Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

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Hey, good morning. Welcome to our study today in Luke chapter 22. Jesus is the calm amidst the storm

as the end of his earthly life approaches. The Jews seek to kill him. Judas has set up his

betrayal. The disciples, while faithful, understand little and often devolve into arguments over who is

the greatest. Peter makes a commitment

he cannot keep. But in all this, Jesus remains faithful. He gathers the apostles and establishes the

memorial supper that would have great meaning after his death and resurrection. He goes to the

garden and communes with his father. He is comforted by an angel and made ready to complete his

mission. He quietly submits to arrest. While Peter's world is shattered by weakness and denying Jesus,

the Savior tells the world he is God's son, knowing that it will lead to his death. Let's look at a

few of those characters more closely.

Satan is at work near the end of Jesus' life.

He enters Judas to lead him to betray Jesus.

He incites the jealousy of the Jewish leaders.

He even demands permission to sift Peter like wheat

and succeeds in tempting him to deny Jesus.

Satan is a menace, then and now. He still features

these same tactics, greed, fear, and pride. But Jesus is our anchor in the storm of Satan's

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