Matthew 26:41

The Prayer In Gethsemane

⁴⁰ Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour? ⁴¹  You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak." ⁴² A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if it cannot pass by without my drinking it, your will be done."

Enter into Temptation

Flesh and Blood

Flesh is Weak

It is I

Keep Watch

Watch and Pray

Body Is Weak

Fall Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

And do not let us be subjected to temptation, but save us from the evil one.

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.

Mark 14:38

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of everything on earth is near. So be serious and sober minded, that you may give yourselves to prayer.

Matthew 24:42

So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13

So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching with me."

Mark 13:33-37

Keep looking, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will be.

Luke 8:13

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

Luke 11:4

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who does us wrong, and do not let us be subjected to temptation.'"

Luke 21:36

But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Luke 22:40

Now when He reached the spot, He said to them, "Continue to pray that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Luke 22:46

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Romans 7:18-25

For I know that nothing good has its home in me; that is, in my lower self; I have the will but not the power to do what is right.

Romans 8:3

For though the law could not do it, because it was made helpless through our lower nature, yet God, by sending His own Son in a body similar to that of our lower nature, and as a sacrifice for sin, passed sentence upon sin through His body,

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be always on your guard; stand firm in your faith; keep on acting like men; continue to grow in strength;

Galatians 5:16-17

I mean this: Practice living by the Spirit and then by no means will you gratify the cravings of your lower nature.

Galatians 5:24

And those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the lower nature with its passions and evil cravings.

Ephesians 6:18

Keep on praying in the Spirit, with every kind of prayer and entreaty, at every opportunity, be ever on the alert with perfect devotion and entreaty for all God's people,

Philippians 3:12-14

It is not a fact that I have already secured it or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, the ideal for which I was captured by Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:8

Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.

2 Peter 2:9

surely, then, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from trial and to keep wrongdoers under punishment for the day of judgment,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Revelation 16:15

(See! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go naked and people see his shame.)