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HABITS

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Psalms 139:23

Any habit you keep feeding will only strengthen its grip on your life. Ask a recovering alcoholic; they only change when they ‘hit bottom’. Prodigals don’t come home until they’ve lost everything (see Luke 15:32). But that doesn’t have to be your story, for your Father is waiting to welcome you back - now! Come on, you’re a child of the Most High; captivity is unnatural for you! You’ll never be free until you despise your chains. Whether you’re bound by a substance, a relationship, or a life that’s out of order, your circumstances won’t change until your mind is released from old thought patterns and renewed by God’s Word (see Romans 12:2). Start by instituting some new habits, for what you do habitually you do permanently. Begin the Bible-reading habit. Put it first on your ‘to do’ list or you’ll never do it consistently. Read aloud and you won’t get distracted so easily. ‘Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they’re bursting with health’ (Proverbs 4:22). Next, learn to pray. Set a special time, otherwise everything else will crowd it out. In prayer, God will tell you how He feels about things. Can you imagine having His input? Attend church regularly. Support it with your finances and develop healthy relationships. There are things God will say to you in His house that He won’t say anywhere else (see Hebrews 10:25). Your daily habits are carving out an irreversible future for you. If you want to know where you’re going - take another look at your habits!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me have a renewed and transformed mind so that I can live for you. In Jesus’ Name, Amen