Watching and Praying

A pastor saw a marble cutter working on his knees with his chisel and hammer, changing a big piece of hard stone into a beautiful statue.

The preacher said to the workman, “I wish I could deal such clanging blows on stony hearts.”

The workman replied, “Maybe you could, if you worked like me – upon your knees.”

Jesus said, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41).

1. WATCH OUT FOR THE WORLD.
   Mark 4:19; John 15:19; 1 John 2:15-17.

2. WATCH OUT FOR THE FLESH.
   1 Peter 2:11; Romans 13:14; Romans 8:7-8.

3. WATCH OUT FOR THE DEVIL.
   2 Peter 5:8; James 4:7; 2 Cor. 11:14; Ephesians 6:11.

Luke 21:36, “Watch ye therefore, and pray always.”