13 August 2017
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Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 1 (TMF:715)

Friday, August 18, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 1 (TMF:715) - Daniel Litton
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       Number Four: Focusing on what we do have, not on what we don’t have. “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:11-13, ESV). We all have many things to be thankful for, no matter who we are. Cultivating and having this type of mindset keeps peace in our minds. Not realizing the things that we already have, and instead focusing on what we don’t have, makes us more and more greedy to get what we probably don't even need. It’s not that buying new things is bad, it’s when obtaining them overtakes your drive for life that you are too zealous for it, and it will take away your peace of mind. Again, wanting your life to be different is not wrong, but don’t want whatever it is so bad that it, in turn, sacrifices the goodness and joy of today. God wants us to enjoy our lives as they are right now.

Peace Keeper #3- Following Our Hearts, Part 2 (TMF:714)

Thursday, August 17, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #3- Following Our Hearts, Part 2 (TMF:714) - Daniel Litton
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       We don’t have to have all the facts about something before making a decision. When we don’t follow our hearts, we lose our peace, and we live a life that isn’t as fulfilling as it could have been. All of us, at one point or another, have attempted to justify our actions by using logic, by thinking things through in our heads when we know that the thing we are thinking is not what is in our heart. It is important, though, that we don’t do this, because it takes away peace of mind. Following logic is operating like a piece of machinery, or like a robot; there is no love in the equation. Sometimes it is hard to make the ‘right,’ heart-felt decision about something. God may be calling you today to start or be involved in a certain ministry, but perhaps you have justified your way out of it by saying to yourself you don’t have the money or the time that it will take to fulfill it. Or, maybe you have said to yourself that you’re not good enough. You may have talked yourself out of it, but you know, deep down, that that is what is in your heart and what God is calling you to do. Well, you need to follow your heart and forget what you mind is telling you. If you will do what is in there, God will take care of the rest.

Peace Keeper #3- Following Our Hearts, Part 1 (TMF:713)

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #3- Following Our Hearts, Part 1 (TMF:713) - Daniel Litton
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       Number Three in my list of peace-keepers: Following what is in our hearts, and not logic in our minds. “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment” (Ecclesiastes 11:9, ESV). Now, when I am talking about following your heart in matters, I’m not saying you should follow your heart when the decision clearly violates God’s Word. Indeed, we all have sin in our hearts, and we should never follow something from our hearts that we know is sinful. But in matters where God gives us choice—freedom to choose what we wish—we should do what is in our hearts versus what may seem logical in our minds. God wants us to have a right heart attitude, to be obedient from the heart, like Romans 6:17 and 10:9 state. We should have a sincere heart, and do the will of God from our hearts, as the Apostle Paul told bondservants in Ephesians 6:5 and 6. Paul told Timothy, “The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (1 Timothy 1:5, ESV; see also Hebrews 10:22).

Peace Keeper #2- Having & Using Faith, Part 3 (TMF:712)

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #2- Having & Using Faith, Part 3 (TMF:712) - Daniel Litton
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       Times are going to come in our lives when it’s time to make a choice. And if we want to have a peaceful mind, it is important that we are making the right choices when the time comes. God says to us, ““But all who listen to me shall live in peace and safety, unafraid” (Proverbs 1:33, TLB). Sometimes we need to take a step of faith in a certain direction, a direction that we feel God is leading us in. This can be much harder done than said because we are a people that likes to have all the answers. We like to consider every aspect of a situation, every intricate part of it, and then act from there. The problem with this kind of thinking is that, first, we cannot always know all the answers, and second, sometimes God asks us to step out, to make a choice, when there are great unknowns. It is true that we sometimes have to act, and then wait to see what happens to know if we were right in making our decision. But, we can be sure that if God is leading us to do it, we know it will be right in the end.

Peace Keeper #2- Having & Using Faith, Part 2 (TMF:711)

Monday, August 14, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #2- Having & Using Faith, Part 2 (TMF:711) - Daniel Litton
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       It is true that problems are definitely going to rise in our lives, no matter who we are. A lot of people think that the richer you are, for instance, the less problems you have. But nothing could be farer from the truth! The rich have more to worry about (see 1 Timothy 6:6-10). So, money isn’t the answer to a peaceful life without problems. As I read in the verse in Proverbs, God wants us to listen to him. When we follow God Word in our lives, we have less problems. But nonetheless, the problems that do come into our lives, of which we have no control of, we can still face with confidence because we have faith and trust in God, knowing that he is in control of all things and that nothing comes to us without his allowing it to come. That includes relationship problems, money problems, health issues, satanic attacks—everything. As the Apostle Paul reminds us, “But the Lord is faithful; he will make you strong and guard you from satanic attacks of every kind” (2 Thessalonians 3:3, TLB). And he also said in Romans, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31, ESV).