Evening and Morning With Manna Around the Campby KandD
55:17Psalms 55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
It speaks of crying aloud to God in earnest, importunate prayer in the evening and in the morning and at noon, confident that He will hear. It sets a pattern of praying three times a day at fixed, regular seasons through the day, at its beginning, at midday, and at night. It promises that God hears the voice of the one who prays, so requests are to be brought in faith with trust that He hears and answers, and His mercies attend at every hour. In affliction and distress it teaches trust shown in steady prayer by day and even in the night, asking for healing and grace to endure, with His hearing seen in granted relief and rest, sacred nearness, gratitude, freedom from fear, and strength from the living Source of power apart from feeling. It calls for holding to this course despite opposition or complaint, setting aside moments each day for prayer and Scripture to sustain spiritual life and communion, from which wisdom and sound judgment for daily duties are gained.
Three Times Daily Prayer
David prayed earnestly to God in the evening and in the morning and at noon, confident that He would hear his voice. His example shows personal, fervent seeking of God spread across the whole day rather than confined to a single hour.
The verse establishes a pattern of praying three times a day at set, regular seasons throughout the day. It is stated as evening and morning and at noon, as morning and noon and night, and as at the beginning of the day and at noon and at night. The three daily seasons are to be kept at home as a fixed practice, putting earnest, repeated prayer into daily life.
The prayer it describes is earnest crying aloud to God. It is importunate prayer like Jacob's, urgent and persevering crying out rather than cold form.
God Hears and Answers
Evening, morning, and noon earnest prayer is met with the certainty that God hears the voice raised to Him. Requests are to be brought to Him in faith with trust that He hears and answers prayer. His mercies attend His people at every hour of the day, morning, noon, and night. Set times throughout the day, with crying out to God, belong to this assurance that the praying voice is heard.
In affliction and distress, trust in God is expressed in regular prayer by day and even in the night. Prayer in such times may ask both for healing and for grace to endure, while trust brings gratitude and freedom from fear. His hearing is shown in the relief and rest granted in answer to calling on Him for help. Those seasons of prayer bring sacred nearness and communion with Him. Seeking Him at the beginning of the day, at noon, and at night brings strength from the living Source of power, whatever one's feelings may be.
The three daily seasons of earnest prayer were put into practice in cries for a husband's recovery. Three times a day prayer was offered for him, and God heard the cries as he began to recover.
Living Out Regular Prayer
Prayer at set times through the day is to be continued even when it meets opposition or draws complaints, for the pattern of evening and morning and noon establishes it as a regular practice not to be given up. Calling on God for help in distress, including in the night, expresses trust in Him and brings relief and rest as He hears the praying voice. In affliction that hearing is shown in granted relief and rest in answer to prayer offered at regular seasons by day and even in the night.
The repeated praying through the day is to be carried out by setting aside several moments each day for prayer and Scripture. That daily practice sustains spiritual life and communion with God. From that communion come wisdom and sound judgment for daily duties.
The threefold daily crying aloud to God, with confidence that He hears, is to be practiced earnestly at home before attending a religious gathering. Those three daily prayers at home, evening and morning and at noon, belong to deep heart-searching before holy convocations, in which preparation for eating and dressing is kept secondary. The prayer is to be importunate like Jacob's, giving the heart to God at home and emptying the soul of envy, jealousy, suspicion, fault-finding, discord, and worldliness, so that nothing undone is carried to the meeting.
It speaks of crying aloud to God in earnest, importunate prayer in the evening and in the morning and at noon, confident that He will hear. It sets a pattern of praying three times a day at fixed, regular seasons through the day, at its beginning, at midday, and at night. It promises that God hears the voice of the one who prays, so requests are to be brought in faith with trust that He hears and answers, and His mercies attend at every hour. In affliction and distress it teaches trust shown in steady prayer by day and even in the night, asking for healing and grace to endure, with His hearing seen in granted relief and rest, sacred nearness, gratitude, freedom from fear, and strength from the living Source of power apart from feeling. It calls for holding to this course despite opposition or complaint, setting aside moments each day for prayer and Scripture to sustain spiritual life and communion, from which wisdom and sound judgment for daily duties are gained.
Three Times Daily Prayer
David prayed earnestly to God in the evening and in the morning and at noon, confident that He would hear his voice. His example shows personal, fervent seeking of God spread across the whole day rather than confined to a single hour.
The verse establishes a pattern of praying three times a day at set, regular seasons throughout the day. It is stated as evening and morning and at noon, as morning and noon and night, and as at the beginning of the day and at noon and at night. The three daily seasons are to be kept at home as a fixed practice, putting earnest, repeated prayer into daily life.
The prayer it describes is earnest crying aloud to God. It is importunate prayer like Jacob's, urgent and persevering crying out rather than cold form.
God Hears and Answers
Evening, morning, and noon earnest prayer is met with the certainty that God hears the voice raised to Him. Requests are to be brought to Him in faith with trust that He hears and answers prayer. His mercies attend His people at every hour of the day, morning, noon, and night. Set times throughout the day, with crying out to God, belong to this assurance that the praying voice is heard.
In affliction and distress, trust in God is expressed in regular prayer by day and even in the night. Prayer in such times may ask both for healing and for grace to endure, while trust brings gratitude and freedom from fear. His hearing is shown in the relief and rest granted in answer to calling on Him for help. Those seasons of prayer bring sacred nearness and communion with Him. Seeking Him at the beginning of the day, at noon, and at night brings strength from the living Source of power, whatever one's feelings may be.
The three daily seasons of earnest prayer were put into practice in cries for a husband's recovery. Three times a day prayer was offered for him, and God heard the cries as he began to recover.
Living Out Regular Prayer
Prayer at set times through the day is to be continued even when it meets opposition or draws complaints, for the pattern of evening and morning and noon establishes it as a regular practice not to be given up. Calling on God for help in distress, including in the night, expresses trust in Him and brings relief and rest as He hears the praying voice. In affliction that hearing is shown in granted relief and rest in answer to prayer offered at regular seasons by day and even in the night.
The repeated praying through the day is to be carried out by setting aside several moments each day for prayer and Scripture. That daily practice sustains spiritual life and communion with God. From that communion come wisdom and sound judgment for daily duties.
The threefold daily crying aloud to God, with confidence that He hears, is to be practiced earnestly at home before attending a religious gathering. Those three daily prayers at home, evening and morning and at noon, belong to deep heart-searching before holy convocations, in which preparation for eating and dressing is kept secondary. The prayer is to be importunate like Jacob's, giving the heart to God at home and emptying the soul of envy, jealousy, suspicion, fault-finding, discord, and worldliness, so that nothing undone is carried to the meeting.