The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#1,030: An Increasing Appetite for the Word of God

• Loren Hicks

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We must have a desire for the Scripture. It’s through the pages of the Bible we come to know the author. My prayer is that we would develop a hunger for the Word of God, because we have a hunger to know God personally.

Main Points:

1. If it’s true that the majority of Christians are not reading and learning from the Word of God on a regular basis, there must be a deficiency in our discipleship. Our spiritual growth is stunted. We are not are being changed into Christ-likeness. We are not growing as God would intend.

2. If today, you find yourself with little desire for the Word of God, there are some things you can do. First, you can pray. Admit to God what’s in your heart. Begin to ask God every day to give you a hunger and delight for Scripture.

3. I believe God will develop in us a hunger for his Word. We’ll begin to experience a taste and a craving for the Scripture because our time with God is satisfying and nourishing. 

Today’s Scripture Verses:

2 Peter 2:1-3 - “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Psalm 119:97 - “Oh, how I love your law!  I meditate on it all day long.”

Psalm 119:18 - “Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”



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