Living the Supernatural Life Part Three: Untapped Power

Living the Supernatural Life 1.We are to pray in order to R_____________ what God already wants to D_____ in our world! 2.Prayer is releasing God’s D________ and I___________ into the earth “as it is in heaven.” 3.They prayed until God gave them an A____________.

Living the Supernatural Life 1.We are to pray in order to RELEASE what God already wants to DO in our world! 2.Prayer is releasing God’s D________ and I___________ into the earth “as it is in heaven.” 3.They prayed until God gave them an A____________.

Living the Supernatural Life 1.We are to pray in order to RELEASE what God already wants to DO in our world! 2.Prayer is releasing God’s DESIRE and INTENTIONS into the earth “as it is in heaven.” 3.They prayed until God gave them an A____________.

We have a power shortage in the church today!

Genesis 32:1-2 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now it was during the days of Unleavened Bread. When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people. So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.” Acts 12:1-5

Genesis 32:1-2 “The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him. Acts 12:6-17

Genesis 32:1-2 Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating." When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!" "You're out of your mind," they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, "It must be his angel." But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison.” Acts 12:6-17

Living the Supernatural Life 1.We are to pray in order to RELEASE what God already wants to DO in our world! 2.Prayer is releasing God’s DESIRE and INTENTIONS into the earth “as it is in heaven.” 3.They prayed until God gave them an ANSWER.

Living the Supernatural Life 1.The early church prayed TOGETHER and prayed OFTEN. 2.Corporate prayer is D_________________ than personal prayer. 3.Corporate prayer is a lesson in C________________. 4.Prayer is our tool to C_____________ the supernatural power of God to the N__________ of our world.

Genesis 32:1-2 “My house shall be called a house of prayer…” Matthew 21:13

Genesis 32:1-2 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 18:19

Genesis 32:1-2 “...these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.” Isaiah 56:7

Living the Supernatural Life 1.The early church prayed TOGETHER and prayed OFTEN. 2.Corporate prayer is DIFFERENT than personal prayer. 3.Corporate prayer is a lesson in C________________. 4.Prayer is our tool to C_____________ the supernatural power of God to the N__________ of our world.

Living the Supernatural Life 1.The early church prayed TOGETHER and prayed OFTEN. 2.Corporate prayer is DIFFERENT than personal prayer. 3.Corporate prayer is a lesson in COOPERATION. 4.Prayer is our tool to C_____________ the supernatural power of God to the N__________ of our world.

Genesis 32:1-2 “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk....but of power.” 1 Cor. 4:20

Living the Supernatural Life 1.The early church prayed TOGETHER and prayed OFTEN. 2.Corporate prayer is DIFFERENT than personal prayer. 3.Corporate prayer is a lesson in COOPERATION. 4.Prayer is our tool to CONNECT the supernatural power of God to the NEEDS of our world.

Living the Supernatural Life Part Three: Untapped Power