---ALWAYS REMEMBER, SATAN IS REAL AND ALIVE TODAY!!

---Peter had a life-altering failure. Jesus warned that Satan had asked permission to "sift" the disciple like wheat (Luke 22:31), referring to the vigorous shaking required to separate wheat kernels from debris. The enemy wanted to shake Peter's faith hard in hopes that he'd fall away from Jesus like chaff.

Peter believed the promise he'd made to Jesus: "Even though all may fall away, yet I will not" (Mark 14:29) But Satan knows a few things about the power of failure. He realized that the disciple would be wounded by disloyalty. A man with tattered pride can't help but question his usefulness.

When Satan sifts believers, his goal is to damage our faith so much that we're useless to the Lord. He wants us shelved far from the action of God's kingdom. Therefore, he goes for our strengths--the areas where we believe ourselves to be invincible, or at least very well protected. And when the devil succeeds, we are disappointed and demoralized. But we don't have to stay that way.

As over-comers through the blood of Jesus, paid on the Cross, we claim our victory in Christ Jesus, our Savior, Lord, Redeemer and King above all kings.

If we are willing, God can use our failure to do spiritual housecleaning. Peter laid down his pride and instead put on the Holy Spirit's courage. Thereafter, he risked humiliation, persecution, and death to proclaim the Gospel.

Always remember, 'Jesus is always as close as the mention of His Name.'
He said, "Call on Me and I will show you things you do not know. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End." He will soon return for us, His Church (believers).

"Be ye always ready for no one knows the day or hour the Son of Man will return."-(Matthew 24:42)
--IN TOUCH~~ / 'He's As Close as the Mention of His Name'--By: Janet Paschal ~~
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