The World’s First Alarm Clock
“Watch with me and pray lest the
Tempter overpower you. For though
the spirit is willing, the body is weak.”
Mark 14:38, TLB
The Facts, Please!
• The first alarm clock invented by man, so far
as we know, was a candle. Medieval monks
slid a lighted candle between their toes when
they took a nap. When the flame reached
their skin, their “hot foot” would wake them
up! A New England clockmaker, Levi
Hutchins, is credited with inventing the first
clock with a bell that would wake a person at
a set time.
The Facts, Please!
• The world’s first alarm clock, though, was made
by God. It was a rooster. Because a cock in the
East crowed during the night at regular times,
those times were called cockcrowing.
Cockcrowing was used by the Romans when
they divided the night into four watches (areas of
time). They were: late, midnight, cockcrowing,
and early. The Jews divided the night into three
watches. Cockcrowing was at three o’clock in
the morning.
The Facts,
Please!
A rooster crows by
means of an organ
called The syrinx. It
is located where the
windpipe splits into
two bronchi (the
tubes that carry air
to his lungs.)
Bible Story:
Peter and the Rooster
(Matthew 26:31-35, 69-75)
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s _ _ _ _ in your _ _
_ _ _ so you won’t _ _ _.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 _ _ _ _ that you won’t fall into temptation.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 PRAY that you won’t fall into temptation.
• Proverbs 1:8 _ _ _ _ _ _ to the teachings of your
_ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 PRAY that you won’t fall into temptation.
• Proverbs 1:8 LISTEN to the teachings of your
FATHER and MOTHER.
• Proverbs 4:14-15 Don’t follow in the ways of the
_ _ _ _ _ _.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 PRAY that you won’t fall into temptation.
• Proverbs 1:8 LISTEN to the teachings of your
FATHER and MOTHER.
• Proverbs 4:14-15 Don’t follow in the ways of the
WICKED.
• Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full _ _ _ _ _ of God, so
you can stand against the tricks of the _ _ _ _ _.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 PRAY that you won’t fall into temptation.
• Proverbs 1:8 LISTEN to the teachings of your
FATHER and MOTHER.
• Proverbs 4:14-15 Don’t follow in the ways of the
WICKED.
• Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full ARMOR of God, so
you can stand against the tricks of the DEVIL.
• Ephesians 6:16 Use the shield of _ _ _ _ _.
How to Keep from Failing Jesus
• Psalm 119:11 Hide (store) God’s WORD in your
HEART so you won’t SIN.
• Luke 22:40 PRAY that you won’t fall into temptation.
• Proverbs 1:8 LISTEN to the teachings of your
FATHER and MOTHER.
• Proverbs 4:14-15 Don’t follow in the ways of the
WICKED.
• Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full ARMOR of God, so
you can stand against the tricks of the DEVIL.
• Ephesians 6:16 Use the shield of FAITH.