Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to . But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, your brothers.” Luke 22:32

Jesus used Satan for Simon’s good, that what Satan meant for Simon’s destruction Jesus would use for his good.

We are in a season of .

It is a season where Satan is desirous to bring wide-spread to the faith of many.

God wants to use this to make us , to rid us of anything that is keeping us from the totality of our destiny.

And the determining factor is . (Mt. 13:20-21)

I implore us, Beltway Park, to allow Jesus to use this season of sifting to give us a of

faith that we can share with so many who need it. (2 Cor. 1:8-9)

I resolve to aim my life toward His . (Has.3:17-19; Ps. 115:1)

I am asking God to courage and grace for His Name to be glorified in my life…

through my to His life-giving ways. (2 Cor. 9:13)

through the fruit of His Spirit being shown in my life as I in Him through the Word, prayer and fasting (Jn. 15:8)

through Spirit-led good that He gives me grace to do (Mt. 5:16)

through a life that is for all God has done (Ps.86:12)

through for His glorious Name and His righteous ways if necessary (1 Pet. 4:16)

through all in ever-increasing ways with the love that God pours into my heart (Phil. 1:9-11)

The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to Him forever.- Westminster Shorter Catechism