Here For Good :: Sun Stand Still // Chris Holm

SERMON SUMMARYWe kicked off this week by going deeper into the foundation underneath our Here for Good series and our Transforming Together growth campaign. Before we talk about buildings, timelines, or giving, we need to talk about the thing that holds all of it up: prayer.We started in Joshua 10, where Joshua finds himself in a battle that God has already promised to deliver into his hands, but the sun is going down and time is running out. So Joshua prays one of the most audacious prayers in all of Scripture: God, make the sun stand still. And God does it. What makes this even more compelling is that Joshua was in that situation partly because of his own mistakes. He made a treaty he never should have made. And yet when he cried out, God answered anyway. That should give all of us freedom to bring our messes to God and still ask boldly.From there we moved into Acts 4, where Peter and John have just been released from jail for preaching about Jesus. Instead of pulling back, their community gathers and prays for even greater boldness. They don't pray for safety or an easier assignment. They pray, "Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus." And when they finish praying, the place shakes.We closed with Revelation 8, where heaven itself goes silent to receive the prayers of the saints, and those prayers are mixed with fire and hurled back toward the earth. Walter Wink wrote that history belongs to the intercessors who believe the future into being. That is our call in this season. We are praying for people whose names God already knows, for seats that don't exist yet but will. The foundation of everything we are building together is a people who pray, specifically, persistently, and boldly.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship