In this episode, Haley and Dustin sit down with Dana K. White, author of Jesus Doesn’t Care About Your Messy House and host of the popular podcast A Slob Comes Clean.

Dana shares her hope story of how the Lord helped her navigate an ongoing struggle with a messy house. They discuss the emotional impact that clutter and disorganization have on so many people and common misconceptions about cleaning and spirituality, such as “cleanliness is next to godliness.” 

Dana provides helpful tips for managing clutter, but more so, she shares how Jesus gives us grace and sets us free from guilt, shame, and lies about “not having it all together.”

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So you have every reason for hope, for every challenge in life. Because hope means everything.

Hope Talks is a podcast of the ministry of Hope for the Heart.

Listen in to learn more :

(00:00) Finding Hope in Messy Homes

(11:27) Shifting From Shame to Empowerment

(22:16) The Emotional Side of Clutter

(26:40) Reframing Clutter With Compassion

(39:53) Finding Freedom in Faith and Routines

(53:45) Starting Small 

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Dana K. White resources

Learn more about Dana K. White: https://www.aslobcomesclean.com/

Get Dana’s new book, Jesus Doesn’t Care About Your Messy House: https://tinyurl.com/mxx94shw

Check out Dana’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DanaKWhite

Listen to Dana’s podcast, A Slob Comes Clean.

On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-slob-comes-clean/id703720000

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gNL8WirdxSt9JaVwEL5EX

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Hope for the Heart Resources

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Bible verses mentioned in this episode

Matthew 15:1-3 — “Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!” Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?”

1 Corinthians 14:23 – “For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.”

2 Corinthians 4:7 – “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 – “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”