread within that before we come offline. May God bless you and strengthen you in the name of Jesus. It says in Hebrews 11, verse 1,. Now, faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. So that is an amazing text. That is a powerful piece of text. That is a text that could almost frighten us, because it takes everything of this natural realm to leave it at the cross.

Speaker 2: 34:50

Do you need healing tonight? Believe for the healing. Believe like you've never believed before. Believe outside of your skin. Believe outside of this natural human body that I walk in. Believe so radically. Believe that the work is coming around right. Believe that God is supplying everything that needs to be supplied. Believe that God is removing certain humans from your life. Believe that God is placing you and you are placed in the perfect position because it's the plan of God. We're coming to the table and we want to invite you in the house. We invite you online. We want to invite you in the world of podcasts. We want to invite you wherever you are.

Speaker 2: 35:33

It is critical for such a time as this. We are in a transition, we are in a shift, we are in a change and it feels very unfamiliar. We are out like the sailors and the nautical expression. We are in uncharted territory. We are in very vulnerable positions, but I've got to remind myself that I serve the God, the great God, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I've got to remind myself that I serve the God, the great God, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I've got to remind myself that I serve the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Do you feel vulnerable tonight? Do you feel lost tonight? Are you worried about work? Are you worried about life? Are you worried about the financial pressure? Are you worried about just life itself?

Speaker 2: 36:18

I want to encourage you right now to break bread with me.

Speaker 2: 36:21

I want to encourage you to take it a cup in your own time. I want to encourage you to be a brother or a sister completely immersed in the Word of God, because the Bible says in Hebrews 11, verse 1, now, faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Let's break bread, father, in the name of Jesus. Holy Spirit, we know you're real, holy Spirit. We know you're living within, holy Spirit. We know you're here, jesus. We know that you live within this skin that I'm walking in, god. We know you are real because you are omnipresent. We know you're real. You are as real as everything before my natural eyes.

Speaker 2: 37:12

And, lord, as I break bread tonight, lord, I want to live completely by faith. I want to live completely by this substance, this power, this authority from God. I want to live, lord, by faith, believing that the financial needs are met, that the bills are paid, that the children are fed, that everything is well. Lord, I want to live by faith. I want to live radically for Jesus. I need to live outside of this physical realm now, lord. I want to live by faith. I want to live radically for Jesus. I need to live outside of this physical realm now, lord, because the physical realm is crushing me and holding me back. Lord, I've got to live outside of this natural realm. I can't live anymore, lord, by what I see, because what I see is making me freeze in fear, what I see is holding me back. So, lord, I want to see beyond the realm of humanity.

Speaker 2: 38:08

And, lord, as I break this bread together, lord, as I put this bread into this cup and it became soft, lord, I take this bread and I thank you, lord, that this is the body of Christ. And as I break this now, thank you, jesus. Come, holy Spirit, reveal yourself more and more in my life, in our lives, in Jesus' name, amen. Reveal yourself, god. Reveal yourself to us in the house, on camera, on radio, listening to this podcast. Reveal yourself, god, every home tonight, lord, where the sound of my voice is getting to Lord. I thank you that the Holy Spirit is in that house, in that workplace, in that space that they're walking in. Lord, I thank you that the Holy Spirit is with everybody online now, every country, every town, every village, every parish, everyone, lord, that is listening with us now. We thank you for the power of God. So, lord, as I take this cup, cleanse me from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet. Lord, wash me in the crimson, wash me in the blood of Jesus Right now. God, in the name of Jesus, amen, god loves you.

Speaker 2: 39:28

I've just skimmed over these scriptures, but we've been in the book of Habakkuk, we've been in the book of Hebrews 11, and, as the screens change at this moment in time, if you can support us via prayer for this ministry of the church, we really need your prayers, we really need prayer. Prayer is key, prayer is fundamental, prayer is required. You know, can you support us in prayer, praying for this radio ministry, praying for the podcast, this streaming ministry, the ministry of the church, everything that we got going on locally and across the other side of the globe? You know, we're in 144 countries, we're in 1,700 plus cities around the world, and will you pray for us here in just shopping trolley land known as Swanley. You know that's the best way to put it. I'm going to get a whipping and a licking and a kicking for saying that, but you know where we are. We're in good old BR870X, hallelujah. There's more shopping trolleys on the street corners than we've got houses where we are. But God loves us.

Speaker 2: 40:29

I want to tell you where we are. We are in an area that is hard and we are not in an established area. We are not in Chelsea, we are not in any area like that. We are on the front line of life and we thank you for your prayers. We thank you for your prayers and if you can support us and if you can, as the screen says, just go on rbchristianradionet, just support us. Just buy a coffee that goes into the ministry that supports everything. It is just a simple thing to do, but we need your prayers. We are asking you to pray, pray like never before as we pray for one another. And if you can support us, you can buy us a coffee. Just jump on that. You know, go on to rbchristianradionet. In the bottom corner is a little coffee cup.

Speaker 2: 41:09

Read up what we're doing and we believe God is leading us. This is years. This is years of faithful prayers. This is years. We haven't just pulled this out of our hat and decided that's what we're going to do. God has led us to it, god has taken us through the valley for it. God is supplying and as we reach the globe, because we're all part, we're all part of the kingdom, and as we are living in the end days, in the end times, we are waiting for the coming of Jesus.

Speaker 2: 41:33

Thank you for your prayers on radio. Thank you for your prayers on radio. Thank you for your support around the world through prayers, and may God bless you in the name of Jesus. We've been in the book of Habakkuk, we've been in the New Testament, we've been in Hebrews 11, verse 1, just touching the edge of that.

Speaker 2: 41:49

So, wherever you live across this world, I pray that the fire of God, the presence of the Holy Spirit, that we will live by faith, that we will live in such a way it is so powerful. It is outside of the skin that we walk in, it is outside of the realm, it is outside of money, it is outside of life itself that we live radically by faith. God is calling you, whoever you are at this moment, in this one minute and 40 seconds before we click out, god is calling you. The Holy Spirit is speaking to you tonight. God is calling you. Trust me. God is saying that. Trust me in every area of your life. Step outside of this physical realm known as the boat. Jump off the boat and start to walk on water. The just shall live by faith.

Speaker 2: 42:45

As you live your life. Believe, believe that there are miracles happening. Believe your body is well. Believe that the gas bill has been met. Believe that the electric has been met. Believe that God has got a great job for you. Believe God is doing great things for you. Believe that your body is well. Believe that the hand of God is over you. Believe in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Speaker 2: 43:09

As we come to a close in these 50 seconds online tonight, and for those that have joined me in the house, god bless every one of you. In the name of Jesus Christ, we want to encourage you. On the other side of the world 1,700 plus cities you know 144 countries around the world, the most obscured nations around the world. May God bless you and strengthen you. Stay with us. On RB, christian Radio. We've got some very unusual music that we're going to play, that we're going to go out to this evening to listen on radio. Grab yourself a cup of tea, get yourself a cup of coffee, sit back and relax and smile, because God has you. We're out of here in the name of Jesus. We'll see you extremely soon. Thank you for your support. God bless you, and may the hand of God just lead you in new beginnings, because there are new beginnings. God bless you. Thank you for your time this evening. Take care, stay in the word, never give up In Jesus name, amen. God bless.

Speaker 1: 44:08

Thank you for listening to us today on Reverend Ben Cooper's podcast. We hope you found inspiration and guidance in today's audio. Remember the journey of faith is a continuous one and your questions and thoughts are important. You can send us a text or an email and we will get back to you. So, wherever you are around the world, thank you for listening to our podcasts and radio ministry. For more information about our ministry, please find us on pastorbencoopercouk. Please support us with prayer. Also, you can sow a financial seed into this ministry. Thank you.