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Topics: Depravity; Discouragement; Emptiness; Faithfulness; God; Grace; Guilt; Human Condition; Needs; Security; Self-image; Self-worth; Shame; Victorious Living

References: 1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 10:29–31; Luke 12:6–7; John 3:16; Philippians 3:7–9

If someone offered you a twenty-dollar bill, would you take it? What if that person wadded up the bill and threw it on the ground—would you still want it? What if he stepped on it, kicked it, and even spit on it? Could you still go to the store and spend it?

The answer is yes. That bill has value because of what it is, not because of how it looks, where it’s been, or what it has been used for. A crisp, clean twenty-dollar bill is worth the same amount as an ugly, old, abused one.

You may feel like you’ve been stepped on, beat up, or kicked around. You may feel dirty, unworthy, or useless. But be encouraged by the twenty-dollar bill—no matter what you’ve been through, you still have value to God!

—Mike Silva, Would You Like Fries with That? (Word, 2005)