Skip to main content

Light Of The World

Light Of The World

You are maybe familiar with Jesus being called Light of the World, particularly at this time of year as we approach Halloween and Christmas.
He brings hope and love from God to the people of the world and shows them the way back to a relationship with the Father.

But here it is Jesus teaching the disciples and people that they are light to the world as well. If you have something special and important you want to show people, not hide it away.

We have a hope that God cares about the world and about each of us and we should be ready to share that hope.

No Hiding

It should be obvious in your every day life that you are a follower of Jesus. If you are a Christian and no-one knows then you aren't sharing the gospel and good news.

That sharing doesn't always involve words but can be shown in your actions and attitudes. You should stand out from the crowd by the love and care you exhibit. Maybe you choose to walk away and not join in the gossip, or you stand alongside someone being bullied. Perhaps you will make sure you are honest with how much work you are doing and put your all into it.

Seen from space

When you see a night time image of the earth from space you can see the lights shining brightly in the dark. We should shine out, like a town on a hillside, visible for miles around.

This can be scary but you aren't alone. Fellow Christians are standing with you all around the world. Jesus knew what it was like to stand up against people who disagreed with him even though he knew the risks.

Let's stand as a visible Light in our world.

Activities


  • Hide and Seek in the dark.  Hide around your house in the dark. The seeker will have a torch to help them find you. God seeks His sheep, even in the darkest places.
  • Fire work painting. Use an old washing up brush or toothbrush to create fire work images on dark paper. Use bright colours and glitter. Celebrate being light.
  • Find pictures online of the earth's lights.
  • Carve a pumpkin with a cross and think about Jesus and what He did to save the world and show us His light.

Prayer

Lord Jesus

May we be the light of the world today and not hide the good thing we have found in you. Bless each of us and give us your strength to stand when we should and show your love.

Amen

 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hope to hang on to

What is hope? The dictionaries say that Hope is a feeling and expectation that a particular thing is going to happen. Sometimes hope is assured and sometimes unlikely.  Maybe, you hope your favourite team will win a match. That can be likely to happen or you could be rather optimistic!  An older definition includes the idea of trust as well. So what is the hope that we have as Christians? Firstly, that if God has promised it, it will happen. We see God's promises in the bible in stories like Noah, Abraham and Joseph. Their lives included promises for the future, some of which we see come true in their lives and the lives of their families.                                                     🚢                 ✰                🌈 But our biggest Hope is rooted in Jes...
Post a Comment
Read more

Harvest and thankfulness

    Harvest This coming Sunday we will be celebrating Harvest during our all-age service. I wanted to write you a poem or two to help us think about what harvest means to us today. It is a bit about food and all the fruit and vegetables we can pick and enjoy at this time of year. But, because most of us don't grow all of our food any more, it is also a chance to be thankful for all the good things we enjoy in our lives. Thankfulness What are you thankful for? It could be your family and the extra time you've had to spend with them this year. It could be that you are healthy and fit and are able to use that to help others. Maybe it is the place you live, or the community you are part of, or the beauty of our earth and universe. Even in the hard times we should try to be thankful for what God has given us. This isn't always easy but can mean that we become more aware of the goodness of God, instead of the problems of earth. Hebrews 13:15 15   Through Jesus, therefore, let u...
Post a Comment
Read more