Make Every Effort - 2 Peter 1:5-8

I've been slacking with my verses, because of things going on at home. But anyway, here's today's verse:
"Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." -2 Peter 1:5-8
God wants us to be productive in our lives and our faith. He wants us to have more than just head knowledge, and put what he teaches us to work in our lives. Everyone needs to put out effort and grow in these qualities, because we all make mistakes and no one person is perfect on any level. This was a really good one for me to read today. I've been slacking a bit. I haven't read my Bible in two days and had to work a bit to catch up, and I've been trying not to swear. Actively trying, I didn't do it as much and I was making an honest improvement - but as I've slacked the past couple of days, so has my language. This is a constant struggle, and we can't afford to take a day off. Not a single day. For every day that we take off, we set ourselves a few steps back on our walk with Christ.