Whether good or bad, a person's life is controlled by habits.

Good Habits vs. Bad Habits

Habits are important. People have many habits, whether good or bad. A person's life is controlled by habits. Someone once told me, Pastor, I get particularly tired after studying for a short while. So, I asked him, What doesn't tire you out? He said, Playing computer games doesn't tire me out. But what can computer games accomplish? Computer games accomplish nothing. Then I began to ponder why some people don't get tired playing ball or computer games. I, for instance, don't get tired studying or working, but some people get tired as soon as they start working, and studying makes them dizzy.

Many people develop different habits in life. Some are accustomed to playing computer games, others to studying. Whatever habit a person develops, that habit won't make them feel tired. For example, if a person develops the habit of waking up at 6:00 AM every day, after developing this habit, waking up early won't feel difficult. But if a person is accustomed to waking up at 12:00 PM, asking them to wake up at 6:00 AM will be very difficult. What determines whether a person feels tired or not? It's habit. Habit determines a person's destiny.

I have reached the age of knowing my Mingding Doctrine at fifty, and I have also developed many habits, but I have more good habits than bad ones. I never play computer games, I never play mahjong, and I don't like to play around. I don't touch drinking, gambling, or prostitution. If you ask me to drink, whether it's Wuliangye, Moutai, or Erguotou, they all taste about the same to me.

Habits are so important. In the church, I will seize these things that can dominate your destiny and tell them to you. By all means, develop good habits. When people are over 60, they will say, My whole life... How your whole life turns out depends on the habits you have developed. You will live your life according to the habits you have.

People have good habits and bad habits. With good habits, you live well; with bad habits, you don't live well. The principle is simple. For example, if a person is lazy and has been lazy all their life, they find everything troublesome. Lazy people see a lot of work, while diligent people see little work. Lazy people find work troublesome, but diligent people can do it all well.

Cultivate Good Habits, Forsake Bad Habits

Later, I discovered that laziness is actually a spirit. For example, when I was delivering LT, the demon inside her said, Actually, LT isn't lazy; she's very diligent. But when I'm inside her, she becomes lazy. This is very interesting. That is to say, habits are closely related to the spiritual world. Some people are lazy, and it's difficult for them to change when they want to. This is because they are controlled by the demon inside them. Therefore, developing good habits is closely related to the results you live out in your life. Developing good habits is key.

If a person has good habits, they won't feel tired doing those things. For example, a person who loves to learn won't feel tired learning because they have the habit of learning. If a person develops the habit of loving to learn, they won't feel tired learning for a lifetime because they will naturally learn. But if you don't have the habit of learning, it will be very difficult for you to learn.

We all know that the Jews are the best at education. There are no illiterates among the Jewish people. They read the Bible, at least the Torah, from a young age. Jewish people love to learn. The second most studious people are the Chinese. In this day and age, Chinese people excel in their studies after coming to America because we have developed the habit of loving to learn. If you don't let them learn, it's a difficult thing.

I love to work. In the past week or so since I came to Mudanjiang, my habits haven't adjusted yet. The food and drink in Mudanjiang are both very good. In winter, everyone stays indoors, gathers in groups, and then brings out a plate of melon seeds. Everyone eats and chats. This has become a habit of the people in Northeast China.

If you want to practice speaking, you can come to Northeast China. Why does Northeast China produce sketch comedies? Everyone speaks as if they are sketch comedy experts. It's very interesting. The winter lasts a long time, and everyone can't do anything outside, so they gather in circles and chat. Many of these sketch comedies are created on the kang (heated brick bed) because they have developed the habit of chatting here, passed down from generation to generation.

Some people love to play video games because playing video games has become a habit. Even if they play all night, they won't feel tired, but they feel tired doing other things. Some people love to work. After developing the habit, they don't feel tired working. Some people love to do housework. After doing a lot, they don't feel tired. Some people love to innovate. After getting used to innovating, they don't feel tired doing it.

I particularly cannot tolerate a place being messy. If a place is messy, I must clean it up. I like to keep things clean and tidy. Only after things are clean and in order can I start working in that place. But some people like this kind of dirty and messy environment. They can tolerate it in this environment. I don't know how they live. So, today we must start developing good habits. Once we develop good habits, these good habits will determine your destiny. Once something becomes a habit, you won't feel tired.

I also feel very strange. Some people go through 12 years of basic education from first grade to third year of high school, and 4 years of university education. After coming out, they study for a graduate degree, adding up to 16 years, which accounts for a large proportion of their lives. But they just haven't developed a good habit of learning. Isn't this very tormenting? How great it is to develop a habit of loving to learn! If you develop a habit of loving to learn, learning is an enjoyment for you.

Therefore, we must develop good habits from childhood. Developing habits is key. How do we develop good habits? Actually, the most important thing in developing habits is to force them out. Why do children need us to discipline them? Because children's habits need you to force them out. It's great if you can force them to develop a good habit. You will save a lot of trouble when they grow up.

If a child beats and curses their parents from a young age, they will definitely continue to do so when they grow up. There was an old man in Northeast China who froze to death. He had 8 children, but no one knew. Later, someone asked, Is this the old man's problem, or the children's problem? Weren't these children raised by this old man? If you didn't let your children develop good habits from a young age, how can they develop good habits when they grow up? So, children are forced to develop these habits.

Establish Rules

When children are young, they must live under the management of the law. You must establish rules for them. If you don't establish rules for them, they will establish rules for you when they grow up. Today, all parents with children, please listen to my advice: establish rules for your children, let them develop good habits. After developing good habits, such as loving to learn, loving to work, loving to do housework, and loving to innovate, the problem is solved. So, you must control your children. Good habits are forced out.

I also discovered a problem: it's hard to change habits when people get old. For example, my mother has been smoking for 60 years and playing mahjong for 40 years. It's really difficult to ask her to change. But it doesn't matter, she has changed now. If you don't develop good habits when you're young, what will you do when you grow up? There was a child's mother. The child was already 30 years old, and his mother cooked for him. Then the child said, What kind of food is this? It's so bad. Whose problem is this? It's the mother's problem. She spoiled him from a young age.

I have also been advising, Do not be considerate of the flesh, because won't indulging the flesh spoil the child? Let him eat if he wants to, and let him go hungry if he doesn't want to. I heard about a family where the child didn't eat, but she never chased after him to feed him. If he didn't eat, he didn't eat. The adults all finished their meal, and then the child said, Mom, I want to eat. Then the mother said, There's no food left. Just endure it. After a few times, the child understood that if I don't eat when it's mealtime, there will be no food left when everyone else is done eating. This is how they established rules for the child.

Before, in Singapore, a child's grandmother came to me with her grandson in her arms. The child was very heavy and restless in her arms. How could she bear it? A person in their 50s, how could they bear the child's tossing? So, I immediately grabbed the child into my arms. I took him to a small dark room and told him to stand there. I lectured him for a long time. Of course, I didn't hit him. Later, when they came out of the dark room, the child and his grandmother and maternal grandmother went home. On the way to the bus stop, the child could walk on his own and even helped his grandmother carry things.

How great is that? You must develop habits from a young age. Although I don't know if the child's grandmother continued to spoil him later, today I must let the parents, maternal grandmothers, and paternal grandfathers in our church know one thing: if you don't establish rules for your children, you are harming them because you are making them unwise and unruly. When they get old, it will be very difficult for you to change them.

Try changing a 50-year-old. A child's future destiny is in their habits. Overcoming old habits and developing new habits is the key work of our church. So, you will find that the pastors in our church, from the district leaders to the group leaders, are very strict. If you don't manage them, you are indulging them.

Our church is a very strictly managed church. If you don't let them develop good habits and you don't discipline them, then society will discipline them later. When society disciplines the children, the parents will have to bear great responsibility. If this person is in the church, the pastors of the church will have to bear great responsibility because these good habits must be constantly developed in the church. A person who develops good habits won't feel tired living. A person who develops bad habits will feel very tired living because bad habits cannot create value. If you can't create value, you will definitely feel very tired living. It will be very hard for you to do those things that create value. If you want your children to live prosperously and not feel tired, you must let them develop good habits.

Faith Can Enable People to Develop Good Habits

Faith is a useful tool for a person to develop good habits. China in this generation is a generation lacking faith. Everyone will find it too difficult to develop good habits by relying on their own flesh, but it becomes much easier to develop good habits by relying on faith. For example, the success rate of Christian drug rehabilitation centers is much better than that of secular drug rehabilitation centers. Secular drug rehabilitation centers cannot release the potential within people, but Christian faith can release the potential within people. When their potential is revealed, it will bring obvious results. With faith, there is power. With spiritual power, there will be great ability, and you can develop good habits.

It's very tragic if a person doesn't develop good habits from a young age. If you are in a church, it will be a little harder for a 30-year-old than for a 20-year-old, and it will be a little harder for a 20-year-old than for a 10-year-old. So, those of us who are pastors will have to work a little harder. I have carefully observed that there are many 50-year-olds among us who do nothing. If they don't do anything, they will create trouble.

So, I am thinking that we need to invent something to solve these problems. Jack Ma turned a bunch of these people into Taobao aunties. Can we turn these people into abundant aunties? Although this is a bit difficult, I see how great YX, CX, and these people are. Today, our church is facing many challenges. Whether we can turn these people into abundant aunties is a topic for our research.

Habits That Need to Be Developed

We must develop good habits of learning. From now on, our respective district pastors, if there are some 50-year-olds among you, you must tell them what you want to learn. Don't do nothing all day long. If you are idle, you will discern good and evil. If you discern good and evil, you will get sick. If you get sick, you will spend money, and then you will suffer.

So, we must develop good habits of learning, such as doing homework and then reporting. You must be responsible to your pastors. You must deal with the problem of laziness. We must deal with the problems in ourselves and do more things that create value. We must become creators of value for society. If you get sick and go to the hospital, won't you become a burden on society? And also a burden on the family. You must develop the habit of learning, understand how Taobao operates, open a Taobao store, etc. These are all possible. Even if you learn how to run a micro-business, it's better than doing nothing.

There are many new things in our generation: smartphones, WeChat, Weibo. My mother is over 80 years old, but she is still learning. A few days ago, I taught her how to use her phone to get on QQ. Also, develop good habits of self-care. A child's mother among us, I said, Why don't you let your mother come and live with you? She said, No, if my mother comes, no one will take care of my father.

I find it very strange. Can't your father take care of himself? I think being unable to take care of oneself is a bad habit. Liking cleanliness is a good habit. How great it is to keep things clean and tidy! Develop a good habit of pursuing goals, develop a good habit of planning, set priorities, develop a good habit of observation, often be observant, develop a good habit of patience and strength, develop a habit of perseverance, and then constantly improve yourself.

What is the most satisfying thing for people? The most satisfying thing for oneself is one's own growth. If you don't grow, you will find that your life is not very interesting. For example, my mother, compared to other people of the same age, my mother lives very well. She knows how to use WeChat and QQ, and I can even do group video calls. Other old men and old women will think, Wow, this old woman is so amazing.

The greatest joy of a person comes from the growth of your life. If you want to grow, then you must constantly improve yourself. People in their 50s are still very young now. People in their 50s are no longer defined as old age. If 75 is considered retirement age, then people in their 50s still have more than 20 years to work. Everyone must not have this terrible mentality. That terrible mentality is deadly.

For example, be strong and courageous. Being strong is a habit. If you compromise when you see things, how can you do that? So, start by holding on, and then find that nothing happens. Be strong when you encounter things again. Over time, you will develop the habit of being strong.

In life, plan what you are going to do today in the morning. Develop a good habit of planning, develop a habit of observation. We must learn how to observe. Many things in life are beneficial. For example, when YX came to Mudanjiang, her stomach was not very comfortable. Then my mother said that she could try this casual fruit. It was very effective after eating it. Then I thought that I would buy a few boxes for PL to take. But if you don't observe, then you won't have this idea in you.

Develop a habit of observation. Isn't this very good? Later, I learned that this thing is a micro-business product. This is also an opportunity. They use micro-business products to do this thing very well. My mother is over 80 years old, and her gastrointestinal function is declining, but it is very effective after using this product. It has reduced a lot of trouble when going to the toilet, which solves a lot of problems.

So, you must observe. If a person knows how to observe, then this era is really full of opportunities, full of opportunities to make money, full of opportunities to solve problems. If you observe for a long time and accumulate for a long time, then you will definitely live abundantly.

I want to summarize: the habit of learning, the habit of observing, the habit of doing housework, the habit of self-care, the habit of pursuing goals, the habit of planning, the habit of observation, the habit of patience, the habit of perseverance, the habit of being strong, the habit of not accumulating and piling up work.

But some people say, I can't persevere. Then can you persevere for one day? After persevering for one day, how about persevering for another day? If you can persevere for two days, can you persevere for another two days? As a result, you persevere for a week, and then you develop a good habit. We must not think that this is a difficult thing. If you develop a good habit, you can develop it by persevering for three weeks.

If you develop a good habit of getting up early, set an alarm clock every day, and then you will get up at 6:00 in the morning. Over time, you will develop this habit of getting up early. Once it becomes a habit, it is no longer a difficulty. After you persevere for three weeks, you don't need to persevere too much. You only need to persevere for the first three weeks, and it will be very simple later.

When I was in my 30s, I developed a habit of exercising in the morning. I ran 5km every day. It took me 40 minutes to run 5km. This speed is very slow. Then, from that day on, I exercised for 20 minutes every morning. I ran 2km. Three months later, the school organized a 5km run again. Later, my speed was very fast. I could run 5km in 20 minutes, and I wasn't tired. I finished it easily.

No matter what it is, it will be easy once you develop a habit. Later, I also represented our school in the competition. If you can persevere for one day, tell yourself that I can persevere for one day. If you can persevere for one day, you can persevere for the second day. If you can persevere for the second day, then you can continue to persevere. Just tell yourself to persevere and the habit can be developed.

We must develop good habits and forsake bad habits. What are good habits and what are bad habits? Good habits have rewards, but bad habits have no rewards. The devil's job is to get people to establish bad habits, such as playing mahjong, wasting time, and doing nothing are all bad habits, such as wandering around. Any unproductive god must be cut off. Not only should God be cut off, but we must cut them off.

We must reflect on whether you have this unproductive habit. You are over 50 years old, what's wrong with doing something? If you stay there, you will have many diseases. Today we must change, cut off bad habits, change bad habits to live out abundance. We can also help everyone to establish a connection of love in 2017, and establish good habits in the connection. Amen!!