The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread

One of my faults is not knowing how to turn my brain off when I am going to sleep at night. Once the lights go out, my mind starts to work and a numerous amount of thoughts pass thru my mind. Tonight has been no exception and I have been thinking very heavily about love. This is such a strong and powerful word. The Bible Says in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, verse 2 and 3:

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

I want you to read these verses very slowly. This passage is more powerful than you can imagine because it really defines how powerful love is. Imagine being able to understand all mysteries of the earth, captivate all knowledge known to man and have faith so strong that you could actually move a mountain. A person like this would be lifted up as a great man, a respected man, a man of integrity but the Bible says that if he does not have charity or love, HE IS NOTHING. Can you grasp the meaning of what this is saying? It is easy to understand but hard to believe unless you are a true christian. Why should we believe this as a christian? Because the only reason that Jesus died on the cross for us was because He loved us so much. He had the power to call the angels down from heaven, He had the power to come off that old rugged cross but his decision was to stay on that cross and suffer because Jesus loved us enough to die for us.

Verse 3 goes even further into the depth of love. You can feed the hungry or you can sacrifice your body for a cause but if it is not because of love, the Bible says it is for nothing. i have lived in Honduras and Nicaragua all of my life and my heart still breaks when I see a poor child walking barefoot. There is something that you may not know about these children and that is the power they have in the way they look at you. A child can be behind you and you can feel his eyes on you like a 100 pound bag on your shoulders. They stare at you with a look of wanting or needing something in their life. I have seen other organizations visit villages to give out a burritos or a taco to hundreds of kids and then they drive away. Their stomachs may be filled for the moment but that look of despair in their eyes does not go away.

It is so true to say that the hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. These children need to feel love. They need to know that someone cares for them and most of all, they need to know that Jesus loves them so much that He died on a cross for them. Our ministry is a TRUE LOVE ministry. Our desire has not been just to fill empty stomachs but to change those eyes of despair into eyes of HOPE and JOY. Yes we feed hungry children. We provide over 750,000 plates of food each year but we also provide these children with LOVE and HOPE.

This is the reason why Joan Tyson decided to not only purchase food for these children but to build feeding centers where they could come each day to receive their meal. You could almost call these centers a shelter for the suffering because each child is known personally and before they eat, they are taught how much Jesus loves them. My father once said, what good is it to feed a hungry child if they are going to one day die and go to hell because no one ever showed them how to be saved. There is no way that I could tell you how many children since 1983 have been saved. What I can tell you is that many of our national pastors and school teachers were once children who looked at us with despairing eyes but once they experienced the love of Jesus Christ, their lives were changed. They accepted Jesus into their heart and LOVE entered their life.

This is why we started educating these children. Since 1988, thousands of children have received a christian education and they grew up to have families that now go to church and worship God. This did not start by providing a plate of food. It started by giving a child a hug and by telling them that Jesus loves them more than they could ever imagine. It started by sacrificing not to give but to love. What we have to understand is that we have to give to love but we do not have to love to give. Many give for a tax write off but God does not bless this. What we do, we have to do it because we want to show LOVE.

We are entering the Christmas season. A season of love. We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on this earth. God sent his son as a baby boy who would one day show us what TRUE LOVE is all about. Don't you think that we should do the same? Should we not be examples as followers of Christ in showing TRUE LOVE to others? Only God can show you what you need to do and there may be someone in your life that needs to be shown love. They may need help and God is waiting for you to take that step forward to change someone's life. What ever you do, please do it in the name of Jesus and if you help someone physically, let them know that Jesus loves them so much that He died on the cross for them.

One way you can help us show love is by helping us through the Feed the Hungry Christmas program. There are thousands of children who go to sunday school in our churches who do not have sponsors. For many years, we have purchased thousands of presents for these children. It is such a wonderful time for us when we start making up thousands of christmas sacks with gifts and candy to give out to these children. This is all done in love because these children are taught that Jesus loves them so much that he burdened the hearts of Christians in the U.S. to sacrifice so they could have a toy and some candy for christmas.

If you feel burdened to help us with the Feed the Hungry Christmas please click HERE to go to our Feed the Hungry Christmas page so you can donate any amount you like. You can also go to www.gsbmonlinestore.com and you will see the option on the left hand category. Please do this only if God has laid this on your heart.

Remember the tittle of this message, "THE HUNGER FOR LOVE IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THAN THE HUNGER FOR BREAD".

May God Bless You,
Philip

P.S. We have raised now $525.00 for the construction of the Revival Center in Honduras. Thank you so much for your sacrifice. If you have not donated yet and would like to make a donation please click HERE.