MormonTimes.com: The gospel in words - 'watch'

"Ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation." 3 Nephi 18:18

My mother always taught us to pray like everything depended on the Lord and then to get up and work like everything depended on us. Until recently, I never connected that thought with the idea of "to watch and pray always." Mostly, I had thought of "watch" as simply to pay attention to, see or be aware of. But, in fact, embedded in the word "watch" is a very strong sense of personal responsibility and action that imposes significant demands upon us.

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