The factors that help one persist in righteous deeds

Question:
This questioner used the code name Ahmad Alif Alif. He asks: What are the factors that help one persist in righteous deeds? And what are the benefits in that? May we be rewarded.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The factors that help one persist in righteous deeds are many. The most important is Allah’s (Glorified and Exalted is He) guidance for the servant and His assistance to him. Second is the sincere determination to persist in the deed. Third is accustoming the self to the deed until it becomes familiar and easy for it. Also, keeping the company of the righteous and those who act, so that they help one persist in the deed, and avoiding the company of the lazy and those who lean toward comfort; one should avoid them. And the factors are many. Yes.