Matthew 26:41

The Prayer In Gethsemane

⁴⁰ Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour? ⁴¹ Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink 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 bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
[For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.]

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Mark 14:38

Stay awake and pray so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.

Psalm 119:1

א AlefHow happy are those whose way is blameless,
who live according to the Lord’s instruction!

Psalm 119:24-25

Your decrees are my delight
and my counselors.

Psalm 119:32

I pursue the way of Your commands,
for You broaden my understanding.

Psalm 119:35-37

Help me stay on the path of Your commands,
for I take pleasure in it.

Psalm 119:115

Depart from me, you evil ones,
so that I may obey my God’s commands.

Psalm 119:117

Sustain me so that I can be safe
and always be concerned about Your statutes.

Proverbs 4:14-15

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Yes, Yahweh, we wait for You
in the path of Your judgments.
Our desire is for Your name and renown.

Matthew 24:42

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13

“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with Me.”

Mark 13:33-37

Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

Luke 8:13

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves also forgive everyone
in debt to us.
And do not bring us into temptation.”

Luke 21:36

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:40

When He reached the place, He told them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

Luke 22:46

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

Romans 7:18-25

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.

Romans 8:3

What the law could not do since it was limited by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending His own Son in flesh like ours under sin’s domain, and as a sin offering,

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong.

Galatians 5:16-17

I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 6:18

Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 5:8

Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Revelation 16:15

“Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”

Psalm 119:4-5

You have commanded that Your precepts
be diligently kept.