Grow & Mature

Desiring Pure Milk

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy,envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
- 1 Peter 2:1-2

How do we grow spiritually?

• We must desire the word of God like a infant desires pure milk.

Simple Desire for Milk

• As the baby grows into a toddler, life gets more complicated. The little child begins to want more than milk, more than food. As you grow older, life gets even more complex and you desires become more diverse.
• Peter is saying that if you want to grow spiritually, you need to get back to that simple appetite of a newborn baby and desire just one thing: the pure milk of the Word of God.
• Set aside everything else. All evil, hypocrisy,envy, and speaking evil.
• Also, we must set aside all the good things that we could be doing that are not the best.

Benefits of Drinking Milk

• Calcium:Development of healthy bones and teeth also important for blood clotting and wound healing maintaining normal blood pressure and muscle contractions.
• Choline: Helps sleep, muscle movement, learning and memory.
• Vitamin D:Important for bone health, aiding in the formation, growth, and repair of bones.