"Watch and Pray"

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37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. 41 And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Mark 14:37-42 ESV

Romans 13:11 ESV - 11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

1. The Weary Disciples

Mark 14:32-37 ESV - 32 And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch." 35 And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." 37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

2. The Savior’s Warning

Mark 14:37 ESV - 37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

Mark 14:38 ESV - 38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Romans 7:15 ESV - 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

Romans 7:18 ESV - 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

3. The Repeated Exhortation

Mark 14:39 ESV - 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

Mark 14:40 ESV - 40 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

Mark 14:36 ESV - 36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

4. The Final Exit

Mark 14:41-42 ESV - 41 And he came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."