{"id":293,"date":"2013-08-21T06:23:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=293"},"modified":"2013-08-21T06:25:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T13:25:43","slug":"exp-god-aug-21-hunger-and-thirst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Exp God, Aug 21 &#8211; Hunger and Thirst"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Exp%20God%2C%20Aug%2021%20-%20Hunger%20and%20Thirst\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>[6]\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, *for they will be satisfied.<\/span> (Mt 5:6 NLTse)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Each Christian has an inner longing that only Christ&#8217;s righteousness can satisfy. But we cannot be filled with righteousness if we are filled with self&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Our selfishness will be replaced by the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Ga 5:22-23). The Spirit will make us to be like Christ&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Our desire for personal righteousness must be powerful, all-consuming, dominating everything we do. Pursuing righteousness means that we value the opinion of God far more than we treasure the opinions of people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;We are not only to seek the kingdom of God, but we are also to pursue His righteousness (Mt 6:33)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[13]\u00a0If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. (Je 29:13 NLTse)<\/p>\n<p>[22]\u00a0But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23]\u00a0gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Ga 5:22-23 NLTse)<\/p>\n<p>[11]\u00a0So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. (Ro 6:11NLTse)<\/p>\n<p>[33]\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Seek the Kingdom of God * above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.<\/span> (Mt 6:33 NLTse)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Exp%20God%2C%20Aug%2021%20-%20Hunger%20and%20Thirst\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>[6]\u00a0God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, *for they will be satisfied. (Mt 5:6 NLTse) &#8230;Each Christian has an inner longing that only Christ&#8217;s righteousness can satisfy. But we cannot be filled with righteousness if we are filled with self&#8230; &#8230;Our selfishness will be replaced by the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-excerpts-from-experiencing-god-day-by-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}