29 December 2019
Two-Minute Features | 05 January 2020 | 22 December 2019

Choosing Not to Yield to Temptation (TMF:1275)

Friday, January 03, 2020
Peace to Live By: Choosing Not to Yield to Temptation (TMF:1275) - Daniel Litton
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       The next sentence in our Lord’s prayer reads, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Okay, so what does Jesus mean by “lead us not into temptation.” There are actually three avenues of temptation that I want us to think about today. First, turn over to James chapter 1. If we go to verse 13, we read the following: “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” (James 1:13-15, ESV). So, James, very poignantly, gives us some keen understanding here. We have discussed many times how we all, as humans, have the sin-nature within us. We are born with it, and we will have it until the day we die. Now, the unbeliever has no freedom to choose not to sin, while the believer, by God’s power and the fact he is a new creation, does have the freedom not to sin.

Choosing to Not Let Problems Dominate (TMF:1274)

Thursday, January 02, 2020
Peace to Live By: Choosing to Not Let Problems Dominate (TMF:1274) - Daniel Litton
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       Bottom line, it’s good for us to verbalize our forgiveness, as that makes it so that there is nothing hidden between us and God. The reality is, we let outside things, the problems in life, offenses from other people, etc, bother us only as much as we choose or want to. That is, just because bad things may be happening at a particular time in our lives, that doesn’t mean we have to let our minds be a slave to those things. The Apostle Peter told us more than once to be sober-minded. He said we should do this so we can pray. We need to have sober minds if we want to be close to God and focus on him. Having a mind that is saturated in a problem or problems can wreck our fellowship with God. We can’t even focus on him because we are too wrapped up in a problem we have. We need to learn to forgive others as soon as we possibly can so that offenses are not weighing down on our minds and causing us to be clouded and upset, not really able to focus on anything with one hundred percent effort. Learning to quickly forgive and not let the offense set into our minds can be of great advantage to us.

A Method to Overcoming A Big Offense (TMF:1273)

Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Peace to Live By: A Method to Overcoming A Big Offense (TMF:1273) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, I understand, as so does God, that there are certain things people can do to us that are on a more grander scale, and when that happens it may take a more concerted effort on our part to forgive the person whose has done your wrong. But we have to work at forgiving the individual. One thing I would recommend to you is that when you realize you haven’t forgiven a person of something, to just speak the forgiveness out loud when you are by yourself. Say, “I forgive this person of the offense against me. And I will no longer hold it against him.” When we speak this out loud, it makes it more real for us. And, if we have to, we can keep speaking it until it settles into our heart, until our minds gain realization of this truth and accept it. Bottom line, it’s good for us to verbalize our forgiveness, as that makes it so that there is nothing hidden between us and God. The reality is, we let outside things, the problems in life, offenses from other people, etc, bother us only as much as we choose or want to.

God Accepts Anyone Coming to Him (TMF:SE17)

Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Accepts Anyone Coming to Him (TMF:SE17) - Daniel Litton
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       Remember God accepts anyone, and is specifically calling you today. You are precious in the sight of God. He loves everyone, including you, and doesn't want anyone to face his wrath. But we as people have to make that choice. If you want to believe in Jesus today for the forgiveness of your sins, then just follow my lead, and pray this simple prayer. God, I believe that you are real, that you are the true God. I would like forgiveness for my sins which I have committed against you in my life. I believe that Jesus really did come to the earth as a human infant, and that he grew up to die on the cross for my sins, to make me right with you. I believe he rose from the dead on the third day, and that he now is in Heaven with you. I surrender myself over to you. Please make me new; make me like Jesus. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Why Not Believe in God Today? (TMF:SE16)

Monday, December 30, 2019
Peace to Live By: Why Not Believe in God Today? (TMF:SE16) - Daniel Litton
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       Why not believe in God because he really is God, and believe that Jesus will really save you from your sins? If you have believed what I have been saying about Jesus coming into the world, then there is hope for you today. God will give you forgiveness from your sins and a new life. This new life extends into the next in eternal life. He will be with you forever, no matter what, if you will only believe in him. If you would like to make that decision today, then what you need to do is follow my lead in this prayer. If you worried God couldn't possibly forgive you or accept you, remember God accepts anyone, and is specifically calling you today. You are precious in the sight of God. He loves everyone, including you, and doesn't want anyone to face his wrath. But we as people have to make that choice.