Transformative Power of Passionate Prayer in Acts
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We don't believe that we're just a church in a community. We believe we're a church for a community. And so we partner with our community. We partner in different ways, through Sand Springs Community Service, through the local church, church network we partner with our schools we partner specifically with page academy and with anderson schools and we do a lot in those schools and the reason that we're able to do that is because you consistently give to local missions and so if you would pray about tucking in an extra gift to local missions it helps us continue to be able to reach out not only around the world through foreign missions but right here in our own backyard through local missions we love our community and we want to continue to be a blessing to it." [41:26]
2. "Man, my hope is that when you walk out of here, you feel like you can take on hell with a water pistol. You know what I'm saying? And so for those of you who do call this home, you know that all the regular ways to give through our website, through the email, through the app, you can give in person. There are a number of ways you can give. If you would just do that this morning." [40:52]
3. "I just believe that God has more for your life than you ever imagined and as long as you put him first and continue to pursue him man he's going to do amazing things in and through you all amen." [52:39]
4. "I believe sound always precedes movement. When we take the sound seriously, the movement can be guaranteed. But that's not my message today, so I'm not going to stay there, though I could preach there for a long, long time. Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind. Everybody say wind. Man, I could spend a long time talking about the wind, of the Holy Spirit, and how we used to sing songs like, the wind is blowing again. The wind is blowing again. Just like the day of... Y'all don't know that song. Come on, somebody. The wind is blowing again." [01:03:01]
5. "Worship is our warfare. Like there are things that you may be going through that I know nothing about. There are being each other's battles. And so some of you have been waiting for some soldiers to gather. Beside you and to walk. My God, I feel the end on yourself this week. And you just needed some folks to spiritually link arms with you and go through this. And we're going to see the victory. And the way we do that, the way that we do that is through our worship." [35:28]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Passionate prayer is faith-filled, bold, and spoken. It is not about complaining or whining but standing on God's promises with confidence. James 5:14-15 emphasizes that the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. This kind of prayer is confident and assured, knowing that God hears and answers according to His will." [01:25:08]
2. "We must embrace the 'weirdness' of prayer, understanding that faith-filled, bold, and passionate prayers may look foolish to the world but are powerful in the spiritual realm. We should not shy away from praying out loud and with energy, as this is the kind of prayer that avails much." [01:38:27]
3. "If we long to be the church like the church in Acts, if we long to be a Holy Spirit empowered church, which we do. If you don't long to be a Holy Spirit empowered church, you're at the wrong one. Because we long to be. We don't claim to always get it right, but we always are trying to be a church that is empowered by the Holy Spirit. If we're going to be that church, that has to be birthed in prayer. It starts no other way." [01:11:48]
4. "Passionate prayer is faith-filled. One of the things that I've noticed about people who pray passionately versus people who pray timidly is those who are timid about their prayers aren't really sure that what they're praying for is what God wants. For instance, for years I wanted an Escalade. I'm still waiting." [01:18:00]
5. "They devoted themselves to prayer. They saw many signs, and the Lord added to the house daily those who were being saved. Go to the very next chapter, chapter 3. One day Peter and John were going to the temple at the time of prayer. I wonder what they were going to the temple at the time of prayer to do. That doesn't take a lot of exegesis. That really is kind of self-explanatory. They were going to pray, which was their custom, by the way, at 3 in the afternoon." [01:09:18]
6. "I want to be a church that's birthed out of prayer into a move of God that leads to evangelism. I want to be an Acts church where people come to know the real risen Christ because they see His realness in us. And so I'm going to ask you today, maybe it's been a while since you've really spent time in prayer. I'm not talking about, you know, God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. I'm talking about real prayer, like, right?" [01:42:12]
7. "Passionate prayer is spoken. I never quite understood the issue. Have you ever had an issue with something and you didn't really understand why you had an issue with it? Right? You meet somebody and you're just like, something about them just doesn't sit right and I just don't know why. They've never done anything to me or nothing. It's just something doesn't sit right. Or you go somewhere and you're just like, ah, I just don't like this place. Right? And you don't quite understand why you have an issue with something, but you have an issue with it." [01:33:25]
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1. "We don't believe that we're just a church in a community. We believe we're a church for a community. And so we partner with our community. We partner in different ways, through Sand Springs Community Service, through the local church, church network we partner with our schools we partner specifically with page academy and with anderson schools and we do a lot in those schools and the reason that we're able to do that is because you consistently give to local missions and so if you would pray about tucking in an extra gift to local missions it helps us continue to be able to reach out not only around the world through foreign missions but right here in our own backyard through local missions we love our community and we want to continue to be a blessing to it." [41:26]
2. "Man, my hope is that when you walk out of here, you feel like you can take on hell with a water pistol. You know what I'm saying? And so for those of you who do call this home, you know that all the regular ways to give through our website, through the email, through the app, you can give in person. There are a number of ways you can give. If you would just do that this morning." [40:52]
3. "I just believe that God has more for your life than you ever imagined and as long as you put him first and continue to pursue him man he's going to do amazing things in and through you all amen." [52:39]
4. "I believe sound always precedes movement. When we take the sound seriously, the movement can be guaranteed. But that's not my message today, so I'm not going to stay there, though I could preach there for a long, long time. Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind. Everybody say wind. Man, I could spend a long time talking about the wind, of the Holy Spirit, and how we used to sing songs like, the wind is blowing again. The wind is blowing again. Just like the day of... Y'all don't know that song. Come on, somebody. The wind is blowing again." [01:03:01]
5. "Worship is our warfare. Like there are things that you may be going through that I know nothing about. There are being each other's battles. And so some of you have been waiting for some soldiers to gather. Beside you and to walk. My God, I feel the end on yourself this week. And you just needed some folks to spiritually link arms with you and go through this. And we're going to see the victory. And the way we do that, the way that we do that is through our worship." [35:28]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Passionate prayer is faith-filled, bold, and spoken. It is not about complaining or whining but standing on God's promises with confidence. James 5:14-15 emphasizes that the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. This kind of prayer is confident and assured, knowing that God hears and answers according to His will." [01:25:08]
2. "We must embrace the 'weirdness' of prayer, understanding that faith-filled, bold, and passionate prayers may look foolish to the world but are powerful in the spiritual realm. We should not shy away from praying out loud and with energy, as this is the kind of prayer that avails much." [01:38:27]
3. "If we long to be the church like the church in Acts, if we long to be a Holy Spirit empowered church, which we do. If you don't long to be a Holy Spirit empowered church, you're at the wrong one. Because we long to be. We don't claim to always get it right, but we always are trying to be a church that is empowered by the Holy Spirit. If we're going to be that church, that has to be birthed in prayer. It starts no other way." [01:11:48]
4. "Passionate prayer is faith-filled. One of the things that I've noticed about people who pray passionately versus people who pray timidly is those who are timid about their prayers aren't really sure that what they're praying for is what God wants. For instance, for years I wanted an Escalade. I'm still waiting." [01:18:00]
5. "They devoted themselves to prayer. They saw many signs, and the Lord added to the house daily those who were being saved. Go to the very next chapter, chapter 3. One day Peter and John were going to the temple at the time of prayer. I wonder what they were going to the temple at the time of prayer to do. That doesn't take a lot of exegesis. That really is kind of self-explanatory. They were going to pray, which was their custom, by the way, at 3 in the afternoon." [01:09:18]
6. "I want to be a church that's birthed out of prayer into a move of God that leads to evangelism. I want to be an Acts church where people come to know the real risen Christ because they see His realness in us. And so I'm going to ask you today, maybe it's been a while since you've really spent time in prayer. I'm not talking about, you know, God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. I'm talking about real prayer, like, right?" [01:42:12]
7. "Passionate prayer is spoken. I never quite understood the issue. Have you ever had an issue with something and you didn't really understand why you had an issue with it? Right? You meet somebody and you're just like, something about them just doesn't sit right and I just don't know why. They've never done anything to me or nothing. It's just something doesn't sit right. Or you go somewhere and you're just like, ah, I just don't like this place. Right? And you don't quite understand why you have an issue with something, but you have an issue with it." [01:33:25]
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