Sep 26.97: Light For The Day - "Saltiness"

As the salt of the earth, Christians should
make others thirst for the water of life. - Anon.

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Mark 9:50 (TLB):
"Good salt is worthless if it loses its saltiness;
it can't season anything. So don't lose your flavor!" 

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"Saltiness"

Columbus was called mad because he decided to
sail the uncharted ocean. Martin Luther was called
mad because he presumed to dety the entrenched
religious hierarchy of his time. Patrick Henry was
considered mad when he cried, 'Give me liberty,
or give me death!" George Washington was thought
to be mad when he decided to continue the war after
the winter at Valley Forge, when thousands of his men
had died and other thousands had deserted, leaving
him only a handful of men.

We have become too sophisticated and respectable
to be called mad in our generation. Christianity has
become so respectable and so conventional that it is
now insipid. The salt has lost its flavor. . . .

Would to God that the world found us Christians
dangerous enough to call us mad, in these days when
materialism and secularism are sweeping over the world.
Thank God there are those who sacrifice time, talents,
social position, and lucrative posts, and who fling aside
every advantage in order to serve the Kingdom of God.

- Billy Braham 

Prayer:
Instill in me, Lord Jesus, the same savor that the
disciples showed as they lived so enthusiastically for You.

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Matthew 5:13a (RSV): "You are the salt of the earth;
but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness
be restored?"

Colossians 4:6 (RSV): "Let your speech always be
gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
how you ought to answer every one." 

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Lord, may our lips and lives express
The blessed gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine
And speak of Him who is divine. - Anon.


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Please pray for the Billy Graham Crusade 97 
in the Bay Area, Northern California:

1- San Jose Arena - September 26,27 (7:30pm), 28 (4pm)
2- San Francisco Cow Palace - October 9-11 (7:30pm)
3- Oakland Coliseum - October 25 (7:30pm), 26 (4pm)

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