SHINE
ON
BREAD
24 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
1 “Arise,
shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.”
Isaiah 60:1 (NIV)
3 Trust
in the Lord and do good; dwell in
the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your
righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday
sun. Psalms 37:3-6 (NIV)
9 The
light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed
out. Proverbs 13:9 (NIV)
1 May
God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, Selah 2 that your ways may be known on
earth, your salvation among all nations. Psalms 67:1-2 (NIV)
27 The Lord is God, and he has made his light
shine upon us. Psalms 118:27 (NIV)
3 Those
who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead
many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3 (NIV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be
hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they
may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV)
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. Matthew 13:43 (NIV)
14 Do
everything without complaining or arguing, 15 so that you may become
blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved
generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe 16 as you hold out the word of
life--in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or
labor for nothing. Philippians 2:14-16
(NIV)
BUTTER
“A holy life will
produce the deepest impression.
Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine.” D.L.
Moody
“I keep trying to
find a life, on my own apart from You. I
am the king of excuses, I’ve got one for every selfish thing I do. What’s going on inside of me? I despise my own behavior. This only serves to confirm my suspicions
that I’m still a man in need of a Savior...O Lord be my Light and my Salvation. The disease of the self runs through my
blood, like cancer fatal to the soul.
Every attempt on my behalf has failed, to keep the sickness under
control…Lord be my Light and be my salvation.” Charlie
Peacock
“The most brilliant way to live is to always look for the
light.”
Ann Voskamp
“In
darkness there is no choice. It is light
that enables us to see the differences between things; and it is Christ who
gives us light.” Augustus W. Hare
“--Blazingly,
Jesus illustrated this with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4). No self-respecting Jew of that time would
speak to a Samaritan. But Jesus, caring
more for the person than the tradition, knew she had an unquenched thirst. He sought her out, found common ground -- and
the rest is history. It’s a model I’m
seeing lived out all around me - people finding common ground, taking risks,
running toward instead of away from threat. Being brave to love and heal and bless -- no
matter the cost to self. Daring to hold back, or to step in to forge a way for
peace, stem a destructive tide, or build a river in a desert. I’m seeing that being salt and light means
engaging our world precisely where we are placed. Wherever we find ourselves,
there, living simply, profoundly, giving our best at all times for Jesus’ sake.
Upfront or behind the scenes, whether
like me you are a helper, or whether you are a leader; a doctor, an executive,
a parent, a principal, a granny or a golfer, it matters not -- only that we are
givers and love at all times.” Paula Kirby
“If you’re turned the wrong way, you can’t see the light at
the end of the tunnel.” Ann Voskamp
“Lighthouses do not ring bells and fire cannons to call attention
to their shining. They just shine.” D. L. Moody
“Our Light shines forth
in order to point others to Christ – the Source of our Light – and never to
self – most often the source of our darkness.”
BHY
“The things of earth
will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” Helen H. Limmel
“If I could I would thrust a thorn into the seat where you are now sitting, and make you spring up for a moment to the dignity of a thought of your responsibilities. Why, sirs, what has God made you for? What has he sent you here for? Did he make stars that should not shine, and suns that should give no light, and moons that should not cheer the darkness? Has he made rivers that shall not be filled with water, and mountains that shall not stay the clouds? Has he made even the forests which shall not give a habitation to the birds; or has he made the prairie which shall not feed the wild flocks? And has he made thee for nothing? Why, man, the nettle in the corner of the churchyard has its uses, and the spider on the wall serves her Maker; and you, a man in the image of God, a blood-bought man, a man who is in the path and track to heaven, a man regenerated, twice created, are you made for nothing at all but to buy and to sell, to eat and to drink, to wake and to sleep, to laugh and to weep, to live to yourself?” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART SAVOR
- · God desires to shine His light through me. Just as the radiance of the Lord shined through Moses – though unbeknownst to him - God wants to shine His Light through His children now. 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. Exodus 34:29-31 (NIV)
- · Our Light points others to Christ – not us – Who is the Source of our Brightness.
- · We are all created to shine.
