How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits

OurChurch Family Gathering · Aug 3, 2026

Ever wonder why you keep asking how to stop falling back into old habits, even after you’ve promised yourself you’re done for good? We’ve all experienced it. You make progress, stay disciplined for a while, and then out of nowhere, an old default setting—whether it's fear, anxiety, anger, or a destructive pattern—bubbles right back up to the surface. In Week 4 of our Old Habits Die Hard series, we look at the sourdough starter principle: whatever you feed will grow, and whatever you starve will eventually lose its power. Diving into Romans 8:5–17, we uncover why traditional willpower fails…