EARLY MORNING PRAYER.

THOSE THAT SEEK ME SHALL FIND ME PROVERBS 8:17)
IN STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES ON PRAYER, I ISCOVERED THE BIBLE CHARACTERS WITH THE MOST TREMENDOUS PRAYER LIVES PRAYED EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THEY RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, EARLY, AND WRSHIPPED BEFORE THE LOIRD( 1 SAMUEL I:19).

AWAKE UP, MY LORY; AWAKE, PSALTERY AND HARP: I MYSELF WILL AWAKE EARLY. I WILL PRAISE THEE, LORD AMONG THE PEOPLE: I WILL SING UNTO THEE AMONG THE NATIONS(PSALMS 57:8,9).
JOB WHO WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN INTERCESSOR, PRAYED FOR HIS CHILDREN EARLY IN THE MORNING: JOB SENT AND SANCTIFIED THEM, AND ROSE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THEM ALL (JOB I:5).
JESUS PRAYED EARLY IN THE MORNING, LONG BEFORE DAY BREAK, AND IN THE MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED INTO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND THERE PRAYED (MARK 1:35).
EARLY MORNING PRAYER IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A HEAD START ON YOUR DAY AND YOU ARE NOT YET CONTAMINATED WITH THE THINGS OF THE WORLD. YOU ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHAT THE DAY HAS IN STORE AFTER YOU'VE RECEIVED YOUR MARCHING ORDERS FROM HEADQUARTERS.

IF YOU NOTICE, DEW SETTLES ON THE GRASS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, THE DEW EVAPORATES. I THINK THE DEW IS OFTEN TAUGHT AS A TYPE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A SPECIAL PRESENCE OF THE LORD EARLY IN THE MORNING, TO GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING IS TO GET THE DEW OF HIS PRESENCE'

THE LORD SENT THE ISRELITES MANNA EARLY IN THE MORNING, IF THEY WAITED UNTIL NOON TO GATHER IT, THEY WOULD BE TOO LATE BECAUSE THE MANNA SPOIL WITH THE HEAT OF THE DAY. I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T PRAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY OR LATE AT NIGHT---IN FACT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PRAY AS MANY TIMES A DAY AS POSSIBLE HOWEVER, PREVENTIVE PRAYER IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN REMEDIAL PRAYER. YOU GET A HEAD START ON THE DEVIL WHEN YOU BEGIN YOUR DAY WITH PRAYER.

BEGIN EACH DAY WITH PRAYER AND EACH WEEK WITH FASTING AND PRAYER, MAKE A CONSECRATION NOW ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WILL PRAY AND FAST ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW YOU HOW AND WHAT TO PRAY FOR IN EVERY SITUATION AND BE CONSISTENT A CONSISTENT PRAYER LIFE WILL KEEP YOU IN A PLACE OF FAITH. AND DON'T FORGET THE TWINS----PRAYER AND FASTING, KEEP THEM TOGETHER AND YOU WILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL PRAYER LIVES YOU'VE EVER HAD. GOD WILL BLESS YOU AS YOU DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO FAST AND SEEK HIM IN SUPPLICATION PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND GIVING OF THANKS ON A CONSTENT BASIS.

SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL YE UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR (ISAIAH 55:6).