Title

You Have Got To Love This Story

Scripture
“But Paul called with a loud voice saying, ‘Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’”
(Acts 16:28)
Devotional
In this chapter of Acts, Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown into prison for preaching the gospel. Can you imagine being thrown into jail for proclaiming Christ’s love? What amazes me even more is the attitudes they had while they were chained and shackled to the dungeon wall. Do you think they complained? No. Did they attempt to escape? No. Then what did they do, you ask? They prayed and sang hymns. Be honest. What would you have been doing? I don’t know about you but I would have been lamenting and asking God, “Why me?” However, Paul and Silas trusted that the Lord was in total control and that their dilemma did not take heaven by surprise. Later in the story, God sent an angel to shake the prison loose. The doors swung open and the shackles fell off; however, Paul and Silas did not dash out for freedom. Instead, they remained and won the jailer and his entire family to Christ. You have just got to love this story.
Thought For The Night

“God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools…and he has not been disappointed…. If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 

Evening Text
Acts 16:28: But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
Looking for Answers
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Grace”: God granting you the ability to be conformed to the likeness of His Son and equipping You to be joyfully obedient to Him in the good as well as the hard times of life.
 
Referencing: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace…And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations,” Romans 5:1-3.
 
Applying: Seek the glory of God in and through life’s tribulations and hardships and you will find peace, freedom, and success.