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Daily Devotionals
Voice of the Lord
Evening, morning and noon I complain and moan; but he hears my voice (Psalm 55:18).
It is significant that David cried out to the Lord three times a day. These times corresponded to the Temple services, when sacrifices were lifted up to God (Psalm 141:2; see also Psalm 5:3; 88:13; 92:2).
David is not the only righteous man mentioned in the Scriptures whose prayer times corresponded to the schedule of the Temple sacrifices. Daniel also followed this pattern: "On learning that the document had been signed, Dani'el went home. The windows of his upstairs room were open in the direction of Yerushalayim; and there he kneeled down three times a day and prayed, giving thanks before his God, just as he had been doing before" (Daniel 6:10 [ 11 ]). Peter and John also followed this custom (Acts 3:1; see also Acts 10:9). Finally, the Gentile believer Cornelius set his prayer times to correspond to those of the Temple offerings (Acts 10:30).
How often do we stop what we are doing to devote ourselves to prayer? We can learn from our forefathers and make it our goal to pray in the evening, in the morning and at noon as they did. Thus, we will be obeying the command to "pray regularly" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
...begin a lifestyle of praying three times a day.
DR
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