YOU HAVE VALUE                                                       Romans 5:6-11

You were bought at a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body (1 Corinthians 6:20)

After my mother –in-law died, my wife and I discovered a cache of Us Indian Head pennies in a dresser drawer in her apartment. She wasn’t a coin collector as such, but she lived in the era when these pennies were in circulation and she had accumulated a few. Some of these coins are in excellent condition; others are not. They are so worn and tarnished you can hardly see the imprint. All bear the stamp “One Cent” on the opposite side. Although a penny those days has little value and many consider them useless, this one –cent coin would have bought a newspaper in its day. And collection still find value in them, even those that have been battered and abused.

Perhaps you feel tarnished, worn, old, or out of circulation. Even so, God finds value in you. The creator of the universe wants you – not for your mind, your body, your clothes; your achievements, your intellect, or your personality, but because you are you! He would go any distance and pay any price to possess you (1 Corinthians 6:20)

In fact He did. He came down to earth from heaven and purchased you with His blood (Romans 5:6, 8-9). That’s how much He wants you. You are valuable in His eyes and He loves you.

PRAYER LINE: As I think about Your love for me, Father, I wonder with amazement, how You could love someone like me– and I praise You.

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Christ’s death is the measure of God’s love for you.