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<\/a>While it angered the chief priests and Pharisees, it meant that Jesus\u2019 message of salvation would be opened to the Gentiles\u2026and that includes me.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sometimes it is difficult for me to understand how God could have such love for humanity. But it is even more difficult to understand how God could have such love for me. I know my weaknesses. I know I\u2019m not living day-to-day as He has asked. And yet, He loves me anyway.<\/p>\n
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The song I share today tells of this great love for mankind and for me. Of the vastness of God and His creation. Of the power He possesses. Of His wisdom and ways. And yet, when Jesus was dying for the sins of the world, He thought of me.<\/p>\n
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I wonder, as He hung there bearing the weight of my sin, was it my sin He thought of or did His love for me overshadow the burden of my sin? If my sin were on Jesus\u2019 mind, He might have called those thousands of angels to rescue Him.<\/p>\n
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However, Jesus said it Himself before He went to the cross. \u201cGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.\u201d <\/i>(John 15:13 \u2013 NIV) Love. That\u2019s what Jesus was thinking while He was on the cross.<\/p>\n
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Want more proof? Galatians 2:20 (NIV) says, \u201cI have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
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And then 1 John 3:16 (NIV) says, \u201cThis is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
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So as you read through the lyrics of this song and listen to the message, know that Jesus loves you. He gave Himself for you. And He thought of you above all.<\/p>\n
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“Above All”<\/p>\n
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Above all powers, above all kings
\nAbove all nature and all created things
\nAbove all wisdom and all the ways of man
\nYou were here before the world began<\/p>\n
Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
\nAbove all wonders the world has ever known
\nAbove all wealth and treasures of the earth
\nThere’s no way to measure what You’re worth<\/p>\n
Crucified, laid behind a stone <\/p>\n Michael W. Smith is one of the artists who has recorded this message. To listen to his version, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Donna<\/p>\n
\nYou lived to die, rejected and alone
\nLike a rose trampled on the ground
\nYou took the fall and thought of me
\nAbove all[i]<\/a><\/p>\n