Pastor Bob's Wednesday Devotion: "The Power of Prayer"

"'Why are you sleeping?' he asked them. 'Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.'"

Luke 22:46

These words were spoken by Jesus minutes before He was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane. The inner crowd of disciples (Peter, James & John) had been asked by Jesus to support Him in prayer as He found a quiet place in the garden to be with His Father one-on-one. Three times our Lord came to check in with the three disciples, and three times He found them sleeping (Mark 14:41).

I don't know about you, but I can relate with these three disciples. We all say "Amen" when we hear about the "power of prayer," but oftentimes we fail to pray and then wonder why we fall into temptation.

Do you think there's a correlation between prayer and victory over temptation?

Yesterday morning I asked the Lord to give me a "divine appointment" with someone. During the afternoon, I forgot all about my prayer request and was tempted to be self-absorbed as I walked through Costco. But I was awakened from my complacency when a young man with one arm and one leg and a nurse by his side stopped me and asked, "Are you rich?"

As a result of prayer in the morning, I was able to share with these two strangers that I was very rich because I am a child of God and my Lord Jesus is building me a mansion in heaven. (John 14:2).

Now do you think I would've been ready for that question if I hadn't prayed that morning for a divine appointment? No! I would have fallen just like Peter, James and John did when they were with Jesus in the garden.

Oh, the power of prayer! Let's just do it!!

Let me know how I can pray for you.