“We look around us and we find ourselves confused
as to why the world has fallen into such deep darkness.
And standing in this descending darkness,
what we need to realize is that the farther we move from God,
the darker everything gets.
And no light of man can illuminate that kind of darkness.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough
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But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people.
You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession.
As a result, you can show others the goodness of God,
for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9 NLT
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“Sing and rejoice ye children of the day and the light;
for the Lord is at work in this thick night of darkness that may be felt:
and the Truth doth flourish as the rose.”
George Fox, The Journal of George Fox
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Do everything without complaining and arguing,
so that no one can criticize you.
Live clean, innocent lives as children of God,
shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.
Philippians 2:14-15 NLT