Good morning, welcome to Friday
1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV)
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;
· It’s good to remember and remind ourselves who we are because at the same moment we are reminding ourselves who we are not any longer!
· Remember we always live out of what we think. We first think then we feel then we behave, this is great if our thinking is correct and based on God’s word but if our thinking is wrong or warped that will always affect the behavior or output of our daily lives.
· Let’s look again in the mirror today and see our true identity - Chosen, Royal, Holy and His own special people.
We also need to remember we have been called out of darkness and into His marvelous light!
· Our lives are no longer darkness but light! We are no longer in the darkness that we once were, so we should never live like we are still there.
· Our post code / Zip Code is now “marvelous light” don’t let your enemy try and trick you to pilgrimage backwards to darker former places but rather set your face ever forward, deeper into His brightness!
· You were called out of darkness so ever let darkness be a thing of your past (old creation) you are now a citizen of the light, let His marvelous light shine through your life again today whether in the work place, community or home let your light shine, be that city on a hill!
Shine bright for God today in a dark world, the darker it gets the brighter our lives should become, you are called to shine, so shine!
Prayer:
Thank you Jesus that I am no longer a child of darkness but a child of light, you have delivered me from the power of darkness and translated my life into the kingdom of the Son of your love. Today let your light shine through my life I do not want to live to blend in but to stand out, help me to remember that the former ways of darkness are no longer my ways they are the ways of a place I once new not the place that I now call Home, thank you that you have made me a child of the light. Amen
Bless you have a great weekend and Shine.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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Andy Elmes
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