Prison Breaker

Thursday 2 November
READ: Acts 16: 25 - 34
MORE LESSON:  Psa. 114: 1 – 8

Two great men of God were locked up in a jail. It is surprising that despite the anointing and power these apostles carried, they could still be beaten, arrested and imprisoned. There are times when life wants to mess you up even though you carry grace and you are serving God passionately. It was there in the prison, where it looked like all hope was gone and nothing was working for Paul and Silas, that they applied a timeless Kingdom principle that can never fail.

Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises to God.  It was praises that brought about the deliverance of the day. The Bible says that when they praised; 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. Praise brought an earthquake, shook the foundation of the prison, opened the prison doors and loosed the chains of the people. Praise is the real prison breaker!

It is said that when all fail, try praise. Well, why wait for all to fail first? Try praise right now! Praise will open strong doors and break barred  gates. According to Psa. 22: 3, God in His Holiness inhabits the praises of His people. This means that when we praise God, He comes to dwell among us. When you praise God in the midst of any circumstance, He comes to dwell in the midst of that circumstance. When God inhabits a place, you can only imagine what would happen in such a place. The Bible says that even mountains and seas flee before the presence of God. So when His presence comes into your situation, the problem disappears. God inhabited the prison that day due to the praise of Paul and Silas and the prison could not stand the glory of His presence. Therefore, the prison started to shake and tremble as the chains of the people also began to melt like wool in fire. Your praise brings God into your situation and, oh, great things happen when He comes!

Therefore if you are in trouble, bring God into your trouble by your praises and the trouble will melt at His presence. Bring God into your struggles, needs, problems and challenges through your praise and when  He comes to inhabit the praise, all contrary situations will flee His presence.  Praise breaks prisons and destroy yokes, so make praise your lifestyle. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him: Psa. 67:5-7.

Prayer/ACTION
* Pray that the presence of the Lord in your life will fling every prison door open.
* Ask God to step into every negative situation you are going through.
* Pray that you will never praise God without seeing the manifestation His presence.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
My sun will rise in November never to set, the dark clouds will give way for the sun to shine and my destiny will celebrate, in the name of Jesus.