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Matthew chapter four verse four, man shall not live by bread alone,

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

Jesus is quoting here from Deuteronomy and the Old Testament as he's being tempted

after fasting for weeks and weeks and weeks for 40 days and the devil is tempting him to

turn stones into bread. And Jesus looks at him and said, man, does not live by bread alone.

But by every word that comes from the mouth of God, do you believe that that you live

by every word that comes from the mouth of God that more important to you today than breakfast

or lunch or dinner more important than food itself? God's word is your sustenance.

You can't live without it. It is your source of life. And well, let me just point out what

the Bible teaches from cover to cover. This is true. The Bible is your source of life. You cannot live

without the word of God. That's what Jesus is saying. The question is, is it evident in your life

that you realize this? Do you live like your daily bread is the word of God? Think someone,

blessed as a man who walks not in the counsel of wicked or stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord. And on his law,

he meditates day and night. And then you keep reading on there in Psalm 1 and you see the fruit

that comes from living off of the word of God. So let me encourage you today, especially at the

beginning of a year. If you don't have a regular Bible reading plan where you are daily feasting

on the word and you know tomorrow, you're going to be feasting on the word from here and the next day

let me encourage you to do that. Like strongly encourage you. And in case you haven't picked up

on this right now, these pray the word podcasts are following a Bible reading plan. So Robert

Murray McShane is a pastor from centuries ago and he put together a Bible reading plan that walks

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