The Wife & Husband Relationship, Part 2 (TMF:2840)

Friday, March 27, 2026

Peace to Live By: The Wife & Husband Relationship, Part 2 (TMF:2840) - Daniel Litton
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The practice that is most common, let’s say 60 percent of couples from the personal experience, would be that of a relationship of co-equalness wherein the husband and the wife mutually submit to each other. That would leave the other 20 percent, on the opposite side of the spectrum, wherein the husband submits to the wife. Again, these are Christian couples—not couples who don’t know Jesus. So, in the final analysis, again it would seem most don’t practice Paul’s words here. In the time spent in the Amish-Mennonite world, that year or so spent there, things were quite a bit different. And remember, these people are living in our current time, in our current day and age. Time travel wasn’t utilized in the sense, at least, of using a physical time machine, like that in the form of a car. Nonetheless, in thinking about the married Amish-Mennonite women, most of them known were submissive to their husbands. It would be guessed well over 90 percent.

The Wife & Husband Relationship, Part 1 (TMF:2839)

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Peace to Live By: The Wife & Husband Relationship, Part 1 (TMF:2839) - Daniel Litton
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“Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord” (Colossians 3:18, ESV). One could look at this verse from the Apostle Paul as being one of which is out-dated, one of which is no longer for our current day and age in twenty-first century America. Indeed, many have adopted that view, even in the Evangelical World. In scanning the recesses of the mind, and thinking of all the couples which are either currently known or have been known in the past (people of which are close to the speaker’s age—latter 30s), most do not practice this verse. Just to take a random guess, it seems it would be 80 percent or so. That is, maybe 8 out of 10 couples known don’t practice the concept of the wife submitting to the husband. That looks to be about right, as many of you can probably relate to for sure. The practice that is most common, let’s say 60 percent of couples from the personal experience, would be that of a relationship of co-equalness wherein the husband and the wife mutually submit to each other.

Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 4 (TMF:2838)

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Peace to Live By: Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 4 (TMF:2838) - Daniel Litton
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If we can’t thank God for a specific relationship in our lives, in spending time talking with that person, then something isn’t right. If we can’t thank God after watching that certain movie for providing the movie to us to watch, then something is wrong. If we can’t thank God after using that particular substance, then we better think again. It truly is this simple. Just try to give God thanks for everything as your day goes by and you will learn quickly what is good and what is not. You will learn where perhaps a specific thing, or practice, can be eliminated. We’re not striving for legalism, as Paul clearly combated that issue in the last chapter, toward the end of Colossians 2. Yet, it really is that simple in that if something is whole, we will be able to thank God for it. So, in what we say with our mouths to ourselves or to others, in what we do with our bodies, where we go with our feet, let’s keep watch to to see if they actually are good things, things which we can be thankful for.

Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 3 (TMF:2837)

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Peace to Live By: Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 3 (TMF:2837) - Daniel Litton
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Of course, this will likely be something that changes over time because when we first become saved, we might not be that strict. Or, on the other hand, we might become too strict. It can go to either extreme. But hopefully, eventually, we find that balance. It is as Paul said to the Ephesians, “Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:8-10, ESV). It seems that “giving thanks” as Paul mentions is a good accountability test for us. What is meant is that when saying or doing something, or after speaking it or doing it, is it something that we can then thank God for? If so, then that ‘thing’ we are speaking or doing is good. If it’s not, then something is wrong. If we can’t thank God for a specific relationship in our lives, in spending time talking with that person, then something isn’t right.

Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 2 (TMF:2836)

Monday, March 23, 2026

Peace to Live By: Having a Thankful Attitude, Part 2 (TMF:2836) - Daniel Litton
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The key word that Paul begins with is “whatever.” So, it is everything. He says, “whatever you do…” That’s absolute surrender, then. And that’s not what a lot of people want to see or hear. This is the call to the Christian life. It means that in everything we say and do, we do it to the glory of God. There is nothing that we want to be speaking or doing in our lives that we feel God would not be happy about. Whether we are hanging out with a certain person, watching a certain movie, putting a certain substance into our body, doing this work or that work, whatever it is, it means we ask ourselves whether we feel God would approve of this. If the answer is no, then it is not something we want to have in our lives. The answer is really simple. Of course, this will likely be something that changes over time because when we first become saved, we might not be that strict. Or, on the other hand, we might become too strict. It can go to either extreme.