Journaling is often viewed as just a way to remember or keep track of life’s events. Many people who aren’t Christians keep a journal. As a Christian, I’ve been thankful to keep spiritual journals (consistently at times and inconsistently at times) because it has helped me see God’s grace and mercy at work in…
Spiritual journaling is a way to slow our lives down and ponder deeply over the events of the day. In my life journaling has helped me to grow spiritually by discerning my thoughts and motives. It has shown me areas where I need to give thanks and praise to the Lord. My journaling time…
Inside: Are we able to give thanks to the Lord in and through the difficult seasons of our lives? When God has other plans for our days? Is our first thought amid an illness or difficult season to give thanks to the Lord in it? This thought has been on my mind this week as…
We all want to grow in our walk as Christians. We’ve talked about how often we read God’s Word close the book and forget what we’ve read. We can blame our memories or our intelligence or our age, but the reality is it has more to do with our method than our abilities. Today’s podcast…
We’re starting a new series here at the podcast on the spiritual disciplines. Today’s episode is introducing us to what they are and the vital role they play in our sanctification as believers. In this series, we’re going to talk about why we need to practice them and share practical biblical ways of how we…
As a young Christian, I desired to read books from some of the “old guys” in the faith, but it was a bit intimidating. My first exposure to a “not so old guy” was Charles Spurgeon’s, Morning and Evening Devotional. I picked up Alistair Begg’s edited version, and it introduced me to a…
Inside: Gentleness grows when we trust God’s goodness and rest in His control rather than insisting on our own way. We live in a world where it can be quick to pass judgments instead of seeing the best in others. We can find ourselves expressing our opinions harshly when we differ from one another. Watching…
Inside: Simple Ideas to Celebrate a Christ-Focused Thanksgiving with Your Family & Friends I know as women we can get caught in our to-do lists and forget to give thanks in and through all things – even in the gift of preparing to serve others with the hope of pointing them to the One who…
Inside: Favorite Crock Pot recipes from my readers, just in time for fall and winter cooking. One of my favorite parts of fall is that I seem to remember that I have a crock-pot. I’m not sure why I don’t utilize it in summer, but I do love those fall and winter days when we’ve been…
Inside: We don’t correct others because we have a difference of opinion. We correct based on the truths of God’s Word. God’s Word is our standard of right and wrong. We don’t often think of gentleness as a godly virtue. If we are to correct others God’s Word calls us to do it in a…
Would you think of your submission to your husband as an act of worship to the Lord? To be perfectly honest it’s not the first thing that comes to my mind. When I’m reminded that my submission to my husband is to be voluntary and is not dependent on his behavior, then I can…
We’re continuing in our marriage series, and podcast episode 37 is part one of a two-part episode in the series on submission. I’m a bit excited to have my husband joining us today, and he’s going to work through with us what is the theology of submission. You can find all the podcast episodes in…
We’re continuing in our series on marriage at the podcast, and episode 36 is on respect. So far we’ve covered God’s Design for Marriage and Our Role as Women, Loving Our Husbands, and today we’re talking about what does it look like to show respect to our husbands. What is respect? How is it defined?…
What does it look like to have a gentle spirit? We live in a world where it can be quick to pass judgments instead of seeing the best in others. We can find ourselves expressing our opinions harshly when we differ from one another. Watching debates between Christians online when there is a disagreement makes me cringe…
I came across this convicting little poem, and it brought to mind the verses we all know so well in Philippians 2:3-4: 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the…
I’m sharing today from a post I wrote quite awhile back called Where to Begin When You’re Overwhelmed, and it was dealing with our home keeping. It’s been a very controversial post and people either have a love or hate relationship with it. I’m hoping you all are in the love camp today because…
– Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 The Gospel. The Good News of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on our behalf. As believers we know it, we remember it, and…
Inside: Worry reveals the idols of my heart, something I treasure more than Christ. Today’s podcast we’re discussing what God’s Word has to say about our anxiousness and worry. We’ve been working through the book of Matthew at church and have been in the Sermon on the Mount for quite a few months now. I’ve…
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