SECRETS TO UNDOING WHAT YOU DO IN SECRET
0 Comments Published by joy on November 10, 2007 at 11:06 AM.
We all have different habits. Sometimes these habits are good (like brushing your teeth, keeping your quiet time, following good table manners, etc) and sometimes they are not (like picking your nose in public, lying, stealing, etc). Here are some keys to help you stop those bad habits.
- Know yourself and be comfortable with your identity. We keep our habits because they are familiar and we feel comfortable doing what’s familiar. Get to know the reasons for your habits and ask yourself what’s the pros and cons of your habit. If there are more cons or you know that it’s a bad habit, then you should also know that it’s time to change.
- Think differently (Rom 12:2). Change the way you think about the habit. It may be familiar and comfortable but we need to start thinking about how bad it is for us or how bad it makes us look. Changing the way we think will change the way we act.
- Live a spirit-led life (Gal 5:16-25). Did you know that ‘self-control’ is one of the fruit of the Spirit? Living a life that is led by the Holy Spirit means that we have the fruit of the Spirit and that means you have self-control. You can get yourself to stop the habit.
- Get better habits (Gal 6:7-9). Replace those bad habits with good ones. You reap what you sow, so sow in good new habits.
- Have healthy relationships (1 Cor 15:33). Bad company corrupts good character. So if you want to build good character and good habits, hang around with good company.
- Be accountable to a leader (Rom 14:12, Prov 11:14, Gal 6:1-2). That way, our leaders would be able to help us and we’d find it easier to break our habits cos at the end of the, we’re accountable to God for every word, action and thought.
The best advice anyone can give you if you’ve got bad habits is “just stop it!”
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