The culture tells us to avoid pain and discomfort at all costs, order but that’s not reality. The real question is what kind of pain and discomfort will we face. The decisions we make today will affect us for the future. We can either suffer alone for a lifetime or choose daily to pay the high cost of real friendship.
Encouraging your friends to do the right thing, prosthesis clearing your calendar for your closest friends when they need you, reaching out to that new person in your group or church will be worth it in the future. Plus, it is the right thing to do.
Also, be careful of who you take advice from. “Broke people giving financial advice is like a shop teacher with missing fingers.” – Dave Ramsey. This applies to many other areas of life as well (e.g. career, relationship, marriage, etc.). Be there for your friends with Biblical advice. It relate
Related article: Carefully Considering Our Relationships
Employers are increasingly using creative ways to interview and decide on new employees.
While employers cannot ask directly, this site
most hiring managers acknowledge that how a candidate conducts themselves in their personal life serves as an indicator for how they will react in many ways on the job. Is the employee organized (may look at how clean the inside of their car is), medical
do they talk behind others’ backs (how to they handle bad service at a restaurant, do they have a history of making commitments and breaking them (are they divorced?), etc.?
This short article looks at many of the techniques being seen today (e.g. questions asked, meeting for lunch and asking the candidate to drive, etc.).
Tags: career, divorce, interview techniques, Work
We found an interview with Richard Nelson Bolles, plague author of the now-classic book on unemployment, What Color Is Your Parachute?
- What do you tell Christians struggling with the effects of the recession?
- What direction do you give in The Job Hunter’s Survival Guide?
- What are the best strategies for landing a job in the new economy?
- Is it realistic in this economy to find a job that matches your skills and interests?
- Doesn’t following one’s passion make finding a job even harder now?
- How does faith play a role in the job search?
Click here to read the full interview.
Tags: career, interview, job, What Color Is Your Parachute
Listen to Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer, gerontologist Running To Win, oncology on the links below:
The High Cost of Reconciliation #1 of 4: No one ever said that reconciliation is easy. It can be very hard. But this is certain: reconciliation is necessary. It can take years to form the deep divisions that keep families and former friends apart. And it may take time to heal those wounds. Today: we’ll learn from the teachings of Jesus the steps to take to seek real reconciliation and find it.
The High Cost of Reconciliation #2 of 4: Someone said, view “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” That’s so true when it comes to reconciliation. People will stay divided until someone takes action: the action Jesus spoke of when He said, “Go to your brother.” We can go alone, or with others when appropriate, but go we must if the cycle of mistrust is to be broken. Today: more lessons on making things right.
The High Cost of Reconciliation #3 of 4: What do you do when a fellow believer sins and will not repent? Jesus told us what to do: invoke church discipline. It’s never easy to confront a sinning Christian, so Jesus gave us teaching on how and when to do the necessary task of bringing that brother back to repentance and fellowship. Today: a look at the end game of reconciliation: what to do when nothing else works.
The High Cost of Reconciliation #4 of 4: “Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,” Jesus said. Is He saying that man can tell God what to do? This verse from Matthew 18 has been controversial for centuries. Today, Erwin Lutzer will explain what this scripture means, and how it relates to the task we all have of seeking reconciliation between those in conflict. For some helpful insights, listen with us.
Do you agree with this? How does this affect your view of the world?
Tags: divorce, family, forgiveness, husbands, reconciliation, unforgiveness, wives
Faith isn’t about seeking your own comfort or short-term happiness. It is about about making sacrifices and serving others so you can grow into the person God wants you to become. True happiness comes from knowing that we have followed the will of God in our lives.
Tags: christian living, comfort, faith, happiness
Are you depressed or have a friend that is? Are thoughts of people from your past affecting your marriage or relationships?
Listen to “Soul Ties – Pt 1 and 2”. They walk through how people often feel bad due to connections in their past and how to move past them. Part 2 is a must for anyone in a relationship/marriage.
Click here for the podcasts.
A midlife crisis isn’t inevitable. Rather than quitting your job, pharmacist
buying a motorcycle, and leaving your family behind to ride off into the sunset, you can discover what truly matters most. Then you can live based on that, to make the rest of your life better than anything you’ve experienced before.
- Accept change
- Get rid of unrealistic macho expectations
- Give up your sense of entitlement
- Stop suppressing your emotions
- Don’t go it alone anymore
- Recognize that all your power comes from God
- Take your responsibilities seriously
- Move mountains a little at a time
… - Take a vacation with your wife (or husband)
- Take care of your body
- Grieve the past and embrace the future (with your family)
This is focused on men that have reached “midlife” but it applies to everyone, especially at the beginning of a new year.
Read the rest of the article on Finding What Matters Most for the Rest of Your Life
Tags: career, divorce, family, Marriage, meaning of life, midlife crisis
This is a must read.
If you want to see someone change their lives, sick they’ll have to change how they look at the world first.
All of these worldviews have consequences. Every day we’re affected and influenced by them. We’re often not even aware of it. These worldviews affect the happiness and success of the people to whom you minister. They matter greatly.
There’s only one worldview that is consistent with the Bible. The biblical worldview says God made us for his purposes. It says that we exist for his pleasure. It’s 180 degrees different from the other worldviews in the world.
Read the Six Worldviews You’re Competing Against, by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life.
What is a Worldview? What do you base your decisions on?Â
Are you depressed or have a friend that is? Are thoughts of people from your past affecting your marriage or relationships?
Listen to “Soul Ties – Pt 1 and 2”. They walk through how people often feel bad due to connections in their past and how to move past them. Part 2 is a must for anyone in a relationship/marriage.
Tags: depression, divorce, Marriage, past, relationships, sout ties
Check out these artists. Be sure to rate them on iTunes, link Amazon and iLike. Music can be a great way for reaching non-Christians. Rating the artists and songs helps others find them and is an easy way to spread the message.
Read the full list of Critics’ Picks from 2009.
Brandon Heath – Give Me Your Eyes
“Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see”
Please rate this song and artist if you like them. It only takes a few seconds. Your ratings help support the artists, helps others find them and is an easy way to spread the Word.
Rate them on: iTunes | Amazon
This article walks you through a great “tolerance trick” to be aware of and how to escape the tolerance trap. It is a must read for everyone, recuperation
especially those in colleage or with teens in their household.
Click here to read the full article about The Myth of Tolerance
Tags: christian living, christianity, tolerance
Check out these artists. Be sure to rate them on iTunes, link Amazon and iLike. Music can be a great way for reaching non-Christians. Rating the artists and songs helps others find them and is an easy way to spread the message.
Read the full list of Critics’ Picks from 2009.
Brandon Heath – Give Me Your Eyes
“Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see”
Please rate this song and artist if you like them. It only takes a few seconds. Your ratings help support the artists, helps others find them and is an easy way to spread the Word.
Rate them on: iTunes | Amazon
Tags: Brandon Heath, ccm, Music, pop
Check out these artists. Be sure to rate them on iTunes, link Amazon and iLike. Music can be a great way for reaching non-Christians. Rating the artists and songs helps others find them and is an easy way to spread the message.
Read the full list of Critics’ Picks from 2009.
Tags: ccm, christian music, country music, Music, pop
