13 November 2016
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Men Should Be Careful When Helping Women (TMF:540)

Friday, November 18, 2016
Peace to Live By: Men Should Be Careful When Helping Women (TMF:540) - Daniel Litton
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       We have to be careful, as men, to only help a woman as much as we can. If the woman is married, it is the responsibility of her husband to care for her feelings, and she needs to look to him for those needs. Even if the woman doesn’t mean anything by sharing her problems, we have to guard ourselves as men—both for our sake and for the married woman’s sake. Some women can leave their hearts too open, and become willing to have relationships with men they shouldn’t have relationships with. It is important for a woman to keep her affections to herself, and not to just share them with any man that comes along. What God has given you—the gift of love—is important and unique. Every woman is unique in the way God has made her. And God has given all women the desire to be loved, as he has for men as well. A woman should be careful in how she shares her love, and with who she shares it with. When a woman cannot find love, she may turn to other avenues to drown her sorrows—like alcohol, or antidepressants, or even things like overspending and shopping.

The Man's Not Always the Aggressor (TMF:539)

Thursday, November 17, 2016
Peace to Live By: The Man's Not Always the Aggressor (TMF:539) - Daniel Litton
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       But a woman can put a man in places that make both them vulnerable, just like men can do. It isn’t always the man that’s the aggressor, but really women can wear this hat as well. A woman, through her emotional needs, may lead a man into trying to console her when she isn’t feeling well. This can put a man in a bad situation, especially when the woman is married. Let’s look at a warning in Scripture from Paul in 1 Corinthians. It says: “Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come” (1 Corinthians 10:6-11, ESV). We have to be careful, as men, to only help a woman as much as we can. If the woman is married, it is the responsibility of her husband to care for her feelings, and she needs to look to him for those needs.

Don't Throw in the Towel on Marriage, Part 2 (TMF:538)

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Peace to Live By: Don't Throw in the Towel on Marriage, Part 2 (TMF:538) - Daniel Litton
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       Our thoughts are always at risk. That’s why we have to kept them pure. And women shouldn’t throw in the towel on their marriage, but rather should try their hardest to make it work out. A woman also has to remember that her thoughts about another man she doesn’t know very well may not be completely true, and probably are not. For a married woman, when admiring another man, who is not her husband, she will only see the good things about that person. She most likely will fail to see the bad things. But when a woman stops thinking about another man, she can again focus on her husband. Paul has told us in Romans chapter 7 the following: “For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress” (Romans 7:2, 3, ESV). It is only when a wife’s husband dies, that she should be thinking about another man. God takes marriage seriously, and wants pure devotion on the parts of both participants.

Don't Throw in the Towel on Marriage, Part 1 (TMF:537)

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Peace to Live By: Don't Throw in the Towel on Marriage, Part 1 (TMF:537) - Daniel Litton
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       The Apostle Paul told the Corinthians in his second letter, and I think it can be used in our discussion today, that: “For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:2, 3, ESV). Our thoughts are always at risk. That’s why we have to kept them pure. And women shouldn’t throw in the towel on their marriage, but rather should try their hardest to make it work out. A woman also has to remember that her thoughts about another man she doesn’t know very well may not be completely true, and probably are not. For a married woman, when admiring another man, who is not her husband, she will only see the good things about that person. She most likely will fail to see the bad things. But when a woman stops thinking about another man, she can again focus on her husband.

Immoral Thoughts Can Become Idolatrous (TMF:536)

Monday, November 14, 2016
Peace to Live By: Immoral Thoughts Can Become Idolatrous (TMF:536) - Daniel Litton
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       Really, when a woman thinks about another man—thinking immoral thoughts—that can become idolatry in a person’s life. A woman may not see her incorrect thoughts in her imagination as wrongful because they are not real life situations. But these thoughts can and do cause problems, and they become idolatrous. For the single woman, the thoughts can lead to obsessions. This is never good. Anything that takes first place in our minds is an idol. For the married woman, she may not see her husband’s traits as desirable because she is thinking of the other man’s traits. The woman may see all her husband’s attributes as no longer attributes. For married women, if they are thinking about another man, or men, in wrong ways, and not devoting their thoughts only to their husbands, it will undoubtedly affect their marriages. The woman will start to long for the affections of the man she is thinking about, and not the affections of her husband. She may even wish her husband would go away, or divorce her, or be gone forever. The thoughts can get carried away. And a woman can be so attached to another man in her mind that she may end up wanting to divorce her husband for the other man.