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Put on the New Self, Part 3

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How to change (continued)
Shape your environment so it will help shape you. (continued)
  • I Corinthians 15:33
  • Ephesians 4:17; 5:1-2
  • I Peter 4:1-5
    • Create good habits and stop bad ones.

    • Serving God is a way of life – not a one-time action.

      • Ephesians 2:2, 10; 4:1, 17; 5:2, 8, 15 – Notice the term walk. This is a figure for way of life.

      • Romans 6:4, 13-16 – After baptism, a Christian is to walk in newness of life. We are slaves for obedience. We’re not a slave for a day. We are to submit to God from now on.

      • Colossians 1:10; 2:6; 3:7; 4:5 – Walking

      • Remember to shape your environment to make good habits easier and bad habits harder.

        • Daniel 6:10 – Daniel had a well-engrained prayer habit. He had a place just for praying.

        • Deuteronomy 17:18-19 – Israel’s kings were to read God’s law everyday.

        • We tend to do what’s easy and convenient. We must reduce the friction for good habits and make the bad habits harder and inconvenient.

          Examples:
          Let’s say you want to do a better job of loving your spouse (Ephesians 5:22-33). List some ideas that would help in that endeavor:

          • Think of yourself as a new person.

            • “I am the kind of person that thinks of her first.”

            • Shape your environment so it will help shape you.

              • Have a career that allows time for family.

              • Shrug of bad advice about marriage from those who do not fear God.

              • Watch how strong couples interact and love each other.

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