On a typical evening, like most neighborhoods, ours is relatively dark. Sparsely spaced streetlights and occasional porch lights provide minimal visibility. Come Christmastime, however, all that changes. Light is everywhere! Some people decorate their houses tastefully. Others look like something ...
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Light of the World
Your Guide On The Unlit Path
Our family did a lot of camping when our kids were young. Yep. Real tent camping. We usually arrived at our destination in the late afternoon and quickly set everything up. Tent, food, chairs near the fire pit. As darkness descended, it was important for everyone to keep a flashlight in their ...
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Is Your Light Bright or Dim?
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22-23 (NIV)
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What is Your Candlepower?
You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone ...
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JESUS is the LIGHT of the World
The Feast of Tabernacles is one of three pilgrimage festivals the Jewish people celebrated. They traveled to Jerusalem to remember God’s provision for them in the wilderness.
A major feature of the Feast of Tabernacles was the lighting of giant lamps … [that] reminded the Jewish people of how God ...
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Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
The Lord is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble. (Psalm 27:1)
For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is ...
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Light Dispels Darkness
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. (John 1:4-5)
This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at ...
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Light for Life
The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. (Psalm 19:8, NIV)
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119:105)
The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can ...
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