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Friends and Partners,I have dedicated this issue of The Routine to help you prepare for promotion. How? By eliminating the clut-ter in your life and simply getting organized.

Although making your bed, loading the dishwasher or trashing the McDonald’s bag from your car may seem like petty issues, it reveals your standard of excellence. When you begin caring more for the small matters of your day-to-day living, you are literally preparing yourself for greater things: a nicer car, nicer dishes and nicer bedding.

Matthew 25:21 says, “You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things…”

Rick Renner says, “How a person treats his home usu-ally reveals to you how he will treat your organization. I am so convinced of this that before I place someone in a top leadership position on our team, I pay a visit to his house…unannounced.” Wow!

How would you react if I were to show up at your front door today? Or what if I asked if you could drive me to lunch today in your car? Would you be embarrassed? Humiliated? Mortified? Or would you feel proud and confident with the overall condition of your lifestyle?

It’s been said that “the way you do anything is the way you do everything.” In other words, if your bed remains half-made perhaps your dream will continue to be half-achieved.

As you begin getting organized and taking care of the smaller issues of your life, you are preparing for the bigger dreams and goals God wants you to conquer! And here’s the cool part: it only takes 20 minutes! That’s something I can wrap my mind around.

Clutter is costly. It steals your time, your energy and your peace. Once you’re able to enjoy a clutter-free life, you are fully free to embrace your future, so let’s get organized! R

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Have you ever been really excited about new ideas, new projects, or new goals, but then lose enthusiasm and end up with lots of half-finished projects?

Let me give you a few examples and see if you can identify with any of these:

Perhaps you decided to learn a foreign language so you spent $450 on Rosetta Stone. You practiced it every day for two weeks and then stopped. Now it is months later and all you can say is “Ou sont les toilettes?” (“Where are the toilets?”)

You started a Zumba class! You felt crazy at first but then loved it so you signed up for a 12 month membership. You went consistently for five weeks, but now it’s been four months since you attended class. You feel fat, and you wasted

money.

Maybe you had a backyard project in mind for the summer. After buying the lumber and supplies, you put it in your garage and haven’t done anything since.

Are you the type of person who washes and dries your clothes, but then throw them in a big pile on the floor and pull out whatever you need each day?

Think about this: 5 completed projects would be far greater than 15 half finished ones!

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It’s been said that the way you do anything is the way you do everything. If your house is a big disorganized mess, it could be reflecting how big of a disorganized mess your life and your mind is.

Did you know that there is a link between the organization of your surroundings and the organization of your life? Or putting it bluntly: clutter blocks success.

I want you to prepare to be promoted. How? By cleaning out the clutter.

Look at the “cost of clutter” by Jennifer Ford Berry:

• Clutter causes you to feel overwhelmed and depressed.

• Clutter robs you of your energy.

• Clutter steal 50% of your storage space.

• Clutter makes life harder. You have to look longer, travel further and dig deeper to find what you are looking for.

• Clutter takes longer to clean.

• Clutter costs you money. If you can’t find what you need, you will have to buy a replacement or worse, you could be paying to store your clutter.

• Clutter makes it harder to think straight.

• Clutter may affect how you feel

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about yourself. You may be self-conscious or feel guilty about your clutter.

• Clutter can affect your relationships. If you feel ashamed of your cluttered house, you may be less likely to invite friends and family for visits.

• Clutter takes away the peace and beauty of a home.

A couple years ago I started writing a book. I worked on it for a few days nonstop hoping to have it written by the end of the next month. But because I was traveling all over teaching, I had to stop. I kept thinking I would pick it back up when I was home more. But I wasn’t home more, I was gone more. So, I put it off even longer.

Meanwhile, I had another book on my heart to write. I started jotting down ideas for it whenever I could find time. I’d be sitting on a plane, and I would write points for this other book. It was a small book that I thought shouldn’t take too long to write.

Then I started writing the 5 Years from Now notebook. I got about 75% of it done, but I was traveling and working on new messages nearly every week and it also was put on hold.

At the end of the year, who was benefiting from these projects God put on my heart? No one. Not only was no one benefiting but I was stressed out and uneasy inside because nothing was complete. It drained energy from me, discouraged me, and frustrated me.

The Bible tells us in James 1:8, “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” How many of his ways? All of them!

When you start things and don’t finish them, not only do they take up physical space but they also take up mental space. All of your unfinished projects are draining your energy and stealing your peace!

I love how the New American Standard Version of Matthew 25:21 says: “Because you were loyal with small things, I will let you care for much greater things.”

Cleaning up your messes allows you to focus with more energy on the future.

Messes are more than just physical. They can be found anywhere. A mess can be defined as “any disagreement between the way you desire your life to be and the way it actually is.”

Your marriage could be a mess. Your family relationships, your emotions, your career,

Cleaning up your messes allows you to focus with more energy on the future."

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your weight, your finances. Anything that is in disagreement with your desires including your dreams and goals could be a mess.

Physical messes are easy to understand (beds left unmade, bills piled up, boxes needing to be unpacked, dishes in the sink, etc). What is a mental mess? Anything taking up space in your mind that is left unfinished. It could be:

A phone call that needs to be madeAn apology that needs to be saidA relationship that needs to be severedA book that needs to be finishedA degree that needs to be pursuedA bill that needs to be paid offA promise that needs to be keptA thank you that needs to be writtenA will that needs to be settled

I’ve noticed that successful people are organized. Why? Disorder causes a lack of peace, and clutter is definitely disorder. Clutter makes you feel incomplete, incompetent, incapable of accomplishing things, embarrassed, annoyed, depressed and even makes you feel bad.

If you are embarrassed about the condition of your life, it causes a lack of confidence. Think of how good you feel when you walk in your house and it’s clean and in order. Doesn’t it bring peace? It makes you feel good all around when your surroundings are in order. You can accomplish more of your goals when your clutter is cleaned up. Why? Because your mind isn’t preoccupied with all

that you need to be doing. It’s done. You’re at peace. Now, you can focus on the bigger picture.

How many unfinished projects do you have in your life? When we don’t complete what we start or we leave clutter in our lives, we aren’t free to fully embrace the future.

Remember: 5 things completed have more power than 15 things half completed!

One finished book that can go out and influence the world is better than nine books half written. One kitchen that’s thoroughly organized and cleaned with everything in it’s place, smelling good, shining, and feeling peaceful is better than every single room half way clean or messy.

my suggestion IS TO Focus on one thing 20 minutes each day.

Follow this QR Code to Terri’s

podcast series on “Clutter Clean-out.”

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20 minutes X 30 days= 10 hours of progress!( )

Are you ready to get organized but don’t know where to start? Whether cleaning out a closet, kitchen cabinets or kid’s room, follow my S.P.A.C.E. formula to make the task manageable, methodical and rewarding. The key to succeeding with the SPACE formula is to do every one of the steps, and most importantly, to do them in order. Attack and complete one room at a time for the biggest sense of accomplishment and success.

Julie MorgensternAuthor of Organizing From The Inside OutFor more information visit www.juliemorgenstern.com

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When you begin to “declutter”, start with something visible and small like one shelf, table or countertop. This will help you see quick results and give you the motivation to continue to other areas.

Sort: No matter what you are organizing, from papers to clothes to toys, start by grouping similar items just to see what you have. Clear a space on the floor,

begin in one corner, and circle the room- putting each item into a category. Resist the urge to focus on throwing things out right away--it’s much easier to decide what to keep and what to toss once you have some perspective on how much you’ve accumulated in each category.

Purge: Now, going pile by pile, review the contents, asking yourself of each item: “Do I use this? Do I love this?” If you answer yes to either

question, keep it. If no, out it goes. Most of us only use about 20% of everything we own. E.g. we wear the same 20% of our clothing, refer back to the same 20% of our files, and listen to the same 20% of our CDs over and over again. Still, purging is the toughest step. To make it easier, keep the following in mind:

Toss the “no-brainers”: items that are obviously in such bad shape, and so irrelevant to your current life, that you’d never dream of using them: e.g. dried-up pens, stained, torn or pilled clothing, and rusty safety pins. Adopt-a-charity or friend. Give away items you bought long ago, but have never actually used – no matter how much you spent on them! It’s much easier to part with things if they’re going to a person or organization you care about. Focus on the payoff you’ll glean from “lightening your load”: Space—for the things you really use and love; Time—saved from searching thru all the clutter; Money—that keeping the clutter is costing you; and Satisfaction—by sharing the items, you never use, with the world.

Assign a home: Decide precisely where you’re going to store each

category of keepers. Be specific- Which shelf, which drawer, which section of the rod, which side of the bed? Keep frequency of use, accessibility, and logical sequencing in mind when assigning homes. E.g. workout wear might make sense next to bathing suits. Dress shirts next to blazers.

Containerize: Containers allow you to personalize and beautify your system. By

waiting until this stage to go shopping, you’ll be sure to get the exact containers you need. Make a list, measure the spaces you containers must fit into, and take your tape measure to the store. Label containers to make it easy for you and your family to remember what goes where.

Equalize: Once your system is in place, design a simple maintenance program. A well organized room takes

no more than five minutes to clean up at the end of each day no matter how messy it gets. Annual “Tune-ups” will ensure your system keeps pace with your changing needs, possessions and priorities. R

Here is my suggestion: Focus on one thing 20 minutes each day.

What could you do in 20 minutes?

1. Study that foreign language for 20 minutes driving to work. Every day for 5 days = 1 hour/week. That’s approximately

87 hours of studying a foreign language in one year. I think you could parlez francais.

2. Call a friend or relative during your commute home.

3. Eliminate 20 minutes of television each night to dedicate to organizing one room. Focus on that one room

and one room alone until it’s exactly the way you want it.

4. Read the Bible every day. Read the book of Proverbs. There are 31 proverbs. You can pick the chapter

that matches the day of the month.

5. Pray before you head off to work. Set the alarm 20 minutes early.

6. Clean up the dishes before going to bed. Load the dish washer. Wash the counter tops off. Go to bed in peace.

7. Clean out the refrigerator.

8. Clean out your purse.

9. Clean out your car. Start a habit of emptying all the trash out while you’re getting gas.

10. Go for a walk. Instead of waiting until you have that extra hour a day to work out. Start with a

20 minute walk in your neighborhood. Or go in the gym and walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes. It’s better than no minutes!

Most organization experts recommend starting in the room that you spend the most time in. And start with what you can see. Don’t start with inside the dresser drawers. Start with what’s visible to the eyes. That way your progress will be seen and it will motivate you to finish. Set the timer for 20 minutes and get started.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? START TAKING A FEW SMALL STEPS TODAY TO GETTING THERE. AS YOU GAIN CONTROL OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CLUTTER, YOU WILL POSITION YOURSELF FOR THE PROMOTIONS GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.

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ORGANIZED IN 20 MINUTES:Instead of trying to find a day you can spend hours organizing and clearing out clutter, all you need is 20 minutes. If you will spend 20 minutes a day working on an area, slow and steady, you will get your surroundings in order and you will develop a habit to keep it that way.


ENGLAND: Bristol, Leeds, LondonBristol – We held a ladies’ conference with people attending from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, South Africa, Albania and all over England.

A group of teenage girls who have been reading Terri’s book, Untangle and filling up their My Personal Dreams And Goals notebooks flew in from Scotland to be a part of the conference and could hardly wait to share how Terri Savelle Foy Ministries has given them vision.

Plans are now being made to hold “ICING: Scotland” in 2014! Icing is also spreading to “ICING: Ireland” in 2014 as well!

One young lady was a former prostitute in London, received forgiveness, left her pain at the altar and embraced a new beginning. She shared with Terri her revived dream of going to college!

Other ladies broke free from shame, guilt, self-harm, drug & alcohol abuse.

Leeds – We took the train from London to the financial and commercial heart of West Yorkshire arriving in Leeds, England. Terri taught success principles from the Word of God and watched them make the connection from head knowledge to biblical truth!

London – Terri was humbled to meet people from all over England who went the extra mile (or kilometer!) by train, bus and carpool to be at her conference. God is awakening the dreams of those who were insecure, ashamed, afraid and inhibited by their past. Lives were transformed and hope renewed to fulfill their divine purpose.

FRANCE: Paris, NiceParis – Terri spoke at a ladies’ tea at Paris Centre Chretien. Ladies were born again at a tea party! We ministered Sunday to about 2,000 people and the altar was filled with men only. It was amazing to see the men respond to the invitation for salvation from a woman! Terri challenged them to not only get a vision for their lives, but to write it down and bring it to the evening session that very night. That evening the auditorium was packed out with people presenting their dreams and goals and stating “it is written” before the Lord.

Nice – we held our first Icing women’s event on the French Riviera! These ladies embraced “la vie en rose” (the pink life) with a passion! Those who have struggled with this “Christianity thing” were intrigued to attend simply out of curiosity. A motivational message and a “patisserie” (cupcake) opened their hearts to the Gospel of Jesus!

In a nation where Christian literature is scarce, they were thrilled to receive a FREE copy of Terri’s book, Untangle (Delier) and literally begged us for more French resources. A special “merci beaucoup” to Eagle Mountain International Church for their support that made this possible.

Our vision is to have every book, every article and every magazine translated in the French language. We must make every effort possible to teach them how to fulfill their life assignment according to God’s Word. R

“I prayed over their futures and invited my dear friend, Pam Winters, to pray over their success. In France, having a dream is considered a “waste of time.” It proved to be a defining moment of witnessing these precious French people giving themselves permission to dream . . . and dream big!”


Hi Terri!

I am 40 years old and until this past New Year’s Eve, I haven’t set any goals at all for myself! I literally just drifted through life quickly trying to get each day “done”. How sad. Since I started listening to your podcasts I am happy to say that I set a few goals for myself this year. I now have great hopes and dreams and seriously it is because of you! I want you to know that you are a beautiful inspiration to me and I look forward to listening to your podcast each week. I have learned so much about “everyday life” and how to make it magnificent! Thank you for all that you do! My vision board is beautiful and my “dream book” is still in the making, but I love working on it. It gives me hope for my future.

With love and gratitude,

When the Lord prompted Terri to begin this ministry in 2008, He placed a strong desire in her heart to reach

out to teenage girls.

Since that time thousands of faith-filled teaching resources have been given away to young women ages 13 to 21.

Terri is uniquely gifted to share God’s truths regarding self-image, confidence, overcoming the past, and getting a vision for your God-given purpose. We receive testimonies all the time from parents saying their children will listen to Terri even when they won’t listen to others.

Our goal is to develop the “Free to Dream” resource package this year. This package will contain the ministry resources of Bro-ken, Mended and Made Whole 3-CD series, Can You Imagine 3-CD series, My Personal Dreams and Goals notebook, and Make Your Dreams Bigger Than Your Memories book.

This $80 resource package will be given away to girls entering girls’ homes to receive much-need help and guidance. Whether they are seeking support for self-harm, preg-nancy, eating disorders, abuse, or human trafficking; we know the most powerful thing we can do is to provide God’s Word in a practical and applicable way.

To sponsor 1000 teenage girls with the “Free to Dream” packages, the cost is $80,000 (that’s simply $1000 people giving $80). Will you join with Terri as a monthly partner or make a one-time gift of $80 to help us accomplish this goal and continue to reach out to you and others all over the world?

To make a donation or become a partner, call

1-877-661-TSFM (8736) or visit

www.terri.com/partnership.

R


May 18-19Maranatha Christian Center700 W Front StreetDekalb, TX 75559www.maranathadekalb.org903.667.5346 France Tour May 31-June16 June 7 SisterhoodHillsong LyonResidence Villemanzy21 Montee Street, Sebastien69001 Lyon, FRANCE

June 9 Hillsong ParisTheatre Bobino20 rue de la Gaite75014 Paris, FRANCE

June 15 Women’s Meeting Eglise Paris Bastille 44 rue de la Roquette, 75011 PARIS 06.30.61.98.73www.monegliseaparis.fr

August 3-4Valley Faith Fellowship15570 County Line RoadDelano, CA 93215661 725-6034www.valleyfaithfellowship.org

October 4-5 “Icing” – Women’s EventFort Worth Convention CenterWith guest Speaker Lisa Osteen Comeswww.terri.com October 12 Glorious Women’s ConferenceJDMI Headquarters, 1973 Ormond BlvdDestrehan, LA 70047www.jdm.org November 16 Women’s MtgWord of Life Christian Center7333 Airport View Drive SWRochester, MN 55902507.289.7575wolrochester.org November 17 Word of Life Christian CenterRochester Athletic Club, 3100 19thStreet, NWRochester, MN 55901507.289.7575wolrochester.org

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