The Habit: journey to an acquired behavior: Evangelism

Evangelism - the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
Disciple - a follower and student of a mentor, teacher, or other figure...
- the expectation of evangelism: Mt 4:18-20, Lk 19:9-10, Mt 28:19-20
- the importance of evangelism: Mk 16:15-16 heaven and hell are real and we need to share that with others, Mt 40-42, we need to have an urgency to share the gospel
- the process of evangelism:
--- tell your story. Jn 1:40-42, the most powerful thing you have is your own story. Be genuine.  Why don't we do it? Because we're afraid. Ro 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9-10, 10:13
--- bring them to Jesus
- the power for evangelism comes from God, not us
- the reward of evangelism: you get to have other people in heaven with you that might not have been there.

The Habit: journey to an acquired behavior: Prayer

The Habit of Prayer. Prayer seems crazy - actually being able to speak with God.
Prayer is one of the most important things we can do. Prayer is not about us, it's about God.
Mt 6:5-13 Don't be a hypocrite when you pray. Don't babble, my father God knows what you need even before you ask.
Carve time out in your schedule and make a special place where you can get alone with God and pray.
Our Father - we should stop right there and be in awe. God is everything.
Your kingdom come - trust God that whatever He does is good. What is most important is not what I want, but what You want.
Jas 5:16 the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. - as we do this more, we will pray smarter prayers, aligned with God's heart.
Give us our daily bread - be thankful for what we have, that our provision comes from God.
Forgive us - confession of our sins. We also need to forgive others.
Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.
Declare God's greatness.
Surrender your will.
Acknowledge your dependence:
- provision
- pardon
- protection

The Habit: journey to an acquired behavior: studying God's Word

Habit - An acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it becomes involuntary.

The Habit of studying God's word. The number one way God speaks to us is through his word. 2Tim 3:14-17 All scripture is God breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness. Jas 1:22-25 Let God's word change us and make us better.
Why wouldn't you spend time in God's word, reading his love letter to us, allowing him to seep into our lives and make us better.
Training is long-term, and something we do BEFORE the moment we need it. This  in order that we are ready and equipped when the time comes. God uses his word to train us in righteousness.
How  we do this?
- SOAP scripture, observation, application, prayer (January: stay today with Prov 12, read a chapter a day. February: read a chapter a day in Acts) read a chapter, write about a verse you read, write about how to apply that verse, pray about it.