Bedside Watchman

Last Updated on : October 11, 2014

The Bedside Watchman

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August 8th -- Mark 3

The Importance of Prayer

Before Jesus made his deliberate choice of twelve men he spent the night with his Father. All the great events in his life find him or leave him in prayer. It is the natural expression of the dedication of one whose meat and drink was to do the will of Him who sent him, whose words and actions belonged to his Father, who of himself could do nothing. There is here a personal lesson for every disciple, a lesson too clearly portrayed for any to miss, too vital to the sincere heart to need any further stress.

Later disciples without the privilege of walking with him through the crowded streets and over the verdant hills of Galilee find much of their inspiration in a prayerful contemplation of his words, the demands they make, and the light they throw upon the holy and devoted mind that uttered them.

Melva Purkis, A Life of Jesus, page 125