We are living in times when darkness is increasing in the nations of the world.🌎 •economic challenges•earthquakes•sickness •marriage breakdown•political unrest•terrorism just to mention a few. With the darkness increasing God is calling upon the church to rise up to new dimensions of prayer. Darkness has continued because of a prayer 🙏🏿 less church that lacks the fire🔥 power to stop the darkness. Ordinary prayer will not stop the darkness. It will not only take prayer but strategic prayer...

The Third Watch (between 12 midnight – 3:00 a.m.)

For those of you who might ask why are prayer watches so vitally important.  Here are a few answers:

• The term to watch, watchman, watching are words used along with it’s Hebrew derivatives at least 165 times in God’s word.  When we add to it the Hebrew derivatives whose root origin comes from the word to watch, to see, or to observe it is used over 300 times.
• Prayers will set a hedge of protection around places where people need help, encouragement, hope and even enlightenment.  Where ever that prayer is being directed, it adds to our faith and deepens our covenant relationship between us and our God.

The Third Watch has been referred to as the Time to Build, Reinforce God’s government in the Earth.  But it is also effective in other matters as you will see below.

It is looked upon as the time God’s righteousness wins over wickedness in the earth.  It is also next to the fourth watch as one of the most important times.  Acts 20:7-12is referenced as the time when men should come under the umbrella of divine protection.  It is when Eutychus falls to sleep and then he fell several stories below, however Paul goes down and retrieves him and declares that he is alive.

It is oft times referenced with Matthew 13:25 to come against the spirit of deception and mind control from evil forces of the enemy.  Prayers during this time can break confusion and overturn delusions along with seductive spirits that have been sent out by those who are trying to control a person’s will.

It is an excellent time to break strongholds and struggles of any kind, as well as to pray and travail for those who need salvation.  It’s a key time to Pray for those who are incarcerated.  (Remember Paul & Silas).  It is also biblical that this was the time that the children of Israel came out of Egypt.  This is a good time for worship and praise with a heart to go into a greater level of consecration.

Pray to release angels on assignment.

Time to employ them to fight for you.

Time to decree, declare and to rule in the midst of your enemies.

Declare the freedom and protection over the Bride of Christ from all harm and danger.

Pray around slumber during a time when the church needs to be awakened. It was at midnight that the bridegroom came.

Excellent time to pray over marriages. Ruth was sleeping at Boaz’s feet but it was midnight when he noticed that a woman was sleeping there.

Pray to discover new and beautiful things into your spouse as well as Godly covering and protection over her.

There is so much coupled with divine revelation that can be prayed during this time of prayer.

My prayer is that you will become excited about the watch you have been assigned to pray during.

~ Phyllis Ford

First Timothy 2:1-3 says that we are to pray, intercede and give thanks for kings and all people in authority. This is God’s command to every believer today. This means we are to pray for all people in authority, whether we agree with them or not. You can pray that all leaders will make righteous and godly decisions. Praying for leaders, even when we don’t think they are doing the right things, is productive toward God’s plan and purpose for our nation. Proverbs 21:1 says the heart of a king is in the hand of the Lord. He can turn it however He wants, so our prayers are important.

• We pray for more godly men and women to rise up and take their place in positions within government across our nation.

When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice”. (Proverbs 29:2). 

• We pray that those Christians God has chosen will heed the call and run for office.
• We pray that they will be elected even against strong opposition.
• We pray that the Spirit of the Lord and His wisdom will be upon all the following: 
• Federal Government: Executive, legislative and judicial branches
• State Government: Executive, legislative and judicial branches
• Local Government: Executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as police and first responders

Military: Pray for leaders, divine protection for our troops, and courage and dependence on God.