Welcome to the Thankful Homemaker podcast, a podcast to be an encouragement and blessing to each other in the role God has called us to as women.

I'm so thankful you've stopped by, so grab yourself a coffee or tea and sit with me a bit as we talk about how God's

word impacts every area of our lives as Christian women.

Hello, friend. I'm Marcy Farrell from Thankful Homemaker, and I'm so glad to be with you today.

And happy New Year. So as we are turning this calendar to 2025, I have been reflecting on what I wanted to share

with you to begin this new year. And I've had a lot of ideas in my head and on paper.

If you've been here, but you already know that I'm a planner, I'm a routine lover, and a goal setter.

I like to call them spiritual priorities.

And this time of year, I know for me sometimes

it can be really easy to feel overwhelmed by the abundance of advice on productivity and self-improvement.

And there's a lot of good stuff out there, and I really appreciate it. But as believers,

we need to always remember our ultimate goal. It's not productivity for its own sake,

but it's to glorify God

and all we do. So I've shared in the past in a podcast episode on how I set spiritual

priorities each year. And my husband and I, I have the seven areas that I work through. And then

my husband and I, we also take time to set spiritual priorities together for our marriage and family and home and church family.

Just what is the year?

What are some things that we would like to accomplish or see worked in the lives of our family this year?

And we kind of do that in those groups.

And we also do it with our personal walks with the Lord.

And those times together with him, they're just really sweet moments of prayer

and reflection as we seek God's guidance together. So I, coming back to that at the beginning,

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