Becoming a Praying Church

January 12, 2014Ponoka Alliance Church Facility

Acts 1:12-14; James 5:16; Hebrews 4:15

PRAYER

The most common topic on the pulpit

PRAYER MATTERSOur goal is to teach even the infants to say ‘in Jesus name… amen’

The first church are devoted to prayer, let’s see why…

I. They believed on ‘Be Still’

Exodus 14:14

“Prayer changes things because God changes things”

I. They believed on ‘Be Still’

Exodus 14:14

“Prayer makes a difference because God has determined to make a difference”

I. They believed on ‘Be Still’

Exodus 14:14

“Prayer matters because you matter to God”

I. They believed on ‘Be Still’What was dark is now

bright…What was opaque is

now clear…What was stale is now

fresh…

With the light comes a peace, a power, a desire to move closer to the light and a confidence to step

forward … a certainty to move through the corridor of life, opening window after another to illuminate.

II. They believed on ‘On My Behalf’

Dilemma:

“We explode… we implode…

we try to fix it

OURSELVES, ALONE”

II. They believed on ‘A God who believes in you’

The feeding of the 5000