Messages on Habits
Habits: Learning
Today, we celebrate Pentecost Sunday! John 14:23-26 23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,…
Habits: Wisdom
This morning, we continue our new message series entitled, “Habits.” Through this message series, we’re learning about how to do small things consistently, which ultimately leads to an abundant life of integrity. Small habits lead to big change! We’ve been encouraged to develop Godly habits into our lives and learned how God intentionally created us as creatures of habit to set us up for success. As we develop these habits, we will live lives of Godly integrity. So far, we…
Habits: Building
This morning, we continue our new message series entitled, “Habits.” Through this message series, we’re learning about how to do small things consistently, which ultimately leads to an abundant life of integrity. Small habits lead to big change! So far, we’ve been encouraged to develop the habit of seeking God and the habit of reconciliation. Last week, we learned that since we are creatures of habit, God set us up for success! Opposition only makes us stronger if we choose…
Habits: Success
This morning, we continue our new message series entitled, “Habits.” Through this message series, we’re learning about how to do small things consistently, which ultimately leads to an abundant life of integrity. Small habits lead to big change! So far, we’ve been encouraged to develop the habit of seeking God and the habit of reconciliation. According to the Harvard Business Review about 40 – 45% of what we do every day is done out of habit. Think about how much…
Habits: Reconciliation
Today, we celebrate mothers! Moms are the best at establishing good habits and keeping us from bad ones. To this very day, I have my own mother to thank for driving into my life good habits like remembering to wash my hands after I use the restroom and for driving out bad habits from my life. If it wasn’t for her, I’d be picking my nose far more often than I do right now. Today, we express our gratitude toward…
Habits – Seek God
This morning, we’re continuing our new message series entitled, “Habits.” Through this message series, we’re going to learn about how to do small things consistently, which ultimately leads to a life of integrity. Small habits lead to big change! Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. Godly integrity does not make life fair as we often understand it. It does, however, guide us onto God’s path for our lives. …
Habits: Integrity
We’ve spent the first four months of the year studying the first core value of New Hope: unconditional love. We now know much more fully what God’s love is, how it behaves, and how to walk in it. As 1 Corinthians 13 teaches, this type of love must be the motive behind all that we do or our lives will accomplish nothing worthwhile. Unconditional love is the foundation. This morning, we’re going to build on this foundation and move into…