"ARISE & LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE"

First & Foremost I take this opportunity to THANK Pastor Vincent, for sending this below message by email, especially when I see the Glory of God descending from the heavens on many of us including myself, yet being nominal people we are still worried about the darkness. My eyes were reading - darkness comprehended it not when I seen the email pop up....IT WAS THE LIGHT OF THE LORD........!

The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not (Joh:1:5)

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

God wishes you to shine. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.(Mat 5:14). You may be the newly saved persons or believers or even evangelical workers for that matter you may be anybody. But God wishes to shine with in you. Similarly you should have that desire and will to prosper in the Lord. You have received the great blessing of salvation and powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit there fore you are expected to perform at least some good things for the glory of God. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

(Isa 60:1-3). You have, regrettably, imbibed with inferiority complex which prevents you from shining. I am not literate, I do not posses the spiritual blessings, I am not gifted with different talents? With these negative thoughts you question your self how can I rise and shine? But you forget that the Lord Jesus Christ who you worship is capable of making anybody shine. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.(Jn 1:9). To shine in your life prayer is utmost important thing. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.(Mat 17:2). 

Prayer means a pleasant communication experience with the Lord. When Jesus prayer over the entire night His face shone like whiteness of light. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.(Lk 9:29). Beloved the more you spend your time in prayer the more God makes you shine before men. Prayer brings forth the power of God with in you. Prayer fills you up with His glory. What ever you do pray before the action and you will find that you are made to shine. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.(Ps 34:5).

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.(Acts 6:15). Here we read about Stephen. His face was shining like that of the angel of God and the people around him, the members of the council, and also the antagonists. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: (Acts 6:5). Be filled with the annoying of the Holy Spirit always so that you will able to rise and shine. Let the anointing of the Spirit be filled with you always so that you shall glorify God in tongues. This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. (Zech 4:6). But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8).

When the disciples of Jesus Christ filled with Holy Spirit they performed many miracle and wonders among the people. On a single day five thousands were saved. What has happen to those miracles and wonders today? Have they vanished? No, they have not vanished. Because lives for ever. When you are filled with the anointing and shine you shall witness the miracle and wonders like the olden days. If your anointing is genuine and honest you should be able to raise and shine for the glory of God. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2Tim 4:2). God instructs those who have received His anointing, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. Offer yourself now to the spiritual power of the Holy Spirit. Then all the obstacles and stumbling blocks in your life will be removed and you shall rise and shine.

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. - Ephesians 5:14