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Learning To Be The Light
Contributed by James Lee on Nov 10, 2014 (message contributor)
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1. A Lesson About Salt
Contributed on Nov 10, 2014
Thank you Pastor John Hamby for the original message. Much of this has remained the same, simply because it spoke to our need so well.
I want to begin looking at our theme for 2014, which is “Learning to be the light.” We’ll start by looking a passage in Matthew 5 and before we look at the idea of being light I believe we need to look at this concept of being salt. Since Jesus added salt to light, here, ...read more
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2. What Light Is And What Light Does
Contributed on Nov 10, 2014
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us . . . And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela once said; “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?” Actually, ...read more
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3. Lighting The Way
Contributed on Nov 10, 2014
We, as believers have experienced the light and know how wonderful it is to be in the light. But for many, darkness is all they have ever known.
In the nineteenth century, lighthouses on the U.S. coasts were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families. If a man who tended the light took ill or became disabled, often the work was the picked up by his wife or children. This was the case of Hosea Lewis. In 1853, Lewis became the keeper of ...read more
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4. A Light In The Darkness
Contributed on Nov 11, 2014
"A saint is a person who lets the light shine through."
A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited each cathedral he was impressed by the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and of other saints. He stood amazed, as the ...read more