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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  KEEP YOUR LAMPS TRIMMED

This refers to the story of the five wise and five foolish virgins. The word says that when they heard that the bridegroom was coming they all rose up and trimmed their lamps. Five had oil and five did not. A lamp without oil will still burn for a few minutes as the wick burns on its own. But it will not burn long.

This is why it important to have the oil of the Holy Ghost in us. So we will not burn on our own, and burn out. We will be able to burn longer and brighter with God’s anointing within us.

The Bible talks about keeping your lamp trimmed. Most people today would not understand what it means to trim your lamp. Modern day lamps run on electricity or battery.  During the times of the bible people used oil lamps. They would burn by the oil being absorbed into a string known as a wick.

After a wick burns a little bit, the flame doesn’t burn as bright. Unless you trim off the edge that’s burnt before you light it, and then it lights better, and it burns brighter. We have to keep our wick trimmed. We have to remove all the dead stuff, all the burnt stuff. All the things that are hindering our light needs cut off and out of our way, so that our light can shine.

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

By letting our light shine we show the world our good works. Our works are important, not for our salvation, but to show the world Jesus. What makes a better impact on someone, kindness or some one who is hateful or judgmental. Of course, the kind one.

James2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Our faith has to have works for others to learn about Jesus. If we didn’t show any good works or any fruit of the spirit, we would never win anyone to Christ. Everyone wants their light to shine, but no one wants to trim the wick.

HEBREWS 12:1  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

We are to set aside the weights and sin which trip us up and run with patience the race that is in front of us. Setting aside the weights and sin is one way to trim our lamps so our light can shine. Another way, is to check our lives against the word of God. Are we in alignment with what God desires for us and in us.

Other things we need to trim is fear, anxiety, worry and negativity. God didn’t give us a spirit of fear. It is not ours to carry. Anxiety comes from the enemy, he likes nothing more than to keep out focus off of Jesus, by worrying.

By removing the things that are not serving us, we will make room for more of God’s anointing and his fire. Which will give us a better light for the world to see. When the enemy tries to weigh you down, fight against the things that can cause your light to be dull.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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