A Friend in the Wee Hours of the Night
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1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.”
5 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7 And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
9 “So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
From the passage of text I’d like to use the subject....
A FRIEND IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....
IN THESE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURES, WE SEE JESUS CHRIST IN A CERTAIN PLACE PRAYING TO HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN.
AS HE PRAYED TO HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES WATCHED AND HEARD JESUS PRAYING, AND WHEN JESUS FINISHED PRAYING, THAT SAME DISCIPLE, WHO WAS WATCHING AND HEARING JESUS PRAYING, CAME TO JESUS AND SAID, “LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, AS JOHN TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY.”
UPON HEARING THIS REQUEST, JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES HOW TO PRAY.
JUST LIKE THE DISCIPLES, WE NEED JESUS TO TEACH US TO PRAY.
AND IF TRUTH BE TOLD MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS……
SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE IN NEED FOR THE LORD TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS……..WHEN WE ARE IN NEED FOR THE LORD TO MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY……..
IT IS DURING THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT…..
THE VERY EARLY HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHEN YOU’VE BEEN TOSSING AND TURNING …..TURNING AND TOSSING…….BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING ON YOUR HEART……..OR ON YOUR MIND……THAT YOU COULDN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT……
IT WAS KEEPING YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT……..BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T KNOW HOW IT WAS GONNA WORK OUT…….
YOU WERE IN SCHOOL…..STUDYING FOR THAT FINAL……..IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT…... YOU PROCRASTINATED….AND DIDN’T STUDY FOR…
YOU GOT THAT NOTICE THAT YOUR ELECTRICITY WOULD BE CUT OFF……..IF YOU DIDN’T PAY …..BUT YOU DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY…..
DO I HAVE SOMEONE THIS MORNING……..
I KNOW I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT’S HAD SOMETHING ON MY MIND………THAT MADE ME WANT TO GO TO MY KNEES AND PRAY…….
IT’S IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT…..THAT WE CAN GO TO A FRIEND THAT STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER…..
IT’S IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT….THAT WE CAN CALL ON THE MASTER…..
IT’S IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT……THAT WE CAN CRY OUT…….ABBA FATHER………
DO I HAVE SOMEONE THIS MORNING……
THE APOSTLE PAUL KNEW THAT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT...
PAUL AND SILAS WHO HAD BEEN IN PRISON…WENT TO THE LORD IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT... ....
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
THE PSALMISTS KNEW THAT SOMETIMES IT WAS IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....HE HAD TO GO TO THE LORD.....BECAUSE OF HIS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS...
6 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah
4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old,
and remember the years of long ago.
6 I commune with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:
YES MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS......IT WAS IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT....WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE FATHER IN PRAYER......
35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
SOMETIMES IT’S IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT .....WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO GOD IN PRAYER......
AND WE SEE JESUS IN OUR PASSAGE OF TEXT……TEACHING THE DISCIPLES HOW TO PRAY…..
HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES WHEN YOU PRAY, YOU SAY, “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN”, MEANING THAT WHEN YOU PRAY WE ARE TO ADDRESS OUR GOD AS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IN HEAVEN; FOR GOD IS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
GOD BECOMES OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHEN WE BELIEVE AND RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS OUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR.
JOHN 1:12 SAYS, “BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVE HIM (JESUS) TO THEM GAVE HIS POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME.”
GALATIANS 3:26 SAYS, “FOR YE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF GOD BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.”
AND WHEN WE PUT OUR TRUST IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS OUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR, WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN AND GOD IS OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
THEREFORE , WE ADDRESS GOD AS “OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN.”
AND AS WE PRAY TO GOD AS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE TO RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS HOLY.
THAT IS WHY JESUS SAYS THAT WHEN WE PRAY WE SAY, “OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.”
YOU SEE GOD’S NAME IS HOLY BECAUSE GOD HIMSELF IS HOLY.
AND BECAUSE GOD HIMSELF IS HOLY, HIS NAME IS TO REVERED, AND NOT TO BE USE IN VAIN BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY.
EXODUS 20:7 SAYS, THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN; FOR THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM GUILTLESS THAT TAKETH HIS NAME IN VAIN.
EXODUS 19:1-2 SAYS, “AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING, SPEAK UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, YE SHALL BE HOLY; FOR I THE LORD YOUR GOD AM HOLY.”
ALSO AS WE PRAY TO GOD WE ARE TO PRAY FOR HIS KINGDOM TO COME INTO OUR LIVES- “THY KINGDOM COME”- THAT IS, WE ARE TO PRAY THAT GOD’S KINGDOM WILL REIGN IN OUR LIVES AND IN THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE,
THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US TO “SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.”
AND WHEN WE PRAY WE ARE TO PRAY THAT HIS WILL BE DONE- “THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.” WE ARE TO PRAY THAT GOD’S WILL TO BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.”
YOU SEE, GOD’S WILL FOR US THAT WE BE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, AND THAT WE OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS.
THE REASON WHY WE PRAY THAT HIS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN……IS BECAUSE GOD’S WILL IS PERFECT AND GOOD.
Epheshians 5 amd 17 says.....
AS WE PRAY, JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY FOR OUR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS-“GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.”
THAT IS, WE ARE TO PRAY FOR DAILY PHYSICAL NEEDS TO BE MET, AS WELL FOR OUR DAILY SPIRITUAL NEEDS TO BE MET,
FOR JUST AS WE NEED FOOD TO SUSTAIN OUR PHYSICAL BODIES, WE NEED THE WORD OF GOD TO SUSTAIN OUR SPIRITUAL BODIES.
4 But he answered, “It is written,
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
AS WE PRAY, JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS-“FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASS AGAINST US, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US.”
EACH DAY WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS BECAUSE EACH DAY WE SIN, AND GOD WILL FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS IF WE REPENT AND ASK HIM FOR FORGIVENESS BECAUSE GOD IS A MERCIFUL AND A FORGIVING GOD.
BUT TO RECEIVE FORGIVENESS FROM GOD, WE MUST LEARN TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE DONE US WRONG, BECAUSE IF WE DON’T FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE DONE US WRONG, GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE US AS WELL.
MARK 11:24-25 SAYS, “AND WHEN WE STAND PRAYING, FORGIVE, IF YE HAVE OUGHT AGAINST ANY; THAT YOUR FATHER ALSO WHICH IS IN HEAVEN MAY FORGIVE YOU YOUR TRESPASSES. BUT IF YE DO NOT FORGIVE, NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN FORGIVE YOUR TRESPASSES.”
JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY TO PRAY FOR GUIDANCE- “AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION.”
WHEN WE PRAY, WE SHOULD PRAY FOR GOD’S GUIDANCE INTO PATHS THAT ARE RIGHTEOUS, WISE, HOLY, AND GOOD.
WE ARE TO PRAY TO GOD TO HELP US TO MAKE GOOD AND WISE DECISIONS, AND TO HELP US AND TO GIVE US THE STRENGTH NOT TO YIELD TO THE EVIL TEMPTATIONS THAT WILL HARM US.”
MATTHEW 26:41 SAYS, “WATCH AND PRAY, THAT YE ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION; THE SPIRIT INDEED IS WILLING, BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK.”
I CORINTHIANS 10:13 SAYS, “THERE HATH NO TEMPTATIONS TAKEN YOU BUT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN; BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO WILL NOT SUFFER YOU TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE THAT YE ARE ABLE; BUT WILL WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY TO ESCAPE, THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT.”
AND WE ARE TO PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE, FOR JESUS SAID TO PRAY, “AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL.” THAT IS, WE ARE TO PRAY TO GOD ASKING HIM TO DELIVER US FROM THE ONE WHO DAILY SEEKS TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY- THE EVIL ONE HIMSELF, SATAN.
THEN JESUS TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES TO END THEIR PRAYERS WITH A PRAISE BY TEACHING THEM TO SAY-“
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOREVER, AMEN.
NOW, THIS IS A DOXOLOGY, A PRAISE GIVEN TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD, HONORING HIM THAT EVERYTHING BELONGS TO HIM.
AND WHEN WE PRAY, WE OUGHT TO BEGIN OUR PRAYERS WITH A PRAISE…… TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD AND END IT WITH A PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED.
AND
AFTER JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES ON HOW TO PRAY, HE THEN TEACHES THEM A PARABLE ON WHY THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY.
HE SAYS....
5 And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;
IN THIS PARABLE, JESUS TALKS ABOUT A MAN WHO HAD AN UNEXPECTED GUEST WHO ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE AT AN UNEXPECTED HOUR WHICH WAS IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS........BACK IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THE CUSTOM OF THE JEWS TO ENTERTAIN THEIR GUEST WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR HOUSE NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IT WAS.
IT WAS A DUTY TO BE A HOST, TO BE AN HOSPITABLE HOST TO YOUR GUEST.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR MAN WHO AWAKENED BY HIS UNEXPECTED GUEST, DISCOVERED HE HAD NOTHING TO ENTERTAIN HIS GUEST.
THERE WAS NO FOOD IN THE CUPBOARD. AND SINCE ALL THE GROCERY STORES WERE CLOSED BEING IT WAS MIDNIGHT, THE NEXT AVAILABLE SOURCE WAS HIS FRIEND.
SO THIS PARTICULAR MAN WENT TO HIS FRIEND HOUSE TO ASK FOR 3 LOAVES OF BREAD SO HE COULD FEED HIS FRIEND WHO WAS COMING OFF FROM A LONG TRIP.
NOW AT FIRST, HIS FRIEND TELLS HIM NO BECAUSE IT WAS TOO LATE IN THE NIGHT, HIS KIDS ARE FAST ASLEEP, AND THE DOOR IS SHUT TIGHT.
ONE THING TO WE SHOULD KNOW…..IS THAT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, A WHOLE FAMILY LIVED TOGETHER IN A ONE-ROOM HOUSE.
ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS A RAISED PLATFORM WHERE THEY ALL SLEPT; DOWN ON THE GROUND WERE ALL THEIR ANIMALS-A COW, PERHAPS SOME SHEEP AND GOATS AND SO FORTH. THERE WAS NO WAY THE MAN COULD COME TO THE DOOR WITHOUT DISTURBING THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD.
AND ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN…. KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE GETTING THE KIDS TO BED……. AND FINALLY GETTING SOME REST …….THAT THIS INTERRUPTION WOULD BE A BURDEN……
BUT BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENCE, THAT IS, BECAUSE HE BECAUSE HE KEPT ON ASKING HIS FRIEND TO HELP HIM OUT,
BECAUSE HE KEPT ON KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, AND WOULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL HIS FRIEND GOT OUT OF THE BED TO HELP HIM OUT;
HIS FRIEND GETS UP OUT OF THE BED AND HE GIVES HIM AS MUCH BREAD THAT HE NEEDS TO FEED THE UNEXPECTED GUEST.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GLEAN FROM THIS SHORT PARABLE?
THE LESSON THAT WE CAN LEARN IS CALLED PUSH: PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPEN!
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU OUGHT TO PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THAT IS, DON’T GIVE UP JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU PRAY FOR RIGHT AWAY.
YOU GOT TO KEEP ON PRAYING UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS.
YOU SEE, GOD MAY NOT ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS RIGHT AWAY, OR WHEN YOU WANT HIM TO, BUT HE IS ALWAYS ON TIME.
THAT IS WHY JESUS SAID ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND; KNOCK AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU.
FOR EVERYONE THAT ASKETH RECIEVETH, AND HE THAT SEEKETH FINDETH, AND TO HIM THAT KNOCKETH IT SHALL BE OPENED.”
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU JUST KEEP ON PRAYING AND NEVER GIVE UP, GOD WILL ANSWER!!
SOMETIMES IT’S IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER....
GOD OFTEN WAITS FOR OUR PASSIONATE PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER. IT ISN'T THAT GOD IS RELUCTANT AND NEEDS TO BE PERSUADED.
OUR PERSISTENCE DOESN'T CHANGE GOD; IT CHANGES US, DEVELOPING IN US A HEART AND PASSION FOR WHAT GOD WANTS.
THEN JESUS ASKS THIS QUESTION TO THE DISCIPLES…..
IF A SON SHALL ASK BREAD OF ANY OF YOU, WILL HE GIVE HIM A STONE?
OR IF HE ASK A FISH, WILL HE FOR A FISH GIVE HIM A SERPENT? OR IF HE SHALL ASK AN EGG, WILL HE OFFER HIM A SCORPION?
IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL [YOUR] HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!"
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU PRAY, NOT ONLY ARE YOU TO BE PERSISTENT IN YOUR PRAYER, THAT IS, DON’T GIVE UP UNTIL GOD ANSWER,
BUT YOU NEED TO BE SPECIFIC WHEN YOU PRAY.
WHAT EVER YOU NEED GOD TO DO FOR YOU, BE SPECIFIC IN YOUR PRAYERS.
IF YOU NEED A HEALING, TELL THE LORD YOU NEED A HEALING.
IF YOU NEED A JOB, TELL THE LORD YOU NEED A JOB.
IF YOU NEED STRENGTH IN YOUR BODY, TELL THE LORD YOU NEED SOME STRENGTH. WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM THE LORD, GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER AND TELL THE LORD SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU NEED.
NOW LET’S GO BACK TO THE PARABLE OF THE UNEXPECTED GUEST.
LET ME SUGGEST THAT……..
THE MAN WHO NEEDED THE THREE LOAVES OF BREAD TO FEED HIS UNEXPECTED GUEST REPRESENT US WHEN WE ARE IN NEED.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH A NEED THAT WE CANNOT SUPPLY FOR OURSELVES. THIS PARTICULAR MAN IN THIS PARABLE HAD A NEED; HE NEEDED SOME FOOD TO FEED HIS FRIEND WHO ARRIVES AT HIS HOUSE AT AN UNEXPECTED HOUR-WHICH WAS MIDNIGHT.
I BELIEVE THAT ….
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST IN THIS PARABLE REPRESENTS THE UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS, UNEXPECTED SICKNESS, UNEXPECTED BURDENS, UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAY COME UPON US AT AN UNEXPECTED HOUR WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT.
SOMETIMES THEY COME IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....
THE WEE HOURS CAN REPRESENTS YOUR DARKEST HOUR, YOUR DARKEST MOMENT, OR YOUR LOWEST TIME IN YOUR LIFE....
AND WHEN THIS MAN REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOTHING IN HIS CUPBOARD TO FEED HIS FRIEND, HE WENT TO HIS
FRIEND HOUSE, ASKING HIM TO GIVE HIM SOME BREAD SO HE CAN FEED HIS FRIEND WHO ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE UNEXPECTEDLY.
AND I BELIEVE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS….
THAT… THIS MAN’S FRIEND…WHO HE WENT TO IN A TIME OF NEED……. REPRESENTS JESUS CHRIST, FOR HE IS A
FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN ANY BROTHER. HE IS A FRIEND IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.......
WHEN WE ARE HIT WITH A UNEXPECTED DISASTER, WE CAN CALL ON JESUS TO HELP US OUT.
WHEN WE ARE HIT WITH AN UNEXPECTED SICKNESS, WE CAN CALL ON JESUS TO HEAL US.
WHEN WE ARE HIT WITH AN UNEXPECTED PROBLEM, WE CAN CALL ON JESUS TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE PROBLEM.
WHEN WE ARE HIT WITH AN UNEXPECTED STORM, WE CAN CALL ON JESUS TO BE OUR SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM.
NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, NO MATTER WHAT DAY AND TIME IT MAY BE, WE CAN CALL ON JESUS FOR HELP AND
HE IS ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER!!!!!
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT........IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO THE ONE.... WHO IS THE GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO ....THE WAY..... THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.....
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO....THE LIVING BREAD......
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT......IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO.........THE PRINCE OF PEACE......
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT......IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO......THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD......
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.......IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO........THE YES AND AMEN......
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT......IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO...... THE TRUE VINE......
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT......IS WHEN YOU CAN GO TO....... THE I AM.....THAT I AM......
HE’S A FRIEND........IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT......
HE’S A FRIEND ......IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.....
WON’T YOU CALL ON HIM.........
YOU SHOULD CALL ON HIM......
HE WANTS TO WIPE THE TEARS.....THAT YOU’VE BEEN CRYING......
WON’T YOU CALL ON HIM....
YOU OUGHT TO CALL ON HIM......
A FRIEND IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT.