NewGradAdvice

As fellow believers in Christ, we are called to minister to others and share our faith in Him; but most of us do not know how to do this. In some cases we may know how to do it, but it is so far out of our comfort zone, that we just don’t want to do it. It all starts by living a Godly life and showing others what your faith has done for you. God calls us to share our faith in obedience and this podcast will present three ideas on how this can be done in a calm and unthreatening manner.

“You know, I can stop drinking whenever I want; I just don’t happen to want to stop right now!” 
This podcast will discuss the many forms of addiction and you can fill in any one of many addictive behaviors into the sentence above and keep kidding yourself that all will be well, when you “really” want to change. Change in itself is not at all easy and takes time with professional Christian assistance to properly make this change and in some cases with drugs and alcohol, medical advice and supervision will also be needed. This podcast presents a Christian-based path forward to overcoming your addiction and a possible source of counseling help. 

It’s time to delve into one of our potentially biggest issues: pride! You know that the other person is not as smart as you, doesn’t have the background or things you have; so, you have the “right” to look down on him and you are going to do just that! After all, you really are better than them. Guess what, you are headed in the absolute wrong direction with these conceited or arrogant thoughts. 

Definitions:

·         Pride: a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements your family member’s or friend’s achievements or from having qualities or possessions that are widely admired.

·         Humility: a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness

This podcast will address these subjects and help point you in the direction of humility and away from arrogance and pride. 

“Do you know what that person did to me? I am never going to forgive him and certainly will not forget it! Right now, I just have to think how I can get even; forget what the Bible instructs me to do!” You will soon realize that all this pent-up emotion will be your burden and not the offender’s; they may not even remember what they did, or how it has negatively affected you or may not even care! So, while they go on living their normal lives, you are suffering with these emotions.

This podcast will address these two topics and how you can get your freedom from your unforgiveness and discuss reconciliation/trust and how to incorporate these into your life, free from worry and hard feelings. I personally feel this is a topic which everyone can benefit from as we probably have been hurt by someone (or will be at some point in time) and this provides a great insight on how to handle these very real and difficult feelings.

We all probably have a close friend who we know has gone astray and is living a less Godly life. Should we bring it to his/her attention as the Bible instructs or should we just mind our own business and let that person lead the life he/she has chosen. That is a major dilemma and we can find plenty of excuses not to keep that person accountable for their actions:

·         We don’t know him/her well enough

·         It’s not our business

·         If I say something, it will ruin our friendship

·         I have issues myself so am I being “holier than thou” by discussing their issues?

This podcast will address the issue of accountability and how it can enhance your life. 

Do people trust you? Do you do what you say you will do? Do you act the same when you are with people as when you are alone? Are your thoughts and actions pure? These three traits are critical to the Christian and how each of us conducts our lives; which is all being part of our obedience to the will of God. This podcast will define and address these three traits and how you can have these as basic pasts of your life and personality.

Many have said “if all else fails, pray about it!” How many of us use this fantastic tool to talk to God as a last resort? He wants dearly to have a relationship with us and our way to communicate with Him is through our daily prayer life.

The early Christians in Acts 2:42 devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 

Regarding prayer, there are some basic questions that are addressed in this podcast: 

·         Why don’t we pray regularly?

·         What is and isn’t prayer?

·         What does the Bible say about prayer?

·         When and where should we pray?

How can I start to pray and how can I pray? 

God provides each believer with at least one special talent, as described in the Bible and it is up to us as to how we use these gifts to bring glory to God. You as a believer may think you do not have any special gifts, but the Holy Spirit has endowed you with at least one, and this podcast will help you identify it/them and how you can best use these in your daily Christian walk.

Hang on; this podcast can be a wild ride! If you want to get a lot of opinions and advice of how to be in a successful marriage, just Google this topic and you will find all sorts of advice and these will vary all over the map. You’ll find 5,7, 10, 12, 21 or many more “tips for a successful marriage”. A lot of it is common sense by knowing how you want to be treated and therefore how you should treat your spouse and also what the Bible says about marriage; the cornerstone of today’s society.

This podcast will provide my wife’s and my personal thoughts from our 52 years of marriage; what worked well for us and conversely, what were our major issues. We are not counselors or experts, just a happily married couple who have absolutely loved being in love for a long time and we truly have been blessed!

You are now part of a company and are on the path to a successful career and your boss just came to you and requested you present the results of your most recent work to a large audience of potential clients, as well as your own management team. The pressure is now on and you hate getting up in front of an audience, especially with your management team present. One of my first presentations had my boss in attendance and he alone made me the most concerned about this upcoming event. Needless to say, I was really nervous, I mean really nervous! But with a lot of preparation work and time spent rehearsing in front of a mirror at home, I came through unscathed and I might even say did a good job! This podcast will help all of you who hate public speaking do this, as it is not as difficult as you make it out to be.

The purpose of this podcast is to provide some guidelines so that you are well prepared when you step out onto that stage. The audience will want to hear from a relaxed, confident and knowledgeable presenter; so, it is your job to meet these desires in order that your message will be heard and appreciated. So, do your homework and this can help you breeze through this potentially traumatic event.