YOU WILL ESTABLISH ONE SELF-IMPROVEMENT HABIT IN ONE OF THE THREE AREAS LISTED BELOW IN THIS SESSION OF DEEP ROOTS. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. PICK ONE OR CREATE YOUR OWN. AT THE END OF THE EIGHT WEEKS, YOU WILL DEVELOP A LIFE-CHANGING HABIT THAT WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT.

Relational

  • Pray with your wife for 5 minutes each day.

  • Turn off all tech devices after 6 pm.

  • Do a date night once per week. (Or every other week, or month).

  • Read to your kids every night for 15 minutes.

  • Do a family game night once per week.

  • Do one work/house/school project with your kids every week.

  • Meet one new neighbor each month.

  • When speaking with someone, ask one question before sharing your thoughts or opinion.

  • Eat a meal together as a family 3 nights per week.

  • Only watch TV for 2 nights per week.

  • Limit social media to 30 minutes per day.

  • Call one important person in your life each week just to say hi.

Spiritual

  • Pray for 5 minutes each day.

  • Each day, write down 5 things you are grateful for from the day before.

  • Read one chapter in the New Testament, Monday through Friday. (You will read through the New Testament in a year if you do this.)

  • Pray for 3 leaders in your life every day. (School principal, pastor, mayor, coaches, etc.)

  • Meditate on God’s word for 10 minutes each day, Monday through Friday.

  • Spend 3 minutes writing a daily confession, Monday through Friday.

  • Only listen to worship music when you’re driving.

  • Pray for 10 minutes when driving to work and/or home from work.

  • Read 5 pages of a Christian book every day.

  • Journal every morning or every evening for 5 minutes.

  • Read a verse of the Bible every time you look at your phone.

  • Lead a 10-minute family devotion time with your kids, 3 days per week.

Physical

  • Record everything that you eat one day per week. One study showed that those who recorded what they ate at least one day per week lost twice as much weight as those in the study who didn’t.

  • Do 15 push-ups each day. (Or 10, 20, 50, etc.)

  • Do 3 planks for 20 seconds each day.

  • Limit fast food to one meal per week.

  • Pack your lunch 3 days per week.

  • Prepare a home-cooked dinner 3 nights per week.

  • Only drink alcohol 2 days per week. (Or cut it out completely.)

  • Walk alone, with your wife, or with a friend for 15 minutes, 3 days per week. (Or 5 days, etc.)

  • Eat fruit or vegetables for snacks between meals instead of packaged snacks.

  • Do a spinning class 3 days a week.

  • Go to bed every night by 9:30pm

  • Stretch for 15 minutes, 3 days per week.