Perfect Love Drives Out Fear

 1 John 4 verse 18 says: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4 verse 8, 2 Timothy 1 verse 7, Romans 5 verse 8, 1 John 2 verse 15, Matthew 22 verse 37, Colossians 3 verse 14, John 15 verse 13, John 13 verse 34, Romans 8 verse 28, Galatians 5 verse 22, Romans 5 verse 5, John 15 verse 12, Isaiah 41 verse 10, Jude 1 verse 21, Proverbs 29 verse 25, Psalm 34 verse 4, Psalm 27 verse 1, John 14 verse 27, Psalm 118 verse 6, Isaiah 41 verse 13,Isaiah 35 verse 4, Hebrews 13 verse 6, Deuteronomy 3 verse 22, Psalm 56 verse 3, Mark 5 verse 36.

In scripture when we are reading about love and fear and how perfect love drives our fear. 

We in a spiritual way of thinking are not talking about love that we take as a family and friend relationship standpoint  to help the fear we have of worry and anxiety cause that type of thing is when we as individuals who are children of God pray together and for one another but the perfect love that drives out fear that we have been talking about and learning about is what God does because God’s ways are perfect and our ways are not because His love is perfect in every way because He is Love. 

You see, since God is love , His love will never change but His Love can cast out or in this moment drive out fear. 

It is a great example in how God can take a moment that is bad if we have fear because He can turn that fearful moment into a moment shown in love that was driven out by fear. 

When we have fear, do we have the sense that God’s love has changed or do we take that example of His perfect love that drives out the fear to show us that anything is possible and nothing is impossible for God? 

Think of Philippians 4 verse 13, what would this verse have to do with the study? Why would this verse be relevant or important in a study like this one where we are learning about how perfect love drives our fear? 

Well, in that verse of scripture it talks about how we can do all things through Christ that gives us strength and so without strength from God, without knowing that we could do anything that we set our minds to, and not knowing that God’s Love because He is Love could drive out fear, what would we have? 

Well, we would have the enemy telling us lies, we would be living in a life that is fearful, filled with anxiety, anguish, hurt, deceit, despair, worry, and mainly fear. 

However if we have God, we have strength, grace, peace, mercy, hope, humility, kindness, gentleness, patience, humbleness, and love. 

The same Love in which God is and the same God who drives our fear and all the bad stuff that can sometimes sneak up on us. 

So what have we learned? What do we have to take from this study? 

Well, the first take away in what we have learned is that when we allow ourselves to have fear take over then that is the enemy who wants to drive away love and have fear over faith which is in the love of which we know God is mighty. The second thing we have to take away from it all is the fact that when we allow ourselves to have love take over and not fear then that is when God who is love is driving out the fear from the enemy and we can stand firm in our faith and have faith that overcomes fear and the faith that overcomes fear in love, why? Well, because perfect love casts out , but also drives out fear.

An Act Of Love

 Sitting at the stoplight, He can't be bothered by the heart cry, Written on the cardboard in her hands, Oh, but when she looks him in the eye, His heart is broken, open wide And he feels the hand of God reach out through him, As heaven touches earth, We bring the kingdom come, (Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh), With every act of love, Jesus, help us carry You, Alive in us, Your light shines through, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom come, There's silence at the table, He wants to talk but he's not able, For all the shame that's locked him deep inside, Oh, but her words are the medicine, When she says they can begin again And forgiveness will set him free tonight, As heaven touches earth, We bring the kingdom come, (Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh), With every act of love, Jesus, help us carry You, Alive in us, Your light shines through, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom come, God put a million, million doors in the world, For His love to walk through, One of those doors is you, I said, God put a million, million doors in the world, For His love to walk through, One of those doors is you, We bring the kingdom come, (Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh), With every act of love, Jesus, help us carry You, Alive in us, Your light shines through, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom, We bring the kingdom come, (Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh), With every act of love, Jesus, help us carry You, Alive in us, Your light shines through, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom, Come, With every act of love, We bring the kingdom come. 

John 13 verse 34, 1 John 4 verse 7, 1 John 3 verse 1, Romans 5 verse 8, John 14 verse 15, 1 John 4 verse 8, 1 Timothy 1 verse 5, Galatians 5 verse 13, Romans 12 verse 9, Galatians 2 verse 20, 1 Corinthians 16 verse 14, Romans 13 verse 10, John 15 verse 13, Matthew 22 verse 37, Proverbs 10 verse 12, Matthew 6 verse 24, 2 John 1 verse 6, 1 Corinthians 13:1.

In all of these scriptures, we see that with every act of Love we know that God's Love will carry us through daily because God is Love. We see how we should want to walk in the acts of Love and deeds of Faith. This brings me to another song that I would like to share, and the song I want to share is called Speak O Lord. These are the lyrics I wanted to share because it goes along with everything we are learning in how An Act Of Love can come a  long way.

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You, To receive the food of Your holy Word, Take Your truth, plant it deep in us, Shape and fashion us in Your likeness, That the light of Christ might be seen today, In our acts of love and our deeds of faith, Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us, All Your purposes for Your glory.

You see, we take God's Truth and we plant it deep in us but we also plant it deep inside of our hearts. We see how it can shape and fashion us in the Likeness of God, that His Light might be seen today in the acts of love and our deeds of Faith that we show daily to help others come to know Christ and how our purposes are used for His Glory, and How His Glory is used in our Story. Our Story is always used in that.

My story, Your glory, My pain, Your purpose, My mess, Your message
In all things, I know You're workin', One life, one mission, One reason why I'm livin', All for You, not for me, My story, Your glory.

You see how these things in every act of Love we can show an act of love, just like we can show an act of kindess through our story used for God's Glory because our pain is God's purpose, our mess is God's message, in all these things we know He is working, to show us this one life is His one mission to show us the one reason why we are living all for God, not for us, because are stories are being used for His Glory in every which way.

He said Love. As I have loved you. We cannot love too much.

Nothing can change God's Love for you.

No matter what we do in our week, our weekend, we see that An Act Of Love comes a long way because without An Act Of Love, how can we have the Act Of God's Love, how can we remember that the Act Of God's Love is when we already know that God is the truest of Loves because He is Love and when we remember that, what else do we need to know?

Amazing

Noble

Admirable

Compassion

Trusting

Open

Faith

Lovable

Onward

Variety

Elegance 

Let us remember that God's Love is Amazing, that things are Noble and Just when we have God in our midst, that God's Love is Admirable, that He shows compassion to those who show compassion, that as long as we are trusting Him with a open Faith we can see how He loves us and the Lovable who are Beloved by God continue to march onward and we have a variety of God's unfailing Love because the Elegance is showing us clearly that God will never fail us, because He gives us strength for today.

Praying Without Ceasing

 Romans 12 verse 12, 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 16-18, Psalm 66 verse 18, Ephesians 6 verse 18, Colossians 4 verse 2, Matthew 6 verse 6, Romans 8 verse 26, 2 Chronicles 7 verse 14, Luke 18 verse 1, 1 John 5:14, Jeremiah 33 verse 3, John 14 verse 13, Luke 21 verse 36, Hebrews 4 verse 16, Daniel 6 verse 10, Jon 15 verse 7, Psalm 118 verse 17, Romans 1 verse 9, 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 11, James 5 verse 13, Romans 8 verse 34 and Acts 2 verse 42. In the scriptures that we read we see that it's important to pray and to pray without ceasing but to also give all of our requests and make our requests known to Him. We see how that prayer can be an important but crucial part of our life's testimony and that we shouldn't stop praying to our Savior who gives us new life every single morning to breathe.

Which brings me to the song that Matthew West released called Don't Stop Praying. I want to share some of those lyrics now as a way of I'm hoping these lyrics can help better understand what we read in everything but also how we can apply it to our lives and help all of those around us come to know God.

What's your impossible? Your "I need a miracle", What's got you barely hanging by a single thread?

What looks so hopeless now? What weighs down your heart with doubt? You beg for a breakthrough, but no sign of breakthrough yet, When you've cried, and you've cried 'til your tears run dry, The answer won't come, and you don't know why And you wonder if you can bow your head even one more time

Don't stop praying, Don't stop calling on Jesus' name, Keep on pounding on Heaven's door And let your knees wear out the floor, Don't stop believing, 'Cause mountains move with just a little faith And your Father's heard every single word you're saying, So, don't stop praying, He's close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit, The Alpha and Omega knows how your story ends.

When you've cried, and you've cried 'til your tears run dry, The answer won't come, and you don't know why
And you wonder if you can bow your head even one more time, Oh, do it one more time And don't stop praying, Don't stop calling on Jesus' name, Keep on pounding on Heaven's door And let your knees wear out the floor, Don't stop believing, 'Cause mountains move with just a little faith, And your Father's heard every single word you're saying, So, don't stop praying.

Pray without ceasing because Satan is preying without ceasing.  

Prayer reminds us of who we are compared to God. He is in control when all feels out of control.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

God's command to pray without ceasing is founded on the necessity we have of His grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can with air.

I wanted to end on all of this because I feel it's important to be reminded of how prayer works, and how prayer is a very important crucial part in our life to where we see God's Love, Mercy, and His Grace.

 

A Light From A Shifting Shadow

James 1:16-18 says: Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 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.

The Shifting Shadows we move away from that might be bad because we are afraid to let go of our past hurts, has overcome with a light that is Christ and allows us to Shift from a Shadow of doubt to a shadow of light in Christ so that our everlasting life is created and crafted in the scrapbook of our testimony in order to grow of the child we are becoming more and more in the eyes of Him and to know He doesn't let go in the things that we face daily.

Which is where when I was hearing Cassie Clayton sing on Red's Room, I thought what to do for my January 24th study and well what about shifting shadows but then as she was singing, I thought well what about A Light from A Shifting Shadow, so that we could take the Shadow of fear and doubt, the shadow that shifts into the worriedness of anxiety, all of what the enemy would like us to shift our focus on but if we start shifting that shadow of light, a ray of hope, a light that overcomes all things through Christ then we don't allow the enemy to win in the shadow of fear or doubt, because that shadow has shifted into A Light of Gratitude to where we are able to overcome obstacles with God leading our every step that we take.

I was coming up with different titles last night of things that could easily be song titles but I also want to share how these titles can fit into a study like this one also.

You see with A Servant's Heart, we have The heart of a Servant Of Grace with A Gem Of Love,  Love of God, an abundant of  Gems Of Mercy,  A Gem of A Thousand Words where A Thousand Words In Arms Of Jesus can never fail,  In The Arms Of Jesus, and A Beauty Within The Heart Of Jesus will never be broken or forgotten as we live daily to be like Christ and even if we sometimes fall short, we know that God is with us in all of these things and giving us hope for a future and for eternity.

I want to look at just a few more scriptures that we can apply to our Life's Testimony in all of this.

2 Timothy 1 verse 7, Philippians 4 verse 6-7, Psalm 34 verse 4, Joshua 1 verse 9, 1 Peter 5 verse 7, John 14 verse 27, Isaiah 35 verse 4, Matthew 6 verse 34, James 1 verse 6, Proverbs 3 verse 5-8, Matthew 14 verse 31, Jude 1 verse 22, Mark 9 verse 24, Isaiah 41 verse 10, Hebrews 11 verse 1, Jeremiah 29 verse 11-13, John 1 verse 5, John 8 verse 12, Matthew 5 verse 16, Psalm 27 verse 1, Matthew 5 verse 14, Psalm 119 verse 130, 2 Corinthians 4 verse 6, Ephesians 5 verse 8, Colossians 3 verse 2, Proverbs 4 verse 25, Matthew 6 verse 33, Romans 8 verse 5, Philippians 4 verse 13, Isaiah 26 verse 3, Psalm 119:2, Romans 12 verse 2, 1 Chronicles 16 verse 11, John 3 verse 16-17, and 2 Timothy 3 verse 16-17.

In all of these we see how our Fears, our doubts, our anxieties that we have can be conquered through light, that we don't have to doubt but to keep our hope and our Faith in Jesus Christ because we keep that hope and faith in Him to where we can shift our focus from the things that scare us, and really start to focus our hope and faith in Him and that's where we shift our main focus then we can start seeing that Shadow of Light because we are no longer having the shifting shadow of fear, anxiety and doubt, but rather we are having our focus be a shifting shadow of light, the light which is Christ. The Light that allows us to see the good in the things we want to draw close to in Him where we are loved by Him, 

Psalm 91 verse 1-2 says this: Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High  will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

With this we can shift our focus into Christ with a shadow of light and not a shadow of doubt.

Which brings me to this quote that I want to share: Change like Shifting Shadows.

I wanted to share this quote because I wanted this as reminder that we are never alone.

That if we change our focus of a shifting shadow that is doubt, fear, and anxiety to a shadow of light, hope, and trust then our shifting shadows of the bad turns into good cause we put our Hope and Faith in Jesus Christ who loves all of us as His Beloved children each and everyday and because He loves us, we can remember to change our focus from the bad to good just like a shifting shadow of what the enemy may try to rob, steal, kill and destroy.

Because just like this quote that I want to end on, it says this: Nothing Is Impossible With God.

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Love One Another As God First Loved Us

 Psalm 40 verse 10-11, John 13 verse 34-35, John 3 verse 16, 1 John 3 verse 23, 1 John 4 verse 8, 1 John 4 verse 7, John 15 verse 13, 1 John 3 verse 1, 1 John 4 verse 16, 1 Corinthians 13 verse 13, Ephesians 4:2.

Come all you weary, Come all you thirsty, Come to the well, That never runs dry, Drink of the water, Come and thirst no more, Well, come all you sinners, Come find His mercy, Come to the table, He will satisfy, Taste of His goodness, Find what you're looking for, For God so loved, The world that He gave us, His one and only Son to save us, Whoever believes in Him, Will live forever, Bring all your failures, Bring your addictions, Come lay them down, At the foot of the cross, Jesus is waiting there, With open arms, see His open arms, For God so loved, The world that He gave us, His one and only Son to save us, Whoever believes in Him, Will live forever

The power of hell, Forever defeated, Now it is well, I'm walking in freedom, For God so loved, God so loved the world, Praise God, Praise God, From whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, Praise Him, For the wonders of His love (praise God).

For God so loved the world, That He gave His only begotten son, That whosoever believeth in Him, Should not perish but have everlasting life, Now that is the gospel in a nutshell, Everything you need to know, About redemption and salvation is in that one verse of scripture, Twenty-five wonderful words, Some say they're just nothin', But some words upon a page, In a dusty old Bible at a backroad revival Or a Sunday school lesson from childhood days, Yeah, and some say they're just numbers, Just some numbers on a sign, 3:16, they don't mean a thing, We see it all the time, but the world pays no mind, Well all I can tell you is what it means to me, These are the numbers of my hope, These are the words that set me free, They tell the story of a Savior, Who gave His life for me And with all that is within me I believe, For God so loved, So loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, For God so loved, My daddy was a preacher, He made me who I am, Told me Jesus wants to reach you And Jesus did through Billy Graham, I heard him talking through that TV

He said, "Come just as I am", so I came, Now in my life I've failed and fallen, I have drifted far and wide, I have wandered from my calling, I've believed that devil's lies, But I never have forgotten, The Truth that pulled me from the bottom, From the day I joined that prodigal parade, For God so loved, So loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, For God so loved, yeah, All who believe Will never die, But you will have eternal life, For God so loved, Yeah, Hallelu, Hallelujah, You sent Your One and only Son, For God so loved, Sing Hallelu, sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah, You sent Your One and only Son, For God so Loved, Every life's defining moment, Is the moment you decide, What will you do with Jesus?, Will you let Him change your life? Well, it's an open invitation, Calling out to everyone, It don't matter where you've been, It don't matter what you've done, Hear that still small voice calling, It's calling you to come, And if these words wash over you, Your new life has begun, Your new life has begun, Your new life.

So Many times I felt so weak, Wondering if I’ll ever be strong to keep on Going, I felt unstoppable unbreakable but deep in my Heart I knew I was hurting so many times I left things unspoken, Hard times had made me realize that I’m not that strong on my Own we all are stitched in the Heart of God so Love one another as Christ loved you because you’ll never know what someone’s going through, We can’t make it on our Own

Sometimes in our lives we tend to judge when it seems we disregard ourselves we all bleed the same and hurt the same together we’re strong so why are we so Divided open up your hearts and see that this is true , Jesus knows how it feels to be alone we all need each other.

In everything that we read and what was shared in song lyrics, we can see that we love one another just as Christ has loved us because we know that nothing can separate from the Love of God.

We know that God loves us because He is Love and we know nothing can change His Love for Us.

Beloved Believe He Died To Make Your Heart His Home.

We know that as His Beloved Children that no matter what we go through, we can see how God is making all things new and working together for our good and for His Glory.

No matter what we face in life, we know that we should try to love each other as Christ loves us.

I want to share a song called Love God, Love People.

I've been running in circles, Jumping the hurdles, Getting caught in that rush of doing so much, I'm feeling kinda worn out, All this checking the boxes, Tryna be flawless, Has me spinning my head, catching my breath, Too afraid to slow down, I tell myself to keep this up, That God wants more than just my love, But I've been complicating things, It's just like me to overthink, Gotta keep it real simple, keep it real simple, Bring everything right back to ground zero, 'Cause it all comes down to this, Love God and love people (people), We're living in a world that keeps breakin', But if we wanna find the way to change it, It all comes down to this, Love God and love people.

We see in this song that when we love God, we can also love the people around us daily and show them that God's love is forever because no matter what that kind of love will never ever fade away.

Let us remember all of this as we go about our week in Loving as Jesus Loves, remembering how God first Loved us before we came into this world and so let's remember to try and show Love to one another just as God first Loved Us and still loves us daily and calls us His Beloved in every way.

Jesus calls us to love one another. Even ones who are unlovely. Jesus loved the unloved and unlovely. Love others as God Loves us.

A Glorious Night

 In preparing the study for the first Wednesday in January, I was going to do a study on one of the last two Wednesdays with the title A Glorious Night, but decided with it being a New Year that I go with A Glorious Night for this one. I feel it's important to share a study like this one in the first month of a brand New Year.

Matthew 5 verse 16, Psalm 19 verse 1, Hebrews 1 verse 3, Psalm 3 verse 3, Romans 11 verse 36, Isaiah 60 verse 1, Revelation 21 verse 11, John 11 verse 40, Philippians 2 verse 9-11, Romans 3 verse 23, Psalm 72 verse 19, Habakkuk 2 verse 14, Isaiah 55 verse 8, 2 Corinthians 4 verse 6, John 8 verse 12, John 12:46, Matthew 1 verse 18, 1 Peter 2 verse 9, Psalm 27 verse 1, John 12 verse 35, Psalm 18 verse 28, Romans 13 verse 12, John 3 verse 16-17, Genesis 1 verse 3, Genesis 1 verse 4,  Genesis 1 verse 5,  Psalm 118 verse 24, Deuteronomy 4 verse 40, Psalm 23 verse 6, 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17, Jeremiah 29 verse 11, Psalm 16 verse 11, and Galatians 5 verse 22.

In these scriptures that we read we see that God can show us light, can show us that we can overcome what may seem dark in the night to bring the light of hope in the beginnings of a new year, to knw as beloved Children of God that in days and nights that we can see His Glory, we can see His Glory is working all things together for our good and the plans He has for us is never to harm but to prosper us.

I want to share with all of you in all of the scriptures that we read and why I feel it's perfect in so many ways to share this as it's a celebration on a night to rejoice and be glad in a glorious celebration of why we celebrate a new year in Christ who is Love and so I want to share this song by Sidewalk Prophets.

… The shepherds came to See the baby, Stood by his mother's side, Here laid the Savior Inside a manger, Oh what a glorious night, Oh what a glorious night … I hear the angels singing halleluiah, Let the earth receive her king, I know that love has come, Singing it out Jesus Christ is born, Jesus Christ is born, Yeah … The shepherds wondered, They couldn't hide it Told everyone in sight, All were amazed, When they heard how God came down on the glorious night, God came down on this glorious night … I hear the angels singing halleluiah, Let the earth receive her king, I know that love has come, Singing it out, Jesus Christ is born, Jesus Christ is born, Yeah… Glorious, Glorious, What a Glorious night … Glorious, Glorious, What a Glorious night … I hear the angels singing halleluiah, Let the earth receive her king, I know that love has come, Singing it out, Jesus Christ is born.

It really is a wonderful to know on a Glorious Night like this one to remember how Jesus was born. How he later came into this world to save us and help us, and to remember and be reminded in this new year that when we feel afraid we can go to our Lord and Savior in prayer and pray for blessings and pray that His will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven and know that we are never alone in this world.

My God will use His glorious riches to give you everything you need.

I wanted to end on that as a reminder that our God will give us what we need because He knows what we need on this Glorious Night in a new year and every single time out, before we ask or think it.

The Light Of The World

I want to talk about the Light Of The World after the holidays because I feel it's important to remember that even on times where it's not Christmas Eve, Christmas, or New Year's Eve, that Jesus is still The Light Of The World this season.

Before we go into scriptures about how Jesus is the Light Of The World, I want to share two songs.

Here comes the letdown Christmas is over, Here comes the meltdown, there goes the cheer, But before we have a breakdown, let us remember, The light of the world is still here, Happy day after Christmas And merry rest of the year, Even when Christmas is over, The light of the world is still here, The light of the world.

There is a candle in every soul, Some brightly burning, some dark and cold, There is a Spirit who brings fire, Ignites a candle and makes His home, Carry your candle, run to the darkness, Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn, Hold out your candle for all to see it, Take your candle, and go light your world, Take your candle, and go light your world, Frustrated brother, see how he's tried to Light his own candle some other way, See now your sister, she's been robbed and lied to Still holds a candle without a flame, Carry your candle, run to the darkness, Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn, Hold out your candle for all to see it, Take your candle, and go light your world, Take your candle, and go light your world.

We are a family whose hearts are blazing, So let's raise our candles and light up the sky, Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus, Make us a beacon in darkest times, Carry your candle, run to the darkness

Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor, Hold out your candle for all to see it, Take your candle, and go light your world.

John 8 verse 12: When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Matthew 5 verse 14-16: “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Psalm 119 verse 105: Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

John 9 verse 5: While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

1 John 1 verse 5: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Ephesians 5 verse 8: For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.

James 1 verse 17: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Psalm 18 verse 28: You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

 Isaiah 60 verse 1: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

 Genesis 1:3: And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

In these scriptures we see that as we get ready to begin the start of a new year, we know that God is The Light Of The World we realize what Christmas means to us this season and everyday as we step into Christmas but as we mainly step out into Faith this coming year and we see how God lights our way. We see that God shows us that the darkness of what the enemy tries to rob of our joy will flee cause He will light the path to righteousness and will light our way back to Him and we will know that nothing can ever come between the relationship we have with Christ because Christ will always be the Light.

This is what I want to end on with all of you as we remember all of this tonight because I feel it is important that we end with this reminder of why Christ is always The Light Of The World everyday.

Accept Nothing Less Than Jesus

Be Satisfied with nothing less than

Jesus abiding in your life.

He is the Light Of The World.

He is the Life Of The World.

He is your Savior,

Your Lord,

And Friend.

He has promised to come to you

and abide with you.

Then accept nothing less than

Jesus in your life.

Invite Him into your heart.

Embrace Him.

Talk often with your Friend, and

His Light Will Fill Your Life.