1. Read Acts 12:1-17. God supernaturally intervened and got Peter out of an impossible situation.

a. What miracles has God done in your life or in the lives of people close to you?
b. What impact have these miracles had on your faith life?

2. Trials shift your attention from what you are capable of to what God is capable of. How have you experienced this to be true in your life?

3. Earnest prayer involves the boldness to ask God to do the impossible while submitting yourself to His sovereign will.

a. What does bold faith look like to you?
b. How is this reflected in your prayer life?
c. Does submitting to God’s sovereign will help you or hinder you from praying boldly?

4. Read 1 John 5:14-15. Why should we pray if God operates according to His will anyway? Here is why: God not only determines the outcomes, He also determines the journey to get there. When God decides that something will happen through prayer it has to happen through prayer. We must never presume God will grant us apart from prayer what He has decided to grant us only by means of prayer.

a. How does the above correspond with your view on prayer?
b. How does knowing this help you to further shape your prayer life?

5. Read Acts 12:8. The angel didn’t do for Peter what Peter could do for himself; he wants him to cooperate in the miracle. While God does the impossible, He wants us to do the possible. What have been your experiences in teaming up with God in this way?

6. Divide your LG in groups of 2-3. Share in your group what situations in your life are in need of a miracle from God and pray (earnestly) with and for each other. Journal what your group has prayed for and keep track in the coming weeks of how God is at work in your situation.