24 October 2021
Two-Minute Features | 31 October 2021 | 17 October 2021

The Leading of The Spirit: Two Differing Ways (TMF:1730)

Friday, October 29, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Leading of The Spirit: Two Differing Ways (TMF:1730) - Daniel Litton
(Tap or right-click link to download two-minute feature)

       “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Romans 8:14, ESV). How are we led, as believers, by the Spirit of God? How does this work? Personally, I have recognized two types of Christians in this area. There are the Christians who believe that the leading of the Spirit of God simply means to follow the what the Bible says without any internal input, without any internal discretion. And then there are those Christians who certainly follow the Word of God, but they do so with the Spirit’s internal leading, focusing on the areas he wants them to and following Christ in a certain, individual, personalized way where the Spirit of God leads. Instead of it just being following the Bible, it’s following the Spirit through the Bible. That’s the main difference I have noticed. And, of course, obviously we are to truly model the second approach here. This is how God operates. Simply put, the Holy Spirit leads us by giving us peace with whatever we are doing.

Living Life Doing Things the Right Way, Part 2 (TMF:1729)

Thursday, October 28, 2021
Peace to Live By: Living Life Doing Things the Right Way, Part 2 (TMF:1729) - Daniel Litton
(Tap or right-click link to download two-minute feature)

       When we do things the right way, even if we experience discomfort up front from waiting or going against tide, at the end of the day we can look back and be happy with our choice. We will be able to look back and say, “Yes, I did it right. I followed God. I did things the right way, and now I have peace and I have exactly what I want.” Yes, in order to get what we desire, we do that by following God’s way, not Satan’s. Surely, Satan will speak lie after lie to us that they only way to get what we desire is to do things the way he is telling us, but the real way we get it is by following God’s principles. Verse 14: “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Romans 8:14, ESV). How are we led, as believers, by the Spirit of God? How does this work? Personally, I have recognized two types of Christians in this area. There are the Christians who believe that the leading of the Spirit of God simply means to follow the what the Bible says without any internal input, without any internal discretion.

Living Life Doing Things the Right Way, Part 1 (TMF:1728)

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Peace to Live By: Living Life Doing Things the Right Way, Part 1 (TMF:1728) - Daniel Litton
(Tap or right-click link to download two-minute feature)

       We don’t wake up in the morning thinking about what we perceive our problems to be, or what we think we need to do or accomplish for the day. Instead, God is in the forefront of our minds. Striving for the things of the flesh will not get us what we want out of life. Fleshly things will leave us disappointed. Even if there is pleasure in them for a while, that pleasure will end, and at the end of the day, all we will have is death. We will realize we followed the wrong way. We took our pleasure first, and now we have to deal with the death that has come to us. Depression may even set in because we perceive that we have done things the wrong way. We have given place to Satan and his ways in our life. When we do things the right way, even if we experience discomfort up front from waiting or going against tide, at the end of the day we can look back and be happy with our choice. We will be able to look back and say, “Yes, I did it right. I followed God. I did things the right way, and now I have peace and I have exactly what I want.”

Holding in Mind Our Identity in Christ, Part 2 (TMF:1727)

Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Peace to Live By: Holding in Mind Our Identity in Christ, Part 2 (TMF:1727) - Daniel Litton
(Tap or right-click link to download two-minute feature)

       If we think we are terrible Christians, sinning all the time, then guess what? That’s what we are going to keep on doing, sinning. As we think we are, in our hearts, so we become in our lives. The way we continue to put to death the deeds our our flesh and live, the way we live is by keeping that optimistic, hopeful mindset that I talked about last week. Hope is the anchor for our soul, as the writer of Hebrews has told us. If we are going to overcome sin and eliminate sin, we have to believe that we can. It’s that simple. It’s not that we try harder, we’ve already discussed how that doesn’t work for us. What do we do then? We contemplate, meditate on, and consider God’s ways. We fill our minds with what is right. We think about the patterns we see in Scripture for how we are to do things. We abide in Christ. We think about good things. We spend time with God. We fellowship with him regularly. We begin our day thinking about him and we end our day thinking about him.

Holding in Mind Our Identity in Christ, Part 1 (TMF:1726)

Monday, October 25, 2021
Peace to Live By: Holding in Mind Our Identity in Christ, Part 1 (TMF:1726) - Daniel Litton
(Tap or right-click link to download two-minute feature)

       We as Millennial Christians like to talk about our identity in Christ, and I think rightfully so, we should talk about our identity in Christ. In Romans 8:1, Paul told us not to live under condemnation in our lives. One key element of our Christian lives is that we live in a condemnation-free environment. Isn’t that a great thing? I sure think it is. We are not to be a Christian who walks around with his or her head down all the time over the latest sin we have identified in our lives, or of which we feel we’ve committed. Personally, I can’t stand people like this, who act this way. Don’t forget the fact that we have been made righteous before God in his sight. We are righteous before him. Yes, we still have to deal with sin, but God sees us as perfect before him. We cannot, must not, and should not walk around all the time considering how bad we think we are. No, we need to consider and keep in the forefront of our minds who we are in Christ, that we are God’s righteousness in him.