Fortuneteller

At Philippi Paul and his team meet a slave girl who had the ability to tell fortunes (Acts 16:16-24). She was so good at what she did that she earned a lot of money for her slave masters. When the slave girl came across Paul and Silas she started following them around shouting that they were servants of the living God and were there to tell them how to be saved. When she did not cease to shout, after a few days Paul out of exasperation cast the demon out of her in Jesus name. Paul in his letter to Galatians specifically forbade us to not be a part in demonic activities (Galatians 5:16-26).

When the slave masters realized that their source of income was ruined, they created a big commotion in the town and dragged Paul and Silas to the city officials, had them beaten and thrown in Jail. To make sure they wouldn't escape they had their feet clamped and and thrown into one of the inner dungeons. For being faithful to God Paul and Silas had to endure the disgrace of being beaten in public and thrown in prison. Is this not a challenge to all of us that even though we may go through trials for standing up for the truth we should remain faithful.