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How We Value Ourselves and Others, Part 2 (TMF:2265)

Friday, January 12, 2024
Peace to Live By: How We Value Ourselves and Others, Part 2 (TMF:2265) - Daniel Litton
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       If they are a good, kind, and loving person, that will manifest itself above all other things. Suddenly we don’t care as much about what they do as a career. We suddenly don’t even care about what they have obtained in the world. Rather, we decide we like who they are—how they act, how they treat others. We want to be around them because they are an enjoyable person to be around. So, in considering these three levels of evaluation, what do you think people think about when they think of you? Which level do you honestly feel you fall into? Do you pride yourself on and brag about what you have obtained in the world? Is that how you want others to see you? Or, is it what you do? You want others to think well of you because you do this and that, work this career, volunteer for this ministry. Or, is it that you want others to like you because you are really a nice person? You are really a person that others seek out and want to be around. That should be our ultimate goal.

How We Value Ourselves and Others, Part 1 (TMF:2264)

Thursday, January 11, 2024
Peace to Live By: How We Value Ourselves and Others, Part 1 (TMF:2264) - Daniel Litton
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       Basically, there are three ways that we value ourselves and others in life. Probably the most common way we judge a person in American society is by what they do for a career. That’s primarily how we size people up. Another way we can judge a person, and this one is perhaps even more common the younger we are, is by judging the possessions they have obtained. We know where this primarily takes place these days. It takes place through the scrolling and scrolling over other peoples' ‘things’ to try to see what they have. We want to see what they have obtained to see whether, again, we should feel depressed because we have less, or whether we should feel good because we have more. People will praise those who have less because they feel, perhaps unconsciously, better about themselves. They will ignore those who have more, unless they want to get in good with them and gain some kind of benefit. The real way we should judge a person is how Jesus told us to judge them. And what is that? He said we should look at what comes out of a person, remember? He said it is by what comes out, their character, who they are, that makes things clear about them.

Bad Company Ruins a Good Person, Part 2 (TMF:2263)

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Peace to Live By: Bad Company Ruins a Good Person, Part 2 (TMF:2263) - Daniel Litton
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       It’s also true that “birds of the same feather flock together.” Generally speaking, the kind of people we choose to be around and have as friends are usually relatively similar to us. That’s why we are friends in the first place. The people at our church then are generally like us. So, as you advance and become a better person, there may come the realization that you need to change out your friends to new friends. Sounds a little harsh, doesn’t it? But it’s the truth. You cannot continue to keep company with people who will drag you down. If you do, the advancements that you’ve made in your own character can’t flourish. They will eventually die due to a lack of water. We cannot always control the kind of people we are around. This is especially true when discussing the workplace. Sometimes you’ll find that you are around people that drag you down, that are too cumbersome. If this is the case, how much more is it important that any friends you have outside of work, and those at your church, are on the more positive side of things? It may come to the point that you need to change where you work.

Bad Company Ruins a Good Person, Part 1 (TMF:2262)

Tuesday, January 09, 2024
Peace to Live By: Bad Company Ruins a Good Person, Part 1 (TMF:2262) - Daniel Litton
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       We remember what Paul has taught us, that yes, indeed, bad company ruins a good person. It seems common sensical, and yet, through observation, we see that a lot of people don’t take too much heed to this warning. Why is that? I mean, certainly it’s true that if we spend a great deal of time around people who have negative attitudes and negative outlooks that, over time, we will end up the same way. A little bit of that in us, to use another Paul saying, ruins the whole thing. Right? And yet, we see people who surround themselves with the wrong people. In my opinion, there are really four different kinds of people. Let’s go over them. First, the worst are the ones who are very negative, selfish, and angry. They are very difficult to be around. Second, there are the ones who are also negative, but they aren’t quite as negative as the first type of person. It is a functional negativity. Still yet, the third kind of person is the one who is positive in general. They are fun to be around and we like them. And finally, the fourth type of person is not only positive, but very loving and in control of their own life.

The Benefit of Our God Relationship, Part 3 (TMF:2261)

Monday, January 08, 2024
Peace to Live By: The Benefit of Our God Relationship, Part 3 (TMF:2261) - Daniel Litton
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       On the other hand, with God there is never cause for disappointment, that is, unless I am demanding he do things for me and pressuring him to do those things and then he doesn’t do them. We should not judge God for whatever happens in our lives. Peace, then, is possible no matter what the circumstances. This is because everything else, that is, everything outside of our God relationship, has been put into its proper place. We can have our possessions, but if we lose them, really that’s okay because we were going to lose them someday anyway. If we love our spouse, we love and enjoy that person while they are with us. We are happy and grateful to God for their presence in our lives. When they leave, we understand that it was possible for that to happen—that’s our current natural order of things. Same with the children. We want them to stay—but we must not want anything too much to the point where we would hurt our relationship with God out of discomfort over a loss.