New Habit 1: Place Your Everyday Life Before God

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.” –Romans 12:1 (MSG)

Dedicating your life to the Lord is not a one-time thing; it happens every single day. One of the best new habits for a new you in 2025 is to place your everyday life before God as an offering. This is not hard to do at all. When you wake up in the morning, simply dedicate your day to the Lord—purpose in your heart to walk in His ways; to follow His plans, purposes and pursuits; and to be led by the Holy Spirit in every decision you make.

New Habit 2: Don’t Fit Into Your Culture

“Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking.” –Romans 12:2 (MSG)

In today’s world, it shouldn’t surprise you when you don’t fit into your culture. As a believer, you are not supposed to live like the world. You are supposed to look different, act different and live your life in a way that draws those in the world to Jesus. Determine to be intentional about every choice you make. With each action, ask yourself, “Does this bring glory to God?”

New Habit 3: Fix Your Attention on God

“Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” –Romans 12:2 (MSG)

God wants the best for you; He wants to develop godly character in you. As you fix your attention on God, He will lead and guide you to what produces spiritual maturity in you, so you can impact the world around you. For instance, when faced with a situation at work or home that requires a decision, you can choose to stop for a moment and seek God for guidance.

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New Habit 4: Accurately Understand Yourself

“It’s important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.” –Romans 12:3 (MSG)

To understand yourself accurately is to recognize who God is and what He has done for you. By acknowledging God has saved, healed and delivered you, you remind yourself that God works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure, satisfaction and delight (Philippians 2:13, AMPC). As you go about your day, whatever you do—cook, shop, meet with business partners, travel, eat—focus on Him and His working in you, not on what you do for Him.

New Habit 5: Be Who You Were Made To Be

“So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.” –Romans 12:5 (MSG)

As you develop new habits for a new you in 2025, ask yourself, are you being who you were made to be? Each person is fit together in the Body of Christ exactly as God planned it. To compare yourself with someone else is not wise (2 Corinthians 10:12, NKJV). You are uniquely and wonderfully made for the specific purpose God has for you (Psalm 139:13-15, AMPC). Take some time to reflect on your identity in Christ and determine to never compare yourself to another person again!

New Habit 6: Really Love People

“Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it.” –Romans 12:9 (MSG)

The word love is thrown around very loosely in the world. People love their phones, their homes and their favorite foods. The word love, however, should only be used in regard to people. Why? Because God loves people. You can like your phone, home or favorite food, but you should love people. Tangible items are replaceable but people are not. There is only one of you and one of every other person in the world. Determine to treat people the way God treats them—with value and love.

New Habit 7: Run From Evil

“Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good.” –Romans 12:9 (MSG)

When you recognize something as evil, run from it. Instead, hold on tightly to what is good, righteous and godly. Running from evil and holding on to what is good may not be popular with others, but it is pleasing to God. This could be as dramatic as cutting off a relationship with people who have ungodly behavior, or as minimal as changing the channel when an inappropriate scene comes on television. Get in the habit of taking action to run from evil whenever you recognize it.

New Habit 8: Honor Others Above Yourself

“Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle.” –Romans 12:10 (MSG)

What does it mean to “play second fiddle”? It means your position is less important than someone else’s in something you are doing together. As part of the Body of Christ, you work together with others—in your home, on the job and in your church. When you choose to “play second fiddle,” you decide in your heart and mind that what you are doing is less important; you decide to confer value and significance on the other person. Look for ways in your life to “play second fiddle.”

New Habit 9: Don’t Burn Out

“Don’t burn out.” –Romans 12:11 (MSG)

Burnout happens when you are focused on doing things God never told you to do. To spend time on activities or agendas that are not part of God’s plan for your life will create burnout because you are trying to do it in your own strength. As you’re developing new habits for a new you in 2025, ask God for wisdom as to what to lay aside and what to adjust in your life, so you don’t burn out.

New Habit 10: Keep Yourself Enthusiastic

“Keep yourselves fueled and aflame.” –Romans 12:11 (MSG)

To be enthusiastic about the things of God takes time spent in God’s Word and in His Presence. The more time you spend with Him, the more you will be fervent about the things important to Him. Determine to keep yourself enthusiastic by setting aside daily time to spend with Him.

New Habit 11: Be Cheerfully Expectant

“Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant.” –Romans 12:12 (MSG)

What are you expecting? Expectations of good make you a cheerful person. Faith begins where the will of God is known. Once you know the will of God for you in 2025, exercise your faith, believing God for His will to be accomplished in your life and the lives of those around you.

Watch Kenneth Copeland explain how faith works HERE.

New Habit 12: Don’t Quit In Hard Times

“Don’t quit in hard times.” –Romans 12:12 (MSG)

Everyone experiences difficult times. Everyone faces challenges. When hard times come, there is a tendency to want to quit or move or give up. Stay steady, knowing God is working on your behalf; He fights for you (Exodus 14:14). The Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin said, “My enduring in the hard places in obedience to God was my foundation for success in ministry.” Your enduring in those hard places in obedience to God is your foundation for success in your life too!

New Habit 13: Pray More

“Pray all the harder.” –Romans 12:12 (MSG)

The darker the world gets, the more people need the revelation of the light of Jesus Christ in their lives. God has already done everything He is going to do about saving people by sending Jesus. Partner with God in prayer in 2025 asking Him to open the eyes of others that they would see Him clearly and turn from their wicked ways.

New Habit 14: Help Needy Christians

“Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality.” –Romans 12:13 (MSG)

There are needy Christians all around you—in your job, at your church, at the grocery store. Look for opportunities to be a blessing and show hospitality. Think about how you can meet a need in someone’s life. By developing this habit, you are sowing good seeds of blessing in others’ lives and at the right time, when you need it, you will reap a harvest in your own life.

New Habit 15: Bless Your Enemies

“Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath.” –Romans 12:14 (MSG)

When someone hurts you, it can be difficult to show them kindness. You may want to retaliate. Take a moment to get with God and ask Him to help you see correctly. You will notice that you have been forgiven much, and you can offer the same forgiveness to the person who hurt you.

New Habit 16: Stand by Your Friends

“Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down.” –Romans 12:15 (MSG)

Being able to empathize with someone is being a good friend. Be a new you in 2025 by celebrating with those who have reason to celebrate, and cry with those who are experiencing sorrow. Jesus is our example, and He was consistently moved with compassion (Matthew 9:36; Mark 1:41).

New Habit 17: Work Happily Together

“Get along with each other.” –Romans 12:16 (MSG)

The Living Bible says, “Work happily together.” When you work in a particular place, you are working with many different personalities. It can be easy to become irritated with one another. Choose instead to find the good qualities of each person and focus on those.

New Habit 18: Don’t Be Arrogant

“Don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies.” –Romans 12:16 (MSG)

No one like to be around someone who is arrogant, because that person is unfriendly. On the other hand, have you ever met people whom everyone likes to be around? Oftentimes, they have mastered the skill of not thinking of themselves more than they should. They have made friends with everyone. If this is something you struggle with, seek out books and resources in 2025 that will help you become a better friend of everyone, including nobodies.

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New Habit 19: Don’t be a Know-It-All

“Don’t be the great somebody.” –Romans 12:16 (MSG)

No one is always right. The truths of the Bible require revelation from the Holy Spirit. Everyone has more light in one area and less light in another area. Recognize that you don’t know everything and choose to remain teachable. When you meet someone who has a lot of knowledge in a certain area, ask them questions so you can learn from them.

New Habit 20: Don’t Get Back at People

“Don’t hit back.” –Romans 12:17 (MSG)

When someone lashes out at you, you may want to lash back. God has a better way of dealing with those who do you wrong. He said to pray for those who mistreat you (Luke 6:27-28). This may be difficult to do at first if you’ve never done it before, but with the help of the Holy Spirit you can pray for those who wrong you by simply asking God to bless them.

New Habit 21: Find the Good In Others

“Discover beauty in everyone.” –Romans 12:17 (MSG)

Begin the habit of looking for the good qualities in others in 2025. There are beautiful qualities in every person. A minister once shared a story about a man in his town who terrorized everyone; after he died, everyone was glad! When asked about this man, a minister replied, “He had nice eyes.” He looked for the good in every person, even those who seemed to be the most unlovely.

New Habit 22: Get Along With Everybody

“If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody.” –Romans 12:18 (MSG)

Have you ever met someone who annoyed you? No doubt you found it difficult to get along with them. It can be easy to justify your actions toward them by saying, “They don’t think like I do. They have it all wrong. I can’t talk to them about anything!” This may be true; however, as a believer, you are encouraged to do your best to get along with everybody. Find ways to connect with other people. Find topics you see eye to eye on and focus on those. By building this habit, you are fostering peace with others.

New Habit 23: Don’t Get Even

“Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. ‘I’ll do the judging,’ says God. ‘I’ll take care of it.’” –Romans 12:19 (MSG)

You don’t need to get even with another person when they say or do something against you. God is the One who sets one person up and puts another person down (Psalm 75:7, AMPC). This means that He promotes one person over another. Why is this? Because He sees the heart of every person—every heart lies open before Him. Trust Him to take care of you, to put you in the places and positions you need to be in, and leave the judging up to Him.

New Habit 24: Overcome Evil With Good

“Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good.” –Romans 12:21 (MSG)

Are you looking for opportunities to do good? You should be! Where can you do good for someone else? When you focus on doing good, you are walking out the will of God. Jesus “went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him” (Acts 10:38). God is with you as you do good, bringing healing to others. If you ask Him, He will give you ideas and promptings to do good for others.

Implementing each of the 24 New Habits for a New You In 2025 aligns your will with the will of God, which is the Word of God, and this is how lasting change occurs. Gloria Copeland says, “If you want to see a change in your life, there first must be a change in you.” The changes in you that occur from these 24 daily habits will impact your health, finances, relationships and every other area of your life!