The Story of Jesus: Part II - Desert

1. PRAYER
God of wilderness and water,
your Son was baptized and tempted as we are.
Guide us through this season,
that we may not avoid struggle,
but open ourselves to blessing,
through the cleansing depths of repentance
and the heaven-rending words of the Spirit.
Amen

2. theCHURCH
CALENDAR

3. The Desert
the STORY of JESUS: Part II

6. Road to St. George’s Monastery;
one of Herod’s aqueducts to Jericho…
Road
Aqueduct
WADIQELT

7. WADIQELT
Jericho &The DeadSea
St.George’s Monastery
Springs

8. CHRIST
IN
THE
DESERT
Ivan
Kramskoi
(1872)

9. MATTHEW 4:1-11

10. Appetite/Social Justice
Meeting physical needs alone
TEMPTATIONSOVERCOME

11. Appetite/Social Justice
Meeting physical needs alone
Affirmation/Spectacle
Seeking fame/recognition
TEMPTATIONSOVERCOME

12. Appetite/Social Justice
Meeting physical needs alone
Affirmation/Spectacle
Seeking fame/recognition
Ambition/Power
Using coercion/control/violence
TEMPTATIONSOVERCOME
Identity

13. Ministry ≠ Social JusticeOnly
Serving body/mind/spirit
WHAT IT MEANS FORUS

14. Ministry ≠ Social JusticeOnly
Serving body/mind/spirit
Ministry ≠CircusTricks
Serving people > production
WHAT IT MEANS FORUS

15. Ministry ≠ Social JusticeOnly
Serving body/mind/spirit
Ministry ≠CircusTricks
Serving people > production
Ministry ≠ Ring of Power
Serving as Jesus, not Caesar
WHAT IT MEANS FORUS
Loved

18. Moving Forward
by Colony House

19. CLOSING PRAYER
God of mercy,
your word was the sure defense
of Jesus in his time of testing.
Minister to us in the wilderness
of our temptation, that having been set free
from sin by Christ, we may serve you well,
and know your love, into life everlasting.
Amen.