Week 3: The Shaking

1. The Shaking

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The early Christians were Nazarenes—the nobodies—but they were powerful men and women of prayer. When the religious system persecuted them, they prayed. When the authorities imprisoned them, they prayed. They never gave up. God shook the foundations of the prison, broke their chains, and released them.

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We might be ordinary people, but if we keep praying, we will see God shake heaven and earth for us. Let’s declare a shaking in the nations.

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Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. All at once there was such a violent earthquake that it shook the prison’s foundations. The doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose. Acts 16:25-26 (CEB)

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2. Pray Like Nobody Can

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• Do you see yourself as just a number, and think, “what can I do?” Or do you believe what the Bible says in 1 John 4:4? [Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 (ESV)]

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• What are the situations in your nation, and the world, that God needs to shake? Take time to write them down and pray over them.

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PRAY: Lord Jesus, we declare a shaking in our nation. We speak Your light and life over this nation. Let darkness flee, as You break every chain. Amen

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3. Power Up

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We can never think God cannot use us, or that we are too insignificant to make a difference. If we have mouths, we can pray. When we are in prayer, we connect with God, and He stands by our side. That means we’re not nobodies, we’re God’s children.

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We have the power to speak God’s order over the nations. That’s why it so powerful to pray the scriptures.

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Jesus told his disciples a story about how they should keep on praying and never give up. Luke 18:1 (CEV)

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4. Pray For The World

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Set time aside and pray for God’s supernatural intervention in the nations.