We are living in a world where everything around us leaves us feeling insignificant, empty, and wondering if we are valuable to God or not.
But the bible tells about how important we are to God and leaves no doubt of the tremendous value He places on every human life, including yours.
Here are 16 Bible verses that tell us how valuable we are in the eyes of God:
1) 2 Corinthians 5:20 “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us”
2) 1 John 3:1 “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!”
3) Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”
4) Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them”
5) Jeremiah 31:3 “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you”
6) Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope”
7) 1 Peter 1:18,19 “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold … but with the precious blood of Christ”
8) Ephesians 2:4–7 “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ … that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus”
9) 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”
10) Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you”
11) Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
12) Psalm 100 1-5 “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
13) Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
14) John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
15) Isaiah 49:16 “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
16) John 15:9 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.”
17) Matthew 10:31 “So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.”
18) John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
Thanks to C Russell
