Title Acts 04:23-31 Now is prayer
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now pray
When the apostles were released, they went to their fellows and told all the words of the priests and elders.
When they heard it, they lifted up their voices to God with one heart, saying, “O Majesty, You who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them.
And by the mouth of your servant David our father, saying by the Holy Spirit, Why did the nations rage and the peoples plan in vain?
The princes of the earth go forth, and the rulers gather together, against the Lord and the Christ.
Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilate joined the Gentiles and the people of Israel to oppose the holy servant Jesus, whom God anointed.
We have gathered in this city to do what you have ordained to do according to your power and will.
Lord, even now lessen their threat, and grant your servants to speak the word of God with boldness.
Reach out your hand and heal him, and let signs and wonders be done in the name of your holy servant Jesus.
When they had done their prayers, the place where they had been assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
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The Jerusalem Council began to get nervous because of the ministry of the Spirit-filled disciples.
As Peter and John entered the temple during the prayer time, they performed a miracle of healing a lame beggar in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. The Jerusalem council then imprisoned Peter and John and threatened not to speak or teach the name of Jesus. The Church of God was in front of a great crisis, a crisis of faith.
In times of crisis, the church received an answer with the filling of the Holy Spirit by praying earnestly to God.
now pray
Prayer is a great privilege for Christians
Prayer is the privilege of those who believe in Jesus as their Savior.
Privilege is a powerful force. is influence. People pay attention to themselves. So, when you think you have something, you are proud of it. When you think you don't have anything, you lose courage. Prayer is stronger than all I have, and prayer is more than anything I have. Prayer is the ability to change your environment.
Why are you praying now?
First, because the Jerusalem church ran into problems.
Faced with problems, they gathered and prayed. Everyone prayed. I was able to bear it because I prayed.
Psalm 50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble, I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
There can be no trials in life. However, for Christians, whatever trials may come, they can handle them with prayer.
When problems come, you must be able to handle them through prayer. Use prayer.
Trials came because Satan attacks. It is because of the devil's attack that difficulties arise in business, in health, in the home.
resist the devil Don't be hurt, but respond with prayer
Second, because there is God's work to be done.
Everything we live is God's work. Everything we do at home, at work, and at school is God's work. To do God's work, we must pray. Romans 14:23 Anything that is not of faith is sin. do it by faith Bible School, retreat, youth volunteer work, and 1014 Evangelism Awakening are ahead. It is God's work that the church of God wants to revive spiritually. God's work is prayer. not self-efficacy You must pray with all your might.
God's work is to do God's will. It is about building faith. The kingdom of God is being made. When God's work is planned and progressed, Satan does not let it go. It interferes with God's work and dislikes the things of believers. hinder what you do in faith. trying to knock it down We must do God's work through prayer.
Third, prayer is the secret to becoming sanctified and the secret to living holiness.
God wants the temple church to be holy and sanctified.
The church, a gathering of holy saints and a worshiping community, is God's temple, and I am the temple.
Sin entered the church in Jerusalem, which was filled with the Holy Spirit. God did not condone.
Sin entered the Jerusalem church. Problems arise when the church loses its holiness.
Ananias and Sapphira were disciplined for deceiving God.
The uncleanness of sin must not penetrate into the church. If the contamination of sin enters the glorious Church of God, God is not pleased.
The church of God must be holy and sanctified.
1 Timothy 4:5 being sanctified by the word of God and prayer. For the church to be holy and sanctified, there must be a cry of prayer. There must be unity in prayer.
Because there is no prayer in the place of prayer, because there is no prayer in the temple, and because the prayers of the saints cease, the devil takes a break.
The world we live in is a world polluted by sin. We see the church being secularized without our knowledge. In this case, we must stand before God. You must wait on God. We must be sanctified before God from the attributes and filth of sin and be sanctified. God wants the sanctified church to be sanctified. now pray
Finally, prayer is the secret to being filled with the Holy Spirit.
I became bold because I was filled with the Holy Spirit. Even if there was persecution for my faith in Jesus, I was able to preach the gospel boldly because I prayed and was filled with the Holy Spirit. In this day and age, Christians must be bold about the world.
The evangelism movement takes place only when you are filled with the Holy Spirit. 'He spoke boldly'
Even if I was told not to say the name of Jesus, I was boldly captured by the Holy Spirit, so everyone I met told me about Jesus.
The evangelism movement is the Holy Spirit movement, and the gospel movement is the Holy Spirit movement. It is not done by the words and talents of men, but by the manifestation and power of the Holy Spirit. We must be filled with the Holy Spirit rather than human effort and hold onto the Holy Spirit.