Reading For January 3, 2012
Prepare : Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Read : Luke 4:1-15
The son said, "But why can't you trust me on a simple drive up the mountain with my girlfriend?" His father, a pastor, replied, "Alone with a girl in a car, on a full moon night, in a lonely place? I would not trust myself." All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. - Henry Beecher.
Preparation : In the last two days we have decided to be resolute Christians who want to please God in everything. Reading our Bible, listening to inspirational messages and testimonies and praying is only the preparation. The real battle begins once we step out.
Practicals : Unfortunately we do not have any practice time. The tempter usually goes for our weakness. Food at the end of 40 days of fasting is a great temptation. But the real temptation was to deviate from the Father's plan. The two other temptations were equally disguised, with the first one aimed at replacing God the Father as the omnipotent ruler of the universe and the second one at testing God. Two of the temptations are provocative. Compare all three temptations with the failures of Israel during their 40 years in the wilderness (Exo. chs. 16,32,17).
And when we do successfully overcome temptation with God's Word let us not relax, for the tempter retreats only for a little while.
Respond : Father let me be rooted in and obedient to Your Word so that I can overcome temptation every time.
Prepare : Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Read : Luke 4:1-15
The son said, "But why can't you trust me on a simple drive up the mountain with my girlfriend?" His father, a pastor, replied, "Alone with a girl in a car, on a full moon night, in a lonely place? I would not trust myself." All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. - Henry Beecher.
Preparation : In the last two days we have decided to be resolute Christians who want to please God in everything. Reading our Bible, listening to inspirational messages and testimonies and praying is only the preparation. The real battle begins once we step out.
Practicals : Unfortunately we do not have any practice time. The tempter usually goes for our weakness. Food at the end of 40 days of fasting is a great temptation. But the real temptation was to deviate from the Father's plan. The two other temptations were equally disguised, with the first one aimed at replacing God the Father as the omnipotent ruler of the universe and the second one at testing God. Two of the temptations are provocative. Compare all three temptations with the failures of Israel during their 40 years in the wilderness (Exo. chs. 16,32,17).
And when we do successfully overcome temptation with God's Word let us not relax, for the tempter retreats only for a little while.
Respond : Father let me be rooted in and obedient to Your Word so that I can overcome temptation every time.
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