You are beautiful
And nothing else matters but you, O Lord
Your glory and majesty are to be praised
For you are the righteous King over the nations
Yes, you will judge the whole earth
And my life is in the hands of this righteous, and yet gracious God
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You are worthy of all my devotion, of all my love.
You are worthy…yes, even more than worthy.
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So how am I to respond?
God, I lie naked before you
Without you, my efforts are in vain and I helplessly fail
I would have died had you not come to rescue me
But you came, and you died in my place
Your effort was not in vain
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I will respond. We will respond.
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You are worthy of all our devotion, of all our love
You are worthy…yes, even more than worthy
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All our devotion belongs to You, God
For you, we devote ourselves to love
Because everything else will fade away
As grass withers and flowers die off
So will the things of this earth
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Our loyalty is to you alone
So God, we devote ourselves to love
We will love as you have loved us
We devote ourselves to this work:
To obey your commands
To step up to the calling and follow wholeheartedly after you
To deny our flesh and allow your Spirit to do His work
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For you are worthy of all our devotion, of all our love
You are worthy…yes, even more than worthy
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God this is the baptism we were baptized into
This is the life we will live for you:
We will submit to our husbands and love our wives
We will not speak evil against anyone, even those who have spoken evil against us
We will love those people who drive us crazy, who wronged us badly, who hurt us deeply
We will forgive them anyway
We will devote ourselves to prayer and give ourselves to you
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Because nothing else matters but you, O God
And because you are worthy of all our devotion, of all our love
You are worthy…yes, even more than worthy
