The document emphasizes the importance of behaving as bright lights in the world by adhering to biblical teachings and reflecting the light of Christ through our actions, words, and the message of hope offered to others. It highlights passages from Philippians, John, and Matthew that encourage believers to serve without complaint, walk in wisdom, and share their faith. Ultimately, the call is for Christians to exhibit a lifestyle that glorifies God and influences those around them.

2. Shine as
Bright Lights

3. Philippians 2:14-16
Do all things without complaining
and disputing, that you may
become blameless and harmless,
children of God without fault in
the midst of a crooked and

4. Philippians 2:14-16
perverse generation, among
whom you shine as lights in the
world, holding fast the word of
life, so that I may rejoice in the
day of Christ that I have not run in
vain or labored in vain.

5. Philippians 2:16 (NIV)

7. We Shine as Bright Lights
• By our behavior

8. Service
No Vengeance
No Quarreling
Love

9. Colossians 4:5,6
Walk in wisdom toward those who
are outside, redeeming the time. Let
your speech always be with grace,
seasoned with salt, that you may
know how you ought to answer each
one.

10. 1Peter 3:1,2
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your
own husbands, that even if some do
not obey the word, they, without a
word, may be won by the conduct of
their wives, when they observe your
chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

11. We Shine as Bright Lights
• By our behavior
• By our savior

12. John 1:4-9
In Him was life, and the life was the light
of men. And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
There was a man sent from God, whose
name was John. This man came for a

13. John 1:4-9
witness, to bear witness of the Light,
that all through him might believe. He
was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light. That was the true
Light which gives light to every man
coming into the world.

14. John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again,
saying, “I am the light of the
world. He who follows Me shall
not walk in darkness, but have the
light of life.”

15. Revelation 21:23,24
The city had no need of the sun or of the
moon to shine in it, for the glory of God
illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And
the nations of those who are saved shall
walk in its light, and the kings of the
earth bring their glory and honor into it.

16. We Shine as Bright Lights
• By our behavior
• By our savior
• By our message of hope

17. 1Peter 1:3-5
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us
again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, to an inheritance incorruptible

18. 1Peter 1:3-5
and undefiled and that does not fade
away, reserved in heaven for you,
who are kept by the power of God
through faith for salvation ready to
be revealed in the last time.

19. Acts 13:47
For so the Lord has commanded us:
“I have set you as a light to the
Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to
the ends of the earth.”

20. 2Corinthians 4:3-6
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is
veiled to those who are perishing, whose
minds the god of this age has blinded,
who do not believe, lest the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine on them. For
we do not preach ourselves, but Christ

21. 2Corinthians 4:3-6
Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your
bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the
God who commanded light to shine out
of darkness, who has shone in our hearts
to give the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

22. We Shine as Bright Lights
• By our behavior
• By our savior
• By our message of hope

23. Matthew 5:14-16
“You are the light of the world. A city
that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and put it
under a basket, but on a lampstand,
and it gives light to all who are in the
house.

24. Matthew 5:14-16
Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your
good works and glorify your
Father in heaven.