SALTY SALT

Ezekiel 33:1-11

The world needs Christians even when it refuses their Christ. Salt is the great preservative. We are the world’s salt. Our presence has a wholesome influence. It is of utmost importance to keep this salt really salty. Watchfulness, in a sane, wholesome way, to be ready when our Lord may return —this tends to keep the whole life true. And this not only bears witness to the world; it also helps the world, even when the witness is rejected.

Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?

SALTY SALT

Ezekiel 33:1-11

The world needs Christians even when it refuses their Christ. Salt is the great preservative. We are the world’s salt. Our presence has a wholesome influence. It is of utmost importance to keep this salt really salty. Watchfulness, in a sane, wholesome way, to be ready when our Lord may return —this tends to keep the whole life true. And this not only bears witness to the world; it also helps the world, even when the witness is rejected.

Romans 15:2  Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?

THE STIMULUS OF LOVE

Mark 13:31-37

Love is keen. No eyes so sharply alert as love’s eyes; no brain so wide-awake as the brain stimulated by love. It’s only when the heart’s aflame with a tender love that the mind and ear and eye and hand are at their best. When it’s a dear friend you’re watching for, then all the life is on tiptoe. It isn’t simply watching; it’s watching for him! And the watching makes sooner the day of the coming.

Romans 12:10  Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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LOVE-HUNGRY

Mark 14:1-9

Jesus is so grateful for love. It alone can satisfy his heart. He judges everyone by the heart’s action. He thinks of every action of ours, every bit of service, every gift, by how much heart is in it. It’s the coin, or the act, that is tinged red with the heart’s blood, which he prizes most. It may be only a small jar of ointment, but its fragrance fills his heart and all the world.

James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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THE SADDEST THING

Mark 13:1-9

The saddest thing is to be untrue to God’s plan for one’s life. The Jewish Temple was the heart of the Jewish nation. It enshrined all that the nation stood for. It represented the national ideal—faithfulness to God and to their God-given world-mission. They were untrue to God and to their world-mission. So they were destroyed as a nation (not as a people). But they are to have another chance. The patience of God!

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?