Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
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Reverend Ben Cooper's Podcast
Calming the Storms of Life (#1082 - Elim)
"The Storm-Calmer: Faith in the Midst of Fear"
Have you ever felt like you were drowning while God stayed silent? In this deeply relatable and spiritually rich episode, we dive into Mark 4:35–41, a passage that powerfully showcases Jesus’ unmatched authority as He calms the storm with a single command.
It all begins with a simple invitation: “Let us go over to the other side.” On the surface, it sounds like just a change in location, but this invitation carries profound significance. To follow Jesus to “the other side” means to leave behind the crowd—those people, systems, and voices that keep us spiritually stagnant. That crowd may be your workplace expectations, societal pressure, social media noise, or toxic relationships that drown out the voice of God.
As Jesus and His disciples sail away, an intense squall threatens to sink the boat. The disciples, seasoned fishermen and Jesus’ closest followers, are overwhelmed with fear. Their cry — “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” — reveals the tension between our belief and our panic, our theology and our reality.
This is the heart of the message: Jesus wasn’t panicked; He was asleep — not because He didn’t care, but because He is sovereign. He stands up, rebukes the wind and the waves, and everything becomes calm. Three words changed the storm: “Peace! Be still.”
Jesus’ question pierces through time: “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” This wasn’t just about surviving a physical storm—it was about learning to trust the One who commands nature itself. Even the disciples were stunned: “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” This was the moment they began to shift from knowing Jesus as Teacher to recognizing Him as Lord of all creation.
This episode will challenge and encourage you to:
- Evaluate what “crowds” you need to leave behind.
- Recognize how fear clouds faith during life’s tempests.
- See Jesus not as absent in your crisis, but fully in control.
- Embrace peace not because the storm is gone, but because He is in your boat.
Whether you’re going through financial hardship, family conflict, spiritual dryness, or emotional overwhelm, this message will speak directly to your storm. The same Christ who calmed the sea still speaks peace over your life today.
Listen now and discover why the greatest transformation sometimes begins in the middle of your fiercest storm.
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Speaker 2:Good morning. Wherever you are across the world, may the power of the Holy Spirit carry you. May the Father, the Son and the presence of the living God walk with you wherever you are at this moment in time. We welcome you to podcast, we welcome to live stream, we welcome to radio. We welcome you to the house of the Lord this morning. Wherever you are, your walk, whatever your life is reflecting, will you turn the Word of God open with me this morning? Will you turn into the Word of God? Let's go into the book of Mark. We're going into the book of Mark this morning. Mark, chapter 4, verses 35 to 41. If you have a Bible, grab yourself a church Bible. If you're at home, if you're commuting, if you're in your vehicle, just God is speaking to you wherever you are. If you're sitting on the edge of the bed in despair, god is with you. If you're feeling suicide, god is with you. If you're feeling doubtful, god is with you. God is with you wherever you are. God is your peace, he's your shield. We go into the gospel of Mark, chapter 4, chapter 4, verse 35, 35, all the way down to the end of verse 41. You know I've got to emphasize that we are living in the last days. We are living in the last days. You've only got to look at Israel. You've only got to look at the signs of the times, you've only got to look at the weather structure. You've only got to look at governments. You've only got to look at education. You've only got to look at the world to see that we are in the last days. We are waiting for the coming of Jesus, the second coming of the Savior of the world, the coming King. He's preparing the bride, he's preparing you. As I always say, he's not worried about this building. He ain't going to take this building. He's not interested in the building, he's interested in the hearts, he's interested in the believers. He's coming back for you. As we always say. The fine art is going to stay behind. Every amount of money is going to stay behind in the church bank and I'm not referring to this bank, because God help us in the name of Jesus. I'm referring to the. You know what we're talking about. The art will stay on the wall. Preachers will probably stay in certain pulpits. Ministers will still be walking the earth and thinking it's a bit not many people around in swanley today. What's happened? What's happened? The bells will still be ringing out the church bells and want to be taken. He's coming back. Israel, look at israel, look at the surrounding area, look at the Middle East, look what's happening in the world today. He's coming.
Speaker 2:But let's read this is a beautiful text. The whole word of God is beautiful. The whole word of God is life. The whole word of God is hope. The word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, is your food, is your strength, is your healing balm of Gideon. The word is your refuge. The word tells us about eschatology, the creator of heaven and earth.
Speaker 2:The title of this morning's sermon is pretty straightforward Wake up Jesus. Wake up Jesus. Do you ever feel like you're praying so hard and you've prayed yourself out? Have you ever prayed yourself out? You ever prayed yourself till you're crying? You ever prayed yourself to doubt? You ever prayed yourself so hard? You prayed so hard. You've gone. God, where are you? Wake up Jesus. Wake up God. The fuel needle, lord, in the car, the van today, lord, wake up, god. Help me. Lord. I've got to feed the kids. God, wake up, help me, jesus. Lord, I'm tired, I'm weary. Lord, I'm suffering. Lord, with so much stuff. Wake up, jesus, Wake up. Have you ever prayed so hard that you've gone in in faith? You've gone in in the power of the Holy Spirit and you've come out in fear Because it feels like Jesus has gone quiet. It feels like Boris furloughed Jesus. Have you ever felt that the heavens have gone so quiet? And the more you pray and the more you want him, the more you're hungry, the more you need this king in your life. It feels the world pushes even harder. The more you pray, the more you seek. Wake up, jesus, wake up. Where are you, jesus? Wake up. Let's read Verse 35 of the Gospel of Mark, chapter 4.
Speaker 2:That day, when evening came, he said to his disciples let's go to the other side, leaving the crowd behind. He took along. It took along. It says leaving the crowd behind. Or should I say in different translations that they took him along? Just as he was in the boat, there was also other boats with them. Verse 37,.
Speaker 2:A furious squall came up and the waves broke over the boat and it was like this they was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said teacher, don't you care if we drown? He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves. Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith? They were terrified and they asked each other who is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him. May God bless his word, the power of the word of God, the, the rhema word, the spoken word, the word of God, the power of the spoken word.
Speaker 2:You know, when you think about words, when you think about the power of the scripture that we're in at this moment in time, and it says and uh, when evening came, he said to his disciples so we clearly understand, through the text alone, that the disciples were with jesus, those that jesus called, those that jesus drew to his side, those, the ones that that that knew him. But it's very interesting, isn't? When you look at this text? Because they did, they really know him. Because when he he said be quiet to the elements, when he said be quiet, be still, and calmness came across. When he spoke to the school, when we understand, we understand what a squall is. It comes out of nowhere, it just suddenly appears and it comes with power, it comes with authority.
Speaker 2:Have you ever been caught by surprise? One minute. The sun is out, life feels good, you're breathing all right, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, a squall comes down the hillside and it comes across the lake of your life and suddenly it rocks your world like never before. The rain came down, the thunder started, the, the environment, the elements changed from the sun to the darkest of darkest moments, it says. A school came down and it pushed right away over. A sudden sharp sharpness, an increase of wind speed, heavy rain, thunder, lightning, rough and dangerous territory. Do you feel like you're in rough and dangerous territory? Do you feel like there's been a squall that has suddenly come down out of nowhere? You was across the lake of life, everything was all right, the sun was out, it was warm, it was glorious, the morning sun, everything was all right. In the morning you got out the front door of life and then, out of nowhere, the cloud came. Suddenly it rolled down the hillside of life and suddenly you find you're crying out to this God, wake up, jesus, where are you in my life? Wake up.
Speaker 2:And it says leaving the crowd behind that is so interesting. Leaving the drinking crowd, leaving the crowd of society, leaving the gambling crowd, leaving the social crowd, leaving the crowd of society, leaving the gambling crowd, leaving the social crowd, leaving the social network crowd, leaving social media crowd, leaving the crowd of family, leaving the crowd of life, leaving the crowd. It says that they left the crowd. I want to tell you this we've got to leave the crowd because the crowd. I want to tell you this We've got to leave the crowd because the crowd ain't going to make it to glory. He's coming back for the individual, he's not coming back for the crowd of society, he's not coming back for the crowd that is just making a noise. Don't get involved in the crowd of life that is making such a noise, such a noise, and you're getting carried along and we're getting carried along by this crowd of society. The crowd of number 10 Downing Street, the crowd of work, the crowd of family, the crowd of culture, the crowd of colour, the crowd of sound, the crowd of the world, the crowd of the neighbourhood, the crowd of retirement, the crowd at the golf club, the crowd at the sports venue, the crowd at the festival season. Don't get caught by the crowd, because the crowd will carry you and it says they left the crowd. Who left the crowd? The disciples. It is time that, if you really are, if I am a disciple, we leave the crowd of life. They left the crowd and Jesus was with them. The crowd, the crowd of noise, the crowd of life, the crowd of what is going on, the crowd that isn't interested in Jesus. Why do we, as believers, hang around the crowd so often? Hang around the crowd of society, the crowd of social media, the socializing crowd, the crowd that isn't even following Jesus. Why do we hang around this crowd? I'm going to follow that lot because they're going to do A, b, c and D the weekend's on us. I'm going to follow that crowd. I'm going to follow the sports crowd, the football crowd, the festival crowd, the pub crowd, the social crowd. I'm going to follow the football. I'm going to follow the sports. I'm going to follow the golf. I'm going to follow every crowd under the sun, but I'm going to follow the golf. I'm going to follow every crowd under the sun, but I'm not really following Jesus, as I should follow Jesus. I'm going to follow the crowd at work. The work crowd is doing this. I'm going to follow the work crowd.
Speaker 2:Culture when you analyze your own culture, where is the culture that you were birthed in? Where are they taking you? Where is that crowd taking you? Because every one of us is birthed into a cultural drive of some point. Is the culture taking you to Jesus? Is the cultural crowd taking you to the king? Is the cultural crowd at work? Even at work, there is a culture. You know, when you work in the ivory towers, when you sign yourself away for the organization, it wants you to follow its criteria. We've got to follow that lot. I can't step outside. I can't be a Christian at work. I can't be a Christian at school. I can't be a Christian at home. I can't be a Christian amongst this family members.
Speaker 2:Don't follow the crowd. It says that they left the crowd, but be ready, be ready for a storm. Be ready for a storm any second, any moment. How do I get through the battle? Because there's a storm coming. This nation is being prepared for a storm that we've never seen before. You know the sun is out at the moment. The sun is out. Everything's going on. You can hear the sound of everything going on, but don't get caught in the summer crowd. Don't get caught in the retail crowd. Don't get caught in that crowd that is out there. Do not follow the crowd because he's coming. He's coming and there's a storm brewing. I've got to leave the crowd to get strength. Because when you stand for Jesus on your own, when you stand for Jesus and you say God, I'm not a crowd follower, I'm not a people pleaser, I'm a Bible believing believer, I'm a radical Bible believing believer. I believe Jesus.
Speaker 2:I'm stepping out the bullying crowd at school. I'm stepping out of the university crowd where it's so weak and it's so. It's so weak and it has no strength. I'm stepping outside of the crowd. I'm stepping outside of the social crowd. I'm not going to follow what they social crowd. I'm not going to follow what they are doing. I'm not going to follow what that crowd is doing. I'm not going to be led astray for a few hours. I'm not going to be led by the work crowd. I'm not going to be led by the educational crowd. I'm not going to be led by the culture. I'm not going to be led by the church crowd. I'm not going to go where the crowd goes.
Speaker 2:I'm going to go where Jesus leads me and he might be leading us across the lake of life and there might be a squall about to come down the chute of life, but when I know who I am in Jesus, because I don't know who I am when I'm in the world. When I'm in the world, I don't know who I am. When I'm with a crowd, I just blend in. When I'm in a group of over seven people, I just blend in. It becomes a crowd. I've got to find who I am within myself, but within the word, because when I get absorbed into the crowd, it doesn't matter how strong we think we are. The crowd will carry you. The music of life will carry you in. The crowd of society, the crowd, certain areas of life carry us and and it says they left the crowd.
Speaker 2:Let us go to the other side. Are we prepared to go to the other side with Jesus? Are we prepared to leave the shoreline where the crowd is? Are we prepared to step into a boat and don't understand the true destination? But Jesus does? Are we prepared to lead the crowd of house, of home, of life, of church, of religion, of culture, of workspace? Are we prepared to leave the social network crowd and say, god, I'm going to step in this boat? I don't know what the next stage is, but, lord, I believe it's a journey for me. I'm going to be healed. And if a squall suddenly comes down out of nowhere, I'm going to be all right because Jesus is with me. I'm going to be all right because the king is in my boat. The king is in the boat that I'm traveling.
Speaker 2:See, don't you find that fascinating that Jesus left the crowd. Jesus left the crowd. So that brings you on to an interesting analysis to do with large mega churches. It's not the crowd he's interested in, it's not the crowd he's interested in, it's the one sailing on the vessel that is worried about sickness, disease, fear, doubt, financial. It's just that, the small amount of disciples that are in the storm, he's interested in. He wasn't interested on the crowd on the shoreline because they wasn't interested in Jesus and he wasn't worried about those uncountable people that he left on the shoreline. He's not interested in the mega size of how many people. He's not interested in that. He wants the individual. And the individual came up to him in a storm and the individuals came up to him and said Jesus, wake up. It's about an individual relationship.
Speaker 2:We can't have a crowd experience with Jesus. We can't have a crowd experience with the king. See, the king is in your boat, the king is in your life. The king is with you. There's a king walking with your boat. The king is in your life. The king is with you. There's a king walking with you. There's a king in your storm.
Speaker 2:And the crowd that you spent time and time and time again on social networks going out doing this, doing that, they are on the sidelines because they won't help you in your personal storm. See, the crowd on the shoreline are not interested in the trouble that you're going through. The crowd will just wander off and do what they're going to do, but Jesus is the only one that will stay in the storm with you. Jesus is the only one that will have the strength to fall asleep when the most powerful storm comes down and affects your life. He's just showing us. I'm not worried about any storm Because I am a storm. I am the, I am, and every molecule, every fiber, every area of nature is going to dance to what I tell it to do. And he said quiet be still. How many words did he say to the storm? One, two, three.
Speaker 2:But the crowd gets into a chant. Have you noticed, when you're in a crowd, whether that's a crowd of music, a crowd of socializing, a crowd of sports, a crowd of work. There is a rhythm that goes with the crowd, and let's take the rhythm a little bit further. There is a spirit that goes with the crowd, and let's take the rhythm a little bit further. There is a spirit that is in the crowd, a spirit that is taking us away from Jesus. We've got to be so careful about the crowd of life and Jesus took them away from the crowd. Jesus wants to take us away from the crowd of society. He wants to get us in the middle of the lake. And yes, there is a storm and yes, it's all breaking out.
Speaker 2:Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil because your rod and your staff, they comfort me In the middle of the valley. My God is with you In the middle of the storm. Our God is with you In the middle of the storm. Our God is with you. There's a king in your vehicle. There's a king in your life. There's a king in your heart. There's a king at your school. There's a king in your trouble. There's a king wiping your tears. There's a king in the vessel of society and life with you. The king is with you and he's telling every one of us get away from the crowd, ben, don't associate with the crowd of life. That crowd will take you to a place that is ungodly, that has no place of healing.
Speaker 2:There are many people that haven't been healed, and now I'm not referring to physically, because healing starts within. There are many people in the crowd of society of life, the crowd, that are still needing to be healed and they're looking for healing in music, socializing this, that education, work, and we are looking for healing in culture, in life and outside of the realms of the word. And I believe there's only one place there is healing and that is with Jesus. There's only one place of victory and that is with Jesus. And he took them off the shoreline, and he's taken you off the shoreline and you're in the middle of the lake and then, out of nowhere, trouble arises.
Speaker 2:The rain fell, the thunder cracked, the lightning dropped, the boat was buffeted, the waves were coming over. It looked, looked like we're going to drown. It looked like we're going to be taken out. It looks like I ain't going to make it. I can't swim, I've lost everything. There's no way out of this. But Jesus, wake up.
Speaker 2:Jesus, wake up, jesus, jesus, wake up. God, I'm in the middle of the lake of life. I'm in the middle of mental health. Lord, I'm feeling things I shouldn't feel. Lord, I'm dealing with stuff I shouldn't have to deal with. Lord, I'm on my own. Wake up, jesus. Lord, I'm on my own. Wake up, Jesus. Does anybody get like that? Wake up, jesus, please, please. God, this boat that I'm sailing in, this nation, this world, this school, my life, my culture, god, help me. This financial wave is crashing down, lord, this wave of poverty, this wave of fear, this wave of mental health, this wave of health issues, this wave of worry, of doubt, this wave of relationship issues, this wave of bullying, this wave of everything. Father, the boat that I'm sailing in, god, I'm going to drown and you feel Jesus saying you wake up.
Speaker 2:Don't look at the storm, look at the king. Don't focus on what the storm is doing to you. Focus on your king that is before you, focus on the king that is standing right before you. Not only focus on the King that is before you, but focus on greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. When I take my eyes off of the storm, when I take my eyes off of what is around me, when I take my eyes and I get the strength to get outside of the crowd and I say today, jesus, is the day, today is the breakthrough day. Today is the day, lord, where I'm going to stand strong in the name of Jesus. Lord, I'm not going to be influenced by the crowd of culture and life. I'm not going to be influenced by those people that don't really show up in my life but when they do, they seem to have a drawing of taking me away into a crowd, experience which is no good for me. Lord, help me stand on my own, but I just want to stand with free. I want to stand with free. What free do you want to stand with Ben? I want to stand with the Father. Who else do you want to stand with Ben? I want to stand with the Holy Ghost. Who else? Who's the third? Who do you want to stand with Ben? I want to stand with the Holy Ghost. Who else? Who's the third? Who do you want to stand with Ben?
Speaker 2:I want to stand with Jesus, because when I stand with the Father, my goodness, when I recognize who the Father is and I recognize the Father said let there be light. So the Father, when he said let there be light, he knew that that storm was going to come down and the waves were going to be so powerful he knew that my boat was going to be rocked. But when I know who the father is, I know the father can say storm be quiet. Because when I know the father, I know the son. When I know the son, I know the Holy Ghost, because the three are interwoven the Godhead, the deity. When I know the King, when I know this King, when I know the greatest King that ever walked the earth, when I realize that there is a King, when I realize that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords is for me and not against me, it doesn't matter how big the wave is, because that Jesus, that King, was at the beginning of Kings and the Lord of Lords is for me and not against me. It doesn't matter how big the wave is, because that Jesus, that King, was at the beginning of time. And every amount of water that is over my boat right now, he knows, because he created that water, every area of the power of that wind. He knows that wind because that wind only dances to the voice of Jesus knows that wind, because that wind only dances to the voice of Jesus, the same voice that raised Jesus, that breathed back, the same power that breathed his lungs in that, in that grave, in that tomb. The same power, imagine.
Speaker 2:I have this a strange imagination. It's weird. I'm wired very, very odd. I see a lot of stuff in picture form and I see Jesus laying in the tomb, all the garments blood soaked right the way through, completely, just, completely red, and just you could imagine what it must have looked like Jesus just laying on this slab, just laying there. But then, all of a sudden, time starts to move, all of a sudden. Just hold with me for one moment.
Speaker 2:Imagine this that Jesus' body starts to lift up. His body starts to lift because it's his hour, it's his moment. It's the time when death has to release, it's the time when Shola has to release, it's that time when the scripture is going to be fulfilled and he just gets lifted off. Just picture it like that. And he gets lifted off and he's laying there. He's still dead, he's dead, but he's laying there and he's lift. It's being lifted off. This supernatural power is happening that we can never understand or fathom.
Speaker 2:And then, all of a sudden, the cloth starts to dance to the voice of the scripture, because the bible says the grave clothes were folded up by themselves. Nicodemus wasn't in there. Joseph of Arimathea was not in that tomb. It was the power of God, it was Christ himself, it was the Holy Spirit. God, it was Christ himself, it was the Holy Spirit. And as he was raised up, as he was lifted, the burial cloth came undone. See, even cloth has to move to the voice of Jesus. So the cloth was moving to the voice in the tomb. And then Jesus, standing on the boat up at the stern, gets up and he says three words up at the stern, gets up and he says three words, three words quiet, be still. See this king. There is so much power and authority in the voice of the king. There is so much power in the voice of the savior of the world.
Speaker 2:So, god, what do I do in the storm? What do I do? Do I ring a friend 50-50? What do I do, god? Do I go on social media and see what my social media friends are doing, when it's really kicking out? Because those people on social media, those plastic stuff that goes on, they won't help you in your storm. There's only three that's going to help me in my storm Father, son, holy Ghost. There's only three that have the power and the authority to carry me through the storm of life, and his name is Jesus and he is the saviour of the world, and he is the great I am, and he is with you.
Speaker 2:It doesn't matter how we feel emotionally, it doesn't matter how we feel within the skin that we walk in, when you know the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Yes, we might hit points in our lives when we go. Wake up, jesus, wake up. And he gets up and he drops those powerful lines to them. Why are you still afraid, ben? See, the disciples were still afraid and they questioned themselves who is he? Who is this man? He was asleep in the stern of the vessel. Who is this? Who is this human being? See, we don't really know Jesus how we think we know Jesus. See, the church, even the wind, even the rain, everything, the wind and the waves obey him. See, they obeyed him at the very beginning of time, but the disciples wasn't there. They didn't understand and they couldn't understand that at the beginning of time, god said let there be light. And there was. They didn't understand the same wind that he was speaking to at this point of trial and tribulation in their life. It is the same wind that he spoke into existence in Genesis, chapter 1. They didn't realize that the rain that was falling was the rain that he spoke into being in Genesis, chapter 1. They didn't realize everything that they was in was already been spoken into existence from Genesis, chapter 1. They didn't know Jesus. Who is this man? Even the elements See. The burial cloth had to come undone. The wind and the rain had to cease.
Speaker 2:At the voice of the eternal saviour of the world, he even gives authority to the authoritarian that was standing in his face, just around about crucifixion. He said I've got power to release you. And he said. Jesus said, oh, you've only got that power because I've given you that. Imagine standing in front of Jesus dripping in blood, exhausted, worn down in his frowty, exhausted from everything that's gone on, and he's standing in front of that leader, that dictator, and the dictator said I can free you. And Jesus went you can't really, son, because what I've got to do, it's been chosen that I've got to do. So you really don't have the authority Because the scriptures are over you. The scriptures are over the authority of this culture, because the scriptures are going to be fulfilled. And my father chose, and I chose because I am the great I am. I chose to take this route and the creator of all heaven and earth is standing before you. I know your mum, your dad. I created everyone, every DNA that runs through your body. I know you, so you have no power over me. I am that, I am me. I am that I am.
Speaker 2:And then, at the cross and around about that time, it says that he gave authority to religion one hour. He said you've got one hour to do what you're going to do. One hour. See, it is Christ that gives the authority to the weather, to the human, to the soldiers, to Pilate, to Herod, even when he came out of the garden and Marcus had his ear cut off. What are you doing? Am I leading a rebellion here? Picks up the ear bang. It's back on the power of Jesus. So, as we come to the table, I want to know this power like never before. I want to experience this power of Jesus like never before. Do you know?
Speaker 2:Age is irrelevant in the kingdom. Age is irrelevant because age is fixated to emotion and to number 10 downing street and to birth certificates. Belief is connected to the kingdom that has no end. So belief is where I want to be and I don't want to look at my birth certificate and everything that goes along with what the world. And the world is telling me, that when I get to a certain age or a certain this or certain that I can't do, you're not allowed. I don't want to be in that gang. I've got to leave that crowd because that crowd will put me on the bus too many years before I get my bus pass. I've got to leave that crowd and I've got to follow Jesus, because Jesus don't talk about age. You don't find Jesus talking about age. He talks about belief. Remember Abram, sarah, what happened to them? Bosh, I'm going to give birth.
Speaker 2:See, age does not stop in the kingdom. Age stops us in the world because we allow ourselves to be driven by the crowd. So when I think about age, when I think about oh, yes, this, that when I do this, when I get to this, then I get these markers, I'm stopping the blessing because when I get to certain points in life and certain places, I'm restricting myself because I'm looking at figures and facts of the world. But I've got to realize that greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. And you've got the strength of a lion. You've got the strength of the king and you tell your bones to start working. You tell arthritis to get out in the name of Jesus. You tell fear to go up in the strength of the king and you tell your bones to start working. You tell arthritis to get out in the name of Jesus. You tell fear to go up in the name of Jesus and you never give up.
Speaker 2:Do not listen to your body, your mind, do not listen to them areas of life. You listen to what the word of God says. I shall soar on wings as of eagles. I'm going to believe for my healing. I believe I'm walking. I believe I'm seeing correct. I believe I'm hearing. I believe there's many days left on this earth. In the name of Jesus, I believe the King is coming. I believe in the word. I believe I'm in a storm, but, jesus, I've got the King in my boat. I've got the King in my boat. So I ain't worried what the world is doing. I ain't worried what the element's doing.
Speaker 2:When you look at the scripture that we are in. We didn't have, and we haven't never have, time to unravel the text, but Jesus said we're going to leave the crowd because the crowd is going to hold you. I'm going to take you on a journey and the journey might look like you ain't going to make it. It might look like those renegades that I took to the River Jordan. It's going to look like those ones that were shouting and hollering in the Red Sea experience. It's going to look like those ones that were moaning in the desert experience. It's going to look like those ones that were moaning in the desert. You've brought us up to die, moses. It would have been better to stay back there and get our bus pass. Why have you brought us out to no man's land in the heat of the desert? Why have you brought us up out here and we're going to die? I want to go back. That's the crowd thinking. The crowd stays with the crowd.
Speaker 2:But it takes someone that's radical. It takes someone that wants to break out. It takes someone of doesn't matter age, colour, culture, it doesn't matter where we're birthed, how old we are. It takes someone to go. I'm out of this and I'm free in the name of Jesus, because who the son sets free is free. Indeed, the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. But I have come that you would have life, and life in abundance. Yeah, but Lord, I'm 90. What's that got to do with anything? Yeah, but Lord, I can't walk right. But what's that got to do with anything, Lord, I've got no money, but what's that got? I'm the king. I'm the king of kings and the Lord of lords. I am the great, I am. I am Jehovah Jireh. I was that one that stood right behind John on the island of Patmos. I said I was dead, but behold, I hold the keys. Come on, I am that, I am. And he says to the disciples as we come to the table why are you still afraid? Ben the king is with you.
Speaker 2:It's not about church. It's not about age. It's not about colour. It's not about culture. It's not about age. It's not about color. It's not about culture. It's not about finances. It's understanding that you only need three in your life father, son. Holy ghost.
Speaker 2:We're going to come to the table and as we come to the table, let this be the day of breakthrough. Get your birth certificate. Tear it up, because age is irrelevant. Tear it up in the name of Jesus. Tell yourself I'm well. Tell yourself I'm running, I'm not going to stumble, I'm not going to faint. I might be chucked in the lion's den, but my king's coming to shut the mouth of these lions. I might be like Meshach Shamrach and yeah, do you realise who you are?
Speaker 2:The church doesn't tell us who we are. The church condemns us by holding us back. You've got to be free and understand. It is the kingdom that gives you freedom. Father, as we come to the table, as we come to the table on this glorious day, on this father's day, on father's day, today, lord on another commercialized day, I come to you on the Lord's day because this is the Lord's day. This is the Lord's day. I'm not getting entangled in the crowd. God bless the men of this nation. God bless the women of this nation. God bless the women of this nation. God bless the children of this nation.
Speaker 2:But, lord, I pray that you will give us real fathers, because I'm tired of looking at weak, woke men and I'm not looking at anyone in the house like that. I'm talking about across the society platform of the world. I want to see real. So if we want to get in a conversation of fathers. We've got to understand what a father is, and there's only one father, our father, who aren't in heaven. So every day is Father's Day. Every day, every second, every heartbeat is Father's Day. I recognize. Yes, thank you.
Speaker 2:But actually you didn't bring me in Dad. I hope he's not watching this and listening. You didn't have really much to do with this, dad, because I was on the Father's heart before the beginning of time. So actually, dad, I love you and I respect you for being my dad, but actually, dad, there's someone over you that is greater than you. I have a father that is greater than my earthly father. I have a father that created my father, that gave me a lovely father to have on this earth. So, yes, yes, I've got a father that is in heaven. I've got a father that is in heaven, our father who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Speaker 2:So, lord, I pray that you will give us real men in this nation, real men, warriors for Jesus, not weak, not woke, not noisy, not drinkers, not drug sniffing, weak characters. Give us fathers of destiny, fathers that will pick up the sword of the spirit, fathers will stand in the day of adversityathers that will respect women. There's too many men out there that shouldn't be called a father today because they are wife beaters and they are children abusers. So they're not fathers, they're rats. They're not fathers, they're rats. Because if you want to know what a father is, what a mother of a father is, you better get your bible out and read about the father. So let's not get on that conversation.
Speaker 2:Happy father's day. But he's just being in my mum, black and blue, happy father's day. He's just come back from a bino and he's got chalk dust all around his nose, if you know what I mean. Happy father's day. And he's got chalk dust all around his nose, if you know what I mean. Happy Father's Day. And he's just drank England Dry. Happy Father's Day. Who beats the kids? Happy Father's Day. Who leaves the kids weekend after weekend after weekend. Happy Father's Day. No, thank you. Find a real father in your life, find a real father figure in your life. Let's pray, father.
Speaker 2:We thank you in the name of Jesus for this bread that symbolizes the body of Christ, and as we break this bread right now in the name of Jesus, I recognize that it's a symbol of the body of Christ. Bless this in Jesus' name, amen. The Bible says, when you read about communion, when you read about the taking of bread and that Jesus, you know. He takes the bread, he puts it in the cup, becomes soft, and that Do what you need to do. Follow the word In the same way. He took the cup, he gave thanks and he said this is the cup. This is the cup. See, if you want Children, if you want to know what a father is, you follow Jesus. Women. If you want a real man in your life, you find out who Jesus is. Find a man that looks like Jesus. Goodness, gracious me no chance. Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you for this cup that symbolizes the blood of Jesus. Will you wash me from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet, cleanse me, but I recognise that this cup symbolises the blood of Jesus. In Jesus' name, amen.
Speaker 2:You know, yes, I am taking stuff away from Father's Day because it's just another commercial gimmick. It really is, because every day is Father's Day. I don't need the signs at Asda to portray get your card today before it's too late, because every day is Father's Day, every day is the Lord's Day, every day is the day of the King. Because the King is the Father, the day is the Lord's Day, every day is the day of the King, because the King is the Father. The Father is the King. The Holy Spirit is your comforter.
Speaker 2:So if you are looking for a father figure, many down the pub, many out doing what they're doing, beating people black and blue. They're not men, they're not even boys, they're dogs. Don't hang around with those type of people. Let me tell you this We've got three minutes, two minutes. If you've got men in your life that are like that, you need to pack up your case and get out in the name of Jesus, Because they're not men, and I've only labelled them men because of the quickness of time. No man, no man deserves a child or a wife in his life if he beats them and treats them like dogs.
Speaker 2:See what Jesus and how Jesus treated his mum, his brothers. How did Jesus treat? He said blessed are these little children. If anyone does anything to these little ones, it'll be better for you to have a millstone strung around your neck and you are chucked into the deepest ocean. My good God, help us, lord, in the name of Jesus. So don't get me on the Father's Day drumbeat. May God bless you in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 2:May the power of the Holy Spirit and ladies, if you are out there and you are in a relationship and your husband is very, very vocal, very fisty, say Jesus loves me. I'm out of here, I'm not being controlled by manipulation, I am not a slave, I am a child of the living God. I'm out of here and you ain't going to me, you ain't gonna swear at me, you ain't gonna treat me like a dog or a slave anymore, because Jesus loves me, because that's what a father doesn't do, lord. We thank you for time in the house, lord, and as we dip off the camera, we pray, lord, that you'll strengthen us right now and for everyone on radio. Everyone, lord in the house.
Speaker 2:We thank you for time in the presence today. Lord and lord, we pray that you'll touch lives, set people free. Set people free from abuse, fear, doubt, sickness, pain, worry, financial stretching. Holy Spirit, we want to walk with you like never before. In the name of Jesus, god bless you wherever you are on the other side of the world. God bless you in the house of the Lord. The presence of God is with you, whatever your life looks like. May the power of Jesus be with you. God bless Amen.
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