24 March 2019
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Life & Peace in the Mind is Our Choice (TMF:1095)

Friday, March 29, 2019
Peace to Live By: Life & Peace in the Mind is Our Choice (TMF:1095) - Daniel Litton
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       It is written in Proverbs, ““Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life” (4:23, ESV). What we keep in our minds determines whether we have death in our life, or indeed whether we have life in our life. The Apostle Paul would put it another way, when he said, “For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace (Romans 8:6, ESV). If we want to have life and peace within our minds, and within our lives, we need to be careful what thoughts are roaming around in our heads. We can choose to focus on good things, and not replay bad things over and over in our minds. And how do we think about good things? Again, it is written in Proverbs: ““The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps. One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless” (Proverbs 14:15, 16, ESV). We should consider each thought that comes to us carefully, and give thought to what we are going to do. We should be cautious about what we think, and not think about sinful things.

We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 3 (TMF:1094)

Thursday, March 28, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 3 (TMF:1094) - Daniel Litton
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       It is definitely true that many thoughts will be presented to us throughout the day, whether it be from our own conjuring up, from Satan himself, or just random thoughts. Again, going back to the TV analogy, it is much like when we flip through the channels on our TV. We have no control of what we see as we are flipping through the channels, but we do have the choice not to stay on that channel when we find something we don’t like. In the same way, we have the ability to pass by thoughts we don’t want to think about, or thoughts we shouldn’t be thinking about, and the ability to rest on a thought that is good for us to consider. Another way to think about it is to consider your smartphone. Do you stop what you are doing and pick up your smartphone every time a notification goes off? Or do you wait for an opportune time to look at those notifications? It should be the latter because we should not be slave to anything. Well, again, in comparison with our minds, we should not just cater to whatever thought comes to us, but rather pick and choose what we are going to think about.

We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 2 (TMF:1093)

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 2 (TMF:1093) - Daniel Litton
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       The breakthrough I want us to consider today is this: We can choose what we think about on a daily basis, moment by moment. We each have a screen in our minds, per se, much like we choose what we watch on our TVs, and we get to choose what we want to play on it. I can recall back in time when I used to be a victim of whatever came to my mind. Rouge, careless, negative thoughts would come to my mind, and I would just stand there or sit there and think about them. Like for instance, a fear would come to my mind. I might think, “Well, what if someone robs me as I am getting out of my car?” And I would just think about that until something else came to my mind. Or, I would say hello to someone, only to have the person not say hello back. And I would spend five minutes worrying about why the person didn’t say hello. I would waste mental space thinking about things I shouldn’t be thinking about—careless, vain things. The reality is, we have the ability, as Christians, to filter our thoughts, to pick and choose what we think about as thoughts come to our minds, as thoughts are presented to us.

We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 1 (TMF:1092)

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Peace to We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 1 (TMF:1092) - Daniel Litton
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       The mind is so central to our lives. It affects our moods and how we perceive events and people around us. The thoughts we think can either make us happy, or they can make us sad. It is true that everyone thinks about a lot of different things throughout the day: we think about the past, the present, and even things we believe are going to happen in the future. We even think about rouge thoughts, thoughts that just come to our minds randomly. And some of us suffer more than others with these rouge thoughts. Some of us have greater control over our thinking patterns, and some of us have no control at all. We have undisciplined minds, minds that just wander around all over the place. The breakthrough I want us to consider today is this: We can choose what we think about on a daily basis, moment by moment. We each have a screen in our minds, per se, much like we choose what we watch on our TVs, and we get to choose what we want to play on it. I can recall back in time when I used to be a victim of whatever came to my mind. Rouge, careless, negative thoughts would come to my mind, and I would just stand there or sit there and think about them.

We Become Acceptable By Counting on Jesus (TMF:1091)

Monday, March 25, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Become Acceptable By Counting on Jesus (TMF:1091) - Daniel Litton
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       So, the only way we can become acceptable to God, good in his sight, is by counting on Jesus’ sacrifice for us. His death on the cross provides an acceptable substitute for us to God. All of our sins are put on him, and he bore the penalty of death for our sins. Then, he rose from the dead into life. So, when you trust in Jesus today, you gain true life, real life. And he gives you his Spirit by whom you can live out the rest of your life. If you would like to accept Jesus today as your personal Savior, and personal Lord, then I want you to follow my lead in this prayer: God, I am currently not in right relationship with you. But today, God, I am told I can come into a personal relationship with you, and I want to come into this relationship. I realize that things I have done in the past have not made you happy, and I want to turn from doing those things. I believe Jesus loves me, and showed this by dying for me so that I can be in relationship with you. I believe he rose from the dead, and that just as he has life now, so I can have life in you. So, God, I give you my life. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.