From now on, many of these gatherings will be held at night. This is because humanity has lived in the realm of darkness, we have to break up the realm of darkness. So, in order to do this, you should have a serious and sincere heart.
Witness and bring people to the evening service.
If you do not do so, the dignity of the church will not stand.
You should be at the service before the one who is leading it. There are some who say that they should just sleep longer like the others, fill their bellies and come and sit in the most comfortable seat to attend services. They will complain why do we hold service so early?
It is because we must be different than others.
We must not be the same as other religious groups or people of faith.
“I will set this tradition of gathering you at three in the morning for a year or so, without letting you sleep. It is not right for people to become lazy. It is not right to become comfortable.”
There is no growth in a world that takes pleasure in comfort over sacrifice. This is why even if any nation goes through a new revival and becomes conceited and self-absorbed, it will come to ruin. This is exampled in many nations, such as the Roman Empire.
Even though you work and have many activities during the day, religious work should be done at night time as well.
It is also effective to teach in the early morning as well. You should spiritually inspire a new guest so much about God's truth, that he will sweep aside all obstacles and run away from home.
You should become like that. Is it possible to have any results without motivation?
From now on you should work harder and do better if you have not been able to do it in the past. Make it possible by coming up with something creative.
Try this: convey the Word till after midnight and until you hear the crow of the first rooster.
How mysterious it is. You can try conveying the Word as the barking of dogs are in the background in your neighborhood in the quiet, tranquil, night.
When you have such an experience, you will have a feeling that you have broken through a new path of life in search of the bright sunlight.
By conveying the Word at night, you will feel like the captain of a ship who determines anew to find the lighthouse.
You will feel a sense of valor, pride, and majesty as if you were alone in this world that is filled with mysteries of all kinds.
In order to have this bond of heart, you should give guidance during the nighttime.
It is necessary in your life of faith to conduct such activities at night or at dawn. Night, the deep night, has a strong mysterious quality.
This is why you feel such a grace during a nighttime revival moreso than you would in a daytime revival. This is because in the daytime, all of your five senses are dispersed and unfocused on other matters besides the Word.
On the other hand, it feels like the whole world is sleeping and you become more focused at night.
“At night, everything focuses on me by surrounding me, and in such a realm I come to stand naturally. For that reason, during the nighttime, it is easier for me to work with God when He is bestowing His grace. God, too, can work more easily.“
When you arise in the early morning, you should pray so that your life in the coming day can become the embodiment of gratitude in front of Heavenly Father.
Determining to become the embodiment of God's hope in a flower-filled spring garden which Heavenly Father can raise and use for His providence.
The afternoon is like summer, you should be resolved at to develop yourself a step further as you grow to become a being of value in whom God can dwell. When evening comes, which resembles autumn time of cultivation, you should determining and pray in front of God that you will stand in the position of an offering.
Then at night, which is comparable to the winter season, you should pray that you will establish a father-child relationship with God by possessing the energy of life.
Thus, you will become a person who realizes his or her full value.
If a person is able to take all 365 days of the year and turn each day into a day of victory full of gratitude, then that person will feel that a give-and-take relationship with God is truly the most worthy life to behold.
You will not notice that time has passed because you will be intoxicated in God's love.
“It was common in the early days of the Church for me to stay up all night talking or listening to the members.'
You should have the heart of attendance that you will not calculate your sleeping time and think, “Oh, well, since I didn't get enough sleep yesterday, I better make it up today. Yet, this is what you do, right?
This is the same thinking as, “Since I am fasting on Sunday morning, I better eat more on Saturday evening.” On the contrary. It is better for you not to fast with type of thinking, because if you eat more for dinner the night before a fast, this will make you hungrier.
After one's stomach stretches after eating a full dinner, once it is empty the next morning, this will make you feel hungrier. Then what? Will you be able to concentrate with a stomach that is growling for its next meal?
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This post was rewritten and derived from the teachings and speech of Dr Reverend Sun Myung Moon who is the author of “The Divine Principle”.
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