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“…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV)

If you can’t find the motivation to clean your physical house, then cleaning your spiritual house may seem like an enormous task. But this is where you need to put your focus and best energy—because God wants you to use your life to become more like Him. And to do this sometimes requires you to make difficult choices and changes.

The Bible says it like this: “…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1 NKJV)

To choose what you need to clean in your spiritual house, you must decide what changes need to be made in your life. Ask yourself questions like, what is hindering me from moving forward in my spiritual growth?

If you want a healthy body, you may need to keep more nutritious food in your house or create a meal plan. Or maybe you must commit to exercising regularly, even if you start small with 10-15 minutes daily. 

If you want a healthy mind, you may need to unsubscribe to magazines or block channels. You may need to delete some apps or set healthier screen time boundaries.

If you want a healthy schedule, you must decide what’s most valuable to you.

Then you can remove some less-valuable activities—sometimes even good ones—so that you can focus on ones even more valuable to you.

If you want a clean heart, you need to pray, ask God what you need to confess, and then confess those things. This can be the most challenging step of spiritual cleaning.

Through confession, you’re recognizing and rooting out sins that cause unhealthy habits throughout your spiritual house.

The Bible says in Ephesians 4:22, “…put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts [desires]” (NKJV).

It’s time to clean house—but it’s not a one-time practice. Just like you must clean your physical home regularly, you must ask hard questions to identify what spiritual rooms need a good cleaning. Then, with God’s blessing, you get to work.

Ask, answer, and apply:

• Why is it essential to invest time in prayer before I try to clean up any area of my life?
• What area of my life do I find it most difficult to change?
• When will I spend some time today talking to God about where I need to do some cleaning in my life? Then I will confess my sin to Him and ask for grace to do the hard but valuable work of change.