Good Morning Shining, Filled and Fulfilled Followers of Jesus and His Ways! Jesus is the Way and we are follower's of the Way. Amen. He love us, seeks us, fills us and His will is fulfilled in and through us! Amen! We are very loved, bright and shining stars for Jesus that drive back the darknes with Him and His marvelous light. God is Light and in Him is no darkness! PTL we can be forgiven and dwell in His marvelous light! Man the world needs some lighting up ! Help us Lord! May we drive back the darkness with you and stand firm in You and Your good ways . Come and fill and overflow us with Your Light and Love! AMEN! Check out the Upper Room and Our Daily Bread below as you contemplate these things with God. He is calling you by name to come sit a spell in His love and wisdom and then to walk with Him into his plans for you (and us) . He longs to hang out and shine in and through you. I am thinking about Moses who had to veil his face after hanging out and soaking in God's light and love. Is that you? It can be. And it gos even better with some teammates. Who are yours? Is there something God has for you to work on this year so others see His Light more clearly? Do it and share that with us so we can pray and encourage you. Be filled, fulfilled and SHINE! Amen I'm praying for you! My Word is from 1 Peter 1:13, "Prepare your mind for action and exercise self-control." May we be more than just hearers but doers of His Word in ways that glorify our God. Shine!
If you didn't join us at Bread Ministry or at dinner huddle, you missed out on a great opportunity to abide, shine and live and love and even learn like Jesus. He wants to teach us to be more like Him and to shine bright in this dark and weary land. Plan to join us next week. He wants to use and grow you as we gather, worship, study and fellowship and serve together. What's your part in His Good News Delivery Co.? Come and find out! Be Jesus and light up the darkness with us. People are being drawn to His Light through us! PTL! Come join the fun and grow in Christlikeness and your potential in Christ with us! I'm praying for you and our church to live, love and light up the world more and more like Jesus. Come and see and do your part! Amen!
It's sure looking like Zoom only worship . Watch for the call to cancel gathering or not . Either way, there will be no brunch this month. Watch for more details on our Super Bowl Soup battle brunch on Feb. 22! Ok..be still, abide, reload and prepare to go be the Light ! (Don't forget to get your milk, eggs and bread before the storm!)
UR: You Are Shining
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - Matthew 5:16 (KJV)
While I was taking care of a patient one day, he said to me, “You are shining in this place.” I looked at him in awe. Every day I prayed that Jesus Christ’s light would shine through me so that others would see him. This patient had no idea that this was my prayer, but his comment felt like confirmation that God had heard me and answered my prayer. After hearing his words, I felt the joy of knowing that God had worked through me.
In Matthew 5:14-16, Jesus says, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel . . . . Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” We live in a world that is filled with darkness, and as Christians we are to show others the way to Jesus. We are to represent Christ wherever we are. That day I realized that no matter our circumstances we can be the light of Jesus Christ, brightening the places where we find ourselves.
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's Prayer
Dear Lord, may your light shine in us so that others can see you. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
ODB:
A Longing Fulfilled
They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. Revelation 21:3
Blaise Pascal famously said there’s an “infinite abyss” inside us that only an infinite God can fill. “You have made us for yourself, O Lord,” Augustine prayed, “and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” As David put it, like thirsty people in the desert, our whole being “longs” for God (Psalm 63:1).
Surprisingly, however, it isn’t only humans that experience longing. God does too. While the infinite God of the universe needs nothing outside Himself to be fulfilled, the Bible says He “longs” to have us back when we stray (James 4:4-5), and repeatedly says He wants a people to call His own (Exodus 6:7; Hebrews 8:10).
For thousands of years this longing has fueled God’s missionary endeavors: sending prophets to win back His straying people and ultimately sending His Son to find His lost sheep (Isaiah 30:18; Luke 19:10). The good news is that in the end, this longing will be fulfilled. “They will be his people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God,” and God and human beings will dwell together (Revelation 21:2-3).
Humans long for God, and no substitute will satisfy. God longs for humans, and no substitute will do. So no wonder there’s rejoicing in heaven when one sinner repents (Luke 15:7). When we run to God’s open arms, everyone is fulfilled.
By Sheridan Voysey
REFLECT & PRAY
How do you feel about God “longing” for you? How can this encourage you when you need to repent for doing wrong?
Heavenly Father, thank You for passionately longing for me to know You.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
After God created the heavens and the earth, He placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. But then they sinned, and pain, strife, and death were the result (Genesis 1-3). In Isaiah, the prophet declares that God will one day create “new heavens and a new earth” where “the former things will not be remembered” (65:17; see also 66:22). Later, Peter wrote of “a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13). In Revelation 21, John has a vision of this new heaven and new earth, where they’ll be “no more death or mourning or crying or pain” (v. 4). In this vision, Jesus—“he who was seated on the throne” (v. 5)—declares, “those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children” (v. 7). God rejoices when we repent of our sin and seek forgiveness. Those who do will enjoy this new earth with Christ for all eternity.
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