There's a Shaking Coming

When God’s people pray, things shake. In this message we walk through Acts 3–4 and watch the early church move from opposition to outpouring: a lame man is healed “in the name of Jesus Christ,” Peter seizes the moment to preach the crucified and risen Lord, about five thousand believe, and religious authorities push back. Yet the church gathers to pray until the place is shaken, everyone is filled with the Holy Spirit, and they speak the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:31). We explore what Scripture means by a divine “shaking”—sometimes judgment, sometimes intervention—always God removing what is unstable so that what cannot be shaken remains (Hebrews 12:26–29). From Sinai to prison cells (Acts 16:25–26), the point is not spectacle but purification and power.

You’ll also hear a sober look at the enemy’s subtle strategies: not to win your worship, but to keep you from worshiping God at all; to make truth relative; to keep your hands full of a phone so they’re too busy to fold in prayer; to fracture homes and divide churches with offense, comparison, and celebrity; to desensitize hearts to sin and drown out the Father’s voice with shame. The answer isn’t outrage—it’s repentance, unity, and a fresh filling of the Spirit. From “silver and gold have I none” to “in the name of Jesus,” this message calls us back to the only name with power to heal, save, and steady us when the world is shaking. Stay to the end and pray with us for a holy shaking that shakes off fear, distraction, bitterness, and unbelief, and leaves an unshakable faith and bold witness over your home, your church, and your community.