2. Praying Like the
Early Church
Acts 4:24-31

4. So when they heard that, they raised
their voice to God with one accord and
said: “Lord, You are God, who made
heaven and earth and the sea, and all
that is in them, 25 “who by the mouth of
Your servant David have said:
24
‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26
The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’

5. “For truly against Your holy Servant
Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and
the people of Israel, were gathered
together 28 “to do whatever Your hand and
Your purpose determined before to be
done. 29 “Now, Lord, look on their threats,
and grant to Your servants that with all
boldness they may speak Your word,
27

6. “by stretching out Your hand to heal,
and that signs and wonders may be done
through the name of Your holy Servant
Jesus.” 31 And when they had prayed, the
place where they were assembled
together was shaken; and they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke
the word of God with boldness.
30

8. I
WHAT DID THE EARLY
CHURCH DO WHEN IN
NEED (Acts 4:24-31)

9. A. THEY STATED WHO
GOD IS (v. 24)
So when they heard that, they raised
their voice to God with one accord and
said: “Lord, You are God, who made
heaven and earth and the sea, and all
that is in them,
24

11. B. THEY STATED WHAT
GOD DID (v. 24)
So when they heard that, they raised
their voice to God with one accord and
said: “Lord, You are God, who made
heaven and earth and the sea, and all
that is in them,
24

13. C. THEY STATED WHAT
GOD SAID (vs. 25-28)
“who by the mouth of Your servant
David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things? 26 The kings of
the earth took their stand, And the rulers were
gathered together Against the Lord and against
His Christ.’
25

14. “For truly against Your holy Servant
Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod
and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and
the people of Israel, were gathered
together 28 “to do whatever Your hand and
Your purpose determined before to be
done.
27

16. D. THEY PRESENTED
THEIR PETITION . (v. 29)
“Now, Lord, look on their threats, and
grant to Your servants that with all
boldness they may speak Your word.”
29

17. “Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”
(Mark 11:24)

19. II
GOD’S RESPONSE TO
THE CRY OF THE
EARLY CHURCH
“31 And when they had prayed, the place
where they were assembled together
was shaken; and they were all filled with
the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word
of God with boldness” (Acts 4:31).

20. 1. THE PLACE WAS
SHAKEN.
“31 And when they had prayed, the place
where they were assembled together
was shaken …” (Acts 4:31).

21. 2. THEY WERE ALL
FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
“… and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit …” (Acts 4:31).

22. 3. “THEY SPOKE THE
WORD OF GOD WITH
BOLDNES”
“… and they spoke the word of God with
boldness” (Acts 4:31).