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8  ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE











                                  DISCOVER YOUR







                                                SELF-WORTH



                     Joyce Meyer





              You are        Every person on earth needs to know        family told me I shouldn’t be doing it. I was
             valuable        they matter - they need to know they’re    even asked to leave the church I was attending
              because        valuable  and they mean something  to      at the time, and I ended up losing friendships
                             someone. The problem is when people
                                                                        that I thought were important to me.
           God loves         don’t get a good start in life, they often
             you and         waste their lives searching for self-worth   It was a very difficult season, but I discovered
             He gave         in all the wrong places.                   that while it’s not always easy to do what God
             His only        In the world today, people so often base their   calls  us  to  do, obedience  to  Him  is  always
                                                                        worth it in the end. Doing things God’s way
           Son, Jesus        value and importance on what they do, how   is the only thing that works in the long run.
            Christ, to       much education they have, who they know,   There are people in your life—I’m talking about
          die for you        what kind of clothes they wear, how they look,   people other than your spouse and children—
                             their job title, and the list goes on.     who may come and go over time, but God will
                                                                        always be with you because He loves you and
                             But when worldly standards determine your   He promises to never leave you nor forsake
                             sense  of  self-worth,  you’ll  always  be  striving   you (see Hebrews 13:5).
                             to please people...and it will derail you from
                             your God-given destiny. The only way to find   The bottom line is you are valuable because
                             true security and have a healthy self-esteem is   God loves you and He gave His only Son,
                             by knowing and experiencing the love of God.   Jesus Christ, to die for you. Your worth is
                                                                        not based on how you look, who you know,
                             The apostle Paul talks about this in Galatians   your title at work or any of the other superficial
                             1:10. He says: “Am I now trying to win the   things the world considers impressive.
                             favor and approval of men, or of God? Or am
                             I  seeking  to  please  someone?  If  I  were  still   After Paul met Christ and became a born-
                             trying to be popular with men, I would not be a   again believer, he came to realize that
                             bond-servant of Christ” (AMP).             everything else was meaningless compared
                                                                        to the  priceless  privilege of  knowing  God. I
                             He’s basically saying, “If I were trying to be   absolutely love what he says in Philippians 3:8
                             popular with people, I wouldn’t be serving   “I count everything as loss compared to the
                             God and know that He loves me.”            priceless privilege and supreme advantage of
                                                                        knowing Christ Jesus my Lord [and of growing
                             I can say with certainty that if I was trying to   more deeply and thoroughly acquainted with
                             be popular with people, I wouldn’t be doing   Him—a joy unequaled]. For His sake I have
                             what  I’m doing  today. When  God spoke  to   lost everything, and I consider it all garbage,
                             my heart about His call on my life to teach   so that I may gain Christ.”
                             the Word, I didn’t receive much support from
                             those around me.                           The truth that God loves you is what makes
                                                                        you  valuable.  He  created  you  because  He
                             As I began to step out and do what God     loves you and wants to have a personal
                             placed in my heart, some of my friends and   relationship with you. He has wonderful plans
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