Being Spiritually Awake

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. — read the full passage →

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. — read the full passage →

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? — read the full passage →

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. — read the full passage →

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; — read the full passage →

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. — read the full passage →

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, — read the full passage →

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; — read the full passage →

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. — read the full passage →

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; — read the full passage →

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? — read the full passage →

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: — read the full passage →

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →