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The power of prayer is often underestimated. A television commentator once asked, "What can prayer really achieve?" However, it is clear that this person has not understood the profound relationship between a person and their God. In the first century, Peter and the apostles were threatened by the government and religious leaders, and they were powerless against the high priests and the Roman government. But Peter remembered what the Lord Jesus had said about the power of unity in prayer: "If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:18-19, KJV).

United prayer is based on the principle that Jesus is present in the gathering. And when believers agree, the law of multiplication is activated, resulting in a force multiplier. (Leviticus 26:8, Deuteronomy 32:30, Joshua 23:10).

Teamwork and praying together require a unified thought process, an agreement on God's promises, and standing on the foundation of God's love and promise in a steadfast relationship with him. In the early days of the church, leaders were threatened and treated unjustly. However, when they, the disciples, and leaders prayed together, the place where they were gathered “shook, and they were filled with the Holy Ghost, giving them the courage to speak the word of God boldly (Acts 4:25-31, KJV).

If the “power of unity is the idea of people working together for a common goal, and the result is the achievement of greater success.” (Andrew Carnegie), and “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.” (Henry Ford), Then what can stop the body of Messiah, Jesus Christ, if they acted as one and came together in prayer for a righteous cause to the same God and Lord?