04 December 2016
Two-Minute Features | 11 December 2016

Introduction to Significance Behind Christ's Birth (TMF:SE01)

Friday, December 09, 2016
Peace to Live By: Introduction to Significance Behind Christ's Birth (TMF:SE01) - Daniel Litton
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       Christmas without a doubt is the most celebrated time of the year, at least here in the United States. I would venture to say that because we go through the motions so often, year after year, that a lot of us have probably lost the true meaning behind Christmas. I think it's hard to get past that surface level of appreciation for this holiday. So, why do we celebrate Christmas? Sure, it's because of the birth of Jesus Christ, but the meaning goes far deeper than that. Well, today, I want to ponder deeper into the real meaning behind Christmas. There are several things I want us to look at today in discussing the significance behind Christmas. Number one, I want to consider why Christ came to the earth as an infant. Number two, we will discuss the virgin birth of Jesus from his mother Mary, and why this is significant. Number three, I want to discuss the current and future purposes of Christ coming into the world for the first time. And number four, once we have gathered all of this background information, I want to take us through the series of events from Scripture surrounding the birth of Christ, so we can appreciate the famous Christmas accounts, and have a better understanding of them.

Advice to Single Women Waiting to Marry, Part 2 (TMF:549)

Thursday, December 08, 2016
Peace to Live By: Advice to Single Women Waiting to Marry, Part 2 (TMF:549) - Daniel Litton
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       Number three, you have to realize that no man is a perfect man. Sometimes ladies jump on the dating [web]sites hoping to find their perfect man. They go from man to man, coffee to coffee, date to date, like they are interviewing men for the job. And most never find the man they are looking for. That’s because you are looking for something that doesn’t exist. You are looking for a man who is perfect, but none of us are perfect. You’re expectations are too high and unrealistic. You might say, “I am picky, and I have a right to be picky. Doesn’t God want what is best for me?” For the first part of that, yes and no. You do want to find a good Christian guy, but you don’t want to have too strict of criteria that no one qualifies. Not every Christian girl is going to get a Tim Tebow or Aaron Rodgers. Most Christian girls are not going to get an Abercrombie & Fitch model who only thinks about Jesus and his girl’s needs. You have to be realistic. Don’t compromise on wanting a man who is strong in faith, but care less about the lesser important things about the man.

Advice to Single Women Waiting to Marry, Part 1 (TMF:548)

Wednesday, December 07, 2016
Peace to Live By: Advice to Single Women Waiting to Marry, Part 1 (TMF:548) - Daniel Litton
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       It’s not wrong to have the desire to be married, just don’t let that desire overtake your life so that you sit down and park until God provides for you. You have to trust in God. He cares about you, and cares about your needs. So, just rest in him, and he will provide. Don’t worry. But remember too, that when you get married, that marriage isn’t going to be all roses and fun. As Paul said, you’ll be concerned about how to please your husband, and this isn’t as easy as you might think. Now, I want to focus on this a little more, before I wrap up. I understand that some of you ladies have been waiting a long time for the Lord to provide. You just haven’t found that right man. Well, there are three things I want to say in regard to this. Number one, you have to stay pure. You have to remain pure until God provides, and not get impatient or walk in the wrong direction. God will bless you, for those of you of whom it is his will to get married. Number two, I think a good way to wait on God is to just focus on day-to-day life, and the needs of the day. Instead of focusing on the big picture, try to zoom in on each day as it comes. Try to just live for that day, and not worry about tomorrow.

The Husband & Wife Should Be Attractive (TMF:547)

Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Peace to Live By: The Husband & Wife Should Be Attractive (TMF:547) - Daniel Litton
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       Women, whether married or not, also like it when we protect them. They want to feel like they are having a good time. They typically want us to have calm attitudes and not be critics or complainers. We should not have ‘Grumpy, Old Man Syndrome.’ Bragging can be a big turn off, and sometimes can provoke jealousy. These things are true for both dating and for marriage. Really, you have to understand that marriage is really like committed dating, in a way. The husband should take his wife out on dates when married. The wife should seek to be attractive to her husband. Neither should let their looks go, as if it doesn’t matter. It does matter. Married people have to take care of their needs for each other, both emotional and physical. But, going back to our main discussion today, in talking about women, we note for you ladies who are single, that you should be seeking to please the Lord until he provides your man for you. For any of us who are single, we should be focusing on God and seeking him as first, and God will provide for us when the time is right. The Apostle Paul has stated about single women, “the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband” (1 Corinthians 7:34, ESV).

Husbands Caring for the Needs of their Wives (TMF:546)

Monday, December 05, 2016
Peace to Live By: Husbands Caring for the Needs of their Wives (TMF:546) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, I want take some time here and talk about what men, who are married, can do to help care for the needs of your wife. It is true that a wife wants her man to care about her, obviously, and to be sensitive toward her—both her needs in normal daily life, and her intimate needs. You have to listen to your wife, and care about what she is saying to you. You cannot just focus only on what you want to talk about or what you want to do. She likes how you, as her husband, can listen to and understand her needs, not just on a basic, normal conversational level, but in a more involved way. A wife wants her husband to really try to understand her feelings. And this is true for all areas of the married life. As a man gets his interest typically in how a woman looks, so a women gets here interest from the touch of her man. She gets her interests too more-so from what she hears a man say to her versus what the man actually looks like. You have to care for her needs, and not just your own needs. Don’t be selfish and self-centered. Women, whether married or not, also like it when we protect them. They want a man they feel comfortable around. They want to feel like they are having a good time when they are around us. They typically want us to have calm attitudes and not be critics or complainers.