Kent Mattox: Thoughts for Today

Friday, December 12, 2014

Thoughts for Today

The Holy Spirit is speaking to the church about prayer and God’s people are heeding the call to pray like never before. Jeremiah 33:3 declares, “Call upon Me and I will show you great and mighty things which you know not of.” Through prayer, the Lord is going to release of souls ever. In Acts 4:24-25; we find three key principles of prayer from the early Church.

1.They prayed with purpose and unity. “…They raised their voices to God with one accord…”
2.They magnified God. “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them…” They prayed looking at the magnitude of God, not at the magnitude of their problems.
3.They confessed the Word of God. “…By the mouth of your servant David has said…” They reminded God of His promises.

The results in verses 31-34 are amazing. After they had prayed, these things happened:

•Verse 31: “And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, AND they spoke the Word of God with boldness.”

•Verse 32: “…those who believed were of one heart and one soul…and they had all things in common.”

•Verse 33: “And with GREAT POWER the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And GREAT GRACE was upon them all.”

•Verse 34: “Nor was there anyone among them who lacked…”

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and boldness, possessed great unity, great power, great grace and had no lack because they were a praying church. May we all take our place and do our part in the prayer army of God.

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