11 April 2021
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Focusing on Things Outside of this Life, Part 1 (TMF:1590)

Friday, April 16, 2021
Peace to Live By: Focusing on Things Outside of this Life, Part 1 (TMF:1590) - Daniel Litton
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       Next verses in Romans 6: “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin” (5-7, ESV). Remember, this life isn’t all there is. We don’t just live for this life. We are often entangled and saturated in the thoughts of this life, even for us Christians, but that’s not the way it is supposed to be for us. We have to learn, and I myself have been trying to do this recently, we have to learn to focus on the things outside of this life, to try to gain a different perspective. Paul told the Colossian church the following: “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1, ESV).

Walking in Newness of Life, Part 4 (TMF:1589)

Thursday, April 15, 2021
Peace to Live By: Walking in Newness of Life, Part 4 (TMF:1589) - Daniel Litton
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       I would encourage anyone today, in these shoes, to do what is right. Follow what Jesus says. If you say, “I know we should get married but my boyfriend won’t marry me.” Well, it’s time for a new boyfriend then. I know it’s hard to break that off; I don’t want to be insensitive. But you need to find a man who will really love you, and a man who will really love you is one who will marry you. He’s one who will commit his life to yours, for real. Not one who just wants to live life with no commitment. Jesus will lead you, and anyone else, in the right direction. It may be hard at first, and it may be unpleasant. That’s because you’ve been living the incorrect way, and making correction isn’t always comfortable. After you make that correction, though, you’ll feel awesome. You’ll be living in your new life, and one that’s done right, one you’ll get more happiness out of, and one in which Jesus will be pleased.

Walking in Newness of Life, Part 3 (TMF:1588)

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Peace to Live By: Walking in Newness of Life, Part 3 (TMF:1588) - Daniel Litton
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       As Peter has told us elsewhere, “For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire” (2 Peter 2:21-22, ESV). I would encourage anyone today, in these shoes, to do what is right. Follow what Jesus says. If you say, “I know we should get married but my boyfriend won’t marry me.” Well, it’s time for a new boyfriend then. I know it’s hard to break that off; I don’t want to be insensitive. But you need to find a man who will really love you, and a man who will really love you is one who will marry you. He’s one who will commit his life to yours, for real. Not one who just wants to live life with no commitment. Jesus will lead you, and anyone else, in the right direction.

Walking in Newness of Life, Part 2 (TMF:1587)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Peace to Live By: Walking in Newness of Life, Part 2 (TMF:1587) - Daniel Litton
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       The old is out, and the new is in. A noticeable change exists in the person. They now have a new life, and they are seeking to make good come out of that new life, that new character. That doesn’t mean they’ll be perfect, but there is a change. And this is where there has to come a change in a person’s ways. For the person who is still living with their significant other and isn’t married, and doesn’t want to change their situation, that person is going to have to make a choice. If you have accepted Christ, you need to follow what Christ thinks on the matter. Refusing to follow him in this area, there’s going to be a point where either you’re going to have to do what is right and either separate or get married, or you’re going to have to stop calling yourself a Christian. If you continue to call yourself a Christian, but continue to do what Christ has shown you to be wrong, you’re going to run the risk of being a false Christian, a false brother or sister. And believe me, that’s not a place where you want to be.

Walking in Newness of Life, Part 1 (TMF:1586)

Monday, April 12, 2021
Peace to Live By: Walking in Newness of Life, Part 1 (TMF:1586) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 4 again, “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” Here it is again. Christ was raised from the dead by God’s glory. We were raised from the dead by God’s glory. Now what? We, just as Christ does now, might walk in newness of life. Newness of life means there must be a difference between our new life and our old one. Paul has drawn a line here. He has said that as Christians we walk in a way that is dramatically different than the way we used to walk. A positive change is present. Those who used to live with their partner before marriage don’t do that anymore. The person who used to steal things had decided that she doesn’t want to do that any longer. The person who used to be extremely negative and hard to get along with, is becoming more hopeful and optimistic and friendly and nicer.