Can God take something BAD and turn it into something GOOD?
In Acts Chapter 16 we see Paul and Silas being treated BAD, VERY BAD!
Paul and Silas were telling people about Jesus and other people didn’t like what they were doing, so they got angry at Paul and Silas, grabbed them, tore off their clothes, beat them with rods and threw them bleeding into jail.
How did Paul and Silas react to being treated so badly and having their freedom taken away?

We learn how they reacted in Acts 16:22-25 The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24 Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Even though Paul and Silas were in jail, clothes torn off, beaten, bleeding, they couldn’t move their feet - they turned something bad into something good: they prayed and sang songs. The other prisoners heard them praying and singing!
• Even bad times can give us the opportunity to glorify God!
• Paul & Silas were not alone, Holy Spirit was with them.
• In Romans 8:28 - God promised to work all things together for good for those who love him.
If you love Jesus, you have the power by Holy Spirit, like Paul and Silas, to respond in faith & praise and joy, not revenge or hatred, anger or violence.

God can take bad things & turn them into good things: Do you believe that? I do!
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Faith Presbyterian Church ARP meets in Merritt Island, Florida and is a member of the Associate Reformed Synod.

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Pastor Chad Sadorf serves as Director of Congregational Care at Faith Presbyterian Church on Merritt Island, FL. Born in Lubbock, Texas. Chad has lived most of his life in Florida. A Graduate of USF in Tampa and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He has in pastoral ministry since 1993, serving churches in Georgia and Florida. He loves astronomy, history, old books and anything made of dark chocolate.
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The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this order, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, Acts 16:22-25 ESV