The God of Half-Hearted Prayers - Ben Stuart

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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What do you do when it feels like all hope is lost? Ben Stuart walks us through Acts 12, one of the darkest moments in the early Church, to teach us that in the middle of fear, uncertainty, and half-hearted faith, God can still move in power.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church podcast.
0:05.1	To learn more about Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., visit us online at passioncitychurch.com.
0:14.5	Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:22.1	If you have a copy of your scriptures, we're in Acts chapter 12.
0:26.6	Acts is the story of the birth of the Christian church.
0:30.3	These are the roots of our family tree.
0:32.4	And I want to read to us from Acts chapter 12.
0:34.9	This moment in the life of the church kind of loaded into our minds,
0:37.5	we'll pray and then talk about it together. So Acts chapter 12, this moment in the life of the church kind of loaded into our minds, we'll pray and then talk about it together. So Acts chapter 12, I'm going to start in
0:42.5	verse 1. If you don't have a copy of your scripture, just listen carefully. Here we go.
0:49.0	Verse 1 says this. About that time, Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
0:59.8	He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. And when he saw that it pleased the Jews,
1:04.8	he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread. And when he had
1:10.5	seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.
1:18.7	So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.
1:25.6	Now when Herod was about to bring him out on that very night,
1:28.6	Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains.
1:32.8	And centuries before the door were guarding the prison.
1:35.9	And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him at a light shone in the cell.
1:39.9	And he struck Peter on the side, woke him, saying, get up quickly.
1:43.6	And the chains fell off his hands.
2:02.6	And the angel said to him, dress yourself, put on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, wrap your cloak around you, follow me. And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. and when they had passed the first and the second guard,
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