http://www.learngodswill.com/blog/2009/04/week-16-day-3-preaching-like-john-the-baptizer/ Lead me to the rock that is higher than I... Psalm 61:1-2 Thu, 19 May 2011 08:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.learngodswill.com/blog/2009/04/week-16-day-3-preaching-like-john-the-baptizer/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Chad Fri, 01 May 2009 01:04:10 +0000 http://www.learngodswill.com/blog/?p=290#comment-1206 I thought there was so much in the reading that it is so hard to point to just one thing. I found myself thinking about 6:24 a lot. We cannot serve two masters. We must choose one and be dedicated to that one. We cannot serve wealth. It fails, it does not last, and it does not bring real joy. I also thought about the question of how does salt lose its saltiness (5:13)? I think it is speaking about us becoming like the world. If there is no difference then we no longer make a difference. We no longer stand out by our actions and words and therefore no longer make an impact. Our motives don't have to be bad, we can be indifferent or complacent in our service. Not caring is bad but sometimes I think people don't care because they don't see why things are so important. Complacency is getting into a routine and just going through the motioins. Where's the joy or zeal? A lack of these things does not seem inviting to others and certainly does not mean that we will be working to share the teachings of Jesus with others because we are just coasting along. All of these things I believe can cause us to loose our saltiness. Wanting to blend with the world's practices, not caring and being complacent. I thought there was so much in the reading that it is so hard to point to just one thing. I found myself thinking about 6:24 a lot. We cannot serve two masters. We must choose one and be dedicated to that one. We cannot serve wealth. It fails, it does not last, and it does not bring real joy.
I also thought about the question of how does salt lose its saltiness (5:13)? I think it is speaking about us becoming like the world. If there is no difference then we no longer make a difference. We no longer stand out by our actions and words and therefore no longer make an impact. Our motives don’t have to be bad, we can be indifferent or complacent in our service. Not caring is bad but sometimes I think people don’t care because they don’t see why things are so important. Complacency is getting into a routine and just going through the motioins. Where’s the joy or zeal? A lack of these things does not seem inviting to others and certainly does not mean that we will be working to share the teachings of Jesus with others because we are just coasting along. All of these things I believe can cause us to loose our saltiness. Wanting to blend with the world’s practices, not caring and being complacent.

]]> http://www.learngodswill.com/blog/2009/04/week-16-day-3-preaching-like-john-the-baptizer/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 Stephanie Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:23:31 +0000 http://www.learngodswill.com/blog/?p=290#comment-1184 Very good points! Sometimes the toes need stepped on from time to time. When we love properly we speak the truth. When Jesus turned the money-changers table over, was he speaking softly? Very good points! Sometimes the toes need stepped on from time to time. When we love properly we speak the truth. When Jesus turned the money-changers table over, was he speaking softly?

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