-"The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?"
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-John 1:4-13
-"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God."
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-To Seek the Light we must know the Light and who He is.
-Point #2
-Stop overanalyzing your sin so much that you forget to see the Light.
-I really like this point #2 because I overanalyze things so much even my sins. I could be and am usually thinking about how I messed up through a certain situation and then I try so hard not to mess another situation up by doing it again. There is a fine balance about thinking about your sins a little bit and then overanalyzing them. It could get to where I am really hard on myself at times and that stresses me out and just runs out into my life and makes it not look so good towards other people. If I can focus on the Light, then things would be brighter and easier because I know that I am never by myself. The Light will get me through the situation, not myself.
-Point #3
-To seek the Light we must rid ourselves of everything that withholds us from seeking the Light.
-Does it help me to run towards Jesus?
-Fix our eyes on Jesus, while throwing off the sins.
-I love this point, also, because it just reminds me that we need to get rid of everything bad to see Jesus. The verse that the preacher used to explain this point was the verse about running towards Christ. For me, that is a good verse because I totally understand the running part and keeping your eye focused on the end goal. I also just love seeing the picture of me throwing things off like my sins while I am running towards Christ. It is really a relief when you can throw things off of you while running and it does make you go faster. It gives you the sense that you are not being held down anymore. The more you throw off while you run the faster you get the longer you go. I also like the word "withholds" like it is holding us down but we don't want that. I think of that word as a strong word because it is one that you don't hear very often. We are throwing everything off that is withholding us down from finishing that race towards Christ.
-Point #4
-Seek the Light in the midst of the darkness.
-Sometimes it's the simplest things that get you like the small words from the Bible.
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I also like the verses 9-13 in John because it gives a promise to all that believe in Christ. If we seek the Light and receive it, then we will be given the right to become Children of God (Light). Not everyone will see the Light. They will be given the chance to see it but they will be blinded by it. Jesus went to his own people and he was even in the world but those people didn't see Him for who He really was. The people who did see Him was born again and that is when we become the Children of God. I LOVE THAT PROMISE! It is a promise of Hope. A Promise that if we believe then we will receive something that isn't meant to be ours. God Loves us that much that He is willing to give us a promise that is full of grace like that.
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