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Restoration Sermon | Sometimes You Gotta Look Crazy | Reset

Jan 11, 2026    Eric Byrd

We often think of worship as something confined to Sunday mornings or limited to the songs we sing, but what if worship is actually the key to unlocking our freedom? In Acts 16, we encounter Paul and Silas at midnight, locked in prison with their feet in stocks, yet they're singing hymns and praying. The remarkable thing isn't just that they worshiped in impossible circumstances—it's that their worship wasn't dependent on their circumstances at all. Their praise was rooted in who God is, not in what was happening to them. This is the PhD level of faith: praising God not because everything is going well, but because He remains God regardless of our situation. When we worship from this place, something supernatural happens—the prison doors fly open, chains fall off, and not just for us. The other prisoners were listening, and ultimately, even their jailer came to faith. Our worship has intercessory power; it frees our families, our children, our neighbors, and even our enemies. We live in a world that tells us to fit in, to hide our struggles, to measure our worth by likes and status. But following Christ means we're going to look crazy sometimes. We're called to stand in the gap, to worship when it makes no sense, to praise when we're locked in our own midnight moments of depression, financial struggle, health crises, or loss. The question isn't whether we'll face prison—it's what prison has us bound right now, and will we choose to worship our way through it?