Exercise

Alma 32:27-29
"27 But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith...
 "29Now behold, would not this increase your faith?"

Exercising is hard. Reading the scriptures and having faith is hard, too.
In order to exercise, we need to have a set plan of action, and goals to accomplish. We need to do it every single day. Exercising fees great, once you get into the habit. You feel better, you can concentrate more, and you have more self-confidence. Or, we can sit on the couch and be bums.
So it is with scripture reading and the gospel.