07 July 2019
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God is Loving, Caring, & Helping (TMF:1170)

Friday, July 12, 2019
Peace to Live By: God is Loving, Caring, & Helping (TMF:1170) - Daniel Litton
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       No matter who you are, I want you to know that God loves you and want to be in a personal relationship with you. In fact, God sent Jesus to the earth 2,000 years ago, and he died on a cross to pay our sin debts, all the wrongs we’ve committed in our lives, and to make us right with God. Jesus rose from the dead and is today with God in Heaven. Jesus wants to help you. He wants to be on your side, and doesn’t want to be against anyone. He is a loving, caring, and helping God, and wants to help you today and see others be helped. If you would like to come into a personal relationship with God today, then I want you to follow my lead in this prayer: God, I have realized today that I’m not following you in my life. Today, though, I want to turn from doing wrong and accept Jesus into my life as my Guide. I want to do things the right way. I believe Jesus died for my offenses and can make me right with you. I believe he rose from the dead, is alive today, and will help me in my life. Please Father, help me to start today in making right choices, and being close to you. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Practicing Speaking God's Word (TMF:1169)

Thursday, July 11, 2019
Peace to Live By: Practicing Speaking God's Word (TMF:1169) - Daniel Litton
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       So, when we speak God’s Word, we enlighten ourselves, we understand what God wants from us, we seek to make corrections, we know how to identify error, and overall it trains us to understand and recall what is right. This makes us “complete” as Paul said, “equipped for every good work.” When put into practice, it causes us to have the character of Christ. Again, in wrapping up, if you feel your life is cursed in a certain area or in general, you need help from God with receiving certain desires of your heart, or you just need help with temptation to sin, I would definitely recommend you do this practice—that is, speaking God’s Word to yourself and to the Lord in prayer. You have nothing to lose in trying this. Speaking God’s Word out loud definitely isn’t going to hurt you. If this is new to you, try it in ‘faith,’ believing that God does want to help you with your problems. He is your loving Heavenly Father, and cares very much about your situations in life.

The Power Behind Speaking (TMF:1168)

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Power Behind Speaking (TMF:1168) - Daniel Litton
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       Remember, there is power behind God’s Word. So, when you speak these things during temptation, like Jesus did to Satan in the wilderness, this not only reminds you of the truth in your time of trial, but it also empowers you and pushes the enemy back. Let us remind ourselves of one of the last things Paul told Timothy before he left this earth, and it has to do with the goodness of God’s Word for us and the power behind it. He told him, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV). Often we cite this verse in the academic sense, but there is much more to it than that. Note that Paul said, “All Scripture is breathed out by God.” That’s important because that shows God’s anointing on it, for it came directly from God himself. And notice how the Word helps us in our lives. It is good for “teaching, for reproof [which means, showing us where we are wrong], for correction, and for training in righteousness.”

Speaking to Overcome Sin (TMF:1167)

Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Peace to Live By: Speaking to Overcome Sin (TMF:1167) - Daniel Litton
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       As we’ve talked about in the past, speaking God’s Word is good for us in overcoming sinful habits in our lives, things we have been struggling with on a daily basis. Let’s say, for instance, that you struggle with lust, and most people do. So, you might take a Bible verse from 1 Corinthians 6, which says, “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body” (ESV). That’s a good foundational verse. Then I would probably add the next two verses: “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20, ESV). And, so, you create a list of Bible verses that talk about this area of subject. Again, speaking these verses to yourself out loud motivates and encourages you. Remember, there is power behind God’s Word.

Putting Verses in the First Person (TMF:1166)

Monday, July 08, 2019
Peace to Live By: Putting Verses in the First Person (TMF:1166) - Daniel Litton
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       If we really want to get bold with speaking God’s Word, another thing we can do is put the verses we are speaking into the first person so that they are more personal for us. Like, for instance, I may take Romans 3:23 and say, ““for I have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and I have been justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (3:23-24, para, ESV). Or, looking at 2 Corinthians 5:17, 18, I could say, ““I am in Christ, and therefore, I am a new creation. The old has passed away for me; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself” (para, ESV). So, we take the Word of God and make it even more personal for us. We make it hit at our very hearts, and further identify ourselves in Christ, setting our minds on him, and on things which are above, on Heavenly things. I really want you to get this. As we’ve talked about in the past, speaking God’s Word is good for us in overcoming sinful habits in our lives, things we have been struggling with on a daily basis.