“Those who have sat in darkness …. Have seen a GREAT LIGHT”!

Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; Ephesians 5:8

è “Arise, shine, for your LIGHT is come, and the Glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” (Isaiah 60:1)

è Light – Essential for Life

• First created (Genesis1:3) – “Let there be Light”

• The essence of His Being! (1 John 1:5)

• The Hope of His Coming (Isaiah 9:2)

è Walking in the Light

1. Starts in our inner man (Proverbs 20:27; John 1:4-9)

• The Spirit is His Life/Light for us

• Where is our inner focus?

• Shift our focus: the Light is in the TRUTH: (1 John 1:8, 9; John 8:31, 32

Remind and Reinforce!

2. Discipline our soul

• See Psalm 42, 43

 Speak truth to mental/emotional darkness; Our identity/ability (Ephesians 1:3-7; Romans 8:37-39)

3. Address the natural, physical issues

• Natural light?

• Fatigue: Rest; change the atmosphere; diversion from ordinary

• Professional counsel, treatment?