RISE AND PRAY Saturday December
12, 2015
Text: Luke 22:39 – 46 Memory
verse: v 46
Jesus
needed privacy where He entered into His mission on earth which was making of
His soul an offering for sin, and thus, He went to Mount Olive. There He afflicted His own soul with grief
for the sin of mankind to satisfy the requirements of God. He exhorted His
disciples to pray that, though the approaching trial could not be avoided, yet
they might not in it enter into temptation to sin. He withdrew from them, and prayed
himself. When He rose from prayer, He found them sleeping. Very unfortunate!
They couldn’t even tarry with their Master.
They
slept off because their flesh was weak. There are many times God urges us to
pray but we usually ‘sleep off’ by going to our own businesses; by sleeping
instead of praying, by not watching, by procrastinating and being nonchalant
about the urge to pray. Jesus told His disciples to pray so they will not enter
into temptation and not because He wants their prayer to save Him. Prayers are
for our own good. We should always rise to pray whether we are in the home,
work place, office, school, etc, so we won’t enter into temptation.
Food for Thought: Prayer is for your good. How often do you pray?
Prayer: God, may I always pray at your prompting in Jesus.
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