Come and worship at 10 live and on Zoom. Enter His courts with ; His gates with praise for this is the DAY THE LORD HAS MADE AND WE GET to worship in it! Ask that we would worship in Spirit and Truth and be doers of His Word. He sure spoke to me as I prepared to teach on 2 Peter 2 and 3. Prepare your hearts to worship and apply His teachings.
This week: NO Zoom Huddle and NO evening dinner huddle. 10-12 Bread Ministry (with Weis products). 9-12 Clothing Closet.
Good Morning Light of Christ Worshipers--People of Integrity! May that be so Lord! Amen! Jesus is the Light of the World and He has called us to be the Light and to go light up the darkness with His love and help. Amen! Are people drawn to Christ because of your faith, love, hope, help and integrity? Maybe there's somethin g there you may need to work on this year? Talk to God and your teammates about that? What's that you say, you have no teammates? Well why not? God has called us to unified serving and lighting up. We need teammates with permission to speak truth into our lives and help us to choose integrity and with living and loving more like Jesus in an infectious way. Who are you leading to Christ and His love? Many are watching and waiting for us to trip up and point out our failings. Now, thank God we are forgiven. We all fail sometimes. But are others seeing you repent and get back at it. Are they seeing you choose Jesus and His ways over yours? Are they feeling love and help and experiencing our pushing on in faith with integrity as we practice what we preach. God is with you and will help. He is drawing many and He has a team to grow and go with just for you. be still and know. team up and go live and love more like Jesus as you grow in faith and service in His name. Begin with worship and surrender . Pray and abide and listen. Then apply what He reveals and team up to go change your neighborhood. We will change the world and help to bring revival one soul at a time. Who does God have for you? What will you do about it? Worship, pray, receive and go live and love like Jesus and watch how He blesses and uses you and grows you towards your fullest potential in Christ. The harvest is plentiful. Pray to be His harvest worker doing your part and worship! Amen You are very loved! You matter! And God has a special role for you and plans for your team to grow in faith, stand firm in Christy and on His Word and go make disciples that make disciples. PTL and Amen! I've already prayed for you to be the Light and people of integrity that do your part and grow in faith as you offer yourself as an act of worship. Shine baby!
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When schools around the globe sent their students home for health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic, their buildings and stadiums stood empty. While acknowledging many were experiencing greater afflictions from the virus, teachers sought ways to show their students they missed them and to encourage them to press on through a difficult time. Many schools initiated what they called the “Be the Light” challenge, in which they burned the empty stadium’s lights each night.
During His earthly life, Jesus issued His own kind of “be the light” challenge, saying that we who follow Him are to “let [our] light shine before others” (Matthew 5:16). His charge had a loftier goal than encouragement or moral support; instead, our willingness to reveal the light He’s put in us shows the watching world who God is. The way we live our lives, in both word and deed, reveals the hope Jesus gives us, making it visible to all those around us, like a lamp on a stand.
Jesus calls us “the light of the world” and challenges us to illuminate the paths of others with His light radiating through us when they’re walking a dark road. For those who don’t yet know the hope Jesus offers, sharing His light through the way we live can point them toward God as the source of all hope.
By Kirsten Holmberg
REFLECT & PRAY
In whom do you see the light of Jesus? How can you cast His light into the lives of others?
Dear Jesus, thank You for giving me hope. Use me, please, to show Your light in this world through the way I live.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Matthew 4:16, Jesus quotes from the Old Testament (Isaiah 9:2) to point to Himself as the fulfillment of prophecy: “The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” He’s “the true light that gives light to everyone” (John 1:9; see 8:12; 9:5). Now that He’s no longer in the world, those who believe in Him “are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). As “children of the light” (1 Thessalonians 5:5), we’re called to shine our light into a dark world that desperately needs hope. We do this through the Holy Spirit, who guides and empowers us to “walk by the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16) instead of in the wicked ways of the world. He grows in us the fruit of the Spirit (vv. 22-23) that draws others to God, the source of our hope.
Alyson Kieda
UR: Refraining from Judgment
Eliphaz said to Job, “Now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.” - Job 4:5 (NIV)
After a series of failed jobs and a financial crisis, I was filled with anxiety. For over 10 years, I had prayed for a stable job. Every job I started seemed to be from the Lord, yet I ended up either losing or giving each one up because I was unable to cope with the pressure.
I could not understand God’s plan and started expressing my pain openly. But as a believer actively involved in ministry, I was met with sharp criticism. Some people interpreted my situation as God’s judgment and felt that my anxiety undermined my witness to others. However, some were compassionate and offered prayer, moral support, and financial aid.
During this difficult season, the book of Job brought me great comfort, affirming my faith in God in the midst of the difficulties I was experiencing. Unlike Job’s friends who offered lofty insights and judgmental advice, God was pleased with Job — despite his bitter complaints (see Job 42:7-15). This experience taught me a fundamental lesson about empathy and strengthened my resolve to trust in God’s provision. Only God can make an accurate assessment of one’s faith. Our duty is to love and show compassion to those in pain.
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's Prayer
Dear God, help us refrain from making quick judgments. Instead, help us to be more empathetic and loving toward those in pain. Amen.
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