The Believers Pray

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

January 25, 2021

The Believers Pray

Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.

Acts 4:29

Read: Acts 4:23-31

Peter and John left the Temple and returned to gather with the other believers for a time of prayer. Their prayer had three movements which I believe are vital to equip the church today.

First, in their prayer they affirmed their faith in God as the Sovereign Lord, God is the rightful ruler because, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.” (v.24)

Secondly, they invoked scripture from Psalm 2 which declares “The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.” (v.26) They affirmed they were living in an era that was hostile to the Sovereign Lord, just as we are today.

Then they prayed, “Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.” (v.29)

My Takeaway: Peter and John’s question to the religious leaders was rhetorical – and they immediately answered their question lest there be any doubt: “As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” (v. 20) Then they gathered in prayer asking the Lord to equip them to speak boldly in His name. May I be so bold, as to pray and ask God to enable me to speak His word with great boldness.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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