Pastor's Corner

for Sunday 21st Feb
Prepare for battle on your knees.
Prayer has always been the Christian’s first line of defense against the enemy. The night before Jesus was crucified He went into the garden to pray and He asked his disciples to pray with Him but they kept falling asleep! Think about that. On the eve of history’s most significant day, the day when God would win a victory over sin and death that would forever change that face of history, Jesus’ disciples are sleeping! And all Jesus had asked of them was to pray. Jesus still changed history; Jesus still conquered sin and death but the disciples missed being a part of all of that. They had an opportunity to be participants in the most crucial battle of the ages and they slept through it! How sad!
When Jesus went into the garden He said that His soul was heavy to the point of death. The disciples went in boldly claiming that they would die for Jesus. Jesus spent the time praying and the disciples spent the time sleeping and when the time came to engage the enemy, Jesus won the battle with unbelievable courage while the disciples ran away in fear.
Prayer is the difference between victory and defeat. Don’t engage the enemy without preparing for the battle in prayer.
Pastor Don.