29 January 2017
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Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 3 (TMF:575)

Friday, February 03, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 3 (TMF:575) - Daniel Litton
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       We have to remember as well that it takes time to rework bad choices that we've made in our lives. We may have spent a lot of time in the past making bad choices, and then we start to make good choices. But it will take some time for those good choices to overpower the series of bad choices we have made. This can be particularly true when we become a Christian. We may seek to make change in our life, trying to do things the right way, the pure way, the correct way. And we may see that people don't accept our positive change right off the bat. It will take time, a lot of times, for people to accept the good choices because they are so used to the bad choices from the past. But people will see the change, and will accept it in most instances. It's never too late to become a Christian, no matter what your age, and to start doing good. It doesn't even matter if you've made a lot of bad choices in your life. Don't be afraid; God will help you make the change. And don't be afraid of what people will think.

Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 2 (TMF:574)

Thursday, February 02, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 2 (TMF:574) - Daniel Litton
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       Now sometimes, we have to change the way we are going about trying at something, because there may be a better way to do it, a way that brings a more likelihood for success. We have to keep trying and not give up. And to not try at all is to face defeat, because not trying is defeat. It's better to try and be wrong than to not try at all. And, you don't have to always do something the way others say you have to do it. Do it the way that works for you. A perfectionist also, for need of the feeling to stay seemingly perfect, may feel that they need to blame others for wrongs committed. But actually, the person blaming may in fact be the person responsible for the wrong. I may blame someone for cutting me off on the road, but it may be in reality that I was just driving too fast. A husband may try to blame his wife for the kid's incorrect behavior, when really it may be that the father is the one who didn't discipline the child at the right time. At work we may try to blame the customer, thinking the customer is just acting too demanding and unreasonably, but really it's that we are not utilizing a kind, willing attitude in wanting to help the customer.

Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 1 (TMF:573)

Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 1 (TMF:573) - Daniel Litton
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       For our second area of discussion today, let's talk about having a perfectionistic attitude. One way we can suffer from a perfectionistic attitude is when we obtain what I call an 'All or none' attitude in life. This is when we are too quick to pass judgment on others and on certain situations that occur in our life. We may see a fellow brother or sister sin and say, "See, I told you that person wasn't a Christian." But in judging a person on one event or action, we are usually incorrect in our judgment. A person is worth more than one event, and this is even true sometimes when the sin is a big sin. Another thing that can happen to us is that we may feel that because we have failed, say, a couple times at doing something, that we will never be able to do it. We may develop an 'I can't do it' attitude. I myself have suffered from this attitude from time to time in my own life. But just ask successful people like Donald Trump or Michael Jordan, just to pick a couple random examples. If they had given up when they failed at something, they never would have obtained the successes they have today. We have to keep trying no matter what.

Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 4 (TMF:572)

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 4 (TMF:572) - Daniel Litton
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       On the flip side of this, sometimes Satan gets us to think that enjoying free time, or time doing a hobby, is in fact bad. But, of course, this isn't true. To use an Old Testament passage, it is written, "“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain" (Deuteronomy 25:4, ESV). It's not wrong to enjoy things we like to do throughout the week. Now, some like to have some 'free' time each day, say an hour or more a day. And some like to work completely on this day or that day, and then have days with larger amounts of free time. I think that it is important on our heaviest days to have at least one hour of free time. This might be at the beginning of the day or the end of it, to wind down after a long day's work. But we should have one day every week were we keep our schedules free and observe our Sabbath. This is what is pleasing to God, for he himself rested on the seventh day after creating everything that exists. He gave us this model to follow for our own good.

Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 3 (TMF:571)

Monday, January 30, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- A Legalistic Mindset, Part 3 (TMF:571) - Daniel Litton
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       Sometimes Satan will even us church leaders to get to us, by them saying we have to follow certain things in order to be obedient to God, like being involved in this or that ministry, or in a certain amount of ministries. And sometimes, Satan cultivates this perception in our minds, even though the leaders actually aren't really saying this. Either way, we can find ourselves stretching ourselves too thin, trying to hit almost every ministry our church offers. We may go to church on Sunday morning and Sunday night, have prayer meeting Monday night, then Bible study on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on and on it goes. But this isn't right. We shouldn't be stretching ourselves so thin, even if it's for the benefit of others, and the degradation of ourselves. We have to care about keeping ourselves sane, and care about family obligations and other obligations where needed. On the flip side of this, sometimes Satan gets us to think that enjoying free time, or time doing a hobby, is in fact bad. But, of course, this isn't true. To use an Old Testament passage, it is written, "“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain" (Deuteronomy 25:4, ESV).