Transformation "Becoming more than meets the eye"

I recently flew to Rochester NY and boy are my arms tired j/k. I went there to preach at a youth conference they were having and had a great time while there. I spoke on having a transformation happening in our lives. This is something I believe is pivotal in our lives. I think alot of times we make the approach to the altar or in our seats say the sinners prayer and think that's it. That we were changed forever, but that is not the case(not in the least bit) instead we have made the first step in a very long and arduous journey in this process to becoming different. Paul said that" not that I have already attained but I press toward the high mark of the calling that is Christ Jesus". Paul says this with I believe the thought pattern that their is a process to which we have to go through. That it is not a sprint but a cross country run. In which their is going to be rocks, hills, soft sand, the sun. You will be pitted against the elements (spiritually speaking). It will be tough but as we allow ourselves to go through this metamorphosis or transformation we will be all the better for it. We must do as the eagle and drop our feathers and soar higher than we were previously able to, and not build up more weight on top of us with disobedience, bitterness, stress, and fear. But "cast away every weight that so easily besets us". We must change, we must be better, we must strive for the mark of perfection. Perfection is more than not making mistakes. Perfection is that place where the want and desire to sin is abolished. Then and only then can we get back to the original point that Adam and Eve were apart of; and that is "Walking with God in the cool of the day" That is what I am going toward but I have to go through the process and not quit. Thanks for reading.

How in the world do I have continuous communion with God?

I can't remember when I prayed for an hour, but I can't remember going an hour without praying-Smith Wigglesworth

I think that quote might be the definition (in fewer words or less) of continuous communion with God. The problem I and maybe alot of you encounter is sometimes it is hard to find one minute much less one hour in any given week. What would happen though if every hour on the hour we got up from our comfy beds or said in the middle of the workday, "Hey God this is me checking in. Just wanted to say I love you and your awesome". Maybe I am being a bit extreme, but this principle is something I implement in my life. I am happily married and love my wife, I mean truly love my wife. The reason I do, I believe is because in some way or another my thoughts are always turned toward her, whether it be a phone call or text or a thought of how blessed I am to have her in my life, I have a ongoing thought pattern turned toward her. Does that mean she's all I think about. No. But to quote Willie Nelson or Elvis(which ever version you like better) "She is always on my mind". I still have to do my job at work or be able to lead worship in front of people. I am pretty sure people would stop listening if I kept singing my wifes name over and over again and not lead them into worship. But my mind has to be there. "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he". It is the same with God. I must continuously have my thoughts turned toward him. Whether it is me calling on him out loud or in my mind and making sure he knows that I need him more than anything else in this world. That before him my life wasn't just out of control in was void and without shape. Always pulling from him and never stopping no matter how busy or how much I don't want too right now. CONTINUOUS COMMUNION. Taking of him and giving of yourself always. It can't just be a Sunday morning situation anymore, It must be more or their is no point to what we are doing. If my thoughts, words, and actions all come from the place where God is the center of me and everything I do, if I am in a perpetual motion of communing with him, the possibilties of what one person could do are limitless. This is the secret of the great men and women of God, the ones you have heard stories about. Let us go there. Let us go back to our prayer closets that have revolving doors. Let us commune with our God. Thanks for reading