Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage…
Life’s not the same without the cross;
Without the gift and loss
Of Christ; his resurrection, and
Our journey to his promised land.
Life’s not the same without his love;
Without his closeness, and the Dove,
His Holy Ghost, who shows the way,
Whilst helping us to serve, and pray.
Life’s not the same without his care;
Without his Word to give and share,
As we lead others back to God,
Who comforts us with staff and rod.
Life’s not the same without our faith;
Without the mercy, strength, and grace
Of God, our Father, and his Son,
And Holy Ghost – for we are one.
…so that I could gain Christ and become one with him (Philippians 3:8-9; NLT).
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I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one – as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me (John 17:21; NLT).
The person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17; NLT).
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you (Romans 8:11; NLT).
A reading from Ephesians 3:14-19; JB.
I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name: Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.