“Peter said to Him, ‘Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.’ Jesus answered, ‘Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you cialis tablets for sale deny Me three times.’” (John 13: 37-38, NASB)
“Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?” (John 18:10-11, NASB)
“Then the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, ‘You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?’ He said, ‘I am not.’” (John 18:17)
“Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself so they said to him, ‘You are not also one of His disciples, are you?’ He denied it, and said, ‘I am not.’ One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, said, ‘Did I not see you in the garden with Him?’ Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.” (John 18:25-27)
Peter, Peter and his pride
Swore he’d lay down his life before Jesus died
Tried to make good on his oath by attacking a slave
But soon Satan’s sifting was pointing him to the grave.

If the story ended there
Peter and Judas one fate they would share
But Peter repented, His sin Christ did bear.

Peter was attacked
But not with sword or with stone
It was when he was off- guard, afraid, and alone.

Beware all us sinners
We must learn from Peter’s life
Though we feel close to Jesus and ready for strife
Be on guard for the pride that makes us so weak
Lest Satan succeed to sift us like wheat.

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once prescription drugs without you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32)
Jennifer Young, LPC is a Local & Telephone Christian Counselor. For more information visit www.Thy-Kingdm.com