Glory Stoneware Mug | The Daily Grace Co. How to Anoint Your Home & Spiritually Clean House - Danita Jenae. Our first military move was a divine disaster! The first home we moved into had sick house syndrome and black mold, which set off a long series of unfortunate events. I had severe postpartum depression, a colicky newborn, and we didn’t know a soul in town. We lived in seven different houses in six months’ time. Seven houses! After all the upheaval, we landed in an exquisitely beautiful home. However, there was some type of spiritual unrest in that place that I can’t even describe. Early one morning, Ms. The mystery is that it worked. After that, my husband and I decided we would anoint all our future homes first thing, before ever moving in a single box! I recently asked Ms. We work hard to keep our homes in order and to keep food on the table. This is called discernment. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) Thankfully, anyone can do this. The Homemaker's Daily Routine: 5 Steps to Mastering Your Day.
Inside: How to build a daily routine as a homemaker to give you structure in all the right ways. The good news? There’s no one telling you how to structure your day. The bad news? There’s no one telling you how to structure your day. When you stay home to take care of the house, there’s a lot to get done. That’s why every homemaker needs a daily routine. In this guide, we’ll explore ways to set up a daily routine that’s fun and fulfilling, not just efficient. At a Glance Early morning quiet Mid-morning clean Afternoon dinner prep Evening relaxation Why A Daily Routine Matters It’s not only about completing a list of chores. A routine can: Provide structure, making your day more predictable.
With a good routine, you never have to wonder what you should be doing. The Importance of Flexibility One of the best things about staying home is that you can be flexible. But it’s important to strike a balance between routine and flexibility. Build ‘wiggle room’ into your routine. Dividing the Day Note. 9 Steps For Building a Godly Home – Called To Mothering. How Wise Women Build Up Their Homes – The Transformed Wife. It’s interesting to note that God doesn’t tell us that men can build up or tear down their homes. No, it’s women who have this type of power and unfortunately, many are tearing their homes down with their own hands thinking the grass is greener somewhere else but finding that it was all a lie.
It’s vitally important that we build our homes up, women, not just for our sake but for our children’s and grandchildren’s sake. You want to pass blessings down to the next generation, not curses. I asked the women in the chat room for ideas on how to build our homes up and here are some that they came up with: “Number one for building a stable home is building up our husbands.
The marriage needs to be strong to support the family.” Divorce is the number one cause of tearing homes down. “Keeping the Lord as number one priority, submitting to our husbands out of reverence for the Lord, adhering to Proverbs 31 as much as possible in the attitudes of homemaking, marriage, and parenting.” Spiritually Cleaning Your Home. - Married By His Grace. 5 Ways To Create a Christ-Centered Home – Called To Mothering. Prayers to Pray in Every Room of Your Home.
Sharing is caring! Do you hear stories of mothers who are prayer warriors for their children, their husband, their friends, and their church families? Ever feel like you fall short in that area? I know this is true for me! Prayer Warrior-In-Training It is really hard to sit down for a time of focused prayer when two little kids want my attention. Honestly, my biggest problem, I just simply forget to pray! I want to be a prayer warrior. I thrill at the idea of modeling a solid prayer life to my kids. But more often than not, my prayer life is a little lacking.
Desire alone just isn’t enough. So what is a Mom to do? Currently, to counter this area of weakness, I am finding ways to remind myself to pray in each room of my house. How does this look in practice? Well, let me show you the examples for what I do in each room of my house. Keep in mind, I don’t do this every single time I change rooms! Let’s go over the areas I have and I will show you what prayers I pray. Give thanks for: Request: Pray Boldly Over Your Doorways - Rachel Britton. Today I am welcoming my friend and author Meadow Merrill to the #BeBoldGirl series. You’ll love the unique way God reminded her to pray boldly for her family. Meadow’s memoir Redeeming Ruth released on Monday, May 1st, 2017 available on Amazon.
You will not want to miss her story and steps of faith. Welcome, Meadow! My family of seven lives in a small house. I wish I were joking. It was such a beautiful fall day, I couldn’t resist. I stood up, paintbrush dangling from my hand. “The chickens are in the house,” he repeated, as if there could be any mistake. Off I stomped, across the lawn, up the front stairs, and through the door—no longer happy—to find several hens clucking across the dining room table, scattering my papers.
“Who left the door open?” But as soon as Asher tried to catch one, it flew at the closed window, squawking and sending papers and feathers flying. Asher and I eventually caught the chickens and cleaned up the mess. [widget id=”text-14″ title=”0″] Related. A Blameless Heart – HomeSweetHomeMaker. Psalm 101:2 “I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.” I came across this verse in my daily Bible reading a few weeks ago.
I’m sure I’ve read it so many times before – I mean, it is the Psalms, not Leviticus. But never before had it stuck out to me on the page like it did that morning. Conducting the affairs of my house is my job. How do I do that with a blameless heart? Blameless – adjective: “innocent of wrongdoing” Innocent of wrongdoing. But the truth is, being at home breeds inner frustration and conflict. To be entirely innocent of any wrongdoing surpasses simply doing “good” things to my family and making “right” choices. That means a heart innocent of anger, bitterness, greed, and selfishness. A mind that is innocent of harboring malicious or annoyed thoughts. An attitude that is purely humble and servant-hearted.
A blameless heart. Lord, help me to not let my guard down in the privacy and comfort of my own home. How to Glorify God With Your Home - Faithfully Planted. When my husband and I were going through pre-marital counseling, I remember our pastor talking to me about my future home. She gave me advice about my unique role as a cultivator of my home and I felt all kinds of negativity and resistance toward any of this advice. Though, looking back I do love the word she used: Cultivator. I even went so far as to tell her (yes, her) that I wouldn’t be “that kind of woman.”
I was fairly new in my faith during this season and very immature in this regard. I didn’t grow up in a Christian home and had a very negative view of women who described themselves as “homemakers” or “stay at home moms.” If I had been a little less prideful and stubborn during this season of my life, I may have listened to her and taken what she had to say to heart. I had it in my head that strong women worked and contributed outside of their home and that things like laundry, dishes, cooking, decorating and organization were trivial tasks. Their options were marriage or squalor. How To Make Your House Smell Good Naturally - The Unlikely Hostess. Are you ready to explore how to make your house smell good without any irritating chemicals?
Great! We all know our supermarket isles are packed with air and room fresheners that will make your home smell pretty good in no time at all. You can push the button the aerosol spray, clip on the vent fresheners, and Febreeze the sofa. What’s wrong with this? They are packed with a number of suspicious chemicals. The debate rages on over which chemicals, and what amounts are actually considered ‘toxic.’ So what should you do? Well, you can always search for products that are free of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), benzene and formaldehyde to name a few. Second, you can learn how to create wonderful fragrances in your home that use completely natural ingredients! These 10 DIY ideas below will teach you how to make your house smell good without any of the added junk. And it’s completely worth your time btw. Did you know that studies show that 75% of your emotions are actually triggered by smell?!?