Is prayer offered at midnight or early dawn more effective than that offered during the day?
Why should midnight or early dawn be chosen rather than any time of the day for any form of prayer?I mean, would the same heartfelt prayer offered at midnight or early dawn be more effective than when offered during the day?
You are considering prayer to be like magic words. Magic does not exist. Praying is merely talking, to another person or to a deity. Another definition of praying is "pleading", and still involves talking.
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it depends upon which God you pray to
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No by midday god’s in tray is full… a bit like email!
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Depending on the time zone god currently is.
You see, he orbits Earth so fast that we can’t see him, but we believe he is there.
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It does not matter just as long as you do it God never sleeps
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You are considering prayer to be like magic words. Magic does not exist. Praying is merely talking, to another person or to a deity. Another definition of praying is "pleading", and still involves talking.
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I don’t think the time of day has any bearing on prayer at all. If it is heartfelt and you truly mean it, why would it matter? I think whoever came up with that, thought that way because that is when most people are asleep and yours will be noticed? Anyways, it doesn’t seem valid to me.
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It may be. It would be similar to a fast. To pray at midnight deprives you of sleep while a prayer at dawn might make you wake up earlier than usual.
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All heartfelt prayer is acceptable to God.
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I pray just before I Put my Lotto numbers On
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Some people think that staying up all night makes for more effective prayers based on this scripture:
Psalm 119:148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
However be wary of doctrines based on psalms which is after all poetry. People like David were soldiers and had to keep watch during the night during their "shift" so it is reasonable for him to pray during these times. He also meditated on God’s word if he was lying awake on his bed:
Psalm 63:6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
If you are being kept awake at night due to worry or anxiety prayer will help with that and help you get to sleep.
This is not however justification for the sort of "all night prayer meetings" some churches organise.
As for prayer very early in the morning this is taken from this scripture:
Mark 1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Taking this scripture at face value some people teach that early morning prayers are somehow more effective which is why Jesus chose this time for prayer. Again, this is missing the whole point of the scripture. Jesus led a very busy lifestyle due to his extra-ordinary righteousness and constant giving to other people so he had to force himself to wake up very early in the morning as it was the only chance he got to be alone with God, even then it wasn’t long before his disciples got up, noticed him gone and went looking for him.
These are the scriptures which talk about how to have really effective and powerful prayers.
The first and most important thing is to be in your right mind, not to have a mind clouded by exhaustion or any other form of mind numbing effects (drugs alocohol etc).
1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.
The next most important thing is to live as righteous a life as possible:
James 5:16-18 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
Lastly, you need to believe that your prayers have been answered as doubts reduce the effectiveness of your prayers:
James 1:5-7 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
There are other scriptures on prayer but I hope this is enough to get you started.
Hope this answer was helpful.
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Less smog and UV radiation to interfere.
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Because it’s quiet and therefore God can easily hear prayers.
Praying at dawn goes back way in time when people prayed to the rising golden sun at dawn so that the Sun god would have their prayers first on his agenda of things to deal with on that day; sort of like fist come first serve. How hilarious!
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The time of day doesn’t matter. Prayer is simply a waste of time.
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