plaetton: If there is a kingdom of darkness, what exactly is your business with waging your socalled war on them?
Didn't Jesus die to save from the trouble?
And why isn't god, with his army of angels not waging and and not having defeated this demonic kingdom thus far?

just shut up there!!!! did i say im waging a war? u really want me to notice you're athiest . sorry you lost the battle

lacicrips: If you want to get quick answers from God, Midnight prayers & praises are your best bet.

Source: personal experience.

Oh, and add fasting to it for an even quicker response.

So let me ask you this:

Did God answer you prayers because
A. You prayed at midnight.
B. You had faith that your prayers would be answered
C. God decided to have mercy upon you and answer your prayers.
D. Daytime prayers are less effective

Choose one answer

Mamacita007:

just shut up there!!!! did i say im waging a war? u really want me to notice you're athiest . sorry you lost the battle

Atheist if not, his question is reasonable and requires an answer. Please answer it.

BTW I am not an atheist. I believe in God.

pDude:

So let me ask you this:

Did God answer you prayers because
A. You prayed at midnight.
B. You had faith that your prayers would be answered
C. God decided to have mercy upon you and answer your prayers.
D. Daytime prayers are less effective

Choose one answer

lmao

Yes, God listens to us more n ans our prayers faster especially every 3:00

Goldienana: Yes, God listens to us more n ans our prayers faster especially every 3:00

So God has selective listening?

When the side of the earth faces away from sun and everywhere becomes dark, God's ears becomes more receptive to prayers?

So God hears more in the night. But during the daytime, His ears suddenly close up and hearing becomes difficult



Hahahahahahahahaha! Una nor go ki pesin for nairaland o.

i still can't understand how people keep wallowing in dumb belief of witches,wizard,demon e.t.c. If all these evil beings exist no christian will be alive with all the corrupt and sinful act they indulge in day and night talkless of waging war with demons in the middle of the night. Well if they don't believe all these crap how will their smart pastors drive exotic cars,fly private jets and live in big mansions. I wonder why thier pastors cast,bind and destroy boko haram peeps except for imaginary non existence intangible things. Our obsession with superstitious belief contributes to our underdevelopment

Mamacita007:

just shut up there!!!! did i say im waging a war? u really want me to notice you're athiest . sorry you lost the battle

And you really want to show us that you are a m.or.on?
You have succeeded.

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Why is the average american citizen not being bothered by these so called witches and ritualists. I spent last 15 years in USA and none of my friends/family/anyone ever had a story of running into a witch or a goat turning into money... Nigeria is one of most prayerful countries, yet we apparently have more "EVIL" than other countries so its either we are superstitious gullible idiots, or the witches just like the Nigerian weather...

From your submissions i take it that you think that I am in Nigeria as we speak. No mate I am outside the country and as such received my christianity outside the country. its alright u do not intend to have an argument for God says its a free will for u to choose to follow him. However, it is imperative that i give u some answers to your questions.
1) Genesis 2:8 (the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the East and placed man in it) we can agree that garden represents good things right? And as such we can equate that in the beginning there was no sin/evil. Now move to ch 3: 16 and see where God does his duty of protection by warning Man not to sin; 'but the Lord God warned him, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If u eat its fruit, you will surely die
2)And yes God has the power to banish evil from each and every one's life but that person has to ask him for this by practising his Word, for God is a perfect God who will never has be associated with sin; go to Isaiah. And that power is the Holy Spirit which is known as the helper, Acts 1:4 and 8
3)what brought up oranges and apples, i have been typing without writing oranges/apples. What does your having to live in another country have to do with your prayers. I ask you because one lives in USA and is certain hours behind another country would it is stop him from doing the essentials of life example grocery shopping, answering the call of nature.
it does appear this your argument is a conveint way in which u decide to run away from the question
4)I do not have God and a religion but I follow God and as such obey his teachings
5)Stop wondering you wonderer, and consider the definition of witchcraft. Witchcraft is seeking help from anyother spiritual source other than God and as such includes horoscope, fortune-telling, palm reading, Crystal Ball. Can u tell me in the whole of USA this is not practised.
6)Wheather Nigeria is the most prayful nation is up for debate and yes u stated a half truth there as there are many sinful acts in Nigeria in-spite of it being a 'prayful nation'. Why is this so? Look at Luke 15:1-9, Jesus points out that when you replace God's teachings with your contradicting traditions, your worship of the Lord is in vain(does not then count). Now this is exactly applicable to the Nigerian situation. it has nothing to do the weather but people have substituted God's Word with their own. Amen
Wake up from your slumber, stopping waiting for goats to be turned into money before you realise your sins. AMEN

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What a load of crap.
You were definitely educated on Nigeria, cos only our dysfunctional system can produce such warped logic.
He asked why witches, demons and evil spirits are not chasing white Britons, white Americans and Scandinavians?

Maybe the demons like the fact that we have no electricity or they like our unique tropical weather. Lol

What we think don't matter. What did the Bible say? Pray in privacy....and do not engage in long drawn out prayers. It never said one time is better to pray than the other.God and the devil operate 24/7 and man can never overload them with requests. Midnight is time for you to be asleep....if God wanted you to be up then you would be nocturnal....sleep in the day and be wide awake at nights...prowling.Night is made to sleep.

plaetton:

If there is a kingdom of darkness, what exactly is your business with waging your socalled war on them?
Didn't Jesus die to save from the trouble?
And why isn't god, with his army of angels not waging and and not having defeated this demonic kingdom thus far?

if only u knew d evil planned against u by d kingdom of darkness, u wouldn't have made such a statement. D best time to war against d plans of d wicked is at midnight. Jesus died 2 give us victory over all the plans of d wicked!

God doesn't exist. You're literally talking to yourself and making a christmas wish list. grow up

elnath: You Christians are really pathetic in your reasoning. So praying at night and depriving yourself of sleep really makes God accord you special treatment above others? God, then, must be partial and not keeping to His words. For it is supposedly His words that 'I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy'. It seems to me, therefore, that the intensity, frequency or time of prayer is virtually immaterial to God, who has a masterplan for each of our lives. Remember, worshipping God entails total surrender, completely giving up to His will. The best way to surrender is not to demand, not to ask, but to submit, trust and hope that whatever God course of action God chooses for your life is OK.

You might be wrong, if it's not important, why Muslims and occultists do reference at night?

Salma: Midnight prayer is very good, especially at d last part of d night (3 am) til dawn.

Why?

PRAY ALWAYS

If you're spiritually inclined and not dead in spirit you'll understand what it means to pray at night for all those that don't understand and believe in this.Why do witches and wizards operates at night?ponder on this.

pencilled down

From the trend so far on this topic i see a lot of midnight prayer supporters saying "One is more vulnerabe at night cos of witches and wizards operate at night". Are you trying to say your prayers during the day that God should protect you at night while sleeping is void? I totally disagree. Prayer is communicating with God and God has made Himself available to us at all time and everywhere. It is now left to us his followers to choose when and how to communicate with Him (God). The most important thing is to make sure we are always in communication with God, hence the Bible says "Pray without ceasing". Keep you communication with God open and he will never leave you. Whether its day or night is irrelevant if you are not actually communicating while praying. Its not you prayers that save you from witches and wizards or any evil doings, it is God, so don't give the Glory of answered prayers to the time or place of your prayer.

italo: When you pray at night, you deny yourself of sleep communicate with God..as you deny yourself of food whe you fast.

Even Jesus himself did both.

Luke 6:12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles.

Absolutely! This reason and the need for a serene environment, devoid of any distraction are good reasons why praying in the midnight has its special advantage. Self-denial in any form is deeply appreciated by God in order to co-labor with Him to establish His will either in your life, another person's or a situation. When God sees that you actually denied yourself the sleep the body requires and actually demands for, He is particularly impressed.

However, we must do all of this with the right motive, a clean and straight heart attitude towards prayers, the situation we are praying for and the persons involved (either favourably or unfavourably).

God bless

The best thermometer of your spiritual temperature is the intensity of your prayer.
.... Persistent prayer is a liberating force.
Those that have encountered, battled and overcome spiritual challenges surely know the importance of MIDNIGHT PRAYERS.

Ikengawo: God doesn't exist. You're literally talking to yourself and making a christmas wish list. grow up

Unbelievers have hope and can still be saved but in your case, you r lost or shuld i say Condemned already.

Dont let us deceive ourself.....go and read ephesians 6 v 10-12, during Jesus' time ,wen he was prayn on d mountain along wit his 4runners...he woke up dem up 3 times teln dem 2 pray so dat dy wont b temptd...nd it was mid9t...r u pple nw teln me dat d 4runners were also busy lyk Jesus dat he had 2 wake dem up...xtians of nowadays r lazy.....dnt 4get d kingdom of God suffereth violence and d violence take it by force...d bible also says those dat seek him in d morning shal c im irrespectiv of anytin....nd abt tym...its nt specified but as xtians ....we ought 2 pray @ 9t...its gud but not compulsory....yield 2 d advice if u also lyk....shalom

And abt d witches,wizards e.t.c.....as we are bn used by God tru his spirit i.e holy spirit....nobody can tel me he has seen satan fac2fac,NO!...so as God is doin own...satan is doin his...dats y satan use sum pple as instruments 2 devour xtians....dnt 4get John 10 v 10....nd also dat we dnt wrestle wit blood n flesh dat means we r wrestlin wit d spirit in them...so dy r instruments....moreova,am sorry 4 sayn dis we xtians r lazy...sum pple said we dnt nid 2 fast even pray dat Jesus has fastd evrytn 4 us...as xtians we ought to be hot 4 God....i lyk mid9t prayaz sha...it helps my spiritual lyf...but nt compulsory...

modele2: I recently joined a new society or prayer group and at a meeting everyone was talking about how difficult it was to stay awake for midnight prayers. I held my self and at a point had to blurt out...'ah ah must you pray at midnight? Sleep when you want to and give the Lord more alert parts of your day'. You could have heard a pin drop then i got several lessons on how important midnight prayer was...blah blah blah. (demons operate at night was the only reason that stood out . I was hardly convinced especially when i tried it for two days.

So i bring it to the house, do people have any experience on how extra special midnight prayers are? Is there any advantage tied to time of prayer? Honest views and personal testimonies are very welcome.

ps.if there is another topic that addresses this pls let me know, my search turned up nothing when i tried.

The important decisions that shapes the world both in the physical and spiritual helms take place at night. More so it is d period of cross over to a new day. While its not under compulsion to pray at midnight, but that is d period for the most effectual prevent prayers.

Hope this helps.

robzyone: From the trend so far on this topic i see a lot of midnight prayer supporters saying "One is more vulnerabe at night cos of witches and wizards operate at night". Are you trying to say your prayers during the day that God should protect you at night while sleeping is void? I totally disagree. Prayer is communicating with God and God has made Himself available to us at all time and everywhere. It is now left to us his followers to choose when and how to communicate with Him (God). The most important thing is to make sure we are always in communication with God, hence the Bible says "Pray without ceasing". Keep you communication with God open and he will never leave you. Whether its day or night is irrelevant if you are not actually communicating while praying. Its not you prayers that save you from witches and wizards or any evil doings, it is God, so don't give the Glory of answered prayers to the time or place of your prayer.

Praying at night is not compulsory. But someone that works all day and probably leaves home very early and due to nature of work can't get time to pray can create a specific time at night just for prayers, void of distractions.

mcfynest: u know, it is fabled that at night many people dont disturb God so it is kinda nice cos he will av ears for u.

night or day God Almighty, hears it all. People prefer midnight prayers for certain reasons, less distractions being the number one reason, makes it easier to focus and listen to your inner spirit as that is the being God talks to. Also, spiritual activity is higher and the early hours of the day...usually between 12 midnight and 3 am are considered to be the peak of spiritual activities as they tend to mark the first hours of a new day/ beginning... that does not mean that daytime prayers are not as effective.
Try praying without your clothes anything from 12 midnight. Worship then pray.

plaetton:

If there is a kingdom of darkness, what exactly is your business with waging your socalled war on them?
Didn't Jesus die to save from the trouble?
And why isn't god, with his army of angels not waging and and not having defeated this demonic kingdom thus far?

Infact speaking from a purely human and i guess lazy point of view...why go rustle their feathers. I buy that.

pDude:

So God has selective listening?

When the side of the earth faces away from sun and everywhere becomes dark, God's ears becomes more receptive to prayers?

So God hears more in the night. But during the daytime, His ears suddenly close up and hearing becomes difficult



Hahahahahahahahaha! Una nor go ki pesin for nairaland o.

lollll. Very true ...But I cant really argue with the better concentration part...with respect to the person praying

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krispycash: night or day God Almighty, hears it all. People prefer midnight prayers for certain reasons, less distractions being the number one reason, makes it easier to focus and listen to your inner spirit as that is the being God talks to. Also, spiritual activity is higher and the early hours of the day...usually between 12 midnight and 3 am are considered to be the peak of spiritual activities as they tend to mark the first hours of a new day/ beginning... that does not mean that daytime prayers are not as effective.
Try praying without your clothes anything from 12 midnight. Worship then pray.

Without your clothes?......like really!!, thats another one o...interesting