Category Archives: Hunger
Beyond Pain
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” Matt.5:6 [NIV, emphasis added]
The third pain Hannah experienced was the pain of portion of choice. “And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children” 1 Sam.1:5. The portion of choice is like double portion. Elkanah gave the others one portion but reserves the best portion for Hannah. And Read the rest of this entry
Great God!
“God, why are people so important to you? Why do you even notice them?” Job 7:17 [ERV].
He made the things that we can see and the things we cannot see [Read Col.1:16]. So there are things we can see and things we cannot see. Speaking about the things we can see either with our physical eyes or with the help of technology. For instance, man has created all sorts of telescopes and we are now able to see all sorts of amazing things. Take the mountains for instance; there Read the rest of this entry
Cultivate Hunger
‘When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me’ Ps.63:6 & 8 [NKJV].
Don’t be satisfied with knowing a friend of God. Don’t be satisfied that your husband or wife is a friend of God. Stir up a craving within you, a craving to pursue real friendship with God. I had an experience some years ago; I was on a flight that almost crashed. The aircraft was in free fall for at least thirty seconds. We were going through what the pilot described as a field of lightening mines. People sitting by the window could literally see the lightening tearing Read the rest of this entry
All Consuming Passion
‘The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him…’ 2Chr.16:9
I like to be very dramatic with my adoration of Jesus. I believe that God delights in my larger than life actions. He will say to the angels, ‘As soon as he wakes up, watch what he is going to do. And as soon as I wake up, I just somersault from my bed, fall face down on the ground and I say “Kaaabiesi o!” [a Yoruba word meaning unquestionable]. The first time I started doing it, I was going to roll and fall off the bed. But my wife noticed and she caught me. I said ‘wait’, so I Read the rest of this entry
Seeking God
‘The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name ’Ps. 91:14.
The second thing you need to know about attracting God’s favour is that it is for those that are hungry for it. God said to Moses, I ‘will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy’. And Moses said start with me. And it occurred to me that it appears that it is people that ask that receive. It is people that go to God and place a demand for it that God releases to. So Moses said, God here I am [Ex.34:8-9]. I pray to God like this Read the rest of this entry
What Is Your Goal?
‘I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!’ Phil.3:10-11
What are those things that you considered valuable before you met Christ? After you met Him are they still that valuable? ‘For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ’ Phil.3:8. What must you count as garbage today? No one in his/her right senses wants to keep garbage consistently in the house. As soon as you identify it as garbage, the next instinct is to throw it out. We have come to the beginning of another year and while we must not take our focus off being thankful to Read the rest of this entry
