"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were shaken." -Acts 16:25-26
This story in Acts is absolutely amazing. I'd encourage reading the whole thing because it's so powerful. Here are some practical notes I picked up from a sermon on the passage...
-In the darkness, praise is unusual...it's not expected, but it reflects a God who is bigger than our trials and it affirms that he's in charge of our lives.
-People pay attention to our responses in trials, so those responses are powerful.
-The ability to worship like this in times of darkness comes from revelation of God, not simply information. We have to experience him!
-God does big things in these situations....like bringing people to freedom and salvation!
Will we dare to praise in prison, make a statement to our fellow prisoners, and be witness to the freeing hand of an unchanging God?
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