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Isaiah 26:3 — You Can Start This Day With A Settled Heart - @2293 - Daily Devotional Podcast

Reverend Ben Cooper

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Isaiah 26:3 — You Can Start This Day With A Settled Heart Recorded live from London, England — where faith meets the world in daily prayer and global hope. Dallas • Lagos • Singapore • Auckland • Tokyo PEACE • TRUST • CALM morning prayer for peace of mind • Christian prayer for anxiety and worry • trusting God with today’s challenges • starting the day with calm confidence Isaiah 26:3 (NIV) “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Some mornings begin quietly, while others begin with a rush of thoughts. Before our feet touch the floor, the mind can already be racing ahead. Responsibilities, conversations, appointments, concerns, and unanswered questions can begin lining up for our attention before the day has properly started. Many people know that feeling today. The challenge is not always what is happening around us. Sometimes it is what is happening within us. A restless mind can steal peace before the day even begins. Worry tries to predict the future. Fear tries to prepare for situations that may never happen. Anxiety pulls our attention away from the present moment and into imagined outcomes. Yet Isaiah gives us a beautiful promise. God offers peace to those who place their trust in Him. Not temporary peace based on circumstances, but a deeper peace that comes from knowing that the Lord remains faithful, present, and in control. When our minds become fixed on God’s character, our hearts begin to find rest. Father, thank You for the gift of this new day. Thank You that before I face any challenge, You are already present. Before I make any decision, You are already guiding. Before I carry any burden, You are already strengthening me. Jesus, help me bring every anxious thought into Your presence. Teach me to trust You with the things I cannot control and to rest in the certainty of Your love. Let Your peace become greater than my worries today. Holy Spirit, calm my heart and steady my mind. Help me focus on what is true, good, and life-giving. Fill me with confidence, wisdom, and peace as I walk through this day with You. Across the world, from Dallas to Lagos, from Singapore to Auckland and Tokyo, may troubled minds find calm, anxious hearts discover peace, and every listener experience the perfect peace that comes through trusting God. Jesús, llena mi corazón de Tu paz. Jesus, enche o meu coração com a Tua paz. Jesus, punuin Mo ang puso ko ng Iyong kapayapaan. Father, thank You for Your perfect peace today. Amen. Isaiah 26 prayer, morning prayer, prayer for peace, Christian encouragement, anxiety prayer, trusting God, daily prayer, Christian devotion morning prayer for peace of mind, Christian prayer for anxiety and worry, trusting God with today’s challenges, starting the day with calm confidence

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Welcome And Settle In Prayer

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Welcome to daily prayer with myself, Reverend Ben Cooper. Wherever you are in the world, thank you for making daily prayer part of your life and part of the rhythm of your day. It is the early morning devotional prayer time. God bless you, world, wherever you are. Will you lock with me? Just for these four minutes, we're going to jump straight into prayer. We're praying out of the book of Isaiah 26, verse 3. This is the title of

A Settled Heart From Isaiah

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the prayer. You can start this day with a settled heart. Father, we come to you right now and we pray through the power of the Holy Spirit that you will lift our hearts, our minds, and our bodies and our souls. And Lord, as we connect around the world, Father, there are three areas of our lives that we're going to pray for right now at this early morning

Peace Focus And Trust Requests

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devotional prayer time. Lord, we're praying for peace. We're praying for focus and we're praying for trust. And we're looking for the power of the Holy Spirit. And right now, Lord, will you help us to focus? Will you sweep for our mind right now? Lord, will you bring peace to our heart? Lord, the prayer is easy right now. Lord, the cry is just help, Lord. Father, will you help us with our working week? Will you help us over the course of the weekend on a day off? Lord, whatever our life is reflecting right now, we are praying as we learn

Slowing Rushing Thoughts

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to trust in the steadfastness of the love of the Lord. And Lord, will you help us not to, dear God, start this day with a rushing thought pattern? Lord, will you help us, dear God, to bring a quiet place to our hearts? Lord, as our thoughts start to rush before this day starts to touch the floor of life. Holy Spirit, will you breathe down the rhythm of our lives? Holy Spirit, will you take us to the place of righteousness?

Perfect Peace Through Trust

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Father, we need, Lord, do you help us? Lord, make decisions today. Will you help us today in conversations? Lord, will you help us through the appointments of life, through the concerns? Lord, we need, dear God, help with these unanswered questions. Lord, life feels so strong and so powerful and so fragile as well, Lord. Sometimes it feels like we got the tide of the world coming against us. But right now, we pray, dear God, that the conversations will flow today, that the appointments will go well today,

Strength For Today Across Time Zones

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that the concerns that we carry, Lord, will melt like wax. And as we lean into the great book, Lord, we thank you that there is power in the name of Jesus. And Lord, we ask you that you will lead us in paths of righteousness. And Lord, as we pray through the great book of Isaiah 26, verse 3, you will keep in perfect peace those minds who are steadfast because they trust in you, Lord. I pray that you will breathe down the corridor of life. Lord, let the four winds of heaven, Father, we pray for revival rain, that our hearts will lift today. Lord, that you will lift us up, that you will carry us. Lord, I thank you that there is peace in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Lord, before the dew lifts off the grass of life. Lord, before the sun breaks out on a new day today, Lord, will you remove the confusion? Lord, the language of life. Holy Spirit, I pray that we will look to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. And we will walk in the steadfast love of the Lord. Lord, we believe that we're not going to rush, we're not going to tear down the corridor of life today. But Lord, we believe that there is going to be divine peace over our lives. And as

Steady Heart Blessing And Invitation

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we stretch out live from London, England, all the way to Dallas, all the way to Lagos, Singapore, Auckland, Tokyo, we believe in the power of prayer. Holy Spirit, I ask you, whatever town we live in, whatever area of our life is, whatever the postcode, Lord, we are praying that the Spirit of the Lord will lift any anxious thought, any worry, any doubt. And Lord, whether it's our working week, whether it's the weekend, whatever the rhythm, whatever the time zone is over our lives, Lord, we pray for strength. And we're going to start this today. Lord, we're going to start this today. We're going to start what today, Lord? And this is what we're starting today, Lord. We're going to start today with a steady heart. Lord, this is our day. This is our moment. This is the day that the Lord has made. We shall rejoice and be glad. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will bring peace. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will bring focus. I pray that the Spirit of the Lord will get us into a place of trust. Father, I thank you for every heart that's with me right now. Lord, we're tired and we're weary. Lord, we need a new rhythm. Lord, we need a new focus. Come, Holy Spirit, I thank you that anxious thoughts are gone, worry is gone. And Lord, we're going to start this brand new day, this brand new hour, Lord, with a steady, with a heart that is rich and flowing in the Word of God. Bless us from the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. May the Spirit of the Lord guide you today, wherever you are. Never forget the love of the Lord is over your life, and nothing can separate you from that. Have a beautiful morning in the glorious name of Jesus Christ. Will you join me later today for another prayer?