Constantly

"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26.41

These are two things that must be constantly on our minds: watch and pray. They are as important to maintaining a clear conscience, and therefore salvation, as oxygen is  for life.
To watch is to always be careful not to be surprised by temptation, and to pray is to be constantly rebuking evil thoughts, doubts, fears and all evils.
It is better to always be on the watch than to fall.

Do not imitate Solomon

“Or if Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and return and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this temple, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to them and their fathers.” 2 Chronicles 6.24-25

This prayer clearly shows Solomon’s before falling in disgrace. That has also been the heart of many people. Unfortunately they don’t keep it like this until the end. With time, they end up betraying and divorcing the Lord, just like Solomon.

Snooze

"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed iswilling, but the flesh is weak." Matthew 26.41

In the past, whole cities were devastated by a simple 'snooze' moment of their vigilants. The same has happened to many followers of the Lord Jesus. To watch and pray is not an option. It's a necessity. It's a question of survival.

Search of pearls

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls..." Matthew 13:45

Those who are born of the Spirit know the value of their salvation. For this reason, there's no way they let it be at risk. Instead, they're always watching and praying, so they don't lose it.

Watch out

"For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning."2 Peter 2:20

After enjoying salvation, if one does not watch, he can be entangled by the variety of traps the devil sets before him, making it hard to return to the Kingdom of God.

The End

"But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers."

1 Peter 4: 7


The trumpets of the end of times are making their sounds. Only those born of God can hear them. Those who are wise take care not to fall asleep in the eternal death.

Own desires

"But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed."

James 1:14


We have been privileged with the 'free will', but it is important to be extremely careful with your eyes, for some things considered 'normal' can easily entice us to sin. Let us watch!

While you sleep

"Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep."

Psalms 127:1-2

If God is not in control of everything in the human life, it is pointless. But those who have built their houses on the Rock have the increase and the protection even in their sleep.

Received

"Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on you." Revelation 3:3

Remembering and meditating on the teachings that we have received and promptly seeking to live what the Holy Spirit has told us, (giving us an opportunity to correct our mistakes and thus striving to obey His teachings), is a sensible way of watching; so that we may be found active in faith. 

Answer

"I will climb to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how He will answer my complaint." Habakkuk 2:1

Depositing all of our trust in our Fortress - which is the Lord Jesus; on guard, so that neither doubt nor a word will distinguish it.

Faith: the channel that leads us to God.

When we act it then the Holy Spirit will guide us and give us the answer to our prayers.

A Good Conscience

"...keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith." 1 Timothy 1:19

Many have overlooked a good conscience; however, without it, it is impossible to maintain the Christian faith. The bad examples of ex Christians who have failed are evident everywhere. There are so many because they neglected to have a good conscience. The Apostle Paul faced this problem in his ministry: people who once lived by faith but due to their lack of care for their good conscience, they eventually lost their faith.

The victory doesn't belong to those who start in the faith but rather they that stay until the end. The devil works hard to damage the faith of those who are sincere, so it is our duty to defend it using the weapons available to us through the Word of God.