Lord, help me break this habit
Subtitle: you can be free from doing the things you hate
By: Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock.
Contributors: Garlock, Ruthanne.
Publisher: Chosen Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780800794644
Subjects: Habit breaking -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why do I do the things I hate?; title: All the trying in the world will not change our bad habits or wrong behavior unless we do it in the context of trusting God; title: Lord, I need to know you accept me; title: Have you ever felt God did not love or accept you? : most of us have, but our Father wants us to begin seeing ourselves as He lovingly sees us; title: Lord, help me stay calm; title: How can we stay calm during a crisis? : let's learn how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to achieve self-control; title: Lord, take away my worry, fear and grief; title: Disappointment and loss are never pleasant, but when they come, as they will, they can provide seasons of spiritual growth in which we draw closer to the God who loves us; title: Lord, enable me to forgive; title: Refusing to forgive someone actually will prevent us from being forgiven ourselves! : but once we decide to obey Scripture, the Holy Spirit empowers us to make the decision stick; title: Lord, I can't stop myself; title: Whatever thing or activity we "worship," so to speak, can become an addiction that leads to opening our minds and emotions to the enemy, but there is hope; title: Lord, help me stop taking control; title: Do we find ourselves wanting to control people and circumstances? : God does not force us to choose His ways, and He does not want us to manipulate others either; title: Lord, purify my heart; title: Whether we are struggling to overcome envy, sexual temptation : judging, gossip, prejudice, pride or any other bad habit, God's power can enable us to keep pure hearts; title: Lord, protect me from deception; title: The word deception typically brings to mind definitions like : "misleading," "deceitful," "dishonest" and "making a person believe what is not true" : our safeguard against deception is discernment; title: Lord, help me find balance; title: Most of us have limited amounts of time, energy and resources. so when we bring our personal work/worship/rest/play cycle into better balance, it improves our lives on every level; title: Staying free; title: We are all creatures of habit, and the behavior patterns we acquire affect who we become : with strategy and persistence, we can break our bad habits just as surely as we formed them : let's explore how to stay free!