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  • Mike Hays avatar

    Surprised By Prayer!

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 297 ratings
     | 35,002 views

    Prayer can open up for us insight into God's will when the way seems dark and uncertain.

    Surprised By Prayer! Acts 12:1-19 The popularity of prayer has skyrocketed in recent months. Prayer, talking about prayer, writing about prayer, exploring patterns of prayers and the like have become more prevalent than Tiger Woods' fans at a golf tournament. Prayer has truly come to the forefront ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Bold Prayer

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
    based on 225 ratings
     | 8,091 views

    A look at the prayers of the early church

    Prayer I love the definition of prayer found in the Devils Dictionary, written by Ambrose Bierce around the turn of the century, you ready? To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. I have no problem with that. We all believe in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Empowered By Prayer

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Nov 16, 2000
    based on 124 ratings
     | 9,090 views

    Prayer is the powerhouse of the believer.

    Empowered By Prayer! Acts 4 The Church is gasping for air. She is losing her power as her life slowly ebbs away. The ICU unit is filled to overflowing with scores of churches whose glory days were a generation ago, but who today are surviving only on a ventilator of determination to see another ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Prayer Works

    Contributed by Danny Williams on Dec 7, 2000
    based on 131 ratings
     | 18,635 views

    How to have faith in your prayers

    Prayer Works Victory Temple A/G PO Box 911 Waco, Tx76703 Pastor Danny L. Williams November 7, 1999 Text: Acts16: 25-31 Intro: For so many year’s , We the church have coward in the corner. As people ask us , Where is your God ? Where are his mighty act’s Where are the great thing’s that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Power Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 28,783 views

    Peter is miraclously released from prison through the power of prayer.

    A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 23 “The Power of Prayer” Acts 12:1-24 “but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” Acts chapter twelve is set in a context of mounting persecution, about which the people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church In Prayer

    Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Apr 4, 2006
    based on 116 ratings
     | 19,433 views

    To challenge every church member to understand the importance of prayer of the church.

    PP0621 DATE THE CHURCH IN PRAYER! Acts 12:1-17 Ac 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Power Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on May 4, 2005
    based on 124 ratings
     | 19,491 views

    This sermon looks at six aspects of the power of prayer as seen in the passage.

    Here Peter is waiting for whatever Herod may have in store for him. Escape by his own means is not an option. He is being guarded by 16 soldiers that work 6 hour shifts in fours. One soldier is chained to each side of him and the other two are standing outside the cell to make sure he can’t get ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Committed To Prayer

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 15, 2006
    based on 140 ratings
     | 44,410 views

    1- Committed to praise 2- Committed to intercession 3- Committed to seeking

    INTRO.- ILL.- One day a woman was rushing home from a doctor’s appointment. The doctor had been somewhat delayed at the hospital, and the lab work took a little longer than usual so by the time she left the clinic she was running quite a bit behind schedule. She still had to pick up her ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Impossible Prayer

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,861 views

    To make us believe that God is still working in our lives today. That we cannot place the Lord in a box and give him commands.

    THE IMPOSSIBLE PRAYER FOCUS: THE ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST OF PETER AND HIS DELIVERANCE BY THE HAND OF GOD. FUNCTION: TO PROMOTE A STRONGER FAITH IN THE WEAK PRAYERS OF CHRISTIANS. TEXT: ACTS 12:1-17 INTRODUCTION Eddie from the Brown Trail Church of Christ in Bedford, Texas pulled me aside ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Prayer & Salvation Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,427 views

    #6 in the series "Patterns for Prayer." Examines the role of prayer in salvation, on the part of both the seeker and the evangelist.

    The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200 people gathered, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Prayer & Power Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,121 views

    #7 in the series "Patterns for Prayer." Looks at the role of Prayer on the day of Pentecost.

    There’s a city that’s been in the news a lot lately that most of us had never heard of. The city is Yongbyon. The reason that Yongbyon is newsworthy is that it is the site of North Korea’s nuclear reactor. The reclusive communist state said recently it needed to restart the frozen program to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Prayer For Others Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 7,483 views

    8th in the series "Patterns for Prayer." Looks at the Church’s payers for Peter in prison as a pattern of intercessory prayer.

    Introduction: "Somebody’s Praying Me Through--with military testimonies" (Available at http://doxologyrecords.com/news/article.asp?intNewsItemKey=16) At it’s best prayer is not simply a list of things I want from God but also a time of intercession for others. Intercession is when we pray for ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Prayer For Boldness

    Contributed by Mark Witherden on Jan 4, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 10,575 views

    Do you want boldness? The early disciples found themselves in need of boldness and this is how they got it. Something every believer should be praying.

    When the early church prayed Acts 4:23-31 The Apostles Prayer And being let go they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord You are God, who made ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Prayer Of Antioch

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 20,852 views

    The prayer of Antioch got God’s attention in a big way, but we’re not told what they prayed. What can this unique prayer teach us?

    OPEN: A 5-yr-old said grace at family dinner one night. "Dear God, thank you for these pancakes." When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having chicken. He smiled and said, "I thought I’d see if He was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Prayer Partnerships

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 2,884 views

    One of the key needs in churches today is for the congregation to partner together in prayer

    Prayer Partnerships Selected Passages September 21, 2002 Introduction I. The Power of Prayer A. San Francisco General Hospital study 1. Cardiology Dept. – Dr. Randy Byrd a.) Patients were divided into two groups 1.) 192 patients were in the Prayed for group 2.) 201 patients were in the Not prayed ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God