Keep
Watch And Pray,
So
That You Will Not Give In To Temptation.
For
The Spirit Is Willing, But The Body Is Weak.
Scripture
Mark
14
38 Keep
watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the
spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Observation
There
is a ministry at our church that over the past 15 years has changed a
countless number of lives. This ministry is called “Celebrate
Recovery”
People
that have hurts, hang-ups and habits can find help if they will
attend and work the program. CR meets every Sunday evening at our
church @ 5pm.
And
by the way, all of us have hurts, hang-ups, and habits, that we need
help with!
How
do I know? Jesus says so, “Keep watch and pray, so that you will
not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is
weak.” Mark 14:38
Romans
7
18 And
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.I
want to do what is right, but I can’t.
20 But
if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing
wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
21 I have
discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is
right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
23 But
there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
24 Oh, what
a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is
dominated by sin and death?
25 Thank
God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In
my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful
nature I am a slave to sin.
Application
I
am a sinner. I am broken. Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ my
Lord!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for the ministry of Celebrate Recovery. Thank You
for every person that helps lead this ministry. Thank You for every
person involved in this ministry. Give them victory.
I
pray for those who know that they need to attend but have for one
reason or another have stayed away. Give them the courage to get
help.
Help
me not to yield to temptation when I am tempted to sin. Help me to
say, No to sin and Yes to You!
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 25; Mark 13,14
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