INTRODUCTION

In the last days, believers must remain alert. There is no time for sleeping. For it is while believers sleep that the enemy works most effectively. Even the Lord Jesus acknowledged the great need of the day when He said, "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work" (John 9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
See All...). Just as it was in the days of Gideon (Judges 7:5-7 [5] So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. [6] And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. [7] And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) The Devil can attack our minds (tempting us to do wrong or think wrong) or attack us through others. No matter what, we are to be good soldiers, keeping our minds on what God wants us to do (2 Timothy 2:3-4 [3] Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. [4] No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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• What are some ways in which sobriety would be a necessity in a physical war? How would you enjoy having fellowsoldiers who were not sober?
• How does sobriety help the believer in his spiritual warfare (1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank the Lord for offering help in the spiritual battle.
• Ask the Lord to constantly remind you to be watchful.

HYMN

Am I a Soldier of the Cross?

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