Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled”. Hungry people are desperate people. They refuse to wait; they break the lines; they ignore cultural traditions. Hungry people refuse to remain hungry. As we enter the Holiday season full of lavish Holiday dinners, extravagant treats, and cherished family recipes, our focus can turn to indulging natural appetites. But there is a hunger that is stronger than the rumble of our stomachs. Jesus found this kind of hunger while visiting Tyre and Sidon. A woman whose daughter was possessed and tormented by a demon heard that He was there. But the woman was Greek, “A Syro-Phoenician by birth “. Mar
Genesis 3:6 She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. NLT Adam and Eve literally ate themselves out of their beautiful garden home! Their stomachs cut them off from God’s presence, blessing, and purpose. Their hunger was temporarily satisfied, but now we all suffer from the consequences of the appetite that ruled them. How many times in your life, have you found that an appetite robbed you of receiving God’s blessing? I’m sure you, like me, can think of many situations when a fleshly craving robbed you of
Genesis 22:14 Abraham named the place Jehovah-Jireh, which means, “The Lord will provide”. Abraham knew God would provide, but he didn’t know how or when. Yet sure enough, at the very last moment, before his son, Isaac, had a dagger thrust through his young heart, God showed up with provision. Just enough in just in time, God provided. • The Hebrews were trapped without a place to run or hide between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea. • The little widow lady had nothing left to feed her son or herself; she was down to her last jar of olive oil. • The storm was so ferocious the boat was being buffeted by the waves like a toy, ready to sink at any moment. Throughout the Bible we read of people
Matthew 16: 19 ….whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Jesus has given us incredible authority to prohibit the Devil’s access and to release His Holy Spirit to move through the actions of binding and loosing. This is what it means: TO BIND: to prohibit, forbid TO LOOSE: to permit, allow, release, authorize He is telling us: “Whatever you prohibit and forbid will be prohibited in heaven and whatever you permit or release with be permitted and released in heaven.” Christ has invested such great authority to church that all of heaven will get behind what we prohibit and release. If we don’t bind and loose, then things c
