IV.
What have you noticed in this account of the temptations?

One thing of note to me is the challenges to Jesus are not things beyond his capability. It seems to me it lay within this power to accomplish any one or all of the tempter’s challenges. But he elects another path out of the wilderness.

Think about these three temptations and see if you recall events recorded in the gospels that in part or in whole approximate what Jesus is asked to do.

V.
We are told these temptations came to Jesus when “he was famished.” He was hungry and tired. I suspect it would not be too far off to describe him as physically and emotionally exhausted.

VI.
When do you notice you are most likely to yield to temptations/challenges to be someone other than who God has gifted you to be?

Are you tempted/challenged in areas of weakness or strength?

How do you face those challenges?

What resources do you call on to help you stay faithful to God’s call on your life?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}