You can imagine how many had seen the Lord right here.

They'd seen the Lord.

They had the apostles all around them preaching with mighty preaching and witnessing

to things they'd seen and heard.

If they needed to pray like this for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit again,

a few weeks after

Pentecost how much more Americans 2,000 years separated from the living words spoken

and never having seen the Lord face to face how much more we should pray like they prayed.

What kind of prayer changes the world?

In this episode of Light and Truth,

John Piper looks at Acts 4, verses 23 to 31,

to show how spirit-filled,

scripture-saturated prayer, fuels boldness, breaks resistance,

and spreads the name of Jesus.

This sermon was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on February 3, 1991.

This prayer is really relevant today for five reasons.

It's relevant because of the answer that came.

It's relevant because of the kind of people who were praying.

It's relevant because of the occasion or the situation in which it was prayed.

It's relevant because of the God to whom it was prayed.

And it's relevant because of specifically what they asked for.

And that's the outline of my message. Those five steps, I want to take you with me quickly through five reasons why this text is very relevant for us in Minneapolis today in 1991.

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