Singing praise to God (1)

徒16:25「約在半夜，保羅和西拉禱告唱詩讚美神，眾囚犯也側耳聽他們。」

Act 15:25 And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, sang hymns of praise to God; and the prisoners were listening to them.

被誣告而下在監裡、兩腳都被束縛的保羅和西拉，卻在半夜裡禱告、唱詩、讚美神！監裡的半夜一定讓人感到很絕望，但保羅和西拉好像忘記他們的難處很大，只記得比他們難處更大的神。在難處中，他們享受神，發出讚美的歌聲。眾囚犯也沒有說「很吵耶，趕快睡覺」，反而是側耳認真地聽。

信主跟不信主的人都會遇到誤會和絕望的監獄，但愛主的保羅和西拉把眼光從難處挪開，將目光定睛在主身上。他們這樣做，不但沒有攪擾眾囚犯，反而讓平安與喜樂的聲調充滿在絕望的環境裡。平常覺得很冤枉睡不著的囚犯們，也側耳聽。

讚美主，今天也讓我們定睛在主身上，發出喜樂跟讚美的聲調！😊

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