The need of the hour

 

*"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.” – Matthew 26:4

There is a battle that happens not outside, but inside — between the flesh that longs to rest and the spirit that longs to pray.

Jesus, in Gethsemane, asked His disciples, “Could you not watch with Me for one hour?” But they fell asleep. 

The song “Thoongamal Jebikkum Varam” — “The gift to pray without sleeping” — is a humble cry from a heart that longs to stay awake in prayer.

It’s saying, “Lord, don’t let me waste the days in slumber; teach me to spend it in prayer.”

Hannah wept and prayed until she received her Samuel.

Daniel prayed daily, even when it meant facing lions.

Paul prayed in prison — and the chains broke open.

Moses lifted his hands on the mountain — and Israel prevailed.

Each of them discovered a truth:

Prayer awakens power.

When we stop praying, the enemy starts planting.

But when we watch and pray, the presence of God fills our days and nights. 

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thoongaamal jepikkum varam thaangappaa
viliththirunthu jepikkum
varam thaangappaa

thoonginaal ethiri kalai vithaippaan
jepam (jepikka) maranthaal
ethiri jeyam eduppaan – naan

udalai odukkanum unavaik kuraikkanum
paechchai niruththanum pelaththil valaranum

annaalaip pola kannnneerai vatikkanum
saamuvaelaik (elupputhal) kaanum varai
ithayaththai oottanum

thaaniyael pola thuthikkanum jepikkanum
singangalin vaaykalaith thinam thinam kattanum

pavulaip pola siraiyilae jepikkanum
kathavukal thirakkanum kattukal neenganum

moseyaip pola malai mael aeranum
karangalai virikkanum katharanum thaesaththirkaay

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