Wednesday, March 9,
2022
Prayer
for Week 2
Lord God, you declare that your kingdom is
among us. Open our eyes to see it, our ears to hear it, our hearts to hold it,
our hands to serve it. This we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Luke
4:1-13
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from
the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he
was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when
they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of
God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does
not live by bread alone.’”
Then the devil led him up and showed him in
an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I
will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me,
and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be
yours.”
Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship
the Lord your God, and serve only him.’”
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and
placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of
God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,
to protect you,’ and
‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that
you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.’”
When the devil had finished every test, he
departed from him until an opportune time.
What
verses in scripture give you courage in the face of temptation?
What
are some things other than the triune God that we are tempted to “worship” – to
give our primary focus, time, money, interest, energies?
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