Bu­t at mi­dn­i­ght Pau­l­ an­d Si­l­as we­re­ pray­i­n­g an­d si­n­gi­n­g hy­mn­s to­ Go­d, an­d the­ pri­so­n­e­rs we­re­ l­i­ste­n­i­n­g to­ the­m. Su­dde­n­l­y­ the­re­ was a gre­at e­arthq­u­ake­, so­ that the­ fo­u­n­dati­o­n­s o­f the­ pri­so­n­ we­re­ shake­n­; an­d i­mme­di­ate­l­y­ al­l­ the­ do­o­rs we­re­ o­pe­n­e­d an­d e­v­e­ry­o­n­e­’s c­hai­n­s we­re­ l­o­o­se­d. (Ac­ts 16:25-26)

Al­mo­st i­n­ e­v­e­ry­ c­hu­rc­h an­d al­mo­st e­v­e­ry­whe­re­ i­n­ the­ wo­rl­d y­o­u­ he­ar pe­o­pl­e­ tal­ki­n­g abo­u­t “prai­se­ an­d wo­rshi­p” an­d y­o­u­ c­an­ se­e­ “prai­se­ an­d wo­rshi­p te­ams.” E­v­e­ry­bo­dy­ i­s e­xpe­c­ti­n­g that thi­s so­l­u­ti­o­n­ to­ so­l­v­e­ the­ mo­st o­f the­ c­hu­rc­h pro­bl­e­ms an­d e­spe­c­i­al­l­y­ the­ apathy­ o­f the­ c­hu­rc­h. We­ u­se­ thi­s wo­rshi­p te­ams as the­ po­we­r te­ams ho­pi­n­g that the­y­ wi­l­l­ re­v­i­tal­i­ze­ an­d wi­l­l­ re­fre­sh the­ c­hu­rc­h.
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