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\u201cAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them\u201d<\/em> (Acts 16:25-26).<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take long for non-believers to realize I was different in the secular workplaces where I\u2019ve worked. I didn\u2019t participate in the jokes, the dirty language, or criticism of management. I didn\u2019t judge them for their behavior because they were merely acting the way they should act as one who does not have Christ in their life. I viewed them as prisoners awaiting their salvation and that I might be the instrument to lead them to my Savior.<\/p>\n I would often be known as the \u201creligious guy.\u201d It wasn\u2019t because I was particularly vocal or I tried to separate myself; it happened naturally. The Christ in me naturally made me stand out. Jesus called us to be the \u201csalt and light\u201d of any life situation. The secular workplace economy is contrary to the Kingdom of God economy so we should naturally stand out in any When Paul and Silas were in prison their lifestyle of worship and prayer in the midst of the horrible conditions of a dirty prison stood out in stark contrast to their circumstances. They didn\u2019t pray and sing to impress their cellmates, they simply did what was natural to them. Still, \u201cthe other prisoners were watching and listening.\u201d<\/p>\n No matter where you are, others are watching you to determine if your faith is real or if you\u2019re an imposter. The world is looking to discredit your faith. You are a witness always whether you choose to be or not.<\/p>\n \u201cThe jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, \u2018sirs, what must I do to be saved?’\u201d (Acts 16:29-30). When you begin to reflect the love and power of Christ in your life you won\u2019t have to have an evangelism program to win others into the Kingdom. It will be a fruit of your life. The \u201cfish\u201dwill actually jump into the boat!<\/p>\n Beware how you conduct your life today. Because the prisoners are watching and listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They\u2019re Always Watching and Listening \u201cAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them\u201d (Acts 16:25-26). It didn\u2019t take long for non-believers to realize I was different in the secular workplaces where I\u2019ve worked. I didn\u2019t participate in the jokes, the dirty language, or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[228,2976,2758],"class_list":{"0":"post-18820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-listening","9":"tag-theyre","10":"tag-watching"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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