Earnest Effective Praying
Acts 12:1-17
Theme: Prayer connects us to God and others in ways nothing else can. Why then do most people wait for an emergency in their lives to pray? We call upon God in times of desperation. People in their human nature will exhaust every other resource before they put their faith in God and call upon His name. We all have come to learn that our conditions don't have to be ''desperate'' in order for us to cry out to God, but there is power in a heart that is earnestly praying to God.
- NOTHING CAN HARM YOU, until it’s your time!
QUESTION TO CONSIDER:
What Is Standing Between You and God’s Call?
A. Mindless Obstacles Will Not Stop Us
B. The Accord Belongs to God
C. Don’t look at the locked gate and despair
POINT TO PONDER:
Our God works for people who wait for him.
#WEAREGODSPEOPLE
Verse to Memorize:
Acts 12:5 “So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.”
Dig Deeper: {verse10}
Gates do not have any “accord”. No will. No desire. No decision. No accord. Is it an odd translation? Actually it’s a pretty good translation of the Greek automatē. You can even read that. Automatic. Auto: self. Mate: an impulse. So, the gate opened of its own impulse.
Question to Consider:
1. What bars of iron are in your way?
2. What do you expect God can do or will do if you pray, work, watch and wait?
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