Today I have some simple encouragement for you, which is just a glimpse into what God has been

teaching me lately. I have found that when I complete another contentment challenge, it's good

for me to take a minute to recap the biggest lessons the Lord has taught me during this fast

of sorts, because I find that every time I give up shopping or extra spending

for a limited time, which is what the contentment challenge is, it frees up space for him to

do things in my life and to address some spiritual things going on in my heart and my mind.

And today I'm just going to share three simple things that the Lord has been teaching

me this year up to this point.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 189.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play. Simply put, this's where I give up shopping

for three months in order to pursue the things that mean most to me in my life, which is a

deeper relationship with the Lord and more quality time with the people

that I love. If you're interested in learning more, you can always go to nancyray.com

slash contentment challenge. You can take a free contentment challenge at any point throughout the

year. You can make it your own length, but I recommend three months if you've never done it

before because that's where I've been able to see the most fruit in my life. But I'll leave a few links in the show notes.

I had a friend that did it for a year and experienced so many miracles and just such an incredible

breakthrough with the Lord. And she shared her story on the podcast. And I've been doing this every

year for 10 years now,

which is crazy. And the reason I keep coming back to it is because of the fruit that I see in my life,

mostly in my walk with the Lord. But of course, there's tangible benefits where I'm saving money

and I'm getting rid of clutter in my house and I'm not adding to the clutter. And all in all,

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