Tag: Watchmen

1 Peter 2:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. The watchman on the wall must be sober to be watchful. If the watchmen are inebriated, intoxicated and under the influence of substance, the enemy would insidiously enter to loot, steal and plunder our...

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber. The watchmen of an unguarded city are blind like watchdogs that are muted. They lie down and sleep making way for the enemy to encircle and encroach. These...

Nehemiah 4:13 So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows. Nehemiah was commissioned on a building project to rebuild the walls that were broken down by war and torn down by the enemy. As he grieved for...

Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit is ready, but the body is weak.” As Jesus was preparing to fulfill His mission and purpose, He took the disciples to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. As the night was closing in, Jesus told Peter, James and John, “Watch and pray so...

Psalms 127:1b Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. The fortified walls of the city will not be protected unless the divine soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with the city guards and watchmen. There are watchmen (prayer warriors) on the wall who pray out of anxiety, worry and fear; ritual,...

Ezekiel 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’ People within the walled cities rest in...

Isaiah 62:6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest. The ancient Biblical cities had massive wall structures, inner fortresses and strongholds with troops garrisoned around the fortified cities. These troops (watchmen) played a crucial role in...