...affliction ? No doubt it is first, as he himself has indicated, that their faith fail not. " Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not." I think there is something exquisitely beautiful in...

...affliction ? No doubt it is first, as he himself has indicated, that their faith fail not. " Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not." I think there is something exquisitely beautiful in...

...enter into temptation, he himself offered quite a different prayer for him : " Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not." Simon should have prayed for himself, that Satan might...

...is, " Spare it yet another year." Our safety is our dependence on this intercession. " Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat" — there is thy danger ; " but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not" — there thy safety...

...Blessed be God, our deadliest foe is under snbjection to the glorious Captain of our salvation, who said to Peter, " Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; bnt I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." 0 what would the poor tempest-tossed child...

...mind of their great enemy. He must have often thought of the words of our Lord Jesus, " Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." 2 His experience is full of warning and encouragement....

...prevail against it." 2 And again, " Simon, 1 Luke xzi. 24. 2 Matt. xvi. 18. Simon, behold Satan has desired to have thee that he may sift thee as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not ; and thou being once converted, confirm thy brethren."...

...only, but my hands and my head!" Very soon after this Jesus said to Peter, "Simon, Simon, Satanhath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." It was an intimation of danger, and must have awakened...

...at the Throne, where he represents us while we are living to him here upon earth : " Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat" — there is your peril — " but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" — there is your...

...about all that he hath on every side?" And what said our Saviour of Peter? " Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.' ' Oh, we need not be afraid of him; the apostle says,...