MAKING GOOD HABITS

Quote from the Book

“If you have goals and procrastination, you have nothing. If you have goals and you take action, you will have anything you want.”

The Author

Joyce Meyer is one of the world’s leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than seventy inspirational books, including The Confident Woman, I Dare You, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with the Penny, and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings as well as a complete video library. Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life radio and Television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are proud parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.

Insights from the Book

From nail biting to cell phone addiction, procrastination to overspending, bad habits seem to outnumber the good ones. Unfortunately, we pay a price for bad habits that outweigh the immediate gratification that they bring. Experts say that at least forty percent of what we do is solely the result of habit, which is why it is so important to make good habits and break bad ones.  In this book, Joyce Meyer starts by examining the nature of habits. The first habit – and most important one to have – is the God Habit. By making it a habit to start your day by reading the Bible and communing with God, asking for His help in your efforts and His strength and sustenance, the stage is set for overcoming the habits you want to break and establishing new ones in their place. The author moves on to discuss fourteen good habits and devotes a chapter to each. The reader is given a specific roadmap to follow until the behaviour has become automatic (the definition of a habit). It’s like following a SatNav to get you to a new place. After traveling the same route several times, the SatNav isn’t needed for you to find your destination. The ‘habit’ of following the right route is ingrained

Joyce concludes with this fact, that nearly everything we do in life is the result of our habits. The good ones bring peace, joy, and power into our lives, and the bad ones steal our peace and joy and prevent our success. In this book, Joyce explains how to develop good habits—the things you really want to do—and break the bad ones, putting an end to frustration, discouragement, and stress that drains your energy.