2/1/26

Part 4: What Comes After Prayer and Fasting?

Text: Matthew 4:1-11

Speaker: Phillip Santillan

In Gospel of Matthew 4:1–11, we look at the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness and ask the question many of us feel after a spiritual high point: what comes next after prayer and fasting? This sermon from Clarity Church is about becoming a person who learns to live on God’s Word when life feels overwhelming.

You’ll hear why fasting reveals what we think we cannot live without, why the shortcut is always tempting (“the crown without the cross”), and why Jesus keeps answering temptation the same way: “It is written.”

In this message:

• Full hands, starving soul

• Influence without obedience, power without sacrifice, the crown without the cross

• Why shortcuts are seductive and how Scripture fights back

• What it looks like to live on God’s Word in everyday life

Reflection:

• What’s your plan for the Word?

• Who are your people?

• Who’s your one?

Next week we begin a new series: Loving Your Neighbor.

Keywords: Matthew 4:1–11, temptation of Jesus, prayer and fasting, Bible reading, discipleship, Christian sermon, Brooklyn Park Minnesota, Clarity Church

Series: ⁠⁠⁠21 Days of Prayer and Fasting⁠⁠⁠ (Clarity Church)

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