if you’re done playing games it’s time to get serious about the things of God I don’t want to shame you I want to show you from scripture how to once and for all be done with spiritual laziness you know spiritual laziness comes with a lot of negative effects there’s inconsistent prayer life there’s inconsistent Devotion to the word there’s inconsistent worship believers who are spiritually lazy find themselves being tossed to and fro inconsistent their love of God going back and forth their affections for the world rising and

falling if you’re done with that if you’re tired with of of doing that it’s time now to focus in and stop playing games and be done with spiritual laziness and I want to show you how to do that I want to give you three habits that will rid you of spiritual laziness number one is practical discipline the holy spirit will give you the desires to do that which you want to do the holy spirit will give you the desire to do good but you must make the decision to obey what the holy spirit is speaking you must make the decision to implement

with discipline those spiritual practices Matthew chapter 26 I want you to go there now Matthew chapter 26 then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep he said to Peter couldn’t you watch with me even for one hour keep Watch and Pray so that you will not give into temptation for the spirit is willing the scripture says but the body is weak then Jesus left them a second time and prayed my father if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it your will be done or let this cup pass but nevertheless not my will your will

be done verse 43 when he returned to them again he found them sleeping for they couldn’t keep their eyes open so he went to pray a third time saying the same things again here we see that the spirit is willing but the body is weak now contrary to popular belief the body itself is not evil the body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit created by God you can choose to use your body as an instrument of evil or you can choose to use your body as an instrument of Holiness so the body isn’t evil unto itself we can discipline this body we

can control this body we can make decisions that bring about discipline now this applies to spiritual acts like prayer and the word because when you’re thinking of prayer and the word you may not always consider the discipline that has to go into those things yes as I said the holy spirit will give you desire to pray the Holy Spirit will give you desire to read the word But ultimately you have to be the one who decides that you will implement the discipline to be consistent in these things and this is where many Believers

become frustrated because it’s not always the answer that they want to to hear they want someone to be able to lay hands on them and then automatically they start praying they want someone to be able to lay hands on them and then all of a sudden there’s this daily devotion to the word of God but our discipline is found in the daily decisions that we make despite our emotions and preferences and the sporadic happenings of day-to-day life we choose what we ought to do we choose how we live in everyday life discipline