Hunger for God
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Psalms 107:9(KJV), For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Hunger for the things of God is not a one time experience. No man ought to be hungry for God today and be too satisfied to seek for more of Him tomorrow.
Hunger is also not the frantic short lived excitement when you listen to or read a particularly stirring message.
It is a perpetual and continuous experience that increases in response to the revelation of God.
God has sent a famine in the earth for His Word(Amos 8:11). This famine was sent so we respond to the knowledge He is pouring out.
By prophesy, in the last days knowledge shall increase(Daniel 12:4). If a man is not hungry, it is because he is indifferent to knowledge. As God increases knowledge, He desires that you be hungrier for more.
Understand our times as days of the increase of knowledge. This knowledge must provoke you to hunger. Let hunger drive you to the closet to pray, let hunger cause you to seek Him more than ever before. Hallelujah !
FURTHER STUDY: Amos 8:11, Luke 6:21
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Understand our times as days of the increase of knowledge. This knowledge must provoke you to hunger. Let hunger drive you to the closet to pray, let hunger cause you to seek Him more than ever before.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for your word. It convicts me to deeper places in communion and prayer. I respond to knowledge by seeking more. Each time I am launched into these eternal depths, my spirit is exposed to the ultimate experience of your person. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Psalms 27:4 (KJV); One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
There are men in the life of the Spirit who asked questions because they desired distinctive answers to propel them to purpose.
We learn from them that our places of inquiry in the
temple of the Lord go beyond simply needing answers to carnal issues but answers to experiences in the Word that may seem “incomplete” in our understanding.
Take the example of Peter. Peter knew that there were those that had been judged during the days of Noah and he wondered about their salvation.
When he asked this question, the Lord carried him into an experience where he realized that Jesus Christ had descended and preached to those spirits too(1 Peter 3:19-20).
How about Jude? Jude studied the account of the death of Moses and found that
by the scriptures, his body had never been found and that no man knew where
he had been buried. When he asked the hard questions, God carried him into an
experience where he saw Satan and the arch angel Michael fighting over Moses’
body(Jude 1:9).
The Bible is more than a collection of stories. It is an eternal record of the lives of men from which we are continually learning(Romans 15:4). Part of that learning comes from God-led experiences of these accounts and not simply what we read in print.
When you learn to ask these questions (as one who seeks to know more after the pattern of the Spirit of truth), the Word of God comes alive to you because God answers the
questions that some prefer to only theorize about. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Luke 1:1-4, Ps 119:96
GOLDEN NUGGET:
The Bible is more than a collection of stories. It is an eternal record of the lives of men from which we are continually learning. Part of that learning comes from God-led experiences of these accounts and not simply what we read in print.
PRAYER: Father, I am grateful for your Word. Thank you for redefining the wisdom and the understanding by which I inquire in your courts. By the Spirit of truth, I am led into deeper experiences of the Word. Your Word continually comes alive for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
[/restab] [restab title=”French”]Psaumes 27:4 (KJV) Je demande à l’Eternel une chose, que je désire ardemment: Je voudrais habiter toute ma vie dans la maison de l’Eternel, Pour contempler la magnificence de l’Eternel Et pour admirer son temple.
Il y a des hommes dans la vie de l’Esprit qui ont posé des questions parce qu’ils voulaient des réponses distinctives pour les propulser au but.
Nous apprenons d’eux que nos lieux de renseignement dans le temple du Seigneur va au-delà du simple besoin de réponses à des questions charnelles mais répond à des expériences dans la Parole qui peuvent sembler « incomplètes » dans notre compréhension.
Prenons l’exemple de Pierre. Pierre savait qu’il y avait ceux qui avaient été jugés pendant les jours de Noé et il s’interrogeait sur leur salut.
Quand il a posé cette question, le Seigneur l’a porté dans une expérience où il s’est rendu compte que Jésus-Christ était aussi descendu et prêché à ces esprits (1 Pierre 3:19-20).
Qu’en est-il de Jude ? Jude a étudié le compte de la mort de Moïse et a constaté que par les écritures, son corps n’avait jamais été trouvé et qu’aucun homme ne savait où il avait été enterré. Quand il a posé les questions difficiles, Dieu l’a porté dans un expérience où il a vu Satan et l’archange Michel se battre au-dessus du corps de Moïse (Jude 1: 9).
La Bible est plus qu’une collection d’histoires. C’est un témoignage éternel de la vie des hommes à partir de laquelle nous apprenons continuellement (Romains 15:4). Une partie de cet apprentissage vient des expériences de ces récits guidées par Dieu et non simplement de ce que nous lisons en version imprimée.
Lorsque vous apprenez à poser ces questions (en tant que personne cherchant à en savoir plus après le modèle de l’Esprit de vérité), la Parole de Dieu vous vient à l’esprit parce que Dieu répond aux questions que certains préfèrent seulement théoriser. Alléluia !
ÉTUDE COMPLÉMENTAIRE : Luc 1:1-4, Psaumes 119:96
PÉPITE D’OR : La Bible est plus qu’une collection d’histoires. C’est un témoignage éternel de la vie des hommes à partir de laquelle nous apprenons continuellement (Romains 15:4). Une partie de cet apprentissage vient des expériences de ces récits guidées par Dieu et non simplement de ce que nous lisons en version imprimée.
PRIÈRE : Père, je suis reconnaissant pour ta Parole. Merci d’avoir redéfini la sagesse et la compréhension par lesquelles je m’informe auprès de vos tribunaux. Par l’Esprit de vérité, je suis conduit à des expériences plus profondes de la Parole. Ta Parole est toujours vivante pour moi. Au nom de Jésus. Amen.
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Jeremiah 6:16 (KJV); Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Your spirit is eternal. Because it is, you have the ability to live in different times by the Spirit and to walk in the realm of eternal life.
Some people are limited by their existence in the flesh. However, by virtue of your nature, if you so desire to walk back in time and understand the experiences of they of old, there is a grace in God to take you there if you inquire of the Lord to lead you.
God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not want you to only walk in the future. He wants you to inquire of the ancient paths too. How did the creation experience unfold? What was Moses’ experience on the Mount? How did Elijah, Daniel and all the great prophets live?
If you wish to know the things in the past that pertain to the life of the gospel, those things are so easy to access because the eternal God is present in the past like He is in the future and He is ready to reveal these truths and experiences to you. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT), Psalm 27:4
GOLDEN NUGGET:
You have the ability to live in different times by the Spirit and to walk in the realm of eternal life.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I am not limited by the flesh because I am an eternal being. My place of inquiry in your presence is redefined and as such, I seek to know things that pertain to this life of the gospel. I am carried to the places of experience that give answers to spiritual questions. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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2 Peter 1:3(KJV); According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Everything you ever needed in this life has already been given to you. A believer is not one who is ‘believing God.’
Faith is not believing that God is going to do something for you. It is believing that He has done it for you.
The reason why some people do not get results from God is because they make the attainment of biblical promises a future experience.
They are believing God for a car, marriage and children. Their faith is in the future, yet the scriptures are clear that faith is a now issue.
Like our theme scripture explains, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN everything that pertains to life and godliness. If you have been given, then you ought not to be believing.
Faith does not bring the promises of God from the future and place them in the present. Faith reveals to you that it is already done. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 11:1, Romans 4:20
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Faith is not believing that God is going to do something for you. It is believing that He has done it for you.
PRAYER: Father, I am thankful for this knowledge that defines how I believe. I understand the finished work and this defines my way of prayer and the pattern of my faith. All I need has been given. My life is an overflow of thanksgiving because I have all that I will ever need. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Psalms 90:14(KJV); O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Delay is a spirit. There are Christians who when the manifestation of the promises of God in their lives delays, always assume that it is God who is the cause of this delay because he intends to fulfill these promises “in his time.”
The spirit of delay ought never to be confused with God’s timing.
Like our theme scripture reveals, we ought to be satisfied while it is still early that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
It is part of the joy of salvation for a believer to see God early. It is not God’s intention that you do in twenty years what you should have done in two years.
God does not want to give you a husband when you are old and grey. He does not want to give you a car at ninety when you can no longer drive it. That is not God.
As a child of God, you can have what you need, when you need it and in the way you need it. Launch into that liberty of the Spirit. It is your portion in Christ. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Daniel 10:1-4, John 6:63
GOLDEN NUGGET:
As a child of God, you can have what you need, when you need it and in the way you need it. God has called you to that liberty of the Spirit.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the quickening of your Spirit. Your Word gives life and propels me faster into the manifestation of your promises. I can never be delayed because my nature is of a quickening Spirit. I have what I want, when I want it and in the way I want it because that is my liberty in Christ. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Psalms119:89 (NIV); Your word, Lord is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
The Word of God is not designed to function according to the times of the earth but according to the times of heaven.
Just because the Bible has events that happened within the earthly time dispensation does not mean that the Word of God is not eternal.
This understanding ought to define your study of the Word. The Word may say, ‘In the years to come, God will reveal His mercy…’
One man will read this and understand that in the years to come, God will help him. But another will look at the same scripture and understand it with the mind of ‘now faith…’
When you understand the timelessness and eternal nature of the Word, the fullness of scripture ceases to be a future experience. Get into the Word and own its experiences in ‘now faith’.
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 1:25, Matthew 24:35
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Get into the Word and own its experiences in ‘now faith’.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand how the Word functions. I do not extend the manifestation of its experiences to the future but know that by faith, they are now. These experiences define my message and ministry in the earth. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 (KJV); He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Our theme scripture speaks of God beautifying things in “His time.” However, God understands time differently from the way men on the earth do. Time to the human is in series: past, present and future.
You are either living in the now moment, in the yesterday moment or in the future moment.
Because many people fit their moments of time in series, they assume that God is also subject to time series.
However, time in eternity are experiences. Every time you have an experience in the spirit, you have attained a certain place and that place is translated as time.
This is why Christianity is a life of experiences. Live a life of constant expectation, do not ignore the slightest impressions of the spirit.
FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 4:5, Acts 17:30-31
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Time in eternity equals to experiences.
PRAYER: My God, you have made me an eternal being who is not subject to the dictates of earthly time. The true understanding of my nature launches me in experiences of eternity because those inform my knowledge of time. This understanding teaches me to redeem and number my days. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Isaiah 50:4(KJV); The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned that, I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
There is a difference between learning men and learned men. A learning man may know the “what” of scripture but the learned man knows the “hows” of scripture.
Our theme scripture qualifies this learned man as one who knows “how” to speak a word in season to him that is weary.
He not only knows what to speak but he knows how to speak what to speak in season to him that is weary.
It is one thing to know the many principles that account for Christian growth and maturity, it is another to know how these principles ought to be applied. A learned man always knows the hows.
However, the knowledge of the “hows” is not simply in the knowledge of method.
Knowing how means that you have the mind of God in the application of these principles.
As a learned man, you always apply the scriptures with the absolute understanding and revelation of the mind of God. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 2:16, Proverbs 14:8
GOLDEN NUGGET:
As a learned man, you always apply the scriptures with the absolute understanding and revelation of the mind of God.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you because I am learned. In everything that I do, I have a full understanding of your mind, intention and purpose. Every step I take reflects the wisdom of one who knows God in truth and in depth. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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John 21:20-22 (KJV); Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me.
There are things in this life of the gospel that God does not expect us to inquire about, not because they are wrong in themselves but because they are not important for your purpose and course in life.
Understand that even though the scriptures speak of inquiring in the temple of God( Psalms 27:4), there are questions that are in the perfect will of God for your life and questions that are not.
Like the Apostle Paul says, there are things in the scriptures that are lawful yet do not edify (1 Corinthians 10:23). This was not with respect to actions only, but even the questions with which we go to the presence of God.
Christ made this point when in our theme scripture He asked Peter, “If he will tarry till I come, what is that to thee?”
The message in Christ’s question is to the effect that each one of us should be more mindful of our own course, race and fight. That should be your priority.
Like Paul at the end of his days, you should be able to say, “…I have finished my course…” (2 Timothy 4:7).
It is eternal life to know God and his son Jesus(John 17:3); eternity is worth investing in.
But that life is too precious for you to invest in it without a certain wisdom.
The absence of wisdom lies in the fact that there are certain things we might inquire of the Lord out of curiosity although they are not expedient for the life of the Christian.
Let your place of inquiry in His temple be defined by the things that align you to purpose and destiny.
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 10:23, 2 Timothy 4:7
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Let your place of inquiry in His temple be defined by the things that align you to purpose and destiny.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this precious knowledge that gives me direction on how to inquire in your presence. I seek you for that which places me in the center of your perfect will. I know that by this wisdom, I will finish well. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Romans 8:30 (KJV); Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
When God predestinated you, He called you, when He called you, He justified you, when He justified you, He glorified you.
The glory of God is upon your life, thoughts, ministry and family.
He that is joined with the Lord is one Spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17).
God could not allow that union of your spirit with His if you were not glorified.
Jesus said, “The glory which you gave me, I have given them; that they may be one even as we are one” (John 17:22).
Your spirit could only be united to God because you were elevated to the level of the glory of the Christ.
The atmosphere that He carried was released in your spirit. Jesus lives and works in you. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: 1 John 4:17, 2 Corinthians 3:18
GOLDEN NUGGET:
You have the glory of Christ. Jesus lives and works in you.
PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the operation of your glory in my life. I thank you that because I share the glory of the Christ, whatsoever He can do, I can do. For as He is, so am I in this world. He is far above all principalities and dominions, so am I. When the enemy sees me, he sees Christ. That is the testimony of my continuous victory in this world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Proverbs 18:14(MSG), A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?
The winds of adversity may blast through your life and threaten to shake the strength of your spiritual convictions. The Bible has called such an eventuality an evil day(Ephesians 6:13).
When this day comes, it is of utmost importance that you “keep your spirit healthy.”
Your spirit is a strong fortress, eternally designed to withstand the strongest tempest, the wildest and most vicious attacks of the enemy.
“Keeping your spirit healthy” is the adamant refusal to be shaken by the raging storms of affliction. It is holding onto the Word of God with the strong grasp of courage regardless of how tough circumstances might be. It is looking into the eye of the storm and saying, “Do your worst and I will do mine.”
On the other hand, the crushed spirit is of one who has succumbed to the enemy’s “empty brand of intimidation.” It has sank under the weight of sorrows, deactivated its victory gears and entered into victim mode.
I have seen many desperate Christians crushed in spirit, move from church to church in hope of deliverance. They have paid homage to all categories of anointed hands but alas, they have found no rescue.
Keep your spirit healthy. How so? Purpose to always be happy and in rest. Stir yourself to joy even when you don’t feel it.
Wisdom in Proverbs 15:13 teaches her children that by the sorrow of the heart, the spirit is broken.
With joy dance to the rhythms of the Word in your heart.
FURTHER STUDY: Proverbs 15:15, Proverbs 17:22
GOLDEN NUGGET:
Keep your spirit healthy. How so? Purpose to always be happy and in rest. Stir yourself to joy even when you don’t feel it.
PRAYER: My God, I thank you for the joy of salvation. You have purposed that it continuously increases in my life. This joy is my strength and by it, I have a merry heart. My life is a continual feast of increase, multiplication, favour, wisdom and expansion. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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2 Peter 1:19(KJV); We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.
Revelation is sometimes quicker than prophecy. While prophecy may sometimes be subject to the limitations of time periods on the earth, revelation is timeless.
A prophetic word may come to you to the effect that in about three months, you will be owning a certain portion of money or be positioned in a certain place of honour.
Truly, three months later, you may find yourself in that position and thank God for prophecy. Revelation, on the other hand, could instantly drive you to an answer the moment it comes to your spirit. Any time your eyes are opened, your ears hear and your heart is converted, manifestation of what you seek comes (Matt 13:15).
That is what makes the Bible the “more sure” word of prophesy. The Greek word used for “more sure” is “babaios” that is also translated to mean fast. By the Spirit of revelation, which opens to you the realities of God’s Word, you are quickened into the manifestation of divine promises.
Be the primary prophet of your life; seek to understand the Word and speak it over your life, create your world through faith. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: Deuteronomy 29:29, John 6:63
GOLDEN NUGGET: Be the primary prophet of your life; seek to understand the Word and speak it over your life, create your world through faith.
PRAYER: Father, your Word defines the direction of my life. I study, meditate and act on it every day. I am quickened in every area of my life because my future is dependent on it. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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