YOU ARE PRECIOUS…HE WAS NAILED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU

You are very precious. Do you see yourself as precious, worth-while human being? Do you think you are a blessing to those around you? Maybe you believe that the stories told about you and your childhood circumstances determine who you are. Do you say to yourself: “she does not like me; therefore there must be something wrong with me,” “I am not as smart as my brother, so I’m no good,” or “Daddy abused me; I must be awful and no good.”

These thoughts that have been implanted in your subconscious so long ago takes root and stays in your subconscious. These thoughts have not only planted themselves firmly in the fertile soil of your imaginative mind as a child, but they keep popping up over the years. They are like your constant companions, reminding you and confirming over and over again that what you’ve been thinking of yourself is indeed true.

Your thoughts have power over you because they came from authority figures. You had no other standard to measure your feelings unless you had positive, affirming voices to counterbalance your self evaluation. Feelings have power to create firm thoughts and reactions, whether good or bad.

There is only one authority figure who can give you an accurate assessment of yourself and that is your Creator. When He made man, He breathed His Holy Spirit in him, and saw that it was good! He made you in His image and likeness. But because of the fall of Adam, man’s spirit, though always yearning for God, was no longer connected to God (Genesis 1- 6). However, God still loved you so much that He literally came down to earth, was born as a man – the second Adam – to take back what the devil had stolen. Through Adam, death and sin came into the world. But through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, He bought back eternal life and restoration with God. He paid the price that we could not pay!

The Gospel of Jesus Christ simply declares that He loved us so much that He was willing to be man to restore our union with GOD.Easter Sunday represents the day that the Holy Spirit literally raised up His mortal body, thereby restoring our rightful place with Him. As you get to know Him, and realize His power inside of you, you will never be the same! No more need to fear death or doubt where you’ll end up. You are assured of eternal life with Him!

Look up! Jesus thinks you are so precious that He died just for you! His last prayer on the night before his crucifixion was for you to be one with Him as He is with the Father! This love He has for you will show the world that He is God and that you are indeed PRECIOUS!