All of us go through trials, temptations, victories and defeats. Our name is not "Jesus" so I guess that means we are not perfect! That doesn't mean we sit around and do nothing about it!!!! For instance, a golfer like Tiger Woods, if he one day started gripping the club wrong or swinging too flat or not transfering his weight properly, it could destroy his swing if he didn't correct it! Same way, Derick Jeeter has to look at his swing, release the bat with proper timing, Randy Johnson has to release his arm and hand with perfect timing with his body rotation to throw a great pitch, David Robinson has to release the basketball with perfect timing to make a free throw.
The same holds true in our Christian Walk, there are things in our walk with the Lord that we have to nurture and cherish, like the time we spend with Him. That time we spend daily in the Word, constantly stiring up the gift God has placed in us, building ourselves up in Him. I want to encourage you in the fact that we CAN keep that same joy and excitement we had the day we got saved and wanted to tell the whole world about Jesus! We just have to make sure of the basic things first. We never get too old in the Lord to not need His presence everyday. We never get "so mature" that we don't need to feed our minds with the Word every day. Even if you have no desire to do it, your will should have control over your body. When you once take that step to get in His presence, to feed on His word, to pray, guess what?!?! The next time it's easier to do it!! The next time you will start to have a little hunger for it!! The next time, it will be a joy!! Pretty soon, you will not be able to go a day without spending time with our Heavenly Father because you'll have such a desire and longing to be in that seceret place!!!!
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