Daily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper

Matthew 5:10 — Jesus, Strengthen Every Believer Who Stands Firm Under Pressure Today - @1238 - Daily Devotional Podcast.

Reverend Ben Cooper

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Matthew 5:10 — Jesus, Strengthen Every Believer Who Stands Firm Under Pressure Today From Warsaw to Istanbul, Baku to Kyiv, Yerevan to Bucharest — this prayer stands with the persecuted church across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond, where believers face pressure, intimidation, surveillance, and isolation for the name of Jesus. Matthew 5:10 (NIV): “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Acts 4:29 (NIV): “Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.” Jesus, today we remember Your sons and daughters who cannot worship freely, who whisper Your name in secret, who gather quietly in homes, basements, and hidden rooms, who live under surveillance, who face intimidation from family, community, government, or militant groups, who risk arrest, violence, job loss, expulsion, or imprisonment simply because they love You. We lift before You believers in Belarus, Eritrea, India, and Pakistan, nations where pressure intensifies and the cost of discipleship is rising. And these reflect the real long-tail global searches: prayer for persecuted Christians, underground church prayer, Jesus strengthen secret believers, prayer for boldness under persecution, prayer for Christians in danger, prayer for hidden believers, prayer for faith under pressure. Jesus, give courage where fear is rising, boldness where voices are being silenced, protection where danger grows, hope where despair tries to settle, comfort where families are divided, provision where believers lose work, and supernatural peace where threats increase. Strengthen pastors who shepherd in secret, mothers who pray in hiding, young believers who stand alone in their families, and those who carry Your Word quietly from home to home. Let the Holy Spirit fill them with unshakeable joy and immovable strength. I declare that the persecuted church is not forgotten — Jesus is with them, strengthening them, protecting them, empowering them, and building His Kingdom in the darkest places on earth. persecuted church prayer, Matthew 5:10 devotional, Acts 4:29 boldness prayer, prayer for secret believers, underground church support, global church unity, faith under pressure

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Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself Reverend Ben Cooper recorded live here in London, England, where the world gathers for five minutes of faith, strength, love, and hope. Wherever you are today, will you lock shields with us? Whatever your life is reflecting. Good morning, good evening, good afternoon. Let's just jump straight into prayer. But before we go and pray for the persecuted church, the whispering church, faith under fire, let's pray for ourselves so that the Lord will get us set up ready for the hour, ready for the day, ready for the moment. Father, we come to you right now, and Lord, we pray for one another. Lord, whatever we face during the course of this day, Lord, remove, dear God, the clutter in our head. Father, Lord, help us to think right, help us to walk right, help us to be wise, dear God, and to make good, proper choices in our lives. So, Father, strengthen us, fill us, refresh us, and restore us. But right now, Lord, we lock in together and we pray for the persecuted church. Jesus, strengthen every believer who stands firm under the pressure today. Lord, wherever the listeners are, whatever the rhythm of their life is, Father, we are praying for the secret church, the whispering church, the brothers and sisters that are running for their lives, those that cannot worship freely, those that are whispering the name of Jesus quietly, those who gather in quiet homes, secret places, dear God, hidden rooms, lives that are under surveillance, those that are facing intimidation from families, communities, government, dear God, militant groups. Father, we pray for those that are at risk from being arrested, violence, job loss, explosions, dear God, imprisonment, dear God, all the atrocities, war, violence. Father, we come before you and we pray for the church in Eritrea, India, Pakistan, and China. We pray that the church in China will move so powerfully. We pray that the church in Eritrea, dear God, will be filled with the glory of God. We pray for everything that's happening in India right now, that the love of God within the persecuted church. Father, we pray for boldness, we pray for the love of God, we pray for strength, we pray for mothers that are praying in secret, we pray for human beings right now that are running for their lives, Bible-believing believers. Lord, let the Holy Spirit fill them with unshakable joy, dear God, and unbelievable supernatural strength. Wherever this persecuted church is, and we got an idea, Lord, we know where they are. Father, we pray for those that are being persecuted for their faith, those that are being intimidated, those, dear God, that are in isolation because of Jesus Christ, believers that face pressure at work, at life, at school. Lord, we bring your sons and your daughters, dear God, before the cross of Calvary. And we believe in miracles. We believe in the power of God. And right now we ask you for those prisoners of faith, those, dear God, that are under lock and key because of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We pray for those in Eritrea, dear God. We pray for the prisoners in Eritrea. We pray for those that are held under house arrest. We pray for the house church as it grows. We pray for the latter-day rain. Lord, let it rain, dear God, on every one of us. But right now, the underground church, we pray for strength. The secret church, we pray for boldness. We ask you, dear God, that the supernatural power of God will be with every hidden believer. Father, as they gather in basements, as they gather in houses, dear God, as they gather under trees in caves around the world. We pray for the 370 million displaced Christians that are running for their life. That the love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit will be with each and every one of them. Jesus, strengthen them, carry them, anoint them, empower them. Lord, build your kingdom in dark places on this earth. Let your kingdom come, let your glory reign. Let your power, dear God, flood this world. Holy Spirit, we need you in our lives. Father, from this battlefield of life, Father, from the skirmishes to the war zones, Father, to every area, dear God. We pray for those where their faith is under pressure, faith under fire. Lord, let the persecuted church rise, Jesus, strengthen every believer today who stands firm under faith, under pressure, under the anointing. Let your love carry each and every one of us. Sisters and brothers, wherever you are around the world, never give up. I will catch you on the next prayer. God bless.