Habits of Grace, Part 1

We are all being shaped—by culture, family, technology, and the people around us. But what if the deepest change in your life could come from grace? In this opening message of Habits of Grace, Pastor Paul invites us to consider what it means to be truly formed by Jesus and how simple habits can open the door to transformation.

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Who or what is forming or informing the way you live right now?

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1 Corinthians 15:9-10
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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Luke 14:25-26
Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.

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Luke 14:27
And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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Luke 14:28-35
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples

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Do you really want a relationship with Me? Do you really want your life to be informed or formed by Me?

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What is your plan when it comes to following and growing in your relationship with Jesus?

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John Mark Comer
“We want the life that Jesus promises without adopting the lifestyle of Jesus.”

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1. Why does it matter?
2. How do you do it?
3. What is my next step in engaging this habit?

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Philippians 2: 12-13
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

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Do you want a relationship with Him?
Do you want to be formed and informed by Jesus?
What is your plan to experience the life He offers?

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