A devotional series preparing hearts for Easter… (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7)
We pause to listen to His Word,
linger over His Word,
lift up our words in prayer to The Word…
then go live the Word.
Listen to His Word:
Luke 4:1-13 from the NLT
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”
But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’”
Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”
Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”
Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”
When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.
Linger on His Word:
(Join children in closing eyes and envisioning the passage, re-read again… again…linger. Don’t rush on.)
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
Lift up voice in prayer to His Word:
Father, He was hungry and He ate. Of the bread of Your Words. Let us too.
He was lured with the glitter of this world, and He worshipped. You, and You alone. Let us too.
He was dared with Scripture. But He knew all of Scripture. Let us too.
He was tempted. And He conquered. Let us too.
Because today, please keep us in Him.
Live the Word (contemplate it so long that it settles down into heart, hands, feet):
Today, we choose a meal to fast from, several meals to fast from.
Be hungry for God alone.
Instead of eating, enter in and worship, let His Word dwell in you richly, filling you.
For it is your life.
Making an Easter Tree
Artist: Iwan Nikolajewitsch Kramskoj
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