Attitudes/Answers with Olen Baker

Compassion is the direct opposite of resentment.  God can help you find compassion even in the most difficult situations.

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.

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.  

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 solution.

Resentment has power.  Unspoken resentment will destroy your faith and your being.  Only God has the power to help.

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.

This is tough, but confession is step one.  Look in the mirror and speak truthfuly.  Look at you as the first step.

God allow us to be angry, but he also desires and will help us move beyond anger.  Have you asked him for help?

Unresolved anger turns into resentment.  God has the help you need to let it go.

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.

So, status quo, or is it time to do some things a little better?  Have you asked yourself that question?

Anticipation can be a good feeling, or an anxious feeling.  How are you feeling going into the new year?

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.

"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.

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 the day to be a blessing to others.

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.

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.  Then, take that gift to the world.  

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 about that?

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 turn to God"?  Well, how about the best gift you ever got?

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 Christmas?

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.

Yes, it is.  To counter the negative affects of anger, focus instead on the gifts you have recieved from God.  

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.

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.

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 circumstance, allow God to help you begin the process of healing.