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 you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
17 How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
7 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.