April 19th, 2026 - Prayer Shakes the World

Scripture Passage:  Acts 4:23-31

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Second Sunday of Apent
Hanging out with the
Holy Spirit Series
Prayer shakes the world
(bad title)

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Prayer and the Spirit
  1:13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. ... 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, ... 2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

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How do you pray like this?
31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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Options:
a. this stuff ended with the apostles
b. we should try harder
c. Wait, Wonder and Discern

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1. Know there is a battle
 Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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2.  Trust that God's Got It
28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
Creation, David, Pilot, now

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3. It doesn't always look good
the nations rage ...against the Lord and against his anointed one. 27 ... to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, ... 29... consider their threats

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4. Pray for boldness
 ...enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 
Soft humble assurance of God's presence

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5. Seek signs and wonders
30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
Healing is what makes you bold

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6. Watch, wait and name
31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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7. A Community Transformed
32 All the believers were one in heart and mind... 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them.

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Hope for the fullest ideal,
live graciously in the real.