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Daily Scripture
"Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Matthew 26:41
Daily Application
Temptation doesn’t play fair—it waits for you to get lazy, to let your guard down, to convince yourself you’ve got it under control. That’s when it strikes. Jesus' warning to watch and pray isn’t a suggestion; it’s survival. Your flesh is weak, no matter how much you think you've mastered it. Left to itself, it will sell you out every single time. The battle isn’t fought in the moment of temptation; it’s won or lost in the quiet moments before—when you’re either locked in with Christ or drifting toward disaster. You can’t afford to coast. Stay sharp. Stay prayed up, because the second you stop watching, the enemy moves in.
He’s not coming with obvious threats—he’s coming with whispers, half-truths, and distractions that pull you just far enough from Christ to make you think you’re still close. But drifting is the first step to drowning. Prayer isn’t just talking to God; it’s anchoring yourself to the only One who can hold you when everything else falls apart. Watching means staying brutally honest about your weaknesses, knowing that without Christ, you’re an easy target. Don’t trust yourself. Trust Him. Stay awake, or get taken out.
This reading plan is so doable! And so good! Finishing up Mark today and hearing anew Jesus’s commission to us. Helping Lord, empower us even as you did Your disciples.
I love this application. Eyes open, ready to show grace. This means we have to predetermine our attitude toward someone struggling. So we must have spent time in the scriptures and the presence of Jesus, receiving His grace, to be able to pour it out to others.
If we would all write a paragraph of Jesus’s words resounding in our hearts it would really do us good!
Thank you for taking the time to write application and share these gems with us! I’m telling you, this truly fuels my prayer time.
Amen. Lord, I cling to You! I cry out to You. Save me.
Lord, I come to You today giving everything I am and have to You. You take it and use it for the fulfillment of Your will for Your glory. I truly surrender all. From this day forward I ask that You would be the leader of my life through Your Holy Spirit, take my two fish and five loaves, take my little and do YOUR math for Your kingdom - to feed the five thousand. God, this world needs YOU! The majority of people are perishing without You. Let me and my family and my church and my community and my business be a tool in YOUR hands. I will be happy to be yoked to You, Jesus. YOU lead. YOU direct. It’s all Yours.
This is so good! I love being able to focus my prayers in a certain way! I love David’s prayers too! They are a wonderful example for my own prayer life. I adore You, Father God, for WHO YOU ARE! I’m also thankful for all You have done and continue to do for me, for us, the work of Your hands!