Watch of the Lord by Mahesh Chavda; Bonnie Chavda

Author:Mahesh Chavda; Bonnie Chavda
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion, Prayer
ISBN: 9780884195627
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 1999-08-23T22:00:00+00:00

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The Bride in Combat Boots

Bonnie and I believe the Watch of the Lord is God's End-Time secret weapon against the powers of darkness. The watch has been kept by God for release in these last days because it is a powerful weapon against the enemy's destructive forces. We are convinced that sustained, consistent, concerted, concentrated corporate prayer will release the greatest power in the universe—and the time to do it is now.

When we came to Jesus, perhaps we just wanted a ticket out of hell. But unknowingly we signed on the dotted line, enlisting in a holy army! The body of Christ reminds me of the American movie Private Benjamin. The woman in the story enlisted in the army, thinking it would be like going on a cruise, and she ended up in boot camp! This "cruise" mentality also describes much of the activity and thinking of the Charismatic movement. We just want to sail along on the Bless-Me Cruise Line. But the season has changed. We must become militaristic in our devotion to come to the watch and to keep the watch.

Watch of the Lord Dual Nature of the Watch

The watch is a time of unmatched intimacy with the Lord. But it is also a time of war. These two aspects of prayer have clearly emerged as the dual emphases of the Watch of the Lord. We have been given two images as representations of these.

First, we see the bride, beautiful in her wedding dress, who is obviously in love with her Bridegroom. Then, we see the warrior, fearlessly wielding spiritual weapons to resist the powers of darkness in the name of the Lord.

One of our prayer warriors had a vision one night as we prayed. He saw a bride adorned in full wedding raiment-but wearing combat boots! Why not? Aren't we the army of the Lord? In our case, the bride is also a warrior.

The builders of the Jerusalem wall had a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other (Neh. 4:17). They were building the wall, and they were fighting at the same time. During the watch, on one hand, there's the revelation of the real Jesus as love, promise, light and joy; on the other, there's the confrontation with the real wicked, horrible powers of darkness.

Commissioned to Wage War

Today the Spirit of the Lord is calling those who will hear to come and watch at the wall of prayer. But this is no ordinary type of prayer; it is warlike and intense in nature.

On behalf of our families, our friends, ourselves, our nation and the world, we are commissioned to take up our swords and shields and fight the enemy's hordes that are trying to destroy the church through the various breaches in the walls.

The nature of this spiritual war is clearly depicted in the Bible. We are told that the enemy of our souls is conniving and deceitful, hiding in the convenient camouflage of innocent appearances, all the while dedicated "to steal, and to kill, and to destroy" (John 10:10).

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