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Daily Devotional - June 27, 2025

 

6/27/25

Good morning, Friends, 

Matthew 5:13 -[13] “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

If you've done any cooking or handled any type of seasonings, you are well acquainted with the properties of salt. In the ancient world, salt was essential for flavoring and preserving food. Jesus uses this metaphor to drive the point that his followers are essential to this world. Christ followers have been transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit of God. This transformation is to glorify God through Christ in the world, following God's commands, and thus brining him glory. 

If the salt (Christ followers) are not operating in loving obedience to the Word of God, they are not only out of order but they have no effectiveness at all. They are simply useless, good for absolutely nothing. They are spiritual talkers, producing nothing but drama, gossip, judgment, worthless conversations, selfish motives, and completely clueless when it comes to reaching those who are spiritually lost. 

Friends, are you salty yet? 

How effective are you for the kingdom of God? 

Have you lost your passion for the things of God?

Are you more focused on your plans than God's plans? 

There comes a point in a person's life, where they take deep self-reflection. Am I really who I say I am? Have you reached this point yet? 

Don't be the bland dish! Don't be the church-goer, be the Christ follower!


Maranatha (The Lord is coming)  
Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God Alone)


- Grace & Peace
Pastor Trent

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