[Manna - November 3]
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41
SOME make the mistake of praying without watching;
others make the mistake of watching without
praying; but the safe and only proper method is that
which our Lord directed, to combine the two.
We are
to watch, and to be on our guard against the encroachments
of the world, the flesh and the devil.
We
are to watch for all the encouragements of the Lord's
Word, the evidence of their fulfilment, the signs that
betoken His presence and the great changes of dispensations
just at hand.
We are to watch for everything
that will strengthen us in faith and hope and loyalty
and love; and while watching we are to pray without
ceasing.
We are to pray together as the Lord's people;
we are to pray in our homes, as families; we are
to pray in secret, in private. Z. '01-80 R2775:5