Praying And Singing A Sunday Morning Spiritual In A Midnight Situation

Acts 16:25- (KJV) And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

VERY BRIEFLY THIS MORNING WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON VERSE 25

TOPIC- PRAYING AND SINGING A SUNDAY MORNING SPIRITUAL IN A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER EACH OF US HAS EXPERIENCE A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

YOURS MIGHT BE ONE THING AND MINES MIGHT BE ANOTHER BUT WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT IN LIFE WE FIND OURSELVES IN 3 SITUATIONS

AND THAT IS GOING INTO A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

OR COMING OUT OF A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

AND JUST IN CASE THERE IS SOMEONE HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MYWEAK VOICE WHO IS COMING OUT OF A

MIDNIGHT SITUATION

I NEED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY READ UP PRAYED UP AND SUITED UP BECAUSE ANOTHER MIDNIGHT

SITUATION JUST MIGHT BE HEADED YOUR WAY

AND THE REASON WHY LIFE IS FULL OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATION

AND THESE MIDNIGHT SITUATIONS WILL SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE UNANNOUNCE

AND AIN`T IT AMAZING HOW TROUBLE WILL RIDE DOWN YOUR STREET

BACK UP IN YOUR DRIVEWAY

GET OUT AND WALK RIGHT INTO YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT KNOCKING

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BUT IN MY STUDYING OF THE BIBLE I`VE DISCOVERED

THAT GOD DOES HIS BEST WORK IN OUR MIDNIGHT SITUATIONS

CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT

WEEL COME HERE MOSES AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR MIDNIGHT SITUATION

I HEAR MOSES SAYING REV I HAD PHAROH AND HIS ARMY BEHIND MEAND A WATERY GRAVE BEFORE ME

AND I PRAYED AND GOD TOLD ME TO STRECTH OUT THE ROD AND WHEN I STRECTH OUT THE ROD

GOD PUT THE WIND IN A FULL NELSON AND MADE A FREEWAY DOWN THE RED SEA

WELL COME HERE HEBREW BOYS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR MIDNIGHT SITUATION

I HEAR THE 3 HEBREW BOYS SAYING

REV ....NEBUCHABNEZZAR SET UP A GOLDEN IMAGE AND WANTED US BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP IT

BUT WE REFUSE AND HE HEATED THE FURNACE 7 TIMES HOTTER AWHEN THEY THROWED US IN

THE SON OF MAN HAD WENT BEFORE US AND TOOK THE HEAT OUT THE FLAME AND TURN THE BURNING FURNACE

INTO A FELLOPWSHIP HALL

WELL COME HERE DANIEL AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR MIDNIGHT SITUATION

I HEAR DANIEL SAYING THAT THE KING SET A DECREE THAT NO ONE COULD PRAY

BUT I WENT TO MY ROOM AND CALL ON THE GOD OF ISRAEL

AND THEY PUT ME IN THE LIONS DEN

BUT WHAT THEY FELL TO REALIZE THAT THE GOD OF ISRAEL HAD PUT THE LION ON A 24 HOUR FAST AND

DELIVERED ME INSIDE THE LION DEN

THATS WHY I CAN BOLDLY SAY THAT GOD DOES HIS BEST WORK IN OUR

MIDNIGHT SITUATIONS

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NOW TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT BEFORE US

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE 15TH CHAPTER OF ACT

THE 15TH CHAPTER REVEALS THAT PAUL AND BARNABAS HAD A DISAGREEMENT

ABOUT JOHN MARK

JOHN MARK ON THE 1ST MISSIONARY JOURNEY WENT BACK HOME WHEN THINGS GOT ROUGH

AND AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE 2ND MISSIONARY

BARNABAS WANTED JOHN MARK TO GO BUT PAUL REMEMBERED WHAT HE DID

ON THE 1ST MISSIONARY AND DISAGREED

AND I NEED TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON MY EMERGENCY PRAISE FLASHERS

WE ALL DISAGREE ABOUT SOME THINGS IN LIFE BUT EVEN THOUGH WE

DISAGREE WE SHOULD NEVER FALL OUT WITH EACH OTHER

THE 15TH CHAPTER REVEALS THAT BARNABAS TOOK JOHN MARK WITH HIM

AND PAUL TOOK SILAS WITH HIM

AND IN THE TEXT BEFORE US

PAUL AND SILAS HAS ARRIVED ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT

IN THE CITY OF PHILIPPI

AND FOR THE FRIST TIME THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST IS BEING PREACH THERE

AND THERE EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL

FOR THERE FRIST CONVERT IS A BUSSINESS WOMAN NAMED LYDIA

AND LYDIA REPRESENTS THE MIDDLE OR UPPER ECHELON OF THE PHILIPPIAN SOCIETY

BUT WHEN A YOUNG GIRL WITH A SPRIT OF DIVINATION WAS DELIVERED IN THE NAME OF JESUS BY PAUL

ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE

LUKE REVEALS TO US IN THE TEXT

THAT THE OWNERS OF THIS YOUNG GIRL WHO USED HER FOR THERE OWN SELFISH GAIN

BECAME ANGRY WITH PAUL AND SILAS FOR THEY HAD THREATEN THERE ENTERPRISE

THAT HAD PROVEN TO BE ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL

VERSE 19 REVEALS TO US THAT THEY BROUGHT PAUL AND SILAS TO THEMARKET PLACE BEFORE THE JUDGES

AND THE JUDGES ORDERED THAT THEY BE BEATEN

AND CAST INTO THE INTER PART OF THE PRISON

AND THIS IS WHERE OUR TEXT WILL BEGIN

PRAYING AND SINGING A SUNDAY MORNING SPIRITUAL IN A MIDNIGHT SITUATION

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AND THE 1ST SPRITUAL NUGGET THAT I WANT TO LIFT UP

IS THAT WHAT EVER YOU MIGHT BE GOING