4 Prayers For Our Church | 12Stone Church

In this message, we look at four prayers for our church from the book of Acts and what it looks like to prepare ourselves for what God wants to do. We can’t manipulate or manufacture a move of God, but we can prepare for it. These four prayers challenge us to become a church that is rooted in God’s Word, devoted to prayer, connected in community, generous with what God has given us, and deeply burdened for people who are far from Jesus. You’ll learn how to: • Feed your own spiritual fire through God’s Word and prayer • Help create a church where every person is known and needed• Live with generosity as a normal response to what God is doing • Develop a heart that aches for people who are far from God The early church devoted themselves to God’s Word, fellowship, and prayer. Our source for truth has to be God’s Word, and our first response to the pressures and decisions of life should be prayer, not our last resort. God has also designed His church to be a place where people are known and needed. We were never meant to simply sit in a crowd. We are called to know one another, serve one another, and use the gifts God has given us for His Kingdom. Our prayer is that generosity would be normal and that our hearts would ache for the lost. Like the early church, may we recognize what God is doing and respond by giving Him our first and best, while carrying a burden for the people near to us who are far from Him. God, make us a church that feeds our fire with the Word and prayer, where everyone is known and needed, where generosity is normal, and where we ache for the lost.