From the Whipping Post to the Water

Everybody wants revival until it costs something. When Paul and Silas planted the gospel in Philippi, the first thing that came against them was the devil himself, and before long they were beaten, chained, and locked in the inner prison.

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

In this Camp Meeting message, Dr. Stephen Brackeen walks through Acts 16 and the things that interrupt revival: Satan's counterfeits, a church that would rather put on a show, and people who only get stirred up when it touches their pocketbook. Then he turns to midnight, when two bleeding preachers prayed and sang loud enough for the whole prison to hear. That same night the man who laid the stripes on their backs washed their wounds and was baptized, and Paul's suffering became a covering for the young church meeting in Lydia's home.

God can take a story that starts at the whipping post and finish it at the water. Your hardest night may be the very place He is building something that lasts.