Worship that Transforms

Job 11-12; Acts 15-16 

“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer…he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them”

Acts 16:13, 24, 25

Worship can transform any location - whether it’s a river bank or a jail cell - into a sanctuary. Worship transforms the everyday into the eternal. Those who came to the river to get water or to wash their clothes witnessed worship. Prisoners, who endured brutal conditions, were lifted into the presence of God through the worship of Paul and Silas.

What situation, circumstance, or prison cell is God inviting us to transform through our worship?

There are prisoners of self, pride, fear, and lust, all around us that are listening. No stocks, no cell, no river can hold back worship from a life that has been transformed. We were made to worship. Our worship is a witness to the reality of God’s transforming presence in our lives.

“Lord Jesus, I worship you today with freedom and gratitude for your transforming love for me.”