You must be hungry and thirst for MORE FAITH, MORE GRACE, MORE HOLINESS,MORE WORSHIP,MORE SERVICE MORE OBEDIENCE,MORE SEEKING, MORE HUMILITY etc.

1. MORE!Hungry &Thirsty for MORE of JESUS
Oyewole O. Sarumi |PhD|

2. Sermon
Song
You have made my life
So beautiful and that is
What you have made me
Here on earth, there is
Nothing greater thanYou,
That is why I love you
Forever more] 2ce
CHORUS
I want MORE ofYOU
Jesus ]2ce
The MORE I knowYou
The MORE I want to know
You
Jesus, MORE ofYou!

4. Opening
Scriptures
Mathew 5:6
 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Isa 55:1-2
 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the
waters; And you who have no money,
 Come, buy and eat.Yes, come, buy wine
and milk,Without money and without price.
 2Why do you spend money for what is not
bread, And your wages for what does not
satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what
is good, And let your soul delight itself in
abundance. NKJV

5. Introduction
 "You are what you eat" applies in
the spiritual realm as well. Jesus
challenges us to look at our spiritual
appetite with the penetrating words
of the Fourth Beatitude: "Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, because they will be
filled" (Matthew 5:6).
5

6.  A HOLY HUNGER will be one of
the most crucial elements required
to survival these coming days.
 We are speaking about a spiritual
hunger that can never be
quenched, but will always
increase, not a natural hunger.
6

7.  In this simple sentence, Jesus tells
us that our hunger determines our
spiritual health.
 In order to grasp its meaning for
us, we need to know what Hunger
andThirst is!

8. What is
hunger?
 The meaning of the word HUNGER
is: A strong desire and/or craving
for, to crave ardently, to seek
earnestly
 Hunger is one of the most
important spiritual qualities a
believer can possess.
 It is a quality that expressively
displays such a longing, need for
the presence of God, that if
unavailable, would result in
death!!!That is HUNGER!!!

9. What is
Thirst
 Thirst = a feeling of needing or
wanting to drink; lack of liquid
needed to sustain life; a strong
desire for (Oxford)

10. Hunger &
Thirst…
 As seen in both of these hunger &
thirst has to do with our desires!
They are also both needed to
survive!

11. THREECATEGORIES
OF PEOPLEWHO DO
NOT HUNGER

12. 1.)The
Spiritually
Dead
 When you are dead you cannot hunger!
Only those who are alive can hunger!
When my spirit is dead then it cannot
huger.
 Remember –What causes spiritual
death?When I am not constantly
spending time in the manifest presence
of God – then my spirit will begin to
experience spiritual death!

13. 2.)The
Spiritually
Sick
 When a person is sick in the natural,
they usually lose their hunger. So it is in
the spirit.
 Many are spiritually sick, and they have
lost that ‘holy hunger’ for the things of
God and for His presence!

14.  If you have lost that hunger, then it
might just be a sign that you’re
spiritually sick!
 Two of the most common spiritual
"sicknesses" are:
 Unbelief and
 Unforgiveness.

15. 3.)The
Spiritually
Fat
 These are those who sits in the pews/chairs
of the church and just only receives the best
revelation, but never gives it out to anyone
else.
 Remember in Rev 2:4 Jesus rebuked the
Ephesus church for losing their first love.
 Have you not see many times people sitting
under a ministry, receiving so much
revelation, and falling in the trap of only
receiving and not giving out?This would
always result in a decrease of spiritual
hunger!
–Those who just
receives and never
give out!

16. THREE KINDSOF
SPIRITUALTHIRST

17. 1.Thirst of
the Empty
Soul
 The natural, i.e. unconverted man or
woman has an empty soul. Devoid of
God, he is constantly in pursuit of that
which will fill his emptiness.
 The range of his mad scramble may
include money, sex, power, houses, lands,
sports, hobbies, entertainment,
transcendence, significance, education,
etc., while basically "fulfilling the desires
of the flesh and of the mind" (Ephesians
2:3).

18. 2.Thirst
of the
DrySoul
 The difference between the empty soul and
the dry soul is that one has never
experienced "rivers of living water" (John
7:38) while the other has and knows what
he is missing.
 How is it then that a true believer in Christ
can become a dry soul when Jesus promised
that "whoever drinks of the water I shall
give him will never thirst" (John 4:14)?

19. 3.Thirst
of the
Satisfied
Soul
 Unlike the dry soul, the satisfied soul thirsts for
God precisely because he is satisfied with God.
He has "taste[d] and see[n] that the Lord is
good" (Psalm 34:8), and the taste is so uniquely
satisfying that he craves more.
 The Apostle Paul personifies this in his famous
exclamation, "that I may know Him" (Philippians
3:10).

20. Some Laws of the
kingdom ofGod that
Guarantees MORE

21.  The Kingdom of God has Laws, and those
who deals with God and hopes to please
Him must observe these Laws.
 The Laws are inflexible and of general in
application.

22. Spiritual
Law 1 The JUST shall
live by FAITH
Hab.2:14, Rom.1:17, Gal.3:11, Heb.10:38, 11:6
I never satisfy my thirst if I have more faith in
me than I have in Jesus Christ:

23. Example
(Mark
5:25-34)
 The woman was in great need of
physical healing
 She has suffered for 12years
 She believed that all she had to do
was to touch His clothes to be
healed.
 After she did, she received Jesus’
undivided attention.
 “Daughter, your faith has made
you well”

24.  Seeking the Lord does not mean
trying to understand what He
thinks but also implies wanting to
know what He wants done and
going ahead to do it in the way He
way wants it done.

25. Spiritual
Law 2 MAN shall not live
by BREAD alone…
Deut.8:3, Matt.4:4

26.  The BREAD refer to ‘every other things’
to be added in Matt.6:33
 It includes: money, sex, power, houses,
lands, sports, hobbies, entertainment,
transcendence, significance, education,
other pleasures of life, etc.,
 Esau’ & Judas lived by the BREAD and
missed their destinies by whiskers!
 The more of BREAD you labour for, the
less of BWORD that you retain.

27.  God most times may pass us through certain
experiences to test us, humble us and to know
what is in our hearts whether we would keep His
commandments or not and to enable us learn
the laws of the kingdom.
 The word SHALL is a legislative word that carry a
mandatory import. So, we can’t live by human
standards as prescribed by our tribes,
professions, class or nationality.
 The link between this law and Law of faith is:We
have to prove our faith by obedience to every
WORD that proceeds from the mouth of GOD.

28. Spiritual
Law 3
You shall notTEMPT
the LORD your God
Deut.6:16, Matt.4:7

29.  The wilderness journey of Israelites took
them to Marah.Where they have no
water to drink as they were thirsty.
 They confronted Moses and murmured
against him saying ‘he brought them
here to kill them’.

30.  These words connote: 1.That God has
wrong motive for delivering them from
Pharaoh hold. 2. They exasperated God
with their words. 3.They tempt God.
 Those who tempt God are rebellious,
they blame God fro saving them, are
ungrateful, have forgotten God’s work in
their lives, they have gone astray in their
hearts and don’t know God’s ways.They
grieve God and stir up His wrath.

31. Spiritual
Law 4
YOU shallWORSHIP the
LORD your GOD and
Him only you shall
SERVE
Deut.6:13, Matt.4:10,

32. Principles
Of
Worship
 The basic principles of worship in the Kingdom
are described in Matthew 6:1-18. Read this
passage in your Bible.The basic principles of
worship include:
Giving: Outward look Matthew 6:1-4
Praying: Upward look Matthew 6:5-15
Fasting: Inward look Matthew 6:16-18
 All three areas of worship are to be done in
secret in order to be blessed of God.

33.  No amount of wealth, fame, riches, position,
power should induce us to depart from the
worship of the true God.
 Getting involved in esoteric societies, cults, and
groups for the purpose of POWER,
PROMOTION and PROMINENCE is an
aberration toWORSHIPPING God.
 Many of us had developed INSTAMATIC
MENTALITY when it comes to dealing with God.

34. Spiritual
Law 5 GOD is a Rewarder
of those who
diligently SEEK Him
Heb.11:6, Isa.55:6-7

35.  Seeking the Lord is a long life pursuit. Like King
David and Paul.
 What is the GOD-CONTENT of your life?
 Joseph sought the Lord in Egypt and it became a
turning point for the destiny of the people.
 Knowing the will of God in any situation,
circumstances is priceless.

36. CaseStudy
of King
Uzziah
 In 2 Chron 26:5, King Uzziah sought God
in the days of Zechariah, who had
understanding in the visions of God; and
as long as he sought the LORD, God
made him prosper.
 His GOD CONTENT made him to
prosper!

37. Spiritual
Law 6
No One can SERVE two
MASTERS…You cannot
SERVE GOD and
Mammon
● Matt.6:24

38.  Serving God does not necessarily mean
doing religious things or taking part in
church chores.
 Serving God involves: your personal
character, the choices you made, the
service you render to others at work,
business, in your profession and
whatever you do towards men.

39. Spiritual
Law 7
Without HOLINESS
no man shall see
the Lord…
● Heb.12:14

40.  The problem with most people's concept of
"holiness" … they think it is some state of
spiritual depth that makes them more spiritual
than others, or that it is some negative
constrictive lifestyle that is boring and
uninteresting.
 In reality however, holiness in the Bible is an
ACTION concept! Holiness is not just what we
DON'T DO; it is very much what we POSITIVELY
DO!

41.  Holiness in the Bible is almost always
connected with actual lifestyles, not just
with some state of mind. It is
very powerful, and very practical, and
very positive!
 The basic concept of holiness in the
Bible is that of "separation," a
separation from sin, and a
separation to God!

42.  We must be holy—because without
holiness on earth, we should never be
prepared and fit for heaven. It is written
of the heavenly glory, "There shall never
enter into it anything that defiles,
neither whatever works abomination, or
makes a lie" (Rev. 21:27).
 Paul says expressly, "Without holiness,
no man shall see the Lord!" (Heb. 12:14).

43.  Would you continue holy, when you have once
been made so?Then abide in Christ. He says
Himself, "Abide in Me, and I in you. He who
abides in Me, and I in him—brings forth much
fruit" (John 15:4, 5).
 Jesus is the Physician to whomYou must daily
go, if you would keep well. He is the Manna
which you must daily eat, and the Rock of which
you must daily drink. His arm is the arm on which
you must daily lean, as you come up out of the
wilderness of this world.You must not only
be rooted, you must also be built up in Him.

44. Spiritual
Law 8
Love the LORD GOD with
all your heart….Love your
Neighbour as yourself…
● Matt.22:38-39,

45. LoveGod
withYour
Everything
Mk.12:29-
30
 To love God is to enjoy God’s sustained favour.”
Deuteronomy 7:9–10, Romans 8:28.
 Love God with your passions, hungers,
perceptions, and thoughts.
 The Bible calls us to wholehearted, life-
encompassing, community-impacting, exclusive
commitment to our God.”

46.  There needs to be an authentic love for God that
starts with God-oriented affections, desires, and
thoughts, that permeates our speaking and
behavior, and then influences the way we spend
our money and how we dress, and drive, and our
forms of entertainment.
 Whether we’re eating or singing, jogging or
blogging, texting or drawing, love forYahweh —
the one true triune God — is to be in action and
seen.

47. Spiritual
Law 9
Clothe yourselves, all
of you, with humility
toward one another,…
I Peter 5:5-6, Matt.23:10-12, Jas.4:6, Mic.6:8

48.  Moses was said to be the meekest man
on earth (Numb 12:3) but meekness is
not weakness but it’s actually strength
that is under control.
 The fact is that “God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble” (James
4:6).

49.  The word James uses for “opposes” is
the Greek word “antitasso” which means
“to range in battle against” so we could
put James 4:6 like this; “God is in battle
against the proud but gives grace to the
humble.”
 A tender, humble heart is one that is
receptive to change and one that is open
to being in submission to God.

50. King
Uzziah
 2 Chron 26:5 - He sought God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions
of God; and as long as he sought the LORD,God
made him prosper.
 2 Chron 26:16 - But when he was strong, his
heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he
transgressed against the LORD his God by
entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense
on the altar of incense.

51. MORE FAITH
MOREGRACE
MORE HOLINESS
MOREWORSHIP
MORESERVICE
MOREOBEDIENCE
MORESEEKING
MORE HUMILITY
MORE
of
What?

52. PRACTICALSTEPS
FORTHIRSTINGAFTER
THETHIRST-SLAKER
HowToRespondAndGrowInYourHunger.

53. 1. Develop
Good
Appetite to
EatSpiritual
Food
Regularly:
 Feed yourself, don’t expect other’s food to be
enough for you. Learn to encourage yourself in
your faith.
 While Christian community is necessary for
encouragement, you cannot sustain true
growth based on other people’s experiences in
God.
 We must learn to "taste and see that the Lord is
good," as Psalm 34:8 encourages us to do.

54.  You eat by Meditation only. Note "meditate," not
merely read. Many languishing souls are
assiduous Bible readers.
 Without the addition of meditation, warned the
great man of prayer and faith,George Muller,
"the simple reading of theWord of God" can
become information that "only passes through
our minds, just as water passes through a pipe.
 Reading provide for believer information, while
mediation leads to revelation.Without
absorption of the water of God'sWord, there's
no quench of our spiritual thirst. Meditation is
the means of absorption

55. 2. Pray, Pray
through
Scripture
…& Pray
Daily
 After you read through a section of Scripture, pray
through part of that same passage, and verse by verse,
let theWords become the wings of your words to God.
 Pray and pray, whether you feel “hungry”, or not. You
may not feel hungry for God all day, But know your
deep need for Him is real, whether you feel it or not,
so pray and enter the Holy of holies daily!

56.  We must realize that only God can satisfy us. No
matter what else we try to substitute for Him, it
will bring only passing pleasure.
 Regardless of where in the Bible you have done
your reading, we suggest that you turn to one of
the Psalms and pray your way through as much
of it as you can.

57. 3. Read
thirst-
making
writers
 After the God-breathed words of the Bible, read the
time-tested works of those Christian writers with a
thirst-making pen.
 If you can find the collection of Puritan prayers and
devotions calledTheValley ofVision, you will be blessed
by reading it meditatively.
 Don't neglect John Bunyan's classic, Pilgrim's Progress.

58.  Read the more devotional pieces of Puritan
writers such as JohnOwen, Richard Sibbes,
Thomas Brooks, John Flavel, andThomas
Watson.
 Enjoy the books and sermons of Jonathan
Edwards and Charles Spurgeon, for they will be
treasured as long as the church is on the earth.
 Remember AWTozer’s piece, and CS Lewis
classics among others.

59. 4.
Demonstrate
Love.
 Knowing God is not only about us, it is about pouring
out what we have been given into the lives of others.
 You cannot worship extravagantly and not love
extravagantly. Loving others extravagantly is the way
God created us to have more capacity to receive. (Luke
6:38).
 It could be ministering to the physical, spiritual, or
emotional needs of others.

60. 5. Proper
Attitude!
 Have any of you ever heard someone say, “man he
has an attitude?”
 What do they mean by this? They mean a “bad”
attitude!
 The way we respond to the difficulties we face in life
has a great deal to do with our attitude!
 Do you remember the story of Joseph? What kind of
attitude did he have and did this help him or hurt
him?

61. 6. Proper
Acquaintances!
 How many Christians have taken these passages on
this too lightly!
 Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather expose them.
 1 Jn 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father
is not in him.
 2 Cor 6:17Therefore "Come out from among them And
be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
unclean, And I will receive you.“
 2 Cor 6:17Therefore "Come out from among them And
be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is
unclean, And I will receive you."
 Prov 13:20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

62. PROPER
Acquaintances:-
Some
Examples
forStudy
 Amnon and Jonanad – IISam.13:1-21
 Jonathan and David – I Sam.20:1-41
 Judas Iscariot & Elders – Matt.26:14-16
 Demas and worldly friends - IITim.4:10

63. John MacArthur said:
"If you claim a relationship with
Christ but you aren't hungering
and thirsting for righteousness,
you need to honestly question
whether you know Him."

66. Conclusion