Watch And Pray

am very blessed by Ps ARBernard with what he shared last weekend.

a timely sharing :)

Matthew 26:41 (NIV)
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak

one of the spiritual discipline is prayer.
why do we have to establish a consistent prayer life?
it's not those random moments of the day where you look up and pray. prayers like 'God, please let me catch that train' or 'God, grant me the strength to last through the day' or 'God, thank you for that.'
It should be a set-aside time, an allocated time just for HIM.
Why?
1) Prayer builds focus
2) Prayer developes concentration
- you will know that often, we felt like an hour has passed but in actual fact, only 5 minutes have gone by. haha.
3) Prayer fosters humility
- you humble before Him, to seek Him, for counsel, knowing you have no one else to turn to when you're desperate. That is why, often, kneeling down is the 'position' people get into when they pray.
4) Prayer fosters a dependency on God
5) Prayer builds compassion for others in your life
Prayer is what we call, communicating or relating to Him. :)

why do we then have to watch and pray?
often, we pray for what we want. we don't even know if that's what's destined for us. so we have to watch. (not stare at people when they pray.)
what then do we have to watch out for?

1) watch our thoughts, they lead to our words.
- our words create or become our world
2) watch our words, they become our actions.
3) watch our actions, they turn to our habits.
4) watch your habits, they build your character.
5) watch our character, they lead us to our destiny.

kinda like 'be quick to listen, slow to speak'

all things lead to another. see how it links? you probably heard it before. have you remembered? this is really timely for me. (especially the 'watch' part)
what are your thoughts now? be wary. it leads to your destiny. is that the kind of life/destiny you wanna have?

food for thoughts :)


have been looping this song the whole day. X)
hope you're as blessed as me :) so thankful he's (Ps ARB) one of our spiritual dads :)