1. 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Christians

2. Habit –A repetitive action by one person
Some habits are good and some are bad.

3. Dr. Steven Covey-7 Habits of Highly Successful People.
Be Proactive
Begin with the end in mind
Put first things first
Think win-win
Seek first to understand and then to be understood
Synergize
Sharpen the saw

4. VIRTUE (II PET. 1:5)
Faith is the foundation (Heb. 11:1; 6; Rom. 10:17; 1:16,17).
Virtue means excellency or moral goodness
Implies: Courage, Vigor, Strength, Firmness
True Christians are to be strong (II Tim 2:1-4)

5. KNOWLEDGE (II PET. 1:5)
Knowledge is the key word in II Peter (II Pet. 2:20ff)
This was Israel’s problem

6. Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

7. We have to know today (John 8:32)
Joh 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Eph 3:4 whereby when you read….

8. Self-Control (II PET 1:6)
We have to discipline ourselves
In our behavior
Over sleep
Over eat
Emotions
Fleshly desires
We must control ourselves

9. Steadfastness (II PET 1:6)
Patience means Endurance/Perseverance
Endurance can be the difference between success and failure
Mat 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

10. Satan shows us the short cut or easy way
We are admonished to remain steadfast
Psalm 78:7-10
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

11. Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

12. GODLINESS (II PET. 1:7)
Godliness means that we do what God tells us to do
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

13. BROTHERLY KINDNESS (II PET. 1:7)
Phileo: Love for friends
Christians are the greatest people in the world (Mat. 5:13-16)
We should love the brotherhood (II Pet. 2:17).

14. CHARITY/LOVE (II PET. 1:7)
Agape the supreme love
The Love that God has for us (John 3:16)
The kind that we should have for all men

15. CONCLUSION (II PET 1:8-13) Benefits V8 Barren means idle
V9-10 Not having these is not a winning decision
Election should be sure: no re-count

16. There are three votes for your salvation
God votes for you
Satan votes for you
You cast the deciding vote

17. What is your vote?
Act 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

18. How effective of a Christian are you?
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19. 7 Habits of Highly effective
Christians