Powerful Prayer

Do we really believe in prayer?  

We talk about prayer.  We teach about prayer.  We even pray about prayer.  But do we really believe in prayer?  Over this past year I have realized that a majority of Christ followers don’t really grasp the power of prayer.  I being the first one to admit that my prayer life has never been one someone would write about.  For me that was one of the reason I jumped on this assignment of risk.

Dependence on God has FORCED my prayer life to spike.  From the selling of our house to finding people to help start this church – God has revealed Himself in so many ways.  I believe that one of the reasons we don’t pray is our lack of dependence.  We might pray with our mouth, but our faith doubts so many times.  Often we are like the folks who were praying for Peter after he was arrested (Acts 12:12-16).  

When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!” 

“You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.” But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

The prayer had been answered, yet they didn’t believe when Peter was knocking at the door.  Last night Capstone spent time in prayer for our church, community, and the lost.  Our prayer is that the Lord would bring those who need to experience His love, grace, and forgiveness to Capstone.  I pray that we have prayed with faith, and when the answers walk through the door we would know prayer is powerful!