WATCH THREE
12:00 AM - 3:00 AM
"Witching and Warfare"
Intercessors prepare for spiritual battles on watch three by invoking the blood of Jesus and putting on the full armor of God. This preparation is crucial, as entering into spiritual warfare without proper readiness can impede one's progress. An equipped believer is better positioned to confront adversarial forces directly.
The hours from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM, often referred to as the witching hours, serve as a significant time for intercessors, who engage in prayer to enter the heavenly realms. Their prayers, characterized by high praise and strategic declarations, aim to combat dark forces by breaking chains affecting their family members and invoking protection against threats to marriages, ministries, and nations. This period is also critical for promoting unity and speaking positive affirmations into areas marked by disunity, as every prayer aims to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
Additionally, intercessors focus their prayers on the protection of firstborns, recognizing their divine birthright to leadership. They are called to address personal attacks and any instances of sorcery. By wielding the sword of the Spirit and the Word of God, believers can effectively defend themselves and mount counterattacks. Those who engage diligently during the midnight watch are poised to achieve victory, having established a firm foundation for triumph throughout the day, thereby becoming successful warriors in their spiritual journey.
Know God: He Hears, Sees, Cares, and Acts
Exodus 11:4, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 3:22, Psalm 17:15, Psalm 35, Psalm 37, Psalm 42:8, Psalm 91, Proverbs 3:24, Isaiah 13:3-4, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 59:19, Jeremiah 31:26, Daniel 11:32, Luke 10:19, Revelation 3:3
Encounters with God and Others:
At midnight, God struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, down to the firstborn of the prisoner locked in jail, as well as the firstborn of the animals.
Exodus 12:29
But Samson lay resting until midnight; then at midnight, he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two doorposts, pulled them up—bars and all—and put them on his shoulders, carrying them to the top of the hill opposite Hebron.
Judges 16:3
At midnight, the man was startled, turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
Ruth 3:8
And she arose at midnight, took my son from beside me while your servant slept, laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.
1 Kings 3:20
At midnight, I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
Psalm 119:62
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
“Arise, let us attack her at night and destroy her fortified palaces!”
Jeremiah 6:5
At this I (Jeremiah) awoke and looked, and my trancelike sleep was sweet, for the assurance it gave to me.
Jeremiah 31:26
But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came, sowed weed seeds in the field, and then left.
Matthew 13:25
But at midnight, there was a cry: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Matthew 25:6
And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:25
Now on the first day of the week (Sunday), when we were gathered together to break bread (share communion), Paul began talking with them, intending to leave the next day, and he continued with his message until midnight.
Acts 20:7
When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
Acts 27:27
The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation; they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought, emotion, and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.
2 Corinthians 10:4-6
Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion in the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.
Ephesians 6:12
Let the spoken word of Christ have its home within you, dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being—as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession of faith in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
Strategic Prayer Points:
The hours from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM, often referred to as the witching hours, serve as a significant time for intercessors, who engage in prayer to enter the heavenly realms. Their prayers, characterized by high praise and strategic declarations, aim to combat dark forces by breaking chains affecting their family members and invoking protection against threats to marriages, ministries, and nations. This period is also critical for promoting unity and speaking positive affirmations into areas marked by disunity, as every prayer aims to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
Additionally, intercessors focus their prayers on the protection of firstborns, recognizing their divine birthright to leadership. They are called to address personal attacks and any instances of sorcery. By wielding the sword of the Spirit and the Word of God, believers can effectively defend themselves and mount counterattacks. Those who engage diligently during the midnight watch are poised to achieve victory, having established a firm foundation for triumph throughout the day, thereby becoming successful warriors in their spiritual journey.
Know God: He Hears, Sees, Cares, and Acts
Exodus 11:4, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 3:22, Psalm 17:15, Psalm 35, Psalm 37, Psalm 42:8, Psalm 91, Proverbs 3:24, Isaiah 13:3-4, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 59:19, Jeremiah 31:26, Daniel 11:32, Luke 10:19, Revelation 3:3
Encounters with God and Others:
At midnight, God struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, down to the firstborn of the prisoner locked in jail, as well as the firstborn of the animals.
Exodus 12:29
But Samson lay resting until midnight; then at midnight, he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two doorposts, pulled them up—bars and all—and put them on his shoulders, carrying them to the top of the hill opposite Hebron.
Judges 16:3
At midnight, the man was startled, turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
Ruth 3:8
And she arose at midnight, took my son from beside me while your servant slept, laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.
1 Kings 3:20
At midnight, I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
Psalm 119:62
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Proverbs 3:24
“Arise, let us attack her at night and destroy her fortified palaces!”
Jeremiah 6:5
At this I (Jeremiah) awoke and looked, and my trancelike sleep was sweet, for the assurance it gave to me.
Jeremiah 31:26
But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came, sowed weed seeds in the field, and then left.
Matthew 13:25
But at midnight, there was a cry: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
Matthew 25:6
And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:25
Now on the first day of the week (Sunday), when we were gathered together to break bread (share communion), Paul began talking with them, intending to leave the next day, and he continued with his message until midnight.
Acts 20:7
When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight, the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.
Acts 27:27
The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation; they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought, emotion, and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.
2 Corinthians 10:4-6
Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion in the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.
Ephesians 6:12
Let the spoken word of Christ have its home within you, dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being—as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and for which you made the good confession of faith in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
Strategic Prayer Points:
- Welcome, acknowledge, and love the presence of the Holy Spirit
- Appropriate the Blood of Jesus over yourself, your family, and possessions
- Enter God's gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise
- Pray in the Holy Spirit to build yourself up on your most holy faith
- Strategic prayer coverings for firstborns
- Bind, loose, cancel, decree, and declare God's Word to counterattack every hex, vex, spell, jinx, work of darkness, divination, black magic, psychic mind control, new age practices, sorcery, bewitchment, and astral projections
- Pray for the prevailing plans of God in the world and humanity
- Engage and deploy angels assigned to watch three to minister on behalf of those trapped by the lies of the enemy
- Pray for clarity and revelation regarding the last upcoming watch
- Cancel all diabolical assignments and frustrate the plans of the enemy