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Box 260, Lindale, Texas, 75771, 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,600 or calling 214-963-8626. 8 00:00:23,620 --> 00:00:26,400 None of these messages are copyrighted, and you 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,900 are welcome to make copies for free distribution 10 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:29,820 to your friends. 11 00:00:31,159 --> 00:00:33,160 Acts chapter 16. 12 00:00:33,980 --> 00:00:36,080 I want to speak to you tonight on 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,660 the subject from prison to praise. 14 00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:41,160 From prison to praise. 15 00:00:43,580 --> 00:00:45,640 Acts chapter 16. 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,120 Beginning at verse 16 through verse 25, we'll 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:51,480 read. 18 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:59,080 I'm reading King James Acts 16 verse 16, 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,060 and it came to pass as we went 20 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:05,960 to prayer a Certain damsel possessed with a 21 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:10,820 spirit of divination met us Which brought her 22 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:17,620 master's much gain by soothsaying The same followed 23 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:20,820 Paul and us and cried saying these men 24 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:23,700 are the servants of the Most High Which 25 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:27,420 show unto us the way of salvation In 26 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:31,440 this did she many days But Paul being 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,280 grieved turned and said to the Spirit I 28 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,740 Command thee in the name of Jesus Christ 29 00:01:37,740 --> 00:01:41,100 to come out of her And he came 30 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:46,020 out the same hour What else would you 31 00:01:46,020 --> 00:01:46,500 expect? 32 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:50,320 when when Paul commanded in the name of 33 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,480 Jesus and When her master saw that the 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,580 hope of their gains was gone They caught 35 00:01:57,580 --> 00:02:00,460 Paul and Sinus and drew them into the 36 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:04,120 marketplace under the rulers and Brought them to 37 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,120 the magistrates saying these men being Jews do 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:13,400 exceedingly trouble our city And teach customs which 39 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,380 are not lawful for us to receive neither 40 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:19,940 to observe to observe Being Romans and the 41 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:22,640 multitude rose up together against them and the 42 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:26,400 magistrates Rent off their clothes and commanded to 43 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,700 beat them and when they had laid many 44 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:31,160 stripes upon them They cast them into the 45 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,420 prison charging the day jailer to keep them 46 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:39,540 safely Who having received such a charge thrust 47 00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:42,660 them into the inner prison and made their 48 00:02:42,660 --> 00:02:46,840 feet fast in the stocks and at midnight 49 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:54,440 Paul and Silas prayed and Sang praises unto 50 00:02:54,440 --> 00:03:01,520 God And the prisoners heard them I Want 51 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,080 you to remember that last little phrase as 52 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,740 well It'll become significant a little bit later 53 00:03:06,740 --> 00:03:11,080 on and the prisoners heard them And then 54 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,000 of course God heard them as well in 55 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:13,800 verse 26. 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,960 We'll hear about that a little bit from 57 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,620 prison to praise You know some years ago 58 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:23,220 there was a best-selling Christian book entitled 59 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:27,240 from prison to praise And it seems an 60 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,120 appropriate title For what happened to Paul and 61 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,840 Silas when they caused a riot in Philippi 62 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,640 and they were busted Arrested as a result 63 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,580 Now there were three different categories of persons 64 00:03:44,580 --> 00:03:48,580 who went from prison to praise First of 65 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:51,440 all is of course Paul and Silas and 66 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,920 we'll look at their experience but also remarkably 67 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:04,240 and Miraculously also the jailkeeper The jailkeeper went 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,720 from prison to praise Although he was in 69 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:12,000 a prison of another kind and thirdly the 70 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,540 other prisoners were set free and They were 71 00:04:16,540 --> 00:04:20,120 the benefactors of the prayer and the praise 72 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,600 and the singing of Paul and Silas Now 73 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,060 the scriptures do not definitely tell us that 74 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:30,700 the prisoners were saved But listen, you can 75 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:35,520 draw your own conclusions Look in verse 26 76 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,960 as a result of the earthquake it says 77 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,420 and immediately all the doors were open and 78 00:04:43,170 --> 00:04:48,560 Every man every prisoners bands were loosed Now, 79 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,040 can you imagine the surprise? 80 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,600 but delight of the prisoners to see the 81 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,120 prison doors open and their chains fall off 82 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,740 and the opportunity for escape and Yet the 83 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:09,380 prisoners did not flee in verse 28 Paul 84 00:05:09,380 --> 00:05:12,980 cried with a loud voice to the Jailer 85 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:16,460 when he saw what had happened he assumed 86 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:18,620 that there had been a prison break and 87 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:20,280 so he was going to take his own 88 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,600 life and Paul said to him do yourself 89 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,560 no harm for we're all here We're all 90 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,100 here Now, how else can you explain the 91 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,620 fact that the prisoners? 92 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,960 Given a chance to run out the door 93 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,720 of the prison and yet they did not 94 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,980 do so How else can you explain that 95 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:44,760 by them except by the fact that they 96 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,400 also were changed? 97 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,800 They were also changed by the praises and 98 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,040 the prayers of Paul and Silas You see 99 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:58,600 when a revival breaks out on the prison 100 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:06,170 not even the prisoners want to go Now 101 00:06:06,170 --> 00:06:08,770 we'll come back to the prisoners but first 102 00:06:08,770 --> 00:06:10,970 I want to look with you want you 103 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:14,550 to look with me at the main characters 104 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:18,350 of this story Paul and Silas There are 105 00:06:18,350 --> 00:06:21,970 three things about the events which took place 106 00:06:21,970 --> 00:06:26,910 in the in this jail That deserve our 107 00:06:26,910 --> 00:06:28,970 attention tonight and I want to go through 108 00:06:28,970 --> 00:06:32,350 them First of all, the reason why Paul 109 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:34,930 and Silas were there in the first place 110 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:39,670 Now there are bad reasons for getting into 111 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:42,630 trouble and there are good reasons for getting 112 00:06:42,630 --> 00:06:47,090 into trouble and Paul and Silas made trouble 113 00:06:47,090 --> 00:06:51,110 for good reasons and They were thrown into 114 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:54,830 jail as a result verse 20 says It 115 00:06:54,830 --> 00:06:57,830 was said of them these men being Jews 116 00:06:57,830 --> 00:07:03,850 do exceedingly trouble our city Now what these 117 00:07:03,850 --> 00:07:07,890 evangelists did was to expose the devil and 118 00:07:09,310 --> 00:07:13,870 Cause some evil doers to suffer financial loss 119 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:18,190 They didn't make trouble because they were Jews 120 00:07:18,710 --> 00:07:22,270 they made trouble because they were Jesus people 121 00:07:22,270 --> 00:07:27,850 and because they had made a public show 122 00:07:27,850 --> 00:07:31,590 of the devil's works and Casting out the 123 00:07:31,590 --> 00:07:34,230 demon put the demon out of this young 124 00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:40,630 lady Now at first Paul had an interesting 125 00:07:40,630 --> 00:07:46,070 and unsolicited testimony It says in verse 16 126 00:07:46,070 --> 00:07:49,630 that a certain young lady Who was a 127 00:07:49,630 --> 00:07:52,750 King James says that she was possessed with 128 00:07:52,750 --> 00:07:58,750 a spirit of divination Another translation of it 129 00:07:58,750 --> 00:08:03,950 is that she had a Fortune-telling demon 130 00:08:05,710 --> 00:08:10,610 and She kept following Paul and Silas and 131 00:08:10,610 --> 00:08:13,850 she became as it were a welcome wagon 132 00:08:14,930 --> 00:08:17,810 Greeting them as they came into the city 133 00:08:17,810 --> 00:08:22,810 and Followed them all all around now She 134 00:08:22,810 --> 00:08:27,350 was what was called a a Pythro That 135 00:08:27,350 --> 00:08:31,909 was a name taken from their gods And 136 00:08:31,909 --> 00:08:35,429 it was a person who would give oracles 137 00:08:35,429 --> 00:08:40,789 or would give speeches regarding a person's future 138 00:08:40,789 --> 00:08:45,430 like you see the signs of Around the 139 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:46,910 city where you can go in and have 140 00:08:46,910 --> 00:08:52,380 your fortune told but she was demon-possessed, 141 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:55,660 of course but the people of the ancient 142 00:08:55,660 --> 00:09:00,600 world called such a person mad and They 143 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,500 had a strange respect for such persons Because 144 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:08,060 they believe that the gods That it was 145 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:11,040 the gods who had taken away their wits 146 00:09:11,860 --> 00:09:14,740 in order to put the mind of the 147 00:09:14,740 --> 00:09:19,540 gods in them and therefore people would come 148 00:09:19,540 --> 00:09:22,100 they would flock to a person like this 149 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:27,100 and So this poor desperate demon-possessed girl 150 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:30,710 had fallen into the hands of some unscrupulous 151 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,140 men Who used her misfortune for their own 152 00:09:35,140 --> 00:09:35,540 gain? 153 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,920 Now for several days, however, she followed Paul 154 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,320 around Paul and Silas verse 17 look at 155 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,980 it again and She cried saying these men 156 00:09:50,980 --> 00:09:54,680 are the servants of the Most High God 157 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:58,540 Which show unto us the way of salvation? 158 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:04,380 Now that's quite a testimony and Everything that 159 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:08,740 she said was true there was absolutely nothing 160 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:12,960 unscriptural or untrue in her endorsement of Paul 161 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,260 and his message and Yet she had a 162 00:10:16,260 --> 00:10:21,160 devil She was she was demon-possessed and 163 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:26,640 Paul ignored her Now here is proof that 164 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,320 the devil knows how to witness. 165 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:36,140 Oh Yes, he can And he also goes 166 00:10:36,140 --> 00:10:43,390 to church And it said and she did 167 00:10:43,390 --> 00:10:47,170 so many days For many days Paul didn't 168 00:10:47,170 --> 00:10:50,230 do a thing Now, can you just picture 169 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:50,570 her? 170 00:10:50,570 --> 00:10:54,390 Shadowing Paul as he was ministering in the 171 00:10:54,390 --> 00:10:57,290 marketplace and there she is saying a man 172 00:10:57,290 --> 00:11:02,910 Paul preach it Paul That's right brother that's 173 00:11:02,910 --> 00:11:07,110 right brother Listen to this man. 174 00:11:07,210 --> 00:11:08,930 He's telling you us the truth. 175 00:11:08,970 --> 00:11:11,730 He's showing us the way of salvation and 176 00:11:11,730 --> 00:11:18,840 there she is all along Amen, amen Now 177 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,320 this should not surprise us the devil goes 178 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:28,080 to church He goes to the altar He 179 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:35,610 believes in trembles but Why is the devil 180 00:11:35,610 --> 00:11:38,910 through this through the demons that possess this 181 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:41,770 poor slave giving Paul such a glowing? 182 00:11:42,470 --> 00:11:47,170 advertisement and endorsement I Tell you why because 183 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:49,270 the devil likes to be on both sides 184 00:11:49,270 --> 00:11:54,920 of the issue He feared that Paul's message 185 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,540 would be received So he pretends that he's 186 00:11:58,540 --> 00:12:00,880 on the side of the gospel, so he'll 187 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,940 not lose any credibility because the devil knew 188 00:12:04,940 --> 00:12:08,200 that if he opposed Paul and There's any 189 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,500 people were converted to Christ that he'd lose 190 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:14,180 out and so he tries to work both 191 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:17,580 ends against the middle Course he did lose 192 00:12:17,580 --> 00:12:23,070 out But we learn from this as I 193 00:12:23,070 --> 00:12:27,050 read this There is a warning that comes 194 00:12:27,050 --> 00:12:29,050 in my heart and it says this to 195 00:12:29,050 --> 00:12:34,270 me beware of certain praise Beware of certain 196 00:12:34,270 --> 00:12:37,770 praise not every testimony is a true one 197 00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:44,510 Not every witness is from God Bob Bob 198 00:12:44,510 --> 00:12:47,130 said it to quoted the scripture Sunday morning 199 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:50,070 and that again the message that we pastors 200 00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:53,910 are still Feeling that it is a plumb 201 00:12:53,910 --> 00:12:57,090 line for this church for you and I 202 00:12:57,090 --> 00:12:58,970 to be able to discern what is going 203 00:12:58,970 --> 00:13:01,830 on today But one of the verses that 204 00:13:01,830 --> 00:13:04,810 he quoted was that we are to try 205 00:13:04,810 --> 00:13:07,070 the spirits to see if they be of 206 00:13:07,070 --> 00:13:11,470 God You see I am weary of some 207 00:13:11,470 --> 00:13:14,390 who come with words of praise for the 208 00:13:14,390 --> 00:13:17,510 church or for the preacher or for the 209 00:13:17,510 --> 00:13:23,050 message and Holy Ghost discernment tells me sometimes 210 00:13:23,050 --> 00:13:26,970 that the person giving the praise May be 211 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:29,970 full of the devil and is trying to 212 00:13:29,970 --> 00:13:30,630 cover up. 213 00:13:30,690 --> 00:13:32,430 And so they pretend to be on the 214 00:13:32,430 --> 00:13:33,450 side of truth. 215 00:13:34,650 --> 00:13:37,370 I Remember when I was a young preacher 216 00:13:37,370 --> 00:13:40,510 in my dad's church There was there was 217 00:13:40,510 --> 00:13:44,210 a gentleman there Used to I was just 218 00:13:44,210 --> 00:13:47,330 very young I started preaching in dad's church 219 00:13:47,330 --> 00:13:49,810 when I was about 16 or I started 220 00:13:49,810 --> 00:13:53,470 actually preaching in David's church David was the 221 00:13:53,470 --> 00:13:57,890 first one that gave me a chance And 222 00:13:57,890 --> 00:13:59,870 then I think he called dad and said 223 00:13:59,870 --> 00:14:02,510 said dad he did all right and so 224 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:07,090 dad gave me a chance And so when 225 00:14:07,090 --> 00:14:09,490 I was 16 17 years of age even 226 00:14:09,490 --> 00:14:11,370 before I went off to Bible school I 227 00:14:11,370 --> 00:14:13,090 was preaching and that's why when I went 228 00:14:13,090 --> 00:14:15,110 to Bible school, I thought Bible school needed 229 00:14:15,110 --> 00:14:20,770 me And I couldn't understand why the president 230 00:14:20,770 --> 00:14:22,750 of school wasn't asking me to preach in 231 00:14:22,750 --> 00:14:26,670 Chapel But there was there was a man 232 00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:30,090 in that church who boosted my ego all 233 00:14:30,090 --> 00:14:32,350 the time He every time I got finished 234 00:14:32,350 --> 00:14:33,550 he come right for me. 235 00:14:33,590 --> 00:14:36,150 He said Donnie They called me Donnie and 236 00:14:36,150 --> 00:14:38,110 that's I don't let anybody call me that 237 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:49,970 anymore, but That 238 00:14:49,970 --> 00:14:56,910 slipped out Only my wife was allowed to 239 00:14:56,910 --> 00:15:01,150 call me that But if you start doing 240 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,990 it then I'll start calling him Davey and 241 00:15:02,990 --> 00:15:16,960 Bobby and And Gwenny And 242 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:18,500 I took care of that that I hope 243 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:22,740 that I'll let that rest But this brother 244 00:15:22,740 --> 00:15:24,600 would come up to me all the time 245 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,820 and Always he would every time I preach 246 00:15:27,820 --> 00:15:30,600 he'd make a beeline for me and he'd 247 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:36,500 say my name And he'd say wonderful message 248 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:39,560 wonderful message He said preacher. 249 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,760 I'm with you preacher But you know, I 250 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,120 look back now and I realized I didn't 251 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,960 have enough discernment back then but now I 252 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:53,080 Looked back in retrospect and I put two 253 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,260 and two together in the Holy Ghost and 254 00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:59,960 I realized that this man was living in 255 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:03,300 sin and He came up to me in 256 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:05,720 order to make it look like he was 257 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,580 on the side of truth But it was 258 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:12,140 an endorsement from the devil Like the like 259 00:16:12,140 --> 00:16:16,120 the testimony of this girl a Way of 260 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,160 praising the truth in order to avoid it 261 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:24,550 And all sometimes it happens here. 262 00:16:24,670 --> 00:16:27,450 It happens in other churches After you preach 263 00:16:27,450 --> 00:16:30,310 a message immediately and these pastors know what 264 00:16:30,310 --> 00:16:30,590 it is. 265 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:33,870 Somebody immediately comes and they want a Clarification 266 00:16:33,870 --> 00:16:34,790 of the truth. 267 00:16:34,830 --> 00:16:40,890 They want a clarification of the message You 268 00:16:40,890 --> 00:16:43,630 see when truth hits the heart sometimes it 269 00:16:43,630 --> 00:16:47,630 hurts when it causes a wall in the 270 00:16:47,630 --> 00:16:50,690 soul, not just a wow in your emotions 271 00:16:50,690 --> 00:16:55,790 and True convictions pains the heart and sometimes 272 00:16:55,790 --> 00:16:58,070 it makes you want to hide and not 273 00:16:58,070 --> 00:17:01,710 even see the preacher But here in Acts 274 00:17:01,710 --> 00:17:04,750 Satan spoke the truth in order to counteract 275 00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:08,770 it to put Paul inside us and The 276 00:17:08,770 --> 00:17:12,810 possessed woman in the same church in the 277 00:17:12,810 --> 00:17:15,790 same pew on the same platform as if 278 00:17:15,790 --> 00:17:18,890 they were in agreement and if Paul and 279 00:17:18,890 --> 00:17:23,230 Silas had received or accepted such testimony and 280 00:17:23,230 --> 00:17:26,170 Appealed to it or played out to it. 281 00:17:26,490 --> 00:17:28,330 Satan would have had or made a great 282 00:17:28,330 --> 00:17:32,170 gain and The devil has used this very 283 00:17:32,170 --> 00:17:35,610 tactic in the church today to get acceptance 284 00:17:35,610 --> 00:17:39,190 of all kinds of foolish and ungodly things 285 00:17:39,970 --> 00:17:48,370 you see there is a Pythian The spirit 286 00:17:48,370 --> 00:17:50,390 that was in this woman what they call 287 00:17:50,390 --> 00:17:52,590 this one that same spirit is in the 288 00:17:52,590 --> 00:17:58,600 church today You know that the devil confessing 289 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,860 Christ is in fact more dangerous than the 290 00:18:01,860 --> 00:18:07,640 devil denying Christ He only confesses to confuse 291 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:13,600 he confesses to oppose he confesses and Misrepresents 292 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,160 so that he makes the gospel of Christ 293 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:21,080 something one time and something another time but 294 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:25,180 anything but what it really is and Sometimes 295 00:18:25,180 --> 00:18:29,620 it's he that says Christ requires this of 296 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:32,120 God or that of God and something else 297 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:37,880 but always it's a distortion and When the 298 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,960 church has lost the wisdom of Christ and 299 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,480 Holy Ghost discernment Then the spirit of this 300 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,220 woman runs rampant in the church and people 301 00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:50,920 are giving endorsements to things that are not 302 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:58,190 of God But Paul grieved over the condition 303 00:18:58,190 --> 00:19:00,250 of this woman as I believed he would 304 00:19:00,250 --> 00:19:02,590 grieve over the same spirit in the church 305 00:19:02,590 --> 00:19:06,930 today look at verse 18 and This she 306 00:19:06,930 --> 00:19:13,280 did many days but Paul being grieved Now 307 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,980 Paul, of course came against the spirit But 308 00:19:15,980 --> 00:19:19,200 he did not do so until he grieved 309 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,260 for the young damsel who was possessed and 310 00:19:22,260 --> 00:19:25,680 deceived by the spirit But you know, I 311 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,340 wondered why did Paul take so long? 312 00:19:28,860 --> 00:19:31,760 It says that she followed him many days 313 00:19:32,860 --> 00:19:35,960 Many days she said listen to him. 314 00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:37,880 He is a servant of the Most High 315 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,480 God. 316 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:40,940 He will show us the way of salvation. 317 00:19:44,410 --> 00:19:47,650 I Believe he did it finally Finally he 318 00:19:47,650 --> 00:19:50,370 turned and he rebuked that spirit, but I 319 00:19:50,370 --> 00:19:54,370 believe it was an order to allow as 320 00:19:54,370 --> 00:19:57,590 much attention as possible to be drawn to 321 00:19:57,590 --> 00:20:02,230 her and to her false testimony So that 322 00:20:02,230 --> 00:20:05,990 when Paul did rebuke the demon that all 323 00:20:05,990 --> 00:20:08,650 might know that it was the power of 324 00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:12,030 Christ He did it in order to to 325 00:20:12,030 --> 00:20:13,670 let her show her hand. 326 00:20:13,950 --> 00:20:17,070 Let the enemy show his hand and then 327 00:20:17,070 --> 00:20:21,330 finally finally Paul letter the Holy Spirit rebuked 328 00:20:21,330 --> 00:20:24,830 it and cast it out and Everybody knew 329 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:30,980 then who had the greater power But that's 330 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,980 not really though that's just a preliminary to 331 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:38,800 my message As a result of this confrontation 332 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,460 with the devil Paul and Silas were put 333 00:20:42,460 --> 00:20:44,480 into prison and I want you to know 334 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,800 then this is really what I'm aiming at 335 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:47,200 tonight. 336 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,240 I Want you to know what they did 337 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:54,540 They turned a prison house into a house 338 00:20:54,540 --> 00:20:58,900 of praise They turned a jail cell into 339 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:05,220 a joy cell verse 24 and 25 who 340 00:21:05,220 --> 00:21:12,060 having received such a charge And it was 341 00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:14,340 quite a charge they received they were beaten 342 00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:18,740 with many stripes Who receiving such a charge 343 00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:22,900 thrust them into the inner prison and made 344 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:23,620 their feet? 345 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:29,320 fast to the stocks But you see what 346 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,500 the jailers did not realize is that when 347 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:37,220 your feet are shod with the preparation of 348 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:41,860 the gospel of peace and The gospel is 349 00:21:41,860 --> 00:21:44,740 joy peace and joy in the Holy Ghost 350 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:49,860 and you're put in prison Paul and Silas 351 00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:54,200 said it don't matter It don't matter because 352 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:59,520 at midnight Paul and Silas prayed Ignored the 353 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,520 situation ignored their stocks ignored the environment and 354 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,780 at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang 355 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:10,700 praises unto God and the prisoners heard them 356 00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:14,990 Now, how could they sing at such a 357 00:22:14,990 --> 00:22:15,390 moment? 358 00:22:16,310 --> 00:22:18,470 I'll tell I give you a few reasons 359 00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:20,730 first of all Powell and Silas were in 360 00:22:20,730 --> 00:22:23,550 trouble and in prison for the right reason 361 00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:28,970 They were suffering because they opposed sin not 362 00:22:28,970 --> 00:22:33,710 because they were partners in sin You see 363 00:22:33,710 --> 00:22:36,270 there are prisons tonight of our own making 364 00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:40,010 There are prisons and there are bands that 365 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:42,810 are around our feet and our hands Because 366 00:22:42,810 --> 00:22:46,390 we willingly go almost like this and we 367 00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:48,470 invite the devil as it were to put 368 00:22:48,470 --> 00:22:50,830 them on us and we have to know 369 00:22:50,830 --> 00:22:55,320 better and We voluntarily stretch out our hands 370 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,340 and they're put in the stocks and so 371 00:22:57,340 --> 00:23:00,980 we find ourselves in a prison But Paul 372 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:03,080 and Silas were not in a prison of 373 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,520 their own failures or foolishness or sin they 374 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,320 were in trouble because they were doing God's 375 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,760 will and they were being a witness for 376 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,800 Christ and We've been preaching that this is 377 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,080 the message that God's lately put on our 378 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,100 heart for this at this particular time in 379 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:25,600 our church And that is that you would 380 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,220 break out of the prison the prison house 381 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:32,620 of your own sin or Your own self 382 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:35,980 made prison or that devil made prison in 383 00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:38,520 order to get in trouble for good reasons 384 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:43,760 instead of bad reasons We Have a prison 385 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,340 minister here in this church And Kenny and 386 00:23:47,340 --> 00:23:51,340 the team go to real prisons That have 387 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:54,580 real bars and cells and walls and barbed 388 00:23:54,580 --> 00:23:58,800 wire and guards with guns But we have 389 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,220 people in prison in other kinds of prisons 390 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:06,140 that are just as confining and justice binding 391 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:11,140 and Some of you were exactly there constantly 392 00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:14,740 You were a part of our prison ministry 393 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,460 And every night where I saw some of 394 00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:20,480 you come to this altar I see some 395 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,480 of them singing in the choir now and 396 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,360 I rejoice because I used to see certain 397 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,500 individuals Come time and time again. 398 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,000 I could see it in their face. 399 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:31,920 I could see it in their eyes that 400 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,320 they were in a prison But now like 401 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,820 Paul and Silas you're ready to make trouble 402 00:24:37,820 --> 00:24:40,000 for the devil instead of be in trouble 403 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,810 all of the time Hallelujah But you know 404 00:24:44,810 --> 00:24:47,210 one of the prisons that I still see 405 00:24:47,210 --> 00:24:52,510 I still see Christians in What prevents them 406 00:24:52,510 --> 00:24:54,970 from being used of the Lord and reaching 407 00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:58,530 out to others is that prison of self 408 00:24:58,530 --> 00:24:58,930 -pity? 409 00:24:59,910 --> 00:25:03,870 The prison of self-pity self-pity consumes 410 00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:07,270 you with your own problems your own needs 411 00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:09,930 and your own struggles and some of you 412 00:25:09,930 --> 00:25:12,270 it's about time for you to burst out 413 00:25:12,270 --> 00:25:16,710 of that prison and begin Begin to be 414 00:25:16,710 --> 00:25:23,230 used of God You see Paul and Silas 415 00:25:23,230 --> 00:25:28,610 used Their troubles as an occasion to further 416 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:33,510 the gospel Philippians 1 12 and 13 says 417 00:25:34,110 --> 00:25:38,750 but I I Would you would understand brethren 418 00:25:38,750 --> 00:25:42,590 that the things which happened unto me have 419 00:25:42,590 --> 00:25:46,970 fallen out rather Under the furtherance of the 420 00:25:46,970 --> 00:25:50,370 gospel Oh If you could only reach that 421 00:25:50,370 --> 00:25:54,090 point in your life and say what has 422 00:25:54,090 --> 00:25:56,790 happened to me Let God get glory out 423 00:25:56,790 --> 00:25:59,430 of it Let it be an occasion for 424 00:25:59,430 --> 00:26:02,870 the furtherance of the gospel So that my 425 00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:06,530 bonds in Christ are manifest in all the 426 00:26:06,530 --> 00:26:09,470 places in all the palace and in all 427 00:26:09,470 --> 00:26:13,350 other places Now when Paul wrote that he 428 00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:17,670 was not specifically talking about the The Philippian 429 00:26:17,670 --> 00:26:22,730 jail, but nevertheless it applies And I want 430 00:26:22,730 --> 00:26:27,270 you to note what happened Paul and Silas 431 00:26:27,270 --> 00:26:30,730 turned an inner prison into an inner sanctuary 432 00:26:32,430 --> 00:26:36,930 You see true men of God know how 433 00:26:36,930 --> 00:26:44,120 to turn adversity into adventure for God They 434 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,940 know how to how to sing praises at 435 00:26:46,940 --> 00:26:51,360 midnight You see the Lord does not always 436 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:57,040 supernaturally Deliver us out of our problems But 437 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:03,820 he always offers Supernatural use for them Let 438 00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:05,840 me say that again you can you can 439 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,400 take that home with you The Lord does 440 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,420 not always supernaturally deliver us from our problems 441 00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:18,640 But he always offers Supernatural use for them 442 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,220 Paul made the best of the situation He 443 00:27:23,220 --> 00:27:25,860 turned a dungeon into a prayer meeting. 444 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:29,640 He turned a prison cell into a praise 445 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,440 in You see the measure of our faith 446 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,300 Is not If we're able to sing at 447 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:41,280 noonday, but if we're able to sing at 448 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:47,930 midnight Anybody can sing or most anybody can 449 00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:51,790 sing or shout or praise the Lord Or 450 00:27:51,790 --> 00:27:53,690 preach for that matter when you've got a 451 00:27:53,690 --> 00:27:59,810 choir like this behind you But I wake 452 00:27:59,810 --> 00:28:03,290 up at mid time midnight sometime and and 453 00:28:03,290 --> 00:28:07,610 sister Gwen ain't there Choir isn't there time 454 00:28:07,610 --> 00:28:16,660 score isn't there The music isn't there Jesus 455 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:21,020 sang at midnight There's only one recorded more 456 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:23,980 time when it says It tells us that 457 00:28:23,980 --> 00:28:27,800 Jesus sang And Bob often quotes it when 458 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,040 we take communion Because it was at the 459 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,360 midnight of his life The only recorded time 460 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,740 when the scriptures tell us that Jesus sang 461 00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:42,480 was following the Last Supper Matthew 26 and 462 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,480 30 and says and when they sang a 463 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840 hymn they went out into the Mount of 464 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,980 Olives And Jesus sang at the midnight hour 465 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:54,800 of his greatest trial because he was going 466 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:01,090 out to Gethsemane until Gilgatha Now there are 467 00:29:01,090 --> 00:29:03,530 two kinds of there are two midnights in 468 00:29:03,530 --> 00:29:05,070 which we ought to be able to sing 469 00:29:05,070 --> 00:29:06,790 I want to I want to share with 470 00:29:06,790 --> 00:29:10,390 you two midnights Where we ought to be 471 00:29:10,390 --> 00:29:12,450 able to sing turn with me to Exodus 472 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:15,170 or go with me to Exodus chapter 11 473 00:29:15,890 --> 00:29:21,690 And here's one of those midnights Exodus chapter 474 00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:29,690 11 It was at midnight when the Lord 475 00:29:30,250 --> 00:29:34,210 comes and he makes a difference and he 476 00:29:34,210 --> 00:29:37,950 makes a show and Shows us the difference 477 00:29:37,950 --> 00:29:43,850 between Egypt and Israel Let's read about it 478 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:50,000 in Exodus chapter 11 and the Lord said 479 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,780 unto Moses yet, I will bring one plague 480 00:29:52,780 --> 00:29:56,780 more unto Pharaoh and upon Egypt and Afterward, 481 00:29:56,860 --> 00:29:58,920 he will go he will let you go 482 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,140 hence when he shall let you go. 483 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,280 He shall surely thrust you out hence altogether 484 00:30:05,340 --> 00:30:07,500 Speak now in the ears of the people 485 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,560 and let every man borrow of his neighbor 486 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,000 and every woman of her neighbor jewels of 487 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,640 silver and jewels of gold and the Lord 488 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,740 gave the people favor in the sight of 489 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:19,840 the Egyptians moreover the man Moses was very 490 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,820 great on the land of Egypt in the 491 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,760 sight of Pharaoh's servants in the sight of 492 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,100 all the people and Moses said thou sayeth 493 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:30,800 the Lord about midnight About midnight. 494 00:30:30,980 --> 00:30:33,380 Well, I go into the midst of Egypt. 495 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,420 Oh I want I tell you this blesses 496 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:40,240 me Because this is exactly what's going to 497 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,920 happen at the end time When the judgments 498 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,700 of God and the plagues begin to come 499 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,800 at midnight Here's exactly what's going to happen 500 00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:54,380 About midnight, I'll go into the midst of 501 00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:56,740 Egypt and all the firstborn of the land 502 00:30:56,740 --> 00:31:00,960 of Egypt shall die From the firstborn of 503 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,320 Pharaoh that sit us upon his throne even 504 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,200 under the firstborn of the maidservant that is 505 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,460 behind the mill and all the firstborn of 506 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:11,720 beasts and There shall be a great cry 507 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,680 throughout all the land of Egypt such as 508 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,880 there was none like it nor shall be 509 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,460 like it anymore But against any of the 510 00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:26,820 children of Israel, oh Hallelujah, not even a 511 00:31:26,820 --> 00:31:29,300 dog will be able to bark at you. 512 00:31:29,340 --> 00:31:33,220 Hallelujah Not any of the children of Israel 513 00:31:33,220 --> 00:31:36,480 shall not a dog that move his tongue 514 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,260 Against man or beast that ye will not 515 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:43,780 may know how the Lord doth put a 516 00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:51,480 difference Between the Egyptians and Israel Oh Hallelujah 517 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,120 You see there is a midnight in Egypt 518 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,440 and there is a midnight in Israel There 519 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,460 is a midnight for the child of the 520 00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:05,080 devil and there is a midnight for the 521 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,880 child of God It rains on the just 522 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,600 and it rains on the unjust but there's 523 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:12,280 a difference. 524 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,680 Oh, yeah And I'm glad I'm living on 525 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,840 the side that Israel lived on that's where 526 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:23,080 the Lord reigns That ye may know how 527 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,060 the Lord doth put a difference between hallelujah 528 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:34,120 You see people who sing at midnight People 529 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:38,200 in Egypt who sing at midnight Usually are 530 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:44,000 drunk Or they're partying and when they wake 531 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,480 up in the morning, they have a worldly 532 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:51,520 hangover and Death reigns on the side of 533 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:56,820 that land But people who sing at midnight 534 00:32:56,820 --> 00:33:02,380 on Israel's side Do so because the Lord 535 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:07,520 is watching over them And the Lord makes 536 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,700 a difference and the Lord is able to 537 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:14,720 deliver So that when when you are on 538 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,240 the Lord's side you also wake up with 539 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:21,420 a hangover It's called a Holy Ghost hangover 540 00:33:21,420 --> 00:33:24,060 the same thing that happened tonight hangs over 541 00:33:24,060 --> 00:33:24,940 tomorrow morning. 542 00:33:24,980 --> 00:33:34,730 Praise the Lord Psalms 119 61 and 543 00:33:34,730 --> 00:33:37,570 62 sounds like Paul and Silas don't turn 544 00:33:37,570 --> 00:33:40,910 there It says the bands of the wicked 545 00:33:40,910 --> 00:33:44,670 have robbed me That I have not forgotten 546 00:33:44,670 --> 00:33:48,610 by law at midnight I will rise up 547 00:33:48,610 --> 00:33:51,370 to give thanks unto thee because of the 548 00:33:51,370 --> 00:33:56,310 righteous judgments Do you know what the psalmist 549 00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:58,910 means when he says he gives thanks because 550 00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:00,130 of the righteous judgments? 551 00:34:01,690 --> 00:34:07,330 He means God don't make mistakes He makes 552 00:34:07,330 --> 00:34:11,750 right decisions regarding us and Even if I'm 553 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:14,830 in prison or thrust in prison I can 554 00:34:14,830 --> 00:34:18,730 trust God because He put me there or 555 00:34:18,730 --> 00:34:20,690 his hand is upon me and he's going 556 00:34:20,690 --> 00:34:23,110 to make a difference between the outcome For 557 00:34:23,110 --> 00:34:25,010 me and the outcome for the other fella. 558 00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:26,429 That's why I can sing. 559 00:34:26,530 --> 00:34:34,570 Hallelujah Somebody has said the bitterest cup with 560 00:34:34,570 --> 00:34:37,090 Christ is better than the sweetest cup without 561 00:34:37,090 --> 00:34:42,690 Christ If there's one reason why I would 562 00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:44,770 say to anybody here tonight that doesn't know 563 00:34:44,770 --> 00:34:47,389 Jesus Here's one of the reasons because when 564 00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:50,909 you come to midnight, there's a difference There's 565 00:34:50,909 --> 00:34:53,610 a difference when you're on God's side than 566 00:34:53,610 --> 00:34:57,910 when you're on the other side And then 567 00:34:57,910 --> 00:35:01,670 is at midnight When the marriage takes place 568 00:35:03,250 --> 00:35:06,290 Matthew 25 and 6 and at midnight there 569 00:35:06,290 --> 00:35:10,270 is a cry made Behold the bridegroom cometh 570 00:35:10,270 --> 00:35:14,030 go you out to meet him You see 571 00:35:14,030 --> 00:35:16,470 it's at the midnight hour of your walk 572 00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:19,950 with God It's at the midnight hour when 573 00:35:19,950 --> 00:35:22,650 you're thrown into some prison or some trouble 574 00:35:23,870 --> 00:35:27,830 It's then that the bridegroom comes That's when 575 00:35:27,830 --> 00:35:31,610 that's then that that bridegroom coming speaks of 576 00:35:31,610 --> 00:35:34,890 a time of love It speaks of a 577 00:35:34,890 --> 00:35:38,010 time of fellowship It speaks of a time 578 00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:40,110 of being with the one that you love 579 00:35:40,110 --> 00:35:46,230 and it speaks of being loved This is 580 00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:47,870 the end of side one. 581 00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:49,770 You may now turn the tape over to 582 00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:54,980 side This is never more precious to you 583 00:35:54,980 --> 00:36:03,310 than your midnight hours now We've all had 584 00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:08,150 what we call one of those days You 585 00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:10,290 Know the expression you ask somebody how you 586 00:36:10,290 --> 00:36:11,530 know, how was your day? 587 00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:14,370 And sometimes they will say I just had 588 00:36:14,370 --> 00:36:16,110 one of those days or I'm having one 589 00:36:16,110 --> 00:36:18,610 of those days Well, I want to tell 590 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:19,290 you last week. 591 00:36:19,370 --> 00:36:23,610 I had one of those weeks I want 592 00:36:23,610 --> 00:36:25,190 to tell you I want to tell you 593 00:36:25,190 --> 00:36:27,010 a little bit about the week I had 594 00:36:28,130 --> 00:36:32,750 first of all Last Tuesday at about five 595 00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:33,270 o'clock. 596 00:36:33,390 --> 00:36:37,610 I mentioned it last Tuesday Prayer request we're 597 00:36:37,610 --> 00:36:39,030 waiting for my mother to come to the 598 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:42,710 apartment for Lovely dinner and she comes in 599 00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:44,950 and the end result of what happened to 600 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:45,090 her. 601 00:36:45,230 --> 00:36:47,810 She fell into the elevator broke her wrist 602 00:36:47,810 --> 00:36:51,570 and Wife and daughter had to go with 603 00:36:51,570 --> 00:36:53,470 her to the hospital and that night after 604 00:36:53,470 --> 00:36:58,630 the service about 12 o'clock She finally 605 00:36:58,630 --> 00:37:01,090 they finally set her her wrist because that 606 00:37:01,090 --> 00:37:02,650 happened to be the day that the nurses 607 00:37:02,650 --> 00:37:04,730 were on strike and sister Marianne was there 608 00:37:04,730 --> 00:37:05,770 and sister Gwen was there. 609 00:37:06,130 --> 00:37:08,190 My wife was there and I got there 610 00:37:08,910 --> 00:37:11,210 after the service was over and after I 611 00:37:11,210 --> 00:37:12,370 had gone to have a bite to eat 612 00:37:12,370 --> 00:37:14,150 because I thought she was all taken care 613 00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:16,490 of and I find out that she was 614 00:37:16,490 --> 00:37:19,730 still there and so That that was how 615 00:37:19,730 --> 00:37:23,150 my week started How that Tuesday started? 616 00:37:24,010 --> 00:37:26,590 Then in the service I was preaching and 617 00:37:26,590 --> 00:37:28,570 came up against a wall like I'd never 618 00:37:28,570 --> 00:37:32,930 come against in this congregation before And I 619 00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:34,630 didn't blame myself and I didn't blame you 620 00:37:34,630 --> 00:37:36,070 I just blamed the devil we just took 621 00:37:36,070 --> 00:37:37,610 authority over in the name of the Lord 622 00:37:39,270 --> 00:37:42,970 The next day my daughter getting ready to 623 00:37:42,970 --> 00:37:46,270 go to Germany for a short-term missions 624 00:37:46,270 --> 00:37:52,330 to a group missions Outreach that's the word 625 00:37:52,330 --> 00:37:57,570 missions outreach She said dad I'm getting all 626 00:37:57,570 --> 00:37:58,430 my papers together. 627 00:37:58,530 --> 00:38:01,170 Do you have my passport and I said, 628 00:38:01,350 --> 00:38:02,670 well, did you give it to me? 629 00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:04,850 She says yeah I think I did because 630 00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:07,490 I've looked everywhere in my in my room 631 00:38:07,490 --> 00:38:08,970 and I can't find it And so I 632 00:38:08,970 --> 00:38:11,330 went looking for and I couldn't find it 633 00:38:12,230 --> 00:38:13,750 And that Wednesday evening. 634 00:38:13,910 --> 00:38:16,030 I was looking forward to a nice evening 635 00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:21,310 of study instead We took about six hours 636 00:38:21,310 --> 00:38:23,570 and looked through every nook and cranny in 637 00:38:23,570 --> 00:38:24,210 our apartment. 638 00:38:24,610 --> 00:38:26,810 I never knew our apartment was so big 639 00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:31,310 Our little apartment was so big we looked 640 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:35,810 everywhere Couldn't find the passport and here's my 641 00:38:35,810 --> 00:38:37,670 daughter crying say I'm not going to be 642 00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:40,350 able to go and we're praying and everything 643 00:38:40,350 --> 00:38:43,230 and We just couldn't find the next day. 644 00:38:43,370 --> 00:38:46,110 We started to prepare to try to get 645 00:38:46,110 --> 00:38:48,670 another one and My daughter was just about 646 00:38:48,670 --> 00:38:50,430 to go out the door to go get 647 00:38:50,430 --> 00:38:52,290 it try to get a new one Another 648 00:38:52,290 --> 00:38:54,670 one at the last minute when my wife 649 00:38:54,670 --> 00:38:58,510 took one more look And she found it 650 00:38:59,030 --> 00:39:02,510 Praise the Lord Amen, because she told the 651 00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:03,350 Lord she said Lord. 652 00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:05,030 I want you to lead me to it. 653 00:39:05,090 --> 00:39:08,250 I'm not Asking you this is not witchcraft 654 00:39:08,250 --> 00:39:10,630 or this is not wishcraft This is just 655 00:39:10,630 --> 00:39:12,690 prayer and I want you to lead me 656 00:39:12,690 --> 00:39:14,130 to it And so the Lord led her 657 00:39:14,130 --> 00:39:16,030 to it and she found it praise the 658 00:39:16,030 --> 00:39:23,990 Lord But my week wasn't over my car 659 00:39:23,990 --> 00:39:28,090 broke did my car wouldn't start twice In 660 00:39:28,090 --> 00:39:29,990 the midst of all this I got three 661 00:39:29,990 --> 00:39:33,550 different phone calls all of them very distressing 662 00:39:33,550 --> 00:39:36,870 phone calls at three different times three distressing 663 00:39:36,870 --> 00:39:43,650 phone calls and then Finally Saturday, let me 664 00:39:43,650 --> 00:39:43,850 see. 665 00:39:43,950 --> 00:39:45,710 I can't remember there was something else that 666 00:39:45,710 --> 00:39:46,010 happened. 667 00:39:46,070 --> 00:39:49,430 I can't remember at all Finally came Saturday 668 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:49,850 night. 669 00:39:50,530 --> 00:39:53,530 I Said the Lord I said, I'm sure 670 00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:55,650 be glad to put this week to bed 671 00:39:58,010 --> 00:39:59,930 And I had a good season of prayer 672 00:39:59,930 --> 00:40:02,650 and I just felt victory in my soul 673 00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:05,790 Saturday night went to bed and Said well, 674 00:40:05,830 --> 00:40:07,250 thank God the week is over. 675 00:40:07,450 --> 00:40:13,210 But God you're in control 240 in the 676 00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:14,730 morning the telephone rings. 677 00:40:17,530 --> 00:40:19,490 I Remember it because I looked at the 678 00:40:19,490 --> 00:40:21,750 clock immediately and I and I thought Oh 679 00:40:21,750 --> 00:40:25,090 240 in the morning and I said hello 680 00:40:26,990 --> 00:40:29,470 and The answer on the other end was 681 00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:31,630 my son calling me for the West Oh, 682 00:40:31,690 --> 00:40:34,510 by the way, also my daughter Saturday came 683 00:40:34,510 --> 00:40:35,010 home sick. 684 00:40:35,070 --> 00:40:36,570 My oldest daughter came home sick. 685 00:40:36,690 --> 00:40:39,510 Oh, yeah, that was the other thing And 686 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:41,310 now my son calls in and I thought 687 00:40:41,310 --> 00:40:44,090 oh no Devil, you're trying to get one. 688 00:40:44,230 --> 00:40:46,170 You're trying to shoot one more arrow at 689 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:49,890 me And I could I'm and my son 690 00:40:49,890 --> 00:40:51,870 is on the other end and he's trying 691 00:40:51,870 --> 00:40:54,810 to tell me something And I can I 692 00:40:54,810 --> 00:40:57,650 can feel a little sniffle in his voice 693 00:40:57,650 --> 00:41:01,370 and I said son what's wrong He said 694 00:41:01,370 --> 00:41:01,770 dad. 695 00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:03,730 He said I just had to call you. 696 00:41:04,690 --> 00:41:06,710 I Just had to call you because dad 697 00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:08,930 I just want to tell you how much 698 00:41:08,930 --> 00:41:17,030 I love you Now I knew my son 699 00:41:17,030 --> 00:41:24,830 wasn't drunk He said I he said some 700 00:41:24,830 --> 00:41:26,610 of us were talking tonight and you know, 701 00:41:26,730 --> 00:41:31,190 it's 1140 his time he forgets this 240, 702 00:41:31,470 --> 00:41:33,750 you know, he just wants to call me. 703 00:41:33,870 --> 00:41:34,470 He said dad. 704 00:41:34,610 --> 00:41:36,490 I love you He said thank you. 705 00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:37,710 Will you tell mom? 706 00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:38,710 Will you just tell mom? 707 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,810 Thank you for the way that you raised 708 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:43,110 me and all that you contributed to my 709 00:41:43,110 --> 00:41:45,790 life and and dad I just want and 710 00:41:45,790 --> 00:41:49,210 I said well I will you talk about 711 00:41:49,210 --> 00:41:58,290 something I Said thank you Lord, and I 712 00:41:58,290 --> 00:42:02,920 thank my son we hung up But you 713 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,900 know something is just like Jesus to do 714 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:09,140 What my son did? 715 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,640 To call you at the end of a 716 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,700 long week and tell you son. 717 00:42:15,820 --> 00:42:16,820 I love you. 718 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:24,740 Hallelujah Behold at midnight the bridegroom cometh go 719 00:42:24,740 --> 00:42:26,120 ye out to meet him. 720 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,580 Hallelujah That's what that phone call represented to 721 00:42:29,580 --> 00:42:30,000 me. 722 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:30,720 Hallelujah. 723 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:31,980 It was the Lord. 724 00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:38,090 It was a Ministry of the Lord and 725 00:42:38,090 --> 00:42:41,930 you see when Paul and Silas sang at 726 00:42:41,930 --> 00:42:45,910 midnight It was a call from the bridegroom 727 00:42:45,910 --> 00:42:48,610 Go out to meet him because when they 728 00:42:48,610 --> 00:42:53,590 sang praises at midnight God heard them You 729 00:42:53,590 --> 00:42:55,970 know why I know God heard them because 730 00:42:55,970 --> 00:43:01,570 God sang back and when the Lord sings 731 00:43:03,190 --> 00:43:05,390 You know what happened look at the next 732 00:43:05,390 --> 00:43:08,810 verse when God sings here's what happens how 733 00:43:08,810 --> 00:43:12,170 I know God sang and suddenly there was 734 00:43:12,170 --> 00:43:15,570 a great earthquake so that the Foundations of 735 00:43:15,570 --> 00:43:17,990 the prison were shaken and immediately all the 736 00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:21,070 doors were open and everyone's bands were loosed. 737 00:43:21,150 --> 00:43:26,930 Hallelujah Hallelujah You sing praises at midnight God 738 00:43:26,930 --> 00:43:27,830 sings back. 739 00:43:28,150 --> 00:43:35,870 Hallelujah With such power and such might that 740 00:43:35,870 --> 00:43:38,450 will shake the bands off of you Hallelujah, 741 00:43:38,810 --> 00:43:41,530 and you'll know that God's on the throne 742 00:43:41,530 --> 00:43:50,170 glory to God Oh, hallelujah, that's right. 743 00:43:50,270 --> 00:43:51,490 My God reigns. 744 00:43:51,570 --> 00:43:57,290 That's right God was just telling Paul and 745 00:43:57,290 --> 00:44:00,590 Silas I'm up I'm up. 746 00:44:01,370 --> 00:44:02,830 I hear you. 747 00:44:03,730 --> 00:44:12,870 Oh Hallelujah Finally finally the effect of the 748 00:44:12,870 --> 00:44:17,150 prison revival While they prayed and sang praises 749 00:44:17,150 --> 00:44:19,370 at midnight it says and the prisoners heard 750 00:44:19,370 --> 00:44:24,030 them You know something our conduct at midnight 751 00:44:25,170 --> 00:44:29,530 Is very very important Because of the effect 752 00:44:29,530 --> 00:44:33,530 it has on others Someone is always listening 753 00:44:33,530 --> 00:44:37,570 someone is always watching someone is always feeling 754 00:44:37,570 --> 00:44:40,290 the effect of our behavior in our prison 755 00:44:40,290 --> 00:44:47,800 and the prisoners Heard them You see what 756 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,940 are the prisoners in your life hearing? 757 00:44:50,540 --> 00:44:54,400 Are they hearing praises or are they hearing 758 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,240 self-pity? 759 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,160 Are they hearing prayers or are they hearing 760 00:44:59,160 --> 00:44:59,980 complaints? 761 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,080 Do you act like Paul and Silas? 762 00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:10,280 Consider them they're in a strange city They 763 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,080 wanted to go evangelize in Asia, but the 764 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:20,070 Holy Ghost said no In a vision Paul 765 00:45:20,070 --> 00:45:23,230 sees a man from Macedonia says come over 766 00:45:23,230 --> 00:45:27,050 and help us and so he's obedient to 767 00:45:27,050 --> 00:45:30,330 it and What does he get for his 768 00:45:30,330 --> 00:45:36,030 obedience a violent reception They're seized and without 769 00:45:36,030 --> 00:45:40,030 trial they're thrown into the inner prison It 770 00:45:40,030 --> 00:45:42,810 was a gloomy and miserable place and might 771 00:45:42,810 --> 00:45:45,350 have caused them to question if they were 772 00:45:45,350 --> 00:45:48,230 in God's will some of us might have 773 00:45:48,230 --> 00:45:50,430 said I'd rather have gone to Asia and 774 00:45:53,150 --> 00:45:56,590 Men are known in dark cells to curse 775 00:45:56,590 --> 00:46:01,110 and summon despair to kill themselves But never 776 00:46:01,110 --> 00:46:05,510 had such a prison heard such singing reverberating 777 00:46:05,510 --> 00:46:10,010 off its walls It was a lousy place. 778 00:46:10,130 --> 00:46:13,970 Yes, but they made it beautiful You see 779 00:46:13,970 --> 00:46:17,170 stone walls did not a prison make for 780 00:46:17,170 --> 00:46:21,710 them nor iron bars a cage they sang 781 00:46:21,710 --> 00:46:24,330 as if they were in the temple at 782 00:46:24,330 --> 00:46:28,230 Jerusalem and Though they did not know it 783 00:46:29,010 --> 00:46:31,710 Though they did not know it Paul and 784 00:46:31,710 --> 00:46:36,390 Silas Were touching the spirits and the inner 785 00:46:36,390 --> 00:46:41,610 prisons of their fellow prisoners It says and 786 00:46:41,610 --> 00:46:45,570 the prisoners heard them Now you see they 787 00:46:45,570 --> 00:46:48,710 sang because they didn't know they couldn't do 788 00:46:48,710 --> 00:46:49,630 anything else. 789 00:46:49,750 --> 00:46:53,690 They couldn't help but sing And but all 790 00:46:53,690 --> 00:46:56,710 the time, although they were not even conscious 791 00:46:56,710 --> 00:47:01,870 of it They were ministering unto others better 792 00:47:01,870 --> 00:47:06,210 than they knew Making it easier for their 793 00:47:06,210 --> 00:47:09,110 fellow prisoners to suffer the misery of their 794 00:47:09,110 --> 00:47:13,070 own imprisonment and You see I see in 795 00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:16,910 this a type of service and ministry That 796 00:47:16,910 --> 00:47:20,210 we sometimes forget God has placed us in. 797 00:47:21,390 --> 00:47:24,630 Oh Yes, there is a time to witness 798 00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:29,050 by plan and by design and by Putting 799 00:47:29,050 --> 00:47:31,110 it on your calendar and say yes, I'm 800 00:47:31,110 --> 00:47:32,970 going to go to the upper room Yes, 801 00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:35,750 I'm going to go on the streets There 802 00:47:35,750 --> 00:47:38,070 is a time to witness by plan and 803 00:47:38,070 --> 00:47:41,770 by intention When you go to somebody and 804 00:47:41,770 --> 00:47:44,970 you tell them about Jesus But there is 805 00:47:44,970 --> 00:47:48,010 also the time when if you are singing 806 00:47:48,010 --> 00:47:52,970 praises at midnight Someone else sees it Someone 807 00:47:52,970 --> 00:47:54,230 else hears it. 808 00:47:54,230 --> 00:47:56,890 Someone else is blessed by it and you 809 00:47:56,890 --> 00:48:00,410 don't even know it You don't even know 810 00:48:00,410 --> 00:48:04,090 it You see there are prisoners of sorrow 811 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:07,990 there are prisons of prisoners of suffering There 812 00:48:07,990 --> 00:48:11,810 are prisoners who are in emotional pain and 813 00:48:11,810 --> 00:48:16,050 they need to hear you singing in the 814 00:48:16,050 --> 00:48:21,990 prison house of your own troubles Because it 815 00:48:21,990 --> 00:48:25,930 can become infectious Hallelujah, and because of your 816 00:48:25,930 --> 00:48:29,710 praises their veins can fall off as well. 817 00:48:29,770 --> 00:48:35,460 Hallelujah You see every one of us exercise 818 00:48:35,460 --> 00:48:40,160 what I call an unaware ministry That's when 819 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,720 you touch somebody else's life and you don't 820 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:43,480 even know it. 821 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,400 Oh The people that have ministered to me 822 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:51,360 and they never knew it That ministry may 823 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,580 have just been a simple word It may 824 00:48:54,580 --> 00:48:55,960 have just been a smile. 825 00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:57,880 It may just been a phone call. 826 00:48:57,960 --> 00:48:59,580 It may have been a letter It may 827 00:48:59,580 --> 00:49:03,160 have been something else Or I've watched somebody 828 00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:09,000 When another Christian reacts unrighteously to them and 829 00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:12,920 I see them react righteously and all I 830 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:18,930 minister to Don't tell me that you don't 831 00:49:18,930 --> 00:49:22,670 have a ministry Don't tell me that your 832 00:49:22,670 --> 00:49:27,390 life does not count Everyone here tonight know 833 00:49:27,390 --> 00:49:32,790 can sing praises at midnight Either your own 834 00:49:32,790 --> 00:49:35,150 midnight or somebody else's midnight. 835 00:49:36,030 --> 00:49:38,890 I Love the way David the psalmist put 836 00:49:38,890 --> 00:49:42,970 it He said I waited patiently for the 837 00:49:42,970 --> 00:49:45,790 Lord and he brought me up out of 838 00:49:45,790 --> 00:49:50,170 the miry clay He set my feet upon 839 00:49:50,170 --> 00:49:51,210 a solid rock. 840 00:49:51,350 --> 00:49:54,170 He hath put a new song in my 841 00:49:54,170 --> 00:49:58,210 mouth Many shall hear it. 842 00:49:58,910 --> 00:50:02,330 Many others shall hear it and trust and 843 00:50:02,330 --> 00:50:03,810 praise the Lord. 844 00:50:05,410 --> 00:50:08,370 Oh How important it is for you to 845 00:50:08,370 --> 00:50:12,210 sing at midnight Hallelujah, because there's somebody else 846 00:50:12,210 --> 00:50:14,390 in a prison that can be touched by 847 00:50:14,390 --> 00:50:15,030 your singing. 848 00:50:15,210 --> 00:50:22,920 Hallelujah Hebrews 13 1 says let brotherly love 849 00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:27,680 continue be not forgetful to entertain strangers For 850 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,580 thereby have some entertained angels unaware. 851 00:50:31,420 --> 00:50:34,240 There it is The ministry that I call 852 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:42,340 the unaware ministry the unaware ministry Every one 853 00:50:42,340 --> 00:50:45,220 of us has an opportunity to entertain angels 854 00:50:45,220 --> 00:50:49,800 unaware You ought to sing at midnight because 855 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,500 of that You know when I get to 856 00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:54,980 heaven You know what the Lord showed me 857 00:50:54,980 --> 00:50:59,830 this afternoon when I get to heaven One 858 00:50:59,830 --> 00:51:02,050 of the greatest surprises is going to be 859 00:51:03,230 --> 00:51:05,570 That many of the sermons over which I 860 00:51:05,570 --> 00:51:11,830 toiled Will never be mentioned in heaven but 861 00:51:11,830 --> 00:51:18,690 certain ministries Which I knew nothing of Certain 862 00:51:18,690 --> 00:51:21,810 people's lives that I knew nothing of as 863 00:51:21,810 --> 00:51:23,990 I ministered here and there as I went 864 00:51:23,990 --> 00:51:27,250 hither and There and went this way in 865 00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:32,410 that way Those personal or individual sermons are 866 00:51:33,690 --> 00:51:36,390 Going to awaken trumpets on the other side 867 00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:41,380 I've seen many Christians and with this I'm 868 00:51:41,380 --> 00:51:41,940 going to close. 869 00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:44,220 I've seen many Christians who have been haunted 870 00:51:44,220 --> 00:51:51,240 by fears Haunted by failure Guilt-ridden because 871 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:53,340 they're not doing enough for the Lord and 872 00:51:54,820 --> 00:51:57,220 Some of them do far more for God 873 00:51:57,220 --> 00:52:01,580 than they ever realized Because the prisoners hear 874 00:52:01,580 --> 00:52:05,580 them singing and you know, sometimes if you're 875 00:52:05,580 --> 00:52:08,920 walking in the spirit If you're just serving 876 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:12,940 the Lord faithfully sometimes you do more without 877 00:52:12,940 --> 00:52:17,180 trying for God than when you try Sometimes 878 00:52:17,180 --> 00:52:20,340 I know I do more without trying when 879 00:52:20,340 --> 00:52:23,920 I'm just we're serving the Lord faithfully And 880 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:25,980 when I've got a song in my heart 881 00:52:25,980 --> 00:52:28,280 And I'm in the place I ought to 882 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,580 be when Jesus is a center of my 883 00:52:31,580 --> 00:52:37,200 joy Other prisoners here at hallelujah and without 884 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:42,440 me trying God uses me hallelujah And God 885 00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:46,770 will do the same for you I've got 886 00:52:46,770 --> 00:52:49,550 to read one verse in closing one one 887 00:52:49,550 --> 00:52:55,040 one more verse Here's was Peter's in time 888 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:55,580 message. 889 00:52:55,600 --> 00:53:00,560 Very interesting Listen to it First Peter 4 890 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,600 7 to 10 don't turn there He says 891 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,500 but the end of all things is at 892 00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:10,500 hand be therefore sober and watch unto prayer 893 00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:15,060 and Above all things have fervent charity among 894 00:53:15,060 --> 00:53:19,120 yourselves For charity shall cover a multitude of 895 00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:24,680 sins Use hospitality one to another without grudging 896 00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:29,160 as Every man hath received the gift Even 897 00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:32,100 so minister the same one to another as 898 00:53:32,100 --> 00:53:34,840 good stewards of the manifold grace of God 899 00:53:36,930 --> 00:53:40,190 Peter says above all things as we near 900 00:53:40,190 --> 00:53:44,170 the end Let Jesus shine in your life 901 00:53:44,170 --> 00:53:48,050 every day Quit thinking that you don't have 902 00:53:48,050 --> 00:53:50,350 a ministry or you don't have a gift 903 00:53:50,990 --> 00:53:53,890 He said as every man hath received the 904 00:53:53,890 --> 00:53:56,710 gift so minister the same one to another 905 00:53:58,370 --> 00:54:00,670 You say but pastor, I don't know what 906 00:54:00,670 --> 00:54:01,830 my gift is. 907 00:54:02,290 --> 00:54:08,270 Well, so what neither do I Or I 908 00:54:08,270 --> 00:54:11,030 take that back yes, I do it is 909 00:54:11,030 --> 00:54:14,710 to sing praises at midnight Hallelujah, so that 910 00:54:14,710 --> 00:54:17,070 the other prisoners can hear it and their 911 00:54:17,070 --> 00:54:18,150 bands are loose. 912 00:54:18,290 --> 00:54:23,050 Glory to God Glory to God From prison 913 00:54:23,050 --> 00:54:25,890 to praise that's the reason God wants to 914 00:54:25,890 --> 00:54:29,130 bring us from prison to praise that others 915 00:54:29,130 --> 00:54:32,690 might Hear it and trust in the Lord. 916 00:54:32,750 --> 00:54:33,310 Hallelujah. 917 00:54:33,590 --> 00:54:38,630 Let's stand together Thank you Lord, thank you 918 00:54:38,630 --> 00:54:39,070 Lord