Yup, it’ s really happening!
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May-June 2013
Yup, it’ s really happening!
Ever seen a movie that was scary, serious, and funny all at the same time? The scene in Acts 12 was one of those mixed-emotion moments: Peter was arrested and about to be killed so the Church met and prayed like crazy for him. Result? An angel none-too-gently struck him on the side to wake him up as he was snoozing in jail. Peter’ s chains fell off and the angel walked him straight out of prison. Finally Peter realized,“ this is really happening!”
He ran to Mary’ s house and knocked on the door, but the servant girl was so excited that she forgot to open the door! She ran inside where everyone was praying for Peter to get out of prison and told them Peter was out of prison and.... nobody believed her. Helloooo! What were you praying for, everyone? Finally Peter knocked so hard that they opened the door for him. Lol.
Acts 12:12-16: 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 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.
When you pray, expect that God will answer, because he always will. It might not be the answer you want or in the way that you expected, but God always answers are prayers.
Read the full story in Acts 12.
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