BLESSED BY PRAYING

My Dear Precious Child, After Jesus told parables relating to My kingdom of God that was to come into the earth after His crucifixion, he revealed that He knew His fate that was to come, but he did not know the date when My kingdom would come into the earth except to say that it would be soon, that some people who were hearing his warning would still be alive when My kingdom came to dwell in the earth in the person of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 26:17-19; Matthew 16:28; II Corinthians 3:17-18) Jesus and His disciples went to the temple to observe the feast of Passover, as had been foretold. Later Jesus observed a last supper with them by instituting Holy Communion which signified their unity of Spirit. (Matthew 26:20-25) It was there that Jesus prophesied that one of the disciples would betray Him. Judas professed that it surely would not be him who betrayed the Son of God. Jesus told him that it was by his own words that he spoke his intention. The disciples left the house and went to the Mount of Olives where Jesus prophesied that the disciples would all lose faith in Him that night to fulfill the prophesy that said that the shepherd would be stricken and the sheep would be scattered, but Jesus Christ told his disciples that after the resurrection that He would go before them to Galilee. Peter protested that he would never lose faith in Jesus, that he would never betray or leave his Master; to which Jesus said that Peter would deny Him before the cock crowed. In fact, Jesus said that Peter would deny Him three times. Peter replied that even if he, himself, had to die, that he would not deny Him. All of the disciples joined in with the confession of Peter. (Matthew 26:30-35) You know from scriptures that Peter denied knowing Jesus Christ just like His Savior predicted, three times before early morning. (Matthew 26:30-35) Before Peter denied knowing Jesus to three people Jesus was still wrestling with his decision to go to the cross and be crucified for the sins of the whole world, so He and His disciples went to a small area called Gethsemane where Jesus told His disciples to stay there while He went to pray. He admitted to His followers that a sadness came over Him and He told them that His soul was sorrowful to the point of death. He asked His disciples to wait for Him and stay awake with Him. He walked a little further, fell on His face and prayed to Me that someone else would do the duty of dying on the cross; however, he said if there was no one else then He was willing to do My will. (Matthew 26:36-39) Jesus went back to His disciples and saw that they were sleeping so He asked Peter if He didn't even have the spiritual strength to stay awake for one hour and pray along with Him. He told them that they should stay awake so that they would not be put to the devil's test also. He told them that He knew that their spirits were willing but their flesh was weak. Then Jesus went back to His praying a second time professing that if the duty which was chosen for Him could not go to another person, then He was willing to do My will. Again He went back to His disciples and found them asleep, their eyes being so heavy. Leaving them there, He went back to praying, asking that the duty of going to the cross for the sins of the world go to someone else, but if He was the only One, that He was willing. When He went back to His disciples, He told them to continue sleeping and get some rest because the hour was coming when He would be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Eventually He told them to get up and go with Him because His betrayer was close by. (Matthew 26:40-46) In that show of wisdom by Jesus Christ, His instructions to His disciples is a key to successful praying for My children. He told them that they should at least be able to stay awake for an hour and pray so that they would not enter into temptation. They were not able to stay awake and pray because the devil placed heaviness on their eyes. As a result, the devil was able to tempt the disciples to enter into his temptations, as reported by Peter denying to know Jesus three times and the prophesy of Jesus being fulfilled that they would all leave Him and flee. (Matthew 26:69-75) My children must learn a lesson from these scriptures. If you want to stay strongly infused with the power of My Holy Spirit to refuse the devil's temptation, an hour of praying in the Holy Spirit will build up your faith enough for you to resist the devil until he flees from you. (Matthew 26:40-41; Jude 20; James 4:7) The devil will always tempt you with sleep so that you will not stay awake and pray. You know that his intention is to make you so sleepy that you will not stay awake and pray because he knows that your praying in the Spirit at length will build up your faith and enable you to be able to resist the devil the next time he tempts you to do his will instead of your doing My will in the earth. Doing the devil's will in the earth brings curses into your life. Doing My will in your life in the earth brings My blessings and rewards into your life. I told you many times that you have the choice between blessings and curses, life and death. I advised you to choose life and blessings which come from your doing My will. Learn this lesson from Jesus Christ, Himself. Your Instructive Father of Truth