Podcast Episodes

Our Favorite Parenting Tips: Prayer, My "Go-to" Method of Parenting

by Marilynn Chadwick

Our children used to have a running joke. When watching a lousy performer on American Idol—the ones eliminated at the first cut—they would say, "Where was his mother?" Their poin…

Published on 1 year ago

Secrets to a Thankful Heart: Pennies From Heaven (Part 2)

by Marilynn Chadwick

(...Continued from yesterday)

What about you—have you ever seen a sign or wonder? If you start paying attention, you might be surprised like I was when I started to find all thos…

Published on 1 year ago

Secrets to a Thankful Heart: Pennies From Heaven (Part 1)

by Marilynn Chadwick

I wanted to find a practical way to remember the amazing things God has done in my life. So I began to save my spiritual souvenirs, my "Ebenezers'' in a special box I call my "Eb…

Published on 1 year ago

Secrets to a Thankful Heart: Visible Reminders

by Marilynn Chadwick

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the Lord has helped us" (1 Samuel 7:12 NIV).

The Bible tells how the Child…

Published on 1 year ago

Secrets to a Thankful Heart: The Power of Praise!

by Marilynn Chadwick

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV).

The Bible actually speaks more about praise than it does prayer. I ca…

Published on 1 year ago

Secrets to a Thankful Heart: Watch for Signs

by Marilynn Chadwick

In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch (Psalm 5:3 NASB 1995).

"Mom, you seem to see God work in the craziest ways," my daughter Bethany laughed after hear…

Published on 1 year ago

The Power of Thankfulness: Being Thankful Makes Us Happier

by Marilynn Chadwick

The sign in front of a small country church caught my eye: "It's not happy people who are the most thankful. Rather it's thankful people who are the most happy."

The power of giv…

Published on 1 year ago

The Power of Thankfulness: Being Thankful Makes Us Healthier

by Marilynn Chadwick

Can practicing thankfulness actually improve your health? Some seem to think so. I read about a study in which participants were asked to list the things for which they were than…

Published on 1 year ago

The Power of Thankfulness: Strategic Thankfulness

by Marilynn Chadwick

I remember an old Tarzan movie in which the famed ape man was peering at a droplet of water through a microscope. Tarzan was shocked to see the water was teeming with microorgani…

Published on 1 year ago

The Power of Thankfulness: Thankful. Period.

by Marilynn Chadwick

Thankful. One simple word—thankful, emblazoned across the front of a woman's t-shirt, caught my eye. There was a period at the end of what wasn't even a sentence. Thankful. So, I…

Published on 1 year ago