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December 28, 2021 5:00 am
You find yourself trying really hard to live the Christian life, but you're struggling when you like stuck in a rut there certain things that just are changing and getting kinda sick of it.
Frustrated, I want to give you some help. Some things don't change by trying harder. I want to give you three habits they will take time to take energy with three new channels through which God can get you out of the rut and you can see lasting positive change stay with thanks for joining us for this Edition of Living on the Edge trips are vital to national discipleship and history focused on helping Christians that I feel really living like Christians for just a minute you picks up where he left off, identifying five simple habits first to last time, so go back and listen to part 130 could also easily share this message with those who need to hear. What's joint. You know, for the second half of his talk, talk about learning to be faithful in the little things of being responsible. I went to a summer training program with a parachurch organization and team leader named John well got the station wagon was called a faith trip we took no money and you know what kind of that passage and I don't take any money or anything so we drove you not know about 100 miles and serve people and were taken care of and just watch God work and so you know when I'm in a money food gas station and splitting our money than you are breaking the crackers and half hoping God will multiply them in no we start the death we did some wacky things that we learned some good things from it, but I'll never forget it and take this in the right spirit. I don't mean it. I was I was washing my hands. Okay you a picture, a good old you know bathroom and a gas station you know in the get the miracle sink here in a couple stalls here and got done and everything and the stalls open in the sky taken for the paper needs wiping off the seat and I misplaced my hands on is different okay and then NNN so I wash my hands a double thinker and he washes his hands and does it and then he takes a little extra paper and enough left water and over in the corner he washes off the sinking puts it together and so we get the car I'm thinking this is a teachable moment. I'm not sure, for whom this is got to be a teachable moment any of my spiritual leader for the summer.
I'm now questioning his sanity leave my spiritual leader for the summer and I want to say you give a obsessive-compulsive disorder. John and MTs and he was a very, very godly man and we got in the car and I said John couldn't help but notice that you we left. It was a gas station man minute pay people to do that supporting doing and I'll never forget.
He just looked me right in the ISA chip don't understand, a disciple of Jesus Christ always leads everything better than he found.
He said chip, someone's gonna come in that gas station and you know what I don't other condition I don't know how they'll feel. I don't know where they've been, but when they open that stall they will have a clean place instead of walking and like many of us have, to a filthy place: the I guess we gotta keep driving. He said I just decided to be a light number. The verse let your light so shine before men, they might see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 516. He said I decided that you know we think will really do that in big ways and save people from cars. He said I decided I need to learn to do it a little thing, Luke 1610 he was faithful in a very little thing will be faithful also in much.
The context is about money, but it's a timeless axiom if you're faithful and little things you be paid for much in your what with. We have with a whole generation of Americans think someone else is gonna take care of you can going to organizations and Christians organizations in go homes you have kids growing up in our day. They think the unit they drink something out here and they take the chipset here they leave the bag over here. They take off their clothes they leave the clothes over here. Even some men do that. There's people sleep in beds and throw the covers over here they think there's genies and fairies tiptoeing from heaven, and why they're gonna clean up all everybody's dishes, pick up everyone's paper and you know what we have is we have a world of people that think someone else to do your dishes. Do your own dishes do first things first, do them well. It's the principle of responsibility and I would encourage you grace when you are faithful and little things, and by the way, I'm joking. If you are a little bit obsessive-compulsive.
Let a few dishes get in there. This is not about there's one glass I've been in some homes where you know you take a drinking element left and leave it there while Scott is collated back number four. Write it down. The first is you can abide alarm clock second you take out the trash. Third, to do your own dishes and you know you you you know you pray and ask God to show you what's it look like in the little things you'd be surprised how good it makes you feel to get out of bed.
Make your bed, how good it is to do little things it'll create momentum and correct and motivation. Number four is the pen. This is the mighty pin it is mightier than the sword. But here's what I mean by write it down and here were talking about the principal of clarity, many, many people long to get clear on these first three habits, but they still feel overwhelmed. I've got the kids I got the carpool.
I got the job. I'm on the committee at church. I'm teaching Sunday school next week notes.
Other weeks I do every other week we got to go out of town next week TRYING TO READ MY BIBLE WIFE. I PROMISED JUDY I WOULD MEET AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OVERLOADED OVEREXTENDED YOU KNOW WHAT WORLDLINESS IS IN THE 50S, PEOPLE THOUGHT WORLDLINESS WAS A YOU KNOW OUTWARD THINGS LIKE LIPSTICK PLAYING CARDS ON THE THEATER.
YOU KNOW WHAT GENUINE WORLDLINESS IS IN THIS MILLENNIUM BE YOU ASKED WHY AND HE ASKS S. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT VISUAL THINKERS. ONE IS BUSYNESS. BUSYNESS WHY ARE WE SO BUSY AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU IN THE FOYER AT THE CHURCH OR SEEING SOMEONE AT STARBUCKS WE RUN INTO HIM IN THE GROCERY STORE YOU REALLY HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP YOU REALLY WANT TO GET TOGETHER. YOU SAY WE REALLY GET TOGETHER YET. WE WILL AND THEN HIT OKAY WILL HAVE TO INTELLIGENT I'M SO BUSY WERE DOING THIS. WE DO THIS WE DO THIS FOR DOING THIS WITH DOING THIS I MEAN I THINK THE AVERAGE QUALITY FAMILY TIME IS DURING THE DRIVE THROUGH AT BURGER KING, TACO BELL AND MCDONALD'S AS YOU GO FROM BALLET SOCCER TO SOFTBALL TO BASEBALL PRACTICE, ALL IN THE SAME WEEK IN THE NAME OF LOVING OUR KIDS. WHAT EVER HAPPENED. THIS WILL SOUND OLD-FASHIONED. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SAYING GOD NEEDS TO BE AT THE CENTER. OUR FAMILY MATTERS WORK IN A WRITE DOWN WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE IN AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK, MORE THAN A SIT AROUND THE TABLE WITH THE TV OFF AND HAVE A COOKED MEAL MAYBE QUICKLY COOK COOKED AND WE CAN EAT FOOD IN THE ROOM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AND HOW WERE GROWING TO TAKE 5 TO 7 MINUTES. JOIN HANDS. PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER AND ASKED FOR GOD'S HELP. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD DO FOR YOUR FAMILY LIFE. PROVERBS 25 SAYS THE PLAN IN THE HEART OF A MAN IS LIKE DEEP WATER, BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING DRAWS ABOUT YOU GOT PLANS AND DREAMS AND HOW YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO TURN OUT AND WHERE YOU WANT YOUR MARRIAGES GO AND HOW MINISTRIES CAN BE LAUNCHED IN THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WANT TO BE AND THINGS YOU WANT TO DEVELOP THAT YOU CAN'T BE SCATTERED, GOING EVERYWHERE BECAUSE WHAT YOU WILL BE IS JUST LIKE YOU ARE NOW. YOU CAN'T KEEP THINKING THE WAY YOU'RE PRESENTLY THINKING AND EXPECT SOMETHING TO CHANGE AND YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTLY DOING EXPECTING SOMETHING TO BE DIFFERENT NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH OR NEXT YEAR. THE PLANS THE DREAMS WHAT GOD HAS IN YOUR HEART. THERE LIKE DEEP WATER. A WISE PERSON WRITES THEM OUT GETS CLEAR THE MEDIA THROUGH FOUR QUICK WAYS THAT BEEN HELPFUL TO ME.
NUMBER ONE I THINK 3 X 5 CARDS CARDS ARE LIKE MIRACULOUS. IT'S THE POWER OF CLEAR-CUT OBJECTIVES, AND IF YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT FIRST CORINTHIANS 925 TO 27 THE POWER OF CLEAR-CUT OBJECTIVES. THE APOSTLE SET TO BECOME ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN, THAT I MIGHT SAVE SOME AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, LOCK LOOK, I DON'T LIVE MY LIFE LIKE A BOXER BEATING THE AIR. I BEAT MY BODY. I HAVE CLEAR-CUT OBJECTIVES, I CAUSED MY BODY TO DO WHAT I TELL IT TO DO LESS IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS I BE SPIRITUALLY DISQUALIFYING. GET A VERY CLEAR-CUT OBJECTIVE FOR HIS LIFE ON A 3 X 5 CARD YOU NEED TO WRITE DOWN SOME GOALS. I NEVER FORGET WHERE I PICKED THIS UP. I WAS IN A PRISON WITH ONE OF THE ELDERS EARLY IN MINISTRY 29, 30 YEARS OLD, A GUY NAMED BILL GLASS EVEN REMEMBER HIM FROM THE OLD NFL CLEVELAND BROWNS. THE ALL-PRO LINEMAN BILL GLASS AND INWARD TO SIT AROUND THIS TABLE ONE IS PRISON.
WE BEEN IN MAXIMUM-SECURITY, NUMB AND SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT IS IN A DIRE GET KILLED COULD HAPPEN AND BILL GLASS IS TALKING WITH THESE GUYS.
ANY JUST IN THE CASTLE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WRITES DOWN GOALS OR DESIRES ON 3 X 5 CARDS. HE DOESN'T TRY TO MEMORIZE HIM, BUT HE WOULD SAY THIS IS THE KIND OF MARRIAGE I WANT WITH MY LIFE. THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO INVEST MY KIDS. THIS IS WHERE LIKE TO SEE THE MINISTRY IN THREE YEARS IS THAT I WOULD JUST READ THEM OVER AND HE SAID YOUR MIND AND YOUR HEART IN YOUR SCHEDULE ONE CONSCIOUSLY GRAVITATE TOWARD THE TARGET YOU PUT ON THE WALL AND I HEARD THAT AND I MEAN I WROTE FOR MY PERSONAL LIFE.
MY WALK WITH GOD, MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN, MY MINISTRY AND I JUST CAN'T. I JUST FOUND THE OTHER DAY I DID A MESSAGE AND IT IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR. I FOUND THE 3 X 5 CARDS THAT I WROTE 25 YEARS AGO AND I READ THROUGH ROOM. I'M JUST TELLING YOU I READ THEM AND READ THEM AND READ THEM TO WHERE THEY WERE MY HEAD. I WATCHED GOD ARRANGE MY LIFE AND MY FOCUS AROUND THOSE GOALS. WHAT YOUR CLEAR-CUT OBJECTIVE.
WHAT COMMAND YOU WANT TO BE MARRIAGE TO WANT TO HAVE WHAT CAN I KIDS YOU WANT TO RAISE WHAT KIND MINISTRY, JUST AS GOD CALLED YOU INTO WHAT IMPACT YOU WANT TO HAVE IT WORK JUST FINE. YOU NEED TO GET YOU CRAZY GOING TO SEVEN DIRECTIONS JUST RIGHT. SECOND, LITTLE THING IS BEEN HELPFUL AS CALENDARS KINGDOM BUT IT'S THE FREEDOM OF STRUCTURE. PROVERBS 16 THREE SAYS COMMIT TO THE LORD WHATEVER YOU DO IN YOUR PLANS WILL SUCCEED. I DON'T LIKE CALENDARS. BUT UNLESS I LAY IT OUT ON THE CALENDAR. II DO EVERYTHING.
BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO ONCE I GET MY GOALS.
I GET A CALENDAR OUT AND I GO TO STARBUCKS WITH MY WIFE AND WE SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THE NEXT SEASON AND THEN USUALLY WE GO AWAY FOR A NIGHT OR TWO ABOUT ONCE YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO SAY ONCE 1/4 BY THE EXAGGERATING COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AND THEN I SIT DOWN. I SAY OKAY HERE'S CAN BE THE TIMES I'M GONNA BLOCK OFF FOR GETTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. HERE'S A TIME FOR MINISTRY AND I PUT ALL THE GNOMES OF THE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE GOD WANTS ME TO DO AND I WRITE ABOUT MY AND ON FREE I DO ANYTHING I WON'T REST. BUT WHEN I PUT THOSE THINGS IN. I'VE I BUILD IN TIME WITH GOD. I BUILD IN TIME TO GROW AND DEVELOP A BUILDING TIME IN MY MARRIAGE. THERE IS A FREEDOM THAT COMES WITH PUTTING SOME STRUCTURE AROUND THOSE GOALS AND THEN A TO DO LIST NECESSITY OF FOCUS PROVERBS 1423 SAYS IN ALL LABOR THERE IS PROFIT, BUT MERE TALK LEADS ONLY TO POVERTY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT IF YOU DON'T WRITE IT DOWN. YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN AND ONCE I HAVE MY SCHEDULE AND YOU KNOW THIS IS LIKE MAYBE IT'S BASIC THAT I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO IT. I WRITE A TO DO LIST FOR THE WEEK AND I PRAY OVER IT AND I PUT IT. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS. I PUT EA NEXT TO THE ONES IN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THAT ONLY I CAN DO I PUT UP BE NEXT TO THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT I CAN DO.
OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO, OR MAYBE ONLY I CAN DO BUT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT TO SEE AROUND THINGS I REALLY WANT TO DO CAN DO AND THAT IS IT IS AMAZING THAT IS SCARY: PEN READY. I DO THE A'S FIRST AND YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I ONLY GET TO DO TO A'S.
I'M ALWAYS TEMPTED TO JUTE DO FORESEES BECAUSE THEY FEEL GOOD, BUT THEY DON'T GET ME WHERE I WANT TO BE IS THE MAN GOD'S CALL ME TO BE, AND FINALLY JOURNALING AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF REFLECTION, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS BELIEVERS YOU TRACK WHAT IS GOD DOING WHAT HE IS FEELING WHAT YOU THINK.
NOW THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. DON'T GO ON A GUILT TRIP. I MET SOME PEOPLE I KNOW SOME VERY GODLY PEOPLE WHO TRIED INTERNAL TRIED TO GENERAL TRY TO JOURNAL JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME THAT I SAID I GET A SPIRITUAL WORD FOR YOU. DON'T DO IT BUT I MEAN IT IS BEEN AWESOME FOR ME AND TO TAKE SOME TIME COUPLE, THREE, FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
THIS IS WHAT I'M FEELING JUST THAT THOSE UNREST IN YOUR HEART YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG YOU FEEL KINDA FUNKY AND LITTLE BIT DEPRESSED JUST START WRITING AND BE HONEST AND YOU'LL FIND IT'LL GET CLEAR AND THEN WHAT I FIND IS I WRITE DOWN SPECIFIC PRAYERS AND THEN WHEN THE ANSWER I WRITE I CAN GO BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS WILL COST INTO MY LIFE SO ALL I'M SAYING IS, IS CRITICAL FOR YOU TO GET OUT THE POWER OF THE PEN AND WRITE IT DOWN FINAL HABIT IS THIS. MOST PEOPLE ARE FILLED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A PERSONAL LIFE OF BROKEN PROMISES, MOSTLY TO OURSELVES AND TO OTHERS DO IT NOW. THE PRINCIPLE OF INERTIA WHEN I GET HOME. I DO NOT WANT TO WORK OUT.
I DO NOT FEEL LIKE WORKING OUT WORKING OUT IS FOR LATER NEIGHBOR AFTER SUPPER. I IF I DON'T DO IT NOW. GUESS WHAT I DON'T DO IT AT ALL. DO YOU BUT IS NOT WORKING OUT ATTACK. LIFE DON'T PROCRASTINATE SEE THE DAY ALL FOR TRY THIS USING I DON'T HAVE TIME, TRY THIS.
TAKE THE REMOTE AND PULL OUT THE RACE THEN UNPLUG THE TV FOR 10 DAYS.
I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 35 HOURS THIS WEEK.
DO IT NOW.
DO FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE HAD KILLED TAKE THE FIRST FOUR THINGS YOU'RE SAYING TO YOURSELF, YOU KNOW WHEN I GET TO GET AROUND TO IT BY AN ALARM CLOCK.
TAKE OUT THE TRASH, EVEN IF IT'S A SHOE DO YOUR OWN DISHES. WRITE DOWN AND YOU SAY WILL WIN NOW GO HOME NOW AND START THE FIRST SENTENCE RIGHT ONE 3 X 5 CARD TONIGHT.
IT'S THE POWER OF INERTIA. ONCE YOU GET MOVING IN POSITIVE DIRECTIONS. THINGS HAPPEN. MOST OF US SPEND OUR LIFE THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT WHEN THINGS CALMED AND WHEN THE SEASONS OVER HOW THINGS WILL REALLY AND GUESS WHAT, THEY NEVER REALLY DO DO POWERFUL PASSAGE FOR ME. I MEMBER STUDYING WAS IN PROVERBS 24, 30 AND 31 I'M GONNA READ IT WITH THE EMPHASIS I THINK THE AUTHOR INTENDS LISTEN TO WHERE THE ACCENT IS THE WISEST MAN ON THE WORLD AND IS LOOK TAKING AN OBJECT LESSON FROM NATURE ANY SEEN THINGS BUILT A SCENE. PEOPLE SAY ONLY SEEING GREAT SUCCESSES AND IS GETTING A GREAT THOUGHT THAT COMES TO HIS MIND AS HIS OBSERVING NATURE FACE AS I PASSED BY THE FIELD OF THE SLUGGARD THE LAZY MAN THE SLOTHFUL MAN AND BY THE VINEYARD OF THE MAN LACKING SENSE. THE GUY THAT REALLY HAD THOUGHT VERY CLEARLY ABOUT LIFE WHO DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. WHO DIDN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND BEHOLD IT WAS COMPLETELY OVERGROWN WITH THISTLES, ITS SURFACE WAS COVERED WITH NETTLES AND THE STONE WALL THAT WAS BUILT AROUND THESE WAS BROKEN DOWN SOMETHING THAT WAS FOR LIFE, SOMETHING THAT GAVE LIFE, SOMETHING WOULD CREATE FRUIT, SOMETHING WOULD BE GROUND DOWN A WEEK TIMES OF CELEBRATION INSTEAD IT'S OVERGROWN IS NEGLECTED AND THEN HE GIVES US WHY WATCH THE TEXT.
WHEN I SAW IT AND THIS IS HOW TO READ SCRIPTURE. I REFLECTED UPON, REFLECTED UPON, HE STOPPED. HE THOUGHT CHRIST IS NOT HERE, SOMETHING CREATED FOR LIFE. THERE WAS A STONE WALL THAT USED TO WORK. HERE'S PLANTS THAT COULD PRODUCE INCOME AND FRUIT AND JOY AND FOOD FOR OTHERS WINE FOR CELEBRATION. AND I SEE IT, AND I THOUGHT I REFLECTED IN.
HERE'S HIS CONCLUSION BECAUSE HE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION A LITTLE SLEEP, I'LL DO IT LATER IS TAKE A NAP. I'LL CATCH YOU LATER WATCH A BALLGAME.
I'LL GO SHOPPING AND WILL DO IT A LITTLE SLUMBER. I TOOK A SECOND NAP.
THIS LA-Z-BOY FEELS GOOD.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT GAME. THIS IS LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AMERICA WATCHES A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS TO REST THEN YOUR POVERTY WILL COME AS A ROBBER IN YOUR WANT LIKE AN ARMED MAN.
DO IT NOW IN THE LITTLE THINGS DO IT NOW. WE HAVE A BILL PAY IT NOW WHEN YOU NEED TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. DO IT NOW. WE NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING RIGHT WAS SOMEONE DO IT NOW. WHEN GOD GIVES YOU THAT LITTLE PROMPTING IN YOUR THINKING ALL IS THIS REALLY FROM GOD AND IS A GENEROUS KIND ACT THAT WILL REALLY HELP SOMEONE ELSE. IT'S FROM GOD JUST DO IT WHEN IT'S AN UNPLEASANT CONVERSATION AND SOMEONE YOU NEED TO CONFRONT. DO IT NOW. WHAT IS THE HARDEST TASK OF THE DAY IN THE THING YOU DREAD, DO IT NOW AND AS YOU DO, YOU WILL FIND THAT FAR FROM BEING A LEGALISTIC DUTY FILLED PERSON YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT HOSE LINES THAT WHEN DONE WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE WHEN YOU COME TO GOD AND SAID I CAN'T DO THIS I NEED YOUR GRACE. HE WILL SAY LET ME POUR MY GRACE THROUGH YOUR HEART AND LIFE. AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY DAY GET AN ALARM CLOCK AND MEET WITH ME. OH GOD, I JUST CAN'T BREAK THIS HABIT I'M STRUGGLING RELATIONSHIPS GOING ON. WELL, I FEEL DEPRESSED. OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, TAKE OUT THE TRASH AND GET IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND DO IT TONIGHT. BREAK OFF THE RELATIONSHIP. CANCEL THE INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION TELL A FRIEND YOU CAN TRUST YOUR ADDICTED TO PORN EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE HOW EVEN AS A LEADER YOU DO HAVE AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM AND COME CLEAN AND DO IT NOW AND GOD WILL POUR FORTH GRACE AND TRANSFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT'S GOT TOGETHER, NOT ANYBODY EVEN CLOSE. WE ARE ALL INSECURE FELLOW TRAVELERS STRUGGLING WITH PROBLEMS AND THOUGHTS AND LOSS AND STRUGGLES AND LAZINESS AND WE NEED TO BE REAL AND HONEST AND CLEAR AND CLEAN AND ASK GOD FOR HELP AND THEN POSITION OURSELVES. THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE.
POSITION OURSELVES TO LET GOD WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS, AND THROUGH HIS WORD AND THROUGH PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW WHAT CHANGE YOU BECAUSE OF ANY MAN, OR ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE OF THE VERSE.
I JUST QUOTED IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND AND WHOLE OF SCRIPTURE YOU ARE NEW IN CHRIST.
WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT I'VE STRUGGLED WITH IN MY LIFE IS OFTEN IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE CHANGE MUCH. IT'S HARD TO BECOME NEW. WE SAID THAT GRACE IS THE ANSWER. GRACE IS BOTH THE WILLING AND THE WANTING THE ONE-TWO AND THE POWER THAT GOD GIVES YOU DEEP INSIDE TO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THEN DO CREATE HABITS WERE HIS GRACE CAN FLOW IS WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CHANGE. GRACE IS GOD'S POWER, BUT THERE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MESSAGE IS ABOUT OUR PART AS TO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO BUY AN ALARM CLOCK AND THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL PRIORITY MEETING WITH GOD FIRST, SECOND, TAKE OUT THE TRASH. THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF TRANSFORMATION YOU HAVE TO PUT OFF THE OLD MAKE A RADICAL SHIFT FROM YOUR PAST THIRD. DO YOUR OWN DISHES. THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY. YOU NEED TO OWN RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE AND YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND WE SHOWED YOU HOW FORTH, WRITE IT DOWN.
IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF CLARITY YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT. WE REALIZE THIS IS WHERE THAT THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO AND I COME UP WITH A PLAN TO GET THERE.
GOD WILL GIVE YOU GRACE AND THEN FINALLY IT'S DUE IT NOW. IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF INERTIA. WHEN YOU GET THAT PROMPTING FROM GOD. MAKE IT A HABIT TO JUST RESPOND DO IT NOW. THOSE ARE THE FIVE HABITS THAT GIVE GRACE A CHANCE TO TRANSFORM OUR LIVES.
I LITERALLY HAVE COME TO LEARN THOSE OVER THE YEARS, AND FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, I HAVE JUST PUT THOSE INTO MY LIFE AND LITTLE BY LITTLE BY LITTLE I'M TO TELL YOU. GOD IS CHANGE ME. MY THOUGHTS ARE DIFFERENT. MY SPEECH IS DIFFERENT. MY BEHAVIORS DIFFERENT. IT'S BEEN OVER TIME, BUT THAT'S BEEN MY PART AND GOD HAS USED THESE PRINCIPLES AND HABITS TO LITTLE BY LITTLE MAKE ME NEW AND CHRIST WANTED TO ORDER THIS MESSAGE PUT IN THE CAR.
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