February 20, 2022 · Acts 1:13–14

Pray Together

When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

“The third thing I want to say is: make sure that you're praying for people when it comes along in real life, whether they're believing or unbelieving people. They're going to be thankful. Someone says to you something — "Hey, I got this problem" — don't just say, "Oh, I'll pray for you." Do it right then and there. Place their hand on them, and just pray quickly over them. I would say this is true with people who don't follow Jesus — people who aren't Christian, people who maybe are even atheist. "Hey, would you mind if I pray for you?" Then see how they respond. Usually they'll say yes. And then just quickly pray about that thing with them. And at the very least, they're going to be thankful that you did something you thought worked — even if they don't — they're not convinced of it. But I'm going to tell you, when you pray with them, that's better than any kind of trying to control and convince, argue with them — that you can — towards Jesus.”