Creating Jesus Habits For 2013

Mark 1:35 While it was still night, way before dawn, he got up and went out to a secluded spot and prayed. Simon and those with him went looking for him. They found him and said, “Everybody’s looking for you.”

Gauges are placed in your car to help manage and monitor your vehicle more successfully. How successful would you be if you ignored your oil gauge, your fuel gauge, your temperature gauge, or even your speed gauge? No doubt if you were to ignore it, you would see blue lights in your rearview mirror. Most of you have made changes to your habits as a result of the pain level you have experienced.

Princeton University says that if we do something for 28 consecutive days, it will become a new habit. About 90% of all we do is governed by our habits. When we talk about habits, most of the time we think about the negative ones that we have dealt with. Jesus, in his life created powerful successful habits that produced positive and powerful forces . Is it possible for you and I to create those same habits?

If you desire to live a successful life, you can also create Jesus habits.  If you were to study the gospels, Jesus had 31 habits, one for every day of the month. Can you imagine 31 Jesus habits working in your own life?

One of Jesus' habits was seclusion. He knew that in order to be effective in His mission and mandate, He had to get away from the noise and the crowds. Many of us deal with the noise and the demands of the day that stretch us and we end up being depleted and exhausted with life. 

George Barna says, "Think of the benefits emerging from thinking and living like Jesus. We are promised physical gains, emotional benefits, superior decision making capacity, relational advantages, lifestyle enhancements, and spiritual health. The more we devote ourselves to emulating the thought and behavioral patterns of Jesus, the more God is able to bless us and use us for His purposes. The Jesus Habits will lead you to blessing and success."

Why not choose a time every day to withdraw yourself from the noise of emails, texting, Twitter, Facebook, and even your workplace? Create a new habit each day of temporary seclusion, so you will find yourself with more vitality, energy, purpose and power to do the will of the Father.  Say with me today, "I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me."

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