Matthew 4

Satan tempts us in the places where we are the weakest. Just as we need food for our physical bodies or we will perish, we need spiritual food to feed our souls. When we are the hungriest for finding the meaning to life, when we are the loneliest, when we have reached t the end of our rope, we are the most vulnerable. It is the kiss of death to begin to believe that you are above temptation. God hates pride and arrogance, and He loves you. He will not let you stay in a high place, He will bring you down. He prunes us to be
like Jesus. He takes away those things in our personality that will not bear fruit. He chastens those He loves. Listen carefully and learn easily. I have learned life the hard way. I wish that I had listened more closely and understood more. Money is the root of all kinds of evil. The lack of it OR the accumulation of it can wreck havoc. In this life we equate money with power. The love of money
and the struggle for the power that comes with it has been the ruination of many. God gives us the means in which to live. All things are provided by Him for a purpose. He supplies our needs and a surplus so that we can help others. How we relate to money and the power that comes with it will determine our spiritual walk on this earth. We must use money as a tool given to us by God for the good of ourselves, our family and others and not let money use us. You cannot love two masters. Money will control you OR you will allow God to control the money. Jesus is our example we need to follow His leading.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

'He shall give His angels charge over you,'

and, In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "

7 Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "

8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me."

10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.' "

11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them. 

The NKJV says this:

Satan did not lead Jesus to the temptation; the Holy Spirit did. This temptation took place immediately after Jesus' baptism. Spiritual victories are often followed by testing. Jesus' response to all three temptations was to quote the Word of God, showing His followers the power of Scripture in battling the Evil One. Bread alone does not sustain life; ultimately God is the One who sustains all life. Thus it is our responsibility to trust God and remain in His will. Satan tempted Jesus to gain public attention through spectacle rather than through His righteous life and message. The Lord asked the Israelites to put Him to the test in only one area: tithing. By giving to Him they could test whether He would fulfill His promises to bless them. Jesus' experience serves as a pattern in spiritual warfare today: Jesus resisted Satan, then He defeated Satan with consistent, meaningful use of the Scriptures. Having rejected Satan's offer of bread, assistance from angels, and earthly kingdoms, Jesus was immediately visited by angels who helped Him. The Spirit conducted Jesus into the wilderness to try His faith; but the agent in this trial was the wicked one, whose object was to seduce Jesus away from His allegiance to God. This was temptation in the bad sense of the term. Yet Jesus did not give in to temptation; He passed the test. Jesus had many disciples in addition to the crowds who followed Him and listened to His teaching. From the many disciples, He selected 12 to receive special instruction and power.