Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church: House of Prayer
/God's Dream Church: House of Prayer
“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
“these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.””
1. How the Church Should Pray- In One Accord
Acts 1:14 "They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers."
2. Praying Church Founded On Doctrine And Fellowship
Acts 2:42 "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
3. Church Has A Season of Prayer
Acts 3:1 "One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon."
4. Pray That Ministers Have The Boldness To Preach
Acts 4:30-31 "Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."
5. Pray For The Right Leadership
Acts 6:6 "They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them."
6. Pray For The Persecuted
Acts 12:5 "So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him."
7. Pray For The Sick
Acts 5:13-16 "No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed."
