Devoted to Prayer (Acts 1:12-26)
Sermon Notes
Sermon Series: Acts - Our Story, Our Mission
Sermon Title: Devoted to Prayer
Passage: Acts 1:12-26
Preacher: Ashley Herr
Devoted to Prayer (v12-14)
A church devoted to prayer prays:
Passionately
Dependantly
Expectantly
Persistently
Regularly
Collectively
Privately
We are growing in our devotion to prayer by:
Don’t just say you’ll pray; stop and pray
9:30AM prayer in the lobby on Sundays
Sharing prayer requests in the Info Card
Offering prayer after service
First Wednesday prayer in the Upper Room
Praying over the prayer requests shared by guests of The Pantry
Discerning God’s Will (v15-26)
Discerning God’s will requires
Scripture
Wisdom
Prayer
Next Steps
We’re devoting the month of May to being devoted to prayer by:
Join us for 9:30AM prayer in the lobby each Sunday in May
Share a prayer request with the elders each Sunday in May
Ask someone how you can pray for them, then stop and pray for them, each week in the month of May. We’re praying that we would be able to pray for 500 people this month. Text us the name of the person you prayed with to us at (312) 548-1139 so we can be praying as well!
Join us for First Wednesday prayer this Wednesday, May 7th, at 7PM in the Upper Room
Bible Reading Plan
Monday: Luke 6 - The Sermon on the Plain
Tuesday: Luke 7 - Stories of Healing
Wednesday: Luke 8 - Stories revealing Jesus is Lord
Thursday: Luke 9 - The Transfiguration
Friday: Luke 10 - Jesus Sends Out the 72
Saturday: Acts 2:1-21 - Pentecost Part 1
Sermon Footnotes
“Discernment, in a most general sense, is the capacity to recognize and respond to the presence and the activity of God…it requires us to move beyond reliance on human thinking and strategizing to a place of deep listening and response to the Spirit of God.” - Ruth Haley Barton (Pursuing God’s Will Together, p10,11)
