Gospel4You International - ’Bad Habits’ in Shona by Bishop Michael Chiviru

The English translation is kindly provided by Bishop Michael Chiviru Director of Unreached People's Mission in Zimbabwe

Title : Bad Habits
Text : Ephesians 2:10

Human beings are creatures of habit. Many of our practises become automatic. We are sometimes unaware that we do certain things or that we do them in a specific way.

Bad habits covers a wide range of negative behaviour. Bad habits hinders many good things and also offends others. This also include compulsive behaviour. This issue of bad habits assumes special importance in the light of scriptural demand that we should walk in newness of life according to (Romans 6:4). Remember that bad habits displease God but with His help they can be broken and replaced with alternatives.

None of us is immune to change. The 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 specialises in change according to (2Corinthians 5:7). God can work in our lives in order to bring our conduct into line with what pleases Him. We are created to 𝒅𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔. So change is possible for all persons and we are to 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 our Old Self which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires and 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 a New Self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

CONCLUSION:

Submit yourself to God and resist the devil. As you 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 to be lord of your whole life count yourself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Do NOT let sin and bad habits reign in your moral body to obey its evil desires anymore.

PRAYER:

Lord Jesus 𝒊 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 to you and i deny my Old Self and all its evil desires. Wash me by your blood and give me a New Self of righteousness and holiness. 𝑰 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

AMEN!!