Daily Blessing

It is interesting to note that in today’s Daily Verse, the weapons of spiritual warfare are mentioned in direct relation to LIGHT. Faith and Love are specifically mentioned as being spiritual protective “armor” for our heart.  Also, the…

Over the past two weeks we have been taking a look at Jesus’s teachings in the Sermon on the Mount  (Matthew, chapters 5-7).  As has been stated before, Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount was radical for those who…

In today’s background photo, you will notice Rock Salt is represented.  Rock Salt is great at melting ice … whether for making ice cream, or for melting ice from dangerous, slippery steps, sidewalks, or driveways.  In much the…

The Pink Himalayan salt, pictured in today’s background photo, requires a salt-grinder in order to be an effective seasoning.As Christians, God has called us to be “salt” … and to “season” our world for Him.  Oftentimes, this results in…

Today’s background photo is Rock Salt … perched on a pile of rocks.Throughout ancient times, if someone wanted to ruin their enemy, one of the most effective ways of ruining someone else was to destroy their land by…

Most people would look at this bag of Epsom Salt  (pictured in the background photo) and naturally accept it as being salt.  Of course it is salt … the bag labels it as “salt.”  It is white and…

The salt pictured in today's background photo was a gift from a friend … smoked, seasoned salt  (personally created in his Traeger smoker).We all are a bit like these smoked, seasoned salts.   We all go through “fiery trials”…

Jesus’s teaching of “You are the salt of the earth” was recorded in three of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, & Luke), and in each instance, Jesus’s teaching emphasizes the fact that if the salt is no longer…

Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, chapters 5-7) was radical for those who first heard it, because in this sermon Jesus was bringing to an end the centuries-old, well-established way of living according to the Law, and ushering…