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welcome to this episode of Liferocity
a place where Christians encountering the challenges of mid-life can find
in find information and encouragement to be all that God is designed to be.
my name is T. L. Walters in today's video I'm gonna be talking about the
three main reasons I created liferocity.
I created Liferocity because the challenges of midlife
especially if you're a Christian. M y wife and I know all too well what is like
going to the common issues a mid-life you know things like the abrupt
work career changes are having to relocate or working through the issues
have an empty nest dealing with terminally ill parents or
returning to school in mid-life or even learning how to deal with the changes in
relationships
and that goes along with all the other emotional and physical challenges it
just go with mid-life
but is a Christian there's another dimension another layer that's added
you know at some point in mid-life not only begin to realize that the clock is
ticking
but you begin to look over your life accomplishments in your bail years
and you start searching for the meaning the purpose and the direction of your
life
n start examining what you spent your time and energy doing
and you start asking yourself some really hard questions it's a combination
of the spiritual and the physical and emotional
all roll together in one to create a perfect storm
mid-life a time when questions about your self-image your spirituality your
interpersonal relationships your career in your church environment
all begin to surface any begin sorting to your life and you're trying to make
sense of all
you wanna hang onto things are really helpful in meaningful and beneficial
n you also want to get read up or at least margin was just up its been
detrimental self-defeating and destructive
this can include some other destructive and self-defeating believes that you
picked up throughout your life
in your church experience it can really call you examine who you are as an
individual and you start to ask if your life is propelling the purpose for which
you were put on this earth
and does anybody really care secondly
I'd like to say I create life Rossi because my own personal experience a
mid-life
I've served as a minister for over 30 years during which time I've spoken to
thousands of people in hundreds of churches in the US and Canada
back in nineteen ninety-two I'm a ministry role required that my family
and I
traveler churches in a 25 state area now that ministry abruptly ended in 2004
as a result them up all urs terminal illness we felt it best
to remain close to home until his death now that decision which was a good and
right decision
naturally effect on Ministry our income and her family in a very negative way
in the months following my father's death in 2004 my family now underwent
offseason a prolonged traumatic grief as we lost four
additional family members that grief was accentuated by a failing economy and the
financial fallout from the previous year
we fought a long hard battle with burnout
anxiety and severe depression and in some major
it still continues to affect us in many ways with our finances
shaken down to the foundation and our family desperately trying to work
through our losses
we age began the long process of trying to rebuild our lives
and for the next seven years I served as a bob locational minister to a small
congregation I area
you know we really didn't feel at that time that there was anybody who can
really understand
what we were going through and so we spent countless hours working through
these things alone
them during that time my wife Carolyn I decided to enroll in a Christian
University
to learn more about biblical counseling life coaching dealing with stress crisis
and drama
because we wanted to know really what we had just happened out we were to better
understand what we had just experienced
and in the process we want to learn how to help other people
as result of what we just gone through you now over 39 years of marriage in 30
years in the ministry we learned a lot about God about ourselves in about
others
a.m. about the lonely battles mid-life so
you're not alone anymore we'd like to help you through the rough spot
now the third reason I created life Rossi was to provide a source for
Christians dealing with mid-life issues
I realize that there are some great Christian coaches out there but I
believe that there are only a few who focus primarily on
mid-life issues alone the you know the decisions you make a meal I've
are crucial you really don't have the time to recover from missteps like you
do when you're
in your thirties so I want to provide a unique source for help for those amid
like to hold christian values in a Christian perspective
when you're in the mid to the challenges that you go through you really need
somebody who has been there somebody whose experience over these issues
somebody who has a balance Christian perspective
and someone who has been trained in dealing specifically with the issue said
mid-life
so this is a reason why I started life Rossi
I still enjoy delivering biblical sermons in teaching the Bible
and you can find out more about that bob is in my Ministry website
but no way do I brought to be the focus on one issue
helping christians through midlife the Web allows me to do more than ever to
connect him to reach out to people
I can provide them with information inside encouragement through the blog
the podcast in the videos as well as courses on creating
I wanna see you overcome the obstacles and glorify God by working with more
passion
living with greater purpose and being more productive
why ferocity is about helping you reach your goals
by sharing actionable ideas useful resources and practical advice for your
real-life challenges
if you'd like to start making some real progress in your life and don't know
where to start
I've got some free information on my side they can really help you get
started in the right direction
I would invite you to visit my personal website at life a roster dot com
where our focus on helping you through some amid lives toughest challenges
my aim is to create relevant practical and transformational content
that will help you live in lead with passion with purpose and with
productivity
I give you the tools to help you overcome your challenges reclaim your
life and move toward being all that God has created you to be
I share with you the insight that I'm going from three decades have ministry
experience dealing with common mid-life issues spiritual concerns
unhealthy personal relationships work settings and church environments
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