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b'Kyren adjusted her pendant so that the beam of light emanating from it\\nilluminated the paper in her worn, leatherbound notebook. \\u201cDay 52. The\\ndarkness is all-consuming. Do I even remember what light looks like? Thank\\nGod for these pendants\\u2014but even they seem to be weakening after all this\\ntime in the deep. Still, we press on into the depths of the sea, deeper,\\nperhaps, than anyone has gone before. We will fix our eyes on the One who\\nmade these ocean depths and remember that this night, though it seems\\neverlasting, is only temporary\\u2014\\u201d\\nInk splattered across Kyren\\u2019s page, interrupting her journaling with a\\nharsh jolt of the underwater craft. Taryn burst into the room, his eyes\\nwide. \\u201cKy, the vessel is taking on water. We need to make repairs before\\nit\\u2019s too late!\\u201d\\nThe damage to the craft seemed extensive. Kyren paused to survey the inside\\nof the hull and witnessed her people using their various gifts to assist.\\nAs several of them worked on reducing the water\\u2019s flow and repairing the\\nfissure in the vessel with quick movements and keen minds, Kyren started\\nemptying buckets into the emergency drain and prepared to use her gift.\\nLifting her voice, she spoke truth over the atmosphere of chaos and fear:\\n\\u201cThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness will not overcome it!\\nWe will not lose heart! These troubles are but for a moment\\u2014the glory of\\neternity with God outshines all of this.\\u201d\\nHours later, the group lay sprawled by the vessel\\u2019s massive window, gazing\\nat creatures of the deep they had never before seen, some of which glowed\\nbioluminescent in the dark. By working together and relying on the power of\\nGod, the damage to the vessel had been repaired. Relief was evident on\\nevery face that was, at last, resting. Kyren pulled her journal out and\\npenned the words she would not soon forget:\\n\\u201cMiraculous, how the deeper we go, the more we see light. It\\u2019s all around\\nus, these creatures of the deep, enabled to shine by the power of our\\nCreator. No hardship can destroy our hope\\u2014for we have the Light of God in\\nus through His Son. Though it is hard, we press on, for He is with us and\\nin us.\\u201d \\u2022 Savannah Coleman\\n\\u2022 Like Kyren and her crew, do you ever feel like the dark is surrounding\\nyou and choking out every bit of light in your life? \\n\\u2022 When we walk through inevitable hardships, it can be easy to give in to\\ndespair and forget that our God is with us through Jesus and in us through\\nthe Holy Spirit\\u2014and He is always for us. How can remembering God\\u2019s presence\\nwith us, and that He is greater than all the things we face, give us\\nstrength to keep going?\\n\\u2022 If you are a child of God, you can rest in Jesus\\u2019s promise: the Light of\\nGod will overcome the darkness (John 1:5; 12). And the Light has a name:\\nJesus Christ. Because we are in Christ, no difficulty we endure has the\\npower to crush or destroy us; because Jesus came to live among us, die on\\nthe cross, and rise from the dead for us, we have an eternal glory that\\noutweighs everything we go through on this earth (2 Corinthians 4:7-9,\\n16-17). How could you remind fellow Christians of these truths in hard\\ntimes?\\n\\u2022 Can you find the verses Kyren quoted from John 1 and 2 Corinthians 4? (If\\nyou want to dive even deeper, read Psalm 112:4; 139:7-12; John 14:16-17;\\nRomans 8:31; and 1 John 4:4.)\\nWhen Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, \\u201cI am the light of the\\nworld. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the\\nlight of life.\\u201d John 8:12 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nJohn.1.1-John.1.18|2Cor.4|John.8.12'