Release Revolution :: Throw Off What Hinders Part 2

I come back to possessions again and again, because I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME thinking about them.

The negative effects of having a lot of stuff:

1.) Time is wasted managing the stuff.

2.) Money is wasted buying stuff.

3.) Your mind is distracted thinking about what you want to buy next. Researching it. Pinning it. Dreaming about it. Changing your mind about it. Returning it if it doesn’t work.

4.) Waste is created from all the stuff that is bought, used, and trashed.

5.) We become attached to and dependent on our stuff instead of 100% relying on God.

6.) The clutter is a constant reminder that we always have a huge to do list, that we can’t “get it together,” that we’re forgetting something, etc.

Six steps to begin to simplify.

1.) Keep a donate bin in a designated spot in your home at all times.

2.) Pray. Ask God to help you rely on Him and grow as you go through the process.

3.) Trust. He will provide what you need when you need it. Breathe deeply and remember this if you are having a hard time letting things go.

4.) Choose ONE room and only focus on that room. Don’t skip around. Confusion keeps you from completing things.

5.) Reduce by a %. Decide you are going to keep 80% of what’s in the room. You probably don’t even use 80% of what’s there but the first layer of the onion is letting go of 20% of the things you don’t use, need, or love.

6.) Focus on the solution, the end result, the feeling of freedom. 

I am going to work on only keeping things that I love and use.

“Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?” ~Matthew 6:26

“And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”~Philippians 4:19