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How Does God Protect Me?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 15, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Homes are supposed to be a secure place to live and grow.  Too many times, homes are the source of the darker side of life.  The good news is that God lives within you.  In a home that us under attack, God is there.  Just reach out to Him.  

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We've Got a Problem: Reconciling Conflict in Relationships EP. 1 - Me First

Trim the Wick - May 14, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes
Every human relationship faces times of disagreement, hurts, and wrongs against one another.  How we handle those times can restore the relationship or rip it to pieces. Join us this week as we discuss how the first moments of any conflict need to start with managing our own emotional and physic...

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How Can I Get Rid of Tension in my Life?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 13, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Tension and stress affect everyone, no matter economics, social status, or profession.  HOW we handle tension is an important part of surviving those days when nothing is going right.  The good news, God is there with you.  Start the conversation and move away from the stress.

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How Can God Help Me Heal?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 10, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Trauma can create a feeling of detachment, which is a sympton of continuing stress.  God understands us and He also knows how to bring us back, closer to Him, and closer to healing.  He is the way.

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How Do I Handle Trauma?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 08, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Trauma is a delayed response to a significant life event.  We are all at some time in our lives, exposed to trauma.  Trust God to keep His promises for you when life's sorrows and grief surfaces.  

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Self Control

Trim the Wick - May 07, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes
Ok to all our Trim the Wick fans we made it to final episode in our series 9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage. This week we finish strong discussing Self Control. Understanding self control more fully as having mastery over you self, emotions, thoughts and actions leads to a more fruitful...

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Why is Stress, Toxic?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 06, 2024 11:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Conflict is what it is.  How conflict is managed is the solution.  Avoiding conflict is not the way.  God has a solution for you.

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How Can I Get a Clear Conscience?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 03, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Anxiety creates a fight or flight reaction.  God has the power to help you clear your conscience.  Without his help, you are only amping up those issues.  Take a moment to have a conversation with God and begin to move away from conflict in peace.

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Can Faith Help Neutralize Stress?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - May 01, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Your very worst day is one that God believes can be turned around.  When you activate faith in your life, worst days will still come.  But with faith, you now have the power to overcome them.  Amazing, isn't it?

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Gentleness

Trim the Wick - April 30, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes
Episode 8 of our 9 part series on a fruitful marriage. This week Dan and Becky talk about the Fruit of Gentleness. Being gentle is more than just being soft or even weak around each other. Gentleness requires strength and a standing with your spouse when they are going through troubles.  Learn M...

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How Can I Avoid Negative Thinking?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 29, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
It's tough, but necessary to see problems not from your eyes, but from God's perspective.  That's the first step to take when addressing issues in your life.  Can you do that?

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How Can I Get Rid of Stress?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 26, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The answer is, you can't.  Life is full of stress.  But you CAN manage stress.  Turn to God.  That's always the first and best step.  Like the song says "Don't Worry, Be Happy".  God has you covered.

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What Causes Stress to Get Out of Bounds?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Stress is a produce of a hurried lifestyle.  You could say that's me, and for most folks, it is.  Here is what you can do.  Ask God if what I am doing today is honorable to God.  

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Faithfulness

Trim the Wick - April 23, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes
Being Faithfull is so much more than your physical actions. Faithfulness is about your character and does it match God's character. Faithfulness is where you wedding vows become a part of your marriage. Learn more www.matthew257.com Have a question? Need to talk? Send us a message!

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Goodness

Trim the Wick - April 23, 2024 12:00 - 31 minutes
I do something for her, she does something for me... I thought marriage was all about give and take... No not really. This we talk about Goodness and how powerful it is to just be Good to one another. Learn more www.matthew257.com Have a question? Need to talk? Send us a message!

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Is Stress Management Worthwhile?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
The answer, is yes.  You don't have to be perfect to be acceptable, but you do have to be responsible  for your choices.  Shake off the stress with solutions and start that conversation with God.

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How Does Strife Create Stress?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 19, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Strife is defined as conflict or discord and left alone will be a sure path to stress.  Finding a solutiion is your best defense.  Find out WHY it's happening and turn to God for a new path.

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How Can Stress be Good for Me?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
We all experience stress at different levels.  It's a part of life.  But letting stress change our behaviors constantly leads to...more stress.  Remember, God know's what's ahead.  Let him handle it.

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Kindness

Trim the Wick - April 16, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes
So if you don't say anything you are being Kind right? Well not really, this week Becky and Dan talk about the Trait of Kindness in your marriage. Kindness is draws a husband and wife closer together because space is given to grow. You are going to be blessed during this episode. Learn More  www...

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Does God Care Where I Fit in Society?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 15, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Status seeking is often loaded with stress.  God warns us of thinking we are above another person.  Remember, we are all precious in his sight.

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What is Status Seeking?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 12, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
We all want to be successful.  Success is defined by how you measure up to others.  Is that really how God want's us to live our lives?

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What is Jealously?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 10, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Through comparisions, you diminish who you are, by overlooking the gifts and talents God has given you.   No need to compare.  Look in the mirros and discover who you are.  

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9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage: Patience

Trim the Wick - April 09, 2024 12:00 - 34 minutes
Over the years of being married I think that this one trait keeps the fighting to a minimum. But patience is not about a "grinning and bearing it" mentality. Patience takes work and discipline, and the power of Holy Spirit so that your marriage can endure.  Learn More @ www.matthew257.com Have ...

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Can I Overcome Self-Deception?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 08, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
It's tough but we all need to face the truth and the consequences in life.  Ignoring the truth about ourselves can damage what's ahead.  

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What is Duplicity?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Have you ever had to cover the way you really feel about something.  Be careful about throwing stones because they can inflict pain that never heals.  Turn to God and he will lead you in the right direction.

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When Can Generosity go too Far?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Generosity is a God inspired behavior.  But sometimes generosity can be taken out of context so that it has the reverse effect.  Has that ever happened to you>

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9 Traits to cultivate a fruitful marriage: Peace

Trim the Wick - April 02, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes
This week we continue to build on the 9 Traits to Cultivate a Fruitful Marriage. We are talking about Peace, but in the words of that brilliant philosopher Fezzik in the Princess Bride. "You keep using that word I don't think it means what you think it means." Peace in a marriage does not mean q...

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How Can I Avoid Self-Deception?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - April 01, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Self-deception is a slipery slope and can and will cross the line of what God intends for us to be and do.  If you are stuck in self-deception, decide right now to seek God's wisdom and make a turn towards the truth.

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The Danger of Deception

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - March 29, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Though sin may have gained a foothold in your life, through deception, God's grace is stronger.  Today, it's time to turn away from deception and turn towards God.  Tomorrow will me a much better day.

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Why is Deception Bad?

Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Deception is everywhere in our world.  Satan decieved Adam and Eve.  You are not alone, but the good news is, God has you covered with his love and mercy.  

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