Sermon Title: It’s My Time to Shine

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

And God said, “Let there be light” and there was light. God saw that it was good and he separated the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:3).

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:4-5)

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8).

“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6)

I. The Power of the Light “Ye are the light of the world”.
(Matthew 5:14a)

Intentionally Positioned- “A city set on a hill that cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14b)

Individually Powered- 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (Matthew 5:15)

Z-Tweet: “It’s hard to hide what God put in ME!”

II. The Purpose of the Light “16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

Z-Tweet: “When I Shine, it’s Really HIM Shining THROUGH ME!”