About Midnight Paul and Silas Were Praying And Singing To God

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Job 11; Job 12; Acts 15; Acts 16 

About Midnight 

Paul and Silas Were Praying And Singing

To God

Scripture

Acts 16 

²⁵ About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶ Suddenly there was an earthquake so strong that it shook the foundation of the jail. All the doors of the jail opened, and the chains on all the prisoners fell off. ²⁷ The jailer woke up and saw that the jail doors were open. He thought that the prisoners had already escaped, so he got his sword and was ready to kill himself. ²⁸ But Paul shouted, “Don’t hurt yourself! We are all here!”

²⁹ The jailer told someone to bring a light. Then he ran inside and, shaking with fear, fell down in front of Paul and Silas. ³⁰ Then he brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”

³¹ They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all who live in your house.”

Observation

Paul and Silas had just been severely beaten with rods and thrown into the darkest part of the prison. Their feet were placed in wooden blocks and they were also chained.
They suffered all of that so a jailer and his family could hear about the Good News about Jesus and find salvation. 

You and I must be willing to suffer too and allow our suffering to help other people encounter our Savior. 

When they were beaten and tossed into the deepest darkest part of the jail they responded with praying and singing songs to God. God used their suffering to birth a new church at the house of the jailer! Praise God.

Application

God has allowed suffering to come into my life. (Nothing compared to what Paul experienced) Now He expects me to sing and pray and bring people to Jesus.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I am praying to You today. You know who I am praying for. My heart is full on singing. You are so powerful. You are so wonderful. You are so worthy of praise!

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