What A Difference A Day Makes

What A Difference A Day Makes

Acts 16:16-22 New Living Translation… One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”

¹⁸ This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and said to the demon within her, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And instantly it left her.

¹⁹ Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.²⁰ “The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials. ²¹ “They are teaching customs that are illegal for us Romans to practice.”

²² A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.

Introduction: Dinah Washington sings ‘What A Difference A Day Makes’ Link

Transition: “One day” informs us that this day is superior to other days, and that a story of transformative nature is being recalled.

Exposition: This day made a difference in the lives of a young woman, her masters, and Paul and Silas.

-Possessed and Pimped Out

-Pardon that leads to Prison

Conclusion: This message has been a call to action, for believers to become so annoyed by demonic influence that we become difference makers (agents of change).