This passage was given by my pastor at the start of 2014, where he prophesied that in the natural 2014 will be filled with darkness and that there will be a strain of virus being prominent. Pastor Prince also shared about a renewed focus on the matters of Israel in 2014.
Attending the last service for the year, it was definitely a time of reflection on all that has happened. Ebola, Crimea, ISIS, missing air planes (MH370, MH17, QZ8501), S.Korea sinking ferry etc.
As believers, we have the promise that His glory will shine upon our faces and we will be radiant as long as we behold Him. Truly I thank God for the year of greater glory which I have seen myself, truly I have been blessed to be a blessing. Blessings on its own are meaningless when it's all self-fulfilling only. 'If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.' Matt 10:39. It's all about Jesus!

Isaiah 60 New King James Version (NKJV)

Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “Lift up your eyes all around, and see:
They all gather together, they come to you;
Your sons shall come from afar,
And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
5 Then you shall see and become radiant,
And your heart shall swell with joy;
Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.

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