Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 50, Day 2, Monday, 13th December 2021.
TOPIC: WHEN TO PRAISE GOD 1: When Times Are Hard
Memory Verse: 1 Thess. 5:18.
“18 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
Bible Reading: Acts 16:20-26
“20 And they brought them to the ymagistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city;
21 and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.”
22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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.”
Hard times are real and everyone need to go through it, because going through it, is when our best is produced. Hard time leads to hard decision, hard risk and many other steps which may be good or bad, but that is the best time to Praise God. When things are hard and you don’t know the way out, just start by giving God His praise. Open your mouth and sing His praise not minding the season you are.
Paul and Silas were in a tight corner, locked up in the prison, with chains in their hands and feet, what a bad time to praise God? They were suppose to be thinking of how they will be rescued the next morning, but they rather sing the praise of God. They began to lift their voices up to God, declaring His praise and praying all together. And in no time, they overcame the hard time, they became the sought out for by the prison warder. Don’t choose to do what the devil wants you to do, do what God will want you do. Declare His praise in the midst of that hardship. Praise Him as if all is well, and all will be well at the end of it all. Can you make today a day of praise not thinking of the situations you are in? When times are hard, it’s a good time to praise God totally.
Good Morning.
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