Hungry for More of Jesus: Experiencing His Presence in These Troubled Times

236 Pages·1992·1.09 MB·English

by  David Wilkerson

HUNGRY
FOR
MORE
OF
HUNGRY
FOR
MORE
OF
DAVID WILKERSON
CONTENTS
Preface 9
Section 1: Feeding on Christ 11
1 The Bread of God 13
2 Winning Christ 22
3 Answering the Call to Grief 32
4 Having a Perfect Heart 43
5 Walking in Holiness 53
6 Coming to His Table 63
7 Taking Hold of Christ 74
8 A Letter from the Devil 84
9 Walking in the Spirit 95
10 Manifesting the Presence of Jesus 107
Section 2: The Cost of Hungering 119
11 The Cost of Going All the Way with God 121
12 We Will Be Tested 132
13 Sifted Saints 149
14 The School of Sympathy 159
15 He Is God of Our Monsters 166
Section 3: God Meets Us in Our Hunger 175
16 God Will Restore Our Wasted Years 177
17 The God of Hope 183
18 The Lovingkindness of the Lord 192
19 He Will Help Us Be Faithful 204
20 The Present Greatness of Christ 213
PREFACE
I have in my library twelve volumes by J. B. Stoney, a devout writer among
Plymouth Brethren. Every volume centers on Christ-thousands upon thousands
of pages extolling the beauty of our Lord and His ministry as A Man in Glory. In
devouring these precious books, I find myself continually humbled and
challenged by this brother who has written so much on the single subject of the
glory of Christ.
In recent years I have been preaching more and more about my blessed Savior
and praying much for a greater revelation of His grace and glory. Never in all
my years of preaching have I been so hungry for more of Him. The Holy Spirit
has not failed to satisfy that growing hunger, and now He has enabled me to
share with the Body of Christ a single volume entirely about Jesus.
If you, too, hunger for more of Jesus, you will find some fragments here to
feed your soul. I would expect that only those who have been recently awakened
by the Holy Spirit to a new hunger and thirst for Christ and His holiness will
take the time to read this book. You have to really be Hungry for More of Jesus
to come to the table and eat. This is not for "fast food" Christians in a hurrybut
for those who are learning to wait upon the Lord for manna from heaven.
David Wilkerson
SECTION I
FEEDING ON CHRIST
1
THE BREAD OF GOD
The Church of Jesus Christ today has been experiencing history's worst
spiritual drought. Multitudes of starving sheep are crying out to their shepherds
for some life-giving food, something that will sustain them in these troubled
times. Yet all too often they are not given even a scrap of something spiritual!
They leave God's house empty, unsatisfied and weak. And they have grown
weary of trudging back to an empty table time after time.
This is not what God intended for His people-and it grieves Him to see it. God
has provided bread for the whole world. And the bread He offers is more than
mere sustenance; it is food for life in its fullest measure-the "abundant life" Jesus
spoke of.
What is this bread of God that we hunger for so desperately? Jesus gave us the
answer. He said, "The bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and
gives life to the world" (John 6:33). In other words, Jesus Himself is the answer!
Like the manna sent to sustain life for the children of Israel in the wilderness,
Jesus is the Bread of God for us-the gift sent to sustain life for us today and
every day.
The Bread of God, when eaten daily, produces a quality of life that Jesus
Himself enjoyed. Christ participated in a life that flowed directly from His
heavenly Father-a life, He said, that ought also to quicken us: "I live because of
the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me" (John 6:57).