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Finding Joy in Your Home

I can’t find the time for God’s Word… Hf #241

Finding Joy in Your Home

Jami Balmet

Religion & Spirituality, Homemaking, Living, Kids & Family, Christian, Mother, Healthy, Christianity, Joy, Homemaker, Wife

4.9654 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Are you stuck in a season of not being in God's Word? I know I go in and out of seasons of being in the daily habit of reading God's Word and faithful prayer and then I have super dry seasons. In this episode we are going to cover some simple ways you can establish the habit of daily meeting with God. Listen in!  Listen to the Podcast: Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources:  New Morning Mercies devotional recommendation Bible study recommendations: Katie Orr's bible studies. My favorite is Jonah!  Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney (a fantastic book on prayer!) Listen to my interview with Donald Whitney on prayer!  Learn about our Bible reading plan we follow Learn about some other simple methods for Bible studies here Book recommendation: Word Filled Families Our favorite catechism for younger ages: Catechism for boys and girls Our favorite catechism for older ages: The New City Catechism Favorite devotional for kids ages 2-8: I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God Good devotional for kids ages 6 and up: I Am Devotional: 100 Devotions About the Names of God  Good devotional for kids ages 6 and up: The Ology My FAVORITE journaling Bible: ESV Interleaved edition Amazing Scripture journals: ESV Scripture journals New Testament Set (you can also find the OT set or all the books individually!)  Our Sponsor: VistaPrint.com! Use coupon code Home2 at checkout for free shipping on all business card orders!  Our Sponsor: MyLola.com! Use coupon code HOME to get 40% off your first Lola subscription box!!

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0:00.0

This is The Homemaking Foundation's podcast with Jamie Balmay, episode number 241.

0:05.8

Welcome to the Homemaking Foundation's podcast, where we give you the tools,

0:10.4

inspiration, and encouragement you need to craft a gospel-centered home.

0:14.1

And now your host from youngwifest guide.com, Jamie Belmay.

0:19.6

Hey, ladies, welcome back to the Homemaking Foundation's podcast.

0:23.9

Today we're talking about a super important topic about what do you do when you can't find

0:29.1

the time to be in God's word or more realistically, how do we get, how do we start

0:35.8

forming that habit of being in God's word daily? This is something that I

0:41.3

have completely struggled with my entire adult life, my entire Christian life. So it's going to be good.

0:48.2

We're going to share a bunch of resources. So get ready for that. And then in a little while,

0:52.4

we'll hear from the sponsors for today's episode. We have VistaPrint in a little while, we'll hear from the sponsors for today's

0:54.4

episode. We have VistaPrint and Lola. So we'll hear from them in a little while. But let's just

1:00.6

jump straight into this, because if you're listening to this episode today, I would bet that you

1:06.7

probably struggle with this as well. And I would venture to guess that almost all of us women

1:14.9

in general struggle with this, of making this a priority, of being in God's word daily, at least

1:21.5

at some point in our life. I know I have gone through times in my Christian walk where I just feel

1:26.6

like my devotional time, my time in God's

1:29.7

word, whatever you want to call it, is so rich and so deep and so profitable and I'm so close

1:35.8

to the Lord and I'm so consistent and it's drawing me in. I've had those times. But I've had many,

1:42.5

many more times of feeling listless in my devotional time

1:47.1

and frankly just not making myself do it in the first place. And it's really one of those habits

1:53.3

that when I fall out of the daily practice, it's really, really hard to get back into. So what tends to happen is either I'm

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