Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Laura Story singing her song Blessings ... poignantly singing of how God so often sends His blessing disguised as the challenges and tests of life.
=============
Highlight Verse[s]: John 1:5 [NKJV] ... 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
… John the Baptist gives witness that Jesus was the Light of the world to lead God’s people out of the darkness of sin.
==============
Highlight Passage [context]: John 1:5, 16:1-11, 33 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus promises His disciples (and us) that He had overcome the darkness of the world.
==============
Reference Passage : … Psalm 119:105 [NKJV] … 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
… God gives us His word to shine His light to show us the way in the darkness (see photo).
Reference Passage : … Matthew 5:16 [NKJV] … 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
… Jesus wants His kingdom Saints (that’s us!) to shine His light into this ever darkening world.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 28:20b [NKJV] … 20 … and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
… Jesus promises His presence in leading us down the dark roads of life … so why not follow His Light?
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Linda Washington uses a tru story of persecuted Christians witnessing the light of Christ in the midst of the darkness of this world. … The ODB author wrote: In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents, and his own family were all persecuted for sharing their faith in Christ. But an interesting thing happened when Mr. Bae was imprisoned for telling a friend about God: his faith grew. The same was true for his parents when they were sentenced to a concentration camp—they continued to share Christ’s love even there. Mr. Bae found the promise of John 1:5 to be true: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
We’re all going to experience darkness in this world, … aren’t we? Of course we are! … So what should be our response as born-again believers. And it is to do what is depicted in the attached photo, … to walk to the Light. And that Light, of course, is Jesus showing us the way to go thru His door.
And when we do then we become the Light which Jesus called us to be in Matt. 5:16, shining the way for others to find their way in the darkness. That’s why you find me here, … each morning, … seeking out His light for my path in the darkness thru the light of truth found in His word (see Ps. 119:105).
=============
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for shining Your light of truth to light my way in the darkness.
=============
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to go to the Light, … His light of truth, … to walk thru His eternal door of glory. … 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.</ span>
No comments:
Post a Comment