Hungry? Why Wait?
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FASTING IS:
HUNGERING FOR GOD!
WHEN YOU FAST
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO EXPECT
FIRST OF ALL....AT SOME POINT FASTING BECOMES A GRIND
THE IDEA OF FASTING SOUNDS GREAT
WE MAKE PLANS AND BEGIN TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ABOUT TO START
THEN VERY QUICKLY....I WOULD SAY AFTER ABOUT 6 HOURS....LOL
IT BECOMES DIFFICULT
EATING IS ALL YOU THINK ABOUT
THE HUNGER STARTS
AND YOU BECOME TEMPTED TO JUST WAIT AND START TOMORROW
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW I’M TELLING THE TRUTH
AT SOME POINT YOU BEGIN HEARING A VOICE WITH IN YOU SAYING...
THIS IS STUPID
WHAT’S THE POINT
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND....
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN FASTING IS MOST EFFECTIVE
NOT ONLY IS GOD TAKING NOTICE OF YOU
BUT SATAN IS TAKING NOTICE OF YOU
WHEN YOUR FASTING
THERE IS SOMETHING IS OUR BODY CALLED...
GHRELIN
GHRELIN- IS WHAT MAKES YOUR STOMACH GROWL
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SITTING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN
YOUR STOMACH STARTS GOING NUTS
IT CAN BE EMBARRASING
ESPECIALLY IF IT’S LOUD ENOUGH FOR OTHERS TO HEAR
OH COME ON…YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
YOUR SITTING THERE NEXT TO SOMEONE
AND BOOM
NEXT THING YOU KNOW...
YOU START TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU
THAT IT’S YOUR STOMACH
AND NOT SOMETHING ELSE…LOL
OH COME ON......
IT’S STARTING TO HAPPEN TO SOME OF YOU NOW...
GHRELIN IS CALLED THE “HUNGER HORMONE”
AND IT CAUSES YOUR STOMACH TO GROWL
AND IT ALSO IS WHAT TRIGGERS THE FEELING OF HUNGER IN YOUR BODY
NOBODY HAS TO GO AROUND AND TRY TO REMEMBER IF THEY’RE HUNGRY
BECAUSE YOU HAVE GHRELIN THAT ASSAULTS YOU 2-3 TIMES A DAY
THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO FEED IT A CHEESEBURGER
OR TO FEED IT A COOKIE
THEN IT WILL CALM DOWN
NOBODY HAS TO TRY TO REMEMBER TO EAT..WHY?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HUNGER HORMONES
THAT STIR YOU UP ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
FEED ME, FEED ME,
HERE IS WHAT I’M SAYING TO YOU...
YOUR GOING TO FEEL LIKE GOD IS RECREATING THE MIRACLE IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
WHEN HE MADE THE SUN STAND STILL
IT’S GONNA FEEL LIKE THE DAY IS NOT MOVING
AND YOUR GONNA LOOK AT YOUR WATCH AND THINK...
IT’S GOTTA BE 6:30 IN THE EVENING
AND IT’S GONNA BE 9:30 IN THE MORNING
AND YOUR GONNA BE SO HUNGER THAT YOU THINK TIME HAS STOPPED
AND YOUR GONNA THINK ...
“I CAN’T DO THIS”
BUT UNDERSTAND THIS.....
THIS IS WHEN THE FASTING IS WORKING
THIS IS WHEN YOU WILL BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS DID
AND WHAT HE COMMANDED HIS DISCIPLES TO DO
IN SEASONS OF FASTING AND PRAYER
MY PRAYER IS THIS....
THAT GOD WOULD GIVE YOU SUCH A SPIRITUAL GHRELIN HORMONE FOR MORE OF HIM
THAT ALL THROUGH THIS FAST
THERE IS A STIRRING
“I NEED TO READ MY BIBLE”
I NEED TO PRAY
I NEED TO WORSHIP
I NEED MORE OF JESUS
I CAN’T HAVE ANOTHER YEAR LIKE I HAD
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER YEAR WHERE I JUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY
I WANT TO HUNGER & THIRST FOR MORE OF GOD
I’M REMINDED OF THE SCRIPTURE WHERE DAVID SAID...
AS THE DEER PANTS FOR THE WATER, SO MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU
MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU BECOME SO HUNGRY
THAT YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE BECOMES AS ACTIVE AS YOUR SNACK LIFE
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW
I MEAN WHEN THAT HUNGER HORMONE GETS GOING
YOUR ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOME CHIPS AND SALSA
MAYBE SOME COOKIES
SOMETHING....ANYTHING THAT WILL SATISFY THAT HUNGER
I’M PRAYING THAT YOUR SPIRITUAL HUNGER BE AS ACTIVE AS YOUR PHYSICAL HUNGER
MY PRAYER IS THAT....
WHEN YOU DON’T PRAY OR READ YOUR BIBLE
YOU FEEL AS MISERABLE AS YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVEN’T EATEN
WHEN YOU HAVEN’T EATEN....AND YOU BECOME HUNGRY
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BUT FOOD
(GIVE EXAMPLE OF HUNGER ON THE SHOW “ALIVE”)
I WANT TO OPERATE THIS WAY SPIRITUALLY
I WANT TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE I’M SO HUNGRY FOR GOD
THAT NOTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE MATTERS
FROM THE MOMENT I WAKE UP...
I’M TRYING TO FIND TIME AND OPPORTUNITIES TO...
PRAY AND READ HIS WORD AND WORSHIP HIM....
OH COME ON…
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THIS HOUSE THAT FEELS THIS WAY???
2 KINGS 6.
THERE IS THIS STORY
AND THE BIBLE SAID THAT THE CITY WAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED
AND ISRAEL HAD BEEN CUT OFF AND ALL THE INHABITANTS WERE UNDER SIEGE
IT WAS SUCH A CRISIS THAT THEY HAD RUN OUT OF FOOD
THE RATIONS WERE GONE AND THERE WAS A GREAT FAMINE
THEY WERE IN TROUBLE
THEY BECAME SO DESPERATE AND HUNGRY
THAT THE BIBLE SAID…
THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNACCEPTABLE FOR CONSUMPTION
NOW THEY ARE FIGHTING OVER
THEY WERE SO HUNGRY THAT THEY WERE DOING THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE PAST
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
THEY WOULD TAKE THE HEAD OF THE DONKEY AND PEEL THE SKIN FROM IT’S HEAD
THEN COOK IT AND EAT IT
AND IF THAT WASN’T BAD ENOUGH..
FOR 5 PIECES OF SILVER YOU COULD BUY A CUP OF DOVE DROPPINGS
YOU SEE....
when your hungry if you don’t consume the right things to fill your hunger
you end up consuming things you said, you would never consume
OH COME ON....
I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART......
if you don’t direct your spiritual hunger TO FEED ON AND HUNGER AFTER SPIRITUAL THINGS
THEN THOSE HUNGERS WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE WRONG THINGS
THEN YOU BEGIN TO FEED ON THINGS ON THE INTERNET
AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CARNAL AND LEAVE YOUR SOUL AND SPIRIT
DRY AND EMPTY
FOR SOME OF YOU…IT’S BEEN SO LONG SINCE YOU’VE HAD A TOUCH FROM JESUS
BECAUSE YOUR ONLY FEEDING ON CARNAL THINGS
AND IT’S REALLY A “GOD HUNGER” THAT IS CRYING OUT....”COME BACK TO ME”
“DRAW NEAR TO ME AND I’LL DRAW NEAR TO YOU”
THE PROBLEM IS...
WE NEVER TAKE TIME TO FEED OUR HUNGER FOR GOD
AND WE INSTEAD TRY TO SUBSTITUTE JUNK FOOD
DONKEY’S HEADS AND DOVES DUNG
IT WILL NEVER SATISFY
UNDERSTAND THIS...
IF YOU DO NOT ADDRESS THAT SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR MORE OF GOD
YOU WILL START FILLING WITH MORE AND MORE JUNK
AND WE TRY SO DESPERATELY TO FILL WHAT ONLY GOD CAN FILL
ANOTHER THING
ANOTHER TRIP
ANOTHER ENTERTAINMENT
ANOTHER DISTRACTION
ANOTHER LETS GO TO THE GAME
ANOTHER LETS GO TO THE LAKE
ANOTHER LETS GO TO THE BEACH
LETS GO TO THE MOUNTAINS
LETS TRY THIS
LET ME GET THAT HOUSE
LET ME GET THAT CAR
LET ME TRY THIS NEW PROJECT
AND WE KEEP TRYING TO FILL THAT HUNGER THAT WILL ONLY BE FILLED BY MORE OF GOD
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
THERE WERE FOUR LEPERS SITTING OUTSIDE THE CITY
THEY WERE OUTCAST
THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED IN WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE
THEY SAID TO ONE ANOTHER...
WHY SIT HERE UNTIL WE DIE?
LISTEN TO ME...
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL GET YOU OUT OF COMPLACENCY
AND INTO THINGS THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO FOR YOU
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL GET YOU THERE....IS HUNGER
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
THE ONLY THING THAT LIFTED THEM OUT OF THEIR SELF PITY....
WAS HUNGER
THE ONLY THING THAT LIFTED THEM OUT OF THEIR EXCUSES
IS HUNGER
THE ONLY THING THAT GOT THEM TO MOVE TOWARD DESTINY AND A BRIGHTER DAY....
WAS HUNGER
HUNGER WILL DRIVE YOU AND PUSH YOU
AND FASTING IS HUNGERING FOR GOD
3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”
WHY SIT HERE UNTIL WE DIE???
IT WAS HUNGER THAT BEGAN TO DRIVE THEM TO MORE
IT WAS HUNGER THAT BEGAN TO MOVE THEM INTO THE DIRECTION OF GOD
OH MY LORD....
I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE AS BELIEVERS COME TOGETHER
AND WE BEGIN TO FEED THE SPIRITUAL HUNGER BY FASTING AND PRAYING
THAT JUST LIKE THESE MEN ROSE UP AND BEGIN TO MAKE STEPS TOGETHER TOWARD THE ENEMIES CAMP
WE TOO CAN APPROACH BOLDLY THE ENEMIES CAMP
AND CAN STEP IN AND TAKE BACK WHAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN FROM US
BUT IT’S ONLY THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING
THAT WE BECOME SPIRITUALLY STRONG ENOUGH
TO MOVE IN AND POSSESS ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR US
YOU THINK THE DOVE DROPPINGS AND THE DONKEY HEAD WAS BAD
THINGS BECAME MORE DESPERATE INSIDE THE GATES OF THE CITY
SO MUCH SO THAT THE BIBLE GIVES ONE MORE ASTONISHING DESCRIPTION
THEY BECAME SO HUNGRY
THAT THE BIBLE SAID....
THEY BEGIN TO BOIL AND EAT THEIR OWN BABIES
THEY BEGIN TO MAKE BARGAINS LIKE.....WE’LL EAT MY CHILD TODAY AND YOUR CHILD TOMORROW
28 Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you?”
And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
YOU SEE WE DON’T UNDERSTAND…HUNGER
I’M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WERE SO DESPERATE WITH HUNGER
WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT FILL THEIR SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR GOD WITH SPIRITUAL THINGS
WHEN THEY ONLY FEED ON CARNAL THINGS AND THINK
THAT IT’S ENOUGH TO HOLD YOUR MARRIAGE TOGETHER AND BLESS YOUR FAMILY
WHEN YOU DON’T FEED YOUR SPIRITUAL HUNGER FOR GOD WITH A HUNGER FOR GOD (FASTING AND PRAYER)
THEN YOU START TURNING ON ONE ANOTHER
YOU START DEVOURING ONE ANOTHER
YOU START ATTACKING ONE ANOTHER
AND THE ENEMY COMES AND DIVIDES FAMILIES
AND DIVIDES HOMES
AND WHAT IT REALLY IS....
IS A SIGN THAT SOMEBODY HAS A SPIRITUAL GROWLING
AND PRAYER AND FASTING IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SATISFY
I’M PRAYING THAT SOMEONE WILL HEAR ME TODAY
AND SAY…I CAN NOT HAVE ANOTHER YEAR LIKE I HAD
I CAN NOT SIT IN THIS ADDICTION FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE
I’M DESPERATE FOR MORE OF GOD
I’M DESPERATE FOR HEALING AND CHANGE IN MY FAMILY AND IN MY MARRIAGE THAT ONLY GOD CAN FIX
9 Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
FOR GOOD OR BAD...
HUNGER DRIVES YOU
GOD SAID...
THERE ARE THINGS THAT HUNGER WILL TAKE YOU TOO THAT YOU WILL NEVER REACH UNTIL YOU HUNGER FOR ME
BECAUSE I HAVE IT ALL
HE GIVES US A PROMISE..... IN...
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
...WORSHIP TEAM COME.......
WHAT GOT THE PRODIGAL SON OUT OF THE PIG PIN?
WHAT MADE HIM COME BACK HOME TO THE FATHER?
WHAT WAS IT???
IT WASN’T THE SMELL OF THE STENCH
IT WASN’T THE DISAPPOINTMENT OR THE ABANDONMENT OF ALL HIS FRIENDS AFTER HE SPENT ALL HIS MONEY
IT WASN’T THE FILTH THAT HE WAS LIVING IN.
THERE WAS ONE THING THAT BROUGHT HIM BACK TO THE FATHER
17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
THE THING THAT DROVE THE PRODIGAL SON UP AND OUT OF THE PIGPEN AND THE FILTH
AND BACK TO THE BEAUTY AND THE LOVE AND GRACE OF THE FATHERS HOUSE
IT WAS HUNGER
IT’S HUNGER THAT WILL CAUSE PRODIGAL SONS AND DAUGHTER TO COME BACK TO THE FATHERS HOUSE
WHEN SOMEONE IS FASTING FOR THEM
HUNGER WILL WAKE THEM UP FROM THE MESS THEY ARE IN
HUNGER WILL WAKE THEM UP FROM ADDICTIONS
HUNGER WILL WAKE UP THE BACKSLIDER
WHEN WE BEGIN TO FAST AND PRAY FOR THOSE AROUND US
GOD SAYS I WILL USE HUNGER AS THE FORCE THAT
DRIVES AND PUSHES THEM BACK TO THE FATHERS HOUSE
WHEN NOTHING ELSE WORKS....FASTING AND PRAYER WILL
JESUS PUT IT LIKE THIS IN MARK 9:29
29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”
OH COME ON CHURCH......
WHEN YOUVE DONE ALL YOU KNOW TO DO
WHEN NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING
HE SAYS....PRAYER AND FASTING DRIVES THE DARKNESS OUT
AND CAUSES THE LIGHT TO SHINE AGAIN
....STAND TO YOUR FEET ALL OVER THIS HOUSE......
THIS KIND OF SPIRIT WILL ONLY LOOSEN IT’S GRIP ON PEOPLE
WHEN PEOPLE ARE FASTING AND PRAYING