The Pursuit of Happiness, Part 5

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Jesus was aware that the people sitting in front of him then and us today are searching for the things that will satisfy our souls. We can not find it in power, possessions, or popularity. We find it when we are in right relationship with God and others.

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Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God.

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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.

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Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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St. Augustine
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.”

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John 4:13-14
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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John 6:27
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.

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John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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Dikaiosune
To be right in relationship with God and do right in relationship to man.

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Thomas Watson
“Desire is the best discovery of a Christian. What you desire explains your heart.”

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Psalm 42:1-2
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

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Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ…

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Philippians 3:8
I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord…

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Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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Growing Our Appetite for Jesus
1. Guard your appetite

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1 John 2:15-16
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. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life —is not from the Father but is from the world.

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Growing Our Appetite for Jesus
2. Exercise Spiritually

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1 Timothy 4:7-8
Train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.