23 December 2018
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Self-Control is Good for Us & Helps Us (TMF:1030)

Friday, December 28, 2018
Peace to Live By: Self-Control is Good for Us & Helps Us (TMF:1030) - Daniel Litton
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       The final Fruit of the Spirit is self-control. As Christians, we have to live within limits in order to have a good walk with God, and to live good, successful lives. If we don’t follow God’s Word in our actions, we are going to reap negative consequences. Indeed, God’s Word is central to our behaviors. We can either learn the easy way or the hard way when it comes to self-control. When we don’t exercise self-control in a certain area of our lives, sometimes we find ourselves in trouble and we learn what we should have been doing, the way we should have been acting, in a negative, hard way. Sometimes God has to allow trouble to enter our lives because we won’t listen to his easy, simple nudges. When we have closed our hearts to hearing him in a certain area, often he has no choice but to permit difficulty to come. This is the only way he can get us to grow into becoming more like Jesus.

It's Not Worth Going to Hell to Prove You're Right (TMF:SE32)

Thursday, December 27, 2018
Peace to Live By: It's Not Worth Going to Hell to Prove You're Right (TMF:SE32) - Daniel Litton
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       Anyone who trusts in Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for their sins will gain life now, and enter life for the future. Trust me; it’s not worth going to Hell to prove you are right, or because of what your friends might think. Please accept Jesus today, for both you and I have no idea how much longer we will be alive on this earth. Death could occur at anytime for us, and we want to make sure we are in right relationship with God today. If you would like to make the decision today to believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins and gain eternal life, please follow my lead in this prayer: God, I am coming to you today to give my life over to you. I have been living my life my own way, under the power of Satan, but today I understand that I can gain real life in you. So, I want to accept Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for me, and I do believe he really rose from the dead. Because of his resurrection, I now believe you will raise me from death in the future. Thank you, Father, for loving me and help me to become like you want me to be, a better person, more like Jesus. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Let's Review the Good News of Jesus Christ (TMF:SE31)

Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Peace to Live By: Let's Review the Good News of Jesus Christ (TMF:SE31) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s review the Good News of Jesus. Many of you have heard it over and over. We know that Jesus came to earth, some 2,000 years ago, as an infant. He grew up, living a perfect life, and he died on the cross, bearing the penalty for your sins and my sins. God put all of our sin on him so we would not have to go Hell in the future. That’s why Jesus was born into the world in the first place. God made a way for us to be guilt-free of everything wrong we’ve ever done against him, every commandment of his we’ve broken. He is a holy and righteous God, and he cannot let sin go unpunished. But God raised Jesus from death on the third day after his crucifixion, and now he is back in Heaven with God. Anyone who trusts in Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for their sins will gain life now, and enter life for the future. Trust me; it’s not worth going to Hell to prove you are right, or because of what your friends might think. Please accept Jesus today, for both you and I have no idea how much longer we will be alive on this earth.

Don't Let Others Stop You from Coming to Jesus (TMF:SE30)

Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Peace to Live By: Don't Let Others Stop You from Coming to Jesus (TMF:SE30) - Daniel Litton
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       I realize that there are many of you out there who are about to go through the motions of Christmas, or who have already gone through the motions, but you really don’t feel that you know Jesus; your not in personal relationship with God. Sure, you believe he exists, but you have never given your life over to him. A big part of the problem for many individuals is that they don’t want to be wrong. You might not want to accept God’s gift to you because that will mean you will have to admit you have been wrong, and have been doing wrong, for a long time. And you don’t feel you can do that. But, I want to plead with you today not to let pride stop you from coming to Jesus. Don’t let what others may think of Jesus, or of you coming into relationship with him, actually stop you from making the right choice today. It’s okay to admit you have been wrong. That’s what I had to do when I accepted Jesus—I had to admit I had been living my life the wrong way. I had to admit that I hadn’t been following God. And sure, it cost me some relationships, some friendships in my life. But I have never regretted my choice.

Jesus is Really Why We Celebrate Christmas (TMF:SE29)

Monday, December 24, 2018
Peace to Live By: Jesus is Really Why We Celebrate Christmas (TMF:SE29) - Daniel Litton
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       So Jesus is really why we celebrate Christmas. He is the reason we give gifts. Let’s consider another reason why we give each other gifts for Christmas, and we find this reason in Matthew 2 when the Wise Men give their gifts to the young child Jesus: “After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way” (Matthew 2:9-12, ESV). What a great reminder for us of the first gifts given to our Lord Jesus, and let us always remember to think of others and to bless them during this holiday time as we remember God’s ultimate and greatest gift to us of Jesus, in all his love and glory.