God speaks to those who take the time to listen...

 A walk with God is a life long journey, or should be.  If you catch yourself letting it be a one time feeling and letting it slip away,  that's on you.  God will not force you to follow him, it is up to you to reach out and make the the time to pray.  Read the word.  Absorb yourself in the word.  Sure we all back slide from time to time, but it is your personal responsibility to try to make sure you don't.  We have to stop making excuses for the dust collecting on the bible.  For making excuses not to go church.  Do you have to go to church to get into heaven?  No.  But you need to be fed.  IF you are not surrounding yourself by like minded people with the same goals you are starving yourself.  I hang out with people that don't  have the same goals as I.  We love each other.  We don't have the same beliefs.  But I have to have the time with people that are on the same track in order to keep me on the same path.  I am not saying you have to spend 24 hours a day with the same people but it is important you have a support group that understand your journey and that your working toward the same goals. You must be fed or you will starve spiritually.

The devil wants you to stumble and fall.  He doesn't want you to know you have power to succeed.  He doesn't want you to know that where there are more than one or more  gathered in prayer they are more powerful.  He doesn't want you to know you actually have the power to speak things into existence.  He wants you to fall on your face.  He wants you sit around with unbelievers having pity parties or temporary celebrations thinking things are good.   His only goal is to steal and destroy.

Christians must armor up!  The word of God is your protection and the more knowledge you have the more protection and shielded you are!!  Remember what I have said, it is like you are a kitten when you first become a Christian but as you pray and get your Shield, you become a bigger beast against the beast himself and Roar like a lion!  That is the mentality you must have at all times.  Like a Warrior that nothing can come against.  You are a Warrior of the one true King and no harm shall come against you as long as you study, pray up and be ready at all times.

This means NO EXCUSES.  We have work, kids, spouses, lives, but you must get in the mindset that NOTHING comes before your time with God.  There is some time during the day that you can set aside for God.  The end.  We must set that time aside.  Honestly,  when you say you can't set that time aside, I want you to think about the time Jesus stayed on the cross and then tell me again how you can't find even 15 minutes a day to read the word and say a prayer.