“Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”--Mark 9:50 (NLT)
Dear
Heavenly Father,
You have made me to be salt in this world. Let me never lose my saltiness—that is, my desire to share the good news of Your love!
I want
always to remember Your faithfulness to me.
So, just as Your people would use salt, as a reminder of Your
faithfulness, when they offered sacrifices to You, I want the living sacrifice
of my life to You, to be seasoned with salt, out of my gratefulness for Your
faithfulness to me.
I want to
affect the world around me because of my allegiance to Jesus and to the gospel,
and improve the “taste” of the world around me, just as salt improves the
flavor of food.
I want to be
used by You, just as salt is used to keep food from decaying, to fight against
the decay of morals and values in our world.
Help me to
keep my “saltiness” as I commit to spend time in Your presence—through Your
Word and through prayer and meditation.
Along with
my brothers and sisters in Christ, help me to do my part by never failing to
remember Your faithfulness to me, and to act, out of a heart of service and
humility to others, to preserve peace and unity among us, so that our
commitment to Christ and to the good news will not be hindered, and we will
effectively be able to “salt” the earth together.
You have made me to be salt in this world. Let me never lose my saltiness—that is, my desire to share the good news of Your love!
In the name
of Jesus, Amen.
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