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Saturday, February 29, 2020

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Read Matthew 4:1-11.
The devil came to Jesus at a moment of great weakness (humanly speaking). He had been fasting for forty days and was hungry. The devil waits for those moments in all of our lives. When we are at our lowest and neediest, the devil attacks. It is important that we be on guard. For me, those weak moments are when I am tired. I have discovered that I simply cannot “burn the candle at both ends.”

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  1. ashleyk328February 29, 2020 at 9:44 AM

    I think especially for women, and for me as a single parent, there is such a temptation to do and be everything for everyone. I have learned to stop *before* I have done everything I could possibly pack into a day.

    I have to remember that I am enough, and God is enough, and sometimes just being with God is enough.

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  2. Brian S McGeeFebruary 29, 2020 at 7:41 PM

    Jesus sets a powerful example of how to fight off the devil and his various temptations when they come: standing on the authority of the Word of God. Nothing is more powerful to extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one than the Holy Scripture, for Jesus said, "It is written" to every temptation the devil threw at him.

    Let us do the same.

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  3. Christen McGeeFebruary 29, 2020 at 7:42 PM

    When I read this, I was struck by Jesus refuted each temptation of Satan with a passage of scripture. Even when the devil tried to use scripture as a way to convince Jesus to jump from the top of the temple, Jesus was able to refute him. This is a great reminder for me about the power that is found in the Word. It reminds me the importance of reading and especially memorizing scripture so that when I am faced with a temptation I can judge it against the Truth.

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