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Two-Minute Features | 09 April 2017

We Should Fill Ourselves with God's Truth (TMF:620)

Friday, April 07, 2017
Peace to Live By: We Should Fill Ourselves with God's Truth (TMF:620) - Daniel Litton
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       Ultimately then, for each one of us, our goal in life should be, as David ends with, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” If we fill ourselves with God’s Truth, and fill our minds with God’s Word, acting on those words, we will have good actions and attitudes in our lives. Our words which we speak and our thoughts inside our minds will be aligned with the Truth, God’s truth. And we will then be more pleasing to him, and really helping out ourselves. Like I stated, when we follow God’s truth we live life to its fullest extent. Since is Words are good, right, and pure, they give us life. Life only comes to us through God’s Word, through our Lord, the firm foundation upon whom we can stand and who makes us right with him. The Apostle John tells us of Jesus, “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:4-5 ESV).

Keeping Our Thoughts & Actions Aligned, Part 2 (TMF:619)

Thursday, April 06, 2017
Peace to Live By: Keeping Our Thoughts & Actions Aligned, Part 2 (TMF:619) - Daniel Litton
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       So, we see that we, as believers, can still let sin reign in our flesh if we are not keeping our thoughts and actions aligned with God’s Truth. Once we keep on sinning, we give ourselves over to the power of sin, and Satan can even gain a stronghold in our lives. But, by instead presenting ourselves to God, following his Truth in our lives instead of following sin and the ways of this world, we gain true life and sin loses any dominion it has taken in our lives. We have been brought from darkness, death, into life in the Spirit. And because we are no longer enslaved to the old Jewish law from the Old Testament, but instead our living under Jesus’ Grace, with the power of the Holy Spirit, we are able to choose right (see John 1:17).

Keeping Our Thoughts & Actions Aligned, Part 1 (TMF:618)

Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Peace to Live By: Keeping Our Thoughts & Actions Aligned, Part 1 (TMF:618) - Daniel Litton
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       If we turn over to the New Testament, to Romans chapter 6, we can see a little section from the Apostle Paul which sort of commentates on what David was saying here. In Romans chapter 6, let’s start in verse 12. We read: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:12-14, ESV). So, we see that we, as believers, can still let sin reign in our flesh if we are not keeping our thoughts and actions aligned with God’s Truth. Once we keep on sinning, we give ourselves over to the power of sin, and Satan can even gain a stronghold in our lives.

God's Word Shows Us Where to Improve Ourselves (TMF:617)

Tuesday, April 04, 2017
Peace to Live By: God's Word Shows Us Where to Improve Ourselves (TMF:617) - Daniel Litton
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       Continuing in Psalm 19, we read, “Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.” Often times we don’t even know when we are sinning, and we sin so easily that we don’t realize we are sinning. So, God’s Word can show us new areas where improvement is needed, areas where we didn’t realize we had a problem beforehand. But sometimes we are sinning purposefully, even though we know better and know we shouldn’t be. Sometimes we have secret, ‘pet’ sins in our lives. And the more and more sinning that we do, the more we let sin have dominion in our bodies, and we lose control. But our goal, as Christians, is to live the best lives that we can, keeping away from sin by identifying it through the pages of Scripture.

Warnings in the Bible Can Keep Us Out of Trouble (TMF:616)

Monday, April 03, 2017
Peace to Live By: Warnings in the Bible Can Keep Us Out of Trouble (TMF:616) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, the psalmist also points out the fact that, “Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” The other great thing about the Bible is its warnings to us. That may sound kind of weird, but warnings are good because they keep us out of trouble, if we will listen and follow them. God warns us about something because he loves us, not because he’s a cosmic killjoy who loves to see us suffer, as people. No, God wants what is best for us, each of us individually. Warnings, when harkened, keep our actions in step and preserve our life toward problems that could develop. When we sin, in the most basic sense we go against God, and that’s not what we want to be doing. We want to live the best lives that we can, honoring God’s Word so that God will be pleased, we will be preserved, and others will be helped. Following what the Bible says gets us the best out of life.