Well it's a trick question because Christianity is tricky.
You can always forget about the "ANITY" and just pursue Christ.
Go for the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ to get to thoroughly know Him in an intimate way.
I mean rather than being so bogged down with traditional things of the "ANITY."
If I could just take a baptism, be convicted of my sins by the holy spirit, repent and continue in the holy and prophetic word of God, being in daily communion through the righteousness of Christ and not my own, I guess I would have no problems. But it doesn't work like that. I have to figure out for myself what to do and my head implodes because I can't come up with any answers. Or I have to wait for the answers and what exactly should I be doing in the mean time? Perhaps the title should have been "how to wait on the Lord without losing one's mind?".
You have to "eat". You have to nourish your innermost spiritual being.
You have to start each day with a time for this.
Yesterday is gone and under the blood. Tomorrow is not here yet.
We Christians have only "today." Each day we should build the habit to spend some time in His presence.
We can pray over some passages in the morning. The goal is here nourishment before excesssive mental analysis.
There is a time for study of course. But the milk of the word must be TASTED.
As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation,
If you have tasted that the Lord is good. (1 Pet. 2;2)
We can GROW if we taste and drink this guiless milk of the word of God.
It is best to develop the habit to start your day doing so.
Tasting the word and drinking in the sustenance of His word can lead to confesssion and petition.
But this is not the "ANITY". This is to taste that the Lord Himself as a living and available Person is really GOOD.
It is difficult to decide to give your whole life to God.
It is more manageable and practical to start EACH DAY with this kind of transaction.
Yesterday is gone and forgiven. Tomorrow with have its own worries. We have each day - TODAY - to consecrate to the Lord Jesus.
The word, the pure word is good for that. And it must be enjoyed before analyzed in the intellect. You first have to TASTE the Spirit
in the word and let it FEED your spiritual hunger. Light, truth, reality will follow.
Once you get a little light, you try not to forget to WALK in that little light that you have received.
That often means to stop thinking and speaking as you did before you received this light from God.
Once receiving some light try to walk in that light. Recall that God SPOKE. Remind Him and yourself -
"Lord, You spoke to me about this matter. That is not cheap to me. Lord help me to walk according to what you spoke."
When God shines and speaks we must not treat that cheaply. We must treasure that speaking and light.
Some want to go back to self pity, self justifying, murmuring, complaining. I suggest you take the cross to that temptation.
If He speaks you have to cherish that speaking and drop your previous unbelief, negative speaking, and doubt as before.
When you have a little, Christ will grant you a little more, and a little more, and a little more. So we grow.
Repentance is not a promise to do better. It is a change in how you thought and spoke previously.
This is taking up the cross. But with all taking up the cross willingly there follows the power of resurrection life.
So we need the practice of this daily.
Also, we usually cannot make it alone. We need companions. We need one or two others who we trust to seek the Lord with.