No Darkness in Him at All

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.  So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.  But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

—1 John 1:5-7 (NLT)

Holy God, Father of Light,

Draw me into ever-deeper fellowship with You—and also with my brothers and sisters in Christ.  Help me resist any temptation to continue to live in spiritual darkness—but rather, let the passion of my heart be to live in the Truth of Your Word.

Don’t allow my life to be a lie, but continue to lead me toward that life of Truth that You desire for me to live—toward that light of Your perfection.

For You are light and in You there is no darkness at all—for You are a Holy God, perfect in all Your attributes and actions.

And though I am made in Your image, there is yet darkness that remains within me—that keeps me from perfect fellowship with You.

So help me to live in the fullness of Your light, by allowing the light of Christ to live in me—to dispel any darkness in my heart and to cleanse me from all my sin. 

Let my uninterrupted fellowship with You perfect my fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ—and be the evidence that I am walking in the light of Truth.

Draw me into ever-deeper fellowship with You—and also with my brothers and sisters in Christ.  Help me resist any temptation to continue to live in spiritual darkness—but rather, let the passion of my heart be to live in the Truth of Your Word.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.