HABITS – Part 1
Who Before Do
Randy Hageman
Part of Habits
January 10, 2022

Who Before Do

January 9, 2022

Randy Hageman

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Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally. —Pastor Craig Groeschel

Our habits will make or break us. We become what we repeatedly do. —Sean Covey

I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate… I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway… Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.… —Romans 7:15-25 (NLT)

The Apostle Paul starts to do what a lot of us do – he connects his failure to his

and talks about “what a miserable person” he is. (italics added)

And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’… —Revelation 21:5 (ESV)
…anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! —2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

THREE REASONS WHY WE DON’T SUCCEED

1. We focus on the

but don’t understand the .

You don’t rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems. —James Clear (Atomic Habits)

The mistake we tend to make is we want to change the results, but we don’t put in place

to help that to happen.

2. We don’t see progress

enough.

Wrong Conclusions:

• Small,

decisions don’t matter very much.

• Small,

decisions don’t matter very much.

Our lives are the sum total of all the

we make, and the vast majority of them are .

Small, good decisions are never

– over time they build you up.

It’s the things that no one

that bring the results everyone wants.

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. —Galatians 6:9 (NLT)

3. Our distorted identity

our success.

An unhealthy identity creates unwise

, and then the unwise habits reinforce the unhealthy .

Who do I want to become?

Identity shapes

!

We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.… Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living. —Romans 6:6-7,18 (NLT)

A healthy identity creates positive

, and positive habits reinforce a healthy .

Identity shapes actions, so know who you

, and then you’ll know what to .

Next Week: Starting (Building Good Habits)