Shine as Lights in the World

Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and

fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to

do what pleases him. 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. Hold firmly to the

word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run

the race in vain and that my work was not useless. But I will rejoice even if I lose my

life, pouring it out like a liquid offering to God,just like your faithful service