(Zechariah 4:6 NIV) So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.

(Luke 24:49 NLT) "And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven."

(Acts 1:4-5 NLT) Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, "Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

(Acts 1:8 NLT) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

(1 Thessalonians 5:17 NLT) never stop praying...

√ The PRIORITY of prayer.

(PRAY FIRST)

(Acts 1:14 NLT) They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, ...

(Acts 2:42 NLT) All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord's Supper), and to prayer.

√ The PLAN of prayer.

(Luke 11:2 NLT) Jesus said, "This is how you should pray: ....

√ The POWER of prayer.

(Acts 4:24 NIV) When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ...

1. Powerful prayers are UNITED!

(2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV) "... if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

(Matthew 18:18-20 NIV) "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."

2. Powerful prayers are SCRIPTURAL.

(Acts 4:29-31 NLT) And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus." After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.

3. Powerful prayers are BOLD.

(Hebrews 4:16 NLT) So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

(James 5:16 NKJV) .... The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.