Resources

The 7 areas of life – which we all desire to excel and have confidence in:

  1. Spiritual: We’ll sometimes refer to a book called With by Skye Jethani. The basic idea is that in our own strength, we’re not likely to experience much success in all 7 areas, but With God we can!
  2. Family: We’ll sometimes refer to a book called The Man of Her Dreams/The Woman of His! by Joel & Kathy Davidson. We’re big on striving to understand marriage and to reduce the divorce rate.
  3. Social: Many great books and resources available in the areas of relationships and our need for community in order to be healthy and effective.
  4. Financial: We’ll sometimes refer to a book called The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for helping us understand the importance of sound money management, including getting/staying out of debt.
  5. Career: We’ll sometimes refer to a book called Every Good Endeavour by Tim Keller, to help us understand God’s plan for work – which is to bless us and to use our talents to bless others.
  6. Physical: We’ll sometimes refer to a book called The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren, about God’s vision for our physical health and how it connects to our emotional and spiritual health.
  7. Mental: Putting it all together, ideally with God. Thinking clearly and effectively. Good habits. Teachability. Making good decisions. Positive attitude. Setting and achieving meaningful goals. Others vs self-focused.

Personal Growth Resources:

  1. Rick Warren’s Daily Hope Podcast: https://pastorrick.com/listen/podcast About 20-min/day, 5 days/week from one of the world’s best teachers. He wrote The Purpose Driven Life, which some believe is the best selling book in history after the Bible.
  2. Robert Morris’s Weekly Podcast: http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/gateway-church Similar to Rick Warren’s. Another great teacher to subscribe to for regular positive input and growth.
  3. Transformed Working Life lessons: http://www.transformedworkinglife.net/resources.html (PW: TWLaccess) From the Int’l Christian Chamber of Commerce. Going deeper with God as applied to our working life.
  4. Charles Stanley’s 30 Life Principles: http://www.intouchcanada.org/Read/30-life-principles

Marriage and Parenting Resources:

  1. http://www.allprodad.com: subscribe for a bit of daily encouragement
  2. http://www.iMom.com: subscribe for a bit of daily encouragement
  3. http://www.garythomas.com: can subscribe to his blog
  4. Pre-marriage/Dating Advice: http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-golden-rule-in-christian-dating and http://www.crosswalk.com/family/singles

Health & Fitness Resources:

  1. http://www.danielplan.com Based on the book of the same name by Rick Warren.
  2. http://www.mercola.com Large database of high-quality health & fitness info and research. Option to subscribe for email updates to grow our knowledge.
  3. http://www.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic