Talk

Midnight in Phillipi

Louie Giglio
April 22, 2018

So many stories sound like this, “I was a person of God, I heard the messages and sang the songs, and then life happened; the night grew dark, and when I couldn’t see what God was doing, I swore never to darken the door of the Church again.”

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As we kick-off our new series, EVEN THOUGH, Louie Giglio has a goal for all of us: That we would become a people who move from hearing about God to a people who are in a relationship with the Almighty that emblazons us with a Heaven-born confidence that anchors our lives in the mighty gale, and radiates hope in the darkest nights.

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That’s Defiant Faith.

Key Takeaway

In Acts 16, Paul demonstrates perfectly what it is to have defiant faith in the darkest night. Louie encourages us to model his faith by seeking to understand who God is by having a deep relationship with the Lord almighty, even when life takes a detour, and we find ourselves in a dark place.

  1. Goal of this series: we would become a people who move from the rows of the auditoriums into a relationship with the almighty.

  2. Life can take a detour Even when you have good intentions. Acts 16:16-34

    1. Even though the night was long, they sang hymns in jail.

    2. “Our worship has the power to change us and everything around us.”

  3. What made Paul’s faith defiant in the darkest hour?

    1. They were in the story of God. They knew the Lord called them to do His work.

    2. They had tasted the grace of God.

      1. Paul understood that the cross isn’t a one-time thing; it is an everyday thing

    3. He knew who God was.

      1. Having a revelation of who God is can change you!

  4. They had witnessed the power of the almighty God.

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"Even though the night is long, I will worship the Lord."
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Louie Giglio

Discussion Questions

  1. How can your faith be more defiant?
  2. Do you worship the Lord when life has you in a hard season?

Scripture References

16Once 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.
17She 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.”
18She 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.
19When 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.
20They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
21by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
22The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.
23After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
24When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26Suddenly 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.
27The 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.
28But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
30He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
32Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
33At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.
34The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
15Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;

I will surely defend my ways to his face.

17Though the fig tree does not bud

and there are no grapes on the vines,

though the olive crop fails

and the fields produce no food,

though there are no sheep in the pen

and no cattle in the stalls,

18yet I will rejoice in the
Lord
,

I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19The Sovereign
Lord
is my strength;

he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,

he enables me to tread on the heights.

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.