Lord...lets clean house!!!

You know how good it feels to go through your cabinets, closets and drawers and get rid of the junk?  We throw away some things and donate some things.  I want you to close your eyes and imagine the Holy spirit pouring down on you... feeling you up...totally consuming you.  Is there areas in you that can be cleaned out to allow him in more?  Is your house... your temple of God... in need of some house cleaning?  Some deep cleaning? 

~1 Corinthians 6: 19-20~Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

I don't know about you, but I know I could use some cleaning in my temple.  It is God's, it belongs to him.  We are suppose to honor him with our bodies.  How do we do that?  How can we honor our God with what is inside of our bodies?  I know that he is wanting to clean out our cabinets, closets and drawers girls!  He wants to get rid of the junk, re-organize what is in us.  Simplify and prioritize us.  Amen!  I need that. 

We are always trying to complicate our lives often with things that don't even matter.  We can spend hours, days, even weeks thinking on something that really has no importance in our lives.  They are distractions.  They keep us from focusing on the important things we need to be doing.  I am so guilty of this.  Well the good news is that we can repent for this and move on! 

~Psalm 119:36-37~Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

One thing that we have in us that is junk is unforgiveness.  We need to forgive people who have hurt us, but also let go of that hurt.  We may have went through the process of forgiving them, but if we are still thinking about what it was, if we are still allowing our mind to go there, then there is still unforgiveness.  The Lord wants us to totally let go of that hurt.  If you are having trouble doing this then pray about it.  Ask Him to take those hurtful thoughts out of your mind! 

~Mathew 6:14~For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

We also need to say we are sorry.  Have you hurt someone?  Do you know that you should say you are sorry?  Do you know how much freedom is in telling someone you are sorry?  The Lord knows how hard this is for us, to admit we we were wrong and say we are sorry.  I really encourage you to seek out those people you have wronged and say you are sorry!  I recently had the opportunity to do this, I was recently set free from one of the burdens on my heart. 

2 Corinthians 5:18-19 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

Reconciled means ~ Cause to coexist in harmony or Restore friendly relations between

What do you beat yourself up about?  You know how upset we get when someone says the slightest thing insulting about our children?  Guess what... we are God's creation, his perfect masterpiece he made, and he does not want us to insult it.  We cannot help what other people say about us, or if they like us, but what we can do is like ourself.  Lets clean out all that, anything that you may think that makes you feel you are anything less than that perfect beloved creation God made, then get rid of it!!!  He wants us to love ourselves. 

We need to forgive, say we are sorry, and start loving on each other.  That includes yourself! 

Lord, we want a deep cleaning in us... take away all the areas in us that could be filled with more of you instead. 

~Psalm 51: 10-12~Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. 
Lord, help us get rid of all that junk we have, help us to truly forgive others and ourself, help us say we are sorry, and get rid of the negative thoughts about ourselves.  Take it all Lord, and fill every part of our being with your Holy spirit. 

~In Jesus name...AMEN~