Spending the night in prayer

For believers in the One God, praying through the whole night is a venerable part of our lives.

Some people hold a “prayer vigil.” They spend the night in prayer, either individually or with a friend or in a group.

This can be especially helpful to jump-start a new direction in life. Or maybe you wish to see growth in your relationship with the LORD God. Or maybe you need clarity on an important decision.

Genesis 32:24. Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

1 Samuel 15:11. “It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to the LORD all night.

2 Samuel 12:16. David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the ground.

Job 35:10. But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Psalm 119:62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.

Joel 1:13. Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

Tobit 6:21. Then Ozias took him out of the assembly into his house, and made a feast for the elders. They called on the God of Israel for help all that night.

Luke 6:12. In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

Acts 16:25. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

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