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Peace Taker #9- Having Negative Self-Talk, Part 2 (TMF:690)

Friday, July 14, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #9- Having Negative Self-Talk, Part 2 (TMF:690) - Daniel Litton
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       Our self-talk can either motivate us with positive thoughts, or if our self talk is negative, it can cause us to get into a bad mood and not be so motivated to do much of anything. I believe that much of our life experience is based and dependent upon the types of thoughts we are thinking in our minds. So, if we want to have a more peaceful life, we need to eliminate inappropriate negative and unnecessary thoughts from our minds. Many of us are too hard on ourselves. We have set standards for ourselves that we usually don’t meet, and then we get upset inside our minds when we feel we have failed. But we should be careful about imposing upon ourselves rules in our minds, which must be carried out in our lives, that God never made rules. If we give ourselves too heavy of a burden to bear, this will cause more and more negativity to develop in our minds. We become frustrated with ourselves because we ‘feel’ we haven’t to been pleasing to God today, but often much of what we have made rules are not things that God said we have to do. So, we create a false standard by which we are thinking that God expects us to live by. And this takes away peace.

Peace Taker #9- Having Negative Self-Talk, Part 1 (TMF:689)

Thursday, July 13, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #9- Having Negative Self-Talk, Part 1 (TMF:689) - Daniel Litton
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       Number nine: Having negative conversation with ourselves. “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6, ESV). All of us are carrying on conversation within ourselves on a daily basis. We are constantly saying things to ourselves. Now, sometimes these things are good, and sometimes bad. For some even, their conversations tend to be more bad than good, and this can cause unnecessary anxiety in people lives. Our self-talk can either motivate us with positive thoughts, or if our self talk is negative, it can cause us to get into a bad mood and not be so motivated to do much of anything. I believe that much of our life experience is based and dependent upon the types of thoughts we are thinking in our minds. So, if we want to have a more peaceful life, we need to eliminate inappropriate negative and unnecessary thoughts from our minds.

Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 2 (TMF:688)

Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 2 (TMF:688) - Daniel Litton
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       You can change from thinking negative thoughts, about whatever situation it is, to thinking positive thoughts. Yeah, you may not always get everything exactly the way you want it, but this does not mean you have to be negative. If you are always focusing on the what is wrong instead of what is right, you’re not going to have much fun in life. Don’t look at something good someone shows you, and only point out what is wrong. You can find wrong in anything and everything if you look hard enough. Some of us need to take off the negative eyeglasses and put on the positive glasses, and thereby see what is positive in a situation or in our surroundings. This cultivates more and more peace in our minds. Now, this doesn’t mean we should abandon common sense. We shouldn’t have magical thinking. But in many situations that come in our lives, we can choose to think positively versus thinking negatively.

Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 1 (TMF:687)

Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #8- Thinking Negatively, Part 1 (TMF:687) - Daniel Litton
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       Number eight: Thinking negative thoughts in our minds. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” (Romans 15:13, ESV). We all know that when there is a good amount of negativity in our minds, then it becomes more and more difficult to be hopeful. We shouldn’t forget perhaps the most famous verse in the New Testament for the Christian: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28, ESV). This verse can fill us with hope, which will in turn give us more peaceful mindsets. And this verse isn’t dependent upon whether we are a generally positive person in our lives, or if we lean more toward being negative most of the time. The promise is that God will work good in our lives in all things. Indeed, this is a tremendous promise for us. I, myself, have struggled with negativism from time to time in my own life, and I can tell you from experience that you can change how you think. You can change from thinking negative thoughts, about whatever situation it is, to thinking positive thoughts.

Jesus Died on the Cross to Make Us Right with God (TMF:686)

Monday, July 10, 2017
Peace to Live By: Jesus Died on the Cross to Make Us Right with God (TMF:686) - Daniel Litton
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       God sent Jesus to the earth 2,000 years ago, and he died on a cross to pay our sin debts, all the wrongs we’ve done in our lives. He died to make us right with God. Jesus rose from the dead and is today with God in Heaven. God gives both truly fulfilling life now to those who will believe in him, and eternal life for the future. If you would like to come into a personal relationship with God today through Jesus Christ, then I want you to follow my lead in this prayer: God, I have realized today that I’m not following you in my life. Today, though, I want to turn from doing wrong and accept Jesus into my life as my Guide. I want to do things the right way and have your peace. I believe Jesus died for my offenses and can make me right with you. I believe he rose from the dead, is alive today, and will help me in my life. Please Father, help me to start making right choices, choices that work peace in my life, and help me to be close to you. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.