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In Troubled Times
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- Grace for All
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- Jun 16, 2026
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- 411
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Summary
Acts 16:23-25 They threw them (Paul and Silas) into prison and ordered the jailer to keep them securely. Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Paul and Silas had just entered a new field of ministry in Macedonia. They were in the town of Philippi where they made their first convert in Europe, a woman named Lydia. They spent some time there and a slave girl, who had a spirit of divination and made great amounts of money for her owners through fortune telling starts following Paul and Silas around saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God." She did this for many days until Paul had enough. He said to the spirit, "Come out of her." It did and the girl's owners realizing that she would no longer make them money brought Paul and Silas before the judges. As our scripture shares the judges, after giving them a severe beating, threw them into prison. The jailer, just to be safe, put them in the maximum security section. Think about Paul and Silas. They were trying to do what God wanted. They had entered into Macedonia, at God's command. They shared the gospel and made converts. They even healed a girl, though we are not sure she wanted to be healed. Now they had been beaten, were in prison and did not know what the next day might bring. Possibly they would be executed. And what did they do. They worshiped God and sang songs of praise to God. I don't know about you, but if I had been in their place I don't know that this would have been my response. More likely it would have found me having a supreme pity party and blaming God for the fix I was in. This story reminds me of one from our Methodist…