Song in the Night | Sing it Out Week 3 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

Acts 16:16-30 NIV

Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

What comes out of you when you’re sitting in the darkest place you’ve ever been?(MULTILINE)

When things are difficult in your life, what sound comes out of you?(MULTILINE)

The people of God have a different SOUND that comes out of them!(MULTILINE)

The People of God Sound Different Because…

1. They are by the Holy Spirit.(MULTILINE)

1 Peter 2:9 NIV: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession…(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. They are by the Holy Spirit(MULTILINE)

2 Corinthians 4:16: inwardly we are being renewed day by day.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. They are with the Holy Spirit.(MULTILINE)

Ephesians 4:22: put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. They don’t wait for to inspire them.(MULTILINE)

1 Thessalonians 5:18: …In everything give thanks.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

When You Sing Your Song in the Night…

1. You will hear and be encouraged.(MULTILINE)

1 Samuel 30:6 KJV: But David encouraged himself in the Lord.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. will hear you and be encouraged.(MULTILINE)

Acts 16:25 NIV: About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. God will hear you and He will sing back!(MULTILINE)

Acts 16:26 NIV: Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Psalm 32:7 NIV: You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Psalms 77 NIV: I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted. I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint. You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak. I thought about the former days, the years of long ago; I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked: “Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion? ”Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand. I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV: The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)