Around Midnight Paul And Silas Were Praying and Singing Hymns To God, And The Prisoners Were Listening.

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Around Midnight Paul And Silas Were
Praying and Singing Hymns To God,
And The Prisoners Were Listening.

I would have liked to have heard Paul and Silas prayers that night!

Scripture

Acts 16

²³ They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. ²⁴ So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

²⁵ Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. ²⁶ Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
 

Observation

They were severely beaten and thrown into prison. They were put into the inner dungeon and their feet were clamped in stocks.

Then at midnight they began to sing and pray and the other prisoners were listening.

Paul and Silas, bloody, bruised, and broken began to pray and sing!

I would have liked to have heard their prayers.

God allowed something very bad to happen to Paul and Silas so something very good could happen to the jailor and his family and possibly the other prisoners inside the jail. The jailor and all of his family became believers that night.

I believe that they prayed for the other prisoners that night. I believed that they prayed for the jailor and his family. God answered their prayer with an earthquake. The earthquake was not sent to free Paul and Silas. The earthquake was for the jailor and those prisoners.

The jailor and the prisoners knew that God was in that place! They were on holy ground!

Application

I will pray for those around me just like Paul and Silas did. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, give me the faith to pray like Paul and Silas. I want those around me to be saved. Do whatever it takes for them to come to Jesus. If it takes an earthquake then bring it on. You are the Mighty God. Nothing is too hard for You.

Daily Bible Reading Leviticus 10,11,12; Acts 16

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