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THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLYEFFECTIVE BELIEVERSHow to live an effective Christian lifeBy Kenneth M. Hoeck - www.totw.org

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT 1: BE PROACTIVE Change starts from within, and highly effective Believersmake the decision to improve their relationship with Godthrough the things that they can influence rather than bysimply reacting to external forces. Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting thesoul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise thesimple. Proactive Christians use their resourcefulness and initiative(R&I). We have several resources:

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #1 THE WORD Joshua 1:7-9 Only be thou strong and very courageous, thatthou mayest observe to do according to all the law, whichMoses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to theright hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosperwhithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall notdepart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate thereinday and night, that thou mayest observe to do accordingto all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thyway prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a goodcourage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for theLORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #1 THE WORD Psalms 1:1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not inthe counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way ofsinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But hisdelight is in the law of the LORD; and in his lawdoth he meditate day and night.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #1 THE WORD 2 Timothy 3:14-17 But continue thou in the things whichthou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing ofwhom thou hast learned them; And that from a childthou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able tomake thee wise unto salvation through faith which is inChrist Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God,and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, forinstruction in righteousness: That the man of God may beperfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #1 THE WORD Acts 17:10-12 And the brethren immediately sentaway Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who comingthither went into the synagogue of the Jews. Thesewere more noble than those in Thessalonica, in thatthey received the word with all readiness of mind,and searched the scriptures daily, whether thosethings were so. Therefore many of them believed;also of honourable women which were Greeks, and ofmen, not a few.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER Isaiah 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holymountain, and make them joyful in my house ofprayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrificesshall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine houseshall be called an house of prayer for all people.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER Psalms 5:1-3 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalmof David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, considermy meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry,my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. Myvoice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; inthe morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, andwill look up.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER Luke 11:1-4 And it came to pass, that, as he waspraying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of hisdisciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, asJohn also taught his disciples. And he said unto them,When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven,Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy willbe done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by dayour daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we alsoforgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead usnot into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with allprayer and supplication in the Spirit, andwatching thereunto with all perseveranceand supplication for all saints;

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again Isay, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men.The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving letyour requests be made known unto God. And the peaceof God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep yourhearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren,whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are ofgood report; if there be any virtue, and if there be anypraise, think on these things. Those things, which ye haveboth learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do:and the God of peace shall be with you.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #2 PRAYER James 5:14-16 Is any sick among you? let him call forthe elders of the church; and let them pray over him,anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: Andthe prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lordshall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, theyshall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one toanother, and pray one for another, that ye may behealed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteousman availeth much.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversRESOURCE #3 OTHER CHRISTIANS Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a mansharpeneth the countenance of his friend. James 5:19-20 Brethren, if any of you do err from thetruth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he whichconverteth the sinner from the error of his way shall savea soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. John 1:6-7 If we say that we have fellowship with him,and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But ifwe walk in the light, as he is in the light, we havefellowship one with another, and the blood of JesusChrist his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE James 1:21-25 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness andsuperfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meeknessthe engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer ofthe word, and not a doer, he is like unto a manbeholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdethhimself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgettethwhat manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into theperfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being nota forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shallbe blessed in his deed.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE Psalms 119:103-106 How sweet are thy words untomy taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore Ihate every false way. NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto myfeet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and Iwill perform it, that I will keep thy righteousjudgments.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE 1 John 3:14-18 We know that we have passed from deathunto life, because we love the brethren. He that lovethnot his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth hisbrother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hatheternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love ofGod, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought tolay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso haththis world's good, and seeth his brother have need,and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him,how dwelleth the love of God in him? My littlechildren, let us not love in word, neither in tongue;but in deed and in truth.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another toprovoke unto love and to good works: Not forsakingthe assembling of ourselves together, as the manner ofsome is; but exhorting one another: and so much themore, as ye see the day approaching. John 15:12-14 This is my commandment, That ye loveone another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath noman than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE 1 Peter 1:22-23 Seeing ye have purified your souls inobeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeignedlove of the brethren, see that ye love one another witha pure heart fervently: Being born again, not ofcorruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God,which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 2:1-3 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and allguile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word,that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that theLord is gracious.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#1 PUT THE “ACTIVE” IN PRO-ACTIVE 1 John 2:4-6 He that saith, I know him, and keepethnot his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is notin him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verilyis the love of God perfected: hereby know we thatwe are in him. He that saith he abideth in himought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#2 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND Isaiah 46:8-10 Remember this, and shew yourselvesmen: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.Remember the former things of old: for I am God, andthere is none else; I am God, and there is none likeme, Declaring the end from the beginning, andfrom ancient times the things that are not yet done,saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all mypleasure:

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#2 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND 1 John 3:1-3 Behold, what manner of love the Fatherhath bestowed upon us, that we should be called thesons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we thesons of God, and it doth not yet appear what weshall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.And every man that hath this hope in himpurifieth himself, even as he is pure.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#2 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND Revelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven and a newearth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passedaway; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holycity, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I hearda great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, thetabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell withthem, and they shall be his people, and God himselfshall be with them, and be their God. And God shallwipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall beno more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neithershall there be any more pain: for the former things arepassed away.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective BelieversHABIT#2 BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND Revelation 21:5-8 And he that sat upon the throne said,Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write:for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me,It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and theend. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountainof the water of life freely. He that overcometh shallinherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall bemy son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and theabominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, andsorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their partin the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: whichis the second death.