E D I TO R ’ S N OT E R emain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself ; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4
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I t ’s difficult to find anything new. As King Solomon said, “ There is no thing new u nder the s u n” (Ecc le s i a s te s 1:9 ). S u re there are new tec hno l o gies o u t – iPad s, co mp u t e r s, c e l l p h o n e s w h i c h p r a c t i c a l l y c a r r y o u r e n t i r e lives – but the lifest yles we have and the wor ld in which we live has not changed. War is not obsolete, as it wasn’t dur ing Biblical times; we hear of individuals dwelling in p over t y, wo m en being raped, and w ithin o u r ow n l i ve s we face the same struggles our ancestors faced: depression, hear tache, sickness, and finding our purpose.
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Ups etting as this m ay s eem , w ith l ife’s s t r ug g l e s o n e t h i n g a l s o h a s n’ t c h a n g e d – h o p e . I t i s b e c a u s e o f h o p e t h a t I b e g a n Pr o v e r b s & Wi s d o m a y e a r a g o. I d e s i r e d t o e m p o w e r, e n l i g h t e n a n d e n c o u r a g e i n d i v i d u a l s t h a t t h e y c o u l d g e t t h ro u g h l i fe a n d f i n i s h a s a c o n q u e r o r. Pr o v e r b s 2 3 : 1 8 t e l l u s a l l t h a t t h e r e i s a future hope for us, one that will not be cut off. However, t his ever l as ting ho pe is o nl y fo u nd in o ne pl ace a n d i n One per s o n, J es u s C hr is t, w ho is the Lig ht o f the wo r l d. The vision for In the Light magazine came f r o m J o h n 9 : 5 i n w h i c h J e s u s s a y s, “ W h i l e I a m i n t h e world, I am the light of the world” and in John 15:4