PRAISE

AMEN PODCAST

Alex and Lokelani Wilson

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5.0 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered why Paul and Silas were singing in prison at midnight? 🎵

In this special Christmas episode recorded live at House Church, we dive into Acts 16 and discover the real power behind worship—it’s not about the words we sing, but WHO we’re singing to.

When you’re wrongfully accused, mistreated, or stuck in a situation you didn’t create, what’s your first response? Payback or praise? Paul and Silas chose praise, and it literally shook the prison walls.

This message will challenge you to: ✨ Understand the true source of power in worship ✨ Choose praise over payback when you’re persecuted ✨ Sing through your problems—even when it looks crazy

Key Takeaway: True praise comes from a changed perspective. Jesus took our prison on the cross to set us free. When you remember that, no earthly chain can really hold you.

After the Amen Question: What problems in your life do you need to sing through?

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0:00.0	Aloha and welcome to Amen Podcast. I'm Loe Kalani and this is a special Christmas episode recorded live at
0:06.8	House Church here in our garage. Today we're diving into Acts 16, the story of Paul and Silas
0:15.2	locked in prison at midnight, singing hymns to God. It's a powerful reminder that even in our
0:20.7	darkest moment, worship changes
0:22.5	everything. Just a quick heads up, we're taking the next two weeks off from our regular
0:27.8	recording schedule, but don't worry, we'll be bringing you the next two house church sermons right
0:33.0	here on the podcast, complete with after the amen. So you'll hear my voice again at the end for that.
0:41.3	But with that said, here's Alex. Let's get into it. Merry Christmas. We're almost there. Anyone excited
0:50.2	about Christmas? All right. The older you get, the less exciting it gets. But if we know
0:58.1	about the Lord, it should stay exciting, but easier said than done. Well, I'm glad you guys are here.
1:04.4	So this we usually, my wife and I usually do a weekly podcast episode but this week we're preaching at the
1:13.1	jail we have a new Christmas Eve service my parents are coming to town so this message I'm also
1:19.6	I'm going to post this message to our podcast later on tonight but I'm also going to preach this same
1:24.3	message to the members at the jail, our brothers and sisters in Christ,
1:29.1	on Tuesday night. And fittingly, there's a verse about two Christians in jail. And it's Acts
1:38.9	chapter 16, verse 25. It says, but about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God,
1:45.7	and the prisoners were listening to them. So as I was thinking about this verse all week,
1:52.9	my kids and I have been watching, or my oldest and my wife and I have been watching Harry Potter.
1:59.0	We always watch it this time of year.
2:05.8	And the other kids, we have to put on something else for them because it's a little too scary for them.
2:06.3	So they watch something in another room.
2:08.7	But in Harry Potter, the fourth movie, the Goblet of Fire, there's a scene where Harry
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