An Hour A Day

An hour a day keeps the devil away (at bay)!

The Lord quickened to me that we need to be committed to two types of daily prayer - worship and fellowship with Him, as well as one hour of "watchman duty". These are completely separate activities, and may occur at different times of the day. The four watches related in the Bible are: 6 p.m.-9 p.m.; 9 p.m.-midnight; midnight-3 a.m.; 3 a.m.-6 a.m.

Mark 13:35 - "Therefore, be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening (first watch), at midnight (2nd watch), at cockcrowing (3rd watch), or in the morning (4th watch)."
Matt.24:42,43 - "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into."

Jesus took His disciples with Him to pray the night of His arrest and ultimate crucifixion. He knew what was coming. However, He had to admonish His disciples for not watching and praying for at least one hour with Him. They, too, were about to be tested by the powers of darkness.

Matt.26:41 - "Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Nugget of Gold: Watching for one hour in the Spirit builds up our spirit man, and it also gives the Holy Spirit an opportunity to warn us about planned attacks so that we can come against them in prayer (Matt.24:23 - "If he had known.... he would not have allowed.....").
The Lord has given His body the keys of the Kingdom (Matt.16:19) to bind (forbid) and to loose (permit). Let us be diligent to keep alert in prayer on a daily basis, especially during one of the night watches!