SHINE JESUS SHINE

ISIAH 60:1-5

Arise, shine; For your light has come!And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,And deep darkness the people;But the Lord will arise over you,And His glory will be seen upon you. 3 The Gentiles shall come to your light,And kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 “Lift up your eyes all around, and see:They all gather together, they come to you;Your sons shall come from afar,And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.5 Then you shall see and become radiant,And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.

INTRO: BECAUSE  OF OUR SIN ,WE BECOME SEPERATED FROM GOD, IT STARTED AFTER ADAN AND EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.THEY BECAME AWARE OF THEIR WICKEDNESS AND EXPERIENCED SHAME.THATS THE BEGINNING OF OUR PHYSICAL HARDSHIP AND SPIRITUAL DEATH,,,THE WORD IS COVERED  WITH DARKNESS.THICK DARKNESS COVER OVER THE PEOPLE…WHEN IT COME S .TO DARKNESS IT REPRESENT SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS ,WICKEDNESS  AND SINS…..GOD CREATED THE WORLD FULL OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR US IN ORDER  TO ENJOY,BUT  PEOPLE ARE WORSHIPPING CREATED THINGS RATHER THAN THE CREATOR…THE ONLY SOLUTION IN THIS DARKNESS WORD IS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST..

VERSE 1….ARISE AND SHINE

ARISE AND SHINE ,GOD COMMANDED US TO ARISE AND SHINE.WHY? BECAUSE FOR YOUR LIGHT HAS COME AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD IS RISEN UPON YOU….WHEN YOU SAY ARISE  YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING….YOU CAN’t SHINE WITHOUT ARISING.OR IT IS IMPOSIBLE TO SHINE  IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ARISE.,THE WORD ARISE IT IS RESPONSIBILITY…..WHY ?WHEN DOING SOMETHING YOU NEED AN OBEDIENT HEART AND WILLINGNESS….ISAIAH 1:19 SAY IF YOU ARE WILLING AND OBEDIENT ,YOU WILL EAT THE FRUIT OF THE LAND….IF YOU ARE LAZY THEN YOU AREGOING TO DIE ON HUNGERNESS::>>

IT IS EASY TO ARISE  BUT THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO SHINE?

…..IN ORDER TO SHINE WE NEED KNOWLEDGE….

PROVERBS 1;7 TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE, YOU MUST FIRST HAVE REVERENCE FOR THE LORD,STUPID PEOPLE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR WISDOM AND REFUSE TO LEARN,HOSEA 4:6 SAY MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE , I WILL ALSO REJECT THEE,THAT THOU SHALT BE NO PRIEST TO ME, SEEING THOU HAST FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF THY GOD.I WILL ALSO FORGET THY CHILDREN…

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FULL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE THING THAT YOU ARE WORKING,,, THE HIGHER LEVEL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE THE GREATER IMPACT YOU HAVE TO OTHERS…

3 KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER FOR US TO SHINE OR 3 LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE SO THAT OUR GOD CN USE US MIGHTYLY IN HIS KINGDOM

1.THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW GOD

KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING WHO OUR GOD IS

DANIEL 11:32 AND SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT SHALL HE CORRUPT BY FLATERIES..BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE  STRONG AND DO EXPLOITS

WE HAVE STRENGTH AND ASSURANCE —-WE WILL BE BE ABLE TO STAND ALL THE HARDSHIP THAT COMES UNTO US IF WE HAVE THE FULL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUT MAKER…

BEING BORN AGAIN IS JUST THE BEGINNING IT DOES NOT STOP THERE….OUR ICA VISION SAYS LOVING GOD AND MAKING HIS LOVE KNOWN….HOW CAN YOU MAKE HIS LOVE  KNOWN IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT HIM…..THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW  OUT THERE THAT THERE IS GOD BUT THEY DON’T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY….THERE ARE A LOT PEOPLE SPENDING THERE MILLIONS FOR THERE HEALING,FOR THERE TRANSFORMATION IF ONLY THEY KNOW THAT THE GOD WE SERVE IS THE WHO CAN HEAL…WHO CAN RESTORE….WHEN WE KNOW GOD WE KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO,,,,WE KNOW HIS POWER,HIS INTEGRITY AND HE IS OUR GOD OF CONSISTENT,HIS TRUE AND NEVER CHANGE,,,,

OUR GOD IS LOVE’’’

ROMANS 10:11 EVERYONE WHO BELIVERS IN HIM SHALL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME….THE GOD I SERVE HE WILL NOT PUT ME TO SHAME…IF YOU READ THE THE OLD TESTAMENTS YOU CAN READ THE 3 HEBREW BOY WHO REFUSE TO BOWN DOWN IN THE IDOL IMAGE REMBER SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO. LET’S ADD DANIEL WHO WAS TROWN OUT IN THE LIONS DEN.REMEMBER DAVID WHO DEFEATED GOLIATH….DO YOU THINK DAVID DEFEATED GOLIAT BECAUSE HE WAS STRONG AND YOUNG?OR DO YOU THINK HIS SLING IS SO STRONG? NO THE REASON IS HE KNOW THAT THE GOD HE WAS SERVING ,HE WILL DELIVER AND HELP HIM….YOU JUST NEED TO TRUST HIM

SO DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HOW S YOUR DEVOTION?YOUR PRAYER LIFE .KNOWING GOD IT CANT HAPPEN FOR ONE DAY ALONE…IT TAKES TIME TO KNOW HIM, AND YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF OUR GOD IF YOU KEEP READING AND MEDITATING HIS WORDS……AND THE SECRET IN READING THE BIBLE IT REQUIRE OUR IMAGINATION….IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE ON THAT SITUATION AND IT NEED QUESTION AND ANSWER,,,

2….THE KNOWLEDGE TO  KNOW YOURSELF-WHO ARE YOU?ASK YOURSELF .WHO AM I?YOUR IDENTITY

YOU KNOW I LIKE THE SONG TITLE WHO AM I

WHO AM I THAT THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH

WOULD CARE TO KNOW MY NAME

WOULD CARE TO FEEL MY HURT?

IN CHORUS SAY

NOR BECAUSE OF WHO I AM

BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE.NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I DONE BUT BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE?   IT IS THE LOVE OF GOD UNTO US.JOHN 3;16  FOR GOD SO LOVE THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON ,WHOEVER BELIVE SHALL NOT DIE BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE…. IT IS BECAUSE OF OUF LORD JESUS CHRIST ,HE TOOK OUR SHAME..HE TOOK OUR SIN ON THE CROSS SO THAT WE MAY  HAVE IDENTITY,

WHAT IS OUR SPIRITUAL IDENTY ASIDE FROM OUR SALVATION BEING SAVE?BEING FORGIVEN NO LONGER SLAVE OF SINS

1,EPHESIANS 1:15 WE ARE ADOPTED INTO GODS FAMILY AND GIVEN A

NEW IDENTITY AS A CHILD OF GOD {JHON 1:12-13

WE ARE NOT BROTHER OR SISTER BY BLOOD BUT IN GODS KINGDOM WE ARE BROTHER AND SISTER IN CHRIST

EPHSIANS 2;19 WE ARE NO LONGER FOREGNERS AND STRANGERS,BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH GODS PEOPLE

1 PETER 2;9-10

BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION ,HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIME THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT:WHO ONCE WERE NOT A PEOPLE BUT ARE NOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD,WHO HAD NOT OBTAINED MERCY BUR NOW HAVE OBTAINED MERCY….

IT GIVES US SINCE OF SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE BECAUSE OUR IDENTITY IS THE PRINCESS AND PRINCE OF GODS KINGDOM…

-GENESIS 1;27 GOD MADE US BEAUTIFUL

PSALM 139:14 I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFUL MADE

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20 OUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

3.KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW YOUR PLACE, IN HEAVENLY PROGRAM THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO SHINE AS JESUS, OUR SPIRITUAL POSITION AND PURPOSE THAT WE AS BELIVER HAVE IN GODS PLAN.ALL OF US NEED A PLACE TO STAY

YOUR PURPOSE

OUR INFLUENCE ON EARTH….THE CONCEPT OF ”YOUR PLACE” SUGGESTS THAT EACH OF US AS BELIVERS HAS A SPECIFIC ROLE TO PLAY IN GODS DESIGN. THIS ROLE MIGHT INVOLVE WITNESSING,SERVING OR SIMPLY EMBODYING CHRIST CHARACTER

IF YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR PLACE WHERE YOU BELONG,YOUR GIFTS,OUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

GOD GIVES US OUR GIFTS…TAKE NOTE, TALENTS AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE DIFFERENT,IF YOU ARISE NOW THAT’S THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SHINE LIKE JESUS SHINE…

Kinds of spiritual gifts

Wisdom-ability to apply knowledge to practical situation

Knowledge-a deeper understanding of gods truth and teaching

Faith- a strong belief in god and his promises

Healing- the ability to be a conduit of divine healing both physical and spiritual

Miracles-extraordinary events that demonstrate God’s power

PROPHECY- THE ABILITY TO SPEACK GODS WORD ,FOR TELL FUTURE EVENTS OR PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT

DISCENTMENT- THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD

INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES- THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE AND EXPLAIN MESSAGES GIVEN IN UNKNOWN LANGUAGES

TEACHING THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO HELP OTHERS TO GROW IN THEIR FAITH

LEADERSHIP THE ABILITY TO TO INSPIRE AND GUIDE OTHERS

MERCY- THE ABILITY TO SHOW COMPASSION,KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING TO THOSE IN NEED

HELPING THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE

EXHORTATION- THE ABILITY TO ENCOURAGE ,PERSUADE AND MOTIVATE OTHERS

GIVING- THE ABILITY TO GENEROUSLY SHARE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OTHERS

ADMINISTRATION

THE ABILITY TO ORGANISE AND MANAGE RESOURCES ‘

CONCLUSION

Arise, ^ashine; WHY? BECAUSE For your light has come!And ^bthe glory of the Lord is risen upon you ,GLORY MEANS THE LOVE OF GOD,REMEMBER WE ARE CARRYING THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,NOT OUR CHURCH ,NOT OUR NAME.2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,And deep darkness the people;But the Lord will arise over you,And His glory will be seen upon you.SINCE WE ARE CARRYING THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS EVEN WE COME TO THE DEEP DEEP DARKNESS .THE LIGHT WHICH IS THE LOVE OF JESUS IS ENOUGH TO LIGHTEN UP OR BRIGHTEN UP THE WHOLE CITY…REMEMBER LOVE COVER’S A MULTITUDE OF SINS 1 PETER 4:8

3 The ^cGentiles shall come to your light,And kings to the brightness of your rising.SINCE OUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,OUR EVIDENCE IS THE FRUIT,,,WHAT ARE THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?WE  HAVE LOVE,JOY,PEACE,GENTLENESS AND SO ON….YOU KNOW AS A CHILD OF GOD ,WHEN TRIALS OR OBSTACLES COME WE DON’T PANIC OR SCARED WHY.BECAUSE THE WORD SAID IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD ,THERE IS FULNESS OF JOY,NO MATTER WHAT HAPPPEN AROUND US WE ARE AT PEACE BECAUSE THE JOY OF THE LORD GIVES US STRENGHT ….PEOPLE WILL COME TO US VOLUNTARY…4 “Lift ^dup your eyes all around, and see:They all gather together, ^ethey come to you;Your sons shall come from afar,And your daughters shall be nursed at your side. IN THIS VERSE GOD ASKED US TO  LIFT OUR EYES ALL AROUND AND SEE..LOOK OUTSIDE .IN YOUR COMMUNITY,WORKPLACE,OR EVEN IN THE METRO,IN YOUR FLATS.OUSIDE THERE ARE A LOT OF UNBELIVERS .THE LORD IS INVITING US ALL TO PARTICIPATE ON HIS KINGDOM TO BE INVOLVE…THE HARVEST IS PLENTYFUL BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW….WE NEED TO ACTIVATE OUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS,ON THIS VERSE…IN GODS KINGDOM THERES NO ONE IS EXEPMTED,NO FAVORATISM….IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETER YOU ARE TOO OLD OR TOO YOUNG….AS LONG AS YOU ARE STILL BREATHING YOU NEED TO WORK HARD….TIME IS GOLD IN GODS. KINGDOM 5 Then you shall see and become radiant,And your heart shall swell with joy;Because ^fthe abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you…THE GOD WE ARE SERVING IS THE GOD WHO CAN SUPPLY ALL OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES AND GLORY…EVERYTHING WE NEED IS ALL HERE…THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT,IF WE HAVE JESUS WE HAVE EVERYTHING,,,REMEMBER HE CREATED THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.LET US REALLY SEEK THE LORD WITH ALL OUR HEART  …LET US ALL ARISE ,SHINE AS JESUS SHINE SO THAT WE COULD BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE GRACE OF HIS THRONE,TIME IS RUNNING OUT…WE ARE ON OUR LAST DAYS JESUS IS COMING SOON,,, TO GOD BE THE GLORY,