30 September 2018
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The Two Kinds of People Regarding Patience (TMF:990)

Friday, October 05, 2018
Peace to Live By: The Two Kinds of People Regarding Patience (TMF:990) - Daniel Litton
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       Patience is one of those characteristics that people are either ok with or have a real difficult time with. Some of us are good at having patience, and some of us need a lot of work in this area. The reality is, a lot of us don't like to have to wait for anything. We want whatever we want right away. And really, like it or not there is a root of pride in us when we don't want to wait. There is the feeling that, ‘I am too important to have to wait,’ or ‘I deserve what I want right now.’ These are often the type of thoughts that roll through our minds when we don't want to wait. We must understand, though, that we are all going to have to wait at one point or another for something in our lives. That's just the way life is for people; that's just the way it works. And that’s why the word ‘patience’ exists. Some people are waiting to find the right person to marry. Some are waiting for a promotion at their job. Still some are waiting to have the child they so desperately want. Whatever it is, the need is deep on our hearts. It is something that we are constantly bringing to the Lord’s attention. We want him to act, to help us, and yet he is waiting for the time in which he wants to do it, and his time isn't obviously our time.

You Can be Guaranteed of Peace with God (TMF:989)

Thursday, October 04, 2018
Peace to Live By: You Can be Guaranteed of Peace with God (TMF:989) - Daniel Litton
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       Since we as humans have all sinned against God, we have to be made right with him to be approved by him. Jesus makes this possible. You can have a personal relationship with God today through Jesus Christ. God will guarantee that you will escape any of his wrath to come, which includes hell, and that you will always have the choice of peace today and you will always live with him in peace in Heaven in the future. God doesn't want to have to send anyone to hell, but in his righteousness and justice he must do so for people who will not accept Jesus. If you would like to believe in Jesus today for the forgiveness of our sins and eternal life, then follow my lead in this prayer: “God, I have sinned against you in my life. I have not lived following what you want, but I have done what I have wanted. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and that he rose from the dead so that I might have a new life with you. I give my life over to you so you will give me your peace and accept me. Please make me a new creation, and make me more pleasing to you, like Jesus. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”

Do You Have a Feeling of Dread or Doom? (TMF:988)

Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Peace to Live By: Do You Have a Feeling of Dread or Doom? (TMF:988) - Daniel Litton
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       Perhaps you’ve been listening to all of this I’ve been talking about in regard to the Fruit of the Spirit, but you feel you lack love, joy, and peace in your life. Maybe your someone who finds yourself worrying about problems on a constant basis? Do you find yourself having a continual, underlying feeling of dread or doom presiding over your thoughts and mind? Maybe you would admit your not a believer in God, but what I’ve said today has caught your attention. Perhaps you’re not in close fellowship with God, but what I have said has been interesting to you. Well, no matter who you are, God wants you today to come into a personal relationship with him. He wants you to believe that he really is God and he wants to make available to you the freedom from worry and anxiety about your situations in your own life. God wants you to accept his provided payment for your sins, so that you can come into personal relationship with him today. You see, some 2,000 years ago, Jesus came to the earth as a human and died on a cross to provide the ultimate sacrifice for sins that God's righteousness requires. Since we as humans have all sinned against God, we have to be made right with him to be approved by him.

Peace Means Casting Our Trouble, Part 2 (TMF:987)

Tuesday, October 02, 2018
Peace to Live By: Peace Means Casting Our Trouble, Part 2 (TMF:987) - Daniel Litton
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       “And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he [Jesus] was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they [the disciples] woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith” (Mark 4:37-40, ESV). Take this event from our Lord’s life as an illustration for your own. Whatever problem you are facing is the storm, but you can be like Jesus and be asleep inside the boat, trusting in God. And, you can cast your concern on God and let him rebuke your problem. And while you are waiting on him to do that, you need to have faith that everything is going to be good in the end, and that God knows what he is doing—that he has allowed your problem to come—and even though it is there, there is nothing to worry about because it will come to pass in due time. By exercising faith in our situation, we allow God to work on our behalf. Everything will be fine.

Peace Means Casting Our Trouble, Part 1 (TMF:986)

Monday, October 01, 2018
Peace to Live By: Peace Means Casting Our Trouble, Part 1 (TMF:986) - Daniel Litton
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       No matter what we face in life, whatever trouble or worry comes to us, whether real or even hypothetical, we can cast it on God, and he will give us his peace. We can be like Jesus, of whom it was said he slept through the storm. In fact, let’s look at that passage for observation. Turn to Mark 4:37: “And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he [Jesus] was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they [the disciples] woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith” (37-40, ESV). Take this event from our Lord’s life as an illustration for your own. Whatever problem you are facing is the storm, but you can be like Jesus and be asleep inside the boat, trusting in God. And, you can cast your concern on God and let him rebuke your problem.