14 May 2017
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Anyone Can Gain Peace with God through Jesus (TMF:650)

Friday, May 19, 2017
Peace to Live By: Anyone Can Gain Peace with God through Jesus (TMF:650) - Daniel Litton
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       As Paul said also, “And so we should not be like cringing, fearful slaves, but we should behave like God’s very own children, adopted into the bosom of his family, and calling to him, “Father, Father” (Romans 8:15, TLB). Perhaps your issue today is that you don’t have a personal relationship with God. Perhaps you feel far away from him, and you know there are things you're practicing in your life, things you know are not pleasing to God, that make you feel separated from him. You can also share in this peace that I am talking about today. Anyone can. Nobody is exempt from experiencing it or disqualified. You see, we don’t gain peace in our lives, in our minds, by following rules in order to please God in Heaven. That’s a works-based religion. If you’re living that way, the good feeling you get when you do seemingly ‘good’ things is a prideful feeling—and isn’t based in true peace, true acceptance.

Our Peace Comes from Jesus' Sacrifice, Part 2 (TMF:649)

Thursday, May 18, 2017
Peace to Live By: Our Peace Comes from Jesus' Sacrifice, Part 2 (TMF:649) - Daniel Litton
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       Christ’s death and resurrection is everything for us, as Christians, since it gives us a good and righteous standing with God. We now know that, “if we confess our sins to him, he [God] can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong” (1 John 1:9, TLB). It is true that for those of us who know Jesus as our Lord and Savior in life—for those of us who are in personal relationship with him—we have more than just a righteous legal standing: again we have peace with God because of Christ’s death and resurrection. Indeed, the Apostle Paul noted in Romans, “So now, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith in his promises, we can have real peace with him because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us” (5:1, TLB). Actually, we had to have ‘faith’ in God by trusting in his Son for the foreignness for our sins, the wrong things we’ve done in the past against God and other people. But our ‘faith’ is our assurance of a right standing with God (see Hebrews 11:1).

Our Peace Comes from Jesus' Sacrifice, Part 1 (TMF:648)

Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Peace to Live By: Our Peace Comes from Jesus' Sacrifice, Part 1 (TMF:648) - Daniel Litton
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       Point number two is: Our Peace Comes from What Jesus Did for Us. Colossians 1:19 & 20 says, “It was through what his Son did that God cleared a path for everything to come to him—all things in heaven and on earth—for Christ’s death on the cross has made peace with God for all by his blood” (TLB). Without Jesus’ accomplishment on the cross for us, which he did on our behalf, none of us would even be able to approach God. But because of what Christ did, by dying on the cross in our place, he has paved the way for us to be chosen by God, both sons and daughters, a people acceptable to him. As it is written elsewhere, “Now we can come fearlessly right into God’s presence, assured of his glad welcome when we come with Christ and trust in him” (Ephesians 3:12, TLB). Christ’s death and resurrection is everything for us, as Christians, since it gives us a good and righteous standing with God.

We Have a Solid Foundation of Peace in Jesus (TMF:647)

Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Peace to Live By: We Have a Solid Foundation of Peace in Jesus (TMF:647) - Daniel Litton
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       We have a solid foundation in Jesus, one that stands firm in peace no matter what happens in our lives. We can always have peace in the one simple fact that Jesus is always with us. The Bible says that, “For God has said, “I will never, never fail you nor forsake you.” That is why we can say without any doubt or fear, “The Lord is my Helper, and I am not afraid of anything that mere man can do to me.” Bottom line is that no matter what kind of situation we find ourselves in during our lives, we know that God is always with us by our sides. No matter if even everyone in the world were to abandon us—our family, our friends, a spouse, people at work—there is always one thing that is true. Jesus said, “I am with you always, even to the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20, TLB). We don’t have to fear the unexpected disruptions and disappointments that come in life because we have God by our side. He knew they were coming, and he will see us through them. We can keep out peace if we so choose, and let him worry about our problem.

Jesus Has Told Us Not to be Worried or Afraid (TMF:646)

Monday, May 15, 2017
Peace to Live By: Jesus Has Told Us Not to be Worried or Afraid (TMF:646) - Daniel Litton
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       It is interesting when you read John 14:27 that Jesus tells us not to be troubled, or worried, and not to be afraid, or fear. Remember the famous phrase spoken by President Franklin Roosevelt at his first inaugural address? He said, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” And really, that statement is true for the Christian. Our peace is not based on our external circumstances that occur in our lives, but our peace is grounded in Jesus. It’s like when Jesus said, “Though the rain comes in torrents, and the floods rise and the storm winds beat against his house, it won’t collapse, for it is built on rock” (Matthew 7:25, TLB). We have a solid foundation in Jesus, one that stands firm in peace no matter what happens in our lives. We can always have peace in the one simple fact that Jesus is always with us. The Bible says that, “For God has said, “I will never, never fail you nor forsake you.” That is why we can say without any doubt or fear, “The Lord is my Helper, and I am not afraid of anything that mere man can do to me.”