November 22, 2023… Shining HIs Light …

November 22, 2023… Shining HIs Light …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Chris Tomlin  & Matt Redman singing  … Light of the World …  Poignantly and powerfully singing of how Christ became the Light of the World while Hew walked the earth and now He shines thru us who have Hs Spirit indwelling us. … 

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Highlight Passage: …Philippians 2:15 -16 [6NLT] … 

15 so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. 16 Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless. .

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Philippians 2:12-20  ,,, USE THIS LINK ...  

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to become a bright light of Christi’s shining in the world for all to see Him in us…  </b>

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Reference Passage: …Matthew 5:14-16  (NLT] … USE  THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaching His disciples (and us) that they (we) are to become His light shining in this dark world,      .  

Reference Passage: …Matthew 28:19-20  (NLT] … USE  THIS LINK …  

… Jesus, just before His ascension, charges all who follow His to be His light in this world. , making other disciples, teaching His truth, and living like stars in a dark world.        

Reference Passage: …John 9:5 [NLT] …  

5 But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.” 

… Jesus declares that while He was in the world … HE … was the light of the world.   

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8  [NLT] … 

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 

… Jesus, just before His ascension, charges any of His disciples to shine His light and become His witnesses in this world.     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s  Our Daily Bread entry at this link -   , author Jasmine Got … tells of entering a town in a taxi and immediately noticing many signs of evil - many gambling outlets, X-Rated business, and many large billboards advertising lawyers; and when asking the cab driver abut this, he gave witness to what He felt to be “his ministry,” listening to and praying for his customers.   …  

That cab driver had become what Jesus called all of us to become … and that is a light in the darkness.   And if you take in the linked song and the Scriptures above, perhaps you’ll be convicted,, as I was, to do more to shine God’s light more brightly in the calling He has placed before all Christians.  So, let us all “shine Jesus” today in to a very dark world.                                                                                            

My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your light to shine today.                                                                   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to shine Your light, Lord, into this very dark world. . 

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