Thankful Homemaker: A Christian Homemaking Podcast

How a Timer Saves Me Time & Keeps Me Focused

Do you ever find yourself flitting from task to task and at the end of the day realizing you didn't finish any of them? Do you have trouble staying focused and on task?
A tool that has helped me immensely over the years to stay on tasks, whether it's household chores, reading, social media, blog work, paying bills, and a host of other items, is just a simple household timer
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My Top 5 Productivity Tips for Busy Homemakers

I'm sharing some of the simple tools that have helped me manage my time over my 34 years of being a wife, mother, and homemaker. 
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Developing a Daily Bible Reading Habit

We're getting ready to turn the calendar and on most of our lists or resolutions is to start a daily Bible reading habit. This is a good thing. What better discipline to develop as a believer than to desire to sit at the feet of Jesus daily and hear from Him through His Word and for us to speak to Him through prayer
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BITESIZE: The Greatest Gift

As I've been reading in Isaiah, it has struck me how often God is not the first place I turn to when I need help. I may look to myself, my husband, or a friend, and although those aren't necessarily bad things it isn't where I should be turning to first.
Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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BITESIZE: Sitting with Jesus in a Season of Busyness

One of the aspects of the life of Christ that stands out to me is that Jesus never seemed to be in a hurry. Even when crowds of people surrounded him he always made time for what was most important—time with His Father.
Luke 5:15-16: 15 But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
Sitting with Jesus in a Season of Busyness
Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book About a (Really) Big Problem by Kevin DeYoung
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Blessed are the Merciful (Matthew 5:7 - Sermon on the Mount Series)

Those who know they have received mercy, show mercy. And the merciful are greatly blessed, because they will receive mercy from God himself.
And as the verse, Matthew 5:7 states: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
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BITESIZE (INTRO): Keeping the Focus On Christ This Christmas

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EP 9 Christ-Focused Christmas Celebration Ideas
10 Questions to Ask at Your Christmas Gathering by Donald Whitney
Favorite Site for Evangelist Christmas Books to Giveaway- my top giveaway book choice
 
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Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness (Matthew 5:6 - Sermon on the Mount Series)

We all know what it feels like at times to be hungry or thirsty, but there are a hunger and thirst that should be far more concerning to us that we are going to dig into together today, and it’s not talking about physical hunger but spiritual hunger. It’s a hunger that will not be satisfied by food or water but only by God.
Augustine said: "Thou has made us for thyself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee."
The good news is Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:6 that our hunger and thirst can be satisfied: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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Blessed are the Meek (Matthew 5:5 - Sermon on the Mount Series)

Meekness is often defined as power under control, and in the case of the Spirit-filled believer, he or she is under the control of God's Spirit. Meekness towards God is a disposition of spirit that accepts His dealings as good and doesn't dispute or resist them.
Listen in as we continue on in our series through the Sermon on the Mount - working through Matthew 5:5:
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
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Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (Matthew 5:4 - Sermon on the Mount Series)

True spiritual mourning produces a hatred for our sin and a repentant heart that desires to be in a right relationship with the Lord. We should desire to be holy as God is holy.
Mourning is to be our lifestyle. It’s not just a one time moment when we first came to a recognition of our utter spiritual poverty before the Lord - it is a continual part of our lives as believers
We want to cultivate hearts that are sensitive to the sin our lives and mourn over them. We want our mourning to be genuine not just an emotional reaction or because we got caught but that there is true confession and repentance and genuine mourning
As we continue on in this current series, our text today is Matthew 5:4:"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 
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The Riches of Poverty - (Matthew 5:3 - Sermon on the Mount Series)

The Sermon on the Mount lays out for us what it means to be a citizen of Christ's kingdom. The chapters we're working through in Matthew 5-7 layout for us what the Lord desires of those who profess Christ. It describes what our inward and outward desires and actions should look like of those who profess to be in Christ.
As we continue on in this current series, our text today is Matthew 5:3:"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Series (Matthew 5:1-2)

John Stott opened his book The Message of the Sermon on the Mount: Christian Counter-Culture with this sentence:
"The Sermon on the Mount is probably the best-known part of the teaching of Jesus, though arguable it is the least understood, and certainly it is the least obeyed."
In our time today, we're going to work through Matthew 5:1-2 and discuss an overview of the Sermon as we begin a series on the Sermon on the Mount
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