As we know, John has baptized Jesus, and the Spirit has led Him into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. Jesus was in the desert for forty days and forty nights without any food and water to eat and drink. When a person goes that long without food and water, their minds does weird things. You began to see things that are not there, and hear voices. But Jesus knew why He was in the wilderness.

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said,”If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread”. But Jesus answered and said, “It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word that proceeds fro the mouth of God”. Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him,”If you are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: “He shall give His angels charge over You”, and,”In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone”.

Jesus said to him,”It is written again, “You shall not tempt the Lord your God.” Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and shawed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him,”All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me”.

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written,”You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve”. Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

Are we that strong when we are faced with temptations in life? Do we think about what Jesus did when He was in the wilderness. Countless times we have been in the wilderness; it may not be the same kind of wilderness that Jesus was in, but it is still the same when it comes to temptations. Are we strong enough to resist it, or are we not?

We have the Word of God to fight the Devil with, just as Jesus used His Father’s Word to fight Him with. When we remember what Jesus did, it is not hard to fight the Devil; He has to bow down and flee when it comes to the Word of God. He does not have any control over us. He takes the Word of God and twist it by saying,”If this, and if that”. God’s Word is true and it is final. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it. You are either going to believe it, or you are not going to believe it; the choice is yours becasue God gives us free will. He lets us make our own decisions about things, becasue He knows that when we see that we cannot do anything without Him, we are going to come back to Him so He can help us fix what has been broken.

Whenever we draw near to God, He will draw near to us, we resist the devil, and he will flee. So, we must use the Word at all times, because we never know when we are going to be attacked with temptations. God knows our weaknesses, and He knows that is where Satan will try to attack us, so He gives us the strength to be strong that we may not give in to temptations. We must pray for strength in all situations in our lives that we go through. God is with us, and He will always lead and guide us in all of His righteous ways. Remember that Satan is a liar and the father of all lies. God is the God of all truth and righteousness. Do not fall for the Devil’s lies, do not be deceived by him, because he can make a lie sound like the truth. Watch out for him, he is sneaky as can be. Put on all of the armor of God everyday that we may be able to stand against his arrows and darts. He is defeated and under our feet! Praise God! To God be all the glory, honor and praise from this time forth even until forever more! Amen! Don’t forget to spend some time with your Heavenly Father, He is waiting to hear from you.©2019

Tonight has been special, my daughter and I had bible study together. She taught the lesson and it was great! I am so proud of her. She has really learned a lot from me. I sometimes wondered if she was paying attention to the way I was teaching; she was and that makes my heart happy. She is the baby of the family, the last one. It is special to me the times we have had Bible Study together. I like making memories that will last a life time. It makes me happy to know that I am doing the right thing by teaching her the Word in this way. She teaches with authority. It makes me happy to know that she loves Jesus the way that she does. I never thought that I would have a daughter like her. She is so smart in discussion of the Word. God has used her in such a way that she may share the Word with her peers. I just do not know what I am going to do when she makes her way in this world someday. I know that she will remember everything that I have taught her. I have been teaching her all of her life since I had her. Her faith is so strong. Sometimes she has to remind me of things that I have taught about faith; she is such a blessing to us all. She has joy like no other. She always has a smile on her face when she talks about Jesus. His Spirit lives deep within her heart, and I can see it when she speaks His name.

Take some time out and spend some time just discussing the Word with family and friends, you never know, someone just might give their lives to the Lord. May God be praised in Jesus’s name Amen.