Daily Inspirational Thoughts
to bless your life.
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A Daily Devotional
The week of May 5
by
Beth McLendon
Gaining
Inspiration and Motivation
Inspiration + Motivation = Transformation
This week
instead of dividing the page into days
please
go at your own pace down the page.
Topic:
God wants us to:
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
Matthew 5 verse 6
Jesus said,
"Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness...."
"Blessed"
We all want to be blessed.
So
to get this blessing
we need to know....
What
does it mean to
HUNGER and THIRST
for righteousness?
Think about food and water ...
When we physically
hunger or thirst,
we
have a
strong desire for food or water
and
it motivates us to fulfill that desire.
There is
no way
that
we can physically
hunger and thirst
for days
and
continue to ignore those needs.
God wants us to
direct
the above physical food insights
to
our spiritual life.
Take Note:
Matthew 5:6
says the blessing is that they will be satisfied.
https://biblehub.com/greek/5526.htm
The Greek translated into English as "to be satisfied" means -
Providing nourishment or satisfying hunger
and
Providing spiritual and emotional satisfaction.
God tells us that he wants us to
HUNGER for righteousness
in our life.
That means
he wants us to
have a strong desire to live right.
God wants us to STIR up that desire. |
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Stirring
We can stir up
that desire
by
Prayer,
Bible reading,
listening to godly inspirational music,
spending time
with people who have a hunger for righteousness,
reading and watching
devotionals & sermons
about the value and beauty of right living
and
by
making righteousness a beloved goal in our life.
We have two sermons at the bottom of the page.
The devil has worked hard
to make people
dislike the words
Righteousness and Holiness.
God loves the words
Righteousness and Holiness.
We too
need to learn to love those words.
Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name;
Worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness.
Psalm 29:2 NKJV
A Song to
Stir up
Righteousness
We can easily Stir Up the desire
to learn
about things we are interested in
- Stirring up the right stuff -
Consider this ...
People go FIND OUT what they want to know....
For example,
If a man is a big baseball fan, he seeks after the stats and information on the players.
He knows the teams and how they are doing this season.
That man SEEKS information. (Matthew 7:7)
He spends TIME on watching the games.
If someone truly loves God,
he seeks after information
about God
and about
his ways and how to please him.
Loving God is like - being in love with someone.
It shows
in our life and our life choices.
Lord, |
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God was not careless
in how he drew the lines of morality.
May I not be careless
in how I interpret his commands.
Many people live with an attitude of -
How far is too far?
Meaning...
How close can I get to sin without sinning?
And they concentrate on....
How can I
do what I want and yet appear to follow Jesus?
Next -
Developing an Appetite for Righteousness
Proverbs 10:10 TLB
"Winking at sin leads to sorrow;
bold reproof leads to peace."
Trying to walk right next to the sin line
is
"winking at sin."
Look at the boy in the picture. See him as walking the line between sin and not sin.
Walking that close -
you can easily-
fall into sin.
We need to learn to enjoy walking a long way from the sin line.
The Lord
wants to guide you and me today.
Reflection and Action
Did I follow the Lord yesterday?
Am I determined to follow the Lord today?
Prayer
Purify my Heart
Consider our Bedtime Prayers page to increase your spiritual growth.
Consider our Full Armor Prayers to increase your spiritual strength
Reflection
Today...
Have I been - more moved by God or more moved by people and things in the world?
Which did I show in my actions and in my thoughts?
If we are in close connection with God,
we WANT to live right.
Psalm 62:1
Ps. 42:1-2 and Ps. 143:6 and John 7:37-38 and Rev. 21:6
This page is about
Becoming a person
who
hungers and thirsts
for
Righteousness
This song
strengthens me
and
sweeps me up
into the
Presence of God.
Psalm 62:1
O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
Lord,
Your love is far better -
than anything.
Yeshua is Hebrew for Jesus.
Consider our page Dancing with God
When we sin
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The devil wants Christians
to live
spiritually
lukewarm.
Important Note on Legalism
Many Christians are developing a terrible fear of legalism.
Often spiritually lukewarm people focus on fear of legalism.
Fear of Legalism
brings a distain of God's commands.
People then begin to think they are totally free from obeying God.
The devil wants you terribly afraid of legalism.
That fear of legalism eventually makes people
think that
God's grace
ignores
and automatically covers
their sins and rebellion against God -
so they proudly ignore sin in their life.
No -
Repentance is the answer for sin and rebellion.
- Read 1 John 1:9 -
God tells us to repent for our sins and rebellion.
We must ask for repentance and then the grace of God flows.
The devil does not want you
repenting and becoming more like Jesus.
There are three different categories
people choose
to live in.
Each category has a range of either
high, medium, or low
level
in the category.
Hungering for righteousness -
high or medium or low level
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Living in a lukewarm state -
high or medium or low level
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Living actively and openly rebellious toward God -
high or medium or low level
Which category are you currently in?
Which level
are you in that category?
Reflection...
How would you finish this prayer?
Lord,
Make me more __________; I will yield to you.
For example: godly, loving, teachable, in love with righteousness, etc.
Consider our page
Prayer for Yielding -
Glorious Lord, Mighty God,
I worship you.
You are my King.
You are my everything.
I give my life to you.
Reign in me.
In my happy times, you are my joy.
In my unhappy times, you are my strength.
I will yield to you so you can reign in me.
Amen
Copyright © 2014 Beth McLendon of Inspirational - Prayers.com
"You will show me the way of life,
granting me
the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever."
Psalm 16:11 NLT
Paul Wilbur sings
In Your Presence
Next
Inspiration for
Steadiness Toward Holiness
This Inspiring sermon
will help you
live
more righteously
in this time in history.
Introduction:
We live in a time where
Truth is called Insanity
And
Insanity is called Truth.
God says
in
Isaiah 5:20 NKJV
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil."
What do you do when God's word contradicts your lifestyle?
?
Who wins that fight?
Who wins that contradiction?
This sermon
will inspire the Pursuit of Righteousness
Colossians 3:2
Set your mind on things above,
not on things on the earth.
Our Next Sermon
is about
Capturing Your Thoughts
so you can have
Victory
Also:
consider checking out our page on
How to Capture Your Thoughts and see Victory
How to Fight
Mind Battles
This is a helpful sermon to inspire people to become
more righteous and thus more like Jesus.
The Importance of
Understanding
the meaning of
Meditating on God's Word.
Biblically -
the word "Meditate" means "think about."
What you "think about" is very important.
The worldly, New Age, ungodly definition of
meditate
is to
empty your mind and say words over and over
to create some kind of supernatural event.
By doing that,
you CAN
come in contact with demons.
Please check out our pages on
Meditation Dangers and the
dangers of what is being called Contemplative Prayer
In God's definition of meditate,
we are to meditate (think about)
godly things.
Proverbs 23:7 says,
"As a man thinketh, so is he."
Consider going through these Scriptures:
Philippians 4:8
Psalm 77:12
Psalm 119 verses 15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 148
Psalm 63:6
Psalm 143:5
Psalm 1:2
Malachi 3:16
And Psalm 145:5 says,
I will meditate
on the majestic, glorious splendor and
your wonderful miracles.
NLT
Consider our Armor Pages
and our page - Capturing Thoughts for Victory
And... God's Wonderful Miracles...
Prayer & Testimonies of Miracles
Matthew 5 Insights presented May 2025.
New Page:
Explaining How to Get to Heaven
New Page:
Hebrews 10:17 Does God literally forget our sins?
New Page:
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