Daily Habits

I read a statement from a John Maxwell book today that follows. "You will never change your life until you change something you do daily." God called me a few years ago to make some daily changes in my life. I'm finally able to say that I have made them all! Thank God for grace! Here are a few daily practices God has built into my life that have changed my life for the better! All of them have a key component that was lacking in my life: Discipline!

These are listed in the order I made the change, not the order of importance:

1. Alexa and I began Dave Ramsey's Financial Makeover. What a blessing it has been! We no longer fight over money! What a joy. You can find out about this plan at www.daveramsey.com
or sign up for financial peace university at our church. We have been following this program for 2 years now.

2. I began doing the Life Journal as suggested by New Hope Church in Hawaii and Pastor Wayne Cordeiro. This is a daily discipline of Bible reading and journaling that I have done for 1 and 1/2 years now. You can learn about this at www.lifejournal.cc

3. Two months ago I had to make the hardest change. My blood pressure got so high it scared me, so I asked God what to do. He reminded me of a health diet I had heard of several years ago, the Hallelujah diet. It is so radical that I didn't think I could do it. But a brother in the church agreed to join me, and we have kept it up for two months now! I have lost 24 pounds and my blood pressure has returned from the scary level to normal! Thank God. You can check out the site for the diet at www.hacres.com

I'm not trying to brag. God showed me these things a few years back and I have just been able to find the discipline through His grace! I just wanted to recommend these great things to you.

Pastor Anthony