「彼得被囚在監裡，召會就為他切切的禱告神。」－使徒行傳12:5
然而，雖得不到從地上來的幫助，卻可以得著天來的救恩。
於是，教會迫切禱告神，神就差派天使，拍醒朦朧迷惘的彼得，領他穿過第一和第二層的監門，並穿越了自動開啟的鐵門，使他重回自由的街道。
或許，生命中的鐵門也將你重重深鎖。你有如籠中小鳥，只能一次次拍撞門閂，然而這不但無濟於事，反令自己體無完膚。
這時你最需要的，就是學會信心禱告的秘訣，因為這能使你的鐵門自動開啟。
多少耗費的體力、錐心的失落都要一一省去，若我們學會了初期教會在樓房上的禱告；多少越不過的巍巍難處都要一一挪開，多少逆境都要化險為夷，若我們學會在神的信心裡向祂禱告（馬可福音11:22原文）。
許多深牢中多年等候的禁錮靈魂即將得釋，許多遠離基督、為撒但捆鎖的親友要得著自由，只要我們不住地禱告，直到我們能夠完全信靠。
－C.H.P
"Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him" (Acts 12:5, margin).Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven. They gave themselves to fervent, importunate prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter from sleep and led him out through the first and second wards of the prison; and when they came to the iron gate, it opened to them of its own accord, and Peter was free.
There may be some iron gate in your life that has blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have often beaten against the bars, but instead of helping, you have only had to fall back tired, exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret for you to learn, and that is believing prayer; and when you come to the iron gate, it will open of its own accord. How much wasted energy and sore disappointment will be saved if you will learn to pray as did the Church in the upper room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear; adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you learn to pray, not with your own faith but with the faith of God (Mark 11:22, margin). Souls in prison have been waiting for years for the gate to open; love ones out of Christ, bound by Satan, will be set free when you pray till you definitely believe God. --C. H. P.
