Welcome to Gaia! ::

Start with baby steps. Set aside a couple of minutes to meditate on a verse or two. I would recommend using proverbs or the psalms for this. Think about how that verse applies to your life, if it describes how you've been interacting with others lately or how you communicate with God. And pray according to what you read. Chances are it's talking about an attribute that believers should be doing or should not be doing. You can ask our Heavenly Father in prayer to help you (and others) in those areas, whether it be fellow believers, family, friends, enemies, leaders, co-workers. Each day presents another situation to pray about if you keep your eyes peeled.

The moments I've felt most unfulfilled happened when I stopped meditating on his word or wasn't being serviceable to those around me, just carrying out my day concerned with my own needs, not looking for opportunities to lend a hand (or pray for someone, even if they don't know I'm praying for them in that moment). Personally, if both haven't happened in my day (feeding on his word and helping others in some kind of way), I don't feel as fulfilled. I can remember back when I first started reading the bible, I skipped reading one day and felt horribly dead on the inside (mind you, this is as an unbeliever, no religious folk pressuring me to continue reading it; no one knew I was reading scripture anyway). But it just goes to show how spiritually-nourishing his word is and how his word really is like daily food. Maybe I felt it more strongly because I had been "deprived" of real spiritual nourishment for most of my life and I was finally getting the real deal.

Anyway, getting back into the word, even if it's not hardcore study, but bite-sized meditation and prayer, is what I would recommend. Pray for and about others too, including persecuted Christians around the world. Offer a prayer of thanks, thanking him for your current situation. There's always a reason to pray (for you specifically, that he's provided food, a job, and a clean conscience that allows you to sleep at night because many people who don't know God do not have that restful night's sleep due to their guilt, and that you're not living in a violent nation).





Pray, give thanks, read his word. It only takes a little on a consistent basis and you'll easily find your Spirit craving more.

Definitely start with adding some you and God time in there with reading the Holy Bible, praying, etc. do it even if you need to do it an hour before bed or an hour before you need to get up to get ready for work. Perhaps even get some audio sermons to listen to on the way to work if you drive or know someone who doesn't mind you listening to those in their car of a morning.

Not spending time can make a relationship feel weak or distant, just as our relationships without other people. When we don't talk to a friend, the friendship fades within time generally because both people are apart, right? It's a similar concept when considering your relationship with God. A good relationship with God requires time and effort put into it to keep the relationship alive and enable it to grow.