We want to make it hard for PEOPLE to go to hell by making it easy for them to go to church so they can experience, know and FOLLOW Jesus. We do LIFE TOGETHER.
“If you look at the people in your circle and don’t get inspired, then you don’t have a circle, you have a cage.” - Nipsey Hustle
ACTS 16:22-24 A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
Prison of ISOLATION.
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Theresa
Prison of INSULATION.
Prison of INSECURITY.
Acts 16:24-25a The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. Around midnight Paul and Silas…
1. Find your PEOPLE.
2. Find your VOICE.
Acts 16:25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Acts 16:26 Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!
Matthew 18:19-20 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”
3. Just because you are FREE doesn’t mean you are FINISHED.
Acts 16:27-31 The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. But Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!” The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”
Forgiveness happens through JESUS, but healing happens through PEOPLE.
James 5:16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
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