Acts 1:12-26 - Between Power and Promise

Devoted Prayer Together (1:12-24, 24-26)

“You see most churches, almost to the day they shut the doors, had some type of prayer time. It may have been a part of the worship service. It may have been with some type of fellowship like a Wednesday evening meal… “[I would ask them] Do you think that was a meaningful time of prayer? Do you think that’s how the New Testament church prayed? Inevitably there would be a pause and then an admission. No, they said. It was more like a routine or a ritual. It would hardly qualify as corporate prayer in the New Testament sense... Not coincidently, prayer and the health of the church’s went hand in hand. When the church is engaged in meaningful prayer, it becomes both the cause and the result of greater church health.” - Thom Rainer

Firm Conviction in Scriptures (1:15-20)

Authentic Witness of Christ (1:21-23)