How to avoid using ApplicationContext.getBean() when implementing Spring IOC

I'm just getting started with Spring IOC concept. I often see most of the examples found in the internet use the code to get the object.

ApplicationContext appContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");
Hello hello = (Hello) appContext.getBean("hello"); 

As a reference from these questions 1 and 2 in the stackoverflow. I've inferred that, it's not necessary to use appContext.getBean("hello") in the code which is considered to be the bad practice. Also, not recommended anymore. Correct me right here, If my inference is wrong.

Keeping that in view, I have made changes in my project accordingly. Here's my applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd">
<bean id="utilClassRef" class="org.hd.derbyops.DUtils" lazy-init="false" />
<bean id="appContext" class="org.hd.derbyops.ContextProvider" lazy-init="false">
   <property name="utils" ref="utilClassRef" />
</bean>
</beans>

My contextProvider Class Code

public class ContextProvider implements ApplicationContextAware {

    private static ApplicationContext ctx;

    /**
     * Objects as properties
     */
    private static DUtils utils;

    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext appContext)
            throws BeansException {
        ctx = appContext;

    }

    public static ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
        return ctx;
    }

    public