THE POWER OF PRAISE

Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. 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! (Acts 16:25, 26 NLT) Are you in prison today? No, not a physical prison but a spiritual prison of some sort. It could be a bad habit that you can't break or a bitterness you can't shake. It might be an oppression or a physical sickness that you are having to endure. It might be a relationship that is not healthy right now. The list could go on and on. Don't allow your present prison to define where God wants you to be. Don't let it be the place where you are going to spend the rest of your life. Like those in this Philippian jail - start to give and sing praises to God. THERE IS POWER IN PRAISE today. Your praise goes right to the heart of God and releases His resources to break you out of your prison - whatever it may be. Sing praise. Speak praise to God. Believe God and His power to free you today and then watch those prison bars sane right off your life.