10月17日
深夜赞美
“约在半夜，保罗和西拉祷告，唱诗赞美上帝，众囚犯也侧耳而听。”
使徒行传 16:25
保罗和西拉医治了一个被鬼附身的使女。他们使她得到释放。她的主人却很不高兴，因为他们利用她行巫术挣钱得利。现在这个使女痊愈了，他们失去了赚钱的机会。因而那些主人就抓了保罗和西拉，到街市上去见首领。保罗和西拉被控告扰乱了原本不公正的市场秩序，所以一群暴徒就起来攻击他们。保罗和西拉遭到毒打，被关进了监狱。他们双脚被戴上了木狗（脚镣），拴在墙上。然而，保罗和西拉却唱诗赞美上帝。
今日祷告：
亲爱的耶稣，我不知道自己处在那样的环境下是否也会这样做。受到如此的严酷对待，他们如何还能够唱出赞美的诗歌？他们如何还能够敢于公开赞美上帝呢？狱卒听到了他们的赞美声，犯人听到了他们的赞美声，主啊，祢也听到了他们的赞美声。求祢也让我有一颗赞美上帝的心。阿们！
October 17
Midnight
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.
ACTS 16:25
Paul and Silas healed a slave girl. They healed her! And her masters got upset because they made a lot of money off of her affliction. And because she was now healed, they had lost their ability to profit from her. So the masters grabbed Paul and Silas and incited the authorities against them
in the city’s marketplace. Because they had disrupted the unjust economic system, a mob formed against them. Paul and Silas were severely beaten and then thrown into prison, where they were chained by their feet to the walls. Then Paul and Silas sang praises to God.
Pray for the Day:
Dear Jesus, I’m not sure that would have been my response in this situation. How were they able to bring themselves to sing praise after being treated so harshly? How were they able to continue praising you publicly? The jailer heard them, the other prisoners heard them, and you heard them. Lord, give me the heart to praise you today. Amen.
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