"Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice is remaining prayerful ahead of her 15-month prison sentence for mail, bankruptcy, and wire fraud.
The reality star has alternated between sharing prayers and affirmative messages, and promoting her Fabulicious line of cookbooks and baked goods on her social media accounts in recent weeks.
Giudice will report to prison on January 5 for the felony charges, and her husband, Joe, will begin his 41-month sentence afterwards.
Joe, whose real name is Guiseppe, was convicted on fraud and tax evasion charges. He also faces potential deportation to Italy upon his release.
Although the couple is facing a devastating situation, Teresa has promoted positive thinking in messages to her fans.
"Happiness keeps you sweet. Trials keep you strong. Sorrows keep you human. Failures keep you humble. And God keeps you going," she posted on Twitter. "If God brings you to it He will bring you through it and if you can make it through Housewives, you can make it through anything!"
Giudice also retweets some of the supportive messages she receives from her nearly one million followers.
"Hold your head up high," Maria C. Redmond wrote.
"Keep pushing forward," @girlontherun21, a self-professed "Christ follower," told Giudice. "God has a way to make it through anything. Praying for you, the girls and Joe."
The fan also included a prayer for the Giudice family: "May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace. Numbers 6:24-26 NLT."
Joe and Teresa have four daughters: Gia, 13, Gabriella, 10, Milania, 9, and Audriana, 4. Although Judge Esther Salas recommended that Teresa serve her sentence at Connecticut's Danbury Federal Camp, the Bureau of Prisons will make the final decision. Giudice's request to do her time in a halfway house was denied.
