combatting spiritual anorexia

When the Lord shows us something it is important to dig deeper, ask questions, learn more from HIM.  I have this tendency to ignore a problem until it goes away, in any given area of life.  I'll ignore my health, comfort, emotional issues, spiritual issues-- anything.  It's something the Lord is pointing out in me.  Most of the time when HE is pointing out things  like my pride issue last week, there is much I'll miss simply because I didn't dig deeper.
He has been whispering to my heart about digging deeper, changing my personal prayer life, & personal Bible Study. I've done nothing to change-- not really.  I believe it's something that He is asking of all of His followers; to dig deeper into Him.  To have a daily, private, uninterupted prayer time--- time totally alone with Him-- talking out loud to Him, and listening to Him speak to our hearts.  Each of these details may seem like total common sense to you, or like me they may not seem so important that they'd make any difference.  In the past few months I've found that each of these details makes an exponential difference. Private Bible study also makes the same difference in our lives. We need both private prayer & Bible study.  Jesus Himself confirmed Moses' words, "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word from the mouth of God."  Without this kind of private prayer time and Bible study we are spiritually starving ourselves.  Spiritually anorexic.  As much as I like physical food this should be a bigger deal to me than it has been... We kill ourselves when we don't eat physical food, and our bodies implode. Physical anorexia attacks the bones first, but the most life threatening attack is on the heart. The fact is that it's a mult-system disease & it shuts down the body-- it starts taking effect before a person ever looks thin. (physical anorexic info came from webmd.com)  Spiritual anorexia effects us in a similar way in our spiritual bodies, it starts taking effect long before anyone else would notice.  This is why it's the very first thing the enemy wants to get at in our lives!! It's why Paul pleads with us to put on the full armor of God.

Ephesians 6:10-18
" Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people."