pen Heavens Devotional 🎵🎵🎵 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Topic: LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE


🎵🎵🎵Open Heavens Devotional 🎵🎵🎵
By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE

Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015.

Topic: LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE

Memorise:
And they that be wise  shall shine as the  brightness of the  firmament; and they  that turn many to  righteousness as the  stars for ever and ever. . . .Daniel 12:3

Read: Matthew 5:14-16
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Bible in one year:
2Kings 17:24-18:37
Luke 11:14-32

Message:
Any child of God who desires not to be overwhelmed  by the darkness of this world needs to compulsorily  shine as the light. The Bible in John 1:5 says:

"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not"

Why is it that the darkness does not overcome the light?  Simply put, it's because the light shines. When the light  refuses to shine, it gives room for darkness to reign. This is the  reason why it is dangerous for children of God to abandon  politics in the hands of the children of disobedience. These  children of disobedience will continue to vote for politicians  who are their spiritual kinsmen. Christians have no moral  justification to complain of bad governance, if they refuse to  shine as light in the political scenes of their country. The  reason darkness did not overcome Jesus Christ was that, as  the light of the world, he shone throughout his earthly  ministry. In John 9:5 He declared that:

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of  the world"

He also defined us as the light of the world in Matthew 5:14.

From today's memory verse, we understand that to shine in  this world of darkness requires wisdom. It therefore follows  that it is foolish to light your spiritual candle of salvation and  hide it under the table. Of course, it's only a matter of time  before the Iight goes out. One of my chiIdren once shared the  wisdom that God gave him to always overcome being  overrun by the evil of this age. Anytime he finds himself in a  new environment, the first thing he does is to announce that  he is a child of God. He does this by witnessing to the high  and low of that place. So, from the first day of his arrival,  people already know he is not someone to discuss fraud and  other sins with.

How do we shine as stars in the darkness of this world?  Daniel gave us the answer to this question also in Daniel  12:3:

"And they that be wise shall shine as the  brightness of the firmament; and they that  turn many to righteousness as the stars for  ever and ever"

I urge you to begin to shine through soul-winning and  teaching the doctrine of righteousness, and God will  back you up. The evils associated with darkness will not  overcome you in Jesus' Name.

Key point:
When you preach, teach  and exhort people into godliness, you will be left  with no option but to live  as such.

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