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Devotional for March 14, 2025

YOU CANNOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Matthew 4:4

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

Additional Verses

📖 Proverbs 4:18-22; Joshua 1:1-9; Matthew 4:1-11; Acts 20:32

The LORD Jesus Christ’s response to the devil’s first temptation shows how the Word of God is so central to the life of every child of God. The Word of God is in fact food for your soul. The Word of God is just as important for your spiritual health just as physical food is important for your body. If your body does not have regular feeding, you will certainly get malnourished and eventually die. In the same way, if your soul is not fed from the Word of God, you will also get malnourished spiritually and you will eventually succumb to spiritual death. Proverbs 4:20-22 says, “My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.” While physical food is good for your physical health, you cannot use it as a weapon to fight against the devil, who once he finds you without the Word of God, he will steal your salvation, kill and destroy your soul. This is exactly what he did to Adam and Eve in Genesis Chapter 3. Because they were disobedient to the Word of God, the devil destroyed their relationship with God and introduced sicknesses, diseases and death in their lives. Unfortunately when the devil tempted Jesus Christ, he was unsuccessful because Jesus Christ used the weapon of the Word of God against him. All that the devil wants to achieve is to overthrow you from your heavenly inheritance. The LORD God commanded Joshua saying, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8). The Word of God is that weapon that God has given to you in order to shape your destiny. When you use the Word just as taught by Jesus Christ in the Gospels, the Father in heaven will truly guide you and give you prosperity and success always. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You LORD Jesus Christ for teaching me that ‘Man cannot live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from God.’ May You always give me the grace to make the Word of God the standard of my life in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.