This week we are going to finish are series on trials as we look at a story of two men who faced trials. As you read this week look for their heart attitude in the midst of the trial and ask yourself does that reflect yours? Today I want us to focus on Paul and Silas’s trial. They have been preaching the gospel in Philippi. They also have been doing miracles in people’s lives. As they have been doing this a girl who is possessed by a demon as been following them and shouting at the top of her lungs, “These men are servants of the most High God and they proclaim the way of salvation to us.” Now you can imagine if you were Paul and Silas what would you do? Well Paul got annoyed by her and cast the demon out of her. Well this ticked the slave girl’s owners off, because she was making some serious money for them because she could tell the future. So they had Paul and Silas arrested. After they were arrested they we flogged and beaten and then thrown into jail. Wow I cant even imagine what that would be like. Here are two guys doing ministry for God and they end up getting beaten and thrown in jail. How would you respond to that? Later this week we are going to see just how they responded to this trial. But for now think about yourself, how do you respond in the face of trials?
Father my prayer is that I would respond with a heart of joy resting in you. But I have to admit that my flesh wants to cry out why me, why this, why now? Today give me the strength to have a heart that would respond correctly.
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