“Let Us Continue To Pray”
Friday, February 14, 2025Key Verse
“These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.” Acts 1:14
Text — Acts 1:12-14
Message
Prayer was the bond that kept the apostles and the believers in the early Church together. They spent much time praying in one another’s houses. They were praying for strength,courage to remain steadfast in their faith in Christ, grace to remain faithful to Jesus and boldness to preach His word though persecuted. The apostles said in Acts 6 verse 4“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” Prayer is the same bond that keeps families, churches and even nations together. The right to pray is given to everyone including children. We cannot afford to take prayer for granted in our lives as believers. We have to pray in the Church, family and when we are alone.
Yet, painfully many children do not like to pray. They close their eyes one second and in the next their eyes are already opened; looking at or talking to one another. You should not be like that. You must learn to pray in order to feel the Lord close to you, enjoy His blessings, and serve Him acceptably.
Further Reading
Luke 11:1-4
Prayer for today
Lord, teach me how to pray, hear me and answer me when I pray.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
