SLEEPING DURING MY PRAYERS; I THOUGHT I WAS UNDER DEMONIC ATTACK UNTIL BY P DANIEL
Prayers is communication with Abba.
Prayer is me gisting with my sweetheart, my dear Holy Spirit and depending on him to help me talk to Abba correctly. Prayer is Abba’s strategy for me to easily access Him and Him accessing me. It’s like Uploading and download; I upload my thanksgiving, worship, supplication, request, petition, fears, cries and I download succor, answers, hope, results, power, help, direction, instructions, corrections, love, blessings and whatever Abba wants to give me.
Prayer time is a very very sweet time, however sleep and distraction can truncate the whole process. It is very painful to start praying after desiring to fellowship with Abba, sometimes even with a lot of burdens on your heart, only for you to get to the place of prayers and sleep off. Occasionally, you would have slept for about one hour and by the time you wake up, you will think it’s only a 3 minutes nap. On checking your watch, you then discover the time is long gone.
However let me confess to you; don’t tell someone I told you oo. Ahaha, I sleep off during prayers too especially early in the morning or when doing vigils.
Well my case is better oo, some people have a prayer slumber anointing. As soon as prayer starts they just zoom off.
So whenever I wake up from my prayer slumber, I feel very sad. In fact, I thought I was under a demonic attack, maybe there is one demon somewhere attacking my prayer life.
One fateful day after my prayer sleeping adventure, I was sad and troubled. I began to ask questions. Why am I sleeping during prayers especially my early morning prayers?
Then the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart, He said, “IT’S NOT ANY DEMON, IT’S YOU”.
I was shocked. Me! How?
Then He continued,
“WHEN YOU WAKE UP, DON’T REMAIN ON YOUR BED TO PRAY. JUMP UP, PACE TO AND FRO IN YOUR ROOM OR EVEN GO FOR A WALK”.
Hmmmmm, Now I get the memo. I don’t lie down to pray else waking up after two hours will be the end result!.
Note: PRAYER WALK DOESN’T MEAN GOD WILL ANSWER YOUR PRAYER FASTER THAN OTHERS. IT IS HOWEVER A COMBINATION OF BODILY EXERCISE AND SPIRITUAL EXERCISE. IT’S ALSO A DISCIPLINE TO KILL SLEEP.
There is a connection between postures and sleep. Until you have mastered kneeling without sleep or lying down to pray without sleep, please don’t go there. The best therapy to kill sleep is pacing to and fro or walking.
From the day I got this wisdom, I stopped blaming the devil for sleep in prayers. I rather jump up and move around. Also, if you want to pray all night, eat light. Don’t finish a big bowl of pounded yam or Akpu and expect that you will easily wake up for a vigil.
Wisdom is profitable to direct. Try this and see how sleep during prayers will be a thing of the past.
I believe you are blessed.
I see a burning generation!
P.Daniel Olawande