Breakthrough - The Battle Belongs...
One bad decision. One wrong step. One destructive habit at a time.
Judges 16:1 (NLT)

One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.
We can BREAK the bad habits that are preventing our BREAKTHROUGH.
Based on who you want to BECOME, what one habit do you need to BREAK?
James 1:21 (GNT)
So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.
So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV)
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
To START good habits: The PAIN is now, and the PAYOFF comes later.
To BREAK bad habits: The PAYOFF is now, and the PAIN comes later. 

Most people won’t change until the PAIN of staying the SAME is greater than the PAIN of CHANGE.
Five Steps to Break Bad Habits: 

1. DEFINE what you need to DEFEAT.
2. REMOVE the CUE that’s tempting YOU.
Proverbs 4:14-15 (NIV)
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
Habit Cycle: Cue - Craving - Response - Reward.
Five Most Common Cues: Places, Times, Moods, Moments, and People
Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
3. Bring God into the MIDDLE of your MESS.
4. Make Christian COMMUNITY a PRIORITY.
Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
5. Remember, it’s about PROGRESS, not PERFECTION.
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
The habits you have TODAY will shape who you become TOMORROW.