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Hey

I took the bull by the horns the other day and decided to clean up and de-clutter my office at home.

I stripped my desk down to absolutely nothing. No papers waiting to be filed, no wires ready for my devices strewn across the table, no books waiting to be put on a shelf of other books that maybe I might read someday.

And

I experienced something amazing!

I felt calmer and relaxed as I work in my minimized space.

In Josh Becker's book on simplifying your home and your life, he alludes to this concept and suggests that living in a minimized home helps to bring less stress to your life and a calmer existence.

I think he's right.

So

After writing a book on de-cluttering our life I have become really interested in the subject of minimalism as applied to our living.

And

I was reminded in my way less cluttered space at home, as I soaked in the calmness that I still have work to do in my own life, to make space for the important stuff like God, like family, like health, like work, and like play.

I need to spend less time on the computer still and make even more room for prayer. I still need to spend less and spend less time shopping on needless things.

I need less clothes in my wardrobe, I need less distracting things around the house that clutter the space and make it more busy and not a calm place.

I still need to keep working on my diary to create space for more focus on my priorities like God, health, work, play and family.

So in my prayer space this morning I was speaking with God about this subject he led me to seven scriptures on minimalism.

And

I Know for sure that less clutter in our lives brings less stress!

so, hey,

I thought I would share them with you today.
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01. | Hebrews 13:5-6 (MSG)
Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote,
God is there, ready to help;
I’m fearless no matter what.
Who or what can get to me?

02. | 1 John 2:17 (MSG)
Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.

03. | 1 Timothy 6:6-8 (MSG)
A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. Since we entered the world penniless and will leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table and shoes on our feet, that’s enough.

04. | Matthew 6:19-21 (NASB)
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

05. | Luke 12:15 (ESV)
And he said to them, “Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.

06. | 1 Corinthians 7:30-31 (MSG)
I do want to point out, friends, that time is of the essence. There is no time to waste, so don’t complicate your lives unnecessarily. Keep it simple—in marriage, grief, joy, whatever. Even in ordinary things—your daily routines of shopping, and so on. Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you. This world as you see it is on its way out.

07. | 1 Timothy 6:17-19 (MSG)
Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.

Hey

I hope these inspire and speak to you guys today.

Blessings

Sovereign

Getting myself together would not have been possible without the king.

Getting my life back just wouldn't have happened. 

What is a king?

A king is the soveriegn ruler of a piece of geographical space and its inhabitants. 

The king is the ruler of the universe and its inhabitants forever.

So

He reigns over every inch of it both physically and spiritually.

He inhabits everything.

Every tree, every blade of grass, every drop of water, every breeze. 

The inhabitants?

Well

He amazingly gives us the gift of choice. 

The choice is a straightforward one. 

Recognize the king and allow him to inhabit and rule over your life. 

How did I get from the pit of despair to the beauty of balance?

I chose to recognize the king and allow him to inhabit my life. 

And 

What a difference it has brought to my once rapidly fading existence. 

Joy, peace, contentment and purpose have replaced the rubbish life I had fell into. 

So

Here is my recommendation to those who have no joy, peace, contentment or purpose.

Use the gift of choice 

Declare God as King of your existence right now through Jesus the ultimate Saviour. 

I guarantee now that things WILL change.