Top 10 Articles & Podcasts of 2018

The end of the year is always a time I review here at the blog and determine what my schedule looks like for next year. It's fun for me to see what the top read posts and listened to podcasts were from the last year. It's been a good help in determining what type of content my readers are interested in.

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My main reason for blogging is to continue to share with others what the Lord is teaching me in my various roles He has called me to as a Christian woman, wife, mother, and grandmother. This has been good accountability for me to dig a bit deeper into my studies and I'm thankful to have these writings and podcasts to share with my grandbabies one day too.

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Here are the top 10 articles and podcasts from 2018:

Top Articles of 2018:

1. 20 Questions to Help Build Intimacy in Your Marriage 

2. How Respectful Are You To Your Husband?

3. Elisabeth Elliot on Hints for a Quiet Time

4. My Top 50 Cleaning Shortcuts

5. Starting Your Day With Jesus

6. Cultivating a Gentle Spirit

7. Inductive Bible Study & A Walk Through Ephesians

8. How to be Perfectly Miserable

9. 5 Steps to Help Remove the “Log” In Our Eye

10. My Favorite Resources on Sex and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

Top Podcasts from 2018:

1. EP 33: Is Your Smartphone Changing You?

2. EP 18: Putting on an Attitude of Love in Your Home

3. EP 6: What Does Self-Discipline Look Like in Our Homes?

4. EP 34: God's Design for Our Marriages & Our Role as Women

5. EP 35: To Love Their Husbands

6. EP 40: Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

7. EP 27: Planning Our Days as Homemakers

8. EP 29: Where to Begin When You're Overwhelmed in Caring for Your Home

9. EP 21: Routines of the Day: Making the Most of Your Morning and Evenings

10. EP 30: Cultivating Self-Control in Our Lives

What were some of your favorite articles or podcasts episodes here from last year?