Quotes About Deliverance

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herodís grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

When she recognized Peterís voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

When the girlís owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyoneís chains came loose.

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.