Today's Scripture:
Acts 2:41-47

Key Verse:
Acts 2:42

"...they continued steadfastly... in prayers."

The Point:
Continuing daily shows the emphasis on faithful prayer. Prayer creates the climate of a church, a home, and a person; without it, the atmosphere grows stale and stagnant. If you want to measure the spiritual temperature of a church, do not just look at their Sunday morning service; look at their prayer meeting.

Confess and Forsake Any Known Sin:

Probing Questions:

• Have other things taken priority over your prayer time?
• How long has it been since you had an answer to prayer?
• What is your personal spiritual climate?
  • Think about your marriage, family, and church.

Repent and confess the sin of neglect in your prayer life.

Praise:
I am being transformed through the renewing of my mind.

Romans 12:1-2 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Request:

• Ask God to break through the worldly thinking in your mind and rewrite your thoughts according to His Word.
• Ask God to forgive you for neglecting time with Him and commit to open time with Him each day.
• Ask God to break through the barriers of apathy in your life through conviction of sin.
• Ask God to break through the barriers to the gospel in the lives of our neighbors because of false religions.

Meditate On:
Psalms 96:3