A Prayer about the Temptation to Doubt God’s Love

Lord Jesus,

Thank you for enduring temptation for us.

You had been led to the wilderness by the Spirit. 

This forty days of fasting was planned. 

But that didn’t mean it was easy. 

You had just heard the voice of your Father saying, 

“You are my beloved Son; 

with you I am well pleased” (Luke 3:22). 

Now the evil one, the accuser, Satan, 

knowing you are starving, 

tries to make you doubt God’s love for you, 

for after all, if you’re really the Son of God, 

why would you be out in the wilderness starving? 

Then he tempts you to use your divine power

to turn stones into bread. 

You resisted. You remembered. 

“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ 

The rest of the quotation from Deuteronomy 8:3 says, 

“but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” 

Thank you, Lord, for persevering, 

for enduring temptation for us. 

Help us to remember your Word, your assurance: 

because we are united to you, 

we can also resist the devil, 

that he may flee from us (James 4:7).

Read Luke 4:1-4.