Now Comes the Hard Part

 

If you’ve been reading my monthly newsletter articles, then I expect you can tell what this one will be about. Yes, that’s right: prayer and bible reading. But this time it is less about the act of doing them than the truly hard part, which is making them a habit.

In order to make prayer and bible reading a habit, here is what you have to do:

You have to do them.

That’s it. There is no other solution. You simply have to do them. I can give you all the tricks and tips in the world, write a million clever newsletter articles, find you an awesome mentor, I can call you every day and text you every night to remind you, but ultimately nothing I do matters. It’s what YOU do that matters. YOU have to make the time in your schedule. YOU have to have the discipline. YOU have to actually pick up a bible and read, and actually sit down to pray.

You have to do them.

I will continue to talk about bible reading and prayer. I’ll probably still be talking about them when they’re rolling my coffin down the aisle at my funeral. They are that important. But I also know that, ultimately, it’s out of my hands. It’s up to you. You have to want to pray and read your bible, and you have to do them.

You have to do them.

I really, really hope you do.

And if I can help in any way, please let me know.

God loves you, and so do I.
-Pastor Scott