"And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." –Luke 22:31-32
When Christ told Peter that Satan "desired to have" him and the disciples, the word He used for "desire" has its root meaning in a word in the New Testament that is often translated by the word "pray" or "ask".
In essence, Christ tells Peter and His disciples that "Satan has prayed for you...not for you good, but for you evil. He has come to my Father asking for you like he came to Him one day asking for Job." So...Satan has a prayer life and that Satanic prayer life gives us three important revelations that every believer needs to know:
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At the call of God, Mr. Wagner took up the pastorate of the newly planted Covenant Free Presbyterian Church, located in Lexington, SC, in the fall of 2002. Prior to this, he labored from January of 1989 in the pioneering and establishing of Orlando Free Presbyterian Church,...