The Good Life

Living The Life God Desires For YouThe Good Life

Every so often we come back to this series and center it around different themes that seem to be happening in our everyday worlds. We hope these will take you on a journey of finding joy and contentment in the areas you struggle with most and/or areas where you need guidance and support.   

Currently, we're talking about Turning Points and how to walk through the biggest life transitions you'll encounter. Check out past topic below which include contentment and technology.

Technology Contentment

If You Only Knew

We're exploring four 'turning points' and life stages we all experience. Want to know how the Bible can give you wisdom and guidance in making hard decisions? Join us for our 4 week sermon series at all Grace locations and online. 

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Technology

What does it mean to follow Jesus in an increasingly digital reality? See how you can have a healthy life in a digital world, decrease anxiety,  have a healthier self-image online, and how to control technology instead of letting technology control you.  

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Books & Downloads

Every Parent's Guide to Navigating our Digital WorldBuy Now

Screens and TeensBuy Now

The Tech-wise FamilyBuy Now

Avoid These 5 Social Media PitfallsDownload

9 Things Parents Should Know About Social MediaDownload

5 Things Teens Should Always Do On Social MediaDownload

Technology Panel Videos 

Each week, we are sharing how this topic affects your everyday life and the impact it's making, whether you realize it or not. 

More Resources

Technology can be beneficial in so many ways. It helps us interact, work, play, and live better lives. It also allows us to connect with the world around us, with the planet, people, and things. Check out these additional resources to help you in your every day lives. 

Counseling Resources
Groff and Associates
groffandassociates.com
(317) 474-6448

Family Counseling Associates
fcahelp.com
(317) 585-1060

Technology can be incredibly helpful when you use it right. Below are some helpful tools you can use to manage your finances and your family, build healthy relationships, make you more productive, and more! 
 

Family: Scheduling & Organization

Cozi turns all your devices into ultimate family organizers. With Cozi, you can:

  • Keep events and activities all in one place
  • Keep and share the grocery list in real-time
  • Store recipes, plan meals, and shop for ingredients

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Relationship Building: Lasting

Build a healthier, happier relationship in a few minutes a day with the #1 marriage counseling app. Lasting gets to know your relationship and creates a program to help you build and maintain the health of your marriage. Whether you want to deepen your connection in new ways, repair a broken part of your marriage, or learn specific skills, like communication and conflict, Lasting will walk with you every step of the way with counsel based on decades of research.
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Money Management: Mint

Mint offers an array of features to help you track and manage your money from a giant list of banks, credit card issuers, brokerages, lenders, and other financial institutions. It comes with a wide range of features, but it's most useful has always been its budget tools. Get alerts when you go over budget, and track by category or look at your overall cash flow to get a well-rounded picture of where your money goes each month.
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Self-Care: Woebot

Meet Woebot! Your friendly self-care expert. Woebot can help you:

  • Think through situations with step-by-step guidance from Woebot using tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Learn about yourself with intelligent mood tracking
  • Master skills to reduce stress and live happier through over 100+ evidence-based stories from our clinical team

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Contentment

The average American is $38,000 in debt. Our "keeping up with the Jones' mentality is worse than ever before. BUT...it doesn't have to be. What if you could find contentment with what you already have? What would that do to your checkbook or your schedule or your desire for more? 

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More Resources

Finding contentment today can seem pretty difficult. It's hard not to compare when you see others who have more, seem happier, are spending wiser, etc. But, God calls us to be content and generous with what we're given. Here are some helpful resources, websites, and apps to help you get there. 

Mint

Mint offers an array of features to help you track and manage your money from a giant list of banks, credit card issuers, brokerages, lenders and other financial institutions. It comes with a wide range of features, but its most useful has always been its budget tools. Mint automatically categorizes transactions from linked credit and debit cards and tracks them against a budget you can tweak and customize to your needs. Get alerts when you go over budget, and track by category or look at your overall cash flow to get a well-rounded picture of where your money goes each month.
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You Need a Budget

YNAB will help you break the paycheck to paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. Key features include:
Bank Synching—Easily connect all your accounts in one place.
Debt Paydown—The tools and teaching you need to help you get out of debt for good. 
Goal Tracking—Set and track goals to reach them faster.
Reporting—Detailed, visual spending and trend reports help you measure progress and improve.
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Acorns

Start on the path to a brighter financial future with Acorns! From investing spare change every day to saving for later with tax advantages and spending smarter, get Acorns and grow your oak! This app allows you to invest as little as $5 into diversified portfolios. You can also earn money from hundreds of brands that automatically invest when you shop. Or, save for later by opening an IRA to save for retirement!  .
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