Watch and Pray (Matthew 26:40–41)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Matthew 26:40–41, David Platt asks God to guard our hearts and minds so we can be kept in his ways.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.9	Matthew chapter 26 verses 40 through 41. And Jesus came through the disciples and found them
0:11.3	sleeping. And he said to Peter, so could you not watch with me one hour, watch and pray that you
0:18.1	may not enter into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. This conversation
0:26.0	happens in these critical moments as Jesus is about to be betrayed and tried and crucified. And
0:34.0	these are his last moments with his disciples before he dies as he's praying in the garden and
0:41.2	Peter. And the other disciples are falling asleep. And Jesus says to Peter, watch and pray that
0:48.8	you may not enter into temptation. What a picture specifically, obviously in this moment,
0:56.5	but a picture in our lives of the need to be spiritually alert and spiritually prepared
1:06.3	for otherwise we fall into temptation. I think about my life today, your life today. We are
1:14.4	moments away from wrecking our lives if we are not spiritually alert, if we are not sensitive
1:24.9	to temptation that is lurking around the corner. And if we are not walking diligently with Jesus
1:33.0	in his spirit according to his word, there is an adversary who today wants to wreck our lives. He
1:42.0	wants to destroy our lives, our families, our relationships, our witness. This is so important
1:51.9	to realize there is a spiritual war raging around us in this world, spiritual forces of evil,
2:00.6	in the heavenly realms who do not desire your good and they do not desire God's glory. And
2:07.7	they are working to keep us from good and to keep God from being glorified and to keep others
2:14.7	from good. And so watch and pray. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. So live
2:23.8	today alert, praying continually, aware of the temptations that are lurking at any and every
2:35.2	moment and being diligent to seek God to abide in Jesus and to obey, live according to his
2:46.0	word today. God will help us. Our spirits are willing, but our flesh is weak. Help us to watch
2:53.2	and pray that we may not enter into temptation today. God, I pray this over my life. I pray this
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