3) Last, keystone habits create a culture where new habits become ingrained. But this keystone habit literally rewired his brain in this small way, giving his mom hope that bigger changes were possible. This is something his brain was never supposed to do.
But this keystone habit created a structure in his life and in his brain, and he was able to not only memorize the verse that his mom prayed over him but apply it to his little sister’s life! When she was afraid of something, he would remind her of the verse. This boy had some special needs and he was never supposed to be able to memorize and apply knowledge because his brain was damaged in that area. This simple habit created a structure for other habits to flourish, including a nightly devotional or Bible discussion time.Īnother of the moms from my church was praying the same verse over her son for years. It places God’s word in his mind and heart, which helps him sleep peacefully, and helps everyone end the routine with love and kindness instead of hurry and irritation. My favorite, easy faith habit that conveniently also puts my kids to sleep! Praying a Bible verse over our child has become the keystone habit that ends the routine and signals to our boys that it’s time to go to sleep. In the last lesson, I outlined a bedtime routine that we use in our home. 2) Keystone habits create structures for other habits to flourish. She never could have predicted that kind of change in her family’s life when she started praying a simple verse over her kids each night! But it was a small win and gave her hope that bigger changes were in reach. Because their mornings were better, she able to start reading the Bible with them in the mornings, which shifted to become a 20 minute time of teaching and conversation. Over time, she noticed that they were sleeping better, and waking up happier. >RELATED READING: The Easiest Parenting Habit With The Greatest Eternal ImpactĪ friend of mine started praying the same Bible verse over each of her 4 kids each night after learning about this habit from a class I taught at church. You can keep doing it even when you’re super busy. It was only when I discovered this “keystone habit” idea that I realized WHY it was so powerful. It’s so simple that for the longest time I knew it had power but I could not figure out why. Praying a nightly blessing over your child is as simple as taping a Bible verse to the wall above your child’s bed, then reading that verse out loud to your child. 1) Keystone habits offer small wins that make us realize that bigger changes are possible.
There are three reasons that keystone habits cause this ripple effect in your life. I consider praying nightly Biblical blessings over your child to be a keystone habit. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Habits lesson 4 () A FAMILY FAITH KEYSTONE HABIT
Keystone habits are very simple habits that have the power to unlock huge changes in your life. WE NEED THIS SPECIAL KIND OF HABITīut sometimes it’s just too hard to start a new habit, or too daunting to think about changing an entire bedtime routine.
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We also talked about how to change an old habit like a child’s bedtime. In the previous lessons, I shared the brain science behind creating a brand new habit, which we applied to family breakfast time. In the first lesson I taught about how habits are stored in our brains, as well as the three parts of a habit: the cue, the routine, and the reward.Įven though habits are usually formed automatically by a brain trying to save space, we can intentionally create new habits, and we can change old habits. Welcome back to The Power of Simple Habits!
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