Living Clean

                     

Clean house and get rid of what is clogging up your mind and robbing you of joy. God loves a clear mind that sees Christ in all His glory.

Jeremiah chapter 29 verse 11.

For I have a plan for you, it is a plan for good and not for evil. It is to give you a future and a hope.

Who likes to live in filth?

   Not me. The other day the news announced a super bed bug is now in places across the nation. Imagine something being able to adapt to what attacks it. That's scary. The same thing can be spoken for our lives; we may not like the filth of our lives and we can either choose to live clean or not care at all.

   A lot of who we are is shown in those we hang around with. Is life a party or is it unsettled? Always going out and masking the true us, just for the sake of finding relief or justifying what our day was about and then in the morning realizing once again that we came home disappointed and maybe hungover or sad.

   Our same life is still there, filled with the stuff that we surround ourselves in. Life does not have to be that way, all around us are good people who care. The issue is trying to get to that good life, where we can be set free from our old habits.

   Just like that super bug, Satan adapts to our attempts by attacking us through our friends and family, the things we love and care about. The good news is that we can get strength in God and it is through Jesus that we can beat the messy life and be the true real people that we are.

   For me God blessed me with a new job in a new town allowing me to have a start over to my life. My old friends called, my family saw me as far away, the new town tried to pull me into my old habits, but I chose God.

   My friends turned their backs on me, My family understood the distance and even better, God blessed me with my wife, and a church family, new friends who care.

   It may not be easy to separate from our old ways, but with God's word and His love, He strengthens us with hope. 

   From the moment I realized that I needed to do something, fore my lifestyle was consuming me, God started to work on me and as I read the bible I found my life changing.

   Today, each day is a joy to be alive free from the holds of addictions, anxieties and fears. I thank God for Jesus and my new life.  I walk with hope, love and joy wanting everyone to know that they too have a choice.

   Thank You Father for Jesus. Thank You for being there when I called out. You have touched my life. 😊

Philippians cater 2 verses 14-16.

In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing, so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn. Shine out among them like beacon lights, holding out to them the Word of Life.

 

2 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 5.

That experience is something worth bragging about, but I am not going to do it. I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such a weakness for His glory.

 

1 Peter chapter 1 verses 8 and 9.

You love Him even though you have never seen Him; though not seeing Him, you trust Him; and even now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself. And your further reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls.