Zion Lutheran Church – Marinette

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: Who are the angels that wait on you when you have had your struggles with temptations?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: How do the scriptures help when you are dealing with temptations?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: What other gods are you tempted to worship?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: In what ways do you put the Lord your God to the test?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: What stones in your life do you wish would become loaves of bread?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: Why did the Spirit lead Jesus to be tempted by the devil?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.