Healthy Habits - best practices for a prosperous soul

How many are gift people ? You love getting and giving gifts? My daughter Emma is definitely a gifts person.

Jesus gave us an amazing gift

“But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect —life in its fullness until you overflow!” (John 10:10)

Sometimes we miss the

because we’re distracted – on the wrong track.

Our Heavenly Father wants every area of your Life to prosper
Marriage, Parenting, ministry, your career/business, you fun and hobbies
But especially our soul

So in this series we are going to focus on some healthy habits, some best practices if you will,
To have a prosperous soul, to have this abundant life.

To do so we need to think about what we are

about, we need to focus on what we are focusing on.

Some of us need to focus on what God is doing instead of what God isn’t doing

2 Corinthians 3:18
New King James Version
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as [a]by the Spirit of the Lord.

Bible says to put off and put on

Ephesians 4:22-24
New Living Translation
throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

part 1
Gratitude – We

Thanks

Gratitude is a Lifestyle - We Give thanks, it’s what we do as Christians.

1 Thessalonians 5:18
New King James Version
18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Things I am Thankful for list

The

that I pay because it means that I have income.
• The

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to clean after a party because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.
• The clothes that fit a little too

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because it means that I have enough to eat.
• My

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who watches me work because it means that I am out in the sunshine.
• A yard that needs tending, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need

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because it means that I have a home.
• All the

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I hear about the government because it means that we have freedom of speech.
• The spot I find at the

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end of the parking lot because it means that I am capable of walking and I have been blessed with transportation.
• My

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heating bill because it means I am warm.
• The person behind me in church who sings off

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because it means I can hear.
• Weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means that I have been

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of working hard.
• The alarm that goes off

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in the morning hours because it means that I am alive

An attitude of gratitude defined - means making it a habit to express thankfulness and appreciation in all parts of your life, on a regular basis, for both the

and

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things

An attitude of gratitude also means having a

attitude. “Change your attitude, change your life.”

“Do everything without complaining and arguing” Philippians 2:14

Homework –
1) Say “

”
2) Send a

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text, email, card, call, or say it in person
3) Start a

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journal
4)

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Feast, Negativity Fast
5) Have a change of

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