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Our daily plan is often the same, but we always need to see what should be added. Every day it is wise to be ready with a top 5 prayer like:
“Father, help me to turn from gambling, and fill me with Your love.”
But, it is also wise to repeat a key verse often that tells us what we are replacing gambling with.
2 Timothy 2:22 “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
If we have added this verse to our phone, now we can pray about these new things:
“Father, help me to flee from sin, and help me to pursue righteousness.”
“Father, take away this gambling, and give me peace.”
Second, decide how fast you want to quit. The fastest way to quit is to be aware of what the Bible says regarding the fear of the Lord. #1 The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. To quit fast, quote this verse then avoid known triggers like objects, places, certain people and tempting activities. To quit fast, quote it when you have a tempting thought.
Finally, for your daily plan, consider adding a couple of key verses to your phone. Read them often for that day. If they are working continue to read them often all week. Make up prayers based on your key scriptures. Fight tempting thoughts with prayer or scripture every time.
When you have a great daily plan, you start to have your own personalized armor against gambling.
Satan wins if we sit around feeling sorry for ourselves. We know what that leads to.
Third, every day, consider praying urgently to “Get started.” Get started daily with Bible-study, movement, increasing in spiritual things, and fighting bad habits. One of the most important habits you need urgently is to form the habit of “Fighting bad habits daily.” Set a time and a place for this war. It is vital!!!
Second, free time leads to temptation. Fill it up. Here are some ways:
1. Study and pray about purpose.
2. Meet a strong spiritual friend for lunch.
3. Read a Christian book.
4. Pray about being filled with the Holy Spirit.
5. Attend an exercise class.
6. Study Bible verses on love, contentment, toughness, joy, peace, or anything else that you need.
7. Volunteer in your community.
8. Call a friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile.
9. Pick up a new hobby through classes or online tutorials.
10. Go for a run.
11. Pick a spiritual trait you should be doing, and do it today and this week: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.”
12. Clean your home or car.
13. Meditate or pray over spiritual traits you need to increase so that bad habits decrease.
14. Learn a new language with books or an app.
15. Count your blessings
16. Print and frame digital photos from your phone.
17. Catch up on errands.
18. Go for a walk.
19. Finish a home-improvement project.
20. Call an elderly relative.
21. Plant a garden in your yard (or join a community garden).
22. Write in a journal.
23. Do a crossword puzzle.
24. Play a board game.
25. Take yourself out for ice cream.  
26. Put together a jigsaw puzzle.
27. Write a poem.
28. Try mindfulness techniques.
29. Make a commitment to strengthen relationships
Firstly, attack bad habits with spiritual techniques. But, almost as importantly, fill up your free time with healthy activities. An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.