Our Lord's first temptation came through the medium of His bodily wants. He was exhausted from fasting; and Satan, as is usual with him, attacked him on what he believed his weak point. "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." (S. Matt. iv. 3.) He often assaults us in the same way. "You are tired and hungry," he says; "you have a right to be irritable." "You are an invalid; you have the right to be exacting, and to make the comfort of others give way to yours." "You are sleepless, and in pain; you have a right to take the drug which will give you present ease and rest, whatever may be the consequence." Let us answer as did our Lord: "Man shall not live by bread alone." Let us remember that the body is to be the servant, not the master, and treat it accordingly. There are no persons who need to practice self-control more than invalids, and especially nervous invalids. Again, our Lord did not make use of His divine power against the tempter. He used weapons which are within the reach of every one of us. He met Satan with the words of Holy Scripture. And in this very fact, by the way, may be found an answer to those who decry and undervalue the Old Testament. Every one of our Lord's quotations is taken from the book of Deuteronomy. And we may furnish ourselves, if we will, with weapons from the same celestial armory. Does Satan attack us through our bodily weakness? "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Cor. xii. 9.) Does he beset us with doubts as to the forgiveness of our sins, or acceptance with God? Every disciple has, like Christian in the "Pilgrim's Progress," "a key in his bosom, which will open any lock in Doubting Castle." Hence the importance of making ourselves very familiar with the weapons which St. Paul calls "the sword of the Spirit," and of having it, as it were, always at our side. A man might have the best weapon in the world in his possession, but it would stand him in little stead when attacked, if he did not know how to use it, or if he had left it hanging up in his closet at home. But if we store our memories with the very words of the Bible, and meditate often thereon, we shall have sword and shield always at hand. I shall have more to say on this matter hereafter.