Mar 15 2026 … Shining God’s Light …

Mar 15 2026 … Shining God’s Light … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Kari Jobe singing Let the Light In … declaring that it’s time for Christians to shine the Light of Christ into a very dark world.

Shining God's light into the world ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 5:14 … [NLT] …  

14 “You are the light of the world — like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. … “  

… Jesus calls on His faithful followers to become His light, shining into the darkness of this world.

Highlight Passage in Context: Matthew 5:14-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches, in His sermon on the mount, that His followers (i.e., “disciples”) should become light shining in the darkness.

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:105 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David, in song, declares that God’s word is the light that shines on his path to show the way through the darkness of life.

Reference Passage: … Daniel 12:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God’s Prophet, Daniel, teaches believers to become the light of Godly wisdom in the world.

Reference Passage: … John 8:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus clearly declares that HE is the “light of the world” and those who follow Him are His light in the darkness of the world.

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 4:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows that the same light which God brought on the world in creation is now found in God’s Spirit through faith in Christ.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians, showing that they (we) once lived in darkness (of sin) but now we shine Christ’s light into he world.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter teaches fellow Christians that they (we) came out of the darkness of sin to shine the light of Christ into he world.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Kirsten Holmberg  …  USE THIS LINK    … told of how dedicated teachers, during the darkness of the corona pandemic, initiated a “be a light,” campaign, …. shining the lights each night on their schools football field, … and showing their students that the teachers were thinking of them … and calling them to remain being lights of learning thru online teaching. 

You know; … this is a very dark world in which we live; and God’s word, shared above, thru such wise/Godly teachers as King David, the Apostles Paul and Peter, and no less that Jesus, Himself, … like the teachers in the ODB illustration today …, called on believers to become God’s light, … shining thru their (our) good works, into a very dark world.   That’s what I’m trying to be today.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me Your Spirit to shine Your light today.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for being our Light  to shine into the darkness of this world.  … Amen

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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.