Spending "alone time" with God is essential to our faith, strength, and ability to fight temptation. How strong is your eagerness to pray?
If you don't read the Bible or if you are overtaken by fear and emotion so much that the Word can't penetrate your heart, you will feel exhausted and lack power.
The Scriptures describe this meditative state as quietness or stillness, where we refuse to let our mind be unsettled by things beyond our control, and instead focus completely on what God is doing and capable of doing in our lives.
When Christians are not experiencing the personal joy and inspiration of Bible reading, then something will be missing in them as well as the community of believers with whom they fellowship. There will be a lack of energy, interest, faith, hope, and love.
In our effort to serve God more we become so busy serving God that we stop making time for him.
Do I believe God is listening to my prayer attentively, and deeply interested in hearing my heart?
Reading deeply means being emotionally present while you read.