1. Is it worth it ???

2. …. Connecting … Communicating The way we listen and talk with others carries over to the way we listen and talk with God.

3. Is it worth ? - Relationship ? - Effort ? - Investment ? - Person ?

4. Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. Acts 15:36-40

5. Connecting and Communicating only take us so far. At some point we have to answer the question, “Is it worth it?”

6. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us Romans 5:7-8 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. John 10:27-28

7. The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.Jer. 31:3 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Cor. 1:21-22

8. Is it worth it ???