 Ya viewers, welcome again to our program for the 40 days of prayer. This is Pastor Peter Nyaga right here from Nairobi Central as a church, I invite you to come along today that you may be blessed together with us. Now, if you are joining for the first time, this is a season of 40 days of prayer, we began from that or may, we are going all through to 11th of June. Why are we praying? We are praying because number one the church is in the season of elections and we are calling upon the Lord to give the church global church leadership that are going to be mission-oriented and move the church to the next level in terms of our purposes or in the mission context and number two we also praying for especially the countries of Ukraine and Russia because of the war that is taking place there that peace of God may prevail and people of God may have a good time to settle down and worship one more time but also we have a different challenges we are praying for revival and reformation the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and we are asking the Lord to come through in the situations of our life in various ways and so this is a time that God has prepared for you and for me that we may be blessed of him. Now today is day seven in our series of presentations and we are looking at a very special you know topic this moment that says you are the light you are the light and it based on the book of Matthew chapter five and verse number 14 down to 16 and I'll read before we start. You are the light of the world a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and if and it give a light and to all that are in the house verse 16 let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven very important text here before we expand on it let's have a wonder prayer British Father in Heaven we thank you for the privilege of this moment with you we invite you Lord to speak to us and speak through me this text Lord in the next few minutes may you make it sensible to us in a way that it can revive our spirits and revive our hearts and quicken our preparedness for the suni coming we pray in Jesus name amen you are the light you are the light is very important in fact where I'm studying I am in the presence of light you know because without this light maybe you may not be able to see me well the camera requires light for me you know to be very you know be able to be seen well and even for the better you know images coming through so light is very very important we we all know that we cannot be able to do much without light imagine a world where there's no light I'm sure wherever you are in one way or another there's some form of light if you're getting this message there's some form of light wherever you are because without light many things may not be done waking the morning and we expecting to see the light of the sun comes the night we have electricity and other form of light that we need to have that we can be able to be you know a productive and do a few things in the night of course we know we switch off light to go to sleep to rest because light keeps us active light keeps us active and so the bible Jesus comes and says you are the light now taking you back to the sort of creation when God came to create the bible text in the book of Genesis create a picture where the world was full of darkness then God came in and the first thing God did was to speak light the bible says and God said let there be light and there was light now God spoke light for light to be that it can begin is creation so light was very important right from the onset that God may be able to be in light as is created of course we know that God is not a human being was not dependent on the light but these are principle that light is important in our activities is important in our progress it is important in our lives now when Christ comes then in the book of Matthew the Beatitudes that series of Beatitudes ends and then of course it cannot end of course we know we know Beatitudes us blessed and blessed and blessed but it's in that context he says you are the light of the world and so Jesus recognizes that you are very important that the world needs you to operate the world needs you to operate the world needs your presence for it to be active the world needs you for it to be productive it says you are the light you see when we talk about spiritual light light we are talking about the ability for you to impact the world with the true knowledge opening their eyes the true knowledge true understanding of the way of God the purposes that God has for this for us in this life you see a people who live without the true knowledge of God are like a people living in darkness you see before Christ came when we fell into sin we were in darkness so Christ comes to bring light in fact he is the light and we reflect his light so when when we reflect his light then we become light now the people who see us and they see our humility our miknes our moral standing they appreciate who we are they admire who we are but what they don't understand perhaps is is that we are who we are because of the one who has covered us that is Christ the Son of Wretchedness so Jesus says you are the light of the world and the challenge here is that we need to pray that this light that we are may be visible may illuminate the world we may be causing a positive influence in people's lives you know Jesus is asking would it be appropriate for you to light your lamp and then put it under the busha he says no it will be of no use in other ones what spiritual gifts do you have what knowledge of God do you have don't keep it to yourself don't keep it to yourself it is like keeping the lamp under the busha lift it up for people to see tell people of the goodness of Jesus tell people of the grace of God tell people of the love of God tell people of our impontant age to be connected with God in other ones be a disciple maker to be the light of the world it become a disciple maker move out of your comfort zone go and light up some corners of the world which are full of darkness people who have not come into the light of the knowledge of God it attacks you to go there to light up the world you are the light of the world allow me to read one korya uh from um a very uh you know from the book i mean from the book of thoughts from the mount no blessings page number 40 the author is my best you know my favorite author elenji white this woman has written deep messages filled with the spirit of God and i i love quoting from her uh and so if you are interacting with uh words or writings for the first time is a one of our books called the thoughts from the mount of blessings page number 40 no she writes and says this humanity has in itself no light apart from christ we are like and kindled taper but when we turn to one the son of righteousness when we come in touch with christ the old soul is a glow with the brightness of the divine presence christ followers are to be more than a light in the midst of men they are the light of the world angels of glory wait to communicate through you heavens light and power to souls that are ready to perish look at this that we are not we are not in the light but we are the light you see where i am i'm in the light uh there are lights that that that that that that that you know they are making sure that this this this image comes out well but the bible says we are not in the light the way i am in the light here but we are the light and number two very important here that the heavens the angels of heaven are waiting to communicate through you the heavens light and power heaven has given two things very important light and power the heavens shapes and transforms the world through two things light and power and then the quote here says the angels are waiting to communicate this light of god and the power of god upon our lives through you when you discover your identity that you are the light of the world so as we pray today we are seeking the lord to allow us to come into the understanding fully understanding of what it means for you to be the light of the world do people around you feel peace with you do people around you feel comfortable with you do do people around you feel at peace around you what does people at your home say about you you see to be the light of the world it'd be a peacemaker it'd be a person an infringed person specially and the angels are waiting that you may be such a person that they can use to communicate the love of god to communicate the knowledge of god to communicate the light of god to communicate the power of god to a decaying and perishing world and so we need to pray today that a god may help us to not just be in the light but be the light and people around us can be eliminated by the light that we give as we prepare many for eternity we have few prayer concerns today number one have you realized that angels are waiting to work through you to reach out to other people pray for that it's a prayer request that truly god may guide you to to understand fully how angels are waiting for you it's very amazing that angels are waiting for you that they may use they may reach out to the world through you number two think about your family your friends your neighbors your co-workers as god shown you or directed you to them or have you discovered or realized that actually god is waiting for you to reach out to them with the light of god there's a prayer request god help me to be the light in my family help me to be the light to my friends help me to be the light to my neighbors and my co-workers we're also going to pray for the seven names that we have already chosen we are praying for and if you're joining us for the first time just choose seven names that you pray for pray for god to help you to see the needs of the people you are praying for and for wisdom in how to help them and so come along with me today as we pray we also praying for advantage institutions wherever the different part of the world the medical institutions and various other institutions that we may they may be you know blessed of the lord as they prepare many uh in base ministry so come together with me today as you seek the lord in prayer gracious for the heaven we thank you so much how wonderful it is to know that we are not just in the light but we are the light lord we pray because you have asked us to allow this light to so shine that people may see it and glorify your name help us learn today that we may truly become this light that we may understand that we are this light and that we may seek to shine to everyone around us right from home at workplaces or neighbors and all that come into contact with us that we can be the light and they can look as and see and rejoice don't help us today we pray we also remember the various institutions in the advantage church that they truly can also become light as many young people go into these institutions to interact with the professors they may interact with the only two professor jesus christ they may receive obvious light they may become light and they may become reciprocal makers pray lord even for the seven people that you have chosen these for the days of prayer that you can reach out to them or remind us and help us to know that we are the light to these people as you continue the seven days of prayer lord we pray that you may revive us and reform us and order us in the patterns of heaven that we will glorify your name and the church in this part of the world and elsewhere may truly be the light of this world and many will be attracted to come to you bless us to the lord and work with us we pray in jesus name amen amen god bless you for following through these messages and thank you for those who are talking to me and telling me how you're getting blessed and the many people you're encouraging may we be a team as we journey along these for the days of prayer to meet tomorrow god be with you