Walking in the Light and Remembering the Covenant

At the beginning of the gathering, a prophetic word was given to the group and to the wider body of believers. The wording below has been kept close to the transcript, with only light corrections for clarity.

"The Lord is telling me there are two camps arising in this hour: the camp of the Lord and the camp of the enemy. There are some of His people who are on the border. They are not fully in His camp, and some are too close to the camp of the enemy. He wants prayer for those who are not fully in the camp, because it is His desire to protect everyone in the coming days. Come into the fold, the Lord says. Let Me protect you. Let Me be your stronghold. I am your stronghold. I am your high tower. Run to Me and be safe."

The group responded by praying for believers who were wavering, distracted, or entangled with worldly ways. They prayed that prodigals would be drawn fully into their inheritance in Christ and that the gifts and callings upon their lives would be used for God's glory and for a harvest of people who do not yet know Him. This opening word established the believer's choices—remain near the darkness or deliberately return to the light of Christ.

The teacher explained that natural responsibilities are unavoidable, but they do not have to become the center of our attention. Jesus lived a fully human life, faced temptation and suffering, and still walked in continual fellowship with the Father. His years before public ministry were not empty years. They formed a life of knowing Scripture, recognizing the Father's voice, and yielding to the Father's will. Jesus, therefore, gives believers both the pattern and the power for a Spirit-led life without ignoring ordinary human responsibilities.

Romans 8 contrasts the mind governed by the flesh with the mind governed by the Spirit. The issue is not whether a believer must handle natural matters, but whether the natural realm dictates or overwhelms the believer's thoughts, words, and responses. The more deliberately we focus on God and recognize the battle for our attention, the more we learn to walk in victory with Jesus.

Believers are not trying to earn a place in the light. In Christ, they have already become partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. God has delivered them from the authority of the kingdom of darkness and transferred them into the kingdom of His beloved Son. The teacher emphasized that light is not merely a pleasant feeling. God is Light, God is Love, and God is Life. To walk in His light is to live in conscious fellowship with His presence and nature.

Darkness also exerts a pull. Worry, anxiety, irritation, complacency, and fixation on circumstances can gradually draw the heart away from the awareness of God. The answer is first to recognize that movement, then resist it and turn again toward Christ. This is not denial of a problem. It is a decision about which kingdom will interpret the problem for your future.

The simple instruction running through the teaching was, "Keep your eyes on Jesus." Faith turns the heart toward Him and receives what is true in Him even before visible circumstances change. Thanksgiving helps make that turn. As believers thank God for life, for His presence, and for each day's gifts, joy begins to rise when attention has moved from the problem to the One who remains faithful through it all.

The teacher recounted the testimony of a seriously ill man who believed he heard the Lord say, 'Keep your eyes on Me.' As he rested and praised God, others addressed the medical crisis around him. The testimony illustrated the lesson: looking to Jesus is not passivity. It is the spiritual position from which we receive peace, obey wisely, and refuse to let darkness govern our hearts.

Because Jesus is the living Word, attending to Scripture is more than completing a reading assignment. It is turning to Christ, listening for His instruction, and allowing His truth to reorder the inner life. Matthew 4:4 teaches that people do not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from God. Proverbs 4:20-23 calls us to attend to God's words, keep them in the heart, and guard the heart diligently because the issues of life flow from it.

The teacher also noted that the Word supplies spiritual strength. We may have to continue through a difficult day, a physical weakness, or an unresolved circumstance, but the Word keeps the heart from being defined by what is visible. The Holy Spirit uses Scripture, worship, and testimony of God’s faithfulness to draw us back toward Jesus.

The treasure within the believer is the knowledge of God's glory revealed in Jesus Christ. The vessel remains ordinary and fragile, but the light within it is God's. Therefore, the Christian life is not sustained by personality, willpower, or favorable circumstances. Its excellence and power come from the Holy Spirit dwelling within.

This truth changes ordinary life. A frustrating task, a difficult relationship, or an unexpected mess can pull a person into complaint, or it can become an opportunity to call upon God and walk with Jesus. What comes out of the mouth often reveals which direction the heart is moving. When we notice irritation or hopelessness, we should stop and ask Holy Spirit's help. Then deliberately return to faith, gratitude, and the presence of God.

The outer person experiences weakness and change, but the inner person can be renewed day by day. Even small acts of faith produce eternal fruit. A believer who cleans a kitchen, completes a task, or faces a hard conversation while walking with Jesus is doing more than improving a temporary circumstance. That person is practicing the life of the Spirit and learning to value the unseen and eternal, even in the mundane.

The teacher gathered several familiar passages into a practical pattern. Actions do not earn God's presence. They do help believers learn to respond to Holy Spirit, renew the mind, and remain aware of the life already given in Christ.

The teacher emphasized that Holy Spirit is the One who keeps calling believers back. He may bring a Scripture, a song, a warning, or a fresh awareness of God's goodness. Our part is to respond: recognize the pull of darkness, refuse agreement with it, and turn again toward the Light.

Communion was not separate from the day's teaching; it brought the teaching to its center. The teacher explained that the Last Supper was a Passover meal and that, after the meal, Jesus and His disciples sang a hymn before going to the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26). She presented the traditional understanding that this hymn was included in the Hallel (songs for Passover—Psalms 113–118). Psalm 118 is generally agreed upon as the song Jesus last sung before enduring the Cross. That psalm speaks of distress, refuge in the Lord, salvation, the rejected stone becoming the chief cornerstone, the day the Lord has made, and the sacrifice bound to the altar.

The significance is profound: Jesus went toward Gethsemane and the cross with Scripture and praise upon His lips. The Word strengthened Him as He obeyed the Father. In the same way, believers are strengthened when the Word fills the spirit and gives language for trusting God before the outcome can be seen.

The bread directs our remembrance to the body of Christ given for us. Jesus is the Bread of Life, and His self-giving love is the source of our spiritual life. The cup directs our remembrance to His blood and to the new covenant. Forgiveness, access to God, and covenant identity rest upon what Christ has done, not upon our ability to hold ourselves in His Light by personal strength.

The teacher then presented an interpretation connecting the Passover cups with the crucifixion. In traditional Jewish Passover meals, four distinct cups of wine are poured, each representing a specific stage of God's deliverance. In this explanation, the cup after supper in Luke 22 was associated with the third cup, often called the cup of blessing. Jesus then said He would not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom came—the 4th cup (Matthew 26:29). In Gethsemane, He prayed concerning the cup of the cross He would soon face, and on the cross He received wine/vinegar and declared, 'It is finished' (John 19:28-30).

Here is exactly how the teacher's interpretation connects these specific cups, explaining why both the third and fourth cups matter to the story:

Within the teacher's interpretation, Jesus delayed the final Passover cup until the cross. The Last Supper and Calvary were thus understood as one continuous act of covenant sacrifice: the meal interpreted the cross, and the cross brought the meal to completion. Whether considering the Passover symbolism or simply following the Gospel accounts, the central truth remains that Communion proclaims Christ's sacrificial death and calls His people to remember His finished work. Blessed be His Holy Name!

The call to walk in the Light could sound like a demand to maintain a better attitude. Communion prevents that misunderstanding. We do not move from darkness to Light by self-improvement; God transfers us into the Kingdom of His Son through the saving work of Christ. We do not overcome condemnation by pretending we have not failed; we remember the blood of the covenant and receive forgiveness. We do not manufacture spiritual strength; we receive life from Jesus, the Bread of Life, and depend upon His Spirit within us to be our Helper.

Communion also trains the gaze of faith. The command 'Do this in remembrance of Me' turns attention away from the tyranny of the immediate and fixes it upon Jesus. The bread says that His body was given. The cup says that His blood established the covenant. The declaration 'It is finished' says that the decisive work has been accomplished. From that place of victory, believers can pray, rejoice, give thanks, resist darkness, and serve with confidence.

After Communion, the gathering applied the teaching in intercession. The group was encouraged not to let fearful reports, predictions, or the imperfections of people determine the content of prayer. Instead, they prayed that God's righteous purposes would prevail in the nation and that He would place people in positions of authority whom He could use for those purposes. Isaiah 13 was cited as an example that God can summon even unexpected or imperfect instruments to accomplish His will.

The lasting principle is not confidence in a political personality or a particular forecast. It is confidence that God remains sovereign and that His people should pray in agreement with His character and purposes. Prevailing prayer refuses to surrender to discouragement before the outcome is known. It stands in faith and anchors our heart to God long after the battle is over.

The gathering also prayed concerning public spiritual activity in the Tulsa and Broken Arrow area that participants believed was opposed to the worship of God. Rather than merely focusing on darkness, the prayer turned toward Jesus and His promise in John 7:37-39: those who thirst may come to Him and drink, and rivers of living water will flow from those who believe. The group asked Holy Spirit to open blinded eyes, draw people to salvation, protect families from harmful spiritual agreements, and exalt Jesus over the region.

This final intercession reflected the teaching's central movement. Darkness is resisted most faithfully when believers remain rooted in Christ, speak His Word, pray for people rather than merely against events, and ask that the light and living water of God reach those who are spiritually thirsty.

The believer's daily choice is not between having problems and having none. It is the choice of where to look while walking through them. We have been made saints in light. The glory of God has shone in our hearts through the face of Jesus Christ. His Word gives strength! His Spirit calls us back! His covenant assures us that we belong to Him! When you recognize the pull of darkness, turn again and look to Jesus! Attend to His Word, pray, rejoice, and give thanks. "IT IS FINISHED!" Then carry His light into the ordinary responsibilities and intercessions of the day.

Father, thank You for delivering us from the power of darkness and bringing us into the kingdom of Your beloved Son. Teach us to keep our eyes on Jesus and to attend to Your Word as life and strength. Holy Spirit, make us quick to recognize fear, complaint, distraction, and every dark pull away from Your presence. Draw us back into faith, prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. As we remember the body and blood of Christ, establish us in the assurance of the new covenant and the finished work of the cross. Let the treasure of Your glory shine through our ordinary lives. Make us faithful in intercession, compassionate toward those who are wandering, and confident that Your light overcomes darkness. In Jesus' Name, Amen.