{"id":4613,"date":"2011-05-12T05:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2011-05-12T06:21:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:21:14","slug":"the-habit-of-having-no-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=4613","title":{"rendered":"The Habit of Having No Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful . . . \u20142 Peter 1:8<\/h4>\n

When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we quickly pass through as we grow spiritually. If we stop at this stage, we will develop a sense of spiritual pride. The right thing to do with godly habits is to immerse them in the life of the Lord until they become such a spontaneous expression of our lives that we are no longer aware of them. Our spiritual life continually causes us to focus our attention inwardly for the determined purpose of self-examination, because each of us has some qualities we have not yet added to our lives.
\nYour god may be your little Christian habit\u2014 the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, \u201cI can\u2019t do that right now; this is my time alone with God.\u201d No, this is your time alone with your habit. There is a quality that is still lacking in you. Identify your shortcoming and then look for opportunities to work into your life that missing quality.
\nLove means that there are no visible habits\u2014 that your habits are so immersed in the Lord that you practice them without realizing it. If you are consciously aware of your own holiness, you place limitations on yourself from doing certain things\u2014 things God is not restricting you from at all. This means there is a missing quality that needs to be added to your life. The only supernatural life is the life the Lord Jesus lived, and He was at home with God anywhere. Is there someplace where you are not at home with God? Then allow God to work through whatever that particular circumstance may be until you increase in Him, adding His qualities. Your life will then become the simple life of a child.<\/p>\n

Journal DJR<\/p>\n

May 12, 2011, \u00a0 \u00a0Good Morning, Lord<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea of moving past habits sounds good, especially in context of the end of the worship music today \u2026 But scary at the same time. \u00a0 Because the habits have been the things that have kept me at least as connected to you as I am. \u00a0 I\u2019m afraid I would just wander off and go my own way without the habits to help me keep on track. \u00a0 I\u2019m speaking of the good habits \u2026 of course the not so good ones, I\u2019ll take all the help I can get in getting rid of those.<\/p>\n

A good habit like observing the Sabbath as I suggested to all my children seems so good and godly \u2026 or CO2 \u2026 But even those can become worshipped. \u00a0 Consider the Pharisees and the fundamentalists of all religeons \u2026 they have elevated their habit above the relationships both vertical and horizontal and therefore violate both<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Got it. \u00a0 So you\u2019re not saying to skip the Sabbath or CO2 or working out or \u2026. Just to keep them in their proper place.<\/p>\n

Yes,\u00a0 As long as the habits are serving to promote our connection, they are good and may continue. \u00a0 Keep them until you can step up higher. \u00a0 That means following me thru connection, like John mentioned in 5:19<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Message) <\/em>19-20<\/em><\/strong>So Jesus explained himself at length. “I’m telling you this straight. The Son can’t independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing.<\/em><\/p>\n

(NLT) <\/em>19<\/em><\/strong> So Jesus explained, \u201cI tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, with that tight a connection, \u00a0all things that are essential will get done. \u00a0 Dont worry about it. \u00a0When we’re that tight, you dont need a habit. \u00a0 \u00a0Remember you are to worship the Father, not the habit of however you previously found the Father. \u00a0 The difference may seem subtle but it makes all the difference. \u00a0 \u00a0It takes practice, but focusing on connection, combined with instant obedience is the key to this. \u00a0 Keep on coming.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful . . . \u20142 Peter 1:8 When we first begin to form a habit, we are fully aware of it. There are times when we are aware of becoming virtuous and godly, but this awareness should only be a stage we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4615,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}