The 7
Habits of the Redeemed
Memory Verse: (Acts 2:44 NIV) All the believers were
together and had everything in common.
TEXT: Acts 2:44-47; Acts 4:32–37
Introduction:
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”-- Carl Jung.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit.”--Aristotle
habitus --French philosopher Pierre
Bourdieu
THE SEVEN HABITS OF THE
REDEEMED
1.
Habit of
Learning. 2:42a
Acts 2:42; John 17:17
2.
Habit of
Partnership 2:42b
Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3
Greek word koinonia-fellowship
3.
Habit of
Caring 2:42c, 46
Acts 2:42, 46
“You can’t read the New Testament without
hearing the rattle of dishes.”--Wade Armstrong
Illustration—Older couple sharing everything…
4.
Habit of
Praying 2:42d
Acts 1:14; 2:42
“What the Church needs today is not more
machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom
the Holy Ghost can use--men of prayer, men mighty in prayer.”-- E.M. Bounds
5.
Habit of
Togetherness. 2:44; 4:32
Acts 2:44;4:32; Psa
133:1-2; Josh 23:10
“In a congregation where there is harmony,
there’s usually growth… A church with a compassion for lost souls usually has a
harmonious membership.”--Frank Crumpler
TEAM acrostic
TOGETHER
EVERYONE
ACHIEVE
MORE
6.
Habit
of Sharing 2:45; 4:34-35.
Acts 2:45; 4:34-35
7.
Habit of
Worship 2:47
Acts 2:47; James 5:13
"I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath."—John Wesley
