Kingdom Habits

What if the secret to a transformed life wasn't more willpower—but better habits? Over 40 percent of everything you do each day isn't a decision. It's a habit. The question is: which habits are you building, and where are they taking you?

In Kingdom Habits, Scott Donnell makes a bold, clarifying claim: if your greatest hope is eternal—if you believe Jesus is coming back and a new heaven and earth are coming—then your daily habits must match that hope. Most of us live with Kingdom hope but earthly habits. This book is about closing that gap.

Written not by a pastor or a scholar, but by a self-described sinner saved by grace who has spent his career teaching millions of children and parents, Kingdom Habits is a plain-spoken, Bible-grounded handbook for anyone who wants to follow Jesus more fully in daily life. Scott writes clearly—the kind of clarity you could explain to a five-year-old—and his goal is transformation, not information.

The book is divided into two powerful parts:

Part I: Understanding the Kingdom lays the essential foundation—what the Kingdom of Heaven actually is, the reality of spiritual darkness, your identity and assignment as a child of God, and why nothing else makes sense without it. Part II: Practicing the Kingdom Habits walks through 18 distinct habits Jesus modeled. They are soul habits—practices that change your heart from the inside out and align you with the ways of God rather than merely working for God. Kingdom Habits is for the longtime believer who wants to go deeper, for the new Christian still figuring out what following Jesus looks like in real life, and for anyone who has been burned by religion but is still curious about who Jesus really is. You don't have to agree with every theological nuance to benefit. The essentials of the gospel are clear; the habits are for everyone.

This is a book you listen to with a pen. It lives on your nightstand. You come back to it. And when we marry our hope with our habits, everything changes.