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; Your works [are] marvelous and my soul knows [it] very well.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!18 [If] I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.
3 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;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 lack a little from God, 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 dunghill,8 in order to make him sit with nobles, with the nobles of his people.
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see 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 possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God.7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think. But set your mind to be right-minded, even as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.