30 Oct Hopes & Habits (Because you can’t have uphill hopes and downhill habits) Part 10

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As you know we have been sharing our “Four Biblical Habits” that will radically change your life

Let’s review before we jump into to new teaching…

Remember to:

  1. Focus on firsts (Matt. 6:33).

Four “First” Facets:

  1. What you do first reveals who you are.
  2. Whatever you prize you will prioritize.
  3. Whatever you put first you set up to meet your needs.
  4. First things have power

Then we began sharing with you Three “First” Formulas:

  1. Give God the first of your month…scheduling and budgeting

      2. Give God the first of your week…worshipping and resting

Remember this:  If we don’t come apart with Him, our life will come apart without Him!

Remember this:  We don’t rest from our work, we rest for our work.

Let’s continue with…

     3. Give God the first of your day…studying and praying

In Genesis 1:1 the Bible tells us, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”  Certainly this is the account of creation but there is a marvelous principle contained within this verse:  “In the beginning God…”.  Oh that we would learn to live by this principle!  In the beginning of any day, week, month, year or endeavor…IN THE BEGINNING GOD!  

In everyday language, remember this: Go to the throne before you go to the phone!  A great place to start is by giving God the first 15 minutes of your day (this is not where you want to end up, but it’s a good place to start!)  Give Him these “High 5’s”:

    1. 5 minutes in the Word – Read a chapter a day.
    2. 5 minutes in praise – take a Psalm and praise Him with it!
    3. 5 minutes in prayer

Start by simply giving God the first 15 of your day…every day.  This will begin to dramatically change your life!

If you give God the first of your month, the first of your week, and the first of your day…expect the rest to be blessed!

Next month we’ll continue our series.