Daily Prayer with Reverend Ben Cooper

Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart - @2053 - Daily Devotional Podcast

Reverend Ben Cooper

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Morning Prayer — Jesus, I Don’t Know the Way Forward Today: Lead Me Clearly and Make My Path Straight Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart Live from London, England — where faith meets the world in daily prayer and global hope  São Paulo • Detroit • Nairobi • Manila • Vienna WISDOM • DIRECTION • CLARITY  prayer for guidance and direction today • Proverbs 3:5–6 prayer • Christian decision making prayer • God I don’t know what to do today prayer • help me make the right decision God Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV)  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Psalm 32:8 (NIV)  “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” Jesus, I bring this moment to You honestly. I feel the pressure of decisions. The weight of needing to move forward, to choose, to respond—and I do not always know what is right. God, I don’t know what to do today. I feel that. But I do not stay in uncertainty. I come to You. Lead me. Not in confusion, not in hesitation—but with clarity that steadies me and direction that I can follow. You are not silent in my life. You are not distant from what I face. You see the path ahead even when I cannot. So I release the pressure to get everything right. I release the fear of making the wrong decision.  I release the need to control what I cannot see. I release it. And now, I receive. I receive Your wisdom. I receive Your direction. I receive the clarity that settles my thoughts. I receive. Teach me Your way. Let my heart become steady enough to trust You. Let my mind quiet enough to recognise Your leading. Not driven by urgency, not led by fear—but guided by Your presence. You are leading me. So I move forward. Not guessing.  Not striving.  But following You. Jesús, guíame hoy y muéstrame el camino correcto que debo tomar. Jesus Cristo, guia-me hoje e mostra-me o caminho certo que devo seguir.  Jesus, gabayan Mo ako at ituro Mo sa akin ang tamang landas. From São Paulo to Detroit, from Nairobi to Vienna, across every place facing decisions today, You are present. You are guiding. You are leading Your people with clarity and truth. So I walk forward in confidence. I release. I receive.  I follow. In Your name, Jesus, I am guided, I am steady, and I am clear in You. Amen. prayer for guidance, Proverbs 3:5–6, decision prayer, Christian prayer for direction, daily prayer, wisdom prayer, clarity prayer, God guidance prayer for guidance and direction today, Proverbs 3:5–6 meaning prayer, Christian prayer for decision making, God I don’t know what to do today prayer, help me make the right decision God, Bible verses about guidance and direction

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Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself, Reverend Van Cooper, wherever you are across the world. Thank you for making daily prayer part of your life and part of the rhythm of your day. It is the morning prayer. We're jumping straight in as we always do, Proverbs 3. But good morning and welcome. And I invite you to stay with me at this moment in time, just for these four or five minutes, as we pray together, we lock in. The title is coming from that great book, as I said, Proverbs 3, verse 5. Jesus, I don't know the way forward today. Lead me clearly and make my path straight. Father, I'm asking you that we won't go by the rhythm of the world. Holy Spirit, Lord, there are many paths that we could take today. Lord, there are many motorways that we could get stuck on. Lord, there may be many jams on the motorway of life we could get trapped in. Lord, there are many cul-de-sacs we could turn down. But Lord, I pray that you will give us clarity and Lord that you will help us focus. Because Jesus, I don't know the way forward today. Lord, and I need to go by faith. Lord, we got a busy day. Lord, we got things breaking out everywhere. Holy Spirit, we need to go by faith. Lord, I cannot go by sight. Lord, I've got to go by the faith and through the word and through the power of the Holy Spirit. But Lord, we are grateful today. Lord, we are grateful that you are guiding us today. Lord, we need the guidance and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, we pray as we make decisions at work, at home, in relationships for the children, financial, health-wise, whatever decisions we've got to make today, Jesus, I don't know what to do. Lord, there are situations and we don't know what to do. But Lord, lead us into those paths, dear God of righteousness. Lord, we thank you, Lord, that there is a new dawn breaking over our lives. We thank you, Jesus, that there is a new day breaking out, that there are new beginnings. Lord, we thank you that there is a beautiful future in the presence of Jesus Christ. And Lord, we love you and we worship you. But right now we trust in the Lord with all of our heart because our mind doesn't know what way to go. Our mind, dear God, is not sure. Father, we need clarity, direction, and wisdom. And we pray for the people in the circle of our lives. Lord, we pray, Lord, that you will carry them and bless everyone in the circle of our lives. And as we all lock shields of faith across the world, Father, we thank you that we're in the beautiful book of Proverbs 3, 5. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, submit to him, and he will make your path straight. Father, we thank you that you are making a way forward. We thank you, dear God, there is a plan over every one of our lives. And Lord, we are asking that this plan will come forward in the name of Jesus because God, we don't know what way to go. And Holy Spirit, Lord, we don't want to go down the social media avenue. We don't want to go down the work way. Lord, we don't want to go down the ministerial way. Lord, we don't want to go down the religious way. Lord, we don't want to go the way of the world. Father, we want to go in the way of wisdom. We want to go in clarity. We want to go in boldness. Lord, we don't want to go timid. Lord, we want to go strong and bold. We want to go in in being braggadocious. We want to go in power and authority in the name of Jesus. So Lord, help us to trust in the Lord with all of our heart. Father, with every fiber of this innermost being. Wherever we are, we pause. And Lord, we grab our breath and we say, Holy Spirit, from the battlefield to the boardroom, to the field of life. Lord, I'm in the van right now and I feel a little bit frustrated. Lord, I'm commuting right now and I feel a little bit frustrated. Lord, I don't know what way to go. Lord, I'm on the M25 and I don't know what exit to take. Lord, what journey am I on? Lord, help me with the satnav of life. Father, I pray that I won't follow the satnav of the world, but I will follow the kingdom of God. Holy Spirit, I pray that we will take off. Lord, that we will throw ourselves into the word. Lord, that we will be dear God, brothers and sisters of the word of God. Holy Spirit, I pray and I ask you, God, that you will lead us in paths of righteousness for your namesake. Wherever you are right now, from the battlefield to the boardroom, as we pray out live from London, England, Father, we thank you for America. We thank you for Australia. Lord, we thank you for every nation, every tribe. We pray for Brazil. We pray for Hungary and Argentina. Lord, we pray, dear God, for breakthrough across every part of this world. Holy Spirit, we pray for Trinidad. We pray for Jamaica. Holy God, that you are. Lord, let it rain down on our lives right now. Jesus, I thank you that you love us. But Lord, help us to trust in the Lord with all of our heart. Wherever you are at this beautiful hour, Jesus Christ is with you. I invite you to stay with me today for these five prayers. May the Spirit of the Lord carry you. Stay with us.