What time did you set your alarm clock?

@Zelmarq (12607)
Cebu City, Philippines
July 18, 2008 9:45pm CST
I set my alarm to 4am. Its the time that I wake up in the morning to start the day with a morning devotion and reading my bible. My spiritual leader told me that the best way to start the day is to start it with God and listening to God's word through the Bible. At first it was really a struggle, 4am is still an unholy hour for many but have tried this since march and now it hs become a lifestyle. I am praying that I will continue this routine till the day I die. How about you mylotters what did you set your alarm? Have a nice day and take care!
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@misty99 (736)
20 Jul 08
Please not that early!Although it's a real good time to start the day....start with GodMy alarm goes on at 5:30,starts cooking breakfast and lunch/snack for my schooling kid.He goes to school between 6:45 and 7.So ample time to prepare him and have some review on their lessons before he goes to school.Happy day!
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
Hi Zelmarq! When I was still single, I have my alarm set at 3 am so I can have this hour with God but when I got married, it was really hard for me to keep that time to commune with the Lord. I don't set a definite time anymore. As soon as I wake up, I spend some time with God and before I go to bed, I set another time for Him. And during the whole day, I have a few minutes or sometimes a few seconds to just greet Him and give Thanks or sometimes, just whisper to Him, to help me! And I am so glad to know that you do wake up very early to spend more time with Him! Take care and God Bless!
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@AshleyHasan (1024)
• India
19 Jul 08
Wow that's great. I should really appreciate you, I feel bad about myself because I can not get up during 4 o clock until unless my baby wakes me up , I thought of reading Bible several times early in the morning but that wont be possible with me, I am lazy if I dont get good sleep I can not do my work perfectly , I always read Bible before I go to sleep sometimes I skip that as well, you have opened my eyes atleast from today I try to read Bible regularly atleast once in a day, tomorrow is sunday I am planning to go to church. Thank you!
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• Bulgaria
19 Jul 08
There are other books you know!
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
23 Jul 08
We have ours set at 5am cause my husband has to get out and on the road early to avoid the traffic. I think it is great that you can start the day in peaceful positive devotion. Good for you.
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@ElicBxn (63642)
• United States
20 Jul 08
when we had to get the roomie to work at 7, it was 5:30, now she has to be at work at 9 and its 7:30. When I had to be at work at 7, it was 5:30, and I'd get there before 7 because I like to eat there rather than try and be quiet and fix something when everyone else was trying to sleep here.
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@youless (112561)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Jul 08
4am seems to be quite early. My alarm clock rings at 7:50am. I love China
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@Zelmarq (12607)
• Cebu City, Philippines
19 Jul 08
Good for you, 7:30am is too late for me.
@deeeky (3667)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
19 Jul 08
Four am or seven am is not on my alarm time as I only set the time if I have an early appointment. So I just sleep and wake each day when I have to and can wake even as early as three or four. Isn't life wonderfull. Have a great day from Deeeky
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• United States
19 Jul 08
i fyou are at prayer at 4 am that in itself makes the unholy hour holy! thanks for sharing
• United States
19 Jul 08
alarm clockl?. that would be my daughter. she woke up at like 8:30 this morning i dont usually use an alarm clock though here soon i willl be needing one for sure.
@gemini_rose (16264)
19 Jul 08
Wow you get up early, I wish I could get up that early and feel good I could get my cleaning done then! On a school day, my alarm is set for 7.20am and then of a weekend or holidays I either turn my alarm off or I will set it for about 8am. I am not one for early rising at all, and now the kids are getting older it is a lot better!
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@jakesun (100)
• China
20 Jul 08
i set my alarm at midnight ,but not every night,only one time of four nights.i have a shift work,i must wake up at midnight for catching the bus.have a nice day ,friends.
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19 Jul 08
I tend to sleep no later than 5pm. lol, are you "my lotters" in shock? I'm on constant night shift, thats why I sleep during the day. Wish I could sleep longer mind you. I usually only get a couple of hours.And I don't set my alarm, I am always up on time. My body tends to know the time of day it is.
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• Nepal
19 Jul 08
Well i set my alarm at 5 am but your time's food too. I think its early so you could make it 4:30 am. I hope i helped u
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@dsharat (456)
• India
19 Jul 08
For me thats MISSION IMPOSSIBLE...!!my alarm rings at 6 am..even if i set it to 4am ill snooze it untill it becomes 6+.. Different people diff habits..n some never change..
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
20 Jul 08
When I was working in the Hotel before I used to Alarm my Clock 2 hours before my time for work and now that I am in the office i am not using any Alarm Clock already for I am already wake up 3 hours before my time scheduled......
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
19 Jul 08
Never did have to set an alarm I have one built in me and I get up any whrere from 4 am to 5 am I am always the first one up in our house and I am also up thru the night checking on things. I have always been this way.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I am not much of a reader but I do own a Bible. I read it every now and then. I have God in my heart every day of the week though. There are alot of things in the Bible which are hard for me to understand also. I never have to set an alarm clock anymore. I have a mental one that wakes me up daily. I work nights. I think it is great that you read your Bible daily. I know God understands why I haven't done that. I do read some of it occasionally though when I find the time and have the desire to read.
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@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
19 Jul 08
That's really early I do not have an alarm set. I get to sleep for as long as my body decides to sleep for.
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• Philippines
19 Jul 08
I normally set my alarm at 6 in the morning. But that is only during schooldays because I need to go to work. On Sundays (at least for this semester), my alarm would be set at 8 in the morning unless I have plans for early Sunday mornings. There are times when I actually forget to set my alarm.
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@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
19 Jul 08
So you get up at 4am simply because someone told you should so you could read the bible? WOW, you really take them literally don't you? Do THEY get up that early I wonder? Four am seems a bit extreme, but hey if you like it whatever.
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• Australia
19 Jul 08
Usually my alarm is set to 7:00AM, but when I am on holidays I enjoy sleeping in to 11:00AM and later. I really would like to wake up earlier on my holidays so I can make the most out of my day, but my house has terrible insulation and it gets really cold. Often I tell myself "I'm gonna wake up nice and early tomorrow" and the next day I'm thinking "Ok, it's too cold, I'm gonna go back to sleep now". Some day I'll break out of the habit.
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