Homemakers By Choice

Kitchen Organization 1

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Thursday, March 11, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Today Donna shares her secrets for organizing your kitchen, recipes, menu planning, marketing, and more! This was taped before the Scottsdale Study Group.

Q and A Wednesday

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Donna gives advice to listeners who are dealing with everything from raising step-children, to spanking, to marriages adversely affected by illness, to lying adult children.

Easter Decorating

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Host: Donna Otto This message originally aired in April 2009. We thought you would like to hear it again as you get ready for Easter. Mindy Gillen, our favorite redesigner, has some great ideas for preparing for Easter with decorating tips and a breakfast dish for Sunday morning.

Lent, a Season to Sacrifice

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Monday, March 8, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Donna gives us many suggestions to add Christ-centered activities to your family's Lenten celebration. They are designed to give you and your family a desire for repentance and transformation. Add just one thing to have a deeper understanding of Christ's sacrifice for us.

10th Commandment - Thou Shalt Not Covet

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Friday, March 5, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Are you tight-fisted with your stuff? Are you not sharing the things that God has provided to you? Coveting starts in the mind and affects all areas of our lives. This last commandment is at the core of all the commandments, just as having physical core strength affects all other areas of your body. Coveting prevents us from being grateful and content with what we have. Joshua 7:21 Proverbs 19:21

9th Commandment - The Tongue

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Thursday, March 4, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness or Do Not Lie is the commandment designed to protect relationships. Donna reminds us that HOW you say WHAT you say really is important. Gossip is a form of lying and lying causes unjustified injury to another.

Q and A Wednesday

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Donna answers more of our listeners' questions relating to the 10 Commandments.

8th Commandment: Property

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Host: Donna Otto 2 Thessalonians 3:10 tells us to work or we shall not eat. Donna tells us to model work for your children and teach them the value of working. Ephesians 4:28 and 1 John 3:17 remind us to not steal and to work and share what we have. Stealing can also mean not paying back credit card debt or loans, or filing bankruptcy. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 Ephesians 4:28 1 John 3:17

7th Commandment: Purity

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Monday, March 1, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Thou shalt not commit adultery. Marriage needs protection and attention! Donna teaches us that in Matthew 5:27-30, if you lust for someone other than your spouse, you are committing adultery in your heart. Talk to your children about sex and train them to be disciplined with their bodies. Donna also refers to Prov 6:32, Mark 7:20-23, and Heb 13:4.

6th Commandment: Preserve Society

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Friday, February 26, 2010 Host: Donna Otto The 6th Commandment states "Thou Shalt Not Murder," and Donna teaches us that murder can also mean hating others, being angry toward others, and even hurting one another. 1 John 3:15 Matthew 5:21-22

5th Commandment: Authority

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Thursday, February 25, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Remember no matter how old or young you are the Lord your God commands us to honor our parents. Donna shares wonderful insight on this commandment.

Q and A Wednesday on the Ten Commandments

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Donna answers questions on the Ten Commandments. Join Kim and Donna as they converse back and forth about these precious words God gave to us.

4th Commandment: Time

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Donna talks to us about spending time with God. Are you giving God your time on a daily basis? Do put it on your calendar, are you intentional with your time with God?

3rd Commandment: Reverence

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Monday, February 22, 2010 Host: Donna Otto You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Be careful not careless in how you live your life of character as you represent Christ.

2nd Commandment: Worship

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Friday, February 19, 2010 Host: Donna Otto You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.
Where are you spending your resources of time and money? Are you hiding the Word of God in your heart? Do not bow down to anything but the one true living God.

1st Commandment: Religion

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Thursday, February 18, 2010 Host: Donna Otto You should have no other gods before Me.
When you have the 10 Commandments rooted within you, they will answer the question for you. The 10 Commandments reveal our faith. Join Donna as we embark on a 10 day series about the 10 Commandments.

Journey of Sacrifice

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Be generous during these 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday. Understand what it means to sacrifice like God did for us.

Building Your Marriage on Holy Ground

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Host: Donna Otto What is the state of your union? How do you get along with your spouse? Learn to talk with each other not at each other. Donna shares over 26 ways to build your marriage.

Are You Married for Life?

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Monday, February 15, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Close your exits, be prepared for the good times and bad. Marriage is work, sacrifice, love and joy. Listen and learn as Donna relates the truths about marriage.

Mystery of Marriage

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Friday, February 12, 2010 Host: Donna Otto Know what your role is as a wife. Know God's plan for marriage and his clear definition of marriage.

Ministry Information

Homemakers By Choice, founded in 1987 in Arizona and became a National organization in 2001, seeks to bring encouragement to those women who have made the courageous choice to stay at home. We invite you to listen each day as Donna Otto and the Homemakers By Choice teaching team share biblical truth for you as a woman, wife, mother and homemaker. You will find inspiration and modern perspectives in this very practical pod cast. Look for your questions to be answered.

Week Two of Sacrifice

Dear faithful listeners,

How is your sacrifice journey going?

Have you decided to join me in the $40 for 40 days? It’s not too late to join me.

It is the second week of Lent with 7 days behind us and 33 more days to go…I find myself asking on a daily basis, "Do I really need this?" I should have the words tattooed on my hands as an easy reminder. I personally struggle with buying the little things that get thrown in the grocery cart, the Target basket or going to the fast food restaurants that are on every corner. The little things add up to BIG amounts! This past week I found myself wanting to visit the drive-thru at McDonald's to grab my 2 children a cheeseburger after school. I had to stop and ask, "Do my kids really need this?" The answer was clear, NO. I had them wait the 20 minute car ride until we got home and we made a snack at the house. It would have been easier to grab a cheeseburger but sacrifice is not about being "easy." It felt good to deny and sacrifice. I took my $1 bill for the day and put it my broadcast jar and it felt rewarding.

I would like to share with you my 2010 word for the year, a word I desire to live by, “transformation.” I prayed before the New Year for the Lord to bring to my mind a word that He feels I need to focus on. The word transformation strongly came to mind, so strongly I knew it was from Him. Then the verse Romans 12:2 was loud and clear, "do not be conformed of the world but be transformed by the renewing of the mind…" Wow! I believe transformation starts with sacrifice. Please consider joining me on this exciting journey. Go to your kitchen or closet and find any jar and label it with 2010 HBC BROADCAST LENT JAR. Make the container clear so you can visually see the $1 bills adding up each day. It's a reminder of the sacrifice you are doing to give back to the ministry of Homemakers By Choice. Collect $40 in 40 days and mail it in to the ministry with a note of the ways you sacrificed to give back. Your gift to the ministry will bless the thousands of listeners across the world that faithfully listen and support the ministry.

Sacrificing for Him,

Kim Ohlinger

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