The initial passion and devotion we experience when first meeting Christ can gradually dim as worldly pressures and responsibilities crowd our lives. Like the church at Ephesus, many believers maintain good works and sound doctrine while losing their burning love for the Lord. The solution lies not in mere activity but in genuine repentance and returning to those practices that marked our early walk with God - earnest prayer, hunger for His Word, and wholehearted worship. Our invitation into the King's garden demands nothing less than our first love restored.
Being salt of the earth is not about doing good works or creating Christian institutions - it is about who we are in Christ. When believers embrace their God-given distinctiveness rather than trying to blend in with the world, even a small percentage can transform their community. The Lord calls His people to promote what is good and resist what is evil, not by starting programmes, but by living openly as those who belong to Him. Just as salt in Jesus' time both fertilised good growth and prevented corruption, Christians are meant to stand out and influence society through their different way of thinking and living.
"God is calling His disciples, you and me, to be committed. His eyes are going throughout the earth, looking for those whose hearts are fully committed to Him, and He will strengthen them."
"When I came here, I was full of crises, and I want to share with you some of the things that God did in my life, from the Book of James."