Tag: Light of the world
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Like Stars in the Sky
Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky” Although the stars are shining all the time, we never see them except at night. It’s in the darkness that they…
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Futility!
John 18:3 “So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.” Would you have Jesus to be your king? Are you serving Him? Are you submitting yourself to His rule and will, and seeking to glorify Him in…
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The sun of God
Judges 13:24-25 “And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.” The other day I was reading Psalm 84 and I came across verse 11 which says, “For the LORD God is a sun and…
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The candle of the Lord
Proverbs 20:27 “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.” The metaphors that God uses to teach us in His Word are wonderful beyond description. Since God created all things and had knowledge of all things man would ever create before they were made, He had the supreme wisdom to use those same…
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The wonderful shadows of Jair and his sons
Judges 10:3-4: “After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years. And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.” In the verses above we have all that the Bible tells us about the judge Jair, Israel’s savior,…
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The seven lamps
Numbers 8:1 “Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’” What is the purpose of a lamp? Obviously, it’s to give light so we can see in a place that would otherwise…
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Kept in the dark
John 3:19 “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. “ Do you like to be “kept in the dark” about things that are important for your life? Have you ever been aggravated because people in authority were making decisions…
To Encourage You 