Comments on: Self-Esteem http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479 Delivered Monday through Friday, our daily devotions are the perfect companion to your time in the Word. Biblical, consistent, and with over three years of back content, DEEPERDEVOTION.com is a great resource for everyone. Check us out on the web at www.deeperdevotion.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: JeepMan http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1061 JeepMan Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:03:20 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1061 Hmm... have to ponder that one for awhile...not sure I agree with that :) but let me think it over a little before I get back with you. (thinking along the idea of actually thinking that I am "worth something" to God...always thought that I was worth nothing, and that God loved me for no other reason than that he loved me...not that he saw anything in me that was "worthy") More thoughts coming at a later date. Hmm… have to ponder that one for awhile…not sure I agree with that :) but let me think it over a little before I get back with you. (thinking along the idea of actually thinking that I am "worth something" to God…always thought that I was worth nothing, and that God loved me for no other reason than that he loved me…not that he saw anything in me that was "worthy") More thoughts coming at a later date.

]]> By: MissAlicia http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1062 MissAlicia Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:30:14 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1062 We aren't worthy enough for God's love, but he loves us anyway. I agree with JeepMan, even though he's still thinking on it. However, because we aren't worthy of God's love doesn't make us completely worthless, we have a duty to do for Christ and we are not to measure how much we are worth by the World's standards. So I partly agree/disagree with this article. We aren't worthy enough for God's love, but he loves us anyway. I agree with JeepMan, even though he's still thinking on it. However, because we aren't worthy of God's love doesn't make us completely worthless, we have a duty to do for Christ and we are not to measure how much we are worth by the World's standards. So I partly agree/disagree with this article.

]]> By: Carolina http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1063 Carolina Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:44:49 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1063 I think you two might be confusing worth with "what we deserve". Just because we do not deserve anything (because we are sinners in our nature) does not mean that we are not worth anything. If God didn't give us worth, he wouldn't have bothered sending Jesus to save our souls. If we didn't have worth, he would have given dominion to the earthworm, not to man. Just the fact that we are made in his image shows that he places worth in us. He calls us his children. He doesn't do that to any other species on the planet. All this is because he loves us and thinks very much of us. We may not be worthy in the sense of "deserving of praise" but we are worthy in the fact that HE has placed value in us. I think you two might be confusing worth with "what we deserve". Just because we do not deserve anything (because we are sinners in our nature) does not mean that we are not worth anything. If God didn't give us worth, he wouldn't have bothered sending Jesus to save our souls. If we didn't have worth, he would have given dominion to the earthworm, not to man. Just the fact that we are made in his image shows that he places worth in us. He calls us his children. He doesn't do that to any other species on the planet. All this is because he loves us and thinks very much of us. We may not be worthy in the sense of "deserving of praise" but we are worthy in the fact that HE has placed value in us.

]]> By: TimB http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1064 TimB Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:58:55 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1064 What a powerful thought! It forces us to change the way that we think about others b/c it is so easy for us to judge people based on what see instead of looking at their heart and thinking about what God values! <br /> In response to previous comments - Why would God desire praise from us if He didn't value us? The article is making the point that people shouldn't be valued based on what we see physically, but b/c we are God's creation. God does everything for a purpose and He wouldn't have created us if there wasn't a purpose. That alone gives us value / worth. <br /> I think the bottom line is how we treat others. That's the point of the article, regardless of whether we feel we have worth or not. What a powerful thought! It forces us to change the way that we think about others b/c it is so easy for us to judge people based on what see instead of looking at their heart and thinking about what God values!

In response to previous comments - Why would God desire praise from us if He didn't value us? The article is making the point that people shouldn't be valued based on what we see physically, but b/c we are God's creation. God does everything for a purpose and He wouldn't have created us if there wasn't a purpose. That alone gives us value / worth.
I think the bottom line is how we treat others. That's the point of the article, regardless of whether we feel we have worth or not.

]]> By: JeepMan http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1065 JeepMan Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:53:43 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1065 :) ok, after many long nights pondering this subject... Just kidding :) though I have thought about it a good deal, just not enough to keep me awake at night (not much that can do that)<br /> <br /> Now, after all the thinking I've tried to do, I've come to believe that we are worth something...but only because God set his love upon us from the beginning of time. This is where I may differ with some people theologically, but I believe that my salvation was ordained by God before time even began (Jeremiah 1:5 <i> "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." </i> and Matthew 25:34 <i> "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:" </i> ) And thus, because of the righteousness of Christ, and nothing else, I am actually worth something. I'm still pondering this, and take it for what you will, but in contrast, those <i> whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, (Revelation 17:8) </i> I would submit are worth nothing, as they have nothing but their own filthy rags of "righteousness" covering them, yea even the stench of sin, and nothing else.<br /> <br /> The whole point that I'm trying to make is that we are not worth something to God because of something we did. God is not bettered by taking us unto himself, unless it would be to give himself more glory. God is wholly self sufficient, without a want that we could fulfill in any way (Psalm 50:12 <i> If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. </i> ). <br /> <br /> Please excuse any errors I may have made in all that :) I'm young, dumb, and just trying to serve the Lord and glorify him the best that I can...let the constructive critism abound! :) ok, after many long nights pondering this subject… Just kidding :) though I have thought about it a good deal, just not enough to keep me awake at night (not much that can do that)

Now, after all the thinking I've tried to do, I've come to believe that we are worth something…but only because God set his love upon us from the beginning of time. This is where I may differ with some people theologically, but I believe that my salvation was ordained by God before time even began (Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." and Matthew 25:34 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:" ) And thus, because of the righteousness of Christ, and nothing else, I am actually worth something. I'm still pondering this, and take it for what you will, but in contrast, those whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, (Revelation 17:8) I would submit are worth nothing, as they have nothing but their own filthy rags of "righteousness" covering them, yea even the stench of sin, and nothing else.

The whole point that I'm trying to make is that we are not worth something to God because of something we did. God is not bettered by taking us unto himself, unless it would be to give himself more glory. God is wholly self sufficient, without a want that we could fulfill in any way (Psalm 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. ).

Please excuse any errors I may have made in all that :) I'm young, dumb, and just trying to serve the Lord and glorify him the best that I can…let the constructive critism abound!

]]> By: Anonymous http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1066 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:27:07 +0000 http://deeperdevotion.com/articles/479#comment-1066 You may be young but in God eyes your the most wonderful person out here. You may be young but in God eyes your the most wonderful person out here.

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