When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches. Psalm 63:6(NKJV)
Dear TEA Friends,
If you’ve been reading My TEA CUPP Prayers devotions for awhile, you know my passion is for reading and praying God’s Word. Every day before sunrise, I fill my favorite morning mug and sit down with Jesus, letting Him speak first through His Word, the Bible. I underline my favorite verses (or the tough verses He shows me), and use those as conversation starters as I pour my heart out to Jesus in prayer.
Why do I use the God’s Word in prayer? For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12).
A while back I shared a list of verses that fit with Tea in the Morning. A friend who owns a tea company told how she often has a cup of tea in the night when she can’t sleep. That caused me to search for verses for A Night Tea. Perhaps you are going through a “dark night of the soul” right now or would like Bible verses for when you are awake in the night. Here are some night verses for you…
T for Thanksgiving:
At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:62 (NKJV)
E for Exalting:
I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. Psalm 16:7 (NKJV)
A for Admitting:
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” Mark 14:30 (NKJV)
But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. John 11:10 (NKJV)
C for Calling:
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 (NKJV)
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him… Psalm 37:7 (NKJV)
U for Understanding:
…My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. Psalm 16:7 (NKJV)
After this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was sweet to me. Jeremiah 31:26 (NKJV)
You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 1Thessalonians 5:5 (NKJV)
P for Promises:
Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. Matthew 14:35 (NKJV)
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 (NKJV)
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. Proverbs 3:24 (NKJV)
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:9 (NKJV)
P for Petitioning:
Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 (NKJV)
Today’s TEA CUPP: Tuck theses verses and your Bible by your bed tonight. If you have trouble sleeping, have some “TEA” with Jesus in the middle of the night. Claim God’s promise to come to you “in the fourth watch.” God bless you, dear TEA friend!
The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Romans 13:12 (NKJV)
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
‘Come unto Me and rest;
lay down, thou weary one, lay down
thy head upon My breast.’
I came to Jesus as I was,
so weary, worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place,
and He has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
‘Behold, I freely give
the Living Water, thirsty one;
stoop down and drink and live.’
I came to Jesus, and I drank
of that life-giving stream;
my thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in Him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
‘I am this dark world’s light;
look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
and all thy day be bright.’
I looked to Jesus, and I found
in Him my star, my sun;
and in that light of life I’ll walk
till trav’lling days are done. (Horatius Bonar, 1846)
I remember Your name in the night, O Lord,
And I keep Your law. Psalm 119:55 (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982