Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
607 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA healthy lifestyle from a Christian perspective with marriage and family counselor Olen Baker.
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How Can I Enjoy My Life?
March 29, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBGod gives us wisdom, knowledge and happiness. That's his gift to each and everyone. Remember, those who trust in God and believe in him will always be the recipient of his love, joy and peace.
How Can I Truly Embrace Happiness?
March 27, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBHappiness depends on your perspective of the past, present and future. Trusting God to define that purpose in your life creates feelings of security and fulfillment.
How Do You Define Happiness?
March 24, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBFor better or worse. You hear that in a wedding ceremony, and it's true. Good times, happy times, and times that challenge our life and our faith. We all experience those phases. How we accept the good and deal the with the not so good, is how we can survive.
Can I Be Consistently Happy?
March 22, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBGod is the giver of all good things. He understands your need and will bless you with the things that will make your life richer in so many ways.
How Can I Choose Between Financial Security and Happiness?
March 20, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBWealth can gain control of your life and eventually destroy you. On the other hand, trust Jesus to provide for your need for lasting joy and security.
Can Obsessing for Possessions Damage Self-Esteem?
March 17, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThings, possessions, only provide superficial and temporary happiness. They can also create a false sense of security.
What Does It Take to Make You Happy?
March 15, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThroughout life, belonging, accompanied by love is required for true happiness. When we belong to Jesus Christ, joy and happiness will freely flow from us to others.
How Can I Find True Happiness?
March 13, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThe wonderful thing about happiness is it's contagious. Share it with others.
Is Happiness Related to Wealth?
March 10, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBJoy or happiness is an emotional stabilizer that comes only from God. There are no gaps or loopholes in what God provides.
Can Unhappiness Be a Motivation for Change?
March 08, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBIt's true, you don't always get what you want, but Faith is God's gift to you for managing unhappiness.
How Can I Recover From Failure?
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBFailure is an astute teacher when we are willing to face the truth. Failure opens the door for new beginnings.
Does God Permit Unhappiness?
March 03, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBChildren sometimes fail to live up to their potential. . It's easy to rally around success, but helping them reach their potential is not always an easy task.
Can Unhappiness Be Permanent?
March 01, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBTrust in Christ Jesus. He is capable of healing you and giving you joy for living. That's a promise.
Is Unhappiness Temporary?
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBNever believe that unhappiness in life is what you are and how you will always live. With God, unhappiness is temporary.
What Causes Unhappiness?
February 24, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBTo grieve is the best way to heal, As Jesus said, blessed are those who mourned for they shall be comforted.
How Do I Find Happiness?
February 22, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBUnhappiness can bring together the power and strength of your soul and spirit to discover solutions made available by the Holy Spirit.
How Do I Find Happiness?
February 22, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBUnhappiness can bring together the power and strength of your soul and spirit to discover solutions made available by the Holy Spirit.
Does Success Bring Happiness?
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBGod is present, wherever you are. Times of joy and times of challenge.
How Do I Turn Unhappiness Around?
February 17, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBOnly in fairy tales is the future perfect and assured. in reality, challenges and problems are a normal part of life.
Is Ambition Blessed by God?
February 15, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBAmbition is blessed by God when its purpose and goal benefits everyone. Do your ambitions align with what God has planned for you?
How Do I Find Ambition?
February 13, 2023 12:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBWith most people. ambition is considered to be a positive attribute. Positive, as long as it is tied to a realistic objective.
How Do I Achieve Important Goals in Life?
February 10, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBGod designed us with an innate need to be productive and creative. So today, what are you doing to fulfill that beautiful design?
How Can I Keep My Life From Falling Into Disrepair?
February 08, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBHuman nature lends itself to becoming neglectful as daily stress and pressures invade our days and our minds. Is it time to have a conversation with God?
How Do I Stay Close to God When Temptation Distracts Me?
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBGo ahead, ask God to take you back. He is searching for you to open the door to your heart and let him in.
How Do I Overcome Weakness and Vulnerabilities?
February 03, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBNothing can be hidden from Christ Jesus who knows our struggles. You are never alone.
How Do I Avoid Temptation?
February 01, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBJesus stated that he came to fulfill the commandments, not to discard them. How about you? Have you ever been in a situation where ignoring those commandments became a temptation?
How Do I Balance Time, Devotion and Conformity
January 30, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBFalling into temptation is a slippery slope, but staying focused on God's light will help us go there.
How Can You Overcome Temptation?
January 27, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBDo not copy the customs and behavior of this world. Instead, let God transform you in everything you do.
Temptation's Allies vs Your Allies
January 25, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBTemptation will enlist and use every resource to battle against a person's faith and values. If your ally is God, your defense is stronger and will never fail.
Never Give Up
January 23, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBTemptation test your endurance, strength and faith. Never settle for less than God's best.
God Gives Us the Right to Choose
January 20, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThrough Him all things were made, and through God, we have his wisdom to guide us every second of our life. Keep the communications line open.
Adversity and Affliction Cannot Silence God's Voice
January 18, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBNo, this is the way, walk here. How good are you at listening to God's message of instruction and hope. If you're not, it's time to turn up the volume.
A Sure Escape from Temptation's Snare
January 16, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBAn angry voice can destroy faith and trust. God's voice on the other hand brings us closer to Him. That's the voice you should be listening for.
Trust God's Voice
January 13, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBLove, peace, power, understanding, trust? If you listen closely, you can hear what He has to say.
Who are the Spoilers?
January 11, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBDeception can disguise temptation as acceptable. But with God's light, the truth can be clearly seen.
Other People's Influence
January 09, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBPolitical, spiritual, social, whatever the desired result, peer pressure is something we all need to defend at some point in our lives. Isn't is incredible that God has made it possible to resist and overcome that pressure. He gives us the power.
Expectations for God's Purpose
January 06, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBArrogance, confidence and self-importance. Too much of the wrong stuff. God has plans for you this year. Get rid of the barriers and tune into His message, today.
Expectations for God's Provision
January 04, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBStand firm. That is, stand firm and see what the Lord will do. Without that connection, the ground you are standing on is anything but firm.
Expectations for Positive Good
January 02, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBCounter negative expectations by searching for the evidence of hope that God will provide. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Isn't that amazing?
Expectations for God's Mercy
December 30, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBAre you anticipating a new year filled with positive and significant changes? Yes, we all are. The Lord God is speaking to you on that very subject. Question is, are you listening?
Expectations for a Hopeful Future
December 28, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBSometimes we need to make changes in how we live. Trusting God for wisdom and direction is the only way to begin the journey of change.
Moving Forward with New Year Expectations
December 26, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBAsk and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be open to you. Those who believe in God understand the gift he has given to all of us.
God's Gift of Reconciliation
December 25, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.31 MBBeyond the presents and the over abundance of food, today is the day we celebrate the greatest gift of all time. Merry Christmas and God bless you. Take His gift and celebrate it as we go into a new year.
God's Gift of Peacemaking in the Presence of Discord
December 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.31 MBThe world. Chaotic and overwhelming. The good news is, we can be peacemakers if we pass along His gift of peace.
God's Gift of Inner Peace in the Presence of Discord
December 23, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.31 MBDecide to be a peacemaker. Can you do it? That's what God believes you can do, today.
God's Gift of a Life with Peace in the Presence of Discord
December 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.31 MBGod longs to restore and rekindle the peace only he can give. Don't let the world overshadow His message, today.
God's Gift of the Peace of Christ in the Presence of Discord
December 21, 2022 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.31 MBAe we prepare to celebrate the the coming of the Prince of Peace, remember that the gift of peace can and always come only from him.
Managing Peer Pressure
December 19, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBTurn your back, walk away. Not as easily done as said. Be strong, and be connected to God and that turnaround is much easier.
Temptation as a Thief
December 16, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThe love of money, the workaholic, the avoid the doctor kind of person. Temptation steals away energy that should be devoted to God.
Facing Down Temptation
December 14, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.6 MBThe Golden Rule is tied to appropriate Christian ethics. Have you ever had trouble with staying in the boundaries?