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Few of us still practice the act of praying when we wake up. Most of us including myself are guilty of just waking up and heading for the phone to check new messages, but during my personal bible study, i came across something i would love to share. Praying just after we wake up is just as important as praying before we sleep, not just prayer, but prayer with thanksgiving.
In Mark1:35
And rising very early in the morning, when it was still dark, he (Jesus) departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
If our Lord Jesus can see the importance of early morning.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
- YOU DID NOT WAKE YOURSELF, SO APPRECIATE WHO DID
Most of us will go to sleep by 11pm and wake by 6am. What if we didn't wake up? What if that is the last time we slept? Do you think it is the alarm you set that wakes you up? No it wasn't, so there is every need to give God thanks. Ps. 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW DAY HOLDS
Its a brand new day and a new page to write down your experiences. You need God for things to go your way. Through that early morning prayer, God's favour is automatically bestowed and the day is blessed.
Prov. 3vs5-6
(5) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (6)In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- TO CANCEL THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL
While you are busy planning your day, the devil is using someone to plan against you. It is wise to always include God so that all enemy plans will be nullified.
2cor. 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- TO INTERCEDE FOR OTHERS
In a day, we do not usually see all our friends and family, so it is good to intercede for them because we don’t know what would have happen to them if not your prayer. Standing in the gap for others in the morning is very important.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found noone.
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