WEEK SEVEN

Oh....Saints....this is the end! I have enjoyed Lillie, Shirley, Melanie and April. They are the only people that I know who were doing the "Spiritual Spring Cleaning" with me. It has been a wonderful experience and because I wasn't 100% consistent and faithful, I have to start it all over again. And WOW!!! I also have to do this exercise thing as well...so y'all pray for me. 

This is week 7 and the theme for this week is "Learn to Laugh at Yourself and at Life". Anyone who knows me, know that I laugh EV-VERY-DAY!!! I probably laugh to much. :) I sometimes laugh because life has thrown me so many curves, until that's all I can do to keep from going crazy or giving up. The Bible says that laughter is like a good medicine. So be cured this week of anything that has held you captive all of your life. Let those things go, laugh at it and get over it. Love y'all and I'll talk to y'all soon. 

I WILL POST THE REMAINING SCRIPTURES TONIGHT.

WEEK SEVEN:

Learn to Laugh at Yourself and at Life:

Some of us take life too seriously, or we take ourselves too seriously. Jesus wants you to enjoy yourself, and learn to have some fun. God made you for His pleasure!

God doesn't want us walking around all pruned face and sad. He wants us to have a happy, filled, abundant life. And this life is only attainable through him. Some people claim to be happy, but there is an emptiness inside of them. And the sad thing is, that sometimes...they don't even know that only God can fill that void. So let him be the center of it all and then you'll be able to laugh, smile and be filled with joy, when you're reality is anything but great.

DAY	NATURAL	SPIRITUAL
Day One:	YOU ARE FREE!!!  But please pray and read your scriptures.	Psalm 28:7
Day Two:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Psalm 126:2
Day Three:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Proverbs 10:27
Day Four:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Nehemiah 8:10
Day Five:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Proverbs 17:22
Day Six:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Proverbs 16:3
Day Seven:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Matthew 5:5-10

WEEK SIX - INVOLVE JESUS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE: Let the SON shine in!!!

Well, we're approaching the end of this journey. I have enjoyed this tremendously and I must confess that at the end of this one, I'll be doing it all over again to make sure that I didn't miss anything. My eating habits have changed and God has revealed things to me. During this week, we're focusing on Involving Jesus in our Daily Life. Sometimes we're involved in things and with people that we shouldn't be, but if we allow God to be present with us all day, every day....then he'll reveal to us those things and people that we need to separate ourselves from...because in the end...we don't want anything or anyone separating us from his love, grace and mercy.

I want to apologize for uploading this information so late. That's part of the reason that I'm doing this over along with another challenge...I want to be more consistent. Well, I love y'all and please let me know how you're doing.

WEEK SIX:

Involve Jesus in Your Daily Life

Let the Son Shine In

What God wants most from you is relationship - friendship. He wants to be involved in the big and small moments of your life. Open your life, let the light of God's presence shine into every part, and you'll have no need for a yearly spiritual cleaning. Instead experience daily, moment to moment refreshing of your spirit.

DAY	NATURAL	SPIRITUAL
Day One:	YOU ARE FREE!!!  But please pray and read your scriptures.	1 Corinthians 1:9
Day Two:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Psalm 56:13
Day Three:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Matthew 6:7-15 Matthew 6:33
Day Four:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	2Peter 1:3 Hosea 6:1-3 Mark 12:30
Day Five:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 30:20 Matthew 22:37
Day Six:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Isaiah 1:18 Philippians 4:19 Luke 10:27
Day Seven:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Revelation 3:20 Acts 16:31 John 3:16

WEEK FIVE - RELEASE UNFORGIVENESS & BITTERNESS: Get Rid of Old Baggage

Hello Family,

We're almost there!!! I have had some major triumphs and some major downfalls, but God has kept me through them all. Shout out to Shirley, Melanie & Lillie who have been holding up the blood stained banner!!! LOL

I'm going to have to do something very special for my sisters. I don't know how many others have been keeping up with the blog, but I know that they've been dedicated and keeping me in check.

Well, I love you all and just know that we only have 2more weeks to go. I might go ahead and post the last two weeks early.

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WEEK FIVE:

Release Un-forgiveness and Bitterness

Get Rid of Old Baggage

Any sin will weigh you down, but long kept un-forgiveness and bitterness is like old baggage in the attic you just can't seem to part with. You are so familiar with it, you don't even realize how it is hindering your life. Un-forgiveness is spiritual poison. 

My testimony concerning unforgiveness is this:

I was at a revival in Greenville, MS about 12 years ago and the preacher was speaking about Love. He said that many of us don't really love everybody...like we say that we do. Immediately, my little proud mind said, "I love every....." and then I realized that I couldn't even add the body on everybody. God immediately showed me in a vision 3 people. They stood up in the church as if they were really there. And I knew that they were not there because they were at another church on the same night that I was at this church. I kept trying to say that I loved them, but my heart just wouldn't let me. I thought that I'd forgiven them for all the things that they had done to me. And believe me when I tell you that these three people were constant repeated offenders. But because I always genuinely laughed and talked with them, I thought that I'd forgiven them and that I loved them. But that night, God revealed my heart to me and it was ugly.  

So as the preacher was speaking, God asked me this simple question. He said, "If you got a call tonight, that all three of these people suddenly died at church, what would be your first reaction?" Well, He's God and I wouldn't dare try to lie to him. But my first response, without even really thinking was, "Well God, I would be wondering what they'll be having at the repast." And then there was silence. God showed me in that moment, that I'd not truly forgiven those people for what they'd done to me. I was so sad and embarrassed that I'd been going on with my "sanctified, speaking in tongues self" and had not realized that I had this bitterness and clear cut hatred for these three people. One of them, I knew why I hated that person, but the other two...it took me a minute to sum up what they'd done to make me not love them.

So that night, I repented and asked God to save me and deliver me from unforgiveness and bitterness. God answered my prayer, but then them negros did something else to hurt me....ON PURPOSE! lol  So I had to do a Luke 17:4 on them and forgive them again, and again and again! 

I ask you today, to look into your spiritual hearts and search it out. Check for unforgiveness and bitterness. And if it's there, identify it, call it out and give it to the Lord. Forgive that person(s) and LET IT GO.

DAY	NATURAL	SPIRITUAL
Day One:	YOU ARE FREE!!!  But please pray and read your scriptures.	Hebrews 12:1 Matthew 18:23-35 John 15:10 Proverbs 15:1
Day Two:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Ephesians 4:31-32 John 15:12 1 John 3:14
Day Three:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Matthew 6:15 John 15:5 John 15:10, 12, 5
Day Four:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Mark 11:24, 25 Matthew 7:7, 12 Luke 17:4
Day Five:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Hebrews 12:15 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 Matthew 6:15 James 1:19-20
Day Six:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Matthew 7:12, 21 1 John 3:14 Mark 11:24, 25
Day Seven:	1. No eating heavy after 7pm 2. Water & Juice 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	John 15:5 Deut 27:26 Deut 28:35, 60, 61 Exodus 20:5

WEEK FOUR - "Repent From Hidden Sin: Clean Out YOUR Spiritual Closets"

Here we are again FAM & FRIENDS!!! We're almost there!!!

WEEK FOUR:

 

Repent from Hidden Sin - Clean Out Your Spiritual Closets:

Hidden sin will destroy your life, your peace, and even your health. The Bible says to confess your sin - tell someone, and reach out for help. When your spiritual closets 
are clean, the heaviness from hidden sin will lift.

DAY	NATURAL	SPIRITUAL
Day One:	YOU ARE FREE!!! But remember to PRAY...as if you're life depended on it and read your scriptures	Jeremiah 5:25 Psalm 32:3-5 Ecclesiastes 8:11
Day Two:	1. NO FRIED FOOD 2. No eating heavy after 8pm 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Hebrews 10:12 Numbers 32:23 Jeremiah 16:17
Day Three:	1. NO FRIED FOOD 2. No eating heavy after 8pm 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Job 34:21-27 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Jeremiah 23:23-24
Day Four:	1. NO FRIED FOOD 2. No eating heavy after 8pm 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Isaiah 29:15-16 Hebrews 4:12-13 Isaiah 59:1-2 Matthew 12:36
Day Five:	1. NO FRIED FOOD 2. No eating heavy after 8pm 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Psalm 94:11 Psalm 139:1-6 Hebrews 4:11-13
Day Six:	1. NO FRIED FOOD 2. No eating heavy after 8pm 3. PRAY...as if you're life depended on it. 4. Read your scriptures....4 real!	Ecclesiastes 10:20 Luke 8:17 Luke 12:2-3
Day Seven:	YOU ARE FREE!!! But remember to PRAY...as if you're life depended on it and read your scriptures	Ephesians 1:9-11 Zephaniah 1:1-18