I’VE GOT A HABIT
AND I CAN’T
SHAKE IT LOOSE
text : acts 6:4, psalms 119:44, hebrews 13:15
INTRODUCTION
BELOVED SO MANY OF US HAVE GOT HABITS THAT WE CAN’T GET RID OF, FOR A HABIT IS A USUAL MANNER OF BEHAVIOR
OR A BEHAVIOR PATTERN ACQUIRED BY FREQUENT REPITION
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ABOUT IS A NATURAL HABIT BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPIRITUAL HABIT. I WANT
TO LOOK AT FOUR(4) AREAS: (1)A PRAYER HABIT (2) A WORD
HABIT (3) A HOLY GHOST HABIT AND (4) A WORSHIP AND
PRAISE HABIT.
BODY
1) PRAYER HABIT:
(A) PRAY WITHOUT CEASING-1 THESS 5:17, LUKE 18:1
1)WE AS BELIEVERS NEED TO ESTABLISH A PRAYER
LIFE NOT JUST A HOUR OR TWO HOURS BUT WE
NEED TO ESTABLISH A SINCERE PRAYER HABIT.
A HABIT OF SPENDING TIME WITH THE LORD AND
TALKING TO HIMAND INTERCEDING AND
LETTING GOD SPEAK TO US. NOT JUST ONE DAY
OR TWO DAYS BUT 265 DAYS A YEAR. WE NEED
TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING, IN OTHER WORDS
NON STOP PRAYER I’VE HEARD IT SAID THAT
IT DON’T TAKE ALL PRAYING BUT THE BIBLE
DECLARED.
(B) MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY-LUKE 18:1
1)WHERE-EVER YOU ARE SEND UP PRAYER
ON THE JOB, IN THE CAR, IN YOUR HOME
WHERE YOU ARE FOR PRAYER WILL CHANGE
CIRCUMSTANCES PRAYER WILL TURN LIVES
AROUND, PRAYER WILL CAUSE MIRACLES TO
HAPPEN, PRAYER WILL CAUSE DELIVRANCE
TO COME, IT WILL LOOSE THE SHACKLE, OPEN
PRISON DOORS AND SET THE CAPTIVES FREE
(ex. acts 16:25 paul and silas) YES PRAYER WILL
FIX IT EVERYTIME. PRAYER WILL CAUSE YOUR
ENIMEES TO BE AT PEACE, PRAYER WILL CAUSE
WAGGING TONGUES TO CEASE, PRAYER WILL
WIL BRING A GREATER ANOINTING IN YOUR
LIFE BECAUSE YOUR ARE SPENDING TIME IN
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. YES I’VE GOT
A HABIT THAT I CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE.
2)A WORD HABIT:
(A)MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT-PSALMS 119:15-18
(1) MEDITATE MEANS TO REFLECT ON, PONDER
WE NEED TO KEEP THE WORD OF GOD ON OUR
MINDS AND LIPS AT ALL TIMES. WHEN WE GO
THROUGH TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS WE NEED
TO THINK ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE
SONGWRITER PENNED THE WORDS IN THE
WORD OF GOD I’VE GOT A HIDING PLACE.
WE NEED TO MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT
(PSALMS119:14) TO POINT WHERE WE WANT TO:
(B) STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED-2 TIM. 2:15
(1) STUDY SO THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE WORD SAYS ABOUT US, STUDY SO THAT
WE CAN EFFECTIVELY DEFEAT THE ENIMEE,
FOR THE WORD WILL BE A LAMP UNTO YOUR
FEET AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH
WHEN WE MEDITATE ADN STUDY THE WORD OF GOD WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE WORD SAYS ABOUT EVERY
CIRCUMSTANCE AND PROBLEM IN OUR LIVES AND HOW TO
OVERCOME THEM AND HOW TO DEFEAT POVERTY AND SICKNESS FOR THE WORD WILL SHOW US HOW TO DEAL
WITH THOSE WHO TALK ABOUT YOU AND SAY ALL MANNER
OF EVIL AGAINST YOUR FOR THE WORD HAS POWER ALL BY
ITSELF. YES I’VE GOT A HABIT THAT I CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE.
3)A HOLY GHOST HABIT:
A) BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT-EPHESIANS 5:18
1) WHEN WE ASK GOD TO FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT
WE WILL BE IN POWERED TO DO THE WORKS
OF THE SPIRIT. WHEN WE ASK FOR THE FULLNES
OF THE HOLY GHOST WE WILL HAVE POWER!
2)WHE THE HOLY GHOST COMES YOU SHALL HAVE
POWER(ACTS 1:8). POWER TO CAST OUT DEMONS
POWER TO HEAL THE SICK, POWER TO LOOSE
THE SHACKLES AND SET THE CAPTIVES FREE,
POWER TO DO THE WORKS THAT JESUS DID AND
GREATER WORKS, YES WHEN THE ANOINTING
OF GOD COMES UPON YOU YOU WILL DREAM
DREAMS AND SEE VISIONS, POWER TO SPEAK
THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY
ARE, POWER TO BIND AND LOOSE, BIND UP
THOSE THING THAT IS NOT OF GOD AND LOOSE
THE BLESSINGS OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE YES
I’VE GOT A HABIT THAT I CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE!
(4)FINALLY I’VE GOT A WORSHIP AND PRAISE HABIT:
A)HE WHO WORSHIP HIM -ST. JOHN 4:23-24
(1) WHEN WE BOW DOWN OR LAY PROSTRATE
BEFORE HIM (PSALMS 95:6-7) WHEN WE
KNEEL BEFORE HIM ADN RECONIZE WHO
HE IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD WILL BEGAN
TO MINISTER TO US. GOD WILL COMMUNE
WITH US AND HE WILL BEGAN TO SHOW US
THINGS AND REVEAL HIMSELF TO US IN A
POWERFUL WAY FOR HE WHO WORSHIPS
MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT PLACE OF WORSHIP
THEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL BRING US INTO
SOME SERIOUS PRAISE.
(B) WE MUST PRAISE HIM DAILY-PSALMS 72:11)
(1) PRAISE HIM IN THE MORNING AND PRAISE
HIM IN THE EVENING EVEN IN THE MIDNIGHT
HOUR. FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN TO THE
GOING DOWN OF THE SAME HIS NAME IS TO
BE PRAISED. YES WE NEED TO LET THE LORD
KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE
HIM. WHEN IT THINK OF HIS GOODNESS I’VE
GOT TO PRAISE HIM, WHEN I THINK OF WHAT
HE’S DONE FOR ME I GOT TO PRAISE HIM,
WHEN I THINK OF HOW HE BROUGHT OUT I’VE
GOT TO PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM FOR HIS
MIGHTY ACTS, PRAISE HIM FOR HIS WONDERFUL
GREATNESS LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS
BREATH PRAISE TEH LORD. WHEN YOU GET INTO
THAT HABIT OF PRAISE IN THE GOOD TIMES AND
IN THE BAD TIMES THEN WE GOT SOME SERIOUS
PRAISE GOING ON.
CONCLUSION
YES I GOT A HABIT THAT I CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE AND I DON’T WANT TO SHAKE IT LOOSE FOR ITS A HABIT OF PRAYER THAT
WILL NOT CEASE ITS A WORD HABIT THAT IS CONSTANLY BEFORE ME YES IT A HOLY GHOST HABIT THAT IS MOVING
INSIDE OF ME FOR WHEN IT MOVES IT BRINGS FORTH A
WORHIP AND PRAISE HABIT THAT CAUSE ME TO BLESS THE
LORD AT ALL TIME AND TO LET HIS PRAISE CONTINUALLY
BE IN MY MOUTH .
I’VE GOT A HABIT
AND I CAN’T SHAKE
IT LOOSE!
