Healthy people are hungry! People who are never hungry are either sick or dead. Hunger and thirst in a living being are evidence of life. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness have evidence in themselves of being spiritually alive! Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” [...]
Feeding the right appetites is the key to growing spiritually. God has made a person’s heart so that nothing can ever fill it but God himself. A believer is able to identify this craving and he knows that nothing but the pursuit of righteousness will be satisfying. · Are you feeding yourself spiritually? Are you [...]
Senior Pastor Mark Stafford Hungry for Righteousness | Matthew 5:6 Many years ago, I had an Alaskan husky and German shepherd mix named Chief. He was a hundred pounds of muscle surrounded by a huge, thick coat. On day, Lara, Chief and I decided to go on a mountain bike trip in the [...]
God comforts those He cleanses. When David was confronted about his sin with Bathsheba, he was not crying out against the punishment of sin, he was sick over the sin itself (Psalm 51). He was mourning over sin. He hated that sin had found a home in his heart and he grieved about what [...]
