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2014 Worship Guide
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I thanked God it was only a dream, but I
was greatly troubled by the way I hesitated
in the nightmare. Right up to the end it was
a question of whether or not I was ready to
lay my life down and join the ranks of the
cloud of witnesses who have sealed their
testimony with their blood. It boiled down
to this: Was my love for Jesus Christ worth
dying for? Could I truly give it all up for
Him? Was He worth my life?
Before the establishment of the world our
Creator made a decision. Before the first
tick of time God made a choice. Before the
universe blazed with light and the earth was
formed and the sun ignited, before paradise
was prepared and human persons were
fashioned from the strange and wonderful
concoction of dust and Spirit-breath, our
Lord fixed upon us an inestimable price.
How infrequently we give thought to our
worth! Worth His patience. Worth His
love. Worth the life of His Son. Before
there was anything else, there was a Father
who decided we would be worth dying for.
And there was a Son who was willing to
empty His limitless heavenly Self into a
tiny form of severely restrictive skin and
bone. There was a Son who had never
known need who was willing to become
utterly reliant on the nurture and love of
an earthly mother. There was a Son who
would grow up to show us the tender and
ferocious love of His Father. There was a
Son who would demonstrate what it meant
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