The Catholic Divine Project, Annual Orientation Course. Course 4 Vigils.

 Course 5 Topic 6 Benefits of Vigils Night Vigil is a booster that helps prayers to be quickly answered by God who sees every sacrifice made in his name. 1. Night vigil strengthens our spirit man (Galatians 5:25). 2. Night vigil strengthens our faith (James 2:24). 3. Night vigil gives us an upper hand in spiritual warfare (1 Peter 5:8). 4. Night vigil brings supernatural encounters with God through the Holy Spirit and his angels (Joel 2:28). 5. Night vigil gives you a good time to hear warnings from God without distractions (Job 33:14-18). 6. Night Vigil fortifies our relationship with God. 7. Night Vigil lead to quicken answers after praying    Night vigil is not required to live as a Christian but it is highly recommended. As Christians we face the most spiritual battles because we are the biggest targets for Satan and his kingdom (Revelation 12:17). So we must be vigilant and and pray at all times in the spirit (Ephesians 6:18).

Course 5. Topic 1 Vigil is one of the pillars of the Catholic Divine Project What is a Vigil? A Virgil is a period of intentional sleeplessness which is generally characterized by spiritual activities aimed at moving God's hand to release divine favour and intervention  Vigil is the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary. Is also a period of wakefulness 2: an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night candlelight. 3a: a watch formerly kept on the night before a religious feast with prayer or other devotions b: the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation from all night exercises. By this we get the ammo of grace not to fall into various temptations. Every exercise like this, done properly restores the Grace and blessings of God that we have lost in the past. We also receive the fortitude to resist temptation especially temptations to sin and temptation to live a...

Course 5 Topic 2. Types of Vigil. All-night vigil. Candlelight vigil. Christian burial. Vigil (liturgy) Wake.  All-night Vigil Transports the faithful into a time long ago, into the services of the earliest Christians. For the earliest Christians, their evening meal, their prayers and commemoration of the martyrs and of the reposed, as well as, the Liturgy itself comprised one whole; traces of these observances have been preserved even to this very day in the various evening services of the Orthodox Church. These traces include the blessing of bread, wine, wheat, and oil, as well as, those times in which the Liturgy is combined in one whole with Vespers; for example, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, celebrated during Great Lent; the liturgies on the eves of the feasts of the Nativity of Christ and of His Baptism; the Liturgies of Great Thursday and Great Saturday, and the midnight Liturgy of the Resurrection of Christ. Candlelight Vigil  is an outdoor assembly of people...

Course 5 Topic 3. Power in Vigil: There should be times if you call yourself a Christian, and you want to move up, you want to be a favorite of God, a divine favorite , a divine champion that you need to put your sleep away, stay awake, pray and wait upon the Lord.  There are times when certain things that are important; for example important decisions are to be made that you need to forget sleep and pray to God.  Most situations in our lives may require us to forget sleep and stay or keep vigil so that we may move up to fulfill our destinies on earth.  It may be a time of critical need or crises in life and there is a need to pray through over situations of life.  It may be a time of corporate prayer vigil as a family or with a group of believers or with others in your church, when such opportunity arises, you should take advantage of it and stay awake through the night to seek the face of the Lord.  Hebrews 11:6 says “6 But without faith it is impossible to pl...

Course 5  Topic 4 CDP Vigils: The CDP has daily vigils, monthly vigils and occasional vigils as the case may be for those who are regular projects, there is daily vigils which is enjoined in your daily prayers which may be nine minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes or more or less that is, your midnight prayer at 12 Am, Divine Mercy prayer at 3Am, and the Lord's chaplet prayer at 4am. These are regular and daily vigils of every member of the Project. The monthly vigils every month is a vigil held across the new month call triumphal entry vigil into a new month this starts at about 11pm or 12am till 4am the next day every last day of the month. The CDP also have occasional vigils such as Gog and Magog 4 nights, round table with the Holy Spirit 3 nights, first Jericho of the year 7 nights and second Jericho of the year 7 nights, these gives us a total of 30 Vigils every year including Gethsemane Watch which happens every night of Holy Thursday.

Course 4 Topic 5 Biblical Vigil : 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ESV So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. Exodus 12:42 It was a night of vigil in honor of the Lord, because He would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the Lord, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations. James 5:7 So wait patiently, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits [expectantly] for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains. Ephesians 6:18 ESV Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. Matthew 26:36 ESV  Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 1 Peter 5:8 ESV  Be sober-minded; be watchful. You...