Lesson 2

Question 1

What makes something a ‘habit’?

Answer 1

• A disposition toward a certain telo (Smith)
• An inclination to act in a certain ‘direction.’”
• A routine behavior that becomes subconscious, or nearly so, such that it becomes part of who
  we are

Question 2

How are habits a means of grace?

Answer 2

They are the prescribed means or substance in which God works through.

God works through our habits (reading the Word, prayer, etc)

Question 3

What is the pattern given in Scripture of habit?

Answer 3

1) Displacement (grace teaches us to say no)

2) Reorientation (toward new habits)

3) Formation