December 4, 2023… Our God Is Our Light …

December 4, 2023… Our God Is Our Light  …    

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from a Gaither Gathering Chorus singing  … Jesus, The Light of The World …  Poignantly and powerfully singing of how  Jesus is the light Who leads us thru life. 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 23:4 [NLT] … 

4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me  Your rod and Your staff protect and comfort me. 

… David sings of God protecting and comforting him (and us), even in the darkest of times      

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Psalm 23  … USE THIS LINK … 

…King David sings of The Lord being His “Good Shepherd,” Who leads him (and us), even through the darkest of times.                

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:105 (NLT] …

105  Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.   

… King David also sings of how God’s word will ALWAYS light the path of the faithful,. 

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

… Jesus teaches His followers (and us) to become a reflection of God’s light when we share our good works with others. 

Reference Passage: … John 8:12 (NLT] …  </b>

12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”   

… Jesus demands that HIs disciples (and all Christians) to follow Jesus as the light of the world. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:9 (NLT] … 

9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for He called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 

… Peter writes to oppressed fellow Christians that they (and we) have been called to walk out from the darkness in the world and to reflect God’s light into the darkness.   

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:5 (NLT] … 

5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in Him at all. 

… The Apostle John declares to fellow Christians (and to us) that when they (and we) follow Christ we are following God’s light in a very dark world.     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Cindy Hess Kasper  AT THIS LINK - writes about Elaine, who had been diagnosed with late stage cancer with a prognosis to live only a short time.  But Elaine and her husband took heart and hope from their shared faith in Christ, knowing that Elaine would shortly be in heaven sharing the Light of God with Elaine’s Savior.   

And my prayer is simple today, … that all reading here with me today have seen the Light of the World in your everlasting/eternal relationship with Christ, … KNOWING - without a doubt - that we are following God’s light wherever He leads us.  And I pray that you have meditated on the Scriptures above, taking heart that following God’s word will, as King David wrote and sung, light our path and lead us to God’s glory.                                                                                                    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me with Your Light, out from the darkness of this world and, … all the way to Your glory.   

My Prayer Today Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to seek God’s light thru Your word, Lord … EVERYDAY,  … Amen  

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