Living in the Shadow of the Cross

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Living in the Shadow of the Cross

• The Cross Centered Day

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The Cross Centered Day

• Humans are creatures of habit.
• Our habits reflect our true selves.
• We all build our daily lives around our
  priorities and passions.
• We make time for what we truly value.
• We build habits and routines around the things
  that really matter to us.

A cross centered life is made up of
cross centered days.
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How to Create a Habit

• Character
• Attributes, traits and abilities of a person.
• Principles and motives that control a life
• That which a person really is

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How to Create a Habit

• Character is a composite of our habits
• Sow a thought reap an action
• Sow an action reap a habit
• Sow a habit reap a character
• Sow a character reap a destiny

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How to Create a Habit

• What is a habit?
• A pattern of behavior acquired through frequent
  repetition.
• An established disposition of the mind or
  character.

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How to Create a Habit

• Habits are the intersection of
• Knowledge
• Perspective
• Conviction
• Skill

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How to Create a Habit

• Knowledge
• What to do
• What God has said or done
• Perspective
• Why to do it
• Why God said it or did it
• Conviction
• Want to do it
• The reasons to do it
• Skill
• How to do it
• Ability to do something with ease and accuracy

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How to Create a Habit

• Here is how you create habits (character)
• You know it (knowledge)
• You understand it (perspective)
• You believe it with all your heart (conviction)
• You do it (skill)

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The Cross Centered Day

1. Preach the Gospel to yourself.
2. Study the Gospel.
3. Memorize the Gospel.
4. Pray the Gospel.
5. Sing the Gospel.
6. Review how the Gospel has changed you.
7. Share the Gospel.

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The Cross Centered Day

• Keep drawing near, and build a cross centered
  life one day at a time.