Christ in the Center

As time goes on I feel the need of more of Christ in my life. To be completely honest with you I feel like I am a hypocrite sometimes, saying one thing and doing the opposite. I always tell myself that I am going to wake up before the sun rises (never happened yet) and have a great prayer life, a consistent bible reading schedule and the list could go on... But yet I feel like something is keeping me from doing it. Like it is said in Galatians 5:17,

"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."  

I need to conquer this, but how do I conquer something when my whole life is inconsistent and full of uncertainties? I know God has us where He wants us to be right now, but how can I make my life worth living for Him? 

As a pastor once said in one of his sermons (paraphrase), "Without Christ in the center of our lives we are nothing. But with Christ in the center we have already had laid all our troubles and trials down and are depending on Him for our salvation, our only hope in this world. "

 I really need to ask God to give me the patience and strength to start doing what I should be doing. 

Something to try....

1. Set your alarm at a reasonable time (reasonable time means that you don't wake up at like three in the morning)
2. Grab a cup of coffee (or tea)
3. Open up to Genesis 1:1 and work at it everyday. Or go through the Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon (which I'm working through at the moment).

Maybe try downloading an actual reading schedule where you could get a feel what its like to perhaps read through the whole bible in one-two years.  Here is a good link to find downloadable and printable reading schedules: http://www.mcheyne.info/calendar.pdf

If you have anything you want to add to this please let me know in the comments below!