1. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your request to God; and the peace of God…will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).

2. Jesus’ Ministry

3. Temptation
Luke 4:1-2 - And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil…

4. 1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the [ways of the] world…For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful humankind, the lust [coveting] of the eyes and the boastful pride [conceit] of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

5. John 1:4-5
In Him was life, and the life was the light of all people. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend [overpower] it.

6. Spiritual Truth:
What darkness [or the Dark One] cannot comprehend, it cannot overpower.
Col. 1:13 & Rom. 8:14

7. Born from above
John 3:3 – “No one can see the kingdom of God without being born again [from above].”

8. How Should we then live?

9. A new birth date
Creator God, through the redemptive work of Jesus the Christ, I receive your forgiveness and cleansing. I invite you to come into my heart, to take control of my life. By faith, I follow you as my Savior and Lord. Fill me with the Holy Spirit. Empower me to live according to your will, for your glory. In Christ’s name, Amen.