Thankful Homemaker: A Christian Homemaking Podcast

What happens when we’ve shared our thoughts honestly, but our husband still makes a decision we wouldn’t have made? Can we follow his lead and continue to treat him with kindness, or do we keep making our case because we want him to change his mind?In this episode, we’re looking at the warnings in Proverbs about a quarrelsome wife and how they apply in the ordinary disagreements of marriage....

It can be so easy to think we would be more content if something in our circumstances would just change, or maybe if someone in our life would change.I see this in my own heart so often. I can know all the right verses about contentment and still find myself grumbling when things don’t go the way I hoped.I’m thankful Paul reminds us in Philippians 4 that contentment is something he learned. The...

Trials are not something any of us would choose. Our first response is often to ask the Lord to remove them, and it is right to bring those requests to Him.But James 1:2–4 reminds us that God has a good purpose for us even while the trial remains. In this episode, we’re walking through a few simple truths from this passage about how the Lord uses trials to strengthen our faith and make us more...

Maybe summer threw your routines off a bit, or life has just been full, and you’ve realized you haven’t been spending as much time in God’s Word as you’d like. I’m raising my hand here with you because it’s where I’ve found myself recently.Sometimes the Bible reading plan that worked for us in one season just isn’t working in another. Maybe we need to simplify things a bit. Pick a time, pick a...

Some mornings I sit down to pray and the words come easily. Other mornings, my Bible is open and my prayer list is in front of me, but my mind is already moving into the day ahead.I’ve learned not to rush on those mornings. Sometimes I just need to pray for a while before I’m truly praying. Today I’m sharing a little encouragement for those times when our hearts are slow to settle before the...

Practical help can make our days run more smoothly, but it cannot do the work that only Christ can do in us.This episode is a reminder that Jesus is enough—not only for our salvation, but for every part of daily life. His grace is sufficient, and we can depend on Him in whatever He has placed before us today.Head over to ThankfulHomemaker.com for full show notes on all the links and resources...

In Ephesians 1:3–14, Paul reminds us of all that is already ours when we belong to Christ. We have been chosen by the Father, redeemed by the Son, and sealed by the Holy Spirit—all according to the riches of God’s grace and to the praise of His glory.In this episode, we’ll consider what it means to be blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ and how remembering these truths can help us...

Most of our lives aren’t lived in extraordinary moments. They’re lived in ordinary ones.We spend our days making meals, caring for our families, opening our homes, answering emails, paying bills, and taking care of all the responsibilities that come with everyday life. Because these are the things we do day after day, it’s easy to overlook their significance.Yet Scripture reminds us that the Lord...

Disappointment is something all of us experience. Sometimes it comes because we’ve been genuinely hurt. Sometimes it comes because someone has failed us. And sometimes it comes from expectations we didn’t even realize we were carrying.How do we respond when someone doesn’t react the way we hoped? What do we do when disappointment begins to take root in our hearts?One reminder that has helped me...

Life feels full for so many of us. There are responsibilities to manage, people to care for, work to do, ministries to serve in, and homes to tend. And while those things are often good gifts from the Lord, busyness and faithfulness are not always the same thing.Sharing some encouragement from God’s Word for those seasons when life begins to feel hurried and spiritually weary, when our hearts...