The Shining Light: Recent Episodes
Shining Light Media
We are shining the light of the gospel and speaking the truth in love, providing strength, and stirring the hearts of our listeners. The Shining Light is a production of Shining Light Baptist Church located in the Greater Charlotte area of Monroe, North Carolina. Tim Cruse, Pastor. ShiningLightMonroe.com
Some Things I Want To Do Before I Die
Wednesday | July 29, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What Will It Take To Break Your Will?
Sunday Morning | July 26, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Properly Aligned For Maximum Impact
Sunday Morning | July 19 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What God Has Been and Done, He Is and Will Do
Sunday Morning | April 19, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
This Do in Remembrance of Me
Sunday Morning | March 29, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
When You Think You've Got Someone Figured Out
Sunday Morning | March 22, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
You Are Full of Potential for God and Good
Sunday Morning | March 15, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Nehemiah Was Confident in the Lord
Sunday Morning | March 1, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Which Trajectory is Your Family On?
Sunday Morning | February 22, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Will You Continue in What God Has For You
Sunday Morning | February 15, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Obedience is a Heart Matter
Sunday Morning | February 8, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Are You Fulfilling The Royal Law
Sunday Morning | January 11, 2026 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
From the Father of Lights to You
Sunday Morning | December 21, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
When God Turns on the Light
Sunday Morning | December 14, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What If Your Trap is a Gift?
Sunday Morning | November 23, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
How Are Things Working Out for You?
Sunday Morning | November 2, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Chased by a Lion, Met by a Bear, and Bit by a Snake
Sunday Morning | September 28, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Understanding the Times
Sunday Morning | September 21, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
True Love Costs But It Also Pays
Sunday Morning | September 7, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What Your Family Needs More Of
Sunday Morning | August 31, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Reaching and Teaching the Next Generation
Sunday Morning | August 24, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Developing a Daily Prayer Life
Sunday Morning | August 10, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Where Will You Take Refuge?
Sunday Morning | August 3, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Who Are You Trusting to Help You?
Sunday Morning | July 27, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
If You Can or Can't, You're Right
Sunday Morning | June 29, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
You're Better Off Than You Think You Are
Sunday Morning | May 4, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Are You a Mouthpiece for God or Satan?
Sunday Morning | April 13, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Hitherto Hath the Lord Helped Us
Sunday Morning | March 31, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Why Then Is All This Befallen Us
Sunday Morning | March 23, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
The Work of God in the Life of the Believer
Sunday Morning | March 2, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Faith, Meekness, Temperance
Sunday Morning | February 23, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness
Sunday Morning | February 16, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
It's Time to Turn the Page
Sunday Morning | January 19, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
All the Valiant Men Arose
Sunday Morning | January 12, 2025 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Will You Be a Deliverer? Part 2
Sunday Evening | December 29, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Will You Be a Deliverer? Part 1
Sunday Morning | December 29, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Saved Unto, Not By, Good Works
Sunday Morning | November 17, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
You Have a Future to Look Forward to
Sunday Morning | November 10, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What is So Easy Yet So Hard to Do?
Sunday Morning | November 3, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
God Can Give You Back More Than You Lost
Sunday Morning | October 13, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
The Value and Opportunity of Your Life
Sunday Morning | October 6, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Where Do You Find Refuge?
Sunday Morning | September 22, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Set Your Face like a Flint
Sunday Morning | September 15, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
What Did Their Actions Get Them
Sunday Morning | September 1, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Cast Yourself Upon the Father of Mercies
Sunday Morning | August 25, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Serve the Lord with All Your Heart
Sunday Morning | August 18, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Mending Fences is Better than Burning Bridges
Sunday Morning | August 11, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
God has Blessed Us with a Local Church Sunday Morning | July 21, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Tim Cruse
Demonstrating God's Heart for Children
Sunday Morning | January 21, 2024 | Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Sunday Morning. July 16, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Ezra 9:8
Recognize God’s Power To Change You
1. Because We All Need Room To Make Things Right - 1 Samuel 24:5a
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Because Repentance is a Fresh Return to Obedience - Daniel 4:27
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Because God Can Bring Good Out of Bad - Joel 2:25a
Sunday Morning. July 9, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
1 John 5:12-15
Have Confidence In God
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By knowing Christ as your Saviour - v. 12
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By knowing that you have eternal life - v. 13
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By knowing that God hears and answers prayer - v. 14, 15
God & Country Sunday. Sunday Morning. July 2, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
2 Chronicles 7:14
Pray for Your Country
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By humbling yourself
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By seeking His face
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By turning from your wicked ways
Father's Day. Sunday Morning. June 18, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
1 Samuel 30:6
Keep Going
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By encouraging yourself in the Lord (v. 6)
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By enquiring of the Lord (v. 8a)
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By embracing the next step (v. 8b)
Sunday Morning. June 11, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Job 23:14; 26:14
Trust God In Your Devastation
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By remembering He is in control (1:6-12; 2:1-8)
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By humbling yourself before Him (1:20-22; 2:9-13)
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By being committed to Him until death (13:15; 23:10)
Sunday Morning. June 4, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Psalm 107:1, 2, 43
Look for God In Your Trial and Learn of His Goodness:
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By crying out to Him in times of distress
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By trusting Him to intervene
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By praising Him for His goodness
These are the ways and workings of God: * Takes us out to take us into (v. 3-7) * Binds us so He can loosen us (v. 10, 16) * Brings us down so He can lift us up (v. 12-14) * Commands the storm so He can calm the storm (v. 25, 29) * Diminishes us so He can replenish us (v. 33-35, 39-41)
Memorial Day Sunday. Sunday Morning. May 28, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Psalm 107:1, 2, 43
Look for God In Your Trial and Learn of His Goodness:
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By crying out to Him in times of distress
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By trusting Him to intervene
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By praising Him for His goodness
Mother's Day. Sunday Morning. May 14, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Proverbs 31: 30, 31
Be A Virtuous Woman:
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By developing a heart for god - v 10, 26
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By respecting your husband - v 11, 12, 23, 28
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By using your hands to help and heal - v 13, 16, 19, 20, 31
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By taking good care of your household - v 15, 21, 27
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By resting in the hope of reward - v 25, 28-31
Sunday Morning. April 30, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Psalm 144
Be Confident and Happy:
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By allowing God to prepare you
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By trusting God to protect you
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By expecting God to provide for you and yours
Sunday Morning. April 16, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Matthew 26:32
Follow Jesus:
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By weighing your vulnerabilities - v.33-35
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By walking in His steps - v.36-39
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By watching in prayer - v.40-46 (36)
Easter Sunday. April 9, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
John 11:25-26
Serve the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Because He is the person of the resurrection - v.25
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Because He is the power of the resurrection - v.26
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Because He is the proclamation of the resurrection - v.41-45
Sunday Morning. April 2, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
The Words of the Wise Series
Proverbs 21:3
Rise to the challenges of life:
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By considering the house of the wicked - v.12
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By scaling the city of the mighty - v.22
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By preparing for the day of battle - v.31
Sunday Morning. March 26, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
The Words of the Wise Series
Proverbs 15:4
Live a spiritual healthy life. How? What is a part of a spiritual healthy life?
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A wholesome tongue - v.4
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A merry heart - v.13
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A listening ear - v.31
Sunday Morning. March 19, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
The Words of the Wise Series
Proverbs 13:3
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By guarding your heart - v.3
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By giving yourself to what God says - v.13
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By governing your relationships - v.20
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By getting wisdom to make good decisions - v.23
Sunday Evening. March 12, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Proverbs 3:1-6
To make wise decisions, God says:
- Let not mercy and truth forsake thee - v. 3 (23:17, 18)
- Lean not unto thine own understanding - v. 5
- Lust not after her beauty in thine heart - 6:25
- Labour not to be rich - 23:4
- Look not thou upon the wine when it is red - 23:31
- Lay not wait against the dwelling of the righteous - 24:15
Sunday Morning. March 12, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Proverbs 3:1-6
To make wise decisions, God says:
- Let not mercy and truth forsake thee - v. 3 (23:17, 18)
- Lean not unto thine own understanding - v. 5
- Lust not after her beauty in thine heart - 6:25
- Labour not to be rich - 23:4
- Look not thou upon the wine when it is red - 23:31
- Lay not wait against the dwelling of the righteous - 24:15
Sunday Morning. March 5, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
- Stop Wandering - Proverbs 28:8; 21:162. Start Wondering - Psalm 4:4; 8:3-43. Stay Willingly - 1 Corinthians 9:17
Sunday Morning. February 26, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Love Is the Greatest Series
Look to God and do this:
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Submit Yourself To God - 2 Chronicles 20:12, 13
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Stay In Your Lane - 2 Chronicles 20:14-17
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Serve the Lord with Gladness - 2 Chronicles 20:18-30
Sunday Morning. February 19, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Love Is the Greatest Series
Dedicate your children to God:
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Because They Are A Gift from God - Psalm 127:3
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Because They Are To Be Given Back To God - 1 Samuel 1:27-28
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Because They Have Great Potential for God - 1 Samuel 3:19
Sunday Morning. February 12, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Love Is the Greatest Series
Embrace your tipping point and needed changes by understanding the:
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Message of Love
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Manifestation of Love
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Meaning of Love
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Maturity of Love
Sunday Morning. February 5, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Love Is the Greatest Series
Lay hold of the greatest thing we all want by understanding the:
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Character of Love
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Commitment of Love
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Continuance of Love
Sunday Morning. January 29, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Be Strong and Do It Series
We must follow the Bible pattern for church ministry. To follow this Bible pattern means that we must have:
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Unction of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8)
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Function of the Body (Acts 6:1-7)
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Action of the People (Acts 8:1-4)
Sanctity of Life Sunday. Sunday Morning. January 22, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Be Strong and Do It Series
Why should we be a voice for the voiceless and show God’s heart for children?1. Because All Life Comes from God our Creator (Genesis 1:26, 27)2. Because All Life Begins At Conception (Luke 1:40-45; Jeremiah 1:5; Isaiah 49:5)3. Because All People Have Value And Purpose (Psalm 139:14-16)
Sunday Morning. January 15 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Be Strong and Do It Series
In 1 Chronicles, we are challenged to do God's work, God's way.
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By Finding Your Place and Fulfilling It (1 Chronicles 12:40)
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By Finding What Pleases God and Doing It (1 Chronicles 15:16)
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By Finding What You Can Give and Giving It (1 Chronicles 29:9)
Sunday Morning. January 8, 2023. Speaker: Pastor Cruse
Be Strong and Do It Series
In I Chronicles 28, we find we are challenged to do it!
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Take Heed Now
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Be Strong and of Good Courage
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Fear Not, Nor Be Dismayed
Sunday Morning. January 1, 2023. Pastor Tim Cruse.
Be Strong and Do It Series
In Hebrews 12, we find we are to lay aside every weight:
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Fainting Mind
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Feeble Knees
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Failing Heart
Sunday Morning. December 4, 2022. Pastor Tim Cruse.
From Matthew 2, we see that God will take care of us.
I. He protects us for what He has for us.
II. He preserves us for what He has for us.
III. He providentially directs us for what He has for us.
Sunday Morning. November 20, 2022. Pastor Tim Cruse.
From Psalm 103:1-3, 11-16, we see why we must bless the One Who has blessed us.