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The Watch Of The Lord: The Secret Weapon of the Last-Day Church
If you long for revival in the church or seek personal renewal, God will meet you on your knees. The Holy Spirit of God invites you to enter a place of breathtaking holiness and awesome glory by experiencing the Watch of the Lord. There you'll discover your place as God's watchman for the End-Time church of Jesus Christ and be filled with His miraculous power in your daily life. Experiencing a manifestation of God's glory comes as a result of sustained, committed and regular corporate prayer. As you read, you will learn how the Watch of the Lord can:
Release in you a hunger for corporate revival Pave the way for greater fruitfulness in evangelism in your life Restore purity to the church Push back the forces of evil in these wicked times Respond biblically to a nation that is in peril
Whether you intend to start your own prayer watch, or learn how to become a watchman on the wall alone, you will come away with practical, Scripture-based tools that will help you to experience more of God daily-and more of His glory and power in your life!
Release in you a hunger for corporate revival Pave the way for greater fruitfulness in evangelism in your life Restore purity to the church Push back the forces of evil in these wicked times Respond biblically to a nation that is in peril
Whether you intend to start your own prayer watch, or learn how to become a watchman on the wall alone, you will come away with practical, Scripture-based tools that will help you to experience more of God daily-and more of His glory and power in your life!
- GenresPrayer
228 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1999
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April 18, 2015
I read this book out of curiosity. I love to pray and enjoy books on prayer.
This book focuses on the all-night prayer meetings at All Nations Church in the Charlotte, NC area under the leadership of Mahesh Chavda and his wife Bonnie. They call it "The Watch of the Lord." These prayer meetings begin at 7:30 pm currently and last until 6 am.
The book is not so much how to pray all night but the authors do explain a little how to near the end of the book.
The pros of this book are the encouraging to pray. The Bible calls us to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17) and Jesus taught His disciples to pray always and not lose heart (Luke 18:1). I was encouraged to pray! I also appreciated that the authors make the focus of prayer the Lord Himself and not us or things. The Lord whom we seek in prayer is our treasure and our delight. I want to know Him above getting things from Him or even Him answering my prayers (Philippians 3:10).
The cons for me in this book were the extra-biblical stories of people having visions and dreams at these watches of the Lord. I would rather focus on the truth of Scripture above these visions. In fact, more space was given to these visions then to the exegesis of holy Scripture. This should not be. While hundreds of verses are referenced, none are explained in detail. Surely, if we are to truly pray as the Lord would desire, we must learn how to pray biblically? Why not exegete Matthew 6:5-15? Why not teach about prayer from the Master Himself in John 17?
Overall this book was a call to prayer and for that I am thankful. Yet because of the many visions and dreams, I feel the book takes away from the absolute authority of Scripture.
This book focuses on the all-night prayer meetings at All Nations Church in the Charlotte, NC area under the leadership of Mahesh Chavda and his wife Bonnie. They call it "The Watch of the Lord." These prayer meetings begin at 7:30 pm currently and last until 6 am.
The book is not so much how to pray all night but the authors do explain a little how to near the end of the book.
The pros of this book are the encouraging to pray. The Bible calls us to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17) and Jesus taught His disciples to pray always and not lose heart (Luke 18:1). I was encouraged to pray! I also appreciated that the authors make the focus of prayer the Lord Himself and not us or things. The Lord whom we seek in prayer is our treasure and our delight. I want to know Him above getting things from Him or even Him answering my prayers (Philippians 3:10).
The cons for me in this book were the extra-biblical stories of people having visions and dreams at these watches of the Lord. I would rather focus on the truth of Scripture above these visions. In fact, more space was given to these visions then to the exegesis of holy Scripture. This should not be. While hundreds of verses are referenced, none are explained in detail. Surely, if we are to truly pray as the Lord would desire, we must learn how to pray biblically? Why not exegete Matthew 6:5-15? Why not teach about prayer from the Master Himself in John 17?
Overall this book was a call to prayer and for that I am thankful. Yet because of the many visions and dreams, I feel the book takes away from the absolute authority of Scripture.
February 9, 2012
A good book by the leaders of a church who have been using the underutilized christian tool of all night prayer vigils.
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