How many of you watched the Super Bowl religiously like I did last week? Some of you have told me that you watched so you could see the commercials and try and figure out which ones I'd use today. A number of you have told me you figured out which ones I wouldn't use. They were kind of obvious.

Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is that season of preparation for the devastation of Good Friday and the joy and celebration of Easter. It remembers and celebrates the preparation of Jesus on His road to the Cross. And the very first event in that was the Temptations.

First and foremost, Jesus was tempted just like you and I. He spent 40 days in the wilderness wrestling with what and how He should carry out God's will. And the whole time he thirsted for the full glass of the answer, Sata…