This Little Light of Mine
Isaiah 30:18-26 – New International Version (NIV)
18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to
show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for
him!
19 People of Zion, who live in
Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for
help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 Although the Lord gives you
the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your
teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see
them. 21 Whether you turn to the right
or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is
the way; walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your
idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you
will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, “Away with
you!”
23 He will also send you
rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the
land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will
graze in broad meadows. 24 The oxen and donkeys
that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and
shovel. 25 In the day of great
slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on
every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the
sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of
seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and
heals the wounds he inflicted.
Why will the Lord “rise up to show you compassion” (verse 18)?
Who is blessed (verse
18)?
When will the Lord
be gracious (verse 19)?
What “will be
hidden no more” (verse 20)?
What will the voice from
behind say (verse 21)?
What will they say
when “idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold” are
desecrated (verse 22)?
What will be “rich
and plentiful” (verse 23)?
How will the fodder
and mash that the oxen and donkeys eat be spread out (verse 24)?
Where will the
streams of water flow (verse 25)?
How bright with the
sunlight shine (verse 26)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what does this
passage teach us about living in light?
Matthew 5:13-16 - New International
Version (NIV)
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its
saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything,
except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill
cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead
they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same
way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good
deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
What are “you” (verse 13)?
In your
opinion, “if salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again” (verse
13)?
What is salt that loses saltiness good for (verse 13)?
What are “you” (verse 14)?
What cannot be hidden (verse 14)?
Where do people not put a lamp that is lit (verse 15)?
What will the lamp do when it is “put on its stand” (verse 15)?
Where should our light shine (verse 16)?
When do others glorify our “Father in heaven” (verse 16)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about living in light?
In your opinion, how does God’s graciousness, that includes bringing
bright light, in Isaiah 30:18-26 relate to the light that Matthew 5:13-16 says
we are to let “shine before others”?
Philippians 2:12-18 - New International
Version (NIV)
12 Therefore,
my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now
much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and
trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will
and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
14 Do
everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that
you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in
a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like
stars in the sky 16 as you hold firmly to the word of
life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not
run or labor in vain. 17 But even if I am being
poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming
from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 So
you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
What does Paul want the Philippian
Christians to “continue to work out” (verse 12)?
Who “works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill
his good purpose” (verse 13)?
What should
Christians do “without grumbling or arguing” (verse 14)?
How does Paul describe the generation in which he wants
Christians to be “children of God without fault” (verse 15)?
Where will Christians shine as they “hold firmly to
the word of life” (verses 15 and 16)?
What will Paul be able to boast “on the day of
Christ” (verse 16)?
What is Paul able to do with Christians even if he “is
being poured out like a drink offering” (verse 17)?
How should Christians react with Paul (verse 18)?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about living
in light?
In your opinion, what does Philippians 2:12-18 reveal
about how people should respond to God’s graciousness when they cry for help as
described in Isaiah 30:18-26?
In your
opinion, how does Philippians 2:12-18 help us understand how Christians can let
our “light shine before others” as commanded in Matthew 5:13-16?
Revelation 21:22-27 – New International Version
(NIV)
22 I did not
see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple. 23 The city
does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of
God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings
of the earth will bring their splendor into it. 25 On no day will its gates ever be
shut, for there will be no night there. 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be
brought into it. 27 Nothing
impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or
deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of
life.
Why did John “not see a temple in the city” (verse 22)?
What is the light of the city (verse 23)?
What is the city’s lamp (verse 23)?
Who will walk by the city’s light (verse 24)?
Why will the gates never be shut (verse 25)?
What will be brought to the city (verse 26)?
Who will enter the city (verse 27)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion,
what does this passage teach us about living in light?
In your opinion, how does the light and healing in Isaiah 30:18-26
anticipate the magnificent light of the city in Revelation 21:22-27?
In
your opinion, how do those whose “names are written in the Lamb’s book of
life” in Revelation 21:22-27 letting their “light shine before others”
as commanded in Matthew 5:13-16 glorify the One whose glory lights the city of
Revelation 21:22-27?
In your opinion, how
can the city described in Revelation 21:22-27 be a source of inspiration for
those who are struggling to work out their “salvation with fear and trembling”
in the “warped and crooked generation” in Philippians 2:12-18?
In your opinion, what do these Scriptures from Isaiah, Matthew,
Philippians and Revelation teach us about the source of light?
In your
opinion, how do we let our lights shine today?
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