04 February 2024
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Caught Between Two Worlds, Part 1 (TMF:2285)

Friday, February 09, 2024
Peace to Live By: Caught Between Two Worlds, Part 1 (TMF:2285) - Daniel Litton
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       It is definitely true that some individuals out there will find themselves caught between two varying worlds—worlds that are different, each with their own promises. Yes, indeed. That’s where many in fact can find themselves in, especially if you were raised in a stricter church setting. We know, if we are a student of the Scripture, that we cannot serve two masters. That’s Christianity 101. It is like Luciano Pavarotti said one time, “if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair.“ Definitely true. The truth is, I think there are two kinds of people. There are the people who are okay following the crowd, who are okay following the status quo. For them, letting other more important people make all the necessary decisions is good and comforting. They really don’t have to do anything but follow. Even though it may seem like a harder life, I think actually it is an easier life. No big decisions have to be made. Other the other hand, there are those people who just cannot follow rules that usually don’t make sense to them.

Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 3 (TMF:2284)

Thursday, February 08, 2024
Peace to Live By: Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 3 (TMF:2284) - Daniel Litton
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       I would go so far as to say that mediation is the real thing we are to be doing. I look at prayer as speaking this and that to God, asking for requests generally. Mediation, on the other hand, is just simply spending time with God, and not really asking anything from him. It is focusing on God instead of on what we think that we need. So, in that case, I would say mediation is more important than prayer. But prayer, asking God for our requests, does indeed help us throughout our day. This is because we have kept commandments in practicing prayer, thus being obedient, and we have requested God to help us. Like I’ve said in the past, the few times that I did skip prayer and try to start my day, I found that things just didn’t flow. It was like I didn’t have a special blessing on the day, or any extra help. That’s because I valued other things as being more important for living than I valued my relationship with God. That made things unhappy. So, for our maximum level of happiness, then, it’s good to put God first.

Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 2 (TMF:2283)

Wednesday, February 07, 2024
Peace to Live By: Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 2 (TMF:2283) - Daniel Litton
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       Remember, the sole reason for our existence on this earth is to practice our relationship with God. That is, it is to simply spend time with God. Technically, nothing else is as important. God created Adam and Eve in the Garden primarily to spend time with him. He would come down from Heaven and visit with them, one-on-one, in the garden. This was before they fell into sin. Even now, as we have been made right again by Jesus, we are again supposed to be spending time with God. Really, I have called this ‘prayer’ here because that’s what everyone can relate to. In reality though, I see a difference between the practice of prayer and mediation. I would go so far as to say that mediation is the real thing we are to be doing. I look at prayer as speaking this and that to God, asking for requests generally. Mediation, on the other hand, is just simply spending time with God, and not really asking anything from him. It is focusing on God instead of on what we think that we need. So, in that case, I would say mediation is more important than prayer.

Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 1 (TMF:2282)

Tuesday, February 06, 2024
Peace to Live By: Skipping Out on Prayer Time, Part 1 (TMF:2282) - Daniel Litton
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       It seems so obvious that it shouldn’t need to be stated. And yet, skipping out on prayer time, or at least significant prayer time, can be a temptation for some. However, I think there is a direct correlation with the time we spend in prayer and our afterward happiness level. I think that’s usually the case. In fact, I am such a firm believer in praying that if for some odd reason I am crunched on time, say I overslept, and I have to skip something, I would rather skip my devotional reading time than skip the actual prayer time. It doesn’t matter if you have to do it in the shower or on your drive into work, taking time for prayer will help our day to be better. Remember, the sole reason for our existence on this earth is to practice our relationship with God. That is, it is to simply spend time with God. Technically, nothing else is as important. God created Adam and Eve in the Garden primarily to spend time with him. He would come down from Heaven and visit with them, one-on-one, in the garden.

Listing Our Mistakes Helps Us, Part 3 (TMF:2281)

Monday, February 05, 2024
Peace to Live By: Listing Our Mistakes Helps Us, Part 3 (TMF:2281) - Daniel Litton
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       Perhaps we learned not to be so reckless in our stock investments, presuming upon the future that this stock is going to keep going up and up. Maybe it was learned that skipping your child’s recital didn’t go over too well. It didn’t go over well with the child, for he was upset for several days afterward, and it didn’t go well with the wife. When we learn new things, we can put those things into practice to give us happier lives. The reason it’s good to list our mistakes is so that we can see that mistakes are necessary to in fact grow. It’s just the way it is. There should never be long term regret over any mistake. Someone might say, “How is that? You’re crazy.” Nah, I don’t think that I am because with any mistake, no matter how small or big, there are things that we learn. Obviously, we weren’t trying to do wrong at the time we made the mistake, right? That’s usually the case. Okay, so you and I obviously didn’t possess all the knowledge we needed back at that time to make a better choice. Well, now after making the mistake, we do possess the knowledge. And this knowledge can surely help us in other related areas of life as well. It’s a domino effect of goodness.