Spiritual Hunger

There is a deep spiritual hunger amongst Salvos. We are acutely aware of our need to find balance for ourselves and for those with whom we journey. Our tendency is to see ourselves as Christian activists over and above our own personal spiritual wholeness. We want to be better at developing our own spiritual lives, deepening our relationship with God, and journeying with others spiritually, in the holistic context of our everyday lives.

We don’t want to lose our activism, but we desire to bring to our activism a sense of balance. We cannot journey with others towards wholeness if we are not growing and becoming complete ourselves. We need to be willing to receive from God and from others, as well as being willing to give of ourselves.

We affirm our belief that Christian action and growing in wholeness/becoming complete in God are two sides of one coin, we need both. We cannot reach wider for God if we don’t go deeper into God.

We are conscious that the Australian spiritual climate is conducive to the growth of our mission in meeting people’s spiritual openness and hunger, so we are optimistic about the need and relevance of our holistic mission in this country at this time. We recognise that non-Salvationist ‘Salvos’ as well as others with whom we journey, bring varied life experiences and belief systems to their interactions with us, and that they too are seeking to satisfy their own need for spiritual things. Our conviction is that spiritual hunger is about people’s seeking for wholeness, and our experience is that introducing people to a relationship with Jesus begins the process for this need for completeness.

We are a long-term, relational people. As we move forward we are committed to journeying ourselves towards completeness in God, and journeying with others towards wholeness. We intend to encourage, teach people and focus on:

• Prayer
• Listening and being obedient to God
• Bible Study and going deeper into The Word
• Worship

Psalm 42:2
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?