Apostolic Faith Daybreak Devotional
Daybreak: Acts 15:36 through 16:40
Oct 14, 2026 · 10 min · 5 segments
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Apostolic Faith Daybreak Devotional
Oct 14, 2026 · 10 min · 5 segments
Music has wonderful power.
It can soothe a tiny baby to sleep.
It can encourage the downcast to give a shout for the battle.
Music can calm the heart after a trying day at the office or add a mellow backdrop to a candlelit meal.
It can humble us as we remember the tremendous price paid for freedom, and stir us to worship as we consider the tremendous price paid for our spiritual deliverance.
While the benefits music can bring are undeniable, it is not always easy to sing.
In times of trial, pain, or crisis, it might seem impossible to lift our voices in praise.
In today's text, Paul and Silas had been beaten and thrown into prison.
No doubt they were suffering terrible pain from the bleeding wounds on their backs and the fact that their feet were secured in stocks.
Singing would not be the natural response in such circumstances.
Yet even though the two men did not know what the morrow would bring, they sang...
What made that possible? Perhaps our focus verse gives the answer.
The Holy Spirit must have stirred their hearts as they communed with God, helping them to focus on Him and sing in the midst of the pain.
Sometimes we too must make a decision to sing or offer praise to God in spite of circumstances.
It may cost us something to do so, but it will be a pleasing sacrifice to the Lord.
We will find that to sing and praise in the midst of a trial will help lift the load, though it may be a heavy one.
And what a testimony our sacrifice of praise will be to those around us.
Like Paul and Silas, we will not only please the Lord, but we will impact those who listen to our song in a time of trial.
Music has wonderful power.
It can soothe a tiny baby to sleep.
It can encourage the downcast to give a shout for the battle.
Music can calm the heart after a trying day at the office or add a mellow backdrop to a candlelit meal.
It can humble us as we remember the tremendous price paid for freedom, and stir us to worship as we consider the tremendous price paid for our spiritual deliverance.
While the benefits music can bring are undeniable, it is not always easy to sing.
In times of trial, pain, or crisis, it might seem impossible to lift our voices in praise.
In today's text, Paul and Silas had been beaten and thrown into prison.
No doubt they were suffering terrible pain from the bleeding wounds on their backs and the fact that their feet were secured in stocks.
Singing would not be the natural response in such circumstances.
Yet even though the two men did not know what the morrow would bring, they sang...
What made that possible? Perhaps our focus verse gives the answer.
The Holy Spirit must have stirred their hearts as they communed with God, helping them to focus on Him and sing in the midst of the pain.
Sometimes we too must make a decision to sing or offer praise to God in spite of circumstances.
It may cost us something to do so, but it will be a pleasing sacrifice to the Lord.
We will find that to sing and praise in the midst of a trial will help lift the load, though it may be a heavy one.
And what a testimony our sacrifice of praise will be to those around us.
Like Paul and Silas, we will not only please the Lord, but we will impact those who listen to our song in a time of trial.
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