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It is the discipline to do small things that provides the ability to accomplish big things. Keystone habits are regular practices in your life that lead to big results. Big breakthroughs are not about one defining moment, they are about the power accumulated through discipline in small practices and small victories.

Successful people do habitually what other people do occasionally. This is true relationally, physically, spiritually, financially. It is all about small things leading in the direction of big things over time. We know this, and yet we struggle. What is holding us back from harnessing the power of habits?

Like a cloak that you wear on top of everything else, love is what ties the other virtues together. They are the fruit, while love is the root. It is core identifier, the central reality, and the foundation for Christian life. What would it mean for you to be known for love in action and in truth?

Paul caps his list of virtues with patience, because he knows we will need patience if we hope to cultivate the other virtues. Transformation is a slow process if it is significant. We need patience because in between the promise and the payoff, there is always a process. We need to learn to be patient with ourselves and with others because we are all works in progress.

Often we confuse the scriptural virtue of gentleness with weakness, as if gentleness is the opposite of strength. Yet in the teaching of Jesus, gentleness doesn't mean weakness. Gentleness is power under control, specifically when you place your influence, your words, your reactions, and your actions under the control of God. This is when you find the quiet power of gentleness.

Humility is an anchor for the soul that ties us to the mercy of God. We need it desperately in a culture sick with pride, vanity, and selfish ambition.

Are you clothed with kindness or contempt? Kindness is almost universally accepted as a virtue, and yet it seems we are experiencing a kindness crisis in our culture of outrage, contempt, and disdain. How can we reverse this trend in our own hearts and live into a story of genuine kindness?

Our world needs genuine compassion. We have replaced genuine compassion with artificial compassion in our digital world. We have settled for theatrical goodness, virtue signaling, “raising awareness,” and manufactured outrage instead of seeing and feeling the suffering around us, and responding with loving action. The Jesus Way offers us a counter-cultural corrective here – a better way. Let's explore what it looks like to love and serve like Jesus, with practical help and supernatural hope.

Elizabeth and Jeremiah sit down with Cam Caswell, Brad Long, and Justin Ulrich to discuss how Type Sevens always find the party. Listen to learn how these Enthusiasts experience relationships with God and others and how we can love them better.

Enneagram Type Sevens are called the Enthusiast, the Optimist, or the Epicure. They are upbeat, positive people driven to seek out pleasure and avoid pain. They find joy in every situation, and if joy cannot be found, they manufacture it! Sevens have an insatiable hunger for more, an internal vacuum they are trying to fill with variety, novelty, and experiences. When they are healthy, they learn contentment and reflect God's Joy to the world.