Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] Should We Really Burn the Bridges?

And if the salt has lost its savour then wherewith will it be salted?

On Fri Jan 28th, 2011 11:00 AM CST George wrote:

>Yup, we are the salt of the earth. If the salt loses it's saltiness it is good
>for nothing except to be trampled on by the feet of men.
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>Brother in Christ, George...
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>Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be
>filled.
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>From: Wanda Ward <angelina56p47@yahoo.com>
>To: familyofgod@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 8:33:08 AM
>Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Should We Really Burn the Bridges?
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>Great post! We all need to get a little saltier
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>On Fri Jan 28th, 2011 12:25 AM CST shirley lafave wrote:
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>>i liked this it wanted to share it with u all.
>>SALT LOSES IT SALTINESS BY BEING MIXED WITH SOIL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL SALT,
>>IT CANNOT BE USED
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>>--- In Native_American_Christians@yahoogroups.com, "Treva" <trevak@...> wrote:
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>>> ARE YOU SALT THAT HAS LOST ITS FLAVOR
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>>> by Geri McGhee
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>>> "In today's world, the Church needs the qualities of salt. To the Christian of
>>>today, Jesus tells us to be the "salt of the earth." In fact, in Matthew 5:13,
>>>He says, "You are the salt of the earth."
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>>> SALT IN THE SALTSHAKER IS OF NO VALUE It is effective only when it goes out of
>>>the shaker. Each Christian must position themselves in their God-directed place,
>>>being witness
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>>> to Jesus Christ by word and walk, where they live and work and study.
>>>Christians must be people of the utmost personal integrity.
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>>> SALT PRESERVES
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>>> Civilization thus far has been saved from destruction by the restraining
>>>influence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians. Without the Holy
>>>Spirit's influence of these "salty" believers, civilization does not climb
>>>upward, but goes downward as we are now seeingwith the daily decaying of the
>>>society we live in.
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>>> SALT PURIFIES
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>>> Salt eliminates decay and stops the impurities that lay siege to all things on
>>>earth. Without the purifying influence of the Church;
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>>> society does not become more pure, it becomes more impure. The church is the
>>>salt God uses to purify society.
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>>> SALT PRODUCES THIRST
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>>> Christians need to live in such a way so as to make people thirst to know God.
>>>Matthew 5:13, it says, "But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made
>>>salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out (to
>>>throw or cast out) and trampled (to tread down) by men."
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>>> SALT LOSES IT SALTINESS BY BEING MIXED WITH SOIL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL SALT,
>>>IT CANNOT BE
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>>> USED
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>>> When Christians live too close to the world, they lose their power to help and
>>>to heal, to be a witness and win the lost to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is sad to
>>>say that today in most places, one cannot tell a church member from a lost
>>>person. The Scriptures warn us that loving the world makes us an enemy of God.
>>>1John 2:16 goes on to say, "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
>>>and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of
>>>the world." It is only when the believer surrenders their life to Jesus Christ,
>>>will they be the salt that God wants them to be. John 15:5 says"...apart from me
>>>you can do nothing."
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>>> This is something to pray about. Could it be that one of the sure signs we have
>>>lost our saltiness is not only that we have "made ourselves friends of the
>>>world", but that we have allowed ourselves to be pulled into "the world" enough
>>>to actually be trampled underfoot by men - which in turn has rendered us
>>>ineffective? Or consider this: Do you physically crave salty foods all the time?
>>>Perhaps your desire for all that extra salt could be directly related to your
>>>feeling "ineffective, tasteless and lacking salt".
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>>> SALT ENHANCES, SEASONS, FLAVORS, PRESERVES AND HEALS
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>>> Is your life enhancing, seasoning, flavoring, preserving and healing others?
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>>love u,
>>Shirley La Fave
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>>--- On Thu, 1/27/11, Shelley Cartwright <glitter4jesus@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>From: Shelley Cartwright <glitter4jesus@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] Should We Really Burn the Bridges?
>>To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
>>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 6:49 PM
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>>excellent post Thom, thanx
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>>From: Thom Hunter <th2950@yahoo.com>
>>To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
>>Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 6:46:53 PM
>>Subject: [FamilyofGod] Should We Really Burn the Bridges?
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>>Good Guys,
>>If we live long enough, almost everything we see, hear or do becomes a trigger
>>for a memory of something we have seen, heard or done. It would be nice if we
>>could do a selective match and everything we experience today would bring back
>>only the best of yesterday, but our memories are not that easily parceled, and
>>we're left to sort in the present the things of the past.
>>Should we burn the bridges? (Read more at
>>http://www.signsofastruggleblog.com/2011/01/should-we-really-burn-bridges.html
>>God Bless
>>Thom -- www.thomhunter.com
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