Prayer, conversation with God, keeps evil at bay and allows direction from Holy Spirit to be received.
God knows that we are mere humans! We are incapable of fully comprehending spiritual matters. They are discerned spirit to Spirit.
God the Son, Jesus Christ, came to find us while we were still lost in a wilderness of sin. And by becoming the perfect sacrifice for sin on our behalf, Jesus invited us to receive His righteousness and made a way for us to know an incomprehensible God.
Because of Jesus, we have direct access to the Creator of the universe. And while we will never fully comprehend all of the mysteries of God, we can know Him personally. Friend, take time to marvel at the truth that this majestic God loves and cares for you! First5
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” The New King James Version
The disciples needed to stay awake and pray because they were about to be tested themselves. Here the word flesh emphasizes human weakness. The contrast between the weakness of the disciples and the strength of the Lord is startling. Because the flesh is weak, every child of God needs supernatural empowerment. The NKJV Study Bible
It is well for us that our salvation is in the hand of One who neither slumbers nor sleeps. All are tempted, but we should be much afraid of entering into temptation. To be secured from this, we should watch and pray, and continually look unto the Lord to hold us up that we may be safe. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Matthew 6:13
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 26:38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
Mark 14:38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Luke 22:46 Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”
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