Spiritual Hunger

The Bible says in Matt. 5:6, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after

righteousness; for they shall be filled."

I. HUNGER IS A MARK OF HEALTH.

1. When a person loses his or her appetite, it is a sign that person has something

physically or emotionally wrong with them.

2. Healthy people want to eat and have a desire to take in food.

3. Folks who have lost the desire to eat need to visit a physician.

4. When Christian people want to "eat" of the things of God regularly it is a very good sign they are spiritually healthy.

Lu 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

II. HUNGER IS A PART OF GROWING.

1. If a person did not become hungry, he or she would not eat.

2. We eat when we become hungry.

3. First there is hunger then there is growth.

4. Folks who are thirsty after the world and what it has to offer will never get anywhere spiritually.

5. There is to be a deep craving and longing within our hearts to partake of and enjoy the things of God.

III. HUNGER CAN BE A REQUEST OF PRAYER.

1. If God says hungering precedes filling, then we know it is the will of God for us to long or hunger for spiritual things and righteousness.

2. Ask Him for what it is you are lacking and what you need.

IV. HUNGER CAN BE FILLED IN GOD. (Like going to the store)

A. Coming to Church. (Being at part of the service)

B. Praying at the Alter.

C. Participating in the service.

V. HUNGER CAN BE DEFINED.

A. There is always a deeper knowledge of God and a deeper walk with God

It is there for us if we will only seek it in our daily experience.

B. It is the life of God in the human soul struggling to grow us up into the

fulness of the stature of Christ.

I can make you a definite promise from the Word of God that if you will hunger and thirst after righteousness, then you will be filled.