Let Go And Let God

It's often said that we choose our friends but not our family, yet both are considered gifts from God. Imagine life without any family or friends-it would be incredibly lonely. Without those close connections to interact with, share meals with, exchange ideas and opinions, seek advice,and spend quality time with, life wouldn't be as fulfilling. God recognized this need, which is why He gave us family and allowed us to choose friends. However, we often take our family and friends for granted. In this podcast,Art explains why we have family and friends and how it's part of God's plan for us. He also discusses navigating complex relationships with family and friends and emphasizes the importance of valuing and being grateful to the Lord for our family and friends as Christians.

Many of us spend our lives worrying about things such as finances, careers, and relationships.However, most of the things we worry about never actually happen. One effective solution to this is to turn our worries into prayers. When we pray, we communicate directly with Jesus and can share our troubles with Him. This helps us to relieve ourselves of the burdens and stress.Listen to this podcast where Art explains how easy it is to turn worry into prayer and how much better we feel when we do. In this episode of "Let Go and Let God," you can learn how Jesus expects us to give Him our troubles and worries, and how He is there to handle them

Many people who identify as Christian choose not to attend church for various reasons, with the most common being "I don't get anything out of it." While attending church is an essential aspect of our faith, it's understandable that one wouldn't want to go if they feel they're not benefiting from it. In this podcast, Art discusses the significance of attending church and offers solutions to make regular church attendance something to look forward to. Tune in to discover why church attendance has declined and what Christians can do to address this trend.

People often say, “Tomorrow is a new day, and I’m starting a diet, morning exercise, or some other routine or life-changing habit.” We also have significant milestone days throughout the year, such as New Year’s Day or the day after Labor Day, both of which suggest a life-changing opportunity. But in our Christian world, “Every Day Is A New Day” because we have God’s love and forgiveness every day that we exist. Listen to this podcast and let Art share with you how extraordinary each day is for us as Christians and how, no matter what we may be dealing with from the past, tomorrow can be a day of freedom and a new beginning. Learn how God gives us a new day every day to free ourselves of past burdens and is there waiting to welcome us with his love.

Ever notice how so many people today are rude, inconsiderate, sarcastic, and flat-out mean when dealing with one another? Why? What has happened to our world today? There is no simple answer, but we have a choice as Christians. We can choose to be one of those people or do what Christians need to, and that is “Lead With Kindness.” Listen to this podcast and let Art explain why we need to be kind to one another and how easy it is.Learn how leading with kindness changes people’s attitudes toward us and pleases our Lord. Discover how easy it is to be kind to one another and how our lives will be more enjoyable when we are.

In our Christian faith, we are taught that we need to put the needs of others before our own. One way we do that is by demonstrating generosity. But what is most important when we are generous is that we are sincere and do so without any need for acknowledgment or recognition.Listen to this podcast and let Art share with you what true generosity is and how, as Christians,we must be sincere when being generous. Listen to this podcast and learn the many ways we can show generosity, not just monetarily, and how when we do, the Lord looks down upon us favorably, often rewarding our good deeds.

As Christians, we often hear the words“God’s will.”But what does that mean exactly, and what do those words mean to us? In the broad sense, when we say God’s will, it means his supreme will for all humanity to be saved. But when we refer to God’s will for each one of us, it means God’s destiny or his plan. Many Christians are confused when hearing about God’s will or plan.We are taught that we have free will. How can we follow God’s plan if we have free will? Tune into this podcast and let Art explain how we can have free will yet still adhere to God’s plan and what happens when we do not. Listen to this week’s episode and learn what it means when we say, “God’s will”and how easy it is to comply with the will of our Lord, and when we do, we always come out ahead.

We all experience sadness. It often happens after something stressful,or upsetting occurs in our lives. We have lost our job, ended a relationship, or experienced some other hardship, like losing a loved one. These events make us sad for obvious reasons, and when we become sad, we have to give ourselves the necessary time to recover. During this time, the one source we have is the Lord. But unfortunately, many blame god for what has happened.Blaming God is not the answer; it will not help us move beyond our sadness. Listen to this podcast and let Art share with you what we can and should do when we become sad and how the Lord will help us and lead us to a better place. Severe sadness can lead to depression, and before we allow ourselves to get there, we must reach out to Jesus. Tune into this podcast and learn how to deal with our sad feelings and how when we reach out to Jesus, we will not only feel better, but we will also be able to move on and wind up in a better place.

We all go through periods when we have doubts. We occasionally doubt our family, friends, and even ourselves,but worst of all, we doubt our God. Doubt is a mental state in which we find between belief and disbelief. It is part of our human makeup. The Lord understands this and knows that we will have doubts about him. But when we do, we have a choice. We can give into them, which will only worsen our doubts, or we can reach out to the Lord and let him help us move beyond them. Listen to this podcast and let Art share how to handle our doubts. Tune into this podcast and learn how, through doubt, we can strengthen our faith and make those doubts a thing of the past.

The Lord never answers us with words when we pray, yet the things we pray for are often granted. This happens because the Lord intervenes in some way, through events he creates or actions he has others perform. Whether we are aware of it or not, the Lord has and will continue to intervene in our lives, granting us something we prayed for or, more often than not, something he wanted us to have that we were never expecting. Listen to this podcast and let Art explain how the Lord is involved in all of our lives and how he intervenes.Tune into this podcast and find out how the Lord can make so many things in life possible and how we can pray for his help and intervention.