Fasting Day 2 1/13/2009

Adult / Teen Journal

January 13, 2009

Day 2. The stomach kingdom

    Luke 4:1-2

1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

Okay, I find these verses to be a, “no kidding” moment. Jesus has just spent forty days in the wilderness without food and the obvious, “He was hungry,” had to be stated? It is, however, important for us to understand that while Jesus was fully God, He was still fully man. Whatever the details of your fasting may be, you will by now, all the way into day two, be experiencing the physical and mental signs of loss, which is then followed by appetite. It is now that you will really experience the battle for superiority in your body and mind. But this is also the day when you begin to show your carnal “man” just who is in charge (that would be your spirit man – just in case you were wondering). I find it comforting the Jesus went through these same battles and His result was two-fold; (1) He was hungry, and (2) He won, because He finished His fast. There He goes again, leading by example!

Children’s Journal

January 13, 2009

Day 2. God Has a Job For Us

God has a job for each of us to do. He gave Sampson special power to do His work. Even though he made some mistakes God helped Sampson to destroy the enemy.

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