How many of you have something specific in your life that you’re hoping to change?
Hope alone won’t change your life.
Most of what you normally do isn’t the result of hope, but the result of
Over
Holy Habits
Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylonians in 587 B.C.:
God often does
“Finally these men said, ‘We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.’” —Daniel 6.5
“Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. THREE TIMES A DAY he got down on his knees and PRAYED, giving thanks to his God, JUST AS HE HAD DONE BEFORE.” —Daniel 6.10
Daniel in the Lions Den:
Never underestimate how God can
Real and lasting change isn’t behavior modification; it’s
Spiritual Why
You do what you do because of what you THINK of you.
Spiritual Why
Spiritual What
Based on
Examples:
1. Write one note of appreciation a day.
1. Make your bed first thing each morning.
1. Read a Bible Plan together.
1. Eliminate soft drinks.
1. Attend worship every week.
“not neglecting to gather together, AS SOME ARE IN THE HABIT OF DOING, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.” - Hebrews 10.25 BSB
Make it Obvious.
The Habit Cycle:
If you want to change what you do, change your
Make it Easy.
Reading List:
- Getting Things Done
- Atomic Habits
What is your answer?
I will do
after I .
Pastor Craig Groeschel’s Routine
- Wake Up
- Oatmeal with 12 Berries
- Bible
- Pray
- Shower
- Get Dressed
- Pray with Amy
- Drive to Office
- Write Down Daily Priorities
- Attack the Day
“Physical training is good, BUT TRAINING FOR GODLINESS IS MUCH BETTER, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” —1st Timothy 4.8 New Living Translation
“Do not despise these small beginnings, FOR THE LORD REJOICES TO SEE THE WORK BEGIN, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” —Zechariah 4.10 New Living Translation