04/10/2026
Manna: In Acts 16:16–30, Paul’s experience shows that ministry is not always comfortable or easy, but God can work even through difficult situations.
Paul and Silas were preaching about Jesus when Paul cast a spirit out of a slave girl. This angered her owners because they were making money from her. Paul and Silas were then beaten and imprisoned.
Yet, instead of giving up, they prayed and sang praises to God at midnight. Then an earthquake opened the prison doors. The jailer, thinking the prisoners had escaped, was about to take his own life—but Paul stopped him. This eventually opened an opportunity for the jailer to ask:
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” — Acts 16:30
What Paul is showing us
“Experiencing God’s Ministry” means that sometimes we experience God not by avoiding hardship, but by seeing Him work through it.