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)

• 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.

How to Keep from Failing Jesus