God keeps calling me to Him!

Some times I go through periods in my life where I feel I am not praying or getting into the word of God as much as I should or as God wants me to. He wants to have a personal relationship and in order to have a relationship with anybody you have to spend time with that person. Every time I wonder away something always nudges me to come back to the Lord whether it is something that happens in my life or someone directly telling me they see me wondering from the right path. I struggle to live the way God wants me to and give up the things in life that I want to do. I realize God knows what is best for me but I tend to party with friends rather than stay away from temptations of this world. I recently listened to a sermon on you tube called Slaves for Christ, Part 1 (John Macarthur) and then part 2 so far and it was a wake up call that this life is not mine and is not me who lives but Christ in me. I have had to take a long hard look at who I am living my life for. I still struggle with staying away from the parties since that is the one thing I find the hardest to get away from. But I seem to come back to God always wanting to please him and be closer to him. I keep praying that HIS will be done in my life and that I can have a passion for what He wants, that I can start getting involved in things that make Him happy rather then living for myself and being a slave to things of this world. I know I have a long way to go but for God anything is possible and I can feel Him at work in my heart and it is time for me to show His work by the way I live my life.  It is one thing to say you believe, it is another to prove it by your life. I encourage anyone who reads this to take some time and listen to John’s sermon. It really reached my heart when I needed to hear it most and I Hope it will do the same to anyone who gets the opportunity to hear it.