Happy – Week 4 - Righteousness - Pastor Gary Robinson – April 28, 2024

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
How we

our appetites dictates the

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of our lives.

When we surrender our lives to Christ, and accept his gift of salvation, we are

righteous, this is

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.

“God makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ…” Romans 3:22 (NCV)

Once you become a follower of Christ, you begin the process of progressively

like Jesus, this is

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.

“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” Philippians 3:12 (ESV)

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul
thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” Psalm 42:1-2 (NIV)

We chase after

looking to be satisfied, but Jesus said to chase after

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to be satisfied.

“After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his
commands, because this is all that we were created for.” Ecclesiastes 12:13 (GNT)

Pursuing

appetites will never satisfy our

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.

“…Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.” Psalm 63:3-5 (NIV)

How to regain our spiritual appetite:

1. Remember how much

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   .
   • “So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted
     and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 (ESV)

2. Choose

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   over
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   .

3. Re-prioritize your

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   with God.
   • “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.” Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
4. Return to
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   “If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:13 (NLT)