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CONVERSION

Text : Luke 22:32 

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

The Lord said to Simon, 'Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat(Luke 22:31).This message is not peculiar to Simon only, Satan still desires to have you too today, so he might sift you away. 

Infact, *Jesus told us expressly that  what He says unto one ,He says unto all, therefore Watch.* (Mark  13:37).

*That you will be tempted by the devil is not a probability, but certainty.* How well you prepare yourself for the day of temptation will determine the outcome. 
Proverbs  24:10 says, If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

That is, strength to overcome is garnered before the day of adversity. One sure way of getting this strength is through conversion. To be converted is to turn back to the Lord. Let's read our text again in Easy English Version. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will continue to believe in me. And you, when you have turned back to me, you must help your brothers to be strong again.’

From this verse, it is clear, that Peter will slide back at a time as predicted by Jesus Christ, and that he will later turn back to His Lord.*It is okay to fall, but you must not stay fallen. When you fall, receive strength from the Lord to rise again in victory.* 

The problem with many christians today is not about falling, but that they chose to remain in their fallen state. 

Proverbs  24:16  says, "For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." This means that the just and the wicked are liable to fall, but the difference is that, the just will always rise again and again. 

In the same manner, Jesus said to Peter just as He is saying to you now "...when you are converted,  strengthen your brothers". 

Beloved, don't put the horse before the cart, your own conversion must come before you can strengthen others. 
Don't go about portraying yourself as a worker in the church when you know you have not been converted yourself.

Note that Peter had been with the Lord before he denied Him. But when he was converted (returned back to the Lord) mercy spoke for him. Mark 14:66-72.

It doesn't matter how long you have been a christian,  you can be converted today if you cry to Him for mercy.

Bible Reading:

Luke 22:31-34.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, please, change me and move me to the next level in Jesus name. 

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