And I wonder how many of us are hoarders in our minds, we're not letting anything go, there's so much clutter, we can't enjoy our life. She was so focused on holding on to everything, she didn't realize it was limiting her life. It seemed obvious to everyone, all she was doing was keeping trash, but she couldn't see it. The lady told how that belonged to her children, that admits something to her and to put it back. At one point this man picked up an old popsicle wrapper, looked like there were thousands piled up in the corner, he asked if he could get rid of it. They went around to the side door, barely squeezed in. They knocked on the front door, but she couldn't open it. It got so bad, the authorities came to do an intervention. You can imagine how it smelled, how unhealthy it was. There was a small path to the kitchen to the bathroom and to a little place to sleep. And this one lady lived by herself in a two-story house, but you couldn't get upstairs, she had it so piled full of trash: old newspapers, empty cereal boxes, cans from food that she had eaten 30 years ago. I saw a documentary about hoarders, these are people that never throw anything away. They may come, but you don't have to hold on to it. You have to be proactive when it comes to keeping your mind in peace, because all through the day there's clutter, there's noise there's jealousy, there's hurts, there's a offenses. The scripture tells us to guard our minds. You can clear out the clutter, you can get rid of the negative things that are stealing your peace, taking your joy, draining your energy. I may not see a way, but God, I know you have a way". When the medical report is not good, when the contract doesn't go through, when you're in a legal situation, you can hold on to it, live worried, thinking "What am I going to do?" or you can let it go and say, "God, I know you're fighting my battles, I know what's meant for harm you're turning to my advantage. When you go through a disappointment, something doesn't work out, you can hold on to it, live discouraged or you can let it go and say, "God, I know you have something better. The past is over, this is a new day, I'm moving forward". You can hold on to it, go around down on yourself or you can let it go and say "Father, thank you that I am forgiven. When we make mistakes guilt will come, condemnation telling us how we don't measure up. You can't stop negative things from coming, but you can keep them from stay. If you're going to reach your destiny, you have to clear out the clutter. You weren't created to live worried, guilty, bitter, upset. And we wonder: "Why we don't enjoy life? Why we're not passionate about dreams? Why we can't sleep at night"? It's because our mind is cluttered. We're tempted to live guilty because of past mistakes and bitter over what didn't work out. It's easy to go around worried about our future, stressed over our finances, frustrated with our boss. With discussion questions and a prayer guide, Unclutter Your Soul is the ultimate resource for finding freedom in our everyday lives by releasing limited mindsets and creating more space for peace and joy.I want to talk to you today аbout: "Unclutter Your Mind". Each chapter in these three sections is written as an essay and concludes with practical and soulful tips as well as prompts to put them into action. With the Holy Spirit as our guide, Trina says we can learn to observe: acknowledge the clutter, own: make space for a healthy internal environment, and overcome: take action with tools for living clutter-free from the inside out. Unclutter Your Soul is for all of us who are cluttered and overwhelmed with loss, fear, chronic stress, unhealthy coping mechanisms, crippling depression, or anxiety. Author Trina McNeilly, looking for order in her own life, embarked on an inward journey to the home of her heart and soul to find healing and health from the inside out. We all want our lives to change for the better-to be the healthiest versions of ourselves in spirit, soul, and body. Book Synopsis A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings. About the Book A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings.
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