Peter Comes to the Home of John Mark

The early Church believed in united, earnest prayer. They did not think it was enough to present their case once to God, but they did it again and again until the answer came. God never said to His people, “Seek my face in vain” (Isa. 45:19). Daniel prayed three full weeks before he received his request. When Rhoda came to the gate and recognized Peter's voice, out of sheer joy she ran to the prayer group to tell them that Peter had come. Their reply to her was very human—“Thou art mad.” Sometimes the thing we most earnestly wish for is the thing we are the most backward to believe God for. Finally when they went to the gate, to their astonishment Peter was there. He wanted them to go and tell the other apostles and James that God had delivered him. Peter himself departed from that area for a season because it was too dangerous to dwell in Jerusalem at that time. Even though God had rescued Peter, still he had to remove himself from that danger zone for a time.

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