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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2019 16:20:35 GMT -5
Guiding Light By: Patricia Raybon
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God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3
Today's Scripture & Insight: Genesis 1:1–5 The restaurant was lovely but dark. Only one small candle flickered on every table. To create light, diners used their smartphones to read their menus, look to their tablemates, and even to see what they were eating.
Finally, a patron quietly pushed back his chair, walked over to a waiter, and asked a simple question. “Could you turn on the lights?” Before long, a warm ceiling light flashed on and the room erupted with applause. But also with laughter. And happy chatter. And thank-yous. My friend’s husband turned off his phone, picked up his utensils, and spoke for us all. “Let there be light! Now, let’s eat!”
Our gloomy evening turned festive with the flick of a switch. But how much more important to know the real source of true light. God Himself spoke those astonishing words, “Let there be light,” on the first day when He created the universe, “and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). Then “God saw that the light was good” (v. 4).
Light expresses God’s great love for us. His light points us to Jesus, “the light of the world” (John 8:12), who guides us from the gloom of sin. Walking in His light, we find the bright path to a life that glorifies the Son. He is the world’s brightest gift. As He shines, may we walk His way.
Reflect & Pray In what situation do you need Christ’s light to shine? When has His light guided you?
Loving God, we thank You for Jesus, the Light of the World, and the guiding light of His great love.
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Post by John on Sept 4, 2019 18:56:48 GMT -5
Those who are doing right love the light. It is those who are doing things that are sinful and wrong that prefer the darkness. Good message, and a good word picture. Something we can all relate to.
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Post by Cletus on Sept 5, 2019 7:30:47 GMT -5
Pro 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Pro 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
and here is one i really really really like: Pro 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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Post by PG4Him on Sept 5, 2019 7:45:51 GMT -5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. — 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
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