Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of song and lyrics from Jason Gran singing … Glow In The Dark … joyfully sining how we can [and must] shine Christ’s light into a very dark world by the way we live.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Mark 14:6, … 9 [NKJV] … 6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. … 9 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.” … God graciously gives us the choice to follow His way.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Mark 14:3-9 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… A woman does a beautiful thing for Jesus, much to the chagrin of those around them.
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Reference Passage : … Matthew 5:14-16 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus on shining His light for all to see His glory thru the way we live.
Reference Passage : … 1Corinthians 15:58 [NKJV] … 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
… Paul shows that anything done to magnify the Name of Christ or His kingdom is never something done in vain.
Reference Passage : … 1Peter 3:3-4 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Peter preaches of being willing to show the wondrous beauty of Christ thru the way we live.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Keila Ochoa, tells of a missionary who chose to shine the light of Christ in Africa rather than showing off her talents as an artist to the world. The author wrote … Just before her death, artist and missionary Lilias Trotter looked out a window and saw a vision of a heavenly chariot. According to her biographer, a friend asked, “Are you seeing many beautiful things?” She answered, “Yes, many, many beautiful things.”
Trotter’s final words reflect God’s work in her life. Not only in death, but throughout her life, He revealed much beauty to her and through her. Although a talented artist [see photo], she chose to serve Jesus as a missionary in Algeria. John Ruskin, a famous painter who tutored her, is said to have commented, “What a waste,” when she chose the mission field over a career in art.
If we do do anything to shine the light of Christ into this ever dreary/darkened world, it will never be something done in vain. That’s God’s word on it (see above), not mine!
The woman, in the Mark 14 passage, who poured expensive perfume on Jesus to honor Him, much to the chagrin of all in attendance, is a great example of one who shines the light of Christ into a dark world; … or as Jason Gray sings in the linked song, one who lives their life to glow Christlikeness, … one who will never be a life (as 1Cor. 15:58 declares) lived in vain.
So, how can we shine the Light of Christ for others to see His glory in this ever darkening world? Simply by living for others and sharing His love; … and I will pray that we all do just that!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for giving me Your light to shine thru the way I live for You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Oh Lord, … I pray that all who read here, along with Yours truly, will do all we can to shine Your light brightly into this dark world. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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