2. Text: Acts 12;1-10
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his
hand to harass some from the church. 2Then he killed
James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And
because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days
of Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested him,
he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads
of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before
the people after Passover. 5 Peter was therefore kept in
prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him
by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring
him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two
chains between two soldiers; and the guards before
the door were keeping the prison.

3. • 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and
a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the
side and raised him up, saying, "Arise quickly!" And his
chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him,
"Gird yourself and tie on your sandals"; and so he did.
And he said to him, "Put on your garment and follow
me." 9 So he went out and followed him, and did not
know that what was done by the angel was real, but
thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they were
past the first and the second guard posts, they came to
the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to
them of its own accord; and they went out and went
down one street, and immediately the angel departed
from him.

4. Theme; Prayer
• Today, if we are going to observe on our
respective churches, prayer meeting is less in
average in attendance. Christians neglect to pray.
More often, the reason was tired because of the
whole day that they spend on their works.
• My hearts desire as God’s minister, is to give you
the message in titled prayer. I want to convince
each one that prayer is essentials as we start to
live in the year 2014.

5. Condition of the early believers!
• 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched
out his hand to harass some from the
church. 2Then he killed James the brother of
John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that
it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize
Peter also. Now it was during the Days of
Unleavened Bread. 4 So when he had arrested
him (Peter), he put him in prison, and delivered
him to four squads of soldiers to keep him,
intending to bring him before the people after
Passover.

6. The conditions of the early believers
denotes of some spiritual truths to us!
• Remember that peter and James was both an
apostles and they carried big impact to the
believers life.
• A; choices was tested. Life or death, continue or
stop, follow the apostolic teaching that prone to
destruction or neglect their teaching, live as of a
normal man and enjoy life.
• B; Faith was tested. Mature or immature. Rooted
or shallow.
• C; Action was tested. Slow or fast. Come closer to
God or depart from God.

7. Response of the believers on their
condition!
• 5 Peter was therefore kept in
prison, but constant prayer
was offered to God for him by
the church.

8. Response of the believers!
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Constant prayer was made by the church1. Continually occurring; persistent.
2. Regularly
3. Unchanging in nature, value, or extent;
invariable.
• 4. Steadfast in purpose, loyalty, or affection;
faithful.

9. The results for their positive response
on their situation!
• 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by
him, and a light shone in the prison; and he
struck Peter on the side and raised him up,
saying, "Arise quickly!" And his chains fell off
his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, "Gird
yourself and tie on your sandals"; and so he
did. And he said to him, "Put on your garment
and follow me."

10. Results
• The Light- defeats the dark. he was surrounded
by darkness but God erased and conquer it by his
marvelous light.
• struck peter on his side- he was touched by the
angel. This touched has a big impact to Peter.
• The chains feel off- the angels wants that he will
walk free. Not bounded by chains.
• Gird your self and tie your sandals and Put on
your sandal- the angel don’t want that peter will
leave that jail un prepared.

11. Conclusion
• The prayer that was made by the members of
the church, caused a miracle in the life of
Peter.
• Today, do we have friends who are spiritually
sleeping? Do we have relatives who are still
chained by their old nature?
• We can’t free them by our own might but we
can help them through our prayer.