Acts 1:14 “All these with one accord were devoting
themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
his brothers.”
The Book of Acts, the second book written by Luke, a
physician, for Theophilus as an accounting of the Acts of the Apostles. And of
course one of the first things the Apostles do is decide to find a replacement
for Judas. Jesus has told them the Holy Spirit will be with them and they have
seen Jesus ascend into heaven.
The Apostles had seen Jesus go and pray on numerous
occasions, one of the last things they saw Jesus do was to go into the Garden
of Gethsemane and pray; just before the most important moment in the life of
Jesus on earth, the most important moment ever! Jesus went to talk to his
Father about it, and he prayed. Now as we see in this verses 13 and 14 the
first thing the Apostles do after the Ascension is to return to Jerusalem they
then;
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“went to the upper room where they were staying”
And are gathered together to pray, not
in a church or out in the open but in an upper room, probably a small crowed
room
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“All of one accord” they were unified
·
“devoting themselves to prayer, together with
the women and Mary the Mother of Jesus, and his brothers” it was not just the
Apostles who prayed but the whole community
It would appear from the rest of the chapter that many days
and perhaps weeks were spent in prayer deciding who would replace Judas.
What can we take from this? I pray this is an example of why
we are here today, gathering and praying as a community, unified and supporting
one another in prayer. And yes every
week often praying for the same things. And thanking God through the Holy
Spirit for the examples Jesus gave to us to follow.
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