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There's a little cabin I often visit to study and to write. It is miles off the main road and even farther away

from the cares of the world. It's also on a pretty unreliable power grid. So last spring,

when I was there for a few days, one night the power went out. I stumbled through the dark to

find matches in my trusty lantern.

There's no greater joy than watching the lantern begin to glow and shine,

shining to light my room, and certainly to bring comfort to my soul. Well, this meditation

from Philippians chapter two is a reflection on that shining.

The shining light, not of a lantern, but the light of God within you, the light of your

salvation shining for the world to see. So to begin, whether the first rays of morning sunshine or the long shadows of evening

shade, allow the next 15 minutes to be a retreat to contemplate the shining light of your

salvation. As your eyes begin to close without effort, center on the shining shining this time of yielding and a silent

whispered prayer for the presence of God spirit and sun continue in prayer by responding to this passage from second peter chapter one verse three

as i lead us respond simply lord help me to shine out my salvation.

And may he bless the reading of His word.

His divine power has bestowed on us absolutely everything necessary for a dynamic spiritual life.

So Lord, help me to shine out my salvation. His divine power has

bestowed on us everything necessary for godliness through true and personal knowledge of him.

So Lord help me to shine out my salvation. And His divine power has bestowed on us everything

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