Every Word

You can’t afford to go a day without it.

 

“Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.”

- Acts 16:32 (NKJV)

It was that simple.

 

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 

-Acts 16:31 (NKJV)

Be like the jail keeper.

 

“He called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas.”

- Acts 16:29 (KJV)

He was a scoundrel.

 

“Paul called with a loud voice, saying, ‘Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’”

- Acts 16:28 (NKJV)

You can’t see what you can’t see.

 

“And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.”

- Acts 16:27 (KJV)

That wouldn’t be right.

 

“And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.”

- Acts 16:26 (KJV)

It happened at midnight.

 

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”

- Acts 16:25 (KJV)

It was their darkest hour.

 

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”

- Acts 16:25 (KJV)

Dipping your toes in the pond of adversity…

 

“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.”

- Acts 16:22-24 (KJV)

Don’t get stuck.

 

“[They] brought them to the magistrates, saying, ‘These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, and teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.’”

- Acts 16:20-21 (KJV)