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Isaiah 41:10 — Faith Under Fire: Global Prayer for the Persecuted and Underground Church

9 A.M. Release — Recorded live here in London, England — from London to Beijing, from Lagos to Tehran — lifting prayer for believers standing firm under persecution around the world.

Scripture (NIV)

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” — Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

Show Notes

Every day, thousands of Christians worship in secret, read Scripture underground, and pray behind locked doors. They risk imprisonment, violence, silence, and death — not for politics, but for Jesus. Today at 9 a.m., we become their voice. We stand in prayer with those who are not allowed to stand in public.

From London to Beijing, from Lagos to Tehran, believers are praying for courage, protection, and unshakable faith for the persecuted church — in North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran, Pakistan, India, and beyond.

When one Christian suffers, the Body of Christ is wounded. When one believer remains faithful, the whole Church is strengthened.

Declare it boldly: “Their battle is our battle. Their faith is our inspiration.”

10 Global Prayer Points (SEO-Optimised Long-Tail Keywords)

Prayer for persecuted Christians worldwide
 Prayer for underground churches in hostile nations
 Prayer for strength and courage under persecution
 Prayer for believers facing imprisonment and danger
 Prayer for Bibles to reach restricted countries
 Prayer for protection of secret worship gatherings
 Prayer for pastors in hiding and house-church leaders
 Prayer for faith to stand in the face of violence
 Prayer for freedom to worship and preach the Gospel
 Prayer for revival in nations closed to Christianity

Life Application

Comfort should not silence courage. If they can worship in danger, we can pray in freedom.

Declaration

I stand with the persecuted church. I refuse to be silent. I pray, I support, I remember — until every believer is free.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:06):
Welcome to Daily Prayer with myself, Reverend Van
Cooper, recorded live here inLondon, England, where faith
meets a world in daily devotionand global hope.
This is our five-minute commuterprayer, quick fired moment to
carry us through the rest of theday.
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(00:26):
Leave us just a quick shortreview.
Before we go any fartherfurther, or sorry, we are in
Isaiah 41, verse 10, and this isFaith Under Fire.
We're praying for the persecutedchurch and we try to do this
once a day.
And right now we're going topray, dear God, for our brothers
and sisters when faith is underfire.
So, dear God, we come beforeyou, Lord, and we pray and we we

(00:47):
plead this word over theirlives.
Lord, we speak this word overthe persecuted church, over the
underground church.
Father, we pray for our brothersand sisters when their faith is
under fire.
Lord, when they're walkingthrough the towns and the
villages and they cannot exposethe Bible that they are
carrying.
We pray, Father, that Bibleswill be smuggled into those
lands.

(01:08):
But right now, Lord, we declareIsaiah 41, verse 10.
So do not fear, for I am withyou.
Do not be dismayed, for I amyour God.
I will strengthen you and helpyou.
I will uphold you with myrighteous right hand.
Isaiah 41, verse 10.
Father, we pray for thousands,dear God, 380 million displaced

(01:29):
Christians around the world, aswe worship together.
Lord, as the Christians,thousands of them, uncountable
believers, are worshipingtonight in this early hour, in
the dead of night, in the earlyhours of this morning, as
Christians are worshiping insecret.
Father, as they hide in houses,as they hide in the corner of
prisons.
Lord, as they put their head,dear God, in their hands and

(01:52):
they pray silently under trees,in caves, in areas where no one
can see them.
Father, we thank you that asthey read the scripture in the
underground church and as theypray behind locked doors, we ask
you, dear God, as they riskimprisonment, violence, silence,
and dear God, death for carryingthe word of God.
We pray for such a breakthroughin the underground church.

(02:14):
We pray, Father God, for thelight of Jesus Christ to shine
in those areas.
Lord, I thank you that the voiceof God is carrying the believers
right now, whatever nation,whatever town, whatever tribe,
whatever tongue, wherever theyare, running because of the
power of the word of God.
We ask you, dear God, fromTehran, dear God, all the way to
Lagos, from Lagos to Beijing,from Germany to North Korea.

(02:39):
Father, Afghanistan, Somalia,Iran, Pakistan, India, and far
beyond.
These nations, dear God, thatare in the world watch list.
We ask you, Father, for the top50 nations in the world watch
list that they will know JesusChrist as their Lord and Savior.
We thank you that the body ofChrist is carried by the Holy

(02:59):
Spirit.
Lord, we ask you, Lord, aspeople are getting wounded and
hurt and lives are being takenbecause of the gospel, we pray,
dear God, that you will give usunderstanding.
We understand what the scripturesays.
We read it and we see it.
But Lord, sometimes our mindcannot grasp it.
But Lord, we declare today thatthe battle is not ours, but the

(03:20):
battle belongs to the Lord.
Father, we ask you that theirfaith will inspire us.
Lord, that their anointing willencourage us to seek ye first.
We ask you for the globalchurch, dear God, the global
persecuted church, that it willfill anointing.
We ask you, dear God, for theunderground church that is being

(03:40):
felt uh held hostage, dear God,the underground church, dear
God, the church that is movingin the secret church, the
underground pressurized church,strengthen them, encourage them,
bless the believers that arefacing imprisonment and danger
right now.
Lord, we ask you that the Bible,dear God, will reach hearts,
minds, and bodies and souls.
Lord, as they worship in secret,as they gather right now,

(04:04):
protect the gatherings that arecoming together.
Lord, as they preach the word,Father, we thank you, dear God,
that the word is breakingchange, that the shackles are
gone.
Lord, we come to you right nowand we make this a life
application and we say, Father,bring comfort to the underground
church.
Father, bless them as theyworship in danger.
But we declare today that westand with the persecuted

(04:26):
church.
Lord, we refuse to be silent.
We're their voice in thewilderness.
I pray, I support, I rememberuntil every believer is free.
But Lord, the call to actiontoday is that we share the
global prayer for the persecutedchurch.
Lord, have your way we pray.
Lord, come and bless those thatare in prison right now.

(04:47):
My name's Reverend Ben Cooper.
Until tomorrow.