James 1:22

"But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves." Ok so after hearing this at church and now reading about it in my 30 days of Challenging Your Faith, I think God is trying to tell me something.  I need to make decisions day by day that are pleasing to Him.  I need to really love His word and dig into it to truly understand it and what He wants for my life.  It seems like lately that I have been so busy and caught up in life, that I have forgotten to spend the time with the Lord like I should be.  I pray that I can get back into the word and be the way I was when I was first saved.  I think that life gets the best of us at times and we forget what is really important.  Once again I feel like I am just going through the motions...and once again God is calling me back...reminding me to take a break from daily life and spend some time with Him, but not just time, but true quality time.  You know the difference when you pray, but your prayer becomes a memorized prayer that you pray everyday and you realize you have forgotten to pray from the heart. That's how I am feeling right now...my morning prayer time is just becoming a routine in my day.  I am challenging myself to 30 days with the Lord...really with the Lord! Day 1-a repeat from the message at church today...ummm is God speaking to me?!?! I am challenging myself to be a doer and not a hearer only! I'm ready for the challenge!!!