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Luke 22:39-46

When a believer cannot substitute sleep time for a prayer time at a place and time of prayer, it can be regarded as sleeping because of sorrow. Jesus demanded from His disciples at the place and time of prayer to stay up and pray. What He said to them is still speaking now to believers. Luke 22: 39-40, ÒComing out, He went to the < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. When He came to the place, He said to them, ÔPray that you may not enter into temptation.ÕÓ Are you a prayer-less or prayer-full believer? If you are indeed a prayer-less believer, you have allowed temptation to become your constant companion. Jesus wants to know why you sleep in place of prayer. Luke 22:46, ÒThen He said to them ÔWhy do you sleep? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.ÕÓ There is a place for prayer and the place of prayer is not a place to sleep. Among the places of prayer, as Jesus Himself has mentioned, is where two or three gather together. Matthew 18:20, ÒFor where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.Ó Watch out from sorrow sleeping, it can terminate a miracle. Sorrow sleeping will substitute the blessings of the sleeper with temptation. Your frequent falling into temptations are directly rooted in too much sleeping. That is, your time is limited in the word, and a limited time in the word will result to powerless prayer. Luke 22:45, ÒWhen He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found then sleeping from sorrow.Ó It is possible for you to be awake and active but sleeping in sorrow because your prayer life is not where it should be.