Have you ever noticed how on some signs the message which was intended isn't the one that comes across? Like the one in a Department Store which announced: "Bargain Basement Is Upstairs."

Or how about these signs: "Show Signs"

My favorite is actually a mistranslation, at least I hope. I'm pretty sure they meant valuables but the sign in a Paris hotel read: "Please leave your values at the front desk." Unfortunately, many people do that without being told. And sometimes we are tempted to leave our values somewhere else, too. Jesus even faced that kind of temptation every day.

This morning we begin our Lenten Journey with Jesus, we travel with Him into the wilderness where He was tempted over and over again. Let's look at Luke's account.

Luke 4:1-14 (NRSV)
[1] Jesus, full of the Holy Spi…