"BRIGHT LIGHT"
~~ written by Kathy Todd
++ except for scriptures
~~ Jesus is our bright light and as Christians, we need to be his willing vessels for his bright light to shine through in a world that is so dark!! My, how the world needs the bright light of Jesus! There are so many who are lost in this dark world, wandering around in the wilderness and can't find their way because they can't find the true bright light they need in their life to lead their way. If they can't find this bright light, they will not ever know the gifts and love that comes from the Father of Lights, which is Jesus Christ! If we are allowing the bright light of Jesus to shine through us, then that makes us his lights in this dark world because Jesus lives within those who truly believe and have accepted him as their Lord and savior.
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++ James 1:17-18 says, Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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~~ Let's praise our Father of Lights for we are his lights because our bright light, Jesus Christ, lives within us.
~~ Praise the Lord!! Jesus' light comes from his love for us!! Jesus fills us up with his love then he calls us to be his lights! As his lights, we are commanded, not asked, to spread his light with speed. Speed is the act or quality of acting or moving fast; to cause to move, go or proceed; to rush or to hurry. As lights, we are to be ready at any given time to preach the word of God and gospel of Jesus Christ!
~~In the next scriptures (2 Timothy 4:1-5), you will read, "I give you this charge..." -- The meaning of charge in this scripture is a command for us to rush or hurry to spread the light of Jesus Christ and preach the word of God! We have to because time is running out! And people are turning away or not listening to the truth of the gospel of Jesus and the word of God!
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++ 2 Timothy 4:1-5 says, In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge. Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage -- with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardships, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry.
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~~ So come on lights of Jesus!! Let's speed that light!! Let his light shine in you to lead people to Jesus Christ!!
~~Whew!! Light is an illumination that makes things visible!! As lights of Jesus, we are to let his light shine to brighten up people around us and our surroundings with animation and joy!! This will cause others to want the light that we have!! So let your light shine everywhere you go!! Jesus gave his light to us as a gift to share!! We are to be the salt and light of the earth (world).
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++ Jesus says in Matthew5:13-16, "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses it saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on it's stand, and gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."
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~~ Now let me tell you how to obtain, which means to GET, and then keep the light of Jesus in you. First, we must accept Jesus as our Lord and savior and admit that we have sinned and ask God to forgive us to get the light of Jesus! After we accept Jesus as our savior, the Bible says that we become light and are to walk as children of his light.
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++ Ephesians 5:8-17 says, For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said, "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
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~~ Now to keep the light of Jesus, we have to read and learn the Bible -- which is the Holy Word of God!
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++ Psalm 119:105 says, The word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
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~~ Knowing the word of God helps us keep the light of Jesus living inside of us. It is very easy for the light to become dim in our life if we don't LIVE in the word. I know because it has happened to me!! Satan does not like it when the light of Jesus is shining and flowing in our life! He likes to keep our light in his box so it can't shine from us to other people. When we get away from the word of God, it makes it easier for Satan to steal our light, our joy, our happiness!! He uses confusion, hurt feelings, emotions, fear, sickness, busy lives etc.... to detour us away from reading and living in the word of God. When this happens, our light gets dimmer and dimmer until it is completely out!! Don't allow Satan to take your light and put it in his box!! He has NO authority or power to take it but what happens when we are not living in the word is we become weaker and weaker from Satan's darts he throws at us to detour us away from the word of God and we give up and give him our light!! We MUST live in the word of God so we can activate the authority we have over Satan and keep our light OUT of his box!! Have you allowed Satan to steal your light, your joy, your happiness that Jesus Christ gave to you?!
~~ !! IF YOU HAVE, TAKE IT BACK NOW!! GET IN AND LIVE IN THE WORD OF GOD!!
~~ I don't know about everyone else in the world but I personally know that I want to keep the light of Jesus shining in my life!!
~~ If we live in the Holy Word of God, we will always have the light of Jesus and never walk in darkness!!
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++ In John 8:12 Jesus says, "I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
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~~ We all should know now that to follow Jesus and have his light, we MUST keep reading, learning and LIVING IN the Holy Word of God, the Bible, to never walk in darkness and always be a light of the Father of Lights!! Let us all worship him for this promise!!
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++ 2 Corinthians 4:1-7 says, Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. Instead, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is hid, it is hid to those who are perishing. The god of this world (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers; so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness", Made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasures in jars of clay to show that this excellent power is from God and not from us.
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~~ If you have read this and have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, please do so tonight so the bright light of Jesus Christ can and will shine in your life!! Maybe you have allowed Satan to steal and put the light you once had in his box, please take this time to re-commit your life to Jesus Christ and the word of God so the bright light of Jesus will shine in your life again!! I know by experience that if we hide the light of Jesus and allow Satan to put our light Jesus gave us in his box, happiness and joy and passion and fire for Jesus can be lost to the extent of straying away which is a dangerous position to be in!! If this is you, please retrieve your light out of Satan's box right now!! If we don't allow our light to shine, the lost will NEVER know or see the light they need, can get and keep from Jesus and LIVING in the Word of
God!! The lost in the world needs to see the light of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ!!
~~ COME ON!! BE A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR OUR FATHER OF LIGHTS, JESUS CHRIST!!
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