
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Share a comment
Your spiritual life follows your appetite. Peter doesn’t start with a complicated checklist for holiness; he starts with one command that cuts through the noise: long for the pure milk of the Word. We walk through 1 Peter 2:1-3 and ask the uncomfortable question it raises for all of us: how long can we really go without Scripture before our souls start running on empty?
We also get painfully practical about what spoils hunger. Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander are not “small issues” that sit safely on the side of an otherwise faithful life. They cling like dirty clothing, shaping what we say, what we assume, and what we repeat. If we want Christian holiness that holds up under pressure, we have to throw off what feeds the old nature and stop treating sin like an exception clause.
Then Peter’s illustration lands with force: crave the Word like a newborn craves milk. Not politely. Not occasionally. Relentlessly. That craving has a purpose: spiritual growth that God produces through Scripture from the inside out. And the reason we keep coming back is simple: we’ve already tasted the kindness of the Lord, and we know the Author behind the words is worth returning to.
If this challenged you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s the biggest appetite spoiler you need to put off this week?
Explore all of our Biblically Faithful Resources at https://www.wisdomonline.org
Learn more: https://www.wisdomonline.org/
Support the show
By Stephen Davey4.8
245245 ratings
Share a comment
Your spiritual life follows your appetite. Peter doesn’t start with a complicated checklist for holiness; he starts with one command that cuts through the noise: long for the pure milk of the Word. We walk through 1 Peter 2:1-3 and ask the uncomfortable question it raises for all of us: how long can we really go without Scripture before our souls start running on empty?
We also get painfully practical about what spoils hunger. Malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander are not “small issues” that sit safely on the side of an otherwise faithful life. They cling like dirty clothing, shaping what we say, what we assume, and what we repeat. If we want Christian holiness that holds up under pressure, we have to throw off what feeds the old nature and stop treating sin like an exception clause.
Then Peter’s illustration lands with force: crave the Word like a newborn craves milk. Not politely. Not occasionally. Relentlessly. That craving has a purpose: spiritual growth that God produces through Scripture from the inside out. And the reason we keep coming back is simple: we’ve already tasted the kindness of the Lord, and we know the Author behind the words is worth returning to.
If this challenged you, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s the biggest appetite spoiler you need to put off this week?
Explore all of our Biblically Faithful Resources at https://www.wisdomonline.org
Learn more: https://www.wisdomonline.org/
Support the show

2,523 Listeners

8,698 Listeners

3,958 Listeners

1,435 Listeners

2,598 Listeners

2,197 Listeners

4,794 Listeners

2,026 Listeners

21,245 Listeners

6 Listeners

65,964 Listeners

1,603 Listeners

493 Listeners

6 Listeners

2,488 Listeners

13,245 Listeners

196 Listeners

13 Listeners

9 Listeners

0 Listeners