2024-07-07 Transformed 06 (shared slides).pptx

Lesson 6 of 13 in a Heritage Bible Master Class study of "Transformed: Changed from the Inside Out"

1. Lesson 6: Transformed by Habit July 7 , 2024

2. Question 1 Hebrews 10:24—25. Last week, we considered these verses in relation to the community. This week, I draw your attention to one word: “habit.” Why did some people participate in the community while others didn’t?

3. Your habits can draw you closer to God or drag you further away from him.

4. Question 2 How many times does the word “habit” appear in your Bible? What can we learn about habits from those passages?

5. If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. Exodus 21:28-29 (NIV)

6. If anyone's bull injures someone else's bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange. Exodus 21:35-36 (NIV)

7. The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?" "No," he said. Numbers 22:30 (NIV)

8. Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to. 1 Timothy 5:13 (NIV)

9. Question 3 How important is forming the right habits to Christian discipleship?

10. You must exercise self-discipline to form good habits. But, once they are formed, they become automatic. You don’t even think about them.

11. Question 4 How much of life is a function of habit? How much is a function of conscious decision?

12. Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT)

13. Question 5 How can we get rid of habits that keep us from being transformed?

14. PRAYER Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When trials come endure them patiently; steadfastly maintain the habit of prayer. Romans 12:12 (PHILLIPS)

15. STUDY The man who looks into the perfect mirror of God’s law . . . and makes a habit of so doing, is not the man who sees and forgets. He puts that law into practice and he wins true happiness” James 1:25 (PHILLIPS)

16. GIVING Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you'll have it ready, and I won't have to make a special appeal. 1 Corinthians 16:2 (MSG)

17. FELLOWSHIP Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another Heb. 10:25 (TEV)

18. Question 6 Is it best to work on developing multiple habits simultaneously, or is it better to work on one at a time?

19. Have a daily quiet time.

20. Question 7 How are habits and attitudes related?

21. Thought Self-talk Decision Action Repetition Habit Attitude From Thought to Attitude

22. Bad Thoughts Negative Self-talk Wrong Decision Wrong Action Repetition Bad Habits Bad Attitudes Good Thoughts Positive Self-talk Right Decision Right Action Repetition Good Habits Good Attitudes Positivity Negativity

23. Question 8 How can we help each other create life-transforming habits?

24. Support Groups Work

25. Question 9 Why is paying attention to our habits important?

26. Question 10 What are the keys to forming life-transforming habits?

27. Lesson 6: Transformed by Habit July 7 , 2024

28. Lesson 7: Transformed by the Spirit July 14 , 2024