“The Right Kind of Salty”
“For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mark 9:49-50
“For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mark 9:49-50
Reverence
“For everyone will be salted with fire.”
Reflection: Since you’ve been saved, how has God worked in your life to refine you and make you more like Jesus?
Let’s praise God for His refining work in our lives.
Prayer Prompt:
Lord, I praise you for how you’ve worked in my life to make me______.
Reflection: Since you’ve been saved, how has God worked in your life to refine you and make you more like Jesus?
Let’s praise God for His refining work in our lives.
Prayer Prompt:
Lord, I praise you for how you’ve worked in my life to make me______.
response
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mark 9:49-50
Reflection: When we lose our saltiness that God’s refining process produces, we become the wrong kind of salty. Rather than our words bringing healing, they can bring a whole lot of hurt.
Have we been the wrong kind of salty with people in our lives? Have you made that right with God and with the people you’ve been salty with?
Prayer Prompts:
Lord, I confess that _____
Forgive me for being the wrong kind of salty with my words (attitude) towards ______.
Reflection: When we lose our saltiness that God’s refining process produces, we become the wrong kind of salty. Rather than our words bringing healing, they can bring a whole lot of hurt.
Have we been the wrong kind of salty with people in our lives? Have you made that right with God and with the people you’ve been salty with?
Prayer Prompts:
Lord, I confess that _____
Forgive me for being the wrong kind of salty with my words (attitude) towards ______.
Request
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” Mark 9:50
Reflection: Having salt in ourselves is connected with being at peace with one another. Are we worth our salt in God’s eyes? Are we letting His Spirit refine us so we’re seasoned with grace, preserving peace, and enhancing lives?
Prayer Prompts:
Let’s pray for the Spirit to work in us and make us the right kind of salty: seasoned with grace, bringing hope and healing, and drawing others to Jesus.
Let’s pray for peace in our relationship that springs from having salt in ourselves.
Let’s pray for broken relationships that need to be restored, and in particular marriages to be restored.
Lord, use me to______
Reflection: Having salt in ourselves is connected with being at peace with one another. Are we worth our salt in God’s eyes? Are we letting His Spirit refine us so we’re seasoned with grace, preserving peace, and enhancing lives?
Prayer Prompts:
Let’s pray for the Spirit to work in us and make us the right kind of salty: seasoned with grace, bringing hope and healing, and drawing others to Jesus.
Let’s pray for peace in our relationship that springs from having salt in ourselves.
Let’s pray for broken relationships that need to be restored, and in particular marriages to be restored.
Lord, use me to______
readiness
Lord, let us not give in to the temptation to ________ on our marriage, friendship, or the church when relationships get hard. But by your grace teach us to __________ out of reverence for Christ, embracing the tension that tunes us to your purpose.