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Me:\u00a0 That room is dark.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Yes, it is.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Some light is needed.<\/p>\n

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Let’s image the beautiful Sun outside represents Jesus.\u00a0 Let’s image the world full of sin as a dark room with no windows.\u00a0 The room needs light.\u00a0 You noticed to receive light, there have been placed beautiful wonderful lamps.\u00a0 They are plugged in and they share light.\u00a0 Some of the lights are brighter and some are darker.\u00a0 They have different light bulbs in them.\u00a0 Some burn out sooner and some last longer.\u00a0 Some lamps are small and some are bigger.\u00a0 They all shine light though. They also look amazing and beautiful!\u00a0 There are ones with flowers, skinny ones, and fat ones and some are brand new and others are old.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Then there is a small hole in the wall.\u00a0 In a room full of lamps with light, it appears to do nothing.\u00a0 In fact it may seem to be a flaw in the design.\u00a0 Some of the lamps complain, why is it even there.\u00a0 The lamps feel that it is not even coming close to sharing all the light that they are sharing.<\/div>\n
The hole says nothing.\u00a0 Consistently it remains in the room.\u00a0 Some days are cloudy and barely any light from the sun comes through the hole.\u00a0 Other days there is nothing but light that comes through.\u00a0 The hole sometimes wonders can something so small and ugly and insignificance compared to the lamps really make a difference in the dark room.<\/div>\n
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But one day, there is a power outage.\u00a0 All the beautiful and different lamps can share no light.\u00a0 Their source is from their plug that is connected to the room.\u00a0 The small hole is now the only light available.\u00a0 On that day the sun is shining brightly and can be seen coming through the hole.\u00a0 \u00a0In that dark room where the lamps could no longer work, suddenly they focus on the hole.\u00a0 This light was a little different because it had warmth there that is different than artificial light.\u00a0 It’s source was from the sun. The sun has pure energy that never dies.\u00a0 It is a source that is everlasting.\u00a0This light could not be stopped by the power outage.<\/div>\n
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The hole just did what it was designed to do that day.\u00a0 It didn’t want the lamps to look at it.\u00a0 It was nothing but a hole and they didn’t look at the hole.\u00a0 Instead the hole did what it was designed to do.\u00a0 The focus of the hole was to let the light from the sun to shine through.\u00a0 The focus was on the sunlight and the hole was just a vessel for the sun.<\/div>\n
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The lamps represents when we work in the flesh for the Lord.<\/div>\n
The hole represents when we work through the Holy Spirit.<\/div>\n
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John 1:5<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe light shines in the darkness, and\u00a0the darkness has not overcome it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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By:\u00a0 Jennifer Van Allen<\/div>\n
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www.theprodigalpig.com<\/div>\n
www.faithincounseling.org<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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