Nothing To Offer"LORD, I call to You...Listen to me when I call to You."Psalm 141:1
Nicodemus came to Jesus in the middle of the night. The centurion came in the middle of the day. The leper and the sinful woman appeared in the middle of the crowds. Zacchaeus appeared in the middle of a tree. Mathew had a party for him.
The educated.
The powerful.
The rejected.
The sick.
The lonely.
The wealthy.
Who would ever assemble such a crew? All they had in common were their empty hope chests, long left vacant by charlatans and profiteers. Though they had nothing to offer, they asked for everything:a new birth, a second chance, a fresh start, a clean conscience.
And without exception their requests were honored.
A Max Lucado devotional
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[I Will Offer Up My Life] - Matt Redman
I will offer up my life in spirit and truth
Pouring out the oil of love as my worship to You
In surrender I must give my every part
Lord receive the sacrifice of a broken heart
Jesus, what can I give
What can I bring
To so faithful a friend
To so loving a king
Saviour, what can be said
What can be sung
As a praise of Your name
For the things You have done
Oh my words could not tell
Not even in part
Of the debt of love that is owed
By this thankful heart
You deserve my every breath for You've paid the great cost
Giving up Your life to death, even death on a cross
You took all my shame away, there defeated my sin
Opened up the gates of Heaven, and have beckoned me in
What can I give
What can I bring
What can I sing as an offering, Lord
(What can I give, what can I give to You, to You)
