Amor próprio
O amor próprio saudável reconhece o valor que Deus nos deu. Fomos criados à imagem de Deus, maravilhosamente formados. Aceitar-se é honrar o Criador.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and {that} my soul knoweth right well.
17 But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O *God! how great is the sum of them!18 {If} I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
3 When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?5 Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,8 To set {him} among nobles, among the nobles of his people.
7 But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
3 For I say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one that is among you, not to have high thoughts above what he should think; but to think so as to be wise, as God has dealt to each a measure of faith.