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Do you like watching the Antique's Road Show? On those shows, an expert on antiques looks at a person's prize possession and places a monetary value upon it. The value varies based upon its condition, uniqueness or who owned it. But ultimately, value is determined by the amount someone is willing to pay for an item.

Would you pay $150.00 to have someone pass a football to you? Marc Bonham did. Why? Well, the person throwing the ball was Hall of Famer, Joe Montana. To Bonham, it was worth a C note and a half to catch a pass Montana threw.

"I can't believe I caught a pass from Joe!" Bonham said. "This is great. I think I am the biggest kid here right now."

Would you pay $500.00 for a baseball or $1500.00 for a jersey? What if the baseball was signed by Mickey Mantle and the Jersey by Michael Jordan? Some people would, others wouldn't. Ultimately, value is determined by the amount someone is willing to pay for an item.

—www.houstonchronicle.com 10/01/00 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

What is your worth? Your ultimate value is determined by the price the Father was willing to pay to redeem you.

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Dakoda Garren used coins from a collection valued at over a hundred thousand dollars, spending them at face value, to purchase movie tickets and buy a pizza for himself and his girlfriend Elizabeth Massman. According to police, “One of the coins was a Liberty quarter worth between $1,100 and $18,500.” 

People often confuse value and worth. The quarter had a value of .25, but was worth thousands. Worth is determined by what someone is willing to pay. So what is the worth of a soul? To answer that question, look carefully at the price God was willing to pay to redeem one.–Jim L. Wilson

Vancouver man accused of antique coins theft Police allege he spent some of them at face value on pizza by Tony Lystra http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/sep/20/vancouver-man-accused-of-antique-coins-theft/ (accessed 9/25/12)

JOHN 3:16 (CEV) God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. 

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Samee Alam was eager to buy the newest iPhone but chose a cheaper option instead.  In India, an iPhone costs over half the average person’s salary. "I have never used an iPhone and I was keen on getting my hands on one but it didn't make sense," says Alam, "Cheaper alternatives like OnePlus are more value for the money. The new iPhones cost almost 100,000 rupees - I can get three good phones for that price or even a decent gaming laptop." —Jim L. Wilson and Jonathan Sheng

 How Apple Is Losing Its Grip on India, https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2018-11-07/how-apple-is-losing-its-grip-on-india (Accessed 11/7/2018)

Philippians 3:8 (CSB) “More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ.”