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Why Watch in the Morning Watch?
The Fourth Watch Breaks Open The New Day!
A 24-Day Prayer Focus
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Thursday, October
9, 2008
Dear Watching Pray-ers:
Thank you for praying for us in the Middle East.
We are finishing our meetings in Kuwait and leaving for Israel. The
trip report for Dubai, Qatar, and Kuwait will be sent in an upcoming email.
If ever we have entered a time for the need
to Watch---that time is now! I sensed an urgent nudge from the Spirit
of God this afternoon when I returned to my room to finish this Prayer Focus.
This will help us stabilize our emotions and assist us as we seek the
Lord over the next 25 days. So much is happening. Dramatic changes in
our economic system could have adverse effects on how we shift and reposition
ourselves for the future. Your emotions could actually cause you to make some
major mistakes during this time. Also, the election for President in our nation
will produce a major shift in the world. Do not forget to vote. Vote for
righteousness to rule this nation! We need to stay focused in prayer. Stay
focused, watch and pray!
Remember that this year, 5769, “A Year of Goodness
in the Midst of Suffering”, can also mean that “A Serpent Stands at Your Door
to Constrict Your Future!” You will want to get the DVD or CD series from
Head of the Year, as well as the 4-Set CD series after this upcoming Sunday,
where I explain the month of Tishri and Robert Heidler explains why the Feasts
are important and why we celebrate Feast of Tabernacles. Keith Pierce has
a great message about our authority in the midst of crisis.
Join us for the TABERNACLES GATHERING! (October
15)
We are looking forward to celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles on our
land along Interstate 35. On the night of Wednesday, October 15, we
will be meeting at 7 PM for a special night of celebration. Cindy
Jacobs and others will be joining us as we celebrate coming out of the wilderness
and entering the year ahead. You can be with us on the land or join us via
webcast.
Prayer Grove/Garden Developing!
We have our next payment to make, and then we start the Prayer Garden! You
can go to our website to see pictures of the Biblical Garden outside the Servant’s
House. We plan to develop at least TWO acres on the Land like this for a
Prayer Garden of the 12 Tribes. Pam Pierce will be the chief Master Gardener
on this project, along with the children and youth. They won a national award
for this prototype of what we would be doing on the land. Let’s be sure we
have a portion representing Israel on the land in the United States in days
ahead.
To give to the ongoing mission of this ministry and be part of the
projects ahead, please click here or
call (888) 965-1099 or (940) 382-7231 to give by credit card.
NOW THE BREAKING OF A NEW DAY MUST BEGIN!
So many of you have been faithfully praying during
the Midnight Watch and I am sure that many of you have found
that this watch is your best time to seek the Lord. However, through November
3, I know the Lord is shifting our call to pray to the time called the Morning
Watch. Anne Tate has shared with me many times some of your responses.
I believe we are seeing much evil turn because of your praying. Now is time
for a new day to break open. Anne will be available to visit with you via
email on what you are hearing and to pass on to our prayer leaders how you
sense us to pray. Here is a note from her:
Dear Watchmen:
We have had a wonderful season of prayer in the
Midnight Watch with many of you, and people are still signing up in that watch. We
have received testimonies of families being saved, finances and jobs secured,
problems solved and lots of “now” words from you. There have been dreams and
visions and prophesy sent in that the Lord has shown you as you have watched. We
have connected with many nations as they have been watching with us in the
night.
We have entered a new season with the Head of the
Year and in this season many of you will want to move with us into the morning
watch from now until November 4.
In I Samuel 11, after Saul had been anointed by
Samuel to be the King over Israel, Nahash the Amorite set up camp to fight
the people of Jabesh Gilead and to take them captive along with their resources
and land. The Elders of Jabesh Gilead asked Nahash to make treaty with
them so that they would not be overtaken. Nahash would only agree to make
treaty if all their right eyes could be gouged out. The men of Jabesh
asked for grace for 7 days to send messengers throughout Israel to see if
any would come and rescue them. The messengers went to Gibeah and reported
the terms to people. When Saul heard the words, the Spirit of the Lord fell
on him. Saul divided the people into three companies. The three groups entered
the camp of the Ammonites during the morning watch and kept attacking until
the heat of the day, until those who remained were so scattered that no two
of them were left together. (CJB)
The Morning Watch is the fourth watch. This
watch waits for the dawning of the new day. In Chuck’s book, Reordering
Your Day, the morning watch is described as beginning at 3:00 am
and ending at 6:00 am. This watch is linked with the approaching of
the morning light and the breaking of the day. We are beginning a new
day! There are many enemies aligned against us and the purposes of God for
this generation. How we discern and advance is very important and we must
see and hear clearly concerning everything that would threaten our perception
and perspective of what is before us.
Chuck has written a 24 day prayer focus for this
watch that will make it very meaningful and will increase the fruit we produce
as we follow along together. We will be a force to be reckoned with!
This is an important, critical time and we all want to watch and see what
the Lord is doing in our midst this season. Let me know if you are watching
with us. As you see and hear things from the Lord be sure to send us
what you are getting, as well as your testimonies. Just respond to chuckp@gloryofzion.org or
annet@gloryofzion.org. Please
send an email with “Morning Watch” in the subject line and give us
your address and location. Let us know what is going on in your territory.
Be sure to tell us if there are others watching with you. May God’s richest
blessings be upon you and your house as you pray and praise in the morning.
Blessings,
Anne Tate
Watch for you Know Not….The Fourth Watch: The Morning
Watch - A New Day Dawning!
(3 AM – 6 AM) by Chuck D. Pierce
The Lord instructed us to watch and pray (Mark 14:38). We must be WATCHING!
We have entered a time of the maturing of the watchman anointing. “I have
set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace
day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, and give
Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the
earth” Is. 62:6-7 (NKJV). To WATCH means: to look out; to peer
into the distance; to investigate or get a new scope on something; to see
an approaching danger (2 Kings 9:17, 18) and WARN those endangered. Women
were called to watch after their household (Prov. 31:27) which means to SEE
so you can GUARD your FUTURE. I see the Lord restoring the actual WATCHES
of the night so we can see things we have never seen before. God is reordering
our day so we enter into His time frame and experience the power of seeing
what He sees.
Several words linked with watching are: shaqad
(to "be alert") - to be wakeful, so you can see either for
good or evil (Jer 31:28; 51:12, Isa 29:20), shamar (to "protect")
- may mean a day or night watch; thus, there was a guard of the king's house
(2 Kgs 11:5-7, Neh 4:9; 7:3), gregoreo (to "keep awake,
to watch") - to take heed, lest through remissiveness and indolence one
be led to forsake Christ (Matt 26:41; Mark 14:38), nepho (to
"abstain from wine, be sober") - used in the NT figuratively, to
be calm and collected in spirit; to be temperate, dispassionate, circumspect
(1 Thess 5:6; 2 Tim 4:5).
Awaken!
In the Bible, we find a pattern. Watchman on the wall are watching for
the enemy and announcing what they see. Matthew 24:43 says, “But know
this, if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would
come he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken
up.” I believe these words of Jesus are some of the most important words
for us to understand today. Let me paraphrase this scripture: If we would
watch then we would understand the time of visitation of the Lord. We would
also recognize the thief when he comes. If we would watch then we would
not have to suffer and be scattered in directions. We would remain whole.
This verse has a dispensational connotation but also has a reality for
today.
The first watch is linked with the call
of God upon the life of Israel. This is synonymous to the call of God on
our life. If we will enter into the watch, then we can see His time of visitation.
There is a time of visitation for each one of us. Every nation has a time
of visitation. Of course, this verse refers to the nation of Israel but is
applicable to each one of us as well.
The second watch comes when we get scattered.
As we can see from the verse above, if we do not watch, then we get scattered.
If you never develop a personal discipline of watching, then you will find
your life scattered, instead of being ordered. The second watch also represents
times of Israel’s scattering.
The third watch is linked with the concept
of Peter’s denial. The third watch represents the trial of our faith. Instead
of watching, Peter hid for fear and the Lord warned that he would deny Him
three times before the cock crowed. There have been times when Israel, as
a nation, has denied the Messiah’s coming. If we will watch prior to the crowing
of the cock, our faith will be made strong.
The fourth watch comes during the Lord’s
time of revealing His glory. There is a breaking of a new day. This is where
the identity of our future is established. Even with all of Israel’s problems
throughout history, as a nation they have a wonderful future. They are God’s
chosen nation of example. All nations align and reconcile around their relationship
with Israel. This watch also represents the power of resurrection as we watch
with the Lord. If you will continue to watch with the Lord, then you will
experience His glory. There is an ultimate returning of God’s glory to Israel.
So this watch progression looks like:
The FOURTH, or Morning, Watch is NOW Being Restored!
The FOURTH WATCH is linked with the approaching
of the morning light and the breaking of the day. There are several words
in the Bible linked with this watch! The Lord said if we would arise when
He called us, then we would hear and see during the night so we could rule
during the day. We are in a war! This war over covenant blessings means that
we are entering:
We are not just watching on behalf of the Church,
but on behalf of a Kingdom that is in conflict and advancing in the earth.
I am declaring that as you watch, you will see where and how the thief entered
in and stole your blessings. Once you understand what the thief has done,
you can call back your loss as a seven-fold increase. Allow the Lord to reorder
your day and bring you into a new place of watching with Him! As you order
your prayers, He will order your steps and begin to reorder the time frame
of your day. You will then develop His mind for increase and multiplication,
and see His restorative plan manifest in your life, family, church, city and
nation.
Many watches were developed so that protection would
be established for God’s people. One of the greatest studies on the watch
is linked with 2 Kings 11. The fourth watch is the last portion of
the night, so we always need to be ready to arise and watch. The word generally
refers to the day, and means the hour of dawn or soon after (Gen 19:2, 2 Chron.
36:15, Hosea 6:4, Luke 24:22). Ask the Lord to meet you early so you are
prepared for the day ahead.
Here is the Prayer Focus. This will
give you faith to pray for your supply, stay steady, and watch the Lord break
open the next day that is ready to dawn on His people! Break Open a
New Day!
Declare the Breaking of a New Day
Day 1: Read Isaiah 50, memorize verse 4:
“The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know
how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning
by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned” (NKJV). Ask the
Lord to give you a right word for every moment throughout your day ahead.
Day 2: Read Psalm 5. Set your alarm clock,
get up, and let God hear your voice at the breaking of the day.
Day 3: Read Psalm 30, especially verse 5:
“For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may
endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning” (NKJV). Decree that
when day breaks, joy will also break loose within you.
Day 4: Read Song of Solomon 6, especially verse
10: “Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear
as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?” (NKJV). Ask the Lord to
cover you with His banner. His banner over you is LOVE.
Day 5: Read Exodus 14, especially verse 24:
“Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the LORD looked down upon
the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled
the army of the Egyptians” (NKJV). Ask God to trouble your enemy during
this time. When you sense the Lord’s presence, ask Him to cause your enemies
to go into confusion.
Day 6: Read Exodus 34, especially verse 2:
“So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai,
and present yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain” (NKJV). During
this watch ask the Lord to set your boundaries for the future. Present yourself
to Him and tell Him that you are not willing to go into the day without Him.
Day 7: Read Genesis 19. Ask the Lord to deal
with iniquitous structures in your life, family and city. Get up and stand
before the Lord and decree that there will come a cleansing of the land that
you are a part of.
Day 8: Read Genesis 22, especially verse 3:
“So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took
two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for
the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told
him” (NKJV). Let the Lord show you how to meet Him in the midst of your
faith being tested. Watch for Him to reveal Himself as Jehovah Jireh.
Day 9: Read Genesis 26, especially verse 31:
“Then they arose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another;
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace” (NKJV).
During this watch, ask the Lord to re-dig “wells” of revival from your past.
However, ask the Lord to bring you into a new place of enlargement.
Day 10: Read Genesis 28, especially verse 18:
“Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put
at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it” (NKJV).
Read Luke 11. Ask the Lord to open the heavens and connect heaven
and earth where you are. God has a place to connect with you and you to connect
with Him so He can establish your future.
Stabilize Your Emotions and Break Open a New
Supply Line
Day 11: Read Joshua 6 and Romans 9. Learn
the principle of Firstfruits as you enter a new season. Jericho was the firstfruits
of a new land. If you give God the best at the beginning, all the remainder
will be blessed. Declare that everything that is invincible, that would keep
you from advancing into the fullness of God’s promise, will be removed. Read
Joshua 7, especially verses 14 and 16: “In the morning therefore you
shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe
which the LORD takes shall come according to families; and the family which
the LORD takes shall come by households; and the household which the LORD
takes shall come man by man…. So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought
Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken” (NKJV). If you
feel like you have missed a step somewhere and your path seems blocked, ask
the Lord to show you anything in your home that should not be there. Protecting
Your Home from Spiritual Darkness can help you discern any items that
are giving demons legal right into your home.
Day 12: Read Ruth 2, especially verse 7; read Ruth
3 (especially verses 13-14), Ruth 4. Watch God shift you from gleaning
to reaping. “And she said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves.' So she came and has continued from morning until now,
though she rested a little in the house." (NKJV) “’Stay this
night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will perform the duty of
a close relative for you — good; let him do it. But if he does not want to
perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, as the LORD
lives! Lie down until morning.’ So she lay at his feet until morning, and
she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, ‘Do not let it
be known that the woman came to the threshing floor’" (NKJV). From
the gleaning of the day before, ask God how to favor you in such a way that
your past can be redeemed and your future established.
Day 13: Read 2 Chronicles 20, especially verse
20: “So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness
of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Hear me, O Judah
and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall
be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper’" (NKJV).
Sing a song to the Lord. Ask the Lord to send confusion into the enemy’s
camp. Declare that you will take the spoils of the enemy. New songs break
old cycles, so spend time listening to new songs and new sounds. You can
go to our MP3Store to listen to several of the prophetic songs that God is
bringing forth. Worship and watch the enemy go into confusion.
Day 14: Read Ecclesiastes 11, especially verse
6: “In the morning sow your seed,and in the evening do not withhold
your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or
whether both alike will be good” (NKJV). Ask the Lord what to sow in
the morning so that your seed will prosper.
Day 15: Read 2 Kings 7. Know that He can change
supply lines and economic conditions around us in a day!
Day 16: Read Isaiah 58, especially verse 8:
Fast today! “Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing
shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the
glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard” (NKJV). Declare that your
health will spring forth at the breaking of the day. Ask the Lord for you
to judge righteously and not form a critical, religious spirit.
Day 17: Read Matthew 20, especially verse 1:
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the
morning to hire laborers for his vineyard” (NKJV) Ask the Lord to help
you find the help you need for the coming day. Ask the Lord to position you
in the harvest.
Confront Powers Contending for Governmental
Rule and Break Forth a New Day
Day 18: Read Mark 1, especially verse 35: “Now
in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and
departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed” (NKJV). Find a place
to have a quiet time before you enter the day ahead.
Day 19: Read Matthew 6:24, Ephesians 6 and Daniel
10. Declare that you will not be ruled by Mammon. Ask the Lord to find
your footing so you can stand.
Day 20: Read Isaiah 21, especially verse 12:
“The watchman said, 'The morning comes, and also the night. If you will
inquire, inquire; return! Come back!’" (NKJV). Tell the Lord what
you see. Read Isaiah 28, especially verse 19: “As often as it goes
out it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass over, and by day
and by night; it will be a terror just to understand the report" (NKJV).
Declare that any shroud of death that has been holding you captive will be
removed. Also, declare that your spirit will be free of all vexation.
Day 21: Read 1 Samuel 1-3. Ask the Lord to
break any spirit of barrenness. Many times during this watch you will experience
travail. Travail like Hannah to bring forth the future. Declare that in the
war from your last season you are overcoming the structures that would hold
you and keep you from your next promotion. Declare that all mocking spirits
are defeated. Declare that what the Lord has conceived in you can be brought
forth.
Day 22: Read 1 Samuel 4-6. Declare that an
old system will let go and be judged. Stand and decree that the PRESENCE of
GOD will return in fullness to your life, the church, your city, and this
nation.
Day 23: Read I Samuel 7-9. Ask the Lord to
have us agree with Him on the decision of the leader for our future and not
just demand our own desires. Refuse to have a Saul structure reigning in our
midst. Refuse to be a nation and people who can no longer be heard by the
Lord!
Day 24: Read Psalm 84. Celebrate the BREAKING
OF A NEW DAY by singing a new song to the Lord! Read Revelation 4, 5 and
Psalm 100. Declare a new strength will arise in you.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
Key Resources to Help You WATCH!
Night
Watch Candle and Anointing Oil Set
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Reordering Your Day by Chuck D. Pierce
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Let the Lord reveal to you why you are being called at certain times
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things we have never seen before. This book will help you understand
how God is reordering our day so we can enter into His timeframe and
experience the power of seeing what He sees! ($10.00) |
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Head
of the Year 5769
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The “Head” of the Hebraic Year is a key time to
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to celebrate “Head of the Year 5769: The Year of Samekh Tet”.
Tim Sheets, Mary Glazier, Lance Wallnau, LaSalle Vaughn, JoAnn McFatter
and Sid Roth joined Robert Heidler and Chuck Pierce
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the year ahead. In the midst of suffering, this will be a year to taste
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Celebrate and Feast at the Head of the Year
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This four CD series by Chuck Pierce, Robert Heidler and Keith
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is a special message on “Is This My ROD for the Future?” that will greatly
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The
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Most Christians don't know that God has His own calendar, and that it’s
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Restoring
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Robert Heidler and Chuck Pierce
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This is a key Issachar School course for understanding our future!
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