START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
After fasting (going without food in order to give greater attention to spiritual matters) “forty days and forty nights,” Jesus “was hungry.” Satan’s first temptation took advantage of His physical hunger for food. (This passage suggests that although Jesus did not eat food during His fast, He did drink water, Luke 4:2). Since hunger is one of the basic and strongest human drives, this was certainly a difficult test for Jesus. However, in order to relate to our human struggles (Hebrews 2:17; 4:15) and overcome temptation in the same way we must, Jesus had to rely on the same power that is available to any Spirit-filled Christian (Exodus 34:28; 1Kings 19:8; Matthew 6:14 see on fasting). During the forty-day fast, it is reasonable to assume that Jesus, through prayer and meditation on God’s Word, was strengthening and preparing Himself for the work His Father had sent Him to do.
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
- THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
- SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
- JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
- WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
- FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
- PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
- KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
- WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
- ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
- CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
- HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
- NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
- VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
- JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
- MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
- CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
- GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
- I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
- KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
- FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
- SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
- DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
- MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
- GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
- SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
- YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
- GUIDED BY GRACE HOME
Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
