Following God into the Light

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

As we begin wrap up our week on Light, today we’ll explore following God into the light. We each face temptations of various kinds. And God promises each of us a way out by his leadership in the midst of temptation and struggle. We are not alone in anything we face, as our Jesus has told us he’s faced it too. May you feel better equipped to face temptation and sin today as you encounter Jesus and his truth for you on this subject.

Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 42:16, and today's worship is I Will Follow You by Kristene DiMarco.

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0:00.0	As we begin to wrap up our week on light, today we'll explore following God into the light.
0:10.0	We each face temptations of various kinds, and God promises each of us a way out by his leadership in the midst of temptation and struggle.
0:20.0	We are not alone in anything we face, as our Jesus
0:24.1	has told us he's faced it too. May you feel better equipped to face temptation and sin today,
0:30.9	as you encounter Jesus and his truth for you on this subject. Welcome to the first of teen podcast.
0:51.3	Our verse for today comes from Isaiah 42, verse 16.
0:57.0	Scripture says,
0:58.0	And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know.
1:02.0	In paths that they have not known, I will guide them.
1:06.0	I will turn the darkness before them into light,
1:09.0	the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do,
1:14.9	and I do not forsake them. The Holy Spirit dwelling within is always leading us out of darkness
1:25.3	and into the light. He is ready and available to guide us
1:30.6	through every decision, temptation, trial, tribulation, and circumstance that we might experience
1:38.2	all the abundance available to us in his light. God promises us in Isaiah 4216 that he will lead the blind in a way that they do not know,
1:51.1	and as they have not known, he will guide them, and it will turn the darkness before them
1:56.3	into light, the rough places into level ground.
2:00.4	He says, these are the things I do, and I do not forsake
2:05.1	them. You serve a loving, good father who doesn't leave you to figure out life on your own. He doesn't
2:14.9	even lead you just with scripture to find your way into the light.
2:20.0	He knows that we are blind without him.
2:23.1	He knows that we are an immense need of his help.
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