”BUT PRAYER” TEXT: Acts 12:1-19 REVIEW/INTRO: We are nearing the half-way point in our “40 DAYS OF PRAYER” initiative. Let’ drop in on one of the prayer meetings of the Jerusalem church. I. SOME IN THE CHURCH WERE BEING HARASSED  (Acts 12:1-5a [see also 5:17-42]). Some were being harassed (v. 1). James had been martyred […]

“A MIRACLE OF UNITY” [40 DAYS OF PRAYER] INTRO: What was the first miracle that happened the day God birthed His church by pouring out His Spirit upon the 120 people that had been gathering in Jerusalem to pray? Was is not the miracle of unity (Acts 2:1)? Without this miracle, the others wouldn’t have […]

“PRAYER -> POWER -> TRANSFORMATION” TEXT: Acts 1-4, 12 REVIEW/INTRO: We are here today because 120 people came together for prayer in Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago! Are we willing to do what they did that in order to experience what they experienced? This “40 DAYS OF PRAYER” initiative is about finding out what God […]

“THE CHURCH JESUS IS BUILDING” INTRO: We are here today because 120 people came together for prayer in Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago! Will a future generation be able to say the same about us? I. THE CHURCH JESUS IS BUILDING (Matt. 16:18b). A. The church belongs to Jesus and He will build it! B. […]