Remain

I was doing my devotions yesterday, and I wrote a little prayer in my journal asking God to give me motivation to read His word. After being in Mexico, I had been really excited to spend time with Him and pray... but as time went on, I felt my excitement dwindle. So I asked God to show me something in His word that would reinforce that I need to spend time with Him. This is what He gave me:

⁴Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. ⁸This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

-John 15:4-8

Without God in my life, I am nothing. And how can I truly know God and have Him in my life if I don't spend time with Him? If His words are in me, I will become more and more like Him.
I was amazed by this little miracle that God gave me: an immediate answer to my prayer. Praise God!