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THE HIDDEN LIGHT | Uncovering Your God Given Purpose To SHARE JESUS
Jesus IS the light of the world, and Christ put His Spirit in us to SHINE His light in the darkness, and to share the love of God with the world around us.

From The Way Of The Shaman To The WAY of Jesus Christ | Testimony | The Light Show Pat shares her transformative journey from a life as a Shaman to full surrender to God through Jesus Christ. Everyone is looking for love, meaning and affirmation, and while the way of the Shaman is INTENDED to fill that void, she explains that all the rituals and practices left her wanting and empty. It wasn't util she finally cried out to God as she came to the very end of herself and was instantly met with His presence and love, that she realized the vanity of the way she had been pursuing spirituality, and that Jesus was the one who gives us the love, meaning, and affirmation we are all so desperate to find because we were MADE for Him.

Resurrection Light | Easter Sunday 2024
Resurrection Light
1 Cor 15:14-20
 

1Cor 15:3-8
 
Rom 6:6-11 MSG
 
1) Mary Magdalene
 
Jn 20:13-16
 
Mary found in the resurrected Lord - IDENTITY
 
2) The Disciples
 
Jn 20:19-20
 
The Disciples found in the resurrected Lord - PEACE
 
 
3) Peter
 
Jn 21:19
 
Peter found in the resurrected Lord - REDEMPTION
 
 
4) Paul
 
1Cor 15:8-10
 
Paul found in the resurrected Lord - PURPOSE
 
 
We have found in the Resurrected Lord - a LIVING HOPE 
1 Peter 1:3-5 

The Right Fight | Guest Speakers Dr Al & Becky Purvis | Victory Asia
 
Christians can spend a lot of energy in fruitless things when we don't know how to focus on the things that matter most to the Kingdom of God. When we know what God has called us to and respond to the calling of God on our lives, we are able to fight the RIGHT fight, stop running form the battle we are actually called to.

Benefit Package (Living in the Light series) Why The High Cost Of Following Jesus Is WORTH IT
A cost-benefit analysis is the process used to measure the benefits of a decision or taking action minus the costs associated with that action.
Mt 18:24-26
Ps 103:1-5
Isa 50:10-11 NLT
1) They walked away from God
2) They built their own fires
Jer 2:11-13NLT
1) They abandoned God
2) They built their own cisterns Benefits of walking with God - Romans 8
1) God is for us Rom 8: 31
2) We receive everything Jesus paid for
Rom 8:32
3) Jesus is our defence
Rom 8:33-34
4) We are always in His love
Rom 8:35-36
5) We win!
Rom 8:37
Rom 8:38-39
1 Cor 15:57

THE COST OF SHINING
“No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.”
Lk 8:16 NIV
Matthew 16:24-25 NKJV
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:14 NKJV
GREEK - 1588 /eklektós: ("select, chosen") describes people who choose to follow the Lord, i.e. become God's choice by freely receiving faith.
 
My yoke is easy…my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
"Cheap grace," "is the grace we bestow on ourselves...grace without discipleship....Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again....It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life."
“IF THE GOSPEL HAS NOT COST YOU ANYTHING, YOU SERVE GOD ANYHOW”
 
4 Practical Stages of Shining
 
1. The Stage of NEW BIRTH
1 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV 
Luke 15:7,
Isaiah 64:6 NKJV
COST: READINESS TO BE DISCIPLED !!
 
2. The stage of SERVICE “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…”
Eccl 9:10 NKJV
COST: READINESS TO SERVE IN ANY PLACE AVAILABLE
3. The Stage of IDENTIFYING YOUR AREA OF EFFECTIVENESS
Acts 6:1-4 NKJV
COST: COMMITMENT TO GROW IN THAT FIELD/AREA
4. The stage of “OWNING YOUR CALLING”
2 Corinthians 11:25 - 27 (NKJV) John 12:24-26 (NKJV)
COST: DYING FOR THE ONE THING