7 Candles Bring The Gift Of Life.

7 CANDLES: GOD GIVES GOOD GIFTS…

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

You need 7 candles to light. --- 2 light purple candles, 1 dark purple candle, 1 pink candle, 1 white candle, 1 gold candle.

Lighter to light the candles.

EMMANUEL: GOD WITH US. WE HAVE A PROMISE.

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

I have read a burning candle’s light can be seen for 10 miles under the right conditions.

GOD’S CREATIVE POWER: HE SAYS AND THE LIGHT COMES.

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

JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

JUST AS THE MOON, WE ARE THE REFLECTIVE LIGHT IN THIS WORLD

Matthew 5:14 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.

LET US SEARCH FOR THE GOOD GIFTS GOD GIVES HIS CHILDREN.

According to the records I have found this derivative of this lesson was first preached by a Lutheran minister in 1893 in Germany. I have adapted this lesson to our local congregation. As we prepare ourselves for worshiping King Jesus

We have 7 candles before us. These candles of light are GIFTS FROM GOD…

*We have arranged the candles in a circle. The circle speaks of great potential. The circle teaches us of wholeness, completion, UNENDING LOVE, WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END, PERFECTION. Life is a circle from birth to death.

1 THE FIRST CANDLE REPRESENTS HOPE. (LIGHT PURPLE)

*HOPE IS A FEELING OF EXPECTATION, A FEELING OF TRUST. BELIEVING.

Have you ever thought my situation will never get better? Nothing can help me? I have nothing to live for?

Hope here and hope in eternity. This obstacle is a great opportunity. NOTHING GOOD CAN COME WHEN HOPE DIES!

HOPE CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF A CANDLE IN THE DARKEST NIGHT.

We must reach people to inspire a great hope. We must ignite the flame of God to the hopeless. Hope will give love. Disappointments come and go but we must never lose our hope.

We need something in suffering and hard times. The saddest person in the world is not a person with no money. The saddest person is the one with no hope.

Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Hopelessness is contagious. We must realize HOPE CAN BE CONTAGIOUS. Hope is better than medicine.

HOPE: MAY I REMIND YOU IF THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS THERE WOULD BE NO SUCCESS. WE WOULD NEVER ACHIEVE IF THERE WERE NO STRUGGLES.

PESSIMIST CAN SEE GREAT DIFFICULTY IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY. THOSE FILLED WITH HOPE CAN SEE OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY DIFFICULTY.

SIN SEPARATED US FROM GOD AND FROM MANKIND. WE have hope in the birth, death and resurrection of God.

HOPE IS THE CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED.

Jesus came to rescue and restore fallen man to the be the bridge to grace and mercy.

JESUS IS THE ONLY HOPE

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

Hope keeps our soul in the right place especially in a storm. No matter what the circumstance, how we feel, or what we see--- WE MUST DROP OUR ANCHOR TO THE SOLID ROCK OF HOPE. We must NOT WORRY. Pray and wait in hope.

2. THE SECOND GIFT IS THE CANDLE REPRESENTING FAITH. (DARK PURPLE )

*Faith is a reliance and trust, strong belief in God, complete trust and confidence, belief without proof.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Can you buy faith? How do we get faith?

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

GOD’S WORD MEANS BREATHED OUT. God gives us His word. The word of God does the work of God.

Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.