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Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
A healthy lifestyle from a Christian perspective with marriage and family counselor Olen Baker.
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- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
Does Suspicion Poison the Mind?
Suspicion is darkness, because we don't fully understand the impact of a situation. That darkness is banished by the light of Jesus. Start the journey with a…
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How Can I Confront Suspicion?
Suspicion is a primitive instinct. It does have positive attributes. Suspicion is a red flag that when addressed, can stop further damage. Consider talking…
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What is the Root of Suspicion?
Secrecy feeds suspicion. Our minds can play tricks on us, and it does when we don't fully understand the "truth". Talk to God and make sure that secrecy…
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How Do I Reveal a Secret?
Personal secrets can destroy relationships and your physical health. Knowing how and when to let them go is a little easier when you start with a conversation…
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I Have a Secret - Who do I Tell?
Talking to God is the first step of the clensing process. Secrets have powre over you. But the power of God is much stronger. Time to have a conversation.
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How Can a Secret Ruin My Life?
Secrets have the potential to become destructive when saturated with guilt and shame. Understand that every secret you carry cannot be hidden from God. And He…
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Can Adversity be a Blessing?
Yes it can, especially when adversity urges us to rethink what God's purpose is for our life.
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Why Do Secrets Create Excitement?
Be careful with what you hear. Secrets can drive adversity to the next level. That's a dangerous place to be.
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Why is it Difficult to Love Someone?
Here's the big question. What do I need to address within myself that is preventing me from loving others?
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How Can I Face a Problem?
You are not alone. Turn first to God, and discover that He has the solution waiting.
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What is Problem Solving?
Problems demand decisions. Either they overcome us, or we overcome the problem. Don't ignore the fact that problems cannot be ignored.
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How Can I Overcome Resentment?
Resentment is corrosive to your spiratual wellbeing. It's time to let go and begin healing. Do that, today.
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How Can I Avoid Alienation?
We need each other in life. Anger many times leads to alienation. Unresolved anger needs resolution sooner than later.
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
What is Anger?
Anger is a barrier to resolution. And over time, that barrier becomes a bigger obstacle. Anger kills opportunity.
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How Can I Face the Truth About Myself?
Have you ever thanked someone for pointing out a flaw? Didn't think so, but looking in the mirror is the first step to changing our flaws into assets. Not…
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How Can I Stop Reacting with Anger?
Count to 10. That's something we've always heard, and you know what, it's true. Submitting to anger is a natural reaction. Instead, count to 10 and have a…
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What Happens When I Submit to Anger?
Anger can easily transition to rage. In this state, we are outside of how God wants us to handle all situations. Learn patience, instead.
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What is Compassion?
Compassion equates to love, kindness, and forgiveness. Not always easy, but always essential.
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I Have Hurt Someone Else. How Can I Turn Hurt into Help?
It's a given. We hurt others, sometimes unintentionally. God is full of mercy and compassion and will help us get to a better place. Just ask.
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How Can I Be More Compassionate?
Compassion needs to come from center of who you are. Compasion is a core value. Ask God how you can get there.
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
What is Compassion?
Compassion is the direct opposite of resentment. God can help you find compassion even in the most difficult situations.
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
Why does Anger Diminish Love and Goodness?
Resentment has the power to distort facts, the truth, and reality. That's a powerful and dangerous place to be. Allow God to help you resolve your anger issues.
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Is Anger, Resentment?
Yes, anger turns into resentment and unresolved resentment causes our body and spirit to decay. Like they say, don't let the sun go down on anger.
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How Can I Find a Solution to my Anger?
Ever hear the phrase "be quick to listen, but slow to speak"? The longer anger lives within you the more powerful and destructive it becomes. God has your…
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How Can I Get Rid of Silent Anger?
Resentment has power. Unspoken resentment will destroy your faith and your being. Only God has the power to help.
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What is the Reward for Turning Away from Resentment?
Resentment works against God. God desires for us to turn to him. He is there to take that burden on. Have a conversation and see what happens.
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
How Can I Move Beyond Resentment?
This is tough, but confession is step one. Look in the mirror and speak truthfuly. Look at you as the first step.
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Can God Help Me with Resentment?
God allow us to be angry, but he also desires and will help us move beyond anger. Have you asked him for help?
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How Can I Get Rid of Unresolved Anger?
Unresolved anger turns into resentment. God has the help you need to let it go.
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Shoud I Be Angry at God?
Anger is a nceessary emotion. It's actually healthy. But when anger is displaced, it often turns toward God, and that is a useless direction.
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What Changes Should I Make for the New Year?
So, status quo, or is it time to do some things a little better? Have you asked yourself that question?
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What Does the New Year Hold for Me?
Anticipation can be a good feeling, or an anxious feeling. How are you feeling going into the new year?
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How Do I Find Courage to Move Forward?
Yes, it's a new year and yes, there will be challenges. So how do you move forward with confidence? There is a simple solution.
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How Can I Make a New Beginning?
"I am the way, the truth,, and the life". By uniting your life with his, contentment, joy and peace await you. Do that, today. It's time for a fresh start.
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How Can I Be a Better Person?
Believe you can action yourself into a new way of thinking and feeling, so you can demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit, like love, joy, and patience. today is…
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How Can I Accept God's Gift, Today?
Open that gift, then begin giving in the ways that God intended for us to do. Today we are gifted a savior. Today, you can share His love. Merry Christmas.
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How Can I Bring Peace to Our World?
Tomorrow is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the peacemaker. Before you begin to open the gifts under the tree, spend a few moments to accept His gift…
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How Can Christ Change My Life?
As we move closer to Christmas, let's also move closer to God. Maybe Christmas day is the day that you turn your life to recieve His gifts. Have you thought…
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How Do I Keep Christ in Christmas?
Anticipating Christmas morning usually means anticipation of what's in it for me, as in gifts. Let's turn that around and ask, "what's in it for me, when I…
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Are You Anxious About Our World?
Here we are, about to celebrate Christmas. Yes, it's unsettled, but the coming of Jesus into the world gives us hope for today. So, what is your hope for…
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What Makes Despair so Dark and Lonely?
Despair is anger turned inward. To counter that, you must learn how to turn outward and lean on forgiveness as a healing tool. It works every time.
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Can You Be Angry at God?
Yes, it is. To counter the negative affects of anger, focus instead on the gifts you have recieved from God.
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Can Grief Cause Permanent Anger and Depression?
Failures come at some level in every stage of life. When trouble comes, ask God help you experience His comfort, joy, and peace. The sooner the better.
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Does God Have a Purpose for Our Grief?
Bad things happen to everyone. God's purpose isn't to punish us. For those recptive to his kindness, God provides an antidote for hurt.
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How Does Grief Affect My Identity?
Your identity is centered on your behavior and attitude. Unless you turn to God, grief can turn a sunny day into a cloudy forever. No matter what the…
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How Long is Grief Supposed to Last?
How long? It's really up to you. Getting fixated on saddness will stall the process of healing. Turn to God for healing.
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What Purpose Does Grief Serve in Our Lives?
Grief is reality. And God expects for us to get rid of all bitterness and anger so we can experience His peace.
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How Does Grief Help Me Heal?
Getting stuck in grief is unhealthy. God intends for grief to be the means for healing. To start, open your heart to Him.
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How Long do the Wounds of Anger Last?
Habitual anger turns into hatred, and hatred can last a lifetime. Have you ever known someone in your life who never did resolve an issue. What a shame and…
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Why is Anger Costly?
Unresolved anger turns into hatred, and like decay, can destroy the person. Is that where you're at?
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Can You Trust the Anger of Others?
Understanding both sides of a conflict is necessary in order to resolve a conflict. The same is true for you. Do you understand the "root" of your anger? Look…
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Is Anger Affected by Control Isssues?
It's tough, but in order to relieve anger, you must acknowledge your lack of control. In other words, you can't fix another person, only God can do that.
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How Does Anger Affect Your Energy?
Anger can be a heavy drain on so many aspects of our lives. Prolonged anger has disasterous effects. So, how can you allow anger to lead to a peaceful…
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What Triggers Anger?
Anger is an emptotion that is hard to ignore and an essential emotion if we are to overcome anger with a peaceful result. Stress is everywhere and is never…
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What is Healthy, Productive, Anger?
Simply, it's a powerful emotion for creating a solution. Without a solution, anger becomes a long term deadlock that stalls resolution.
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
How Can I Discover a Solution for Anger?
That's the question. Here's the answer in just one word. Communicate. That takes grace and courage. Ask God and he will tell you how to best communicate with…
- Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker
What Triggers Anger?
Ever hear of a person with a short fuse? Maybe that's you. So many things can trigger anger. And that's okay. Discovering a solution to quiet that anger and…
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What Can Anger Teach us About Ourselves?
Simply, God gave us anger to teach us how to give and recieve forgivness. That's a tough thing to do sometimes, but always necessary.
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Should Anger Always Progress Into Conflict?
God never meant for anger to be a springboard for bitterness. Anger can actually can help us find the strength to end a conflict. That's how He designed us.
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Is Difference of Opinion the Same as Conflict?
Difference of opinion doesn't have to be destructive when each person gives respect for their opinion. Respect blocks conflict and is the way God intends for…