How to be Salt and Light | Change Your World | Pastor Johnny Mitcham
Johnny Mitcham   -   August 8, 2022

CHANGE YOUR WORLD 

How to be Salt and Light 

 

You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God- flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage—another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make You light- bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine!

Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:13-16 (MSG)

SALT – makes things better

LIGHT -makes things brighter 

Soul Tattoo: Changing your world starts with changing your perspective 

We Make Changes When We…

  • Hurt enough that we have to
  • See enough that we are inspired to
  • Learn enough that we want to
  • Receive enough that we are able to

How do we create and environment of trust??

  1. Value People – Connecting
    1.  I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you stopped to visit, I was in prison and you came to me. Then those sheep are going to say, “Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?” Then the King will say, “I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me- you did it to me.” Matthew 25:35-40
    2. My perspective determines my attitude towards you:
      1. If I see you as weak, I will help you 
      2. If I see you as broken, I will fix you 
      3. If I see you as valuable, I will serve you 
  2. Add Value to People – Influencing
    1. Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn’t just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!  1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (MSG) 
  3. Live Good Values – Attracting 
    1. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 (NASB)
  4. Share good values – Transforming 
    1. Strength is for service, not status. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?” Romans 15:1 (MSG) 

Soul Tattoo: Changing your world starts with changing your perspective