29 September 2019
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Prayer Helps Ourselves & Others as Well (TMF:1230)

Friday, October 04, 2019
Peace to Live By: Prayer Helps Ourselves & Others as Well (TMF:1230) - Daniel Litton
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       Another thing that’s noteworthy for us, is that prayer will provide us with personal help in our lives, without a doubt, and help others we pray for who are in our lives. We all need help in various ways, and God tells us in his Word to pray for the things we want help with. We pray for our own needs, and perhaps we spend even more time praying for the needs of others, whether they are needs others have told us about, or whether they are necessities we have perceived that others need. But, we are to go to God in prayer to ask for different requests. This is what Jesus taught us, and this theme is carried along through the rest of the New Testament. And even when we have desires on our hearts, things we would like God to do for us, or to help us with, we are to raise those things to him in prayer. Thirdly, prayer allows us to cast off our cares, our anxieties, on God so that he can deal with them and instead of us sitting around and worrying about them. I think we can all agree that anxiety is a big problem for us as we all face varying life circumstances that can weigh us down.

The Power Level of Our Prayers (TMF:1229)

Thursday, October 03, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Power Level of Our Prayers (TMF:1229) - Daniel Litton
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       When our heart is right before God, our prayers can go a long way, and have great power from God behind them. We can help others and ourselves as we pray a great deal of things. Let us understand that prayer, on the most basic yet important level, is how we communicate with God, our Heavenly Father. We have discussed before that the sole reason we exist, the main purpose for our existence, is to be in relationship with God, to be in fellowship with him. The main goal of our lives is not fulfill our personal desires, it’s not to help other people, and it’s not even to share the Gospel with others, believe it or not. We all do those things, but the main aim and intent of our lives is, or should be, to love God with all our being. That’s why he created Adam and Eve in the first place, and that’s why he crafted each one of us in our mothers’ womb. God wants to fellowship with individuals who will willingly love him in their hearts.

How Did Jesus Say We are to Pray? (TMF:1228)

Wednesday, October 02, 2019
Peace to Live By: How Did Jesus Say We are to Pray? (TMF:1228) - Daniel Litton
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       If prayer is so significant for us, as Christians—and it is—then I think it would be a good idea for us to consider how the Lord told us to pray—to know how to pray. Many of us pray daily, and a lot of us have different ways of doing it. What I want us to see over the course of the next three weeks is that Jesus outlined a certain, specific way we should pray. And, of course, this outline is found in Matthew chapter 6, and is commonly called The Lord’s Prayer, or the Disciple’s Prayer (as some have named it). I don’t think a lot of us think of this prayer when doing our own, individual, daily prayer sessions to God. In America, this prayer is often recited during Sunday morning church services, collectively within the congregation. And while that’s fine, that really wasn’t the only original intent of the prayer. This prayer is also a personal model for disciples of Jesus to be used daily. Remember, James has told us, “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (James 5:16b, ESV). Well, each of us is righteous because we have been made that way through Christ’s blood, his sacrifice on the cross. Nonetheless, it’s also true that we should be living righteously. So, in a sense, the more obedient we are to God’s commands, the more likely is he going to pay attention to what we say.

Intro to Our Lord's Personal Model for Praying (TMF:1227)

Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Peace to Live By: Intro to Our Lord's Personal Model for Praying (TMF:1227) - Daniel Litton
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       One of the most important things we do in our daily lives is pray. At that heart our being is our relationship with God, and we have this relationship through prayer. Really, the sole reason we, as humans, exist is to be in relationship with God. That’s why God created us. He wanted people to be his who would willingly love him, who would choose to love him. He didn’t want to have to force anyone to be his, to love him, and assuredly, he does not. Each of our individual relationships with God is a choice. We have chosen to be in relationship with him. But because we live in this fallen world, because God is separated from it physically, we relate to him for the time being through prayer. If prayer is so significant for us, as Christians—and it is—then I think it would be a good idea for us to consider how the Lord told us to pray—to know how to pray. Many of us pray daily, and a lot of us have different ways of doing it. What I want us to see over the course of the next three weeks is that Jesus outlined a certain, specific way we should pray. And, of course, this outline is found in Matthew chapter 6, and is commonly called The Lord’s Prayer.

Believe & Have Your Offenses Forgiven (TMF:1226)

Monday, September 30, 2019
Peace to Live By: Believe & Have Your Offenses Forgiven (TMF:1226) - Daniel Litton
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       Anyone who believes in Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection from the dead will be forgiven of all offenses against God, being made right with him today. You can come into personal relationship with God today through Jesus Christ. This relationship is truly fulfilling, filling the void of what has been missing in your life. The feeling that something isn’t quite right, or that everything is meaningless, that feeling will go away today if you will accept Jesus into your heart, making him Lord, Leader, of your life. If that is a choice you would like to make today, if a relationship with God is something you have chosen for yourself today—then I want you to follow my lead in this prayer: God, I am coming to you today as an outsider, a person who does not know you personally. But God I want to know you. I do believe that Jesus died for my sins so that I can be made right with you today. I believe he rose from the dead and is with you in Heaven. I want you to lead me now; I want to follow you and what you say to be true. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.