Day 7

^{Acts 9
40}But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

We must fill the room with faith we must fill the place with prayer. In Mark 5:40 Peter had been in the room when Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead. The first thing Jesus did was to remove some of the negative people out of the room. So Peter now follows the great master. Then he drops to his knees and prays! No one knows how long Peter prayed for or what he said, we are just told that he prayed. Then he turns to Tabitha and her eyes, that were once pale open and her limp body springs to life. He doesnt pray whilst looking at the deathly circumstances he prays and then he turns to see the miracle that God had done.

Day 6

Acts 9

^{10Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,"Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." 11}And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, ¹²and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

All of us are in search of vision. What we often need is someone to inspire, encourage, challenge and reveal to us just what that vision is. When God speaks a person of prayer will hear it first. While Paul was praying he saw Ananias coming and praying for him to receive his sight, this was a dangerous vision for Ananias due to Paul's hatred of the church. But a person of prayer has their fear dissolved and over ridden by obedience. Two men who prayed meet in a moment that changes the world forever.

Day 5

Acts 6

⁶These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

They prayed and then chose. When we pray we arouse the gift with us so that others may receive. The question is not how did we choose but more importantly how did we pray.

Day 4

^{Acts 6:4
4}But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

We all devote ourselves to something, we all give ourselves to what we choose. This verse is on the back of a administration tension that has arisen. The apostles were approached for help but they refused, instead they appointed men to cover this role. Possibly the greatest challenge we face is our preference for management over prayer. Our primary calling remains our highest calling.

Day 3

Acts 4:31
³¹And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

The end of prayer should become the starting point of something else! As they prayed things began to happen, at the "amen" of their prayers the whole house was shaken, then they are filled with a new boldness which provoked them to speak the word.

Day 2

Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

It wasn't meant to be hard! Just commit ourselves to the same 4 things and we could shake the world. These need to be the foundation of every believer that desires their life to have a ripple effect long after they are gone.

"God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them" E.M Bounds

Day 1

Acts 3:1
¹Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Prayer isn't reserved for only when we are feeling inspired. The early church had set times of prayer, so should we. Two men together at the set time going to pray. If you are struggling in prayer maybe you need to find someone that will go up with you at the set time!