Watch this inspiring video and you will discover how powerful it is to know the Lord as your light. Find out what it means and what it will do for you.
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Watch the full series ‘The Lord is..’ based on psalm 27 in reverse order
The gift, the yearning and the experience of sweet fellowship with God
The Lord is my strength!
The Lord is my salvation/help from God in times of trouble
The Lord is my light (2)
The Lord is my light
Notes and Scriptures
1. Goodness ; Blessing, does good
James 1:17 17 Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.
2. His holy presence is with me; empowers me to walk in holiness
James 1:17-18 17 Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning. 18 By His own choice, He gave us a new birth by the message of truth[a] so that we would be the firstfruits of His creatures.
1 John 1:5 5 Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him. 6 If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Philippians 2:15 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.
3. Clarity, elimination of darkness
John 8:12 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
Ephesians 5:8-10 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light[a] results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth— 10 discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.
Proverbs 4:18 18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
4. Direction, instruction
Psalm 119:105 105 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.
Isaiah 42 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not forsake them. 17 They will be turned back and utterly ashamed— those who trust in idols and say to metal-plated images: You are our gods!
5. Insight, revelation –
Psalm 119:130 130 The revelation of Your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced.
6. Joy, peace
Psalm 18:28 TLB You have turned on my light! The Lord my God has made my darkness turn to light.
Psalm 18:28 HCSB Lord, You light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.
7. Light and Sons of light
John 12:36 36 While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.
Ephesians 5:8-10 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light[a] results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth— 10 discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:5 5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.