Watch Focus January 9, 2026  “Watchman, what of the Night?”
 
Prepare the table,
Set a watchman in the tower,
Eat and drink.
Arise, you princes,
Anoint the shield!
For thus has the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman,
Let him declare what he sees.”
 
He calls to me out of Seir,
“Watchman, what of the night?
Watchman, what of the night?”
The watchman said,
“The morning comes, and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
Return! Come back!”  –Isaiah 21:5-6; 11-12.
 
The watch tonight will focus on setting the direction for our 40 day corporate fast beginning Monday, January 12, and extending through Friday, February 20th, 2026.
 
We recognize and receive the call to prayer on the church for God’s will to be done on the earth in our time and locale. We set a watch over our families, our locale, and our nation, in 2026.
 
Our watch was established 30 years ago in a time of outpouring of the Spirit at our original location in Mecklenburg County. There the Lord turned our attention to the establishment of this nation, including the Mecklenburg Declaration and James Jack’s ride to the Continental Congress in 1775. We consider this year, the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, a providential time to pray for the renewal of our nation in a return and re-establishing of Judeo-Christian values, together with a fresh season of preaching of the gospel and harvest of souls.  
 
Throughout our fast, we will include intercession for nations and persons, including Israel, Iran, Venezuela, national and international leaders, and crises, as well as personal prayer requests, we receive.
 
We welcome and include our local and online communities to watch and pray with us for God’s intervention and supply, and for an abundant soul harvest in 2026.