Morning by Morning, October 12 - “Christ Will Shine on You!”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Arise in my heart and shine through my life today. ...
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you” (Ephesians 5:14).
Lord, where I’m sleeping, wake me up. Where I’m experiencing dissipation or death in places in my heart and life that should be alive and thriving, breathe the Breath of Your Resurrection Power to bring me back to life and embrace the fullness of the life You have for me. Where I’m dull or dim or hidden away, let Light of Christ arise and shine upon me.
I pray for awakening in the nation and in the nations of the earth. And I pray for awakening in me!
In the name of Jesus, I renounce and rebuke every form of slumber, lethargy, and death. I renounce and rebuke everything that would try to cover me up or hide me away, to keep me out of Your timing, out of Your will, or out of Your ways. I renounce and rebuke all that would hold me back or weigh me down or trip me up from running the race You’ve set before me, looking to You, the Author and Finisher of my faith (Hebrews 12:1-2).
Yes, these are dark days, just as Your Word said would come (Isaiah 60:1-3). And these are challenging times, just as You prophesied (Luke 21:7-28). But even in the darkness of the days -- even in the heaviness of the times, even when we’re tempted to hide away or go back to sleep until the nightmare of life in a broken, fallen world plunging into deeper darkness every day is finally over and we can wake up into a new day on the other side of eternity -- You call us to wake up, to rise up, and to shine!
You even say, “(We) are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill (and) cannot be hidden” (Matthew 5:14). That can only be true because of You, because You are “the Light of the world” and “(the one) who follows (You) shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of Life” shining within them and shining through them (John 8:12). That’s how You can even say that by Your mercy and grace, You’ll empower us to be “blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation in which (we) shine like stars in the world” (Philippians 2:15).
So yes, Lord. Arise in me. Shine Your Light in me. Drive the darkness out of me. For in the Glory of Your Light, all darkness has to flee (James 4:7). “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness (cannot) overcome It” (John 1:5). Forgive me, cleanse me, fill me with Your Light and Your Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). Fill me with Your Resurrection Power, as You arise and shine through me today and every day -- even on this side of eternity. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may the Light of Christ shine on you and shine through you this day and every day, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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