Pastor Jack Graham | Bold Praying | Prestonwood Baptist Church

Main message: The sermon teaches that the early church responded to opposition with united, bold prayer, and God answered by filling them with the Holy Spirit and giving them courage to keep speaking the gospel. The pastor urges believers to pray for boldness, not just protection, and to trust God’s power to move in their lives and church.

Key points:

• Prayer is the source of true Christian power; prayerless Christians are powerless.
• In Acts 4, Peter and John returned to the church after being threatened, and the believers prayed together.
• The church did not pray mainly for safety, but for boldness to keep speaking God’s word.
• God answered by shaking the place and filling them with the Holy Spirit.
• Being filled with the Spirit is a repeated need for believers; it means being controlled and empowered by God.
• The pastor connected this to the church’s mission, urging believers to stand for biblical truth, vote their values, and pray for their neighbors.

Scriptures mentioned: Acts 2:42, Acts 3, Acts 4, Acts 16, Matthew 18, Ephesians 3:20-21, Ephesians 5:18, Acts 4:32, Romans 10:9-10