Consider how we feed people with the Word week in and week out:

• Sermons
• Bible studies
• Prayers

When we're only using the Word as a necessary tool for ministry, yes, we get fed on the side. But we don't eat the main course. When we don't sit at the banquet table and feast daily ourselves, we slowly starve ourselves. 

We know we're starving when:

• Preaching becomes a test of strength, willpower, and adrenaline.
• Preaching doesn't give us life, it drains it. 
• Preaching hangs over our heads all week.