Darryl Dash - 8 Habits for Growth: A Simple Guide to Becoming More Like Christ

A faithful life is the sum of a million daily decisions over the course of a life. This is why 8 Habits for Growth is so important. Darryl Dash clearly, biblically, and simply shares the secrets to life with Jesus, the rituals and practices that form our hearts and are used by the Spirit to sanctify us into spiritual maturity. Pastoral, wise, and practical, this will be a book every pastor will need to have at the ready to give to their people and a book every family should have in order to form habits for spiritual growth.

DANIEL DARLING, Senior VP, NRB, and bestselling author of several books

As one writer has said, beautiful people do not just happen. Becoming the best version of ourselveswhether it be professionally, relationally, personally, or otherwiserequires a commitment to practices that get us there. To flourish optimally as people of God, we also must habituate several soul-nourishing practices. For those who need a field guide for this pursuit, Darryl has written a fabulous field guide.

SCOTT SAULS, senior pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN

Its hard to imagine a more user friendly book for Christians who want to cultivate personal habits for spiritual growth! This book is especially ideal for small groups and discussion groups to work through together. Darryl Dash has given a wonderful gift to the church with this edifying, practical, and Christ-honoring book.

GAVIN ORTLUND, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ojai, and author of Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesnt

8 Habits for Growth is like a conversation with a grounded, thoughtful, faithful friend who wants nothing more than to encourage you in your walk with Christa spiritual coach who buys you a coffee and a donut and shares with you some things that worked for them (and multitudes of others). The clean-slate policy of just picking yourself up and moving on if you flounder is especially grace-filled and refreshing. In Darryls own words: The habits are good, but the habits arent the point. The point is that we were made to know and worship God. This book will help you get there.

KAREN STILLER, author of The Ministers Wife, coeditor of Faith Today magazine

This wise and inspiring book is packed with profound insights and practical applications! Highly accessible and immediately actionable, Darryls powerful book can change the way you move through the world.

KEN SHIGEMATSU, pastor, Tenth Church, Vancouver, BC, and bestselling author of God in My Everything

Healthy habits are fundamental to our flourishing as Christians. But habits are hard, and developing new habitsor maintaining existing onesis daunting. This is an accessible, practical, and actionable bookperfect for small groups, families, and friends seeking sustainable growth in a culture of fads and quick fixes.

BRETT MCCRACKEN, senior editor at The Gospel Coalition and author of The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World

With welcoming clarity, 8 Habits for Growth offers the reader a cup of encouragement and food for discernment in the holy care of body, mind, and spirit for the purpose-filled pilgrimage ahead. Fortunately, there is nothing we can do to earn grace. And fortunately, we have a model in Jesus of Gods best for us. In light of these blessings, Darryl Dash provides a thoughtful and thorough guide on how to number our days

CAROLYN WEBER, professor of literature and award-winning author

You make decisions, but eventually your decisions make you. In his new book 8 Habits for Growth, Darryl Dash does a wonderful job of cutting through the noise that has become life today to isolate eight critical habits that, practiced regularly, will benefit you for years to come. These habits will become investments that will pay off for the rest of your life.

CAREY NIEUWHOF, Founding Pastor, Connexus Church

In this immensely practical and hopeful volume, Darryl Dash reminds us that the Christian life is formed in us through the ordinary habits of our days. We often want spiritual transformation to be quick, but Dash points us to eight small habitsshowing us how things like decluttering and caring for our bodies work alongside corporate worship, prayer, and Bible readingto actually experience transformation. 8 Habits for Growth is the resource individuals, parents, and church leaders need to help themselves and others experience real gospel fruit.

ASHLEY HALES, author, pastors wife, and host of the Finding Holy podcast

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DARRYL DASH

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Edited by Connor Sterchi

Interior design: Brandi Davis

Cover design: Erik M. Peterson

Author photo: Frozn Motion Photography

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dash, Darryl, author.

Title: 8 habits for growth : a simple guide to becoming more like Christ / Darryl Dash.

Other titles: Eight habits for growth

Description: Chicago, IL : Moody Publishers, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: The key to life transformation-for yourself and then for others-is building habits that become part of your life. In 8 Habits for Growth, Darryl Dash wants to show you the eight long-term practices-all very doable-that will lead to permanent growth if you incorporate them into your life-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021014628 (print) | LCCN 2021014629 (ebook) | ISBN 9780802423658 | ISBN 9780802499745 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Christian life. | Spiritual formation. | BISAC: RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring | RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Discipleship

Classification: LCC BV4501.3 .D3737 2021 (print) | LCC BV4501.3 (ebook) | DDC 248.4--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014628

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021014629

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