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The Man In Love
need arises in the same way that Christ chastened the
church out of love.
7. Support Your Wife With Prayers. Husbands are to watch
over and watch out for their wives with great spiritual sensitivity like Jesus did for His disciples. In Luke 22:31-34, Jesus told Peter that satan had desired Him in order to “sift him like wheat.” That is satan wanted to rubbish the testimony of righteousness that Peter had. He wanted to make him sin by getting him to deny Jesus.
And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Luke 22:31-34
What was also interesting from the secret that Jesus revealed about the plan of satan for Peter is that Jesus told him that He had prayed for him. Then Jesus told Peter to
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