COMMANDING THE NIGHT
Introduction:
Psalms: 104 vs 19
“He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth”.
The night speaks of the time the sun sets, this begins at the 11th hour; eleven speaks of separation and division, this means that at the 11th hour which will be represented as 5:00 pm in the modern-day 24hours clock is the gate that separates the day from the night with regards to its prophetic number meaning.
The Hebrew word for Evening is Erebh which means separation of light; this is true with all the evening hours, which pick up at 5:00 pm or the 11th hour.
The night session which is naturally triggered by the 11th hour or the 5:00 pm is usually associated with rest and retreat, but this is not for every creature. While the humans or the sons of men going back from work and return to their homes to rest, the animals takes the night session as a time to look for their food and to move about. The night session is a time of darkness when the sun goes down from a particular place and faces another place; a lot of activities take place during the night session. Mostly by midnight, when all have gone to rest, the supernatural opens up to the natural and to humanity. The night session is often associated with the moon because while it is the day, the light of the sun hides the light of the moon; but at the night hour, the moon gives its light. The power of the moon so much influences the night session, because the moon gives its lights by reflection; which marks the night session as the time of reflection of the works of the day and the way ahead, it is a time of setting out to watch. Setting out to watch that is often found with the night session is because night promotes darkness and evil thrives in darkness; so the night session is a time to set watch and to keep watch over the works and workers of darkness.
COMMAND THE EVENING
1: Evening Is A Time Of Reward:
Time: 5:00pm
Significance:
Wages of the day are paid at the evening Hour, no matter the labor engaged and the work done, as soon as the evening hour comes the laborer’s wage is being paid to him.
What You Must Do:
Engage the evening and seek for a release of everything that belongs to you, demand that they should be released and they will be released.
Bible Instance:
Genesis 24:63
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. (NKJV)
2: Evening Hour is a time of Offering and Supplications
Time: 5:00pm
Significance:
The time for the preparation of the evening offering according to the Bible, this is done during the ending of the 11th hour which is 5:00 pm to the 12th Hour of the day which is by 6:00 pm. In other hand, to pray involves a lot; intercession is tied to sacrifice and total submission to the will of God; it is at the 11th watch that the Lord meets one for interaction as such a person prays.
Bible Instances:
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.(NKJV)
3: Evening Hour is a Time Of Reconciliation:
Time: 6:00pm
Significance:
Elijah the Prophet was waiting for the beginning of the time for evening offering, which starts at the ending of the 11th Watch till the 12th watch. This is a time that is needed to restore back the obedience of the Israelites back to the God of their fathers; he waited from the 6th hour till the 11th hour which marks the 12th hour. This is a time for pastors to pray for their converts, and to pray for the Land; it is the time to commit any unbeliever into the hands of God.
Bible Instance:
1 Kings 18:29-30
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. (NKJV)
4: A time of meditation:
Time: 5:00pm
Significant:
The evening speaks of the time of rest for many when many get back to see those whom they left for work and for other things. Isaac was not just a busy man but a manager of his father’s business, but he went out to the field to meditate and to observe the moves in his spirit, and the bible says he looked up and saw the camels coming.
What You Must Do:
Quit staying around people who don’t add up to your evening session, pick up your Bible and meditate, from there you can rest assured for the word of God to encourage you.
Bible Instances: Genesis 24:63
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. (NKJV)
5: A time to pray for Your Families.
Time: 5:00pm
Significance:
When the evening comes strength is renewed and regained, you must stand in the gap to intercede for your families and children. The bible says, pour out your heart; this is the time to pray for a stubborn child, unloving husband, unloving wife, hardened daughter, etc. When you pour your heart and pray, the Lord will answer you.
What You Must Do:
You must see to it that what you dont like in the lives of your loved ones are dealt with, and the evening time is the time to pray, you can pray at all times but there is a gate of praying for the family at the evening hour.
Bible Instance: Lamentations 2:19
“Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children.”(NKJV)
PRAYER POINTS:
Isaiah:21 vs 11 -12
“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come”.
- Lord, I receive grace to watch and stand in the gap for my night hours.
- I declare the enemy will not succeed around me in the hours, for the Lord shall reveal all their hidden ways unto light.
- I rebuke every horror of the night and wickedness in the higher places, I destroy the forces of darkness in the name of Jesus.
- I set a standard of the Lord in all the areas of my life, spirit soul, and body; let every planned attack by the enemy against me fail.
- I rebuke the forces of darkness and I break down the spiritual threat against my life in Jesus name. Amen
- I declare I am in the hands of God and he has covered me and hidden me in the hollow of his hands.