Malcolm Cox

Class 1: Praying Together Introduction In this class and the one to follow, we will examine what the Scriptures teach about praying together. Why not make this month of March one where you focus on praying with other believers? 1. The early church prayed together.     * “They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.     * When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.” (Acts 1:14; 4:24 NIV11)     * “Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.” (Acts 14:23 NIV11)     * “When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.” (Acts 20:36 NIV11)     * “Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head. But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head un