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Verde Valley Christian Church Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2024 Sermon Title: You In 5 Years - Part 4: From Evening to Morning Speaker: Jim Hammond 1 When are we going to find time to make life changing disciplined habits possible? 2 To insert a new habit you need to establish a "habit cycle" that includes three things: a cue, a routine, and a reward. 3 Successful people do consistently what others do occasionally.  4 Keystone Habits effect your success in all other habits.  Genesis 1:2-5 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. When are we going to find time to make changes? During our discretionary time "f...

Verde Valley Christian Church Jan 21 – 27, 2024 Sermon Title: You In 5 Years - Part 3: Too Small to Fail Speaker: Jim Hammond Deuteronomy 7:17-18 You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?" But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. I. Don't look to your LIMITATIONS look to the LORD Deuteronomy 7:21 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. II. Victory will come INCREMENTALLY Deuteronomy 7:22 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little . You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. III. Make your HABITS too SMALL to fail Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

Verde Valley Christian Church Jan 14 – 20, 2024 Sermon Title: You In 5 Years - Part 2: Delight Speaker: Andrew Webb Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, Psalms 1:2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. Psalms 1:3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. Psalms 1:4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. Psalms 1:6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. 1. Choose Your Friends Wisely Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2. Del...

Verde Valley Christian Church Jan 7 – 13, 2024 Sermon Title: You In 5 Years - Part 1: Small Steps, Big Results Speaker: Jim Hammond 1. What could your life look like by the first Sunday in January 2029? What would it take to get there? 2. How many of you have in the past experienced a failed New Year's Resolution? 3. How many of you have given up on making New Year's resolutions? 4. What are small steps that could have big results if you were consistent for 5 years? 5. What if you do nothing different? Where is the path of your current small steps leading you? 6. Since five years is a long enough time to get really healthy or really unhealthy, what will it be for you? I. The ways you LET IN become the ways you are SET IN Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. II. SELF-HELP does not go far enough Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I ...