A LAMP
Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 8
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On display at the Convent of the Sisters of Zion in the Old City of Jerusalem on the Via Delarosa are several oil lamps from ancient times.
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Key Verse: 2 Kings 8:19
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord Jesus, You light up my life. I pray for grace to always walk in the light as You are in the light (1 John 1:7). In Your bright and shining Name I pray, Amen!
100 PERSONAL WORDS:
I’ll never forget the morning that Debbie Boone appeared on 100 Huntley Street in the late 80’s. Her hit song You Light Up My Life had been at the top of the pop charts. She was in Toronto in a stage production where she was playing the part of Maria Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. As we entered into our prayer time before going to air, Debbie sobbed, saying to the Lord, “It’s been so long, so long, Lord.” She was experiencing the Presence of the Lord in our Green Room as we knelt in prayer, and with her busy schedule, even though she knew Jesus as her Saviour, she may not have taken the time to let His Light permeate her daily experience. I trust I’m not being too repetitive when I write again…Jesus changes everything! I pray again, “Lord Jesus, I throw open the blinds that hide or dim Your Light. I see You Jesus! Shine Jesus shine!” As the Scriptures say, “But we see Jesus who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9).
Yours for Jesus, our “Lamp,”
David
P.S. Here’s a video of Debbie Boone when she came back to 100 Huntley Street in the mid-90’s. At the beginning of the interview with Lorna Dueck (after she sings), Debbie shares who she was thinking of each time she sang You Light Up My Life (click).here
Thank You, Father, for always being at work – good productive work – at all times. You coordinated the woman’s visit to the king at just the right time. Guide all Your people in Your good ways today, in Jesus’s great name, amen
Amen Rob. We need His direction for our lives even more now in this world. It has so changed in values. Thankfully, God does not change. We can totally depend on Him in all things. Thank You Lord. Please help us to keep close to You. Amen. (I. Loved Debbie’s song). Blessings all.
Amen Rob and Doreen for your comments
Hi Doreen like you really like Debbie Boone song you light up My Life she took a secular song and turned it into a personal testimony of what God means in her life and that he is the light of her life and all our lives to those who have a relationship with Jesus
Great interview when Debbie Boone was on Huntley Street I really enjoyed that interview amen 🙏✝️
Please continue to pray for the wildfires in Alberta. The smoke, now, is affecting Calgary and making the air foul. I have family there and the are many Christians there. Even BC is facing fire and smoke. The heat is high just now in S Alberta, and that makes it difficult for the firefighters and others involved in fighting the fires. Thank you so much.
Amen to prayers above and continuing to pray for Alberta