In the Midnight Hour
The church talks a lot about trusting God "in the midnight hour." By this they mean when it is darkest in your life. There are going to be midnight hours in all of our journey's of faith. There will be times when it seems like nothing is going right, and there will be times when you feel like there is nothing right with you. There will be times when you wonder if you have taken a wrong turn, and there will be times when you will be unsure about which way to go. In those times pray and trust God, but there is another way of seeing "the midnight hour"
The midnight hour means the first hour of a new day. 12 AM is when it is officially a new day. In my desire to be a better manager of my time and realizing that I wasn't giving God enough priority in my life, I used to get up, or stay up, at midnight to pray and quietly spend time with God. I told God that I would literally give God the first of my day. For the years that I did that I asked God to extend my time and energy because of the sacrifice that I was making, and he absolutely did. Those were some of the best years of my life. As work, school, family, and ministry began to weigh on me I felt like God was calling me to do something else and so I stepped away from that. I now feel the need to go back to this commitment, and I would also like to encourage you to become a part of "In the midnight hour." I did it when I was single and it transformed my days. I need that transformation again as a married woman and mother. I know this WILL benefit me because it is an intentional reaching out of myself toward God and he promised that if we draw close to him, he would draw close to us. God has already shown himself faithful to his promise in my single motherhood. I am not just speaking out of trust in God's word (although I'll take God's word of anyone's), I am speaking from experience. It works!!! But don't take my word for it, read the scriptures. I've got to go. I have a date with my Lord at midnight. Pass this on to every believer you know and if you are going to pray too simple comment" In the midnight hour."
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
The midnight hour means the first hour of a new day. 12 AM is when it is officially a new day. In my desire to be a better manager of my time and realizing that I wasn't giving God enough priority in my life, I used to get up, or stay up, at midnight to pray and quietly spend time with God. I told God that I would literally give God the first of my day. For the years that I did that I asked God to extend my time and energy because of the sacrifice that I was making, and he absolutely did. Those were some of the best years of my life. As work, school, family, and ministry began to weigh on me I felt like God was calling me to do something else and so I stepped away from that. I now feel the need to go back to this commitment, and I would also like to encourage you to become a part of "In the midnight hour." I did it when I was single and it transformed my days. I need that transformation again as a married woman and mother. I know this WILL benefit me because it is an intentional reaching out of myself toward God and he promised that if we draw close to him, he would draw close to us. God has already shown himself faithful to his promise in my single motherhood. I am not just speaking out of trust in God's word (although I'll take God's word of anyone's), I am speaking from experience. It works!!! But don't take my word for it, read the scriptures. I've got to go. I have a date with my Lord at midnight. Pass this on to every believer you know and if you are going to pray too simple comment" In the midnight hour."
Psalm 119:61-63King James Version (KJV)
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Matthew 25:5-7King James Version (KJV)
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Mark 13:34-36King James Version (KJV)
34 For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Acts 16:24-26King James Version (KJV)
24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
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