Habits
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· 2 viewsSet patterns of behaviour. These patterns can be helpful when they lead to spiritual discipline and a regular pattern of prayer and worship; others can be detrimental to faith.
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Examples of good habits
Examples of good habits
Reading and obeying God’s word
Reading and obeying God’s word
Ps 119:56; Heb 5:14
See also Ps 119:44; Ps 119:97
Private prayer
Private prayer
But He Himself would often slip away to the desolate regions and pray.
See also Ps 5:3; Mt 6:5–6; Mt 14:23; Mk 1:35; Lk 6:12; Lk 9:18; Lk 11:1
Attendance at public worship
Attendance at public worship
Lk 4:16; Ac 2:46; Ac 14:1; Ac 17:2
Examples of bad habits
Examples of bad habits
“I spoke to you in your prosperity, But you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your way from your youth, That you have not listened to My voice.
See also Ex 21:29; Ex 21:36; Jdg 2:19; Eze 33:31
Warnings to avoid certain habits
Warnings to avoid certain habits
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
See also 1 Ti 5:13
The difficulty of breaking bad habits
The difficulty of breaking bad habits
“Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.