Cultivating a hunger for God's Word

John MacArthur gives us some very theologically-rooted practical advice as to how to really hunger and thirst after God's Word this year in this article. A summary of this exposition on 1 Peter 2:1-3 is that you cultivate a hunger for God's Word by:

• Remembering your life source
• Eliminating your sin
• Admitting your need
• Pursuing your growth
• Surveying your spiriutal blessings
  

Noel Piper has some helpful advice here from her own personal experience in trying to read through the Bible. She met with a lot of frustration but read the whole article to find what turned her into a "hunter" and gave her great motivation in her reading the Word. Some things that helped her included the following:

• Noel didn't necessarily start in January, but started "anytime now".
• She didn't start "in the beginning" but in "unknown territory".
• She didn't read the Bible "in sequence".
• She didn't split her reading into 365 "equal segments".
• She took only the Bible along with her for "reading material".