Devotion:
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Read 1 Peter 2:1-2.
Paul is writing about new Christ followers and compares them to newborn babes. We all know how precious a newborn baby is. Tammi and I will be grandparents for the third time soon. We are excited to have a new precious granddaughter to love and to hold.
Newborn babies want to eat every two or three hours. They come into the world with an instinctive cry, and a deep longing that refuses to be ignored. They crave what gives life, nourishment, and growth.
Peter tells us believers should share that same kind of deep longing for the pure milk of God’s Word. Spiritual growth doesn’t happen accidentally. It comes through steady nourishment. Spiritual maturity requires spiritual nourishment, and nothing feeds the soul like Scripture. Just as a newborn depends on milk for life, we depend on God’s Word for spiritual growth. The more we taste it, the more we crave it and the more we crave it, the more we grow. So, the question today is simple: Are you hungry?
Let us make a commitment to read through the Bible in 2026 and grow in our faith. There are many different Read Through The Bible plans you can use. One plan is through our conference. You can go to Holston.org click on Read Together and sign up for an email that will give you daily scriptures that will take you through the entire Bible in a year. They will send you the scriptures you need by email every day.
Personal Worship Option:
Loving God, give me the hunger of a newborn for Your Word. Help me long for the pure milk of Scripture, and let it nourish me, steady me, and grow me into the person You desire me to be. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.
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