Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

Souled Out Teenagers Week - Shine BIG (Bright in Glory)

 By Bro. Rilwan Daniel Olunlade 

What does it mean to shine bright in glory? Shining bright in glory is to set yourself aside from others and live in certain characteristics.  

Naturally you will stand out from non-believers, it’s obvious because we have sets of rules to follow and live in light. You start to shine when you show love to others, be thankful, be faithful, and obedient in God.  

You will know you are shining bright when you can separate yourself from someone you know that doesn’t walk with God. Isaiah 60:2 says that darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the people. 

This meaning that we live in a world of darkness, when you shine you will be set aside from that. It says the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.  We are created for God’s glory. Our purpose is to glorify God, doing so you will shine. 

Think of yourself as a temple, God lives in us, He shines in us, giving us life. Now that we know how to shine, you are now forced to continue. What I mean by this is to drive on with your faith.   

This point proves that God can chose anybody to use them for His work, by you obeying His word and His commandments you will shine great in glory. Matthew 5:16 says let your light shine before others so that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven. 

After reading this you can understand that God wants us as His followers to shine our light through our behavior and deeds so that non-believers become compelled to glorify our Father in heaven. 

In conclusion, if you want to shine you must first surrender yourself to God. When you surrender yourself open up to God’s calling and words. 

As you know now shining is the act of obeying God and doing things in His name so that non-believers see these acts and begin to glorify God. The Lord bless us as we shine and glorify Him, in Jesus mighty name. 

You will have good success this 2021. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom

Shine Your Light

By: Min. Rebecca Orimoloye

We live in a climate where seasons are determinants in a lot of things we do. We are observant of our physical weather seasons, but it is imperative we also consider the season we are in as Christians to ensure we are prepared for it and act accordingly. 

We are in the season of revival - and we will see why and how.  

We often think of revivals as religious gatherings. This is largely true but we need to understand revivals are not necessarily religious in nature. A revival is an instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again. 

There is in fact a parallel set of revivals currently happening in the world today. 

There is the revival in Christendom as we have always known it and the revival of the kingdom of darkness. 

An example of this revival can be referred to as being woke or “the woke” generation. Unlike the Christendom revival, what we need to be mindful of is the fact that the revival of the kingdom of darkness is ever so subtle, one would hardly notice it at first. 

It is many times nearly irreversible when it is noticed as a problem. Joel 1:4 paints the picture accurately. The woke movement, which “innocently” started out as being alert to societal injustices, especially in racism is now taking a turn for the worse.  

 And the devil is very happy. His aim of building a parallel kingdom in heaven (Isaiah 14:12-14) is now being fanned by “the woke” revival. For example, a decision that was made to prohibit the name of Jesus or any religious mention in the public school curriculum wasn’t a decision that came about in a day. It was a subtle attack. 

The same is the case with replacing the word "Christmas" with holidays. As children of God and potential bearers of His light, our light must shine, no matter how little. The presence of our collective light, even in a big dark world becomes significant if it doesn't go out.  

We need to live as light bearers in this kingdom and allow the indwelling of the spirit of God in our lives, so we can be just like the Apostles in the upper room. In Acts 2:8-11, the Apostles were speaking in other languages the wonderful works of God. 

We need to ask the Holy Spirit to fill us up with His presence, to enable us to speak the current woke language in a way that what the woke will hear is the wonderful works of God.   

The Lord bless us as we thread this path, in Jesus mighty name. 

You will have good success this 2021. Remain blessed.  

Shalom.  

Glorify thy Father

By Min. Olusola Afolabi

When the children of God are glorified, God is glorified. It is the will of God that all glory be ascribed to Him through His children. The glory of God refer to the full expression of His beauty, His excellence and His infinite value. 

The glory of God is the totality of God, everything that describe God is the glory of God. 

To manifest the glory of God is to make public the infinite measure of God, causing men to honor, desire and desperately seek Him. 

For you to reveal the glory of God, your life have to become compelling enough to make men desperately want God. 

In Business, marketing help publicize the value of a product, this is to ensure that the glory of the product is compelling enough to make consumer desire the product. 

Some products used to be very popular or widely known across the world, at some point they lose their value and the glory of the brand becomes irrelevant. That’s similar to what happens when God is not glorified through us. If the saints are not glorified, God will not be marketable enough. 

If we are interested in seeing the Father glorified, then we should focus on the glory of God in the saint, which in turn bring glory to God. “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples”. John 15:8. The fruitfulness of the sons of God brings Glory to God, there should be something about our life that should exemplified the glory of God. 

When men sees the manifestation of God in our way, we shall become a living testimony to the Glory of God. “And they glorified God in me.” Galatians 1:24. Our lives need to exemplify the scripture, thereby glorifying God. 

For the world await the manifestation of the sons of God, not the explanation of the sons of God. During the days of Jesus on earth, people see Him and the gospel of God was heard all-around the world. Now, in this generation, we are the Jesus that people will see, let the Father be glorified in us. If not for anything, but for the sake of your life. Glorify God in all your ways. 

We pray that the glory of God will continually be expressed in our lives, in Jesus mighty name. 

You will have good success this 2021. Remain blessed.  

Shalom.