'40 Days in the Word'.
Yesterday we kicked off with our launch services, and we now embark on this journey together with Christians around the world during this season of Lent when we remember Jesus journey in the desert:
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Matthew 4:1-4)
Jesus' first temptation was a very physical one – he was extremely hungry from fasting, and he was tempted to use his power to take a shortcut. Perhaps you have been tempted to make a choice that looks like a shortcut in your spiritual life.
Bread is a basic food, and Jesus says that we need God's word just as we need our daily bread.
Satan's words of temptation began with the word 'If', questioning Jesus' very identity as Son of God. Just as Satan tried to undermine Jesus he tries to undermine us as well. 'Are you really God's child? Is God really going to look after you?'
The Devil is the arch enemy of truth. We need truth to respond to his lies.
So What?
Pray for us all as we take this journey together, for us to receive what God wants us to receive from His word daily.
Tim Norman
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