Habits are easily formed, but once they’ve secured a dwelling place, they seldom take their leave. Mark Twain wrote in Pudd’nhead Wilson, “A habit is a habit, and not to be flung out the window, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” Have you been against the cutting edge of a powerful, embarrassing habit that was hard to break?
An old English proverb states, “Habits are at first like cobwebs but then become shackles.” Habits can be formed by thinking something is cool, perhaps necessary for acceptance into a preferred peer group. You’ve noticed how words and speech patterns are habitually formed by those who need to fit in.
As you commit yourself to what is righteous and godly, you obtain the power to break the binding chains of a bad habit. As a bad habit is coached from its position of prominence and power, you can, with God’s help, construct a new way of thinking and behaving. So give Jesus Christ his place of power and prominence and he will give you courage to change.
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I ask God from the
wealth of his glory to give you power through his Spirit to be strong in
your inner selves, and I pray that Christ will make his home in your hearts by
through faith.
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