Matthew 26:41

The Prayer In Gethsemane

⁴⁰ Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour? ⁴¹ Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." ⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must 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 lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

Mark 14:38

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

1 Peter 4:7

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

Psalm 119:1

(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord.

Psalm 119:24-25

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.

Psalm 119:32

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Psalm 119:35-37

Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.

Psalm 119:115

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Psalm 119:117

Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually.

Proverbs 4:14-15

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

Isaiah 26:8-9

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

Matthew 24:42

"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13

Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me."

Mark 13:33-37

Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

Luke 8:13

Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

Luke 11:4

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."

Luke 21:36

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

Luke 22:40

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Luke 22:46

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Romans 7:18-25

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Romans 8:3

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

1 Corinthians 10:13

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

Galatians 5:16-17

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24

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

Ephesians 6:18

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

Philippians 3:12-14

Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

2 Peter 2:9

-- if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Revelation 16:15

(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

Psalm 119:4-5

You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.