God's Purpose in Pain

Pastor Bill Bush · Jul 27, 2020

In Acts 16, Paul and Silas—beaten, chained, and thrown into the deepest part of a Roman dungeon for doing the right thing—model three Spirit-empowered responses that allow God to transform any breakdown into a breakthrough: they prayed instead of panicking, praised instead of prattling in self-pity, and pointed others to Jesus instead of pinning blame or simply trying to escape. Their midnight worship not only freed them spiritually but led to the salvation of an entire household, showing that God can use our worst moments as someone else's best day.