June 2: “Learning to Pray Like the Early Church” (Acts 4:23-31)

Where do you turn to when your problem is big? Peter and John turned to their faith community. Then they turned to God together in prayer. Their prayer had three elements: invocation, acknowledgment, and petition. The early church acknowledged God as the God of creation, revelation, and history. As the cross demonstrates, Yahweh is God who can bring good out of evil. Then they petitioned God to empower them to boldly proclaim the gospel with signs and wonders. In light of their prayer, how should we pray?

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