What did Jesus do to overcome this battle? He prayed. His three closest friends were there with him, and the one thing he asked them to do was to pray. He had a need in his life, he was in the heat of spiritual conflict, and his greatest resource was prayer. Earlier that night he had told Peter that Satan had requested to sift him like wheat. “But I have prayed for you,” Jesus said (Luke 22:31–32). We might wonder why Jesus, being God incarnate, didn’t just speak a word and make the enemy go away.