SUNDAY INSPIRATION and PRAYER

May 29, 2022

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. 

Lamentations 2:19

NLT Bible

For many, sleep is such a precious commodity. Some can never get enough of it while others have difficulty attaining it. Whatever the situation, we all need to get in the habit of getting up and crying out to God during the stillness of the night. As believers, we should be stirred to pray for the needs of those around us. How many of us can say that we get up during the night to pray because we are burdened for those who are lost or for those who are hurting and suffering? God wants us to cry out to Him, to pour out our hearts to Him with the burdens we bear. Rising during the night to intercede for others shows the depth of our compassion for people and our deep and inner yearning to meet with God.

Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have at our disposal and we need to be moved to pray at every given opportunity, even during the night, while others are asleep. There is an intensity and passion that's evident when we pray during the night. It's as if we are baring our souls before God, in a broken and contrite state. It may seem like an impossibility, but as we purpose to meet with God during the night, crying out to Him for the needs of our friends and family and for those who need a Saviour, our spirits are refreshed, revived and renewed.

 

Thank you Lord for hearing my prayer. In the still of the night, I lift up my family and friends to You and ask that You meet their every need. I pray for those who need healing, those who are lost, adrift at sea with no hope and need you as their Saviour. Hear my cry Lord. I love you, Jesus. Amen!

Be Blessed!

Lydia