For you to grow spiritually, fall in love with Jesus all over again, stay warm committed and focused you need to
read your bible on a daily basis.
From experience I know the danger of not staying in the word... you become an easy target for the enemy. Sin does not matter that much anymore, you become lukewarm, it becomes more and more difficult to stay away from all the deadly paths; the not-so-good-for-you-friends, alcohol and drugs, affairs and those ever luring pornography sites.
Guilt takes you further and further away from your Heavenly Father and when it leads you to sin, it takes you on paths you wished you had never crossed.
Why does reading the bible seem to be like another chore at times? Is it because we are lazy and rather want to be amused by what is aired on television? Is it perhaps that our spiritual eyes have closed because of sin and we do not understand the hidden depths and truths? Or perhaps that we do not want to learn the truth about the sacred lives we are suppose to live? Does it perhaps convicts you of sin you prefer not to think about or that you try to hide, even from yourself?
Friend, I want to encourage you
start reading your bible, again.
It is my prayer that Jesus will give you a desire to know Him more and more and more. May He fill your heart with a desire and a hunger to start reading His word daily, that you will get up early in the morning and stay in His truth. May He reveal His secrets in a supernatural way that whenever you open your mouth to speak, words of wisdom and insight will start pouring out of your mouth. And that your tongue and mouth will become a powerful tool that will speak blessings upon blessings, that will call life forth, that will be salt to whomever is listening, that will bring restoration to the broken, bring light to those in the dark, that will set the evil to flee, may your mouth causes you to be victorious, and may you use it to honor, bless and worship the One who created you and loved you first.
In Jesus Name I pray
Amen
