Study Article 47.

This article will be studied during the week of January 26th through February 1st.

You are someone very precious.

Theme text. You are someone very precious.

Daniel 9.23.

Song 38, He will make you strong. Focus. To help those who have feelings of low self-worth to understand their true value in Jehovah's eyes. Paragraphs 1 and 2. Question. How can we come to appreciate that we are

precious in Jehovah's eyes? Among Jehovah's precious servants, there are some who have a low

opinion of themselves. Perhaps someone has treated them as if they were of little value. Has that been your experience?

If so, how can you come to appreciate that you are precious in Jehovah's eyes?

You might find it helpful to consider Bible accounts that reveal how Jehovah wants people to be viewed and treated.

His son Jesus treated people with dignity and respect.

By doing so, he showed that he and his father highly value humble ones who feel that they are of little worth.

In this article, we will consider 1 one, how Jesus helped people recognize their

value, and, two, how we can convince ourselves that we are truly precious in God's eyes.

How Jesus helped people recognize their value. Paragraph 3, question.

How did Jesus treat the Galileans who look to him for help?

During Jesus' third preaching tour in Galilee, people in one area after another flocked to him,

listening and being cured of their infirmities.

Jesus noted that they were skinned and thrown about like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9.36. Their religious leaders had considered

them as too ignorant to matter, even calling them a cursed people. But Jesus dignified them by taking the

time to teach them and to cure them of their diseases. Furthermore, in order to help more

individuals, he trained his apostles to share in the preaching work and gave them the authority

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