27 August 2017
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We Need to Face Life's Challenges Head On (TMF:725)

Friday, September 01, 2017
Peace to Live By: We Need to Face Life's Challenges Head On (TMF:725) - Daniel Litton
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       Most, if not all of us, in this life will face enormous difficulties. For some it will be health challenges, for some money-related issues, and even for some the great need of a fellow loved one. Some people will spend a lot of their lives in the care of another person more in need than themselves. This is uncomfortable to think about. And with all the escapes available to us in our world today, it would be so easy to give up and check out. Many don't have the proper care for life, or take life seriously when they don't want to. But I think that if we really want to live good and successful lives, we need to face our challenges head on. We need to face boldly, strongly, and courageously whatever God sets before us. It is written “Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you” (1 Chronicles 28:20, ESV). Really, there are no excuses.

Intro to Our Determination in Difficult Times, Part 2 (TMF:724)

Thursday, August 31, 2017
Peace to Live By: Intro to Our Determination in Difficult Times, Part 2 (TMF:724) - Daniel Litton
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       If Franklin Roosevelt could live as well as he did with what should have been a great and career-ending disability, then we have no excuse—those of us of face smaller obstacles in life. On one occasion, later in his life, Franklin would say, “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.” He knew the truth behind that statement all too well. It would be so easy in face of the type of challenge that was set before Franklin to be cynical, to have a negative and complaining attitude. It reminds me of a quote from his distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, about our determination in life. He said: “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” When we make no choices in life, no decisions to do anything or be anybody, we never progress. And if we are like this as Christians, we will never see ourselves growing to become more like Jesus.

Intro to Our Determination in Difficult Times, Part 1 (TMF:723)

Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Peace to Live By: Intro to Our Determination in Difficult Times, Part 1 (TMF:723) - Daniel Litton
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       Just outside of Maine is Campobello Island, a Canadian island, which, sometime ago, in a different time, Franklin D. Roosevelt would frequent during the Summer time. He was spending time at the family’s rather large cottage, trying to get-in some time of recreation and rest in the August of 1921. After a day full of activity, Franklin took on a fever, and his legs weren’t feeling quite right. It took sometime for a doctor to finally figure out what was wrong with him. And as most of us know, he was diagnosed with Polio. There was no cure. Franklin would live the rest of his life with the inability to really use his legs as God had created them to be used. For a brief time, he questioned why God had allowed this to happen to him. And after regaining his faith, he realized that he must press forward. He knew he had to live, and never give up. It reminds me, from time to time, that there is no excuse for giving up. If Franklin Roosevelt could live as well as he did with what should have been a great and career-ending disability, then we have no excuse—those of us of face smaller obstacles in life.

You Can be Made at Peace with God Today (TMF:722)

Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Peace to Live By: You Can be Made at Peace with God Today (TMF:722) - Daniel Litton
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       By believing in Jesus for the forgiveness of the wrongs you did, you can be made to be at peace with God (see Romans 5:1). He will forgive any and every offense for anyone who comes to him in agreement with him (see 1 John 1:9). There's no need to continue living with the weight of your sin on your shoulders. There's no need to live with regret (see Philippians 3:13, 14). God can take that off your shoulders, and you can be made right with him today. Not only will you be in right relationship with him, but he also freely gives eternal life to whoever will believe in him (see John 3:16). If you would like to accept Jesus today as your personal Lord and Savior, then just follow my lead in this simple prayer: God, I have messed up in my life. I have sinned against you, and against others. But I understand that through Jesus I can have forgiveness for my sins, that the weight can come off my shoulders. I want to accept Jesus' sacrifice on my behalf, and I believe that he rose from the dead. I turn from willingly doing wrong today, and count Jesus as my Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Having Peace of Mind is For Everyone (TMF:721)

Monday, August 28, 2017
Peace to Live By: Having Peace of Mind is For Everyone (TMF:721) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s consider a verse from King Solomon: “So I conclude that, first, there is nothing better for a man than to be happy and to enjoy himself as long as he can; and second, that he should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of his labors, for these are gifts from God” (Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13, TLB). I want us all to remember that God does want us to live in peace of mind, as Christians, and he even wants peace for those who are not Christians. I want those who are not Christian today to realize that even though God loves you, you still need to come into a personal relationship with him to be truly free (see Romans 8:7). God showed his love for everyone by having Jesus die on the cross of all sins of all time (see Hebrews 9:26). But because each of us are born with a sin nature, we have to accept Jesus' perfect sacrifice on the cross for forgiveness of sins, and to be truly set free from sin (see Romans 3:23, 24). You see, Jesus can make you free today (see Romans 8:2). He died on a cross, some 2,000 years ago, and he rose from the dead by God's power so that anyone can be forgiven and set free from sin (see 1 Peter 2:24).