To keep that heart from going astray, the Lord Jesus bids us “watch and pray.” The spirit may be ready, but the flesh is weak. There is need of a daily struggle and a daily wrestling in prayer. “I keep under my body,” cries Paul, “and bring it into subjection.” – “I see a law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity.” – “O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” – “They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” – “Mortify your members which are upon the earth.” (Mark 14:38; 1 Corinthians
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