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Speaker: Jim Hammond Narrowing your attention fixes your focus. FOR the Verde Valley  1. LOVE GOD WHOLEHEARTEDLY 1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us. Ezekiel 36:24-27 " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. It is like we see ourselves clearly for the first time.  I am a sinner.  I need a savior.  You (God) are holy, and I am not.  I was self-centered, self-gratifying, self-absorbed. I didn't know what I was doing. And I didn't even know that I didn't know. Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied...

Speaker: Doug Freeman Series: Habits NOW yells louder, but LATER lasts longer. -Levi Lusko I. Based on who you want to become, what one habit do you need to stop? Psalms 25:4-5 (ESV) Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.  Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. II. Identify and acknowledge the BAD Habit. III. Stop it! Proverbs 4:14-15 (ESV) Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. A. Eliminate the cues and triggers 1 Corinthians 15:33 (ESV) Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals." Proverbs 13:20 (ESV) Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. B. Make it unattractive "The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something more than the habit." -Bryant McGill C. Make i...

Never underestimate how our God can start something big through one small habit! Join us as Pastor Jim discusses how God loves to take small acts of faithfulness and do something special through those things. ========== Title: "Starting" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Habits “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” -Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit Researchers estimate that 40 to 50 percent of our actions on any given day are done out of habit. -James Clear, Atomic Habits Much of what you normally do isn’t a result of conscious choices but a result of daily habits. Keep a daily gratitude journal …. Write down one thing you are thankful for each day … What you appreciate, appreciates. -Darren Hardy, The Compound Effect I.    Based on who you want to BECOME , what one habit do you need to start? REVIEW:  Goals don’t determine success, your system determines success. Daniel 6:3-5 Now Daniel so distinguished himself am...

People who are doing well, whether it be relationally, physically, financially, or spiritually, are people who have learned how to do small disciplines consistently that pay off in big ways over time. ========== Title: "Happy New You" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Habits 2 Corinthians 5:17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! Philippians 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. I. Successful people do CONSISTENTLY what other people do OCCASIONALLY . Romans 7:15 I don't really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate. Romans 7:18-19 And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can't. I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. Romans 7:24-25 Oh, w...