- 7 minutes 48 secondsWhen the "What Ifs" Come: Trusting God with Our Everyday Fears
My time in the Word is often when I bring all my concerns and fears to the Lord. Honestly, that’s when they seem to arise, and I wish it were the only time they did, because that is the very moment I can do something with them—bring them before Him and give them to Him.
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Buy Marci a Cup of Coffee xo26 October 2026, 9:18 pm - 20 minutes 38 secondsWhen My Day Doesn't God as Planned: Trusting God’s Providence
I am a planner, but my days rarely go as planned. Interruptions and needs pop up that never made it onto my task list or calendar, and in a moment my whole day can change. So what does faithfulness look like when the day God has given me isn’t the day I planned?
In this episode, I share what God’s Word teaches about His providence in our ordinary days as homemakers: why we still plan if God is in control, how to know when an interruption needs our attention, what God is doing when our day changes, and how to entrust the unfinished work to the Lord and rest in Christ’s finished work for us.
This is also episode 200 of the podcast! Thank you so much for being here with me and for all the ways you’ve encouraged me along the way.
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20 October 2026, 12:00 pm - 14 minutes 1 secondAm I Becoming a Quarrelsome Wife?
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. We’ll also talk about why simply moving on after we’ve been unkind isn’t the same as repenting.
And when the Lord shows us our sin, there is forgiveness and help for us in Christ.
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Sermon: Till Death Do Us Part: "Is she a crown or contentious?"
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29 September 2026, 10:54 am - 8 minutes 12 secondsWhen We Think Something Needs to Change
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 Lord taught him through the circumstances He brought into his life, and He teaches us in much the same way.
In this episode, we’re looking at Philippians 4:11–13 and what it looks like to learn to be content in Christ right where the Lord has us. ❤️
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15 September 2026, 10:00 am - 7 minutes 5 secondsA Few Truths to Remember When Trials Come (James 1:2-4)
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 like Christ.
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8 September 2026, 12:46 am - 5 minutes 53 secondsWhen You Need a Reset with Your Bible Reading
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 place, and pick a plan—and if you’ve gotten behind, you don’t have to catch up on everything you missed.
We don’t need the perfect plan or the perfect morning. We can just open our Bibles and begin again today. ❤️
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2 September 2026, 11:01 am - 6 minutes 57 secondsPray Until You Pray: Finding Focus in Distracted Mornings
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 Lord.
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25 August 2026, 12:25 pm - 13 minutes 4 secondsJesus Is Enough: Resting in Christ’s Sufficiency
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.
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The Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
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11 August 2026, 10:00 am - 12 minutes 42 secondsAlready Blessed: Our Spiritual Blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1:3-14)
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 when our circumstances are difficult, our plans don’t go as we hoped, or we’re tempted to focus on what we don’t have. Whatever today holds, if you belong to Christ, you are richly blessed in Him.
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20 July 2026, 8:52 pm - 20 minutes 1 secondWhy Your Ordinary Days Matter to God
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 isn’t only accomplishing something through the work He’s given us to do. He’s also accomplishing something in us. He’s using the ordinary days He’s given us to make us more like Christ.
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9 July 2026, 11:40 am - 11 minutes 20 secondsHolding Our Expectations with Grace: When People Disappoint Us
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 over the years is this: We see a moment. God sees the whole picture.
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