Light of the world

I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life - John 8:12.   

Jesus is the light of the world 

                    Jesus is the light of the world who came into the world to give us light. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all - 1 John 1.5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world - John 9:5. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness - John 12:46. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world - John 1:9. In Your light we see light - Psalm 36:9. The Lord will be your everlasting light - Isaiah 60:20.  

Jesus is the light of Salvation 

                 Jesus is the light of Salvation who delivered us from the power of darkness into His marvelous light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son - Colossians 1:13. The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned - Matthew 4:16. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light - 1 Peter 2:9. 

We are the light of the world

                   We are the light of the world. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light - Ephesians 5:8. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house - Matthew 5:14, 15. I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth - Acts 13:47.  

Let our light shine before all 

                   Let our light shine before all men for the glory of God. Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world - Philippians 2:14,15. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven - Matthew 5:16.       

                                                                                 

 PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for coming into the world as a light to give us light. We are the light of the world and so let our light shine before all people. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.                                                           

Grace And Peace Be Yours In Abundance

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord - 2 Peter 1:2.

                 God will give us grace and peace in abundance as we grow in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. The Word of God is the ultimate resource that helps us to grow in the knowledge of God and thrive in our spiritual life. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed - 2 Timothy 3:16-17. 

We need God's Word to live 

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God - Matthew 4:4 

Plant God’s Word in heart 

I keep your law in my heart, so that I will not sin against you - Psalm 119:11.

We will be fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God as we grow in God’s Word

You may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God - Colossians 1:9b-10.

Continue to grow in God’s Word  

But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen -  2 Peter 3:18.  

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus - 1 Timothy 1:14. 

Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble - Psalm 119:165.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for giving us grace and peace in abundance as we grow more in Your knowledge by Your Word. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Wisdom

In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge - Colossians 2:3.

             All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in God. God will give us wisdom as we seek Him, fear Him, read His Word, find wisdom, ask wisdom from Him, walk in His ways and grow in His knowledge. For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding - Proverbs 2:6. 

🙏 Seek God

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you - Matthew 6:33.

☝Fear God

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom - Proverbs 9:10. 

📖 Read God's Word

“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.” — Psalm 119:105.

📚 Find Wisdom

Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding - Proverbs 3:13.

🧠 Ask God for wisdom

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him - James 1:5

❤️ Walk in His ways

Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! - Psalm 128:1.

🌱 Grow in the knowledge of Christ

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - 2 Peter 3:18. 

         Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His - Daniel 2:20. 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in You. We thank You for giving Your wisdom to walk in your ways. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

By A Mighty Hand And An Outstretched Arm

You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror. You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey - Jeremiah 32:21,22.           

                        God brought people of Israel out of the captivity of Egypt by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, “a land flowing with milk and honey” - Deuteronomy 26:8,9. And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies - Exodus 12:51.

God who dried up & divided the Red Sea 

                       God dried up the Red Sea and made a road in the depths of the sea for the Israelites to walk on the dry ground and cross the Red Sea. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt - Joshua 2:10. Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? - Isaiah 51:10. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:13.

God who does great wonders

                 Our God alone does great wonders. To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 136:4. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things - Psalm 72:18. I will show them wonders - Micah 7:15. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied. And praise the Name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you, and my people shall never again be put to shame - Joel 2:26. 

Nothing is too hard for God

            Nothing is too hard for our God who made the heavens and the earth by His great power and outstretched arm. Oh, Lord God! You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you - Jeremiah 32:17. Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? - Isaiah 53:1. Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear - Isaiah 59:1. 

                      Let us thank and praise God who brings us out of captivity with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm and with great wonders as nothing is too hard for Him. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad - Psalm 126:1-3. And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm - Deuteronomy 5:15.

Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory - Psalm 98:1. 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for bringing us out of captivity by a mighty hand, an outstretched arm and with great wonders as nothing is too hard for You. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Be Thankful To Him And Bless His Name

                                Be thankful to Him, and bless His name - Psalm 100:4.

1. We are to be thankful for God's grace

 God's grace is exceedingly abundant and sufficient in our life.

"The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant"(1 Timothy 1:14). 

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work "(2 Corinthians 9:8).

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness "(2 Corinthians 12:9).

2. We are to be thankful for good health

Good health is a great blessing from God and so let us thank God for healing us and giving us good health. 

"O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me" (Psalm 30:2).

3. We are to be thankful for God saving our life from distresses

God protected us and saved us from distresses as we called upon Him and so let us be thankful to God.

"Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses" (Psalm 107:13).

4. We are to be thankful for God's mercies

God's mercies are great, abounding and new every morning in our life.

"The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:8-14).

"Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness."(Lamentations 3:22-23).

5. We are to be thankful for God's provision

We need to be thankful for God providing for us all that we need.

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1).

       Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 118:29.

Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - Ephesians 5:20. 

                                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We are thankful to You for all You have done in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

My Strength My Song My Salvation My God

 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him - Exodus 15:2.

My strength and song

The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? - Psalm 27:1. 

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped - Psalm 28:7. 

The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills - Habakkuk 3:19.

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation - Psalm 118:14.

My salvation

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved - Psalm 62:2.

 For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken - Psalm 62:1-2. 

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation - Habakkuk 3:18. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? - Psalm 27:1. 

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; He has become my salvation - Isaiah 12:2. 

Salvation comes from the Lord - Jonah 2:9.

My God

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you - Psalm 63:1.

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge - Psalm 18:2.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:19.

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. Philippians 4:19.

He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust - Psalm 91:2. 

                 Let us praise the Lord who is our strength and song, salvation and our God. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him - Psalm 28:7. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation - Isaiah 25:9. You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You - Psalm 118:18.

                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being our strength, song, salvation and our God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.  

My Grace Is Sufficient For You

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me - 2 Corinthians 12:9.

Gracious God

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy - Psalm 145:8. 

I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious - Exodus 33:9.

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace - Numbers 6:24-26.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you - 1 Peter 5:10. 

By grace

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God - Ephesians 2:8.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace - Ephesians 1:7.

Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus - Romans 3:24.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain - 1 Corinthians 15:10.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men - Titus 2:11.

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ - Romans 5:17. 

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need - Hebrews 4:16.

Exceedingly abundant grace

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus - 1 Timothy 1:14.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work - 2 Corinthians 9:8. 

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so - Hebrews 13:9. 

And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked - Acts 4:33, 34.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord - 2 Peter1:2. 

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace - John 1:16. 

       Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 1:7b.

                    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen - Romans 16:20.                                                                      

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for Your exceedingly abundant grace in our life that is sufficient for us in every situation. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.