And a voice from heaven said,
“This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.”Matthew 3:17
A beautiful moment
and then the next moment
the very next sentence~
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted Matthew 4:1
One moment the blessing
and then
immediately
for the next
40 days
Jesus was led to be tempted.
Sound familiar?
One moment you are flying high
Walking with Jesus
Loving Jesus
Feeling light as feather because you
have fasted from the weights of the world
and then
temptation
calls your name
to pick up
what you have
put off.
The Next Sentence
The Day After
The Moment After~
The 41st day!
Let's go back to
Jesus'
40 days
when
He fasted...
"After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry....Matthew 4:2
He was hungry
He was empty
The perfect time when
the tempter came to Him Matthew 4:3
3 times the tempter came
when Jesus was most vulnerable
when we are most vulnerable
temptation comes knocking at our door
after the fast
after the triumph
on the
41st day~
What Jesus would do
so
What did Jesus do?
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”
1
2
3
Jesus answered with
The
WORD
OF
GOD
What did Jesus do?
Jesus was hungry
and
He ate~
not of what the tempter was offering
but what His Father has offered
His
WORD.
The power of the
WORD
to
break the power of
temptation.
The temptation
to put back on
what weighs you down...
anxiety
worry
fear
doubt
...to name a few of the weights we have fasted from.
But
we are told how to fast:
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in Jesus—
Put into practice Philippians 4:9
But...
What did Jesus Teach?
What did Jesus Give?
What did Jesus Say?
What did Jesus Do?
He
Put into Practice
so
we can
Put into Practice
we have
learned
from Jesus...
Eat of
His
WORD~
66 books of it
with a
WORD
to
Put On
whenever you
have
to
Put Off~
the weight
that weighs you down.
Since we spent the last 40 days fasting,
by
Putting Off
now let’s
Put On
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in Jesus—
but
it doesn’t stop her
as we are told to
put it into practice~
the moving forward part...
the hard part
from taking
His
WORD
from our head to our heart
by
putting it into practice
because
the One
Who has gone before us
had to
Put into Practice
what He was
Teaching…us
Giving…us
Saying to …us
In order to
Do…for us.
Put it into practice...
And then what?
And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9
Peace
His Peace
that transcends all understanding
that wil
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:8
Peace...
the power of
His Word.
What WORD
do you need to put on when the temptation to
be anxious, worried frustrated, impatient, hurt...(and the rest of the weights of our 40 day fast)
begins to overtake you?
Look it up
it is there.
Want peace
Want joy
Want hope...
It is there
in
His
WORD
and plus
He tells us how to
put it on.
So...
What did Jesus Teach?
What did Jesus Give?
What did Jesus Say?
What did Jesus Do?
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every
WORD
that comes from the mouth of God.'"
No more fasting
as it is time to
eat,
to gain back
what was lost
and to
Taste and see
today’s
WORD
that will
move you forward
beyond the 40th day...
The word
is
The WORD
“Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see— how good God is. Blessed are you who run to Him.”
Psalm 34:8
Because
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4
Just Say the Word...