PAUL AND SILAS WORSHIP IN PRISON

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MEETING AGENDA

  1. OPENING PRAYER – Ask one person to open the meeting in prayer.
  2. GROWTH QUESTIONS – Ask everyone the Growth Questions.
  3. ATTENDANCE – Take attendance through the DG Attendance System.
  4. TODAY’S LESSON – Go over this week’s DG lesson.
  5. GIVING – Encourage everyone to give on the App.
  6. CLOSING PRAYER – Ask for prayer requests and pray.

GROWTH QUESTION #1

Who would like to share a highlight, praise report, or testimony from this week?

GROWTH QUESTION #2

What did you learn from this week’s sermon?

GROWTH QUESTION #3

What was your most important accomplishment this week?

TODAY’S PASSAGE:

Acts 13:20-25 (NLT) - 20 All this took about 450 years. “After that, God gave them judges to rule until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then the people begged for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years. 22 But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ 23 “And it is one of King David’s descendants, Jesus, who is God’s promised Savior of Israel! 24 Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized. 25 As John was finishing his ministry he asked, ‘Do you think I am the Messiah? No, I am not! But he is coming soon—and I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the sandals on his feet.’

INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS

What did you learn from what we just read?

TRUTH #1

WORSHIP IN TRIALS BRINGS PEACE AND DEMONSTRATES TRUST IN GOD (V.25)

  • Paul and Silas, even after being beaten and unjustly imprisoned, chose to worship God through prayer and praise. Their example shows that worship isn’t about our circumstances but about trusting in God’s goodness, even in tough times.

  • Worship is an act of faith, declaring that God is worthy no matter what we face. When we praise Him during trials, we show deep trust in His presence and character.

  • In the middle of the chaos, Paul and Silas found peace—not from their situation, but from knowing God was with them.

Philippians 4:6 (NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  • When we stay close to God, we can experience peace in any situation because our peace comes from Him, not from what’s happening around us.

INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS

How have you experienced peace in difficult situations by staying close to God, and what role did worship or prayer play in that peace?

TRUTH #2

WORSHIP AND PRAYER LEAD TO DELIVERANCE (V.26)

  • When we worship and pray in our trial, we invite God’s supernatural presence and power into our situation, which can lead to powerful deliverance.

  • Worship and prayer breaks spiritual chains. Paul and Silas’ worship and prayer didn’t just affect them. It also broke the chains of everyone in the prison around them!

  • Worship and prayer can break spiritual bondage, not only in our own lives but also in the lives of those around us.

Isaiah 61:1 (NLT) The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS

How has worship or prayer helped you experience freedom in a difficult situation, and how could your worship inspire or impact those around you who need freedom?

TRUTH #3

THE PROMISE OF SALVATION IS NOT JUST FOR YOU— IT’S FOR EVERYONE CON

  • Paul and Silas' response to hardship was a powerful testimony, demonstrating that God's power, peace, and presence in our lives can serve as a witness to those who don’t know Him.

1 Corinthians 4:20 (NLT) For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power.

  • The jailer was moved by Paul and Silas’s faith and God’s power demonstrated in the earthquake, which led him to ask, “What must I do to be saved?”

Matthew 5:16 (NLT) “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

  • Our faith, words, and actions can inspire others to seek salvation and experience the life-changing power of Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:2 (NLT) Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not.

INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS

In what ways has God's presence in your life been a witness to others, and how can your faith encourage someone to seek salvation?

CLOSING QUESTION

What is one thing from today’s lesson that you will apply this week?

GIVING

Generosity brings abundance.

Proverbs 11:24 (NLT)
Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.


Encourage everyone to give their tithes and offerings.

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PRAY

QUESTION #1

Who are you praying for to be saved?

QUESTION #2

Who can you invite to the next meeting?

QUESTION #3

What are your prayer requests?