Worship Service

Jesus knows temptation – he endured it after spending 40 days and 40 nights in the desert.

·         The desert is where temptation often hits hardest

·         Spiritual highs are always followed by desert experiences.

Stones to bread – a temptation to do it the easy way

Fear To Fame – a temptation to take a short-cut

A Crown without Thorns – a temptation to compromise

Questions:

1.       It seems we are most vulnerable to temptation when we are weak/tired/hungry, etc.  Share some examples from your own life when you are most vulnerable.

2.       How does temptation differ from testing?  How do we know the difference?

3.       What does the story of Jesus’s temptation teach us about fending off the devil?

4.       How does knowing God’s Word help us to resist temptation?

5.       How does the James 1:13 inform the way we pray about temptation?