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JESUS' 40-DAY FAST

Immediately after Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist and publicly revealed as God’s son in Matthew 3, scripture records that He was intentionally led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Often in our lives of faith, big temptations hit after big victories. We are wise to be vigilant. Jesus used His time of facing temptation and preparing for ministry to fast, and we assume, to pray.

Jesus Himself tells us the exact goals of the enemy in John 10, he comes to steal, kill, and destroy. The same way he attempted to derail Jesus is the way he will attack us. He wants you to question and disbelieve God’s word, to test God’s power and faithfulness, and to doubt God’s timing and plan. If Jesus recognized that fasting helped Him resist the lies of the enemy, wouldn’t we be wise to do the same? When you fast, use that time as an opportunity to ask God to protect you from the lies of the enemy, and to seek His word so you know how to refute them with truth.

The enemy seeks to destroy you and everything and everyone you love. Will you let your resistance to him be built up through prayer and fasting this week?