Quotes About Vigilance

it is true of every believer and that we live in a daily state of spiritual war and must therefore live with eyes open, heart engaged, mind alert, and protective gear in place

Wearing an off-white skier's jumpsuit, he had a bullhorn in one hand, a walkie-talkie clipped to his belt, a digital thermometer zippered on his sleeve, and a revolver holstered on his hip.

Rutherford's view was that if some armed nut decided to take out his frustrations on the congregation, he wanted to be prepared.

I knew we must stay in absolute sync, for the enemy had grown so subtle, its camouflage so chameleon, we had to be on constant watch.

Do not ride the brakes," Jerry warned Arlin. "The rims will over heat

On my upcoming sixteenth birthday, I would be eligible to get my driver's license. "You'll be a target of the state police, especially after dark," my father said, and offered me detailed advice on what to do in order to minimize my risk. He also urged me to stay alert whenever I found myself in an unfamiliar white neighborhood: "Always be conscious of where you are, what is going on, and who is around you," he counseled.

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

when she heard Ned calling her name on the baby alarm;

beware, whilst you assume the softness of the dove, to forget not the cunning of the serpent.

Meet the disease at its first stage.

He could have walked in through the main gate and they'd never know. Usually. And that was the one thing that Adam had lectured him about ceaselessly. There was no usual.

He knew very little about running a case, and everything about watching over people's shoulders.

When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ëI will never put you to the sword.í

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.

So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.