Feed Your Spirit Man

Deuteronomy 8:3: “…man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”



Resurrection Sunday 2010 set all-time highs for attendance at many Christian churches. Never in the history of our church have we had as many in attendance during a Sunday morning worship experience as we did last week. A friend of mine told me that their church had more in attendance than they’ve had in ten years. One of my covenant brothers told me that they had so many people to visit that they literally had to turn people away from their 11 o’clock service! When he told me that, I said to him, “My prayer for you is that you’ll have the same problem next week!”

Unfortunately, there is a surplus of “CME Christians”—believers that only come to church on Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Easter—and not enough who attend on a regular basis. Christians must become educated to the fact that just like the natural man (our bodies) needs to be nourished, our spirit man needs to be fed as well. The shortage of spirituality and surplus of carnality in God’s church can be attributed to one factor—spiritual malnutrition. To many of us, God’s Word has become shelter and solace during life’s hard times instead of instructions to live by each day. Jesus withstood the temptation from the devil at one of His weakest physical points by quoting Deuteronomy 8:3: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4)

As we come to the close of another week, let’s make up our minds to provide nourishment for our spirits this weekend by going to church and hearing the preached Word of God.

Let’s Pray: “Father, thank You for Your Word. We pray that we’ll line up every area of our lives according to the Word of God. Give us more of a spiritual appetite and less of a natural one, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!