Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from worship led by Hezekiah Walker singing Every Praise ... poignantly singing of praises to and worship for our God in song.
Paul and Silas freed from Philippian prison
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Highlight Verse[s]: Acts 16:25-26 [NKJV] ... 25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.
… Paul and Silas broken free from prison walls/chains by their praises in song.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Acts 16:25-34 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Paul and Silas sang praises in prison and God broke their chains and opened the prison doors.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 96:1-2 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmist declares in song that we are to sing to the Lord a new song of praise.
Reference Passage : … Psalm 98:4 [NKJV] … 4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
… God calls on His people to sing His praises.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 5:18-20 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to join together in songs of joy and praise to our God.
Reference Passage : … 1Peter 2:9-10 [NKJV] … 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
… We must praise our God Who has delivered us out of darkness into His light and freedom.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Remi Oyedele, uses a personal story to illustrate how life can be bitter at times. … The ODB author wrote: When nine-year-old Willie was abducted from his front yard in 2014, he sang his favorite gospel song Every Praise over and over again. During the three-hour ordeal, Willie ignored the kidnapper’s repeated orders to keep silent as they drove around. Eventually, the kidnapper let Willie out of the car unharmed. Later, Willie described the encounter, saying that while he felt his fear give way to faith, the abductor seemed agitated by the song.
Willie’s response to his dire situation is reminiscent of the experience shared by Paul and Silas. After being flogged and thrown into jail, they reacted by “praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. [see photo]
And as we read in the highlight scripture passage, we know that Paul and Silas, having sung praises to God in song and after God broke them free from their bondage, showed their praise and bondage to Christ by witnessing to the Philippian jailor and leading him and his family to Christ.
And having been freed our selves from the bondage of sin and deal, we need to do what is sung in the linked song; and sing our praises to the Lord by sharing how Christ has broken our chains and freed us to witness for Him to those still in bondage to their own sin.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for giving us freedom to sing our praises to the Lord.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me to sing a new song of praise to God for breaking us free from the prison of our own sin. … Amen
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