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Where do you find your worth? In today’s devotional, Vivian Bricker shares her personal story of searching for identity in sports, achievement, and relationships—only to discover that true, unshakable worth can only be found in the love of Christ. Rooted in 1 John 4:16, this episode reminds us that God is love, and He alone defines our value. If you’ve ever struggled with self-worth, this is your invitation to rest in the One whose love never fails.

📌 What You’ll Learn (Key Takeaways):

• Why earthly accomplishments will never satisfy our need for true worth

• How understanding God's love transforms how we see ourselves

• The difference between conditional love and the unchanging love of Jesus

• How to recognize signs of God’s love in your everyday life

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Full Transcript Below:

Finding Your Worth in God’s Love

By Vivian Bricker

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them” (1 John 4:16).

I didn’t come to know Jesus until I was eighteen years old. Prior to this time, I knew of Jesus, but I didn’t actually know Him. He was an abstract idea that didn’t make much sense to me. While my mom would talk about Jesus, I never really understood what she said about Him. In other words, I didn’t understand that He is God or that we can receive salvation through believing in Him. 

Therefore, I spent the first seventeen years of my life not knowing about Jesus, the Father, or the Holy Spirit. As one could imagine, this negatively impacted my life in many ways. I wonder sometimes what my life would have looked like if I had known Jesus earlier in life. Maybe I would not have tried to find my worth in the things of this world. 

As a kid and a teen, I found much of my identity in sports and music. When I was a kid, I prided myself in being a soccer player and gymnast. Since this worth was found in things I could do, I knew I could lose my worth. If I wasn’t good at these sports anymore, I would lose my worth—and this used to keep me up at night. I feared that if I wasn’t the “best,” all of my teammates wouldn’t like me anymore and that they would stop being my friends. 

Now that I know Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I no longer find my worth in other things. Instead, I find my worth in Him. Since my worth is in Him, my