03 May 2026

Being Thankful in Prayer, Part 2 (TMF:2870)

Friday, May 08, 2026

Peace to Live By: Being Thankful in Prayer, Part 2 (TMF:2870) - Daniel Litton
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If we are entitled, all we are thinking about is what we don’t have, and how God has greatly offended us because he hasn’t helped us with whatever it is. We may be bitter. We are stuck in our likes and dislikes, in that part of the mind that torments us. We don’t have a thankful attitude, and we not making a list of the whole host of things that we already have, the whole gamut of people, circumstances, and possessions which God has given us. It would take pages and pages to create the list, and yet, a lot of people don’t write it out. They don’t even recognize it. They are altogether stuck on getting the next thing. And when we do obtain what we desire, when we have asked righteously, and when God has been able to make things go our way, do we properly thank him for whatever it was? Coming to mind is the famous account of the ten lepers.

Being Thankful in Prayer, Part 1 (TMF:2869)

Thursday, May 07, 2026

Peace to Live By: Being Thankful in Prayer, Part 1 (TMF:2869) - Daniel Litton
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Let’s not forget that last part of the verse, which says, “being watchful in it with thanksgiving” (ESV). So, thanksgiving. Let’s not forget thankfulness. While the conversation has been somewhat dreary at this point, though, at the same time hopefully encouraging and perhaps even enlightening, let’s not fail to remember that all of us, no matter who we are, have many things to be thankful for—an abundance of thankfulness in fact. So much we can’t even count it, and this really no matter where we find ourselves in our current lives, in whatever our life circumstances are. Of course, if we aren’t surrendered, we probably won’t see things this way. We probably won’t realize all there is that we have to be thankful for. If we are entitled, all we are thinking about is what we don’t have, and how God has greatly offended us because he hasn’t helped us with whatever it is. We may be bitter. We are stuck in our likes and dislikes, in that part of the mind that torments us.

Praying Surrendered, Part 5 (TMF:2868)

Wednesday, May 06, 2026

Peace to Live By: Praying Surrendered, Part 5 (TMF:2868) - Daniel Litton
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We know him as Satan, and we know that he, with those beings who work under him, work and reap great havoc on the earth. That’s why he does what he does, because he can work to accomplish things that God does not want—he can work to destroy lives, and to destroy Christian’s lives. That’s one reason we are praying in the first place. And speaking of us, we through disobedience, through not following God’s out laid out prescription of how we are supposed to live, through following our own sinful selves instead, we too, in the same fashion as Satan, can reap havoc in our lives, and in the lives of others. That also is a factor. And finally, there is the element of the world just being the world, where the earth, because it is under the curse, causes bad things to happen from the natural order of things. Sometimes random events happen that nobody brought on.

Praying Surrendered, Part 4 (TMF:2867)

Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Peace to Live By: Praying Surrendered, Part 4 (TMF:2867) - Daniel Litton
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In the same way as we, in our watchfulness in prayer, do not always get everything that we want, so God himself does not always get everything that he wants. There are theological systems that will lead you to believe he does—that will argue and say confidently that he does. There are Bible teachers that will paradoxically say he does. But, if we dive deep within ourselves, we certainly cannot believe that he does. Look at the totality of the evil on the earth. We know there are other beings in this world. One of those beings, the Bible calls the god of this world. We know him as Satan, and we know that he, with those beings who work under him, work and reap great havoc on the earth. That’s why he does what he does, because he can work to accomplish things that God does not want—he can work to destroy lives, and to destroy Christian’s lives. That’s one reason we are praying in the first place.

Praying Surrendered, Part 3 (TMF:2866)

Monday, May 04, 2026

Peace to Live By: Praying Surrendered, Part 3 (TMF:2866) - Daniel Litton
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Can God just do anything even when he wants to? The Scripture tells us, for instance, that God wants all people to be saved—to come to a knowledge of the truth, all to choose him. Does this happen, though? We know it doesn’t. So, does God himself get everything he wants then? We would have to say, “No, I don’t think so.” So, why then should we expect to get ‘everything’ we desire, or even believe that God can indeed give us everything we desire? Going back to the earlier examples, can God just ‘make’ that guy or that girl to like you? Can he simply wave his hand, which changes their mind, and cause them to begin a relationship with you? Can God just wave his hand and make the people at the company you applied at give you the job? Or, do those people have free will, and are they considering numerous factors, and factors that might end up excluding you? You see, then, the folly in all this?