{"id":716,"date":"2018-01-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/god-is-light-you-are-lig\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:12:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:12:34","slug":"god-is-light-you-are-lig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Live as Children of the LIGHT."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMy word for today is LIGHT: the brightness that dispels darkness. Christmas LIGHTS are getting scarce now as most of us have taken down the LIGHTS from our homes and businesses, and packed them away for another year. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nNow, it\u2019s up to us to represent and be THE LIGHT to our family, our neighbors and our world. We are “the chosen ones” to be the peacemakers, servants, joy and hope bearers to this world that needs that LIGHT so much. We must live as Children of the Light! Ephesians 5:8 “For you were once darkness, but now you are LIGHT in the Lord. Live as children of LIGHT.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just before Christmas my family and I went to see the new Star Wars movie: The Final Jedi. As with any Star Wars movie, the LIGHT Side and the Dark Side are at war with each other. You can sure tell that jealousy, hate, bitterness, anger and revenge caused Kylo Ren to champion the Dark Side. When we examine our hearts, it\u2019s quite possible, we won\u2019t find that we hate anyone, but every little \u201cdark\u201d thing that we allow to remain in our hearts can have a \u201cdark\u201d effect on us. We might not be in darkness, but we certainly might find ourselves in the \u201cshade\u201d. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\nIn 1 John 2:5-7, John writes \u201cThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is LIGHT and in Him is NO darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.\u201d <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nJesus is the ultimate, ever-ready, radiant, source of LIGHT that dispels darkness, but He told us in Matthew 5:14-16 “YOU are the LIGHT of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shines to all that are in the house. Even so let YOUR LIGHT shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nWhat if OUR LIGHTS were shining so brightly that when people pass our way, they draw toward THE LIGHT and their world of darkness is dispelled? Maybe at the beginning of this new year, we should have a winter clear-ance sale and clear out all those things that hinder the LIGHT in us. Let\u2019s open ourselves to His healing and empowering LIGHT today. When we declare with the Psalmist, \u201cThe Lord IS MY LIGHT and my salvation, who should I fear? The Lord is my life\u2019s refuge, of whom should I be afraid?\u201d \u2013 then there will never be a shadow of doubt which side we\u2019re on, and all the dark forces that try to draw us to their side, will never win! May we BE the LIGHT that keeps on shining — all year long!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My word for today is LIGHT: the brightness that dispels darkness. Christmas LIGHTS are getting scarce now as most of us have taken down the LIGHTS from our homes and businesses, and packed them away for another year. Now, it\u2019s up to us to represent and be THE LIGHT to our family, our neighbors and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4075,4076,721,4077,4078,4079,4080,39,1194,509,4081,1559,2775,4082,4083,4084],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-john-25-7","tag-chosen-ones","tag-christmas-lights","tag-dark-effect","tag-dark-side","tag-dispels-darkness","tag-god-is-light","tag-hope","tag-light","tag-matthew-514-16","tag-peacemaker","tag-psalm-271","tag-star-wars","tag-the-final-jedi","tag-the-light","tag-you-are-the-light"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7749,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/7749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}