Memorize:“ And When He was at the place, He said unto them, “Pray that ye enter not into temptation.” Luke 22:40.
Devotional Reading: Luke 22; 39-48.
Many people are sleeping today at the hour, time and place when they ought to be praying thereby opening doors of temptations and allowing enemy intrusion into their lives, some have lost crucial battles they should have won because they failed to pray. This was the case with the disciples of Jesus when they went to the mount of Olives. They were sleeping at the hour of prayer.
And said unto them, why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation; Luke 22:46
The Apostle Paul used the armor of a Roman soldier as a metaphor for the believer’s spiritual armor: belt, helmet, breastplate, sword, shoes, and shield.
But Paul added, something to the Christian’s preparation for spiritual battle “praying always” and in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints–” Ephesians. 6:18.
There is a place of Faith, a place of Hope, a place of Love – which is charity, a place of Courage, but there is a place of Prayer which has no substitute. Each of these places cannot replace the other.
It is good to pray and without ceasing, many Christians today have become lazy in prayer, they would rather sing and dance for many hours than pray for just 1 hour, Jesus echoed this to to His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night of His arrest and trial. Jesus warned Peter about the coming temptation to deny Him, Luke 22:31-34, and the disciples about the opposition they would face vs. 35-38.
As the hour of His trial grew near, Jesus admonished the disciples twice to pray lest they succumb to the temptations to deny Him and flee from persecution.
Many people wait until they are in a battle before committing themselves seriously to prayer, this is unwise and a very poor spiritual strategy.
Waiting until the battle is joined is waiting too late to fight. Fighting begins on our knees every moment as we call upon God for victory over challenges of life and enemy attacks; Today, we need to pray more due to the perilous time that come upon the world, more souls are going to hell than entering into heaven; this is not the plan of God. If we pray, more lives will be saved, plaguing our world to save many from dying; more lives will be saved, there is nothing impossible for God to do if we pray, Jesus is the greatest physician who knows all things and has power to do all things.
I pray that the LORD will give you the the right attitude to pray and not to faint.
The soul that would live close to Jesus, is the one that would spend much time in prayer. May the LORD help you to prevail in prayer.
Prayer point: O LORD, please help me to pray and not to faint in Jesus name
Key Dose: There is something very special about prayer, create time to pray.
Pastor James Ademuyiwa
Senior Pastor
In His Presence Christ Tabernacle
