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         (Liz Grey:) Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Why are they precious? Is it because they die? No, it is because their lives were precious. The lives of the saints are precious to the Lord because they're living for Him. Each day they're giving their all, giving their lives to Him in yieldedness, obedience and service, which is the most precious thing you can give Him. This is dying daily--the daily sacrifices of witnessing, of serving Him, of death to self. It is your continual dying to your own life, your faithful "not my will, but Thine be done," which makes you so precious to Him.
         It is precious to Him not because of your death, but because He can finally receive you into His arms again after such faithful service--a moment He has long waited for, the precious moment when you are reunited with Him.



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