Saturday, January 3, 2015
Devotions-The Time For
Bible Questions Answered:
“When should be the time for
devotions. Im thinking after dinner when everyone is around....”
Bernice/ Walsall, England (United
Kingdom)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Jacob:
Genesis 28:16-18 KJV
16 And Jacob awaked out of his
sleep, and he said, Surely The Lord is in this place; and I knew
it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the
morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and
set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Elkanah and his wife Hannah:
Praying for a child.
I Samuel 1:19 KJV
And they rose up in the morning
early, and worshiped before The Lord, and returned, and came to
their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and The Lord
remembered her.
King Hezekiah
II Chronicles 29:20,28-30 KJV
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose
early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the
house of The Lord.
28 And all the congregation
worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all
this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29 And when they had made an end of
offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed
themselves, and worshiped
30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and
the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto The Lord with
the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with
gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Job
Job 1:5 KJV
And it was so,
when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and
sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It
may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus
did Job continually.
David
Psalm 5:3 KJV
My voice shalt thou hear in the
morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,
and will look up.
Psalm 58:7-11
KJV
7 My heart is
fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake up,
my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9 I will praise
thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the
nations.
10 For thy
mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy Truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou
exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the
earth.
Jesus
Mark 1:35 KJV
And in the
morning, rising up a great while before day, He (Jesus)
went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there
prayed.