 My dear viewer, welcome again to our series of 40 Days of Prayer. This is day 16, since began this series of Moments with the Lord in Prayer. And today we are still advancing with the word series, and we are especially looking at the word in the symbol of light. But before we start, let's see a prayer. Gracious Father in Heaven, thank you for the privilege that we have, a precious moment to be with you and before you, as we briefly share from the scripture in half time more to pour our hearts to you. Lord, invite your presence to be with me right here, and be with my viewer wherever the Lord blesses us with your presence. For it is in Jesus' name we pray and believe. Amen. For today's prayer day 16, the word is a light. And so text of course is Psalms 119, I know, verse 105. Psalms 119 verse 105, the word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. The word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. The Bible looks at the scripture as light. Now you remember we said, we saw where Christ said, you are the light of the world. But not today here. Gansis, the one of God is the light, the light. We are the light of the world, but the one of God is the light or a lamp unto our feet. When you look at the symbols here, the word is a lamp unto my feet. It speaks of something that shines or lightens or illuminates our path. So the purpose of the word of God in this text, a light unto my path, simply means the one of God is the means through which we are guided as to where to step, how to walk, to be able to see the path clearly, to be able to see the way, to be able to see the obstacles on the way. You see when you're walking in the night and you don't have light, then you're always in fear of stumbling. You're always in fear that you may hit stones on something and you may hurt yourself. You don't have confidence as you walk. You don't feel secured as you walk in. And our Christian work is liken to that physical work here on earth. So when we don't have the word of God as Christian, then we lose confidence in the work, in the jane. We're not sure whether we are safe as we walk through. We don't know how we can figure out the obstacles on our way because we are not able to see. And so the word of God then in this text is what enables you and me to see the way clearly. Now listen to me. Christ said, I am the way. That path to heaven is Christ Jesus. And when you bring it in this context, then it simply means that everything is saying here, your word is the light that shines that I can be able to see the way. You cannot see Jesus as He is without the scriptures. In the scriptures we interact with Jesus. The scriptures illuminate, shines, gives forth light of righteousness. The scriptures reveals Jesus. It is through the scriptures we see Him Jesus and so we see the way. So David here says, Your word is a lamp unto my feet. Now before we talk about the light, if you look at the first symbol, thy word is a lamp unto my feet. It's very, very significant, very, very important. You see lamps don't light without spirit, without oil rather. Lamps don't light without oil. You've got to put some oil inside, some paraffin, some something that can make it light. And so the word of God will not shine in your heart, in your life, without the spirit of God. It is the spirit of God in the world that makes the one shine in your life. It is the spirit of God that makes the one shine in the world. It is the spirit of God that makes you figure out and see Jesus as He is. Now David says, Your word is a lamp unto my feet. Meaning, when I study the word, they really interact with the power of the word of God, the spirit in the word of God and together the scripture, the word of God and the spirit of God transforms me, renews me, opens my eyes that I'm able to see the way Jesus Christ And so friends, this moment as we seek the Lord in prayer, today we are focusing on the aspect of this one of God to be able to guide our path, our way, our ways of life. It is the one of God that cancels us. The one of God has as power to direct us into parts of righteousness. The one of God, David says, Have I hidden my heart that I may not seen against you? It is the one of God that controls us from the excesses of life. It is the one of God that restrains us for the love of God constringing us. When we interact with the one of God, then we are retained within the confines of the provisions of righteousness that which you can see God. And so this morning, this afternoon, this evening, wherever you are watching us from or whatever time you are in, we want to invite you to think about the power that is in the one of God to guide you. And are you guided by the one of God? Do you think and feel that the one of God is supreme authority in our life? Do you feel and accept that the one of God is the rule of faith that we have? It's what guides us. It's what shows us the way. It is what desants our intent. It is what speaks of the purposes of God for us. It is what speaks of the intentions of God for this life and for lives. It is what reveals God as he is and the plan of redemption we all interact through the scriptures. How much do you study the one of God? On a daily basis, do you study the one of God? Do you take time to study the one of God? How often do you do this? You know, I know some people who just work in the morning, they just pray, they go. They come in the evening, they pray, they go. The only time they interact with the scriptures is when they in church or when there is an organized Bible study. But imagine how you live without the one of God. It is like going through the night without light and every night without light. So we are inviting to turn back the scriptures and be student of the scriptures to search and see what God expects of us. Did you know that in the scriptures there are so many promises? In fact, one guy was counting the promises of God in the scriptures and he said there are enough promises for each single day in 365 days of the year. So imagine that through the scriptures you can identify a promise for each day. Maybe one of these fine days I'm going to have a program here where we will be just speaking of a single promise for each day and perhaps you take a couple of days to see how that looks like. But imagine in the scriptures God has placed all the promises that you may desire a need to help you jane on. The scriptures is a breath of God we see. But today we are saying the scripture the one of God is a light, is a lamp that gives light. To shine in our hearts, to shine on our jane, on our paths that we may not stumble in our Christian walk. Other things you need to seek the Lord because you look into your life and you stumble in one way or another. This one of God is able to guide you how you can ask forgiveness, repentance and be able to walk with the Lord. Invite you to join me as we pray. And for other prequences that we have globally as a church allow me to quickly give you one or two that we can join together as we pray. We are going to pray for strength to have faith in God's promises and not to be brought down by our feelings or doubt or fear. Pray the promise of God's word over the seven people on your list. Also pray that Jesus' love and the truths of his word would find entrance into those countries where there is no advantage presence. Pray for believers that are experiencing great religious persecution especially in Russia, China and Middle East countries. Pray also for those who have chosen to be baptized since the conflict started in Eastern Europe. Pray for those decisions that may be permanent as they make them. This and those that you are having and the ones that may have come into your mind as you briefly spoke from the scriptures is what you can meet the Lord. Wherever you are, take time speak to the Lord. Join with me as we pray together. Our gracious father in heaven this moment we thank you for the privilege and the precious moment that we have to share and to be at your feet. It is always awesome to be at your feet. Here we find forgiveness. Here we find hope. Here we find grace. Here we find eternal life. This morning Lord we thank you for reminding us that we have a word which is your word in the scriptures. Which to us is a lamb. It's the light for a path. Lord we are praying that as we walk this journey of faith we will never lose sight of the scriptures. This is the rule of faith that we may catch the spirit of reformers. Martin Luther and his team who would stand at a critical moment and say by scripture and scripture alone. In the world of God is eternal life. This word is able to sector our thoughts and intents and reveal the true colors of our lives and guidance into repentance and guidance into the path of righteousness for your name's sake. We are praying today for a renewed appetite for your word. A renewed interest for your word. A renewed commitment of study of your word. That Lord we shall be enriched we shall be equipped and we shall be very furnished with all that we require and need for this journey as you await for the second coming. Thank you Lord even for the request that we are presenting that the church has posted and we thank you even for those who have been praying and seeking from you this moment Lord all together we pray that you shall join and answer them according to the riches and glory. Those who have been weak and stumbling and backslidden those who may have forgotten about the start of your word we are seeking even through this 40 days of prayer and especially today for a special revival. I know Bible studies may have stopped in some homes Lord you may cause a revival in those homes that Bible studies may be again active in those families. I know the churches have prayer moments and Bible studies times are located but because of many issues and busy schedules and struggles and they are such good important programs are fading away we are Lord praying this moment for a renewed spirit in even the family and the church for a revived state of your world in small groups individuals comparatively as a church that we will be busy in the state of the world that we shall be able to see our path and see how we walk as Christians in this critical time the history of the world. Lord may you feel us with the spirit which is a world that keeps the lamp burning that this will never be quenched but because of the power of the Holy Spirit we will continue being agitated for the state of your world not just being agitated for study but also be agitated to share and to tell others about your life we will continue to pray for a special outpouring of the power of the Holy Spirit upon us Lord this season of prayer let it not Lord be just another season of being in prayer but now fruits are building nothing but Lord indeed this shall be a season where we are transformed, we are revived we are shaken in way that we can be fit and for eternity so we thank you Lord this morning thank you Lord this afternoon or this evening wherever my viewer would be but we pray that your presence the power of the Holy Spirit will be our encouragement or confidence and the power of the Holy Spirit this shall be renewed and be prepared for the second coming is our prayer Amen