WEBVTT 00:04.623 --> 00:11.068 [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin to wrap up our week on light, today we'll explore following God into the light. 00:11.909 --> 00:21.996 [SPEAKER_00]: We each face temptations of various kinds, and God promises each of us away out by His leadership in the midst of temptation and struggle. 00:22.977 --> 00:25.459 [SPEAKER_00]: We are not alone in anything we face. 00:26.119 --> 00:29.061 [SPEAKER_00]: As our Jesus has told us, He's faced it too. 00:30.112 --> 00:38.763 [SPEAKER_00]: May you feel better equipped to face temptation and sin today as you encounter Jesus and His truth for you on this subject. 00:39.624 --> 00:40.886 [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast. 01:03.976 --> 01:04.098 [UNKNOWN]: You 01:13.200 --> 01:28.353 [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Isaiah 42 verse 16, Scripture says, and I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known, I will guide them. 01:29.454 --> 01:35.720 [SPEAKER_00]: I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. 01:36.721 --> 01:40.604 [SPEAKER_00]: These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. 01:43.768 --> 01:49.850 [SPEAKER_00]: The Holy Spirit dwelling within is always leading us out of darkness and into the light. 01:50.930 --> 02:06.135 [SPEAKER_00]: He is ready and available to guide us through every decision, temptation, trial, tribulation, and circumstance that we might experience all the abundance available to us in His light. 02:07.801 --> 02:19.232 [SPEAKER_00]: God promises us in Isaiah 42.16 and I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know in paths that they have not known I will guide them. 02:20.253 --> 02:26.219 [SPEAKER_00]: I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. 02:27.100 --> 02:30.664 [SPEAKER_00]: These are the things I do and I do not forsake them. 02:33.066 --> 02:39.570 [SPEAKER_00]: You serve a loving, good father who doesn't leave you to figure out life on your own. 02:40.631 --> 02:45.154 [SPEAKER_00]: He doesn't even leave you just with Scripture to find your way into the light. 02:46.414 --> 02:48.836 [SPEAKER_00]: He knows that we are blind without him. 02:49.836 --> 02:52.758 [SPEAKER_00]: He knows that we are in immense need of his help. 02:53.839 --> 02:58.442 [SPEAKER_00]: And he is constantly leading us into the better things he has for us. 03:00.140 --> 03:08.021 [SPEAKER_00]: First Corinthians 1013 encourages us that no temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. 03:09.082 --> 03:13.682 [SPEAKER_00]: God is faithful and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability. 03:14.342 --> 03:21.544 [SPEAKER_00]: But with the temptation, He will also provide the way of escape that you may be able to endure it. 03:24.044 --> 03:29.185 [SPEAKER_00]: With every temptation the enemy brings, God is leading us in a great escape. 03:30.590 --> 03:34.212 [SPEAKER_00]: You and I so often don't know the way out of temptation. 03:35.313 --> 03:43.658 [SPEAKER_00]: It feels impossible to find the path to righteousness when all we feel is wrongful desire welling up within us. 03:44.918 --> 03:56.045 [SPEAKER_00]: But if we will acknowledge that we are indeed blind and reach out our arms for the guiding hand of God, He will turn the darkness before us into light. 03:57.505 --> 04:05.272 [SPEAKER_00]: He is our faithful shepherd to the abundant pastures available to us on the other side of temptation. 04:06.814 --> 04:16.342 [SPEAKER_00]: Hebrews 2-18 says, for because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. 04:18.084 --> 04:23.389 [SPEAKER_00]: Our God is compassionate because he has felt the temptations we feel. 04:24.718 --> 04:28.240 [SPEAKER_00]: He has walked through this life and lived in the light. 04:29.500 --> 04:31.941 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not alone in your sin. 04:32.982 --> 04:35.803 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not alone in your temptations. 04:37.203 --> 04:44.947 [SPEAKER_00]: You are not alone in the trials, decisions, and circumstances that seem to draw you into darkness. 04:46.510 --> 04:55.139 [SPEAKER_00]: Your Savior has compassion on you and longs for you to simply lean on His strength, trust Him, and follow Him. 04:55.159 --> 05:03.207 [SPEAKER_00]: 1 John 4 says, He who is in you is greater than He who is in the world. 05:04.648 --> 05:08.853 [SPEAKER_00]: You will overcome your enemy if you reach out for the help of God. 05:10.183 --> 05:18.586 [SPEAKER_00]: He will lead you away from the sin that entangles you, and direct you to his perfect, peaceful paths of righteousness. 05:20.167 --> 05:30.671 [SPEAKER_00]: Half faith in the love and ability of your God, and follow Him throughout your day to the still calm waters of His presence. 05:32.472 --> 05:36.053 [SPEAKER_00]: Fix your eyes on Jesus as you enter guided prayer. 06:06.812 --> 06:23.336 [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on God's desire and ability to lead you into the light, allow scripture to stir up your faith, to follow God in the midst of trials, circumstances, and temptations. 06:24.527 --> 06:30.512 [SPEAKER_00]: Isaiah 42-16 says, and I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know. 06:31.353 --> 06:34.556 [SPEAKER_00]: In paths that they have not known, I will guide them. 06:35.737 --> 06:42.263 [SPEAKER_00]: I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places, into level ground. 06:43.424 --> 06:47.307 [SPEAKER_00]: These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. 06:56.264 --> 06:56.605 [UNKNOWN]: Thank you. 07:28.061 --> 07:34.630 [SPEAKER_00]: And next, what temptations seem to envelop you, where you feel no way out? 07:36.032 --> 07:40.178 [SPEAKER_00]: What wrongful desires do you not seem to be able to get rid of? 08:20.298 --> 08:25.906 [SPEAKER_00]: In last, ask God how He is leading you away from those temptations. 08:27.168 --> 08:33.937 [SPEAKER_00]: Ask Him to help you reach for His help in the midst of darkness that you might follow Him to the light. 08:35.214 --> 08:40.559 [SPEAKER_00]: take time to reflect on and journal the ways in which he will lead you to the light. 08:41.800 --> 08:51.208 [SPEAKER_00]: Hebrews 2-18 says, for because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. 09:15.370 --> 09:15.551 [UNKNOWN]: Thank you. 09:28.728 --> 09:40.797 [SPEAKER_00]: May Psalm 23, verses 1 through 6, fill your heart with a longing for close, open relationship with your good shepherd today, as you seek to live in the light. 09:41.557 --> 09:46.741 [SPEAKER_00]: Scripture says, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 09:47.762 --> 09:50.284 [SPEAKER_00]: He makes me lie down in green pastures. 09:51.084 --> 09:53.566 [SPEAKER_00]: He leads me, besides still waters. 09:54.527 --> 09:55.928 [SPEAKER_00]: He restores my soul. 09:57.092 --> 10:00.813 [SPEAKER_00]: He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 10:02.054 --> 10:12.617 [SPEAKER_00]: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me, your rod and your staff that comfort me. 10:13.417 --> 10:17.818 [SPEAKER_00]: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 10:18.659 --> 10:22.960 [SPEAKER_00]: You anoint my head with oil, my cup, overflows. 10:40.086 --> 10:42.787 [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to today's podcast. 10:43.187 --> 10:44.627 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh with verse 15. 10:45.627 --> 10:52.609 [SPEAKER_00]: If the darkness seems to close in around you today, I want to encourage you to dive back into Psalm 23. 10:53.329 --> 10:59.751 [SPEAKER_00]: To renew your mind to the good and pleasing promises of God and his leadership into the light. 11:00.905 --> 11:03.566 [SPEAKER_00]: freedom from sin is yours in God. 11:04.426 --> 11:10.268 [SPEAKER_00]: And he has a perfect plan to lead you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. 11:11.229 --> 11:17.111 [SPEAKER_00]: May your day today be a powerful example of God's wonderful guidance into his light. 11:17.891 --> 11:20.352 [SPEAKER_00]: And may God bless you as you seek Him.