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monRead Ephesians 5:8. Now

that youre in the light, what

is your responsibility to those

still in darkness? Thank God

for the light He shines on

people who are in darkness.

tuesSometimes people fall intothe trap of believing lies

because they dont know

the truth. Ask God to help

you recognize the difference

between truth and lies.

wedRead out loud to yourself

Ephesians 5:6-17. Choose

one verse to memorize

and apply. Thank God that

you dont have to walk in

darkness, but you can walk in

His light.

thursRead Ephesians 5:6-10. List some of the

empty words that have recently tricked

you. Ask God for a sincere desire to

know His truth as well as what pleases

Him.

friRead Ephesians 5:16. Plan a tentative

time schedule for tomorrow, prayerfully

considering how you can make

the most of every oppor tunity,

especially when its the weekend!

satRead Ephesians 5:8 again. To live as a

child of light, you need to be aware of the

lies of the darkness. Ask your minister or

another mature Christian what he or she

considers the most dangerous spiritual

lies currently being spread by people.

For you wereonce darkness,but now you arelight in the Lord.Live as children

of light.Ephesians 5:8

Light

The Bible says that Satan can

appear like an angel of light.

So how can we tell the light of

truth from mere shadows? The

main thing is to know the light

source so well that we wont be

deceived by holograms. Which of

these quotes are truths from God,

our light source; and which arethings that sound good, but are

really lies?

Answers:

1. Lie: Ben Franklin said this, and it is directly opposed to Scripture, see Rom. 5:8

2.Light: This is a paraphrase of Eph. 5:123.Lie:This is a popular quote by Marianne Williamson, used frequently in inspirational movies.

Williamson herself believes in personal empowerment, as well as a combination of Christianity,

Judaism, Zen Buddhism, and New Thought spiritualism. This quote soundsgood, but Scripture

says that our deepest fear is having our inner darkness exposed to the light of ChristJohn

1; Eph 5:8

4.Light: lyric from the Switchfoot song, Gone. See 1 Cor. 7:29-31

5.Light: quote from Madeleine LEngle, see Job 4041 and 1 Cor 1:18-25

6.Lie: This is a common excuse to justify sinful behavior. Sin often feels good, and it might not

have obvious, immediate harm, but in the end it will always corrupt the soul. When we try to cir-

cumvent Gods law with our own excuses, there will always be consequences. See Prov. 14:12

L esvs

God helpsthosewho helpthemselves. 1

You shouldnteven talkabout thesinful thingsthat people doprivately. 2

Our deepest fear is not that weare inadequate. Our deepest fearis that we are powerful beyondmeasure. It is our light, not ourdarkness that most frightens us.The glory of God is within us. Andas we let our own light shine, weunconsciously give other peoplepermission to do the same. 3

She said he said, Live likeno tomorrow.

Every day we borrow

Brings us one step closerto the edge (innity). 4

We rebelagainst theimpossible. Some

professionalreligion-mongerstry to makeGod possible,domesticate Himso that Hes easyto believe in.But an acceptableChristianity isnot Christian; acomprehensibleGod is nomore than anidol. 5

As long as noone gets hurt, its

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Thinkofadeepdarksinthatyoureashamedof.Takeablackpenandwritethatsinbelow,

whereitsallblack.

Onedefinitionofintegrity mightbe

livingthesamewaywhen

nobodyswatching.Ifeveryone

could seeyour privateactions, what would

they thinkofthem? As maturefollowersof

Christ, weare askedtoliveconsistently,

asifwewere always inthe light.

Doesntshow, right? Itwouldshowquiteclearly.

Whatifyouwereto

writethatsinover

hereinthelight?

For you were oncedarkness, but now

Lord.Live as children

you arelightin the

Ephesians 5:8of light.

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