Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Acts 16:23-26
by: Trisha Gerstel.
Go back to your Bible and read that passage again. “When they had struck [Paul and Silas] with many blows…[the guard] fastened their feet in the stocks” (v.23-24). What did Paul and Silas do about their circumstances? They prayed and sang hymns of praise! For most, our initial reaction would be much different than that of Paul and Silas. Thankfully, we can recall the outcome of Paul and Silas’s faithful response and be encouraged to act in a similar way, knowing that our prison walls will fall when we choose to praise God even during difficult times.