IT TOOK AN EARTHQUAKE TO BRING THE PHILIPPIAN JAILOR TO GOD A. They rent off their (Paul and Silas) clothes, and beat them (Acts 16:22). B. They cast them into the prison (Acts 16:24). C. There was a great earthquake (Acts 16:26). VI. IT TOOK RAGS, POVERTY AND BANKRUPTCY TO BRING THE PRODIGAL TO GOD A. He wasted his substance (Luke 15:13) B. He began to be in want (Luke 15:14). C. He came to himself (Luke 15:17). VII. IT TOOK THE BITTER CUP OF SORROW TO BRING DAVID TO GOD A. The death of the child