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. [33] And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. [34] And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
It was revealed once before that Satan is going to sift all, non-believers and believers, testing the depth of our faith, trust, relationship, and knowledge of Yeshua. He will be utilizing many different and strong temptations, all forms of sickness and physical incidents.
Know your surroundings and who is in them. Your whole family needs to be in prayer. Many will take this lightly until they suffer, then it is too late. Be prepared spiritually to know your position in Yeshua. Do not take it for granted at any time in the days ahead. Be supportive of friends and neighbours, offering prayer, but not being intrusive in their lives and visible tribulations.
Luke 12:47 KJV
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
In these words, we are given a spiritual look at what is coming and its level of severity. Every description that the evangelists give of the state of mind in which our Lord entered upon his conflict, proves the tremendous nature of the assault and the perfect foreknowledge of its terrors possessed by our meek and lowly saviour Yeshua.
Here are three things to ponder as tools to use during this sifting.
1. When Christ was in his agony, there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. It was a part of his humiliation that he was thus strengthened by a ministering spirit.
2. Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. Prayer, though never out of season, is in a special manner seasonable when we are in an agony
3. In this agony, his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down. This showed the travail of his soul. We should pray also to be enabled to resist unto the shedding of our blood, striving against sin if ever called to it.
When next you dwell in imagination upon the delights of some favourite sin, think of its effects as you behold them here! See its fearful effects in the garden of Gethsemane and desire, by the help of God, deeply to hate and to forsake that enemy, to ransom sinners from whom the Redeemer prayed, agonized, and bled.
If professors make themselves like the world, God will level them with the world. The sinners who thus flatter themselves shall find that their profession will not protect them. The whole design of Satan is to devour and destroy souls. He always is contriving whom he may insnare to eternal ruin. Our duty plainly is to be sober, to govern both the outward and the inward man by the rules of temperance. To be vigilant, suspicious of constant danger from this spiritual enemy, watchful and diligent to prevent his designs. Be steadfast, or solid, by faith. A man cannot fight upon a quagmire; there is no standing without firm ground to tread upon; this faith alone furnishes. It lifts the soul to the firm advanced ground of the promises and fixes it there. The consideration of what others suffer is proper to encourage us to bear our share in any affliction, and in whatever form Satan assaults us, or by whatever means, we may know that our brethren experience the same.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Robert a humble, obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven, Yahewa.
TRUMPETER'S CALL 
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