Sapate Ma‘asi 25,
2018
Le‘o mo lotu na‘a
ke tō ki ha ‘ahi‘ahi
(
watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation)
Fehu‘i #38
Ko e hā ‘a e lotu?
Ko e lotú ko ‘etau lilingi hotau lotó ki he ‘Otuá ‘i he fakafeta‘i, kole, vete
angahala mo e fakamālō.
What is prayer?
Prayer is pouring
out our hearts to God in praise, petition, confession of sin, and thanksgiving.
SAAME
62:8
Falala kiate ia he
taimi kotoa; ‘A e kakai, mou lilingi homou lotó ‘i hono ‘ao na: Ko e ‘Otua ko
e hūfanga mo‘otaua.
PSALM
62:8
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour
out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.
Commentary - ABRAHAM BOOTH
As
the enemies of your soul are inveterate, subtle, and powerful, and your
spiritual frames inconstant, it is highly necessary you should live under a
continual remembrance of those awakening considerations. What more advisable,
what so necessary for you, as to walk circumspectly; to watch and pray, lest
you enter into temptation? A sense of your own weakness and insufficiency,
should ever abide on your mind and appear in your conduct. As the corruption of
nature is an enemy that is always near you, and always in you, while on earth;
and as it is very strongly disposed to second every temptation from without;
you should “keep your heart with all diligence.” Watch, diligently watch, over
all its imaginations, motions, and tendencies.
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