28 April 2019
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God Wants to Help Us Overcome Negativism (TMF:1120)

Friday, May 03, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Wants to Help Us Overcome Negativism (TMF:1120) - Daniel Litton
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       You see, God wants to help people overcome negativism. You shouldn’t feel that God doesn’t want to help you. He wants us to go to him in prayer and discuss these things with him. He loves us; we are his children. You may realize that you have a serious problem on your hands, but you should not let the realization of that issue stop you from talking with the Lord about it. That means you should talk to him all the more about it. God’s Word tells us we have to draw near to God first, and then he will draw near to us (see James 4:8). It’s not that God comes to us first, but we are told to come to him and he will then come to us. So, if we are not thinking negative thoughts, we want to be thinking about positive things. It seems obvious that when we don’t think negative thoughts, we can then allow our minds to be filled with good things. 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.

Try to Only Think About this Present Moment (TMF:1119)

Thursday, May 02, 2019
Peace to Live By: Try to Only Think About this Present Moment (TMF:1119) - Daniel Litton
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       To get a sample of what I am talking about, I would say to those who suffer from a negative mindset to just spend one evening, when you drive home from work, at just focusing on the present. When a thought comes to your mind about anything outside of the present, just cast it down. Don’t think about it. And trust me, many thoughts will come! Just try on your drive home to only focus on the present. If you are able to pull it off, and I’m sure many of you will be, you will find that you have gained a substantial amount of rest. Your brain will feel so at rest that you’ll realize how much you’ve been overworking it by considering thoughts of worry and fear. Then once you realize you have a problem, you can work with God on correcting the problem. The Bible tells us that God will help us to grow and bring us to completion (see Philippians 1:6). You see, God wants to help people overcome negativism. You shouldn’t feel that God doesn’t want to help you. He wants us to go to him in prayer and discuss these things with him. He loves us; we are his children.

Reconstructing Your Mind Will Take Time (TMF:1118)

Wednesday, May 01, 2019
Peace to Live By: Reconstructing Your Mind Will Take Time (TMF:1118) - Daniel Litton
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       I believe if you spend a day saying, “I am not going to worry about anything today,” and focused the entire day on not worrying, you would find that you have a tremendous amount of peace in your mind. But even trying this out may be almost impossible for you, because you have let the roots of worry dig a channel in your brain by which everything flows into, and you may find that even spending a half hour not worrying about something is next to impossible. So, the problem you have developed in your mind is going to take a considerable amount of time to fix. It’s not something that can just happen in one day. It’s like losing weight. It took a long time to put the weight on, and it’s going to take awhile to get it off. We have to form new habits. To get a sample of what I am talking about, I would say to those who suffer from a negative mindset to just spend one evening, when you drive home from work, at just focusing on the present. When a thought comes to your mind about anything outside of the present, just cast it down. Don’t think about it. And trust me, many thoughts will come! Just try on your drive home to only focus on the present.

Do Worry & Fear Dominate Your Thinking? (TMF:1117)

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Peace to Live By: Do Worry & Fear Dominate Your Thinking? (TMF:1117) - Daniel Litton
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       If you take a day and analyze your thoughts, and how you think about things, some of us are going to become aware, very quickly, that we have a serious problem on our hands. Do we worry about different things constantly, whether they be big or small? Do we fear different things that could happen? Do we tend to think the worst about everyone, that they are doing things against us? When we can see that we have these types of thoughts, that we are contemplating on them and letting them control our lives, we see that we have a lot of work to do. And we may try to excuse the negative things we think about by saying, “Everybody thinks like this.” For one, I would certainly say that not everyone is led about by worry and fear. And two, I think that even if many around you are, that doesn’t mean you have to think and live like that. I believe if you spend a day saying, “I am not going to worry about anything today,” and focused the entire day on not worrying, you would find that you have a tremendous amount of peace in your mind.

Tearing Down Others Isn't the Way to Go (TMF:1116)

Monday, April 29, 2019
Peace to Live By: Tearing Down Others Isn't the Way to Go (TMF:1116) - Daniel Litton
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       Again, if we are always tearing down others, that’s no fun to listen to. It may be interesting at first to hear what the person has to say, but then once we understand that the person tears down and cuts on everyone, we come to know that’s a person we don’t want to be around. If they are cutting at everyone else, they will talk behind our backs too when we’re not around. I guaranteed you. Things will never get better for those of us who are negative if we don’t make a concerted effort to get better. Really, it all starts with seeing things differently. We have to gain a new perspective, and continue to put on that perspective as we live each day out. As we try to think positively, to think the best of everyone, to think the best of our situations—not the worst—it will take a constant renewing of our minds, our attitudes, and our speech (more on this next week). If you take a day and analyze your thoughts, and how you think about things, some of us are going to become aware, very quickly, that we have a serious problem on our hands. Do we worry about different things constantly, whether they be big or small?