You are SO PRECIOUS | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, and Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist, and founder of John Gifta International.

0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. What I'm about to share with you today may not be something new or spectacular or wow, but the reminder because you know, sometimes when we go through our everyday life, we just allow the world to speak over, as we allow social media to speak over, as we look at our value of worth and everything coming from what other people behave, to how they behave towards us, what they say to us, or how social media the advertisement industry make you feel like, you know what, somebody else may look more better than you and you feel like, oh my gosh, I'm no match to them.

1:26 I am so unworthy and so much of all those negative thoughts. So many young people today, so many people even in their fifties, and you know, they so they just look down on themselves. They're not able to see themselves as anything good because of these wrong thought processes that have been infiltrated through media, through entertainment. Now, listen, I've shared this many times. You know, I'm not against the antundainment industry. I'm not against media because I want all of us to get to a place where you know, they can be Christians rising in those industries, shining the light in the darkness.

2:00 I'm all in for all of that. But the truth is that a lot of these industries, a lot of these advertisement films, a lot of them, you know, use these subtle ways to bring about promoting their content, They promoting their products, promoting their services, which can indirectly, in different ways, affect you in your identity and if you are not solid or having a solid foundation in whom God created you to be. So I want to share a scripture and I want to take this forward. It is found in Isaiah forty three, and I'm reading from the NLT version and it just popped up to me, and I thought, you know what, this is something I need to share.

2:40 This was like something in my spirit, and I thought, you know, I do believe that even though you can say, you know what, I know, I'm a masterpiece. I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. I'm a child of God. I am, you know, his most prized possession. With These are scriptures that I keep quoting, and I know that these are scriptures that you need to remember when you are dealing with an identity crisis or any thing for that matter. You should know. These are the truths from the Word of God. And this is something I wanted to share.

3:06 It says and worse four, you are precious to me. There are so many things that the Lord is saying, but this is something that really contmentation. You are precious to me. You know, I'll tell you something. You guys know that I have a big collection of Scooby Doo memorabilia, right I got into two international books of records. I've shared this a couple of times in my episodes, and these collections are so precious to me. You know, They're so dear to my heart. You know, I just love to just look at them, you know, just you know, like have them and then just hug them, and you know, you know, like the photographers with them, and you know, keep them safe, and you know they're so dear to me, They're so precious to me.

3:52 And you know, I'll tell me honestly, today you may be in a place where you're saying, I don't know if God feels like that about me, John, Can I tell you something. In spite of your mistakes, in spite of your shortcomings, in spite of your weaknesses, in spite of all the things that you're still struggling with, in spite of the addictions, the strongholds, the secret sense that you're dealing with, you may feel unworthy. You may look at somebody else and say, they're looking so good in comparison to me.

4:16 I don't see anything good about me that I'm there to tell you you are precious to God. You are precious to God. And I want you to picture yourself being hugged by the creator of the universe. He's hugging you, he's cuddling you, he's just giving your kisses, and he's just saying, you know what, I love you so much. I love you so much. You know, like a like a parent, you know, hugging their little kid. I've seen this time and time and again. You know, they'll say, oh my god, this is my little kid.

4:46 I'm so awesome, and you know, they feel so good and then they just keep hugging and playing with a kid because you know that kid is precious to their parents. In my home, we have a pet dog and you know, I see, I mean she's with us all the time. And but in spite of that, every time, every day, you know, it's just like so wow, look at her, she's so good. Look at me she's sitting. Look at the way she's coming and looking you know, you know, like why because she's precious to us. Yes, she has done there's a million times.

5:18 She keeps doing it every single day. She jumps on us and you know all of this stuff. But you know what, because she is precious to us. Yes, she has shortcomings, Yes, you know we want her to you know, do certain things, and sometimes she can be very destructive. She can you know, mess up a lot of things. So you know, she has her shortcomings, but she's still precious to us. Right, that's the same thing. You have your shortcomings, we are we are still dealing with sin because we are in the fallen nature of man.

5:47 We do have our issues, but God says you are precious to me. Today, I want you to understand, let go of what the world is saying. Let go of what the advertisement industry is saying. Let go of what the entertainment industry or you know, Hollywood or Bollywood is saying. Because what matters is what the one who died for you on a piece of wood is saying. He's saying, you know what, I love you so much. You are precious to me. You are my masterpiece. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are my most prized possession.

6:18 When you stand firm and say you know what, I'm not going to allow the world to infiltrate my mind to understand, to make me believe that my worth is not so good in comparison to somebody else. I'm going to choose to believe by faith. I am precious, I am dear to the Lord. And I want you to understand, when you are secured in knowing this, you'll be able to defeat the thing staining me throws at you identity crisis or low self esteem or insecurity, all of those that will just melt like facts on a hot day when you know how precious you are to the Lord a man, God bless you.

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8:15 And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope. There is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins. When you believe in Him, you have free gift or salvation for you that it shows us that we will go to heaven when we die instead of suffering in Him forever. I just encourage you today to make the simple step of faith and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross.

8:54 Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.