This document discusses the importance and blessings of rising early to spend time with God. It provides many biblical examples of faithful men like Abraham, Moses, and Jesus who rose early to pray. The main points are: - Christians should strive to wake up early each morning for fellowship with God, as the early hours provide special blessings and spiritual nourishment. - Many great men of faith from the Bible made a regular practice of rising before dawn to meet with God, and Christians should follow their example. - Those who rise late miss out on vital spiritual sustenance, as evidenced by the Israelites who could not gather manna after the sun rose. - The early morning provides the best time for activities like

1. THE BLESSING
OF
EARLY RISEN
Exodus 16:14-21
Song of Songs 7:12
John 15:1

2. THE POINT
WHAT TIME SHOULD A BELIEVER RISE UP EVERY DAY? IS
IT IMPORTANT THAT A BELIEVER RISES UP EARLY EVERY
MORNING? HOW MUCH A PERSON LOVES THE LORD
CAN BE JUDGED PRIMARILY BY THE WAY HE CHOSES
BETWEEN HIS BED AND THE LORD. DO YOU LOVE YOUR
BED OR THE LORD MORE? THE ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION WILL DETERMINE YOUR LOVE FOR THE LORD.
THIS MORNING THE LORD WANTS TO ENCOURAGE HIS
CHILDREN TO WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING TO
SEEK HIM FOR THERE IS A SPECIAL BLESSING ON EACH
ONE WHO ENCOUNTER GOD EARLY IN THE MORNING.

3. EXODUS 16
14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost
on the ground appeared on the desert floor.
15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each
other, "What is it?" For they did not know what
it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread the
Lord has given you to eat.
16 This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Each
one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an
omer for each person you have in your tent.' "
17 The Israelites did as they were told; some
gathered much, some little.

4. EXODUS 16
18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who
gathered much did not have too much, and he who
gathered little did not have too little. Each one
gathered as much as he needed.
19 Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of
it until morning."
20 However, some of them paid no attention to
Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was
full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was
angry with them.
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as he
needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

5. SONG OF SONGS 7
“Let us go early to the vineyards to
see if the vines have budded, if their
blossoms have opened, and if the
pomegranates are in bloom- there I
will give you my love.”

6. JOHN 15
“I am the true vine, and my Father is
the gardener.”

7. EARLY MORNING
CHRISTIANS MUST RISE UP EARLY IN
THE MORNING TO MEET THEIR LORD
AND FELLOWSHIP.

8. EARLY MORNING
EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK
AND SHOULD REALLY TAKE TIME TO
SLEEP, ALL HEALTHY CHRISTIANS
SHOULD WAKE UP EARLY TO
FELLOWSHIP WITH THE LORD.

9. THE BEST TIME
EARLY MORNING IS THE BEST TIME TO
MEET GOD. MANNA WAS GATHERED
BEFORE THE SUN ROSE.
SPIRITUAL FOOD AND SPIRITUAL
EDIFICATION IS RECEIVED EARLY IN
THE MORNING

10. THE BEST TIME
EARLY MORNING IS THE BEST TIME TO MEET
GOD. MANNA WAS GATHERED BEFORE THE
SUN ROSE.
SPIRITUAL FOOD AND SPIRITUAL
EDIFICATION IS RECEIVED EARLY IN THE
MORNING WHEN GOD MINISTERS TO HIS
CHILDREN.
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much
as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it
melted away.

11. MISSING THE BEST TIME
WHOEVER CAME LATE COULD NOT
FIND ANYTHING ANYMORE.
21 Each morning everyone gathered
as much as he needed, and when the
sun grew hot, it melted away.

12. MISSING THE BEST TIME
COMING TO GOD LATE IS
RESPONSIBLE OF THE LACK OF
SPIRITUALITY OF MANY.
THERE IS NO ONE WITH AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WHA RISES
UP LATE TO HAVE HIS QUIET TIME
WITH GOD

13. EXAMPLE OF EARLY RISING
ALL THE GREAT MEN OF GOD IN THE
BIBLE ROSE EARLY TO MEET GOD.

14. ABRAHAM
GENESIS 19:27
“Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place
where he had stood before the Lord.”
Genesis 21:14
“Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water
and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent
her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the
desert of Beersheba.”
Genesis 22:3
“Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He
took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut
enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had
told him about.”

15. JACOB
GENESIS 28:18
“Early the next morning Jacob took the stone
he had placed under his head and set it up as a
pillar and poured oil on top of it.”

16. MOSES
EXODUS 8:20
“Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the
morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the
water and say to him, 'This is what the Lord says:
Let my people go, so that they may worship me.”
EXODUS 9:13
“Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the
morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is
what the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says: Let
my people go, so that they may worship me”

17. JOSHUA
JOSHUA 3:1
“Early in the morning Joshua and all the
Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the
Jordan, where they camped before crossing
over.”
JOSHUA 6:12
“Joshua got up early the next morning and the
priests took up the ark of the Lord . ”

18. GIDEON
JUDGES 6:38
“And that is what happened. Gideon rose early
the next day; he squeezed the fleece and
wrung out the dew-a bowlful of water.”

19. HANNAH
I Samuel 1:19
“Early the next morning they arose and
worshiped before the Lord and then went back
to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with
Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered
her.”

20. SAMUEL
I Samuel 15:12
“Early in the morning Samuel got up and went
to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone
to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in
his own honor and has turned and gone on
down to Gilgal.”

21. JOB
JOB 1:5
“When a period of feasting had run its course,
Job would send and have them purified. Early
in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt
offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps
my children have sinned and cursed God in
their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.”

22. DAVID
I Samuel 15:12
“Early in the morning Samuel got up and went
to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone
to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in
his own honor and has turned and gone on
down to Gilgal.”

23. EARLY RISING
SO ALL THE SERVANTS OF GOD ROSE UP EARLY
IN THE MORNING TO EITHER FELLOWSHIP
WITH GOD OR DO THE THINGS RELATED TO
GOD.

24. THE LORD ROSE UP EARLY
JESUS OUR SUPREME MODEL ROSE UP
VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING TO
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS FATHER
MARK 1:35
“Very early in the morning, while it was still
dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off
to a solitary place, where he prayed.”

25. APPOINTED EARLY
THE DISCIPLES WERE APPOINTED IN
THE MORNING
LUKE 6:13
“When morning came, he called his disciples to
him and chose twelve of them, whom he also
designated apostles.”

26. SPECIAL BLESSING
THERE IS A SPECIAL BLESSING
ATTACHED TO PRACTISE OF RISING
EARLY TO MEET GOD.
BIBLE READING, BIBLE MEDITATION AND
PRAYER ARE MORE EFECTIVE EARLY IN THE
MORNING

27. SPIRITUAL LOSS
LATE RISING BRINGS IN MUCH
SPIRITUAL LOSS. MANY SPIRITUAL
THINGS ARE MISSED THROUGH LATE
RISING.

28. BEWARE OF LAZINESS
DO NOT KEEP TURNING ON YOUR BED
AS A DOOR ON ITS HINGES.
PROVERBS 26:14
“As a door turns on its hinges, so a
sluggard turns on his bed.”

29. SPIRITUAL LOSS AFTER SUN RISE
MARK 16:1-6
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the
mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might
go to anoint Jesus' body.
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they
were on their way to the tomb
and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from
the entrance of the tomb?"
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was
very large, had been rolled away.
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a
white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the
Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See
the place where they laid him.

30. GREAT MEN AND EARLY RISING
GEORGES MULLER
JOHN WESLEY
E. M. BOUNDS
ZACHARIAS TANEE FOMUM
ETC…
THEY ALL ROSE UP EARLY TO
PRACTISE THE MORNING WATCH
WITH GOD.

31. WHAT TO DO IN THE EARLY RISING
THERE MUST BE SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
AND SPIRITUAL CONTENT TO WHAT
WE DO.

32. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
FELLOWSHIP MEANS TO OPEN UP
OUR SPIRIT AND OUR MIND TO GOD
AND ALLOW HIM TO ENLIGHTEN US,
SPEAK TO US, IMPRESS US AND
TOUCH US.
OUR HEARTS ARE DRAWN NEAR TO
GOD AND GOD DRAWS NEAR TO US.

33. PRAISE AND SING
THE EARLY MORNING IS THE BEST
TIME TO THANK GOD AND PRAISE
HIM.
THERE MUST BE SINGING IN OUR
EARLY MORNING DEVOTION.

34. DDEWG
EARLY MORNING TIME IS THE BEST
TIME FOR OUR DAILY DYNAMIC
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD

35. PRAYER
AFTER YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD,
PRAISE HIM AND EAT THE MANNA,
YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO PRAY
MORE SPECIFICALLY AND PRESENT
ANYTHING IN PRAYER BEFORE GOD.

36. THE PRACTICE OF EARLY RISING
DEVELOP THE HABIT OF GOING TO
BED EARLY.
DETERMINE TO RISE UP BEFORE SUN
RISE.

37. THE LESSON
WE MUST STRIVE TO RISE UP EARLY
EVERY MORNING TO MEET AND
FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR LORD AND
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

38. GOD BLESS YOU ALL