The Mind's Thoughts vs. God's, Part 2 (TMF:2475)

Friday, November 01, 2024

Peace to Live By: The Mind's Thoughts vs. God's, Part 2 (TMF:2475) - Daniel Litton
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Remember, the Apostle John has taught us that prefect love casts out the fear from our minds. So, if our minds are full of fear, then what is going on? Making decisions out of fear will usually turn out to be wrong later. I mean, in making decisions out of lack. Sure, we do want to protect ourselves from sin and whatnot, but even with that we need to be careful. Our minds can become convinced that God wants us to do something, wants us to go in a certain direction, or whatever, and really it is just fear that has boiled up inside of our minds and is trying to rule us. Remember then, when we are making a decision out of positive thoughts, out of an unclouded mind, then we know we are on the right track toward greater happiness. When we feel inspired, this is a good sign that we should act, a good sign that we should go in this or that direction. It is when we are hesitant and not sure that we need to step back and think. We need to hold off making any decision because we don’t have clarity. Clarity of mind is what we want. And it’s through this type of decision making process that will really yield that happiness that we want in our lives.

The Mind's Thoughts vs. God's, Part 1 (TMF:2474)

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Peace to Live By: The Mind's Thoughts vs. God's, Part 1 (TMF:2474) - Daniel Litton
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Fear can be a driving force. We can be afraid of all sorts of things. Fear can be present that we aren’t pleasing God, that we aren’t doing what we are supposed to be doing, that we aren’t living up to where we really should be in life. And fear can be powerful. Through fear, we can develop incorrect beliefs whereby we make decisions that are not really good for us. They may seem good at the time, but later we find out that they aren’t that good. No, our fear had deceived us into making a decision that really wasn’t beneficial for us. That’s what fear can do. So, the key to protect our happiness is to realize that when are minds are full of fear, then something is wrong. Remember, the Apostle John has taught us that prefect love casts out the fear from our minds. So, if our minds are full of fear, then what is going on? Making decisions out of fear will usually turn out to be wrong later. I mean, in making decisions out of lack. Sure, we do want to protect ourselves from sin and whatnot, but even with that we need to be careful.

Waiting to be Successful, Part 2 (TMF:2473)

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Peace to Live By: Waiting to be Successful, Part 2 (TMF:2473) - Daniel Litton
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But this usually doesn’t happen. Rather, it could take two months instead to see a significant amount of weight loss, and still yet another 2 years to see all the necessary weight come off. But, we as people want instantaneous results. And when these results do not come forth, people get discouraged and then perhaps even quit. They give up because it doesn’t happen as fast as they thought it would. I remember when I first began preaching sermons that really it took me about, I would say, a year and a half before I really started to feel comfortable with the product. Then say another six months after that where I really got into the groove. That’s just often the way it works. It’s not that anyone starts out at the very beginning at their maximum potential or talent. It takes time to build up that talent to where we like what we are seeing, and we are getting better and better results. I think the key is to just keep going regardless of how you ‘feel.’ If we follow our feelings, when those feelings get bad, we are going to be in real trouble.

Waiting to be Successful, Part 1 (TMF:2472)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Peace to Live By: Waiting to be Successful, Part 1 (TMF:2472) - Daniel Litton
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One of the key, key fundamentals to our happiness is in this principle listed here. And that is, that whenever we start something new, our success in that endeavor usually doesn’t occur right away. We’ve all seen stories on the internet where videos go viral or someone becomes an ‘overnight’ success at something. But what we need to realize is that this is not generally how it works. Nope, not at all. Generally it takes time, years in fact to become successful at something. Typically speaking, whenever you start out on a project, you expect the results to come really quickly, right? I mean, this can be with a diet. A person starts a diet and expects to lose a lot of weight, say, after two weeks. But this usually doesn’t happen. Rather, it could take two months instead to see a significant amount of weight loss, and still yet another 2 years to see all the necessary weight come off. But, we as people want instantaneous results. And when these results do not come forth, people get discouraged and then perhaps even quit.

An Important Key Facing Disabilities, Part 3 (TMF:2471)

Monday, October 28, 2024

Peace to Live By: An Important Key Facing Disabilities, Part 3 (TMF:2471) - Daniel Litton
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Well, to some degree, whatever that degree is, I think we can often have what others have. It’s just that we are blocking any goodness that might come our way through not surrendering the strong desire that we have within ourselves. This is the key, to surrender the desire and be okay if we get what we want or if we do not. We are putting all our value in God. I think by practicing this method, you will find that you will get what you want. Even if that’s not involving the healing of a disability, happiness can still be had in abundance inside the mind. By focusing on God instead of what we want, then comes true happiness. It’s important to remember as well for all of us, whether things are going good or whether they are going bad, that Heaven is where absolutely all of our problems will be fixed. There, there really will be no more wantingness of any kind, at least wantingness due to lack in some area. There will be no looking over at other people and wishing we had what they had.