December 14,2025
You Need a Routine, and Here’s Why…
By Pastor Derrick D’souza
By Pastor Derrick D’souza
Do you have a routine that is transforming you towards your God given purpose and identity?
Most of us don’t have one, if we can be honest with ourselves.
While coming to church is a good routine, it’s not enough! You need a strong routine to implement and grow into what you have learnt in church.
Why is it so important to build a routine?
In the Bible, we often see how God spoke and encountered people in the middle of a spiritual habit.
- Samuel – consistently slept near the ark, positioning himself close to God’s presence. God used that habit to speak to him clearly and call him as a prophet.
- Zechariah – faithfully performed his priestly duties in the temple year after year. In the middle of that routine and obedience, God sent an angel announcing John’s birth.
- Gideon – kept quietly threshing grain in faith while others hid in fear from their enemies. God met him in that humble, persistent routine and revealed his calling as a deliverer.
- Daniel – prayed three times a day as a lifelong rhythm. God used that steadfast prayer habit to give him visions, wisdom, and miraculous protection.
- Cornelius – maintained daily prayer and generosity as a rhythm of devotion. God met him in that routine through an angelic visitation that opened salvation to the Gentiles.
- Peter – regularly withdrew at set hours to pray. In that prayer habit, God gave him a vision that reshaped the future of the church.
Habit creates space.
Space creates attentiveness.
Attentiveness creates an encounter!
So Why Do Most Routines Fail?
When you start building a transformational routine, you challenge the version of yourself that has been comfortable in the place where it has been for a long time.
Most routines fail because people try to transform everything at once. You expect too much too fast and beat yourself when you don’t achieve it. But here’s the Truth — our brains handle small changes best!
That’s how even addictions are formed — small changes over time that went unchecked.
Your brain resists change and likes predictability and efficiency. Even if your current habits aren’t good, they’re familiar.
A new routine, however, demands energy, attention, and discomfort, which your brain naturally pushes back.
So don’t worry about failing when you start a new routine. Take your focus off the result. Instead, focus on building a routine, one brick at a time — then, the results can be achieved.
So, are you considering creating a routine that God can inhabit?
Remember, God “In-Habits” the praises of His people. (Psalm 22:3)
God is in a habit. Let’s develop some so He can take over them and use them for His glory.
Shalom.
Remember, God “In-Habits” the praises of His people.
