Watchmen for Your City Through 24-7 Prayer

Watchmen for Your City
through 24-7 Prayer

“A watchman on the wall does many things. He carefully watches what is happening and alerts the community when good ambassadors approach the city… A watchman also warns the city far in advance when an enemy approaches. He sounds an alarm to awaken the people because he knows ‘to forewarn them is to alert and arm them.’ Then they quickly can rally to take their stand on the wall against the enemy before he wrongfully tries to enter into the city.” Jim Goll


24-7 prayer can change the atmosphere of your city. If there was ever a time when we needed to be alert for our cities and pray day and night, it is now! Too many evil things are happening at an increasing rate. We have the secret of prayer and God’s presence that can touch our cities and ward off the evil intent of the enemy. 24-7 prayer is much more powerful than we realize. It can release the power of God and His anointing in even the darkest of places.

“Does it surprise you that the word used for intercession, paga, is also translated ‘boundary’? It really shouldn’t. It only seems logical to me that perimeters of protection be linked to prayer. I want to state emphatically: We can build boundaries of protection around ourselves and (our cities) through intercession. What a comfort to know that this truth is inherent in the very meaning of the word. And it is certainly consistent with the watchman anointing.”

I cannot think of a better way to protect our cities than to have 24-7 Houses of Prayer. This is going to be a necessity in the coming days. Through 24-7 prayer you can pray into the atmosphere of heaven and bring heaven’s will to earth, praying the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. What is the central dream of your city? What is the plan or purpose of God for your city? There probably is a good and evil side to the dream. You must realize that God anticipated your city and planned it. It does have a divine purpose, and there is the need to cry out to God 24-7 for the fulfillment of that purpose. You need to protect the dream of God for your city. It is time to rebuild the walls of our cities through 24-7 prayer.

“Protection is an important aspect of the watchman anointing. Watchmen are guards, bodyguards, doorkeepers and, generally speaking, those who protect by covering in prayer.” Dutch Sheets


24-7 Prayer for Your City

“Your city is God’s city. The people are made in His image. Satan is an invader and a usurper operating in our territory. God did not give demons authority over your city. Demons have infested the earth’s atmosphere since before the creation of mankind, but they can only extend their authority into a town or an institution when people sin. When you look into the history of your city, you will find clues as to what is oppressing the people today. This is our planet, and the only authority Satan has is stolen human authority.” John Dawson

God wants you to be watchmen through 24-7 prayer for your city. Your city is God’s city! Here are some ways you can bring intercession for your city into your House of Prayer:

· Cover your city with continuous praise and worship - God gives you His heart for your city through worship, and therefore a positive attitude is important. Instead of complaining and reacting toward the sin in your city, praise God for the good things. Satan is already an accuser, so praising God and declaring by faith the eternal purpose and dream of God over your city brings in His presence and defeats the enemy.

· Wait on the Lord for insight - Don’t depend on your own wisdom, but listen to God with childlike dependence. God will open your eyes as to what He wants to do in your city as you set aside your own agenda and wait upon Him. The Lord will give you His strategies for reaching your city.

· Identify with the sins of the city - We can all identify with the roots of any sin in our city. The potential is in each one of us. We need to identify in personal and corporate repentance. Nehemiah identified with the sins in his city and prayed, “I and this people have sinned” (Nehemiah 1:6-7).

· Overcome evil with good - This will give you great victory in your city. Come in the opposite spirit. If there is a lot of violence in your city, demonstrate the spirit of peace. If your city is full of greed, demonstrate generosity. If there is hate, live a life of love.

· Travail over your city - You birth God’s dream in your city through travail, just as a pregnant woman travails to give birth to a child. You must pray until something happens, and this takes dedication and perseverance. This has everything to do with faith for your city and revival.

“The level of a spiritual victory for your city is directly affected by two spiritual conditions: the intensity of your desire and the size of your faith. God wants to see if you want the minimum or the maximum. Do you want institutional survival - or citywide revival?” John Dawson


Day and Night Prayer is Spreading throughout the World

“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth” (Isaiah 62:6-7).

· The Launching of a Spain/North Africa House of Prayer - We are leaving for Spain in just a few days to conduct a month-long 24-7 House of Prayer in southern Spain/North Africa. We would appreciate your prayers. The doors are still open for participants who will be with us in person or in spirit. For information and prayer requests, see our website www.campo247.com.

· The Registration of Prayer Watches - www.global24-7.org is a new website with the purpose of registering and encouraging prayer watches from all over the world. This will help to link 24-7 prayer in different regions and support what God is doing worldwide. The leader of this ministry said the following:

“We are seeing somewhat of a movement happening in terms of night and day prayer in South Africa. 27 Months ago we had some 20 watches going in the nation, averaging about 12-13 hours a day. Right now, we have over 2230 going, averaging between 15-17 hours a day. It is growing wild and fast.”


“Watchmen are ordinarily placed on the walls of a city to give notice to the rulers of coming danger. God appoints watchmen not only to warn men - often they will not hear - but also to summon Him to come to their aid whenever need or the enemy may be threatening. The great mark of the intercessors are that they are not to hold their peace day or night, to take no rest, and to give God no rest, until the deliverance comes. In faith they may count upon the assurance that God will answer their prayers.” Andrew Murray