05 March 2017
Two-Minute Features | 12 March 2017

Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 4 (TMF:600)

Friday, March 10, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 4 (TMF:600) - Daniel Litton
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       In Matthew chapter 18, Jesus told the story of the man who had been forgiven much, but refused to forgive those who owed him little. Remember that story? And Jesus said at the end of it: “Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart” (Matthew 18:32-35, ESV). When we don't forgive others in our hearts, God will not hear us. And Satan loves this. If he can break our fellowship with God, he has a accomplished a great thing in his eyes. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus told us to pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.” It is a requirement when we pray to God that we have forgiven others the offenses they've committed against us, no matter what the offense. This is because of what Jesus has done for us, going all the way to the cross for all our sins against God.

Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 3 (TMF:599)

Thursday, March 09, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 3 (TMF:599) - Daniel Litton
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       Sometimes people will lock themselves in their house, and not come out much or associate with many people. Sometimes, people will flee to another city or state, trying to get away from the trouble they have caused for themselves. Satan gets people to be bitter at the world. And as a bitter person becomes more and more bitter, the person may find him or herself longing for death to come. Or, the person may just escape daily life by consuming him or herself with alcohol or drugs. But nonetheless, to whatever the extreme, the person's “way is hidden,” like Job talked about. We know what the person's life looks like. The person usually isolates him or herself to just having a few associates, and may have cut him or herself off from all or most family members. The person wont go to family events and get-togethers. And the other aspect of this is the fact that “God has hedged” the person in, because the person has an unforgiving attitude. Unforgiveness makes people bitter.

Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 2 (TMF:598)

Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 2 (TMF:598) - Daniel Litton
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       Turn with me, or tap, to Job chapter 3 in the Old Testament. I want us to examine a small passage from the Book of Job, in which Job is talking about a person who has become bitter, and some of the characteristics that come along with it. We read in Job chapter 3, starting in verse 20, the following: ““Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?” (Job 3:20-23, ESV). Often when people become bitter about a situation, choosing to have an unforgiving attitude, they will run into seclusion. Now, people do this is different ways. Sometimes people will lock themselves in their house, and not come out much or associate with many people. Sometimes, people will flee to another city or state, trying to get away from the trouble they have caused for themselves. Satan gets people to be bitter at the world.

Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 1 (TMF:597)

Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- An Unforgiving Spirit, Part 1 (TMF:597) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, I want to move the final wrong attitude that I am going to talk about, which is having a bitter attitude. I would have to say that I believe that at the heart of a bitter attitude is having an unforgiving attitude. People become bitter in their lives because they have a root of unforgiveness cultivated by Satan. This might be unforgiveness toward one person, or even a group of people. The offense or rejection may have been real, or it could even be perceived. And pride is definitely in the picture, because at the heart of unforgiveness is pride. Remember, Satan was full of pride when he fell, and we can also fall when we become full of pride. Satan has lead us to become unwilling to accept the offense done against us, causing us to believe we are very important. We won't forgive the wrong or perceived wrong and just move on. Why are we so important that we can't be sinned against? Are we gods ourselves? We become full of pride in this case. Is not the true offense against God himself anyway?

Wrong Attitudes- A Fearful Mindset, Part 6 (TMF:596)

Monday, March 06, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Fearful Mindset, Part 6 (TMF:596) - Daniel Litton
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       Another way Satan gains success with us is by giving us a perverted view of prayer. It is true that we should be praying for God's help in our varying situations in life. But sometimes we will pray, and then we will face the situation, and we find ourselves struggling in the situation. We start to pray to God for his help, and then we continue to struggle and don't have much success with whatever it was that we wanted help with. The problem is that once we pray to God for his help, we have to 'believe' that he is on our side and is going to help us. We need to take steps of faith, believing that God will empower us to have success. Often times we just sit there and wait for power to come down from Heaven, and when it doesn't come, we get upset. But God want us to 'act' on our faith, our trust in him. If we have a thought in our minds that God want us to do something good, we need to take a step forward to see if it is what God wants. If we just stand there, and don't step anywhere, nothing is going to happen, and Satan has won. Just try; be calm. It doesn't have to be perfect, but just try. See how God will help you!