Inspiration   Text: Matthew 4:1-4; 6:16-18

4 Then Jesus was led up   by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted   forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 3 The tempter   came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to   become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,

‘One   does not live by bread alone,

but by   every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

…16 “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the   hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are   fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, put   oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that your fasting may   be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father   who sees in secret will reward you.

And we follow up with discussing the Art of Fasting and Self Denial