Watch and Pray

Watch and Pray

 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”  Mark 14:38

“Watch.” . . .  Keep your eyes open. When you see sin coming, duck . . . When you sense temptation, go the other way . . .

“Pray.” . . .  What prayer does is invite God to walk the shadowy pathways of life with us . . . guarding our backside from the poison darts of the devil.

“Watch and pray.” Good advice. Let’s take it.

Meaning to Lifting up of Hands

An act of faith

Exodus 17:12 

When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

No Fear

1 Peter 3:6 

Like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Dealings of God by Night

Gave Jacob visions

Genesis 46:2 

And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.

Things God Commands to remember

God’s marvelous works

1 Chronicles 16:12

Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,