JMA Ministries

This Week's Devotional: Hungering for More

Scripture: Matthew 5:6 - "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

Reflection Prompt
What are you truly hungry for in this season? Is your desire for God greater than your desire for what God can give you? What might change if knowing God became your greatest pursuit?

Prayer Focus
Ask God to increase your spiritual hunger. Pray for a desire for His presence, His Word, His voice, and His ways, not merely His blessings.

Creative Action Step
Create a "Spiritual Hunger Inventory." Make two columns: What I'm Consuming VS What I'm Craving
Consider your time, conversations, entertainment, social media, relationships, and spiritual practices.
Then ask: "Is what I'm consuming feeding the person I'm becoming?"
Choose one thing to intentionally decrease and one spiritual practice to increase this week.

NEW 6-WEEK DEVOTIONAL SERIES: DEEP WATERS — GOING BEYOND SURFACE FAITH

There comes a point in our walk with God when simply knowing about Him isn't enough.

We begin to hunger for more.
More of His presence.
More of His Word.
More intimacy.
More obedience.
More trust.
More of Him.

This journey isn't about doing more religious activities. It's about knowing God more deeply. It's about moving from routine to relationship, from hearing to obeying, from the shallow end to deeper waters, and from being filled by God to allowing His life to overflow through us.

Because there is more.
More depth.
More intimacy.
More surrender.
More trust.
More of God.

The question is: Are you willing to go deeper?

Week 1 starts tomorrow so get your Bible, get your journal and prepare your heart.
We're leaving the shore!

This Week's Devotional: Walking Worthy

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1 - "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received."

Reflection Prompt
Now that you've spent six weeks examining who you are in Christ, what does walking worthy look like in your everyday life? What behaviors, attitudes, relationships, or habits need to align with the person God has called you to be?

Prayer Focus
Ask God to help your lifestyle reflect your identity. Pray that your character, decisions, words, relationships, and actions consistently represent Christ.

Creative Action Step
Write your Kingdom Identity Declaration. Begin with: "Because I know who I am in Christ..." Complete the statement with at least 10 declarations.
For example:
I am chosen.
I am loved.
I am God's child.
I am righteous through Christ.
I am seated with Christ.
I am victorious.
I am called.
I am equipped.
I have authority in Christ.
I will walk worthy of my calling.
Read your declaration throughout the week and allow these truths to shape how you see yourself.