The Secret To Shining Brighter In A World Getting Darker
Ps.Zane
January 21, 2023

The Secret to Shining in a World getting Darker#

and it’s got nothing to do with Eskom!

Do u agree with me that you and I have a mandate from God to:

Disciples for Jesus
this message of Hope to the Hopeless
Reconcile Spiritually lost people to God their Creator
…Love people no matter their colour or culture
…Help Restore the lives of those who themselves battered & bruised by the storms of life or the scheming of

“…have rebelled against me.” “…a sinful nation…” “… are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.*
*They have

the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. v.7 ..Your country lies in ruins,”
Isaiah 1:2-5

“Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love

and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows.”
Isaiah 1:23-24

“Their land is full of

;”
Isaiah 2:8

“They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it.”
Isaiah 3:9

“What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.”
Isaiah 5:11

“…they have despised the word of God..”
Isaiah 5:24

To sum up - according to God’s State of the Nation, this was His report card:

against God
A sinful nation
Evil people,
Corrupt
Have the Lord
Despised God
Turned their on God
Their country lay in ruins
Their leaders were rebels,the companions of thieves.
Leaders loved bribes
Their land was full of idols
Full of
Display their sin openly,proud of their sinful lifestyles.
A nation of drunks
God
Despised the word of God

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? … who will go for us?” And I said, “

am I. me!”
Isaiah 6:8

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”
Jim Elliot

In 2022, on average:

  • 116 assaults every day
  • A car was reported solen every 22 minutes
  • 2693 Houses were burgled every day
  • 115 people were raped every day
  • 68 people were murdered every day

We agree, we’ve been called to:

…Make Disciples for


…Take this message of Hope to the Hopeless
…Help Reconcile Spiritually lost people to God their Creator …Love all people no matter their colour or
…Help Restore the lives of those who find themselves battered & bruised by the storms of life or the scheming of Satan

“In the year that King Uzziah died,
I saw the Lord…”
Isaiah 6:1

Truth Transforms You

Judgement Is Truth

“… it is appointed onto man once to die, and after that to face the judgment,”
Hebrews 9:27

Paul Preaching in Athens:

“… He commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. For he has set a day for judging the world with justice…”
Acts 17:30-31

“Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God.”
Romans 14:12

“I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne.
And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.”
* Revelation 20:12

So what is “The Secret to Shining Brighter in a world getting darker?”

“The closer you get to God the more you want to do for Him!”