Salina First Church of the Nazarene
Fresh Look: Seeing My Life From God's Point of View...The Call to Prayer, Acts 2:42
Locations & Times
Salina First Church of the Nazarene
1425 S Ohio St, Salina, KS 67401, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
28 times in the book of Acts, the words prayer, prayers, prayed, praying, and pray are found.
Acts 1:14 — They all met together and were constantly united in prayer.
Acts 1:24 — Then they all prayed…
Acts 2:42 — [All the believers devoted themselves]…to prayer.
Acts 3:1 — Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
Acts 4:31 — After this prayer, the meeting place shook…
Acts 6:4 — Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer…
Acts 6:6 — These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them…
Acts 8:15 — As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to the receive the Holy Spirit…
Acts 8:22 — Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord…
Acts 8:24 — Pray to the Lord for me, Simon exclaimed…
Acts 9:40 — But Peter asked them to all leave the room the he knelt and prayed….
Acts 10:2 — He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.
Acts 10:4 — Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering…
Acts 10:9 — The next day as Cornelius’ messengers we’re nearing the town, Peter went up on the floor roof to pray…
Acts 10:30 — Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying…
Acts 10:31 — Cornelius, your prayer has been heard…
Acts 11:5 — “I was in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying…
Acts 12:5 — But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him…
Acts 12:12 — When they realized this, he went to the home of Mark the mother of John Mark, where many were gathered for prayer.
Acts 13:3 — So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way…
Acts 14:23 — Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church.
Acts 16:13 — On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there…
Acts 16:16 — One day as we were going to the place of prayer…
Acts 16:25 — Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…
Acts 20:36 — When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them…
Acts 21:5 — When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including the women and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt and prayed…
Acts 22:17 — After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the
Acts 28:8 — As it happened, Publius’s father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed with him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him.
Acts 1:14 — They all met together and were constantly united in prayer.
Acts 1:24 — Then they all prayed…
Acts 2:42 — [All the believers devoted themselves]…to prayer.
Acts 3:1 — Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service.
Acts 4:31 — After this prayer, the meeting place shook…
Acts 6:4 — Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer…
Acts 6:6 — These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them…
Acts 8:15 — As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to the receive the Holy Spirit…
Acts 8:22 — Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord…
Acts 8:24 — Pray to the Lord for me, Simon exclaimed…
Acts 9:40 — But Peter asked them to all leave the room the he knelt and prayed….
Acts 10:2 — He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor and prayed regularly to God.
Acts 10:4 — Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering…
Acts 10:9 — The next day as Cornelius’ messengers we’re nearing the town, Peter went up on the floor roof to pray…
Acts 10:30 — Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying…
Acts 10:31 — Cornelius, your prayer has been heard…
Acts 11:5 — “I was in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying…
Acts 12:5 — But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him…
Acts 12:12 — When they realized this, he went to the home of Mark the mother of John Mark, where many were gathered for prayer.
Acts 13:3 — So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way…
Acts 14:23 — Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church.
Acts 16:13 — On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there…
Acts 16:16 — One day as we were going to the place of prayer…
Acts 16:25 — Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…
Acts 20:36 — When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them…
Acts 21:5 — When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including the women and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt and prayed…
Acts 22:17 — After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the
Acts 28:8 — As it happened, Publius’s father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed with him, and laying his hands on him, he healed him.
In the early church, prayer was as much or more a part of the people’s lives than anything else. The people were simply people of prayer.
What would happen today, if the church practiced prayer like they did in the first century?
What would becoming a church of fervent prayer require of us?
What would becoming a church of fervent prayer require of us?
1. Prayer would have to be our primary faith practice and passion when we gather together.
2. Our prayers would have to be focused on issues of great need, not just general areas where we would like to have God’s help.
3. We would have to learn that real prayer must be fervent...ektenos - to be filled with urgency and intensity.
4. Prayer would have to be the practice of all, not just something a few take part in.
2. Our prayers would have to be focused on issues of great need, not just general areas where we would like to have God’s help.
3. We would have to learn that real prayer must be fervent...ektenos - to be filled with urgency and intensity.
4. Prayer would have to be the practice of all, not just something a few take part in.
What would happen though if this kind of prayer became our regular practice?
1. Our lives would be changed…intensified, ignited, and filled with passion for the Lord and for those who are living without a personal relationship with Jesus.
2. Those who do not know Christ will begin to find and follow Him as we daily and fervently pray for them.
3. Here in Salina, we would become a true lighthouse for the Kingdom.
4. We would become a force for sharing the good news as word spread of what God was doing in this place.
5. The kind of things we see in the book of Acts would be repeated in this place.
2. Those who do not know Christ will begin to find and follow Him as we daily and fervently pray for them.
3. Here in Salina, we would become a true lighthouse for the Kingdom.
4. We would become a force for sharing the good news as word spread of what God was doing in this place.
5. The kind of things we see in the book of Acts would be repeated in this place.