Tuesday – January 27, 2026
God Does Miracles, When the Church Prays
Scripture:
Acts 12:5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.
Reflection
When the church prays according to God’s word, God hears and performs miracles. When we bear down in prayer together, God unleashes His mighty power in the middle of our circumstances and everything changes. He awakens us to His will, breaks the chains that bind us, and releases layers of breakthrough and releases us from captivity to complete freedom to serve Christ just as He did Apostle Peter.
Acts 12 describes an amazing story of the power of prayer and how prayer changed everything. The passage tells of Herod, the king harassing the church. He killed James, the brother of John with the sword. And when he saw the Jews excitement, he had Peter arrested and placed in prison during the Days of Unleavened Bread. Peter was the spiritual leader of the church and was highly respected and honored by the believers. So, Herod seized the opportunity to make an example of him. It seemed that Herod’s next step would be to execute Peter to crush the spread of the church. Acts 12:5 tells us, “Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” Look at what happens…as Peter was held captive in prison, the church prayed! And their prayers changed everything! Those saints knew that when they prayed, God would hear them, answer their prayers and set their leader Apostle Peter free!
The passage goes on to describe that while Peter was sleeping, he was bound with two chains between two soldiers with two prison guards at the door. Immediately, an angel of the Lord stood by Peter, and a light shined in the prison and the angel struck Peter and awakened him from his sleep. Miraculously, the angel called Peter to get up and put on his clothes and sandals…and the chains fell off his hands! The angel of the Lord continued and led Peter through two sets of guard post and ultimately through the Iron Gate which by God’s mighty hand opened on its own. Peter was set free from imprisonment and was delivered from captivity by God’s mighty power because the God’s people, the church, prayed!
Prayer
Heavenly Father, unite our church and likeminded churches across America and around the world in prayer and intercession. Place a persistence and passion in our heart to pray unto You through these times of great tribulation and adversity. Unleash Your mighty power to awaken us to Your will, break the chains that bind us, and releases layers of breakthrough and releases us from captivity to complete freedom to serve Christ just as You did Apostle Peter when the church prayed. In Jesus Name, Amen!
