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Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you. Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. Psalm 5:2-3 NLT
There technically isn’t a “best” time to pray. Anytime you seek God is a good time. Yet the writers of scripture often mention one time for prayer as a choice that is far more common than any other: the morning. Why would the morning come up so often as an ideal time for prayer?
Consider how each day begins with the typically quiet moments at dawn. Then televisions chatter, cars fill the roads, smartphones buzz, and calendars fill up. Responsibilities increase, ideas flood your mind, and you end up moving from one task to another. It may feel like the list of things to do will never end-until you crash on the couch or in your bed at the end of the day.
It’s no mistake that the psalmist seeks God early in the morning, making requests of Him in a moment of quiet and focus. Nothing else is pressing at that moment except attention to God. This quiet time of prayer in the morning is a moment of waiting, a patient expectation for a loving and present God.
Prayer: Jesus, help me to wait patiently and expectantly as I trust You with the requests on my mind.
There technically isn’t a “best” time to pray. Anytime you seek God is a good time. Yet the writers of scripture often mention one time for prayer as a choice that is far more common than any other: the morning. Why would the morning come up so often as an ideal time for prayer?
Consider how each day begins with the typically quiet moments at dawn. Then televisions chatter, cars fill the roads, smartphones buzz, and calendars fill up. Responsibilities increase, ideas flood your mind, and you end up moving from one task to another. It may feel like the list of things to do will never end-until you crash on the couch or in your bed at the end of the day.
It’s no mistake that the psalmist seeks God early in the morning, making requests of Him in a moment of quiet and focus. Nothing else is pressing at that moment except attention to God. This quiet time of prayer in the morning is a moment of waiting, a patient expectation for a loving and present God.
Prayer: Jesus, help me to wait patiently and expectantly as I trust You with the requests on my mind.
