Ps:134:1-2
Oh, praise the Lord all you servants of the Lord
You who serve at night in the house of the Lord
Lift up holy hands in prayer and praise the Lord.
In the Holy Temple, there were priests entrusted in the night to continue the rituals and worship and prayers.
How often do we wake up in the night? May be a distracting noise. May be disturbed sleep. Even without any reason you may wake up. But then what do you do? Sometimes you are not able to sleep even after turns of rolling around in the bed. You count sheeps. You plan and scheme. You try to indulge yourself in your own fantasy world. But nothing happens.
Why are you reluctant to sit up or kneel down and pray. For you, for your life, your family, your spouse, your children, your ministry, people around you who need your precious prayers. There are lot of things to thank Him for. Lot of things to pray for
Be on night duty. God will give you adequate rest.
Sometimes even after 8 hours of sleep you might still wake up groggy. Spending time with your Father in heaven refreshes your spirit.
What did Jesus do? The previous day He works late night and then early morning before it is dawn, He goes to pray.
If Jesus felt the need of doing this, then how much more a feeble person like me. And do not think of prayer. It will distract you easily to the tugs of the world. Pray aloud.
Let your children wake up in the night and see you on your knees, hear your voices of prayer. Let that be the memory etched in their minds about their parents.
Let them dream to be men and women of prayers like you.
You are called to be a house of prayer. Do not make it a den of thieves
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