A Daily Devotional with Pastor Doug Crouse November 5, 2018 How Much Are You Worth? Scripture Reading – 1 Peter 1:18 - 19"For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God." 

Silver closed today at over $14.75 an ounce with gold over $1,235! What some would do (and do) for much of these what we call on planet earth, precious metals. It does us very well to remember that heaven is such a glorious place that the streets are paved with gold.

How about you? How many ounces of gold are you worth? How many millions, billions or trillions....really, 'How Much Are You Worth"?

Please don't be confused, I'm not talking about your net worth as it would be calculated in banking terms. No I am speaking about, or rather, God is speaking about exactly how much you are worth to Him.

And my sister, and brother make no mistake about it. You are worth more, far more than all of the gold in Fort Knox (if there is any left at all), and much much more than the most precious diamond that has ever been uncovered on earth.

So much is your value to God the Father, that He gave Jesus Christ the Son, the perfect, precious and sinless Lamb of God - to take away all of your sins, by shedding His precious blood on the cross.

And when you accepted this sacrifice of Jesus, everything - absolutely everything was changed! You were and are saved from the empty way of living that only considers this present age and one's own needs. And you are redeemed to a higher way of living and loving that sets you free to live in the power of God's love.

Living in the light and love of the Lord Jesus Christ is a pathway of progress that will never disappoint or end, until we look at His loving eyes and see Him face to face.  

Prayer Thank-You my Father for saving me and setting me free from the empty way of living for this life alone. Holy Spirit help me to see each and every day the higher and holier way of living and loving that Christ Jesus purchased for me with His precious blood. I ask this in Jesus name. 

Week Thirty - Eight - Memory Verse: Matthew 24:14 "And the _____ News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come."