TODAY'S LESSON: A PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS
YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A CITY THAT IS SET ON AN HILL CANNOT BE HID.
MATTHEW 5:14
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT DUE TO THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HAS BEEN TURNED OFF.
OK, SO IT'S TRUE. THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL HAS 'OFFICIALLY' BEEN TURNED OFF(AT THE LEAST IT HAS GROWN DIM IN LIEU OF RECENT EVENTS), BUT YOURS HASN'T!
SO WHAT CAN I DO?
WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME SCRIPTURE AND SEE WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
FIRST, DON'T BE AFRAID-NEVER LET EM' SEE YOU SWEAT.
HEBREWS 13:5-6 SAYS:
LET YOUR CONVERSATION BE WITHOUT COVETOUSNESS, AND BE CONTENT WITH SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE: FOR HE HATH SAID, I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE, NOR FORSAKE THEE.
SO THAT WE MAY BOLDLY SAY, THE LORD IS MY HELPER, AND I WILL NOT FEAR WHAT MAN SHALL DO UNTO ME.
SECOND, RALLY THE TROOPS.
MATTHEW 18:20 SAYS:
FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER IN MY NAME, THERE AM I IN THE MIDST OF THEM.
THIRD, PREPARE FOR BATTLE!
EPHESIANS 6:11-12
PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD, THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
FOR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
FOURTH, DON'T WANDER OFF COURSE.
PHILIPPIANS 3:14
I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
FIFTH, STAY WITH THE GROUP.
HEBREWS 10:25
NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS THE MANNER OF SOME IS;BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER: AND SO MUCH MORE, AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING..
FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION THE BIBLE HAS ALWAYS AND WILL FOREVER BE A SOURCE OF GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION AS WELL AS COMFORT AND STRENGTH..
MAY THIS BE OUR EARNEST PRAYER:
PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;I SHALL NOT WANT.
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES:
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.
HE RESTORETH MY SOUL:
HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE.
YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR THOU ART WITH ME.
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES:
THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL;
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE:
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER.
REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING
FORGET ABOUT COUNTING SHEEP,
TALK TO THE SHEPHERD.
"YOUR WALK DEPENDS ON IT"
JAMES 1:22
"BUT BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELVES.
