Acts 16:23-26) “And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. .”
Food For Thought: How far we go with God has everything to do with how much we are prepared to suffer for His name’s sake. A lot of believers want to be heavily anointed and mightily used by God for His glory but fail to answer the question:
how much are you prepared to suffer for Him? The power and glory that God puts on a man will attract troubles, persecutions, and sufferings. These are never sent from God but rather, they are part of the enemy’s response and attempt to sabotage that man. You can’t pray them off – they will come in one way or the other. So, where a believer is not ready to take any punches from the adversary, he is not ready for the power of God even though he may be praying for it. What did Paul and Silas do to be mercilessly beaten and thrown into jail? It was because Paul manifested his Godgiven authority to cast out the spirit of divination from a servant of the devil. But see how they responded in that situation that followed.
With their feet in stocks, their backs bleeding from the floggings they received, and their stomach hungry, they could still pray and praise God. That is the kind of situation that could have made a lot of believers to murmur, complain, and be offended at God for allowing them to get into such a situation.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. .”
Food For Thought: How far we go with God has everything to do with how much we are prepared to suffer for His name’s sake. A lot of believers want to be heavily anointed and mightily used by God for His glory but fail to answer the question:
how much are you prepared to suffer for Him? The power and glory that God puts on a man will attract troubles, persecutions, and sufferings. These are never sent from God but rather, they are part of the enemy’s response and attempt to sabotage that man. You can’t pray them off – they will come in one way or the other. So, where a believer is not ready to take any punches from the adversary, he is not ready for the power of God even though he may be praying for it. What did Paul and Silas do to be mercilessly beaten and thrown into jail? It was because Paul manifested his Godgiven authority to cast out the spirit of divination from a servant of the devil. But see how they responded in that situation that followed.
With their feet in stocks, their backs bleeding from the floggings they received, and their stomach hungry, they could still pray and praise God. That is the kind of situation that could have made a lot of believers to murmur, complain, and be offended at God for allowing them to get into such a situation.
Acts 16:23-26) “And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. .”
Food For Thought: How far we go with God has everything to do with how much we are prepared to suffer for His name’s sake. A lot of believers want to be heavily anointed and mightily used by God for His glory but fail to answer the question:
how much are you prepared to suffer for Him? The power and glory that God puts on a man will attract troubles, persecutions, and sufferings. These are never sent from God but rather, they are part of the enemy’s response and attempt to sabotage that man. You can’t pray them off – they will come in one way or the other. So, where a believer is not ready to take any punches from the adversary, he is not ready for the power of God even though he may be praying for it. What did Paul and Silas do to be mercilessly beaten and thrown into jail? It was because Paul manifested his Godgiven authority to cast out the spirit of divination from a servant of the devil. But see how they responded in that situation that followed.
With their feet in stocks, their backs bleeding from the floggings they received, and their stomach hungry, they could still pray and praise God. That is the kind of situation that could have made a lot of believers to murmur, complain, and be offended at God for allowing them to get into such a situation.
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