Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and images from New Scottish Hymns singing … Let Your Light Shine in the Darkness … poignantly singing how we must shine the light of Christ into the darkness of this world.
Shining Christ's Light into a very dark world ...
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Highlight Passage : … Matthew 5:16 [ESV] ... 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[a] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
… Jesus teaches that we are to shine His light into a very darkened world.
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Highlight Passage [context] : … Matthew 5:13-16 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus teaching on becoming salt and light in this world.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 119:105 [ESV] … 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
… When we share God’s truth from His word, we are shining His light.
Reference Passage : … John 8:12 [ESV] ... 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
… When we follow Christ’s light, we can lead others to God, just as He did when He was in the world.
Reference Passage : … 2Corinthians 4:4-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, teaches us that following Christ leads us out of the darkness of this world into His light of life.
Reference Passage : … 1 Peter 2:9 [ESV] … 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
… God, thru Peter, shows Christians that we have been called as a Royal Priesthood out of the darkness into Christ’s wondrous light.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Raybon, AT THIS LINK relates a story of a reticent Bible teacher who found confidence to teach when he realized that He was shining Christ’s light when he was teaching from the word of God.
And any time we go forth - yes, even today - and we share the Gospel, or really when we share anything from God’s word (i.e., His truth), we are shining His light into an ever darkening world (see Scriptures above). So, as the Scottish hymn rings out above in the linked song, I pray that we take any/all opportunities which God gives us to shine His light today, showing the way to Him and His eternal grace.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me Your light of truth to share with others.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to shine Christ’s light as brightly as we can … so that we can lead others out of the world’s darkness into the light He shows us thru His truth. … Amen
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