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    Declutter Now! Study Guide
    Declutter Now! Study Guide
    Declutter Now! Study Guide
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    Declutter Now! Study Guide

    By Lindon Gareis and Sherry Gareis

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    Do you desire more TIME, SPACE, MONEY, FREEDOM, JOY, ENERGY & PEACE? The Declutter Now! Study Guide is an 8-week comprehensive, practical, step-by-step guide, designed to coach and motivate you to TAKE ACTION and declutter your: Physical space, Relationships, Finances, Career, Mental health, Children, Spiritual life, Body & Physical Health. Declutter Now! helps you not only recognize the clutter in your life, but also helps you get rid of it forever! What can you expect? Release from the bondage of clutter, live the abundant life God desires for you, thought and conversation provoking questions, inspirational and relevant scripture, a guide to ACTION with helpful resources and practical application. For leaders - complete meeting format guide which includes useful tools, tips, and creative ideas to make your group a success. Designed to be used in conjunction with the Declutter Now! book DON’T DELAY - START TODAY!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmbassador International
    Release dateNov 22, 2016
    ISBN9781620203774
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      Declutter Now! Study Guide - Lindon Gareis

      Endorsements

      "Lindon and Sherry have given a true gift through the Declutter Now! study.  It is a practical process, rooted in biblical principles, that will help followers of Christ structure their lives to be poised for radical obedience.  I see this study unleashing people to serve in the church more passionately, give of themselves more generously, advance the gospel more broadly, and love people more freely."

      —Nick Ford, Senior Pastor, Northern Hills Community Church

      "Our LifeGroup went through the Declutter Now book and Study Guide. The Study Guide was very useful in helping us think beyond the basic concepts of the book to how it directly applied to our lives. The questions Lindon and Sherry have developed are thought provoking and facilitate discussion. The entire experience helped us find ways to take specific steps in decluttering our lives."

      —Jeff Fillis, Lead Pastor, Turning Leaf Community Church

      This study has been a real and practical blessing – not just hearing but doing! Chapter One was so motivating and set the mood for the following chapters. I liked the stimulating discussions!

      —Maggie Harding, Group Study Participant

      I enjoyed that the Study Guide started with material things, so easily relatable, and that made it easier to see how our ‘stuff’ is much like our relationships, etc. ALL of our stuff, material, emotional, physical, etc., prevents us from being all that God desires us to be. Keep doing what you are doing! Thank you!

      —Monica Stanley, Group Study Participant

      "This book and study have really helped me make great changes in my life and I have been able to spend more time and energy doing what God wants me to do – even stepping out of my comfort zone and sharing my love for Declutter Now! by leading a group study."

      —Tiffany Fehr, Group Study Leader

      DECLUTTER NOW!

      STUDY GUIDE

      8 Weeks to Uncovering the Hidden Joy

      and Freedom in Your Life

      © 2014 by Lindon & Sherry Gareis

      All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-1-62020-275-3

      eISBN: 978-1-62020-377-4

      Unless otherwise indicated, all Scriptures quoted from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Cover design: Matthew Mulder

      Typesetting: Joshua Frederick and Hannah Nichols

      Author photo: Vanessa Jayne Photography, Glendale, AZ

      E-book conversion: Anna Riebe

      AMBASSADOR INTERNATIONAL

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      The colophon is a trademark of Ambassador

      Acknowledgements

      WE OFFER OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE to Mindy & Norm LaCasse, Melissa Blumeyer and Tiffany Fehr. You shared our passion with others, brought our group study to life, and provided valuable insight and feedback. Thank you for taking a chance on us and believing in Declutter Now! We love you all and are deeply grateful.

      TO MOM AND CATHERINE – From the start, you both encouraged us to complete the Study Guide, reminding us (over & over again!) how important a guide would be in sharing our Declutter Now! message. Thank you for your encouragement, vision, and faith. You both rock and we love you!

      TO OUR AMBASSADOR INTERNATIONAL FAMILY – We thank you for your patience, commitment to professionalism, and care in all you do. We feel incredibly blessed that you chose to take on our project.

      AND TO JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR – You have continually amazed us by providing opportunities far beyond anything we could imagine. You are the source for all of our strength, motivation, ideas, and perseverance; apart from you we are nothing. We pray we use the gifts you’ve provided to bring glory to your Kingdom, today and always. Thank you from the bottom of our very grateful hearts.

      Table of Contents

      Endorsements

      Title Page

      Copyright Information

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Getting Started

      Chapter One: Having Everything You’ve Ever Wanted (by Letting Go of Everything You Never Needed)

      Chapter Two: Lovers, Lifesavers, Leeches, Losers, and Lost Causes

      Chapter Three: Divorcing Debt and Marrying Financial Freedom

      Chapter Four: If the Buck Stops, What Can You Start?

      Chapter Five: Temple Care and Maintenance

      Chapter Six: Our Kids: A Decluttering Work in Progress

      Chapter Seven: Mind Over What Doesn’t Matter

      Chapter Eight: Soul Searching – Declutter & GO!

      Extras!

      The Clutter Quiz

      Action Team Guide

      Action Plan Template

      Category Method Worksheet

      Memory Verses

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Continuing Your Journey

      Contact Information

      INTRODUCTION

      Welcome!

      WE’RE THRILLED TO PRESENT YOU with the Declutter Now! Study Guide – a guide designed for individual, small group, or Bible study application. While the Declutter Now! book was in the works, we were already itching to get the study guide started. We understand and appreciate the value of thought-provoking questions and the beneficial discussions they promote. We’ve been eager to provide a tool to utilize for digging deeper into the message we’re so very passionate about. Honestly, we couldn’t get it into your hands fast enough!

      Keeping the Study Guide Decluttered

      SHERRY’S NANA WAS A FAN of KISS—Keep it Simple Stupid. Sure, most people are kind and say Keep it Simple Silly, but Nana Rose was feisty and she would say stupid . . . and she and Sherry would laugh and laugh. Through the giggles, though, the simple fact remained that often, things are better left uncomplicated. The whole premise of decluttering is built upon simplifying. Sometimes we equate simple with an uneducated approach or lackluster effort, but such thinking can seriously impede a brilliant but simple master plan or an effective outcome.

      To keep with our theme of simplicity, we made this guide simple in its design. Not because we didn’t think our readers could handle a complex structure, but because we didn’t think it was beneficial or necessary. We’d rather save the challenge for soul-seeking questions and thought-provoking discussions, not for convoluted workbook-type pages that are daunting and confusing.

      We love group studies. When choosing them for our own small group, we’ve perused quite a few along the way, only to put most of them back on the shelf. Not because the content wasn’t interesting or worthwhile, but because the format

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