Fuel for Life, Part 4

In times of silence and solitude, we often encounter not just our true selves but also the lies of the enemy, who seeks to undermine our worth, identity, and trust in God. Through spiritual practices of and reliance on God’s truth, we can dismantle the enemy’s lies and live confidently in the identity and purpose God has given us.

Praise
Elevation Worship

I Thank God
Maverick City Music

Crowns Down
Gateway Worship

Abide
The McCray Brothers

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Luke 4:1-13
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

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The Enemy
– The serpent (Genesis 3)
– A roaring lion seeking to devour (1 Peter 5:8)
– The tempter (Matthew 4)
– The accuser (Revelation 12)
– The father of lies and the murderer (John 8)
– The Devil meaning false accuser
– Satan translated as the adversary

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Luke 4:1
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness…

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Luke 4:3
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

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Mark #1
Find our identity in Christ

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Deuteronomy 8:3
Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.”

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The primary way to fight the lies of our enemy is through the word of God.

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Luke 3:22
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

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Do I trust God to meet my needs?

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Luke 4:5-7
And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”

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Luke 4:8
And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”

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Luke 4:9-11
And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

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Testing God is the opposite of trusting Him.

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Luke 4:12
And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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Psalm 119:11
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

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God’s voice will still you,
the enemy’s voice will rush you.

God’s voice tends to reassure you,
the enemy’s voice tends to frighten you.

God’s voice enlightens you,
the enemy’s voice confuses you.

God’s voice encourages you,
the enemy’s voice discourages you.

God’s voice comforts you,
the enemy’s voice worries you.

God’s voice calms you,
the enemies obsessives you.

God’s voice will convict you of sin and draw you closer to Himself.
The enemy’s voice condemns us and drives us away.

God’s will be accompanied by peace, calmness, life, contentment, and joy.
The enemy’s voice will be accompanied by anxiety, worry, discouragement, obsession, rushing.

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