Shaken with Power

Exodus 21-22; Psalms 12; Acts 4 

“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”

Acts 4:29-31

The Church was birthed in a prayer meeting, and after their first major test, they returned to a prayer meeting asking God for more. The word for power is the word “dynamic”, the same word we use for dynamite. Jesus promised the disciples they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them and they would be his witnesses (Acts 1:8). The healing of the man at the temple who had been crippled from birth was like a spiritual bomb exploding. This display of power shook the city of Jerusalem and its leaders. The powers of darkness were shaken and they reacted, as they still do today. The Church’s response was to call another prayer meeting and ask God for more power! The filling of the Spirit is not just once, but ongoing as we seek the Lord for it. The resulting impact on our witness to the Gospel will shake our cities and nations!

“Lord Jesus, fill me with your Spirit and power to witness this day, for your glory.”