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The Practice of Prayer in the Early Church – Part 10

Acts 2:42 – And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, PART 6, PART 7, PART 8, PART 9

1. Loving One Another: The Priority of the Word of God – Acts 2:42a, Acts 2:41, Jeremiah 15:16, Job 23:12, Psalm 119:14, 1 Peter 2:1-2

2. The Practice of Fellowship  -Acts 2:42

3.  Loving One Another: The Observance of the Lord’s Table

4. The Commitment to Prayer

  • Prominent place of prayer in the early church
    Acts 1:12-14, Acts 2:41-42, Acts 4:23-31, Acts 6:1-4, Acts 9:10-11, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 12:1-5, 12, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 14:19-23, Acts 16:22-25, Acts 20:36-38, Acts 21:1-6

THIS SERMON

  • Practices of Prayer in the Early Church

– The believers were in obedience by praying together – Acts 1:12-14, Acts 1:4, 8, John 14:12-14, John 16:23-24, Matthew 13:58

– The believers were dedicated to praying together – Acts 2:42, Acts 1:14, Acts 6:4, Rom. 12:12, Col. 4:2

– The believers shared the Biblical pattern in praying together – Acts 4:23-31

* They met: Acts 4:23
* They were united: Acts 4:24
* They were God-centered: Acts 4:24
* They were Word-driven: Acts 4:25-26
* They were Gospel-motivated: Acts 4:29
* They were favored by God: Acts 4:31

– The believers were not few in praying together – Acts 12:1-5, 12