Good morning; as we are pressing forward on our journey “to the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus,” Peter reminds us of some things we are to be laying aside along the way. “Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking” (1 Peter 2:1). Malice, guile, envy, evil speaking, and hypocrisy are sins that will hinder our Christian growth and prevent us from living a life of holiness The Lord has called us to. But “as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby”: (v.2). My Christian friend, our desires in this life determines which way we are growing. A Christian must desire, must be thirsty for the Word of God to grow in the holiness of the Lord. If we do not desire God’s Holy Word, we can never grow in Holiness; we only learn of the Holiness of God from His Word, as the Holy Spirit teaches us. I pray you are joined to a local church where the Word of God is “rightly divided,” and the Word is front and center of everything that takes place in the body. I encourage you to thirst after, to desire the Word of God; Job said he desired God’s Word, “More than my necessary food.” Make sure you join with your local church and Worship around God’s Word. Father, I pray as we continue to live in this world that our desire for your Word will continue to grow and that our worship will be centered around your Holy Word. Be Blessed in Jesus’ Name!”