None but the Hungry Heart

And the servant of the Lord must not strive" (2 Tim. 2:24).

Our one responsibility, that of concentrating upon the Lord Jesus, has a three-fold result: (1) fellowship with Him; (2) growth in His image; (3) ministry of life to others.

"The love of the Lord culminates in this,...

I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear" (Job 42:5). 

The heart that is hungry to have God's purpose worked out in his life is going to be neither disappointed, nor pampered. When it comes to seeing self for what it is, there can be no pampering; when it comes to seeing the Lord Jesus Christ...

For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law but under grace" (Rom 6:14)

The believer's attitude toward the law is that it is "holy...and just, and good" (Rom. 7:12). He does not belittle it by refusing to be under...

If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under bondage of effort to please God by works of the law" (Gal. 5:18).

The motivating principle of the old life is the law; the motivating principle of the new life is "the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." The one produces "the works of the flesh"; the other, "the fruit of...

He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God" (2 Cor. 1:4, Wey.).

It is a great comfort to know that everything our Father takes us through - much of which may be hard and...

For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God" (2 Cor. 4:15).

Since He is both my God and my Father, and since all of the hardships He takes me through are specifically designed to conform me to the image of the Lord Jesus, how can I...

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).

We need not submit to the law, nor do we need to struggle against it. It is now a matter of our standing on heavenly ground in our risen Lord, free from the influence and demands of the entire principle of law. In Christ Jesus...

For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake" (2 Cor. 4:5).

Our Father took the old fleshly life into death at the Cross (Rom. 6:6). He gave us new spiritual life in Christ at the...

I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection" (Phil. 3:10, Wey.).

The difficult thing for most hungry-hearted believers is to wait in dependence upon the Lord for everything. Truth is not to be grasped, but received - received by faith, mainly through study. How true this is concerning...

My grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in [your] weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9).

In self we are crippled; in Christ we conquer. The secret is to face up to the former, and rest in the latter. The disadvantaged believer has all the advantage - he knows it must be "not I, but Christ."

I beseech Thee, show me Thy glory" (Ex. 33:18).

There are three vital factors that will keep us on the path, and in the power, of spiritual growth: (1) study to know that God's purpose in saving us is to conform us to the image of His Son (Rom....

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly" (Col. 3:16).

As believers we rejoice in the fact that the Lord Jesus died for us, but few are affected by the fact that He arose for us. Fewer still realize that we died and arose with Him. Learn the facts! There will be continual struggle and failure until we gain...

For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col. 2:9).

"Reckoning" on the work of the Cross is the only relief from the carnal burden of self. Then comes the spiritual burden of Christ - to be more like Him. "Reckoning" is the answer there, too. "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead...

Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" (Col. 3:1).

We never question how He works, once we know Him for who He is. When I gain the treasure of knowing Him, I can well afford to trust Him.

"The heart that is captivated by an object could...