This document summarizes key habits that Christians should develop to better serve as stewards of God. These include seeking God first through prayer and Bible study, looking for the return of Jesus, using time wisely, living a healthy lifestyle, and practicing self-discipline. Developing these good habits helps ensure priorities are clear, perspectives are shaped by the Second Coming, and Christians are prepared both spiritually and physically for eternity. Making these habits part of daily life is important for faithful stewardship.
Partaking of holy communion helps us remember the significance of Christ’s accomplishments for us as our redeemer, building our believing expectation for continued spiritual and physical wholeness. By his stripes we were healed.
This is a beginning message on why we must pray together more in our church and, I suspect, in most churches. It may be true that 90% of churches today do not have a church prayer meeting on their weekly calendars. 40 years ago 90% of churches probably did. We must return to our biblical roots as a people who pray together if we want to be ready to host a revival and sustain a revival in our fellowships and in our region. God is coming with global revival. Will we be ready? Corporate prayer will help us greatly to be ready.
Partaking of holy communion helps us remember the significance of Christ’s accomplishments for us as our redeemer, building our believing expectation for continued spiritual and physical wholeness. By his stripes we were healed.
This is a beginning message on why we must pray together more in our church and, I suspect, in most churches. It may be true that 90% of churches today do not have a church prayer meeting on their weekly calendars. 40 years ago 90% of churches probably did. We must return to our biblical roots as a people who pray together if we want to be ready to host a revival and sustain a revival in our fellowships and in our region. God is coming with global revival. Will we be ready? Corporate prayer will help us greatly to be ready.
The Bible is very clear as to what our purpose in this life should be. Men in both the Old and New Testaments sought for and discovered life’s purpose. Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, according to scripture, discovered the futility of life when it is lived only for this world. He gives these concluding remarks in the book of Ecclesiastes: 13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil”. - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
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3. A habit is a settled or regular
tendency or practice. As
stewards, we’ll be able to
better manage God’s business
if we develop good habits.
Let’s study some of those good
habits:
Seek God first.
Look for the return of Jesus.
Use time wisely.
Live healthy.
Self-discipline.
4. “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search
for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)
Loving God is the most important
commandment. The Bible
encourages us to make God’s
business our priority (Matthew
22:37-38; 6:33)
That was Jesus’ priority since He
was a child (Luke 2:49)
He developed the habit of prayer
to have His priorities clear.
Communicating with His Father
became a need for Him.
As stewards, studying the Word
and praying must be a daily
habit, not just an occasional
activity.
5. “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming
at an hour you do not expect.” (Luke 12:40)
Jesus used parables to teach that we
must be stewards who actively look
for His Second Coming.
Forgetting that the event is near may
divert our thoughts from the glorious
future ahead. We may forget that we
need to live as faithful sons of God.
Our perspective on Christian life and
the meaning of life may eventually be
distorted.
It’s very important to develop the
habit of looking for the Second
Coming, to speak about it and to
faithfully wait for that glorious event.
This habit changes our perspective on
this life.
6. “The glories that await the faithful
overcomer are beyond any
description. The Lord will greatly
honor and exalt His faithful ones.
They shall grow like the cedar, and
their comprehension will be certainly
increasing. And at every advanced
stage of knowledge their anticipation
will fall far beneath the reality. ‘Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared
for them that love him’ (1 Corinthians
2:9). Our work now is to prepare for
those mansions that God is preparing
for those who love Him and keep His
commandments.... The Lord Jesus will
enlarge every mind and heart for the
reception of the Holy Spirit.”
E.G.W.(TheUpwardLook,May17)
7. “redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16)
Time is ephemeral and limited for us humans
(Psalm 90:10). Time passes no matter what we
do.
Therefore, it’s important to develop good habits
that help us to make the most of such a limited
resource.
Good stewards must manage time wisely.
There’s time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3:1),
and we’ll be held accountable of how we use it.
Let our daily prayer be
“Teach us to number our
days, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom.”
(Psalm 90:12)
8. “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and
may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
Humans were created with perfect
physical, mental and spiritual health at
the beginning. God has promised that
He will restore that perfect state of
health in us (Revelation 22:2)
As we wait for that moment, God
wants us to develop habits that benefit
our health.
Physical
health
For example,
exercise and
good diet
Mental
health
Develop healthy
thoughts
(Philippians 4:8)
Spiritual
health
Prayer, Bible
study and sharing
our faith
9. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
power and of love and of a sound mind.”
(2 Timothy 1:7)
Paul encouraged us to develop habits of
self-discipline. He used the example of a
runner and a wrestler
(1 Corinthians 9:24-27)
There are examples in the Bible of the
results of self-discipline and the lack of
it.
Thanks to God’s power and our diligent
effort, we’ll develop self-discipline to
become good stewards of our Lord.
SOLOMON
DANIEL
SAMSON
JOSEPH
10. “In sincerity, in soul hunger, cry after God. Wrestle
with the heavenly agencies until you have the
victory. Put your whole being into the Lord’s
hands, soul, body, and spirit, and resolve to be His
loving, consecrated agency, moved by His will,
controlled by His mind, infused by His Spirit.”
E.G.W. (Our Highly Calling, May 5)
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