A Holy Hunger: Get Desperate for God
In a time when entertainment passes for spiritual nourishment and routine substitutes for genuine relationships, Apostle Mike Signorelli of V1 Church issues an urgent call for believers to return to their hunger for God.
He made it clear that it wasn’t a call to surface-level inspiration or emotional hype. Rather, it is a call to deep desperation—the kind that says, “God, I want you more than oxygen.”
“You have your programs, your religion, your traditions—but who’s hungry for God?” Apostle Mike inquired.
Christians have turned to watching another sermon clip, attending another conference, or adding another worship playlist, none of those things are wrong however, it’s about dropping to your knees, setting aside pride, and asking God to fill us with Himself!
Does Your Heart Still Burn?
In Luke 24, the disciples on the road to Emmaus didn’t recognize Jesus at first. But later they realized as they spoke with, who they thought was a stranger they said: “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road?” (Luke 24:32)
The manifestation of hunger results in a burning heart. It is not always understood but one can not deny the sensation in their heart. We don’t need more polished sermons. We need more people with hearts on fire. And that fire isn’t stirred through knowledge alone—it’s stirred through desperation for intimacy with God.
We live in a world of constant stimulation, where spiritual malnourishment is masked by noise. We scroll endlessly, binge on religious content, and confuse spiritual consumption with spiritual transformation.
“We’ve been discipled to take notes, but not to create hunger,” Apostle Mike noted. “We are spiritually malnourished because we are entertained, not fed.”
God doesn’t want to give you another conference high—He wants you to taste and see that He is good. But one can only taste, if they are hungry. Like physical hunger, spiritual hunger feels uncomfortable. It grows when we stop filling ourselves with the world’s substitutes—social media, gossip, slander, entertainment, even religious busyness—and begin to long for something real.
In Matthew 21:13 Jesus says: “My house shall be called a house of prayer.”
Yet today, many churches have become houses of performance. The crowd claps, the lights flash, but the altars are empty. Some leaders have become skilled at production but impoverished in prayer. It’s important to note that God isn’t looking for perfect services—He’s looking for hungry hearts.
When believers are truly hungry, pride falls away. You stop worrying about what others think. You stop waiting for the perfect environment. Hunger makes you desperate in the best way. Desperate in your pursuit, in your worship, in your obedience.
Obstacles to Hunger
If you're wondering why you don’t feel hungry for God, Apostle Mike named the things that interfere with being hungry for God:
Pride
Fear of man
Gossip and criticism
Worldly entertainment
Spiritual routines without intimacy
These things can numb the Christian's appetite. And just like junk food ruins your taste for real nutrition, these distractions can dull your hunger for God. The good news is you can pray for hunger. The Holy Spirit does a work in us to make us hungry. We must ask Him to rekindle the fire, ask Him to make us desperate again. Pray for Him to return you to your first love—before religion made it mechanical and life made it heavy.
Hunger Is the Path to Revival
Apostle Mike declared that revival won’t come to the satisfied, it comes to the starving. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6). Being truly hungry is more than a feeling—it’s an active pursuit of God’s full embrace, not just a casual touch. It’s pressing in until His presence is more real than the pain, the past, or your pride.
Even Jesus—the Bread of Life—is not force-fed. He comes to those who invite Him in. There is a God-sized hunger in every human heart. Parents can’t fill it. Spouses can’t fill it. Friends, fame, and followers will never satisfy. Only Jesus, the eternal one, can fill an eternal longing.
Some believers need to repent—not just of sin, but of indifference. “The church in America has wandered. Ask the Great Shepherd to lead you back,” the minister advised.
The call is not just to cry for God, but to cry to Him. When hunger hits, we stop scrolling and start seeking, we stop consuming and start crying out. We need to put all the distractions on airplane mode. Spiritual hunger is a boarding pass to our divine assignment but we must fast from the things that dull our spirit.
We will never see the fire of God fall on the altar we haven’t built. Build it with your hunger, your tears, your desperation, and your yes.
Get Hungry Again
If you're tired of stale religion, of walking through the motions, of being spiritually numb—then get hungry. “If you get hungry enough, nothing else will matter,” Apostle Mike assured.
Let every other desire fade. Let every other pursuit bow. Let every sound but His voice go silent. Ask the Holy Spirit to stir something holy and wild in you. A longing that breaks through the noise. A desperation that makes you weep. A hunger that only God can fill.
Declare This Over Your Life:
“God, make me hungry again. Stir my soul until it burns. Strip away every distraction. Replace my pride with passion. I want You more than oxygen. More than approval. More than success. More than anything this world offers. I’m hungry for You.”
Because when you’re truly hungry for God—everything changes.
About the Author
Jeannie Ortega Law is a chart-topping singer, evangelist, media personality and author from New York City. She can be reached on social media: @JeannieOrtega or emailed at Info@JeannieO.com
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