Sweet Hour Of Prayer Series

Acts 4:23 - 35 Sweet Hour of Prayer

1. The Total Confidence In Prayer - 23-28

i. In God's - Creation of All Things -

Their Release - 23 And being let go,

Their Retreat - they went to their own company,

Their Report - and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that,

Their Response - 24 they lifted up their voice to God with one accord,

Their Respect - and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

For His Person - and said, Lord, thou art God,

For His Power - which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea,

For His Provision - and all that in them is:

Not only as He made them - He maintains them.

ii. In God's - Control of All Things - Ps.2:1-3

The Word - 25 who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said,

The Wonder - Why did the heathen rage,

The Waste - and the people imagine vain things?

The War - 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles,

and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

The Work - 28 for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

iii. In God's - Care of All Things - Ps.2:4-6

The Laugh - 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:

The Loss - the Lord shall have them in derision.

The Launch - 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,

and vex them in his sore displeasure.

The Lord - 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

2. The Total Commitment To Prayer - Seeking -

Power to Protect - 29 now, Lord, behold their threatenings:

Power to Proclaim - and grant unto thy servants,

that with all boldness they may speak thy word

Power to Present - 30 by stretching forth thine hand to heal;

Power to Promote - and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

3. The Total Control Through Prayer -

i. The Power of God -

The Prayer - 31 And when they had prayed,

The Place - the place was shaken where they were assembled together;

The Provision - and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,

The Preaching - and they spake the word of God with boldness.

ii. The Presence of God -

32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

(Self was lost in God)

iii. The Provision of God - Here was -

Fearlessness - 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness

Faithfulness - of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus:

Favour - 33 and great grace was upon them all.

Fullness - 34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 and laid them down at the apostles’ feet:

Fellowship -

and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.