Currently Listening Hearts of the Innocent By Kutless see related

Just to clarify, I'm not a heathen. Yes, my faith was at a low point, but it was just a valley. Up and down, it seems to be a cycle, but I'm hoping to break it. What I was doing in my previous post was opening my little head and letting whomever have a chance to see what I was thinking from a spiritual perspective, preferably so they could offer encouragement, answers, help, or whatever else. So don't fret, I'm still a Jesus-loving-kinda-guy.

Anyways, I think I may have found the answer to the dry, dull spiritual life I've been living: I haven't taken time to go into the wilderness. At Mars Hill a guy gave a message about going into the proverbial wilderness to get away from all distractions, all these stimulations of the world. He encouraged us to go on a media-fast, giving up TV, computer, video games, etc. and to spend that time meditating on God's word. We live in a world that bombards us with absolutely unnecessary stuff. Everything is fast and frenetic, and we need to learn to just stop, take a break from it all and just listen to God's voice.

Then David came up and testified about his time in Kansas City where he and his wife where away from pretty much every media source for about a month and at any given moment if they were bored or didn't really have anything to do they would just get out the Bible and start reading and praying about it. He didn't have a super-spiritual, unbelievable single experience but he came out of those 30 days feeling refreshed, alive and on fire for God. I want that. I'm tentatively planning a 7 day media-fast, it could be a little shorter, it could be a lot longer, but I'm waiting and praying for God to meet me in this. So in summation, I want holiness and righteousness. James 5:something says the prayer of a righteous man is both powerful and effective, and I want that; something I'm currently seeking through fasting.

I've started to in-depthly study the Bible, and I'm finding there is so much more to see when you look closer. When I've read the Bible previously, I've done just that: read it. Nothing really more. If you stop to really study it and take it in though, its crazy what you'll find. Just last night I spent 1/2 hour on 10 verses going through and outlining 1 Corinthians. It's kind of exciting...

Cool little quote from David Bradshaw: "Holiness isn't just not doing something, it's doing something better."