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Spiritual Cleanse For The Heart, Mind and Soul By
Angie Lewis Often
times when we don’t feel well, we cleanse the body for physical health to
prevent surgery, feel good, look younger, and live longer.
What about our spiritual health? Did you know that if we cleanse the mind
of unwanted toxins our physical health would also improve?
Spiritual
cleansing is excellent therapy for negative and destructive emotions,
depression, sadness, drug and alcohol addiction, and all other addictions that
have to do with the mind and attitude. Every
day we are literally plagued with negative garbage, listening to and looking at
it, to behaving in destructive ways that upset the equilibrium of our minds. Have
you ever thought that maybe it is all the harmful garbage in the world that
brings on depression, addiction, and bad feelings? If we are under control of
addiction or depression how can we ever recognize the spiritual person within
us? I know first hand that
addiction keeps us far from God. So then how do we not know that all we need is
a spiritual cleanse to free us from the grips of what is controlling us? In
other words, is it really a chemical imbalance in the brain, like doctors want
us to believe that makes some people depressed or addicted to a substance? And
if it is a chemical imbalance, could it have something to do with
lifestyle/environment -- whether it’s through what a person eats and drinks or
other contaminates that are entering their system? CEO’s
and business owners use affirmations in their corporations to keep the salesmen
positive and optimistic. It is a well-known fact that positive minds sell more
products. So then why couldn’t a
positive mind learn to forgive and love completely too? Every
day prayer not only lets God know that we are genuinely seeking his spiritual
counsel but also makes us feel better about who we are, even when we are
battling with an addiction or just plain old negative feelings. Applying
prayer into our life is the first step to overcoming the negative aspects of our
character and supercharging the positive aspects within us. The
first thing we need to do is to humble our selves to prayer. We need to remember
that we are praying for a reason; a purpose, and not necessarily to get what we
want but to get closer to God and become more spiritually aware. How should we
pray? We can
pray anytime of the day and anywhere. We do not have to be in Church and we do
not have to let others hear our personal prayers to God. We are in control of
how, when and what we pray. Prayer begins in the mind and ends in the heart.
We can pray silently and God hears us. Prayer
involves humbleness and humility. It
entails that we trust that God is listening to us as we pray and that our
prayers we’ll get answered. Your
prayers may not get answered the way you want.
Many times prayers are answered in the way that God knows is best for
you, not what you think is best for you. Prayer
involves talking to God through our prayers, bible study, and recognizing God as
your source. I have put together a one month
spiritual cleanse that will help bring you closer to God, your loved ones, and
your self using the power of affirmations, and prayer for more positive and
spiritual way of thinking for your life. Week one:
Focus on love. Loving God, being more
loving to others, giving of ones self, loving neighbor and self.
Be Love! Prayer: Love is patient, love is kind. It does
not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Affirmation prayer: God help me to be more loving, humble,
forgiving, giving, kind and patient with others and myself.
I will strive to Love God with all of my heart, mind and soul. God is
love, and love is God! Objective: To love God FIRST, over others and
myself. To realize that loving God above other things in my life frees me to
love others with more of who I am and can become. Week two: Focus
on wisdom, knowledge, truth and understanding from God. Do NOT seek out wisdom,
knowledge, truth, or understanding from culture or society, or from anyone in
the world. The bible should be your only source for all understanding and truth.
Prayer:
Who is wise and understanding among you?
Let him show it by his good life, by his deeds done in the humility that comes
from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts,
do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from
heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and
selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace
loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy, and good fruit… James 3:1317 AFFIRMATION
PRAYER: God help me to NOT find fault with
others, or to be argumentative or judgmental with my spouse, friends, and
associates. I will seek your wisdom
daily. I will look up the “True” purpose of my situation in the
concordance/dictionary of my bible, and allow your wisdom to give me the
understanding I need to handle the situation with your divine truth.
Objective: To gain the understanding that God is
your “ONLY” source for everything under the sun for your life. Week three: Focus on Spiritual self by thinking
positive and doing constructive things. Take walks outdoors among nature.
Try yoga, meditation, or other relaxation techniques to relieve your mind
of stress and worry. Take up Pilates or other non-strenuous exercise to help
relieve tension and stress. Doing these things will reflect back onto your
spiritual consciousness. We need to keep our minds free of
clutter and junk. It is an attitude thing. What we allow into our heart and mind
reflects back out in our actions. Prayer: …to be made NEW in the attitude of
your minds, and to put on the New self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:23 Affirmation prayer: God
give me the encouragement and strength I need to exist with a renewed attitude
of love, giving and forgiving. Help me to put on the new aspects of my
personality that I have been hiding within the depths of my soul. Help me to see the good in people even though they are
different from me. Objective: To
recognize the potential within me and to be a new creative, positive person in
Jesus Christ, displaying my full potential in everything that I do. To be
renewed in mind and spirit. To not focus on my negative feelings of others but
to focus more on the positive attributes of my self so I can be more loving and
kind to others. Week four: Focus on applying God’s counsel, love,
and wisdom on a daily basis through continual prayer and bible study.
Learn to make God a priority in your life. Make God a habit! Change of
heart, change of attitude. Prayer: To the man who pleases him, god gives
wisdom, knowledge and happiness. Ecclesiastes. 2:26 Affirmation prayer: God help me to apply your spiritual
counsel and wisdom into my daily life to bring me purpose in all that do.
Help me to make your wisdom a part of my life in everything that I do. Objective: To be free from negative and destructive
junk, to be the whole and complete spiritual person that I was meant to be. To
live life in peace and contentment. Forgive someone today. ~~~
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