The night He was betrayed, Christ addressed Peter's failure, and that Satan desired to snatch him away from the Savior. But Christ prayed for Peter's faith, that it would not fail, and that Peter would return to Christ, and then strengthen his brethren. Peter is an example of Christ's power to save us in spite of our fears and failures, because God has given us our faith, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and Christ prays for our faith to be strengthened and upheld. Peter acted very boldly on occasions, contradicting Jesus, and denouncing the death that Jesus said He must die. Peter loudly proclaimed he would never deny Christ, and would die with Him, if it came to that. Peter swung a sword when wicked men came to take Jesus, but once Jesus made it clear that He would not resist, nor should His disciples, Peter and all the others forsook Christ and fled. Peter followed Him afar off when Jesus was taken to His unjust trial at the palace. There Peter warmed himself with the other servants, but his boldness completely collapsed, when a servant girl pointed out that Peter was one of the disciples of Jesus. Peter denied Christ three times, swearing and cursing that he didn't even know his own Savior! Peter wept bitterly at his betrayal of Jesus. Peter now understood the horrible truth, that Christ knew what Peter would do, no matter how much Peter boasted to the contrary. Jesus always knew. That meant, that Jesus' promise, that He would die at the hands of wicked men, was no doubt true as well. There was nothing Peter could do to stop the death of Messiah. To Peter, that meant that all hope was lost -- the kingdom Peter had longed for would not be established.