CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL HABITS PT. 1B (23.02.22)

CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL HABITS 1B
Luke 4:14-16 (NKJV)


RECAP: THIRTEEN TRUTHS ABOUT HABITS


RECAP: THIRTEEN TRUTHS ABOUT HABITS


I. WE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT


II. HABITS ARE ACQUIRED OR LEARNT


III. HABITS CANNOT BE HIDDEN


IV. HABITS CAN BE SPIRITUAL OR NATURAL


V. HABITS CAN BE EITHER GOOD OR BAD, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE


VI. GOOD HABITS LEAD TO CONSISTENT SUCCESS WITHOUT PLANNING FOR IT


VII. BAD HABITS LEAD TO CONSISTENT FAILURE WITHOUT PLANNING FOR IT


VIII. BAD HABITS CAN BE BROKEN AND GOOD HABITS CAN BE FORMED


IX. BAD HABITS ARE EASY TO FORM BUT DIFFICULT TO LIVE WITH


X. GOOD HABITS ARE DIFFICULT TO FORM BUT VERY FULFILLING AND SATISFYING TO LIVE WITH


XI. HABITS WILL BE ALWAYS TESTED UNDER PRESSURE


XII. HABITS DEFY LOGIC


XIII. HABITS GROW


TODAY’S MESSAGE BEGINS HERE


A SPIRITUAL HABIT REFERS TO ANY SPIRITUAL EXERCISE OR DISCIPLINE YOU ENGAGE IN REPETITIVELY THAT ADVANCES YOU SPIRITUALLY AND EMPOWERS YOU FOR EFFECTIVE, FRUITFUL AND IMPACTFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING


1 Timothy 4:7-8 (KJV)
Daniel 6:10 (NKJV)


THREE GREAT BENEFITS OF SPIRITUAL HABITS


A. MAKES YOU A STRONG CHRISTIAN
Ephesians 6:10 (KJV)
2 Timothy 2:1 (KJV)
Proverbs 24:10 (KJV)


B. MAKES YOU A VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN
Ephesians 6:10-16 (KJV)
Proverbs 24:10 (KJV)
James 1:12 (KJV)
Revelation 2:7 (KJV)
Revelation 2:11 (KJV)


Revelation 2:17 (KJV)
Revelation 2:26 (KJV)
Revelation 3:5 (KJV)
Revelation 3:21 (KJV)


C. MAKES YOU A FRUITFUL CHRISTIAN
John 15:16 (KJV)


FRUITFUL AND IMPACTFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING CAN NEVER BECOME A REALITY IN YOUR LIFE WITHOUT CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL HABITS
Ps. Afoakwa


SIXTEEN UNCOMMON HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CHRISTIANS


1. THE HABIT OF PRAYER
Daniel 6:10 (NLT)
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV)
Luke 18:1 (KJV)
Ephesians 6:18 (KJV)
James 5:16 (KJV)


TEN EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE PRAYED HABITUALLY


I. PROPHET SAMUEL PRAYED HABITUALLY
1 Samuel 12:23 (KJV)


II. JOB
Job 1:4-5 (GNT)
Job 1:5 (NLT)


III. KING DAVID
Psalms 55:16-17 (KJV)
Psalms 5:3 (KJV)


IV. PROPHET DANIEL
Daniel 6:10 (NKJV)


V. PROPHETESS ANNA
Luke 2:36-37 (KJV)


VI. JESUS
Mark 1:35 (KJV)
Luke 6:12 (KJV)
Luke 11:1 (KJV)
Luke 3:21-22 (KJV)
Luke 23:34 (KJV)


JESUS IS STILL PRAYING HABITUALLY FOR US IN HIS EXALTED POSITION


Hebrews 7:25 (AMP)
Hebrews 7:25 (NLT)


VII. THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
Acts 1:8-9 (KJV)
Acts 1:12 (KJV)
Acts 1:14 (KJV)


Acts 2:1-4 (KJV)
Acts 2:41-42 (KJV)
Acts 3:1 (KJV)


WHEN PRAYER BECOMES YOUR HABIT, IT BECOMES YOUR DEFAULT RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE
Ps. Afoakwa


James 5:13 (KJV)
Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV)
1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Acts 4:31-33 (KJV)
Acts 4:16-24 (KJV)
Acts 12:5-11 (NKJV)
Acts 16:16-26 (NKJV)


VIII. THE EARLY APOSTLES
Matthew 26:36-41 (KJV)
Acts 6:2-4 (KJV)


IX. APOSTLE PAUL
Colossians 1:3-4 (KJV)
Ephesians 1:15-17 (AMP)


X. EPAPHRAS
Colossians 4:12-13 (NLT)
Colossians 4:12 (MSG)