Detox The Home
Jan 21, 2023Today’s Task Reading:
Toxins are substances that don’t belong in our home. It’s terrible for our environment and us. Our easy task for today is deciding what three things we can start today to improve our home environment. Below are things we can do to detox our home.
- Let us avoid air fresheners and use essential oils and diffusers instead
- Let us purchase BPA free products or products in glass containers
- Let us test home for lead and asbestos
- Let us have natural untreated cotton/ wool carpeting, hardwood/ ceramic tile, or organic
- mats on top of treated carpet especially if we have crawling babies
- Let us use stainless steel, glass, porcelain-coated, cast iron cookware for cooking
- Let us use brands such as Better Life, Earth Friendly, Honest, Seventh Generation for soap or make our soap
- Let us control dust by often vacuuming, sealing cracks, dusting with microfiber material, leaving shoes at the door, and replacing air filters often
- Let us use brands such as BioShield, Ecover, Seventh Generation, Shaklee for cleaning solution or make our cleaning solution
- Let us use Biokleen Laundry Liquid, Ecover ZERO Laundry Liquid Concentrate, GrabGreen Delicate Laundry Detergent Pods, Green Shield Organic Laundry Detergent, Planet 2x Ultra Laundry Detergent, Sun & Earth for laundry Detergent
- Let us store and serve with material made from glass, bamboo or stainless steel
- Let us get dehumidifier if we have moisture issues in our home; it’ll keep the mold spores and dust mites from forming
- Let us have PEVA vinyl shower curtain, hemp-based shower curtains
- Let us quit smoking or avoid smoking inside the home or car
- Let us get unbleached, chlorine-free toilet paper
- Let us get a water filter that filters out fluoride in tap water
Moreover, we can also detox our home spiritually. First, we should de-clutter. We should get rid of anything that makes us feel uncomfortable. We should get rid of anything that we don’t like, makes us feel inadequate, and is unhealthy for us. Next, we should check ourselves by asking we are practicing unhealthy habits in our home? Are we complaining and arguing in our home? Are we holding on the resentment/unforgiveness in our home? Are we hiding sins, bad habits in our home? If we are doing any of the things mentioned above, we should know that these things are very toxic to our home environment/life. To combat unhealthy addictions, we should submit ourselves to God and resist the devil by dying to our selfish desires daily so Christ can be glorified in our lives (James 4:7-10). To combat a complaining argumentative attitude, we should keep an optimistic, joyful spirit because it heals and restores (Proverbs 17:22). To combat resentment, we should let it go, forgive others just as Christ forgave us (Ephesians 4:31- 32). To fight hidden sins, we should opening confess our sins to receive healing because prayers of faith works (James 5:16). Practicing these things will help us have a healthy home environment.
Moreover, we should pray through our house, pouring anointed oil (Genesis 28:18, Exodus 40:9). Asking Jesus to be the foundation of the home (1 Corinthians 3:10-11) and declaring everything and everyone in our homes to serve the Lord (Joshua 24:15). Cast out all unclean spirits (Matthew 10:1), pray for the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and protection (Psalm 91:11).
Today’s Prayer:
God, You reign forever and ever in the heavens and on earth. We are so thankful for You. You deserve all the glory, honor, and praise. Let Your kingdom come and will be done in our lives. Help us to make the environment around us better. Help us to serve You with a joyful heart. Help us detox our home physically and spiritually. We want to let go of anything that is preventing us from developing the fruit of the Spirit every day of our lives. Give us knowledge, wisdom and understanding; we need to cleanse our home, spirit, body, brain, lymphatic system, and skin. Help us to take the necessary steps for everyone in our household to serve the Lord. We ask You to forgive us for all our debts, trespasses, and sins as we forgive our debtors and those who have trespassed and sinned against us. Lead us not into temptation. Help us to be equipped with the full armor of God as You deliver us from evil. For Yours is the Kingdom, Power, and Glory. In Jesus Name, I pray. Amen.
Today’s Scriptures:
James 4:7-10, Proverbs 17:22, Ephesians 4:31-32, James 5:16, Genesis 28:18, Exodus 40:9, 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, Matthew 10:1, Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 91:11
James 4:7-10 New King James Version (NKJV)
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.Proverbs 17:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 A merry heart [a]does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
Footnotes:
Proverbs 17:22 Or makes medicine even betterEphesians 4:31-32 New King James Version (NKJV)
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [a]clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Footnotes:
Ephesians 4:31 loud quarrelingJames 5:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Footnotes:
James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins James 5:16 supplicationGenesis 28:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
Exodus 40:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 “And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy.
1 Corinthians 3:10-11 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 According to the grace of God, which was given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Matthew 10:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Twelve Apostles
10 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.Galatians 5:22-23 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. Against such, there is no law.
Footnotes:
Galatians 5:23 meeknessPsalm 91:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. They are used by permission. All rights reserved.
Today’s Task
For cleansing, we will list three things we can start today to improve our home environment. Please share the three things you can start today to improve your home environment here or social media you can actually tag me @4eververnice.
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