THE POWER OF PRAYER PART 2 OF 5

TEXT- ACTS 12:1-17

INTRODUCTION

TONIGHT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE WITH MY SERIES OF LESSONS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF PRAYER.

IN THE FIRST TWO LESSONS WE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE NO LESS THAN ELEVEN DIFFERENT REASONS AS WHY PRAYER IS IMPORTANT.

SOME CHRISTIANS TODAY MIGHT BE THINKING THAT THE TOPIC OF PRAYER IS TOO BASIC AND THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO STUDY ABOUT IT.

BUT THE MORE I STUDY ABOUT PRAYER IN THE BIBLE THE MORE I REALIZE HOW LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH I NEED TO GROW IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE.

AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT PRAYER I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US TO PRAY WITH POWER.

OUR TEXT TONIGHT IS FOUND IN ACTS 12:1-17 AND THE TITLE OF MY LESSON IS, "THE POWER OF PRAYER."

HERE IN THIS PASSAGE WE FIND AN EXAMPLE OF PRAYER BEING ANSWERED.

THE MAIN VERSE I WOULD LIKE US TO EXAMINE TONIGHT FROM THIS TEXT IS VERSE 5 WHICH SAYS, "SO PETER WAS KEPT IN THE PRISON, BUT PRAYER FOR HIM WAS BEING MADE FERVENTLY BY THE CHURCH TO GOD."

IN LOOKING AT THIS VERSE WE FIND THAT THERE WERE THREE WAYS TO TAP INTO THE POWER OF PRAYER.