20 August 2017
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Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 3 (TMF:720)

Friday, August 25, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 3 (TMF:720) - Daniel Litton
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       The words we speak out of our mouths are very important to God. Indeed, he is going to judge us each individually for the things we have said. Saying wrong things about God or things that tear down others will cost us reward and make life less enjoyable in the here and now. The Apostle Paul told the Colossians: “Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator” (Colossians 3:9-10, ESV). Nothing will hurt our relationships more than lying. Lying is like shooting a cannon at a building. When we lie to a loved one, a friend, we undercut the relationship and make it difficult for the person to trust us. Even small lies can undercut a growing relationship. It is easy to get caught in small lies, and a lot of people typically have the ability to perceive when people are lying. Your mouth may be saying one thing, while your face is telling a different story.

Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 2 (TMF:719)

Thursday, August 24, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 2 (TMF:719) - Daniel Litton
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       If we don’t carefully consider what we say to other people, we can end up saying things that hurts them, and in turn causes our peace to be gone. Words from ourselves to others can either build them up or tear them down. There are times when it is necessary to rebuke, correct, warn, and do things along those lines. But most of the time our speech should be uplifting to those around us. We are to be encouraging each other, building each other up (see 1 Thessalonians 5:11, ESV). The words we speak out of our mouths are very important to God. Indeed, he is going to judge us each individually for the things we have said. Saying wrong things about God or things that tear down others will cost us reward and make life less enjoyable in the here and now. The Apostle Paul told the Colossians: “Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator” (Colossians 3:9-10, ESV).

Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 1 (TMF:718)

Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #5- Watching What We Say, Part 1 (TMF:718) - Daniel Litton
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       Number Five in my list of peace-keeping tips: Thinking before we speak and considering carefully what we say. “For there is nothing covered up which is not going to be exposed, nor anything private which is not going to be made public. Whatever you may say in the dark will be heard in daylight, and whatever you whisper within four walls will be shouted from the house-tops” (Luke 12:2, TLB). It is important for us to think before we speak if we are going to keep peace in our lives. Just saying what comes to your mind when your in a conversation is just not a good idea. Sometimes you may need to pause for a noticeable moment before speaking, and that’s ok. Again, James has told us, “So also the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A great forest can be set on fire by one tiny spark” (TLB). If we don’t carefully consider what we say to other people, we can end up saying things that hurts them, and in turn causes our peace to be gone.

Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 3 (TMF:717)

Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 3 (TMF:717) - Daniel Litton
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       Often times we think we are waiting on God for something—that he has to make the circumstances right to give us what he wants to give us. But really, many times God is waiting for us to be at the right spot in our life to give us what we desire and want. This may be a great position at work, a different career, a spouse, a child—whatever it is—sometimes God is working things in us to prepare us for that reward. It is stated in James 1:2-4: “Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete” (TLB). You may be thinking, “Yeah, but I’ve already been waiting a long time.” Well, wait longer. God has his reasons for doing what he is doing, and maybe, your patience isn't as fully developed as you think it is. You never know later in life when, and for what, you’re going to need that cultivated patience for.

Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 2 (TMF:716)

Monday, August 21, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Keeper #4- Being Thankful & Content, Part 2 (TMF:716) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s say you're waiting to find the right person to marry. There is nothing wrong with that, but don’t desire to be married so much that that’s all you think about and you don’t enjoy your singleness right now. God has told us to cast our anxieties, our cares, on him, and let him bear up under those things. We can live with peace of mind and in true freedom with all the strength that we need while we are waiting. For all of us, there are going to be times in life when there is something we don’t have that we want. Ideally, most of life should be spent being satisfied with what we have and not being in want. But God sometimes makes us wait on something, even when we need it, to teach us different things. Often times we think we are waiting on God for something—that he has to make the circumstances right to give us what he wants to give us. But really, many times God is waiting for us to be at the right spot in our life to give us what we desire and want. This may be a great position at work, a different career, a spouse, a child—whatever it is—sometimes God is working things in us to prepare us for that reward.