Be in Good Health: 3 John 1:2 Day 1of the 21— Day TempleCare Clean Eating Challenge
Encouraging Mondays — December 1, 2025
Good Blessed Encouraging Mondays Family, Friends, and New Encouragers!
Happy Blessed December!
Before we begin today’s message, I want to pause the way we always do at the start of every month:
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating a birthday this month!
Happy Anniversary to every couple celebrating love, commitment, and God’s grace over your union.
Happy Milestone to everyone marking a victory — big or small.
Whether you’re celebrating another year of life, another year of marriage, another month clean, another week sober, or even another day choosing God…
we celebrate you.
We honor your progress, your discipline, and your faith.
And because this is the month of December, we also honor the greatest celebration of all:
The birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Though we know December 25th is not His literal birthdate, it is the day we choose to pause, reflect, rejoice, and thank God for the gift of His Son —
the Light who came into the world,
the Savior who redeemed us,
the King who still reigns today.
May this entire month draw your heart closer to Him.
Now — Today We Begin Day 1 of TempleCare
I pray this message finds you covered in God’s peace and strengthened for this new day, because today begins something fresh — a journey of honoring God with our bodies, our choices, and our minds.
Day 1 of the 21-Day TempleCare Clean Eating Challenge
is officially here.
This challenge isn’t about perfection or pressure.
It’s about devotion.
About slowing down.
About listening.
About feeding your body what brings life.
About inviting the Holy Spirit into even the smallest decisions you make today.
God meets us in the simple things — in the food we choose, in the discipline we practice, and in the moments we say,
“Lord, help me do this with You.”
Today’s Encouraging Word
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.” — 3 John 1:2
God desires you strong — inside and out.
Steady.
Peaceful.
Clear-minded.
Strengthened for purpose.
Today, take your time.
Make gentle choices.
Drink your water.
Prepare your heart.
And lean on Jesus every time you feel weak.
TempleCare Prayer for Day 1
“Father, thank You for this new day and this new beginning.
Renew my strength, calm my mind, and help me honor You in every choice I make today.
Guide my thoughts, steady my heart, and let Your peace cover my mind and body.
Give me grace to begin well, courage to continue, and joy in the journey.
We praise You, Lord, and we pray all of this in Jesus’ mighty, powerful, awesome Name — Amen and Amen.”
A Word to My Encouraging Mondays Community
To everyone who already said “I’m joining!”— thank you.
Your commitment is encouraging someone else right now.
And to anyone who’s been unsure, hesitant, or on the fence —
let this be your gentle nudge:
Start where you are.
Do what you can.
God will meet you in every step.
We are walking this together —
heart and mind, body and spirit — one day at a time.
Happy Encouraging Monday, and Happy Day 1 of TempleCare
With much love,
Shawna S.
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