Any one can copy paste as I did. However the message is that Jesus prayed for you. Read scripture verse 31 and 32. Satan wants to sift you as wheat.
Can you imagine being tossed to and from in a sifter, because Satan is at work in the world, Oh this is so powerful. I do hope you read all the way through, All though it is about Passover, It is relevant today as it is every day. Your friends will deny the truth and shun what they do not wish to see. Truth is uncommon and they will walk in the ways of the flesh , filling the desires of the heart, Not the God conscience that they have been filled with through the spirit. The path is so narrow, My friend. Please consider how narrow. We all may find that we need to tighten up , and stop denying that one that stretched out his hands and arms for you and Died. He came so that we may have life and have it abundantly, " I think abundantly is directed towards the full fruits of the spirit. Not your bank account, your net worth as a earthly citizen, but your net WORTH as a child of GOD. Do you know who you are ? He draws you near to him, so that you may be presented as righteous, holy, and pure. To Jesus you are everything. He loves you . No matter what you have done, where you have been, who you have hurt, There is a prayer for salvation, that turns into a belief that transforms everything about you. Your a citizen of heaven and you have an inheritance that you can't even imagine. Do not be confused by the material things of this world, The king of Darkness wants to keep you busy, busy, busy, distraction after distraction, Need after Need. With Jesus you can find rest. Trust , Love, Joy, Happiness.Ask yourself are you truly Joyful, I mean down in the pit of your stomach, JOYFUL. If not turn to him who is worthy of " PRAISE" and " WORSHIP ". You can't loose, God wants to redeem your life, like and exchange , but you have to ask, accept, believe and then live inside His will, not 1/2 the time but all the time, When you fall short repent, ask for forgiveness, then stop that behavior, because power is exalted and lifted high to those who ask. We have no "POWER" because we do not ask for it. We are made in his image, that means you have a POWER supply. Seek ye the kingdom of God and all things will be known to you. You have to seek, knock and then answer when he calls. Faith without work is dead.
I hope this blesses you and gets you to thinking about the real reason your here, how God has spared your life and brought you out of the darkness, the faith of a mustard seed is all you need, Then read, pray and march on like a Child of God, loved and flawless, He has given you a new spirit. When they see Me, ( you ) what do they see. Make them want Jesus, Thirst for him. Be a disciple of the King.
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
22 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. 4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money. 6 He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
The Last Supper
7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”9 “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
10 He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 12 He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. 18 For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[a] 21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!” 23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
34 Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’[b]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”
38 The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”
“That’s enough!” he replied.
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