05 May 2019
Two-Minute Features | 12 May 2019

We Can Fear Things Into Existence (TMF:1125)

Friday, May 10, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Can Fear Things Into Existence (TMF:1125) - Daniel Litton
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       Once more, we question everything, worry about everything, fact-check everything, exercise fear first, and if we get around to it, maybe faith on a rare occasion. The thought processes in our minds are so out of alignment and we have become so use to things being that way. We are always afraid Satan is going to get us, and that bad is going to happen, that we fear and fear and fear. And really, we fear things into existence because of our lack of faith. We become a self-fulfilling prophet. If had just exercised faith in the first place, God would have given us our needed assistance. But because we didn’t have any faith, God didn’t help us. So, then, we have to deliberately choose to believe that good is going to happen instead of bad. And there are many out there who are thinking, “Bad always happens to me. I don’t want to believe good will happen because then if it doesn’t, I will be disappointed.” But remember, you need to be believing good is going to happen. Your very fear inside your mind that bad is going to happen is exactly what allows the bad to happen. This is because you are not exercising faith.

God Helps the Faith-filled & Hopeful Person (TMF:1124)

Thursday, May 09, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Helps the Faith-filled & Hopeful Person (TMF:1124) - Daniel Litton
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       To state it plainly, God isn’t going to give us as much help in life when we aren’t thinking positively with hope by using faith. This is because we are being disobedient to him. Again, he wants us to be looking at things—looking at our various life situations—through the eyeglasses of faith. That’s what he commands us to do in fact. When we chose instead to worry, exercise fear, respond to things being afraid, etc, this is being rebellious toward God. And he isn’t going to come to our aid when we are willingly not obeying him. It is true that many of us are disobedient in this area of the mind without even realizing it. It is inadvertent. We have a grand problem, and we don’t even know we have such a serious issue. Once more, we question everything, worry about everything, fact-check everything, exercise fear first, and if we get around to it, maybe faith on a rare occasion. The thought processes in our minds are so out of alignment and we have become so use to things being that way. We are always afraid Satan is going to get us.

Believing that Good is Going to Happen (TMF:1123)

Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Peace to Live By: Believing that Good is Going to Happen (TMF:1123) - Daniel Litton
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       Part of being positive is believing that good things are going to happen in the future instead of bad things. Many folks get into the trap of believing only bad is going to happen for them in the future. They’ve had negative experiences in the past, perhaps even limited to certain area of life, and they just don’t think things are going to get better for them. And interestingly enough, when we don’t feel things are going to get better, they won’t because we are not exercising and using faith that things will in fact be more fulfilling for us. Faith is the driving force behind the power of God. We can make ourselves miserable by having a lack of faith, or we can believe the best is going to happen and make ourselves happy for the time being. Jesus on many occasions rebuked his disciples for a lack of faith. He was telling them that they should have believed they were in God’s hands—that God would take care of them—instead of believing that something terrible was going to happen. To state it plainly, God isn’t going to give us as much help in life when we aren’t thinking positively with hope by using faith. This is because we are being disobedient to him.

Utilizing Faith Helps Us Feel Better (TMF:1122)

Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Peace to Live By: Utilizing Faith Helps Us Feel Better (TMF:1122) - Daniel Litton
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       If you don’t ‘feel’ something is going to work out, that is when you use your faith. Think of faith like a bottle of medicine. We don’t feel good, so we take a tablet to help us feel better. Faith is the same way. Faith is the same way. Even though we don’t feel like something is going to work out for the good, we can still take our tablet of faith and we’ll see the results in a little while. Back in Matthew chapter 9, the woman with the discharge had not lost faith that she could and would be made better, or she wouldn’t have gone to Jesus looking for a cure. We cannot give up in life—give up in the fight to make our minds new in Christ. When we give up, there is no more hope for us. We have thrown in the towel and cannot expect to get better. Some days are going to be harder than others. And even though disappointments will still come every once in a while, we still need to have a hopeful mindset. Being able to find the good in a situation is really important. We cannot let disappointments get us down. We have to remain determined, and not stop when we have failed, but get right back up and keep strong at work.

Living Through a Mindset of Faith vs. Fear (TMF:1121)

Monday, May 06, 2019
Peace to Live By: Living Through a Mindset of Faith vs. Fear (TMF:1121) - Daniel Litton
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       One way we display our positivity in life is by living through the mindset of ‘faith’ instead of ‘fear.’ Really, these are the opposites of each other. In Matthew chapter 9, when the woman with a discharge of blood for 12 years went to Jesus, he told her that it was actually her ‘faith’ that made her well—that allowed her to become healed. It wasn’t that she just went to Jesus and was healed, but she had to have faith that he could in fact make her well. In the same way, we need to have faith in Jesus that he will make us well—that he will restore our minds. The Apostle Paul stated, ““For in it [the Gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17, ESV). We need to use ‘faith’ and not be living with a negative, unbelieving mind. If you don’t ‘feel’ something is going to work out, that is when you use your faith. Think of faith like a bottle of medicine. We don’t feel good, so we take a tablet to help us feel better. Faith is the same way.