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When we focus on the things of this world, our hearts become anxious. Jesus reminds us in this passage that we don't need to worry about the necessities of life. We have a Heavenly Father who loves and cares for His children.@thankfulhomemaker

EP 135: There is No Need to Worry (Matthew 6:25-34 – Sermon on the Mount Series)

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When we come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior - we are now to be people of faith - we are people who are told to Fear Not. @thankfulhomemaker

Fear Not – Luke 2:10

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I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. @thankfulhomemaker

10 Things Helping Me to Manage My Days as a Homemaker

Inside: I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. I'm sharing a walkthrough of various tools and systems that help me to get things done. It's a practical episode, and I hope to encourage you, if nothing else, to take a look at how your days are going and ask yourself some simple questions ... continue reading...

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I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. @thankfulhomemaker

10 Things Helping Me to Manage My Days as a Homemaker

Inside: I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. I'm sharing a walkthrough of various tools and systems that help me to get things done. It's a ... continue reading...

When we focus on the things of this world, our hearts become anxious. Jesus reminds us in this passage that we don't need to worry about the necessities of life. We have a Heavenly Father who loves and cares for His children.@thankfulhomemaker

EP 135: There is No Need to Worry (Matthew 6:25-34 – Sermon on the Mount Series)

Inside: When we focus on the things of this world, our hearts become anxious. Jesus reminds us in this passage that we don't need to worry about the necessities of life. We have a Heavenly Father who loves and cares for His children. Our next ... continue reading...

Sharing the gospel with our family should be a part of our natural conversation with them.   @mferrell

The Most Difficult People to Witness to: Your Family

Inside: Sharing the gospel with our family should be a part of our natural conversation with them.   But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 When I first ... continue reading...

How often can we forget the 20 things the Lord granted us and just focus on the one prayer request that wasn't answered? #thanksgiving #thankful #godsblessing @mferrell

Remembering to Thank God for His Blessings

Inside: With the season of Thanksgiving upon us, it is just on our minds to see the blessings the Lord has provided for us and give thanks for them and to Him. We can be forgetful people and especially when it comes to giving thanks to the Lord. ... continue reading...

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I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. @thankfulhomemaker

10 Things Helping Me to Manage My Days as a Homemaker

Inside: I am sharing various systems, tools, and routines I've appreciated having available to me as a homemaker and how they help me manage my days. I'm sharing a walkthrough of various tools and systems that help me to get things done. It's a ... continue reading...

As we're getting ready to start the New Year, I thought I'd share some of my favorite planners and journals I'm looking forward to using for 2023.

My Favorite Planners & Journals

Inside: A roundup of my favorite planners and journals for homemakers - perfect for staying organized in the New Year! We're getting ready to turn the calendar, and if you're like me, I always look forward to starting a new planner for the year. ... continue reading...

Our home cleaning should not take up most of our day and my hope in today's episode is to help you simplify your daily and weekly cleaning. @thankfulhomemaker

My Simple Daily & Weekly Cleaning Routine

I want to walk through a bit of my super simple cleaning routine and hopefully share some encouragement with you or some tips to make cleaning your home a bit easier and even fun! Our home cleaning should not take up most of our day, and I want to ... continue reading...

Having the right tools makes any job easier and especially when it comes to the care of our homes. I'm sharing some of my favorite cleaning tools and products that have helped to simplify my homekeeping.

My Favorite Cleaning Products & Tools

Inside: Having the right tools makes any job easier and especially when it comes to the care of our homes. I'm sharing some of my favorite cleaning tools and products that have helped to simplify my homekeeping. I have learned over the years ... continue reading...

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We are going to walk through what are the characteristics of a humble person And how does a humble person live differently from one who is prideful? @thankfulhomemaker

10 Manifestations of Humility

Inside: How does a humble person live differently from one who is prideful? Humility is simply thinking rightly of ourselves as we compare ourselves to the Lord. We are going to walk through ten comparisons of when our thinking is prideful ... continue reading...

Patience is a fruit of the Spirit, and it can also translate as "long-suffering" or "forbearance." It's our ability, under control of the Spirit, to persevere and endure in times of suffering or hardship.

EP 118: Cultivating Patience with One Another

If someone were to ask your family if you were a patient person, what would their response be? I want to consider myself a patient person, but I'm not sure what my family would say, and especially when I'm under stress or when things aren't working ... continue reading...

From the beginning—from the creation of Adam and Eve in the garden— God's design was that marriage was to be a permanent covenant. @thankfulhomemaker

EP 117: Divorce and Remarriage (Matthew 5:31-32 – Sermon on the Mount Series)

I know so many of our lives have been affected by divorce, and it is a sensitive subject. There is much hurt and pain in many of your lives still by divorce, so my desire isn't to cause you any more hurt—so please know my heart here before we start ... continue reading...

Showing True Biblical Love for Our Husbands @mferrell

EP 100: Showing True Biblical Love to Our Husband

Take a moment with me, ladies, to remember back to the early days of marriage. You loved to see your husband's face, hear his voice, and feel his touch. To be near him, hold his hand, or delight in a long sweet conversation. Laughing together, ... continue reading...

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Do you, as a Christian, plan your days so you’re using your time wisely (Ephesians 5:15-16)? We don’t just want to live to get things done or get the most things done; we want to get done what we should be focusing on or prioritizing.

EP 111: Getting Things Done: A Walk Through Ephesians 5:15-16

God’s grace through Christ is greater than our sin, even on our worst days. @mferrell

EP 109: God’s Blessing Does Not Depend on Our Performance

Sharing ten tips that have been a help to me as a homemaker. These are tips that were modeled to me by my grandmother as a young bride @thankfulhomemaker

Simple Tips for Beginning Homemakers

we master our cell phones or do they master us. @mferrell

EP 33: Is Your Smartphone Changing You?

EP 12: Simple Menu Planning Tips

Are we as critical of ourselves as we are of others? @mferrell

EP 8: Dealing with Our Critical Spirits

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Patience is our ability, under the control of the Patience is our ability, under the control of the Spirit, to persevere and endure in times of suffering or hardship.⁣⁣
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Come listen in (or read) EP 118: Cultivating Patience with One Another at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
By affliction, Christ . . .⁣⁣ shows us our em By affliction, Christ . . .⁣⁣
 shows us our emptiness and weakness,⁣⁣
 draws us to the throne of grace,⁣⁣
 purifies our affections,⁣⁣
 weans us from the world,⁣⁣
 and makes us long for Heaven.⁣⁣
~ J.C. Ryle⁣
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Read more of Trusting God in Your Trials at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
I know we can all relate to self-pity as women, wi I know we can all relate to self-pity as women, wives, and mothers.  How many times do we focus on our needs that aren’t met?  Unfair situations or circumstances?  Self-pity is a selfish tendency that takes our eyes off Christ and puts them on ourselves. ⁣⁣
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We forget that “God works all things together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.” Are we able to give God “thanks in all things”?⁣⁣
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Come listen in to EP 105: Practical Steps to Overcome Self Pity at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)⁣
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#rootedinChrist #rootedintheword #christian #christianity #thankfulhomemaker #bedeeplyrooted  #christianblogger  #christians #treasurechrist #joyinchrist #inchristalone #deeplyrooted #martynlloydjones #selfpity
Grab a free copy of my weekly planner 🥰⁣ ⁣ Grab a free copy of my weekly planner 🥰⁣
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Weekly Menu Planning Free PDF is at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
"God's written Word, the Bible, is God's greatest "God's written Word, the Bible, is God's greatest earthly gift to his people, second only to the living Word, Jesus. And because the living Word perfectly lived out the written Word, we are blessed beyond measure. Jesus fulfilled every precept found in Psalm 119, keeping the principles and commandments of this psalm, and he did so on our behalf.⁣
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Our failure to live wholeheartedly is covered by Jesus, who lived it perfectly for us. Ultimately, he is Psalm 119 in human form, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14)."⁣
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~ Taken from Sing a New Song: A Woman's Guide to the Psalms by Lydia Brownback⁣
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With my whole heart I seek you;⁣
let me not wander from your commandments!⁣
I have stored up your word in my heart,⁣
that I might not sin against you.⁣
~ Psalm 119:10-11
Accept the cost of good deeds in time, thought, an Accept the cost of good deeds in time, thought, and effort. But remember that opportunities for doing good are not interruptions in God’s plan for us, but part of that plan. We always have time to do what God wants us to do.⁣
~ Jerry Bridges, The Practice of Godliness⁣
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Listen in to 10 Things Helping Me to Manage My Days as a Homemaker at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
I’m sharing a walkthrough of various tools and s I’m sharing a walkthrough of various tools and systems that help me to get things done. It’s a practical episode, and I hope to encourage you, if nothing else, to take a look at how your days are going and ask yourself some simple questions like:⁣
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What is working and what is not working?⁣
Where do I find myself wasting time?⁣
Where can I make better use of my time?⁣
Can I simplify my days or various tasks or automate them?⁣
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These are just a few questions to ponder, and there are many more you can ask, but the main one is to seek the Lord and ask him, are you a good steward of your time? Is your desire to honor Him amid your days and in how you spend your time?⁣
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Many more than ten systems or tools help me manage my days, but these items top my list. I’ve shared more in detail on some of these in past blog posts or podcast episodes, but I wanted to put together an episode that walked through how I use each one.⁣
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An episode like this one is more helpful to me than you because it helps me to think through my days and systems and tools and determine what is working for me and what isn’t.⁣
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Listen to 10 Things Helping Me Manage My Days as a Homemaker at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
Who doesn’t want to save money, time, their sani Who doesn’t want to save money, time, their sanity, reduce stress, eat healthy and avoid the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?” It sounds great, right, and we’d all love to do it, but how do we get there?⁣
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Menu planning is the answer to all those questions above. We have a jam-packed episode today filled with tons of tips, examples, and ideas, so stick with me, and I know there will be something that will appeal to each of you in some way.⁣
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Listen in at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
Though gradually, though no one remembers exactly Though gradually, though no one remembers exactly how it happened, the unthinkable becomes tolerable. And then acceptable. And then legal. And then applaudable.⁣
~ Joni Eareckson Tada⁣
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Come listen to EP 70: Finding Forgiveness After an Abortion at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)
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