The Light of Christ Journey

Encouraging people on their journey with Christ

The phrase “I am the way, the truth, and the life” is a well-known statement by Jesus in the Bible. John 14:6 Jesus told Thomas, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.[1] This verse describes part of a dialogue between Jesus and His disciples, …

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As Jesus told the Parable of the Banquet, He showed how God invites the unlikely. In this parable, a king sent out three invitations to a banquet. Each time, the people refused. Not only do they refuse a gracious invitation, but they also killed the messengers with the invitation.   Matthew 22:8 And he said to …

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Don’t walk away from the Lord. This sounds like wise advice from a godly parent. Nothing is sadder in a person’s life than walking away from the Lord. That’s because there are eternal consequences to refusing the invitation of Jesus. The good news is this does not have to be you! If you don’t know …

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Is the Lord calling you? We do not want to take this for granted, thinking we have endless time to respond. A friend had drifted away from the Lord and began to live a life as a drug dealer, shutting out the voice of the Holy Spirit. One day, a drug deal suddenly went wrong, …

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God invites us into His Presence. The word invite means “to request the presence or participation of.”[1] An invitation always begins with someone else. Moses had been a shepherd for 40 years in the land of Midian since his exile from Egypt. What began as a normal day with his sheep suddenly changed when the …

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