For lasting change, two essential things are needed: belief and community<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAnd we know that habits are most malleable when the Golden Rule of habit change is applied: if we keep the same cue and same reward, a new routine can be inserted. But that\u2019s not enough. For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible. And most often, that belief only emerges with the help of a group . . . Belief is essential, and it grows out of a communal experience, even if that community is only as large as two people.<\/em> (The Power of Habit, 92-93)<\/p>\nLasting change happens with belief in someone or something greater than yourself. Lasting change happens in community. That\u2019s why the driving passion of Mt Vernon church is creating contagious communities<\/span> of hope<\/span><\/em>. We can change. We can change together. We can change together because of the hope we have in Jesus.<\/p>\nSo to all those resolutions you\u2019re making today, let me add one more to your list: get yourself in church!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the day of resolutions: I\u2019m going to lose weight! I\u2019m going to eat healthier! I\u2019m cutting up my credit cards! I\u2019m finally quitting smoking! Are they the same resolutions you made last year? What\u2019s going to make this year any different? In his groundbreaking book The Power of Habit, author Charles Duhigg talks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[135,238,262,289,529,613,669,997,1203,1556],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-belief","tag-charles-duhigg","tag-church","tag-community","tag-food-for-thought","tag-habit","tag-hope","tag-new-years","tag-resolutions","tag-what-im-living"],"yoast_head":"\n
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