WATCH AND PRAY!
WATCH AND
PRAY!
Here is a
great teaching from a prayer ministry in the Philippines about the eight
different Prayer Watches. I pray it
brings great insight into your prayer life! I have included some scriptures
prior to the teaching on being a watchman on the wall in prayer!
Habakkuk 2: 1-2
I
will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what
he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD
answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he
may run that readeth it.
Job 1: 10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him,
and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast
blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He
that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent
shall bite him.
Ezekiel 13: 5
Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the
day of the LORD.
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Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land,
that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
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Hosea 2: 6
Therefore,
behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall
not find her paths.
Mark 12: 1
And he began to speak unto them by
parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and
digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far country.
1 Tim 2: 1-2
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I exhort therefore, that, first of
all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for
all men;
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For kings, and for all that are in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty.
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The
Eight Watches
First
Watch
Silence
the Enemy!
[6 PM – 9 PM]
During the first watch, pray along these lines:
1. Time to
Pray and Silence all the Voices (Curses) of the Enemies on our life, family,
church, city and nation. Witches
start flying during this watch, going around the precincts of the city (Psalm
59), because they intend to take hold of the gates of the day. We must
possess the gate of our new day. Otherwise it will be the enemies
possessing them, releasing curses on our day/s. It is the time to release
judgment on the wicked, because this is the time we have the evening tide in
line with Isa. 17:12-14 and Psalm 59. We need to release and proclaim
into the new day God’s blessings, changing the environment or spiritual
equation in our life, family, church, city and nation.
2. Period for
Covenant Renewal with God. It
was the watch during which Jesus broke bread with His covenant between God and
Israel. It is the time to appropriate the provisions in the Blood
Covenant. Every covenant you have with God can be renewed at this time.
3.
Time for the Nature of the Lamb of God. (Rev. 5) This talks of ability to do what others
can’t:
Behold the Lamb, the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah who is able to break every yoke and the seals and open the Title
Deed of the Universe (power, wealth, strength, wisdom, honor, glory
and blessings). Humility is the greatest secret of His strength: that is
the reason why during this watch, He tied the towel around His waist and washed
His disciples’ feet. Leadership is service.
4.
Time for Preservation of the Fruits of your Life. Especially the fruits of the body. Every executive/leader can begin to
pray for every project he starts to live out its divinely ordained lifespan.
Second
Watch
Ask
for Divine & human favor!
[9
PM - 12 MN]
1.
SPECIAL TIME FOR DIVINE FAVOR. (Exo.3:21-22,
11:3-4, 12:35-36,Psalm 5:12; 45:12; Esther 2:9, 15, 17) This is the time
to receive your provision or supply (strength, abilities, freedom from all
limitations, etc.). This is also the time for plundering your
oppressors. This is also the time for favor from men; time for respect
from men. If you read Exo. 3:21- 22; 11:3-4; 12:35-36; you will see that
God made the Egyptians favorably disposed towards the Israelites so that the
Egyptians gave them whatever they asked for. This must definitely have
been before midnight since by then the angel of death passed through Egypt and
no one could go on to the neighbors. It also had to be after supper, since it
was after the Passover feast. Automatically it had to be during this
watch of the night between 9.00pm and 12.00 midnight. In Acts 23:23 we
see Paul enjoying favor from the captain of the soldiers during this same
period.
2. Pray for the Outpouring of the Spirit of Prayer upon you and
the Church in the Philippines. (Zech. 9:12) PRAYER ALSO FOR THE SPIRIT OF
GRACE & SUPPLICATION.
It is the time to pray for the release or outpouring of the Spirit of Grace, of
Prayer and Supplication. ( Matt. 26:33). Recall that on the day Jesus was
betrayed, He started praying for God’s grace at 9.00 pm. At 10.00 pm, He
came back to His disciples and said, “Could you not watch with me one hour?”
At 11.00 pm, He came a second time and said “Are you still sleeping?” He
left them and went back. Then the third time that was 12 midnight, He
said, “Rise, and let us go for my betrayer is at hand.” This
period is the time to pray for strength against all temptation and trials.
3.
Pray for Divine Protection. (Psalm
3:1-7; 17:8-14, Acts 23:23; Zech. 1:10) This is also the period to pray
and ask for the release of the troops of God to be on patrol and give angelic
escort (Zech. 1:10, Acts 9:23). Acts 23:23, the same army General that
had arrested Paul, now ended up protecting Paul! As you pray today, God
would cause the people who have arrested us before to protect His purpose for
our lives. What the governor could not enjoy was given to Paul as he was
given 470 soldiers as escort. So every provision we need to do God’s work
would be released at this time. That is why even in Hollywood this is the
time they show all the bad films to make provision for your being affected in
the next watch.
4.
Prayer for Provision to do God’s Work (Exo. 11:3-4) Time for the Supply of all Resources
needed for every God-given project – see Exo. 35 and 36 cf. 12:35, 36.
Pray for the Provision. It was the time that the Israelites got
everything that they had to use to build the Tabernacle in the
wilderness. This is also the time to ask for the sense of urgency to
accomplish whatever God wants us to do. The Israelites ate the Passover
standing with their tunics tucked with belts around their waists ready to move!
Third
Watch
Wage
Spiritual Warfare!
[12
MN - 3 AM]
1.
TIME FOR SPIRITUAL WARFARE.
This is the third watch of the night and one of the most important times to keep
watch. THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR DIVINE GOVERNMENT
OVERRULING HUMAN DECREES! (Exo. 12 – 14). This is when the deep
sleep falls upon men according to Acts 20:7-12. Remember, according to
Matt. 13:25, while men slept the enemy went to sow tares. This is
therefore a period of heightened satanic activities.
The devil operates at this time because this is the time that men are sleep and
there are not so many people praying to oppose him. (Matt. 13:24; 1 King 3:20)
[This watch is the weak link for Islam – only a few Sufis praying at this
time!!! The story is different during the month of Ramadan when every
Muslim is encouraged to pray the “Tahajjud.”]
It is also the time for slaying;
when the destroying angel goes through the camp, neighborhood, community, city,
or nation (Exo. 12:29 cf. 2Kings 19:35). Time to declare Psalm 91:5, 6
for Divine Protection for yourself, family, church, city and nation. This
period is also the time that rapists increase their activity, according to
Judges 19, the Levite’s concubine was raped about this period and was only left
to go before dawn, so pray and silence them (Judges 19:25).
Time of Release from every Prison (Isa. 42:22; Jud. 16:3; Acts 16:25; Psa.
18:27-28; 2 Kings 19:35)
This is also the time people are
generally released. According to the scriptures, God released the people
of Israel to leave Egypt at this time. It was also midnight that Samson
according to Judges 16:3-4 carried the gates of the city and went out.
This is also the time the wicked are wiped out.
Pray also for greater level of concentration (Mark 1:35; Isa. 17:14).
This is also the time for angelic intervention. This is also the time you
could employ the land to fight for you. This is the time to rule in
the midst of your enemies.
2. Freedom for His Bride.
(Exo. 12:29; Judges 19:25) This is the time to pray for the freedom of the bride, especially those
who are trusting God for their marriage partners. Therefore, those of you
who are not married, this is a good time to pray for marriages, so you can also
get married. For those who are married too, this probably the best time
to pray for your marriage. According to Matt. 25:6, it was at midnight that
the Bridegroom came. In the case of Ruth, though she had been sleeping at
Boaz’s feet, it was at midnight that he noticed that a woman was sleeping
there. You can pray that God will cause Philippines to be noticed at this
time. This is also time for marriages. Pray for God to show you things to make
your marriage a happy one (Ruth 3:1-10). Pray also for the discovery of
new and beautiful things in your spouse. This period is also the time to
keep the lamps burning. This watch is also the time to enter your rest
(Psa. 67).
Best time to make your case in
prayer. (Mark 13:35; Luke 11:5-13;
Acts 16:25-34; Acts 20:7-12)
This is the time to pray to God and
make your case in prayer. This is also the period to pray for every emergency
provision God makes to be released (Luke 11:5-13; Acts 16:3). It is also time
for most dreams (Job 4:13-14); time for miracles or covenants; time for apply
the Blood of Jesus. This is the time to awake out of sleep and confront
every storm of destruction and distraction. Also it is the time to speak peace
and calm into every situation of turbulence and confusion.
Fourth
Watch
Time
for deliverance
[3 AM - 6
AM]
1.
THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR DIVINE JUDGMENTS. This is the last watch of the night.
This fourth watch is always
important because this is the last lap of the night race: this was when Israel
was released from Egypt. This watch is the time that those satanic agents
who went out to perform their activities are returning back to their bases.
This is the time the devil and his cohorts are running back ‘home’ so
that they are not caught. This is the time to release judgment on the
wicked, who remain stiff-necked after many warnings and rebukes in line with
Prov. 29:1. This is the time every enemy chariot would have their wheels
removed (Exo. 14:24-28) and all their plans, programs and policies would
fail. This is the period to release the manifestation of the full
intensity of the dayspring shaking out the wicked (Job 38:12, 13 cf. Isa. 17:14
– Proclaiming before morning).
Though some scholars believe the
dayspring falls between 12 midnight stretching up to 6.00 am, the full impact
of its intensity is felt in the final watch of this period (3.00 – 6.00 am)
when it begins to shake everything out. This explains why the
agents of the kingdom of darkness: those linked with Satan, heighten their
activities, especially between the hours of 12 midnight and 3.00am, knowing
that by the next watch (3.00 am – 6.00 am) they’ll have to cease their activities
lest they caught by the full intensity of the dayspring. Testimonies of former
witches converted to Christianity attest to this. They tell of
experiences, where when they went out of their bodies on witchcraft operation,
they had to return into their bodies before 6.00 am, otherwise they wouldn’t
have been able to. This is because they will have been shaken out by the
dayspring in line with Job 38:13 quoted above. It must be because no
spirit is supposed to remain in this state by daybreak, we see this demonstrated
by Jacob’s encounter with the Angel of the Lord in Gen. 32:24-30.
2.
It is also the time for Deliverance, to Rise and Shine, for
Resurrection. This is time for deliverance according to Exo. 12
and 14. This is also the time Jesus came walking on the water to release
the disciples from the storms according to Matt. 14:25. This is the time
to ask the new day to speak into your life according to God’s will (Psalm
19:2). This is also the time of declaration of the word.
This is also the time for
resurrection power. This is the time we have to
pray that everything that has died in Philippines in terms of potentials should
be released. This is the time to rise and begin to shine (Isa.
60:1-5). It is also the time for resurrection of every dormant
gift. Every redemptive gift is to rise and shine, that is why,
immediately after this watch the sun rises, and shines (Psa. 18:28). The
Lord would light the candle of Philippines, He would enlighten our darkness and
our morning star would no more be dark. This is the time the stone in
front of the tomb of Jesus was rolled away. Every reproach must be rolled
away. God says He has a covenant with the day and also with the night.
Fifth
Watch
Time
for healing
[6
AM - 9 AM]
1.
Time of Declaration and Utterances.
(Acts 2:15; Psalm 2:7-9) The spiritual significance of sunrise is having Jesus Christ the
King of Kings and the Lord of lords rise over us. Instruct the sun that,
as it rises over people, it should accurately represent Jesus Christ the Sun of
righteousness and bring healings for the soul: the heart, emotions,
minds, bodies, families, relationships, marriages in our land and also for the
land. Pray that the sun of righteousness would rise with healing in
his wings. There shall be healing in your prayer life, health,
relationships, family, government, economy, etc.
2.
This is also the time for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit for
Equipping for Service and for your Light to Shine this day. (2 Cor. 9:3; Acts 1:8; Isa. 60:1-22; Matt. 5:16)
It was between 6:00 am and 9:00 am that the Holy Spirit came. So
you notice that it was after that people said “they were drunk” and Peter said
“we are not drunk because it is just 9.00 in the morning.” What is the
implication? That it is the time for equipment for service. That is
why, generally speaking for those who have regular work schedules, people start
work between the hours of 6.00 and 9.00 AM. God gives the necessary
equipment. As you step out, ask God for equipment for the day, “Give us
this day….”
Sixth
Watch
Take
off the old man!
[9
AM - 12 NN]
1.
Time for Harvest. (Acts 2:41)
Promises, this is the time to expect the manifestation of God’s promises for your life as in the
case of David in 2 Sam. 7:25-29. Also appropriate the promises for cleansing ,
a new heart, willingness to work, increase and fruitfulness, as contained in
Eze. 36:25-38.
2.
Time to pray and appropriate the Benefits of the Cross (healing, prosperity,
forgiveness, strength, etc.). Jesus
was crucified at the third hour (Mark 15:25, Matt. 27:45). After having
been on the cross for three hours, darkness came upon the face of the earth at
12 noon, and then at 3.00pm, the period of darkness ended. Did you notice
that even God worked according to the watches of the day especially pertaining
to the crucifixion events?
3.
Pray for a Crucified Life.
Because of the crucifixion, let us ask God to help us manifest all of the values of crucified life, by
mortifying the deeds of our flesh as stated in Rom. 8:12-15. This is the
time to put off the old man, and put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Col. 3:2-11).
This is the time to nail witchcraft, bitterness, jealousy, anger,
backbiting, gossip, slander, lying, deception, hypocrisy and in fact all the
properties and personality traits of the devil and all the works of the flesh
to the Cross in line with Gal. 2:20, 5:19-21.
4.
Pray for Forgiveness, Healing of Relationships, Pray for the Release of Others. “Forgive Us for our
Trespasses…as We Forgive…” This is the best time to pray this portion
of the model prayer the Lord Jesus Christ taught His disciples. In other
words it is time to pray for Healing of Relationship. Let this power
of love and unity (in one accord) produce the same effect of people asking, “How
come that we all hear them speaking in our own language?”
Pray for the healing of diseases, which are spiritual. This
is also the time for harvest that is for prayers prayed at dawn.
Seventh Watch
Pray
against destruction!
[12 NN - 3 PM]
1. Time of the Secret Place of the Most High. (Psalm 91:1) This is very important to pray in line with Acts 10:9 and Psalm 91:5, 6, 14. It is the time to pray to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, abiding under the shadow of the Almighty, and making the Most High your habitation.
1. Time of the Secret Place of the Most High. (Psalm 91:1) This is very important to pray in line with Acts 10:9 and Psalm 91:5, 6, 14. It is the time to pray to dwell in the secret place of the Most High, abiding under the shadow of the Almighty, and making the Most High your habitation.
It is
also the time of exercising your God given dominion, operating in love and
receiving a divine lift, and letting your light shine brighter until the full
light of day is attained (Prov. 4:18).
The
midday is the fullness of the day and it is the beginning of the Sixth
hour. This is the time that the sun is at its fullest, and should yield
its optimum best. Pray that the sun will yield its best and precious
fruit to you, in line with Deut. 33:4. Pray that your life would be
bright. This is the time to pray not to be led into any temptation, trap
or snare of the enemy.
2.
Pray against Destruction that stalks at noon time. (Psalm 91:5) Destruction is released at midday
according to Psalm 92:6-7. Pray and cut off all satanic arrows that are
released at this time. This is the time Justice shall come to you (Isa.
7:14). This is the time of the secret place of the Most High. In
Psalm 91, it says that I will not be afraid of destruction that stalks at
noonday nor the arrows that fly by night. The destruction at this time
will not get you, family, Philippines, etc. because we declare that the mystery
of the secret place of the Most High would begin to speak.
Eighth
Watch
Time
to change history!
[3
PM - 6 PM]
1.
The Hour of Prayer, Covenant, Power and Triumphant Glory. Time to Remove
Limiting
Factors.
This time is an hour of Revelation,
hour of Grace, hour of Removing Veils (Luke 23:45-46), hour of Power, hour of
Glory, hour of the voice of the Lord, hour of Triumph. This is the time to die
to the world (self). This time is also the time of seeking the Lord in
Truth. This is the hour of the establishment of the Kingdom, why?
Righteousness and Justice are the foundation of His Throne.
This is the time when Jesus said “It
is finished.” At 3:00 pm Jesus gave up the ghost. Jesus went
through 6 hours of suffering for the deliverance of humankind and the
universe. Pray for deliverance during this watch. It is also
the time for the miraculous and angelic visitation (Zech. 1:10-11, 18-21).
This time also the time of the
evening sacrifice. It was at this time that Elijah called forth fire from
Heaven to consume the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel ( 1 Kings 18:29, 30,
36-39). Isa. 17:12-14, Matt. 27:45-61, Luke 27:45-47, Mark 15:33-39, Dan.
3:8-30, Gen. 24:63, Rev. 6 and 1 Sam. 17.
Scriptures to Pray: Eph.
1:15-23, 3:14-22, John 17, Jos. 7:6, 8:29-34. Isa. 17:12-14, Dan.
2:20-22. Also study Matt. 27:50-54, Mark 15:37-39, Luke 23:45-47, Dan.
3:25, 9:21, Gen. 24:63, Acts 3:1, 10:1-32, 1 Kings 18:41-46, Zech. 6:1, Rev.
6:1.
2.
Time to Change / Shape History.
This was the time God changed
history because this watch happens to be the time that Jesus gave up the ghost
with a loud voice. When Jesus gave up the ghost, history was changed
forever because He now cut a covenant for us with God and there was a
triumphant Glory over hell, death and the grave and the Bible says at that hour
darkness departed. The covering of darkness cast over the nations of
Philippines shall be broken! Pray Psalm 29. He said “Eloi,
Eloi, Lama Sabachthani” meaning “My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?” This is because the Father turned His back on sin. We must
pray the Church in Philippines will turn her back on sin; so that leadership in
family, government, church, economy, etc. will turn their back on sin.
Possess
this gate of the day, just like in the other watches not only for yourself, but
also for your family, your village, your neighborhood, community, the city, the
nation, the church and God’s Kingdom.
©2007 Sagip Bansa
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