As God Sees

The speaker starts by praising God and expressing gratitude for another Sunday evening. They emphasize the importance of prayer and invite God to reveal Himself and speak to them. The main topic of discussion is how people perceive themselves based on others' opinions and the dangers of seeking validation from others. The speaker highlights that God sees us differently and values our hearts above all else. They refer to the story of Daniel in the Bible as an example of someone who was valued by God despite facing opposition from others. The speaker encourages listeners to base their self-worth on God's perception rather than on the opinions of others. Praise the Lord. Brothers and sisters, praise God. Hallelujah to the name of Jesus. We give glory and honor and praise for Almighty God for another Sunday evening. It's Christmas Eve, December 24th. We are grateful for life and we are expectant as always for a wonderful evening in God's presence. As usual, we're going to start with prayer. We like to start with prayer and we like to end with prayer. And so Father, this evening we thank you for your love, your unconditional love, for your faithfulness, for your grace, for your presence, for your word that has the power to heal, to deliver, to transform, to change lives. We thank you for your word that has the capacity to defeat darkness and to set us free from the shackles of the enemy. All glory and all honor and adoration belong to you. Tonight, oh God, we invite you by your presence, by your spirit, by your word, oh God. We invite that you will come and speak to us. We invite that you will come and reveal to us a new and fresh dimension of yourself, that you will introduce us to a different dimension of the spirit. Show us the mysteries of your kingdom tonight. In the name of Jesus, I pray, oh God, that you will release an unction and an anointing on me tonight to speak even as the oracles of God. Open my eyes to see you just that little more clearly tonight. The grace to articulate your word given to me. Bless me as I teach. Bless them who hear me as I teach. Let your word transform us, refresh us, renew us, present us worthy to you and to mankind. In Jesus' name, amen. Today we have a subject that is dear to my heart, usually when I come on this platform and God speaks to us through me. Usually it's a subject that I have been trained in, that God has taken me sometimes through the cleaners. God has taken me to the cleaners sometimes on a subject that God teaches us on. Such is tonight's subject. The title is, As God Sees. There are many of us who, perhaps because of our environment, perhaps because of how we were raised, or because of life's journey, sometimes because of the vicissitudes of life, we find that our personalities, our characters are unfolding before us, unfolding in ways that sometimes we feel like we don't have control over the dimensions of ourselves that we are seeing. We don't always like what we see and sometimes many of us are so... we become anxious because we feel powerless to retrieve ourselves. And for that cause, many believers today are burdened with perception. It's a good thing to be self-aware. It's a fabulous thing to be self-aware because without self-awareness or without adequate measure of self-awareness, life is going to be difficult for that person who is unaware. But with an overabundance of sensitivity, I think that's the word I'm looking for, with an oversensitivity of the perception of others, it leads to paralysis. It leads to incapacitating situations where you can't be your best self, you can't live your best life because the true you within is paralyzed by the fear of perception, fear of what others think of you, how others perceive you. It's debilitating to be so focused on what others are seeing, what others are thinking of you. It's paralyzing to be so devoid of confidence in who you really are and to be so focused on trying to see your true self through the lens of other people's eyes, other people's perception, other people's perspective. It is dangerous. The reason is this. People, humans, we all see life through the lens of our own experiences. We see and understand life through the lens of our experiences, our expectations, our environment, our experiences guide how we see, guide our lens and guide our values. And so the value of Mr. A is going to be largely dependent on the life experiences of Mr. A, dependent on Mr. A's mindset, worldview. That's how he sees life. And so if you base your value on Mr. A's interpretation of what is valuable, you are going to become a version of you acceptable to Mr. A, which is not necessarily who you are, who God created you to be. Mr. B also sees life, makes his value judgments based on his life's expectations, his life's experiences, and his environment, things that have happened to him in life. Those are the things that tailor and decide who he is. And so his worldview is based on that. That's the lens through which he decides what is valuable to him. If you are trying to be valuable to Mr. B, and Mr. B's worldview, Mr. B's meaning of what is valuable is different than what pertains to Mr. A, you are going to become the version of you acceptable to Mr. B. So here you are. You have different versions of you. The version acceptable to Mr. A, the version acceptable to Mr. B, the version acceptable to Mr. C. You have no idea who you really are. This is bondage. This is bondage. Believers today, because and social media plays a big part in this problem. Believers today are living outside of their true self. Living in the world so much and focused so much on people. Do they approve of you? Do they like me? Do they approve of me? Do they like me? Are they pleased with me? We are looking, spending all of our valuable energy and time looking in the wrong direction, asking the wrong question of the wrong people. The question is, is God pleased with me? Does God approve of me? How does God see me? When God looks at me, what does God see? Because like I said before, men will see you through the lenses of their experience, the lenses of their environment, the lenses of their natural mindset. That's how they will see you. And this differs from man to man, from person to person, this lens is different. But God sees only one way. God sees one way and that one way is heart. God sees your heart. God sees your heart. So today we are talking about how God sees. As God sees. We have two anchor texts. We have a very long read in the book of Daniel chapter 1. We're going to read verses 1 to 22. That's 22 verses. Well, there are 22 power-packed verses. Every single verse in this chapter is power-packed. So today our scripture, our text is Daniel chapter 1 verses 1 to 22. Our second text comes from the book of Samuel, 1 Samuel chapter 16 verse 7. But first we're going to Daniel chapter 2 verses 1 to 22. It's a long read. It's a long read, but stay with me. When we get through, you'll understand why it's important. Why it is important to always base your life, base your worldview, base your image, your image within and without. Why it is imperative that as believers we learn to find out the expectation of God. And where do we find that? In His word. We find God's expectation for us in His word. And so sometimes the word is going to be long, but if you want to know what God is saying, even if the word is long, you read it. You read it. There's 28 verses in Daniel chapter 6. We're reading 22. So Daniel 6 verses 1 to 22. The Bible says, He pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 princes, which should be over the whole kingdom. And over these three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, that the princes might give account unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes. Why? Because an excellent spirit was on him. And the king thought to set him over the entire realm. We're going to take this scripture one more time. I said before, every single verse in this chapter is so powerful. Just reading this scripture, that's enough message for this evening. So we're going to start again. The Bible says, He pleased Darius, King Darius, to set over the kingdom 120 princes. These 120 princes, their function was to be over the whole kingdom. Now over these 120 princes were three presidents. Verse 2, that's where we are now. Of whom Daniel was the first of these three presidents. So that the princes, the 120 princes, they might give account unto the three presidents, of whom Daniel was the first. Why? So that the king should suffer no damage in the kingdom. Verse 3, then this Daniel, this Daniel, who was the first president, was preferred above the three presidents and the 120 princes. Why? Because an excellent spirit was on Daniel. And because of this excellent spirit, the king, verse 3, the king thought to set him, Daniel, over the whole realm. Over all the princes, over all the presidents, over the entire realm. Why? Because an excellent spirit was on Daniel. Verse 4, then the presidents, the other two presidents, remember there's three presidents, Daniel being the first. Then the presidents and the princes, they began to seek to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. A conspiracy. The Bible says, but they could find none occasion, no fault. Daniel was excellent in all things. For as much as he was faithful, they found no occasion against Daniel. They found no fault. Why? Because Daniel was faithful. Neither was there any error or fault found in him. Verse 5, then said these men, the two presidents and the 120 princes, they said, we shall not find any occasion against this man. His co-workers, his co-workers, his co-CEOs, his co-chairmen, his co-leaders, his joint leaders and his direct reports were in conspiracy against Daniel. And then they said, we shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. He has only one flaw. Only one flaw. His flaw is because he obeys his God to the letter. You will find no fault in him. You will find no flaw in him. You will find no error in him. No occasion. No wrong, except in one thing. In the thing concerning his God. Verse 5, we shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except in one thing. Except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Verse 6, then these presidents, the two presidents, the 120 princes, they assembled together, they gathered together, banded together in conspiracy against Daniel. And then they presented themselves to the king and said unto King Darius, live forever, verse 7, all the presidents of the kingdom, the governors and the princes, the counselors, the captains, every single one, have consulted together. So now, let's go back, let's go back. I told you, this is a loaded, loaded piece of scripture. This is the word of God. Verse 3, let's go back to verse 3. The Bible says, Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and the princes, because an excellent spirit was in him. This is where I'm going in this verse. The result of that is that the king thought to set Daniel over the whole realm. Now, verse 7, these are the people whom the king thought to set Daniel over. Verse 7, all the presidents of the kingdom, one, the governors of the kingdom, two, the princes of the kingdom, three, the counselors of the kingdom, four, and the captains of the kingdom. These are all the people whom God was going to set Daniel over, because of the excellent spirit upon him, which announced him to King Darius. King Darius saw upon Daniel the glory of Almighty God, revealed by his excellency. And the king said, I prefer this one. Why? Because he has an excellent spirit. And I will set him over all the entire realms, the entire realm of my kingdom. Captains of industry, presidents of nations, rulers, governors, all are subject to the one in whom God has placed an excellent spirit. So all the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, the princes, the counselors, the captains, they have consulted together to establish a royal statute. Now they are speaking to the king now, to make a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save you, O King Darius, he, that man, shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O King, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it may, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. The Bible says, verse 9, Wherefore King Darius signed the writing, and the decree. It seemed good to him, so he signed it. Verse 10, Now, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being opened in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times in one day, and he prayed, and he gave thanks before his God. Before his God. Verse 10, we're going back to the beginning of verse 10. Now, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, and what was in the writing? Verse 7, All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, the princes, the counselors, the captains, we have consulted together to establish the royal statute, to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save you, O King, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, the king signed the writing, verse 9, and the decree. Verse 10, Daniel knew that this writing, this decree, that no man shall pray or ask a petition of any god or man, save King Darius, this was the writing, this was the decree, and it's been signed by the king. Daniel knew this, yet he went into his house, his windows were open, he wasn't cowering in a corner whispering, he wasn't cowering in a corner whispering, his window being open in his chamber, he wasn't in a basement somewhere, he didn't go to an underground bunker, he went into his house, his windows being open as they regularly were, in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees, he prayed once, twice, three times in one day. He prayed, and he gave thanks before whom? His God. Not before King Darius, before his God, as he did aforetime, as he always did. He knew the writing was signed, he did as he always did, he had only one flaw, the worship of his God was number one in his life. Nothing, no decree, no writing was going to prevent him from worshipping his God as he always did, on his knees, giving thanks, praising his God, with his window wide open, nothing to hide. He was not a secret agent for the Lord, and he was facing his altar toward Jerusalem. He didn't care of the princes, of the presidents, of the governors, of the captains, of the noblemen, he didn't care. He didn't care if they approved, he didn't care if they were pleased, he didn't care if they liked him or they didn't, he didn't care. He had only one mission, to worship his God, to pray to his God, to be approved of God, as he was before the decree, before the writing, before the signing, he had only one mission, to please God. Hallelujah. Then, these men, the presidents, the princes, the governors, the noblemen, the captains, these men, they assembled, and found Daniel praying. Why? Because Daniel wasn't hiding, he was praying exactly where he had prayed before. They knew where he was, they knew what he would be doing, they knew what time he would be doing it, because the Bible said he prayed three times a day as he did a full time, as he did before they conspired against him. So, they knew where to find him, they knew when to find him, they knew exactly what he would be doing when they found him. So, verse 11, then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Not before King Darius, before his God, knowing the consequences of doing so, he made supplication before his God. Then they came near, verse 12, and they spake before the king, King Darius, concerning the king's decree, Have you not signed a decree, O King Darius, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which alters not. I have done this. Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regards not thee, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three days, three times a day, one, two, three, three times a day he makes his petition before his God. Verse 14, Then the king, when he heard these words, was so displeased with himself, and he set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. Why? Because he didn't see them coming. He didn't see the kings and the presidents and the princes and the governors and the conspirators. He didn't see them coming. He didn't realize that everything they were doing was for one purpose, to bring Daniel down. He didn't see them coming. When the enemy is coming for you, you don't see them coming. When the enemy is binding together his princes, his presidents, in your office, in your church, when the enemy is binding together, they are gathering together in conspiracy against you, you don't see them coming. When they are gathering in their midst, you don't see them coming. Sometimes, until it's too late. The Bible says, the king, now remember, the king is the one who signed this decree because it sounded good to him. It made him feel good. Appealed to his ego. He signed it. He didn't know why they were doing it, because when the enemy is working against you, they make you think that what they are doing is for your benefit, but in the end, it's against you. It's for them. They present this to you as something that will benefit you, so that your ego goes into overdrive and you sell yourself out. You work against yourself because of how they have designed this for you. This is what has happened to King Darius. King Darius was not a bad man. King Darius was not even a proud man. He was just a man. They conspired against him. They conspired against Daniel by presenting an issue to the king that seemed to benefit the king, that appealed to his ego, but in the end, it was something that would bring even the king down, because the king already saw in Daniel a quality that the rest didn't have. And the king, being a wise king, knew that if he was able to use this gift that Daniel had, it was going to be to his advantage, to the advantage of the entire realm. So if anything was done to Daniel to bring Daniel down, it was going to be his loss as king of his realm. Verse 14. Then the king, when he heard these words, was so displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till going down on the sun to deliver Daniel. He was displeased with himself because he didn't have the discernment to see through the conspiracy until it was too late. Now he's displeased, not with Daniel, because remember, it's Daniel who broke the decree. It's Daniel who worshipped another god, not King Darius. It's Daniel who, by law, the law man, was in the wrong. Daniel broke the law. But the king wasn't displeased with Daniel. The king was displeased with himself because he shot himself in the foot. He signed a decree that in the end was detrimental even to himself. So he was displeased with himself. And then he decided, I have to do something about this. I made a mistake. And he set his heart on Daniel to deliver Daniel. He labored till the going down of the sun. The king labored till the going down of the sun to deliver Daniel. 15. Then these men, the conspirators, they assembled unto the king and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree or statute which the king established may be changed. So, we know that by now you see what we've done. We know that you are displeased with yourself. We know that your heart is set on Daniel to deliver Daniel. We know that you have labored till the going down of the sun to deliver this Daniel. But know this, O king, that these are the subjects of the king who are addressing the king because everybody is subject to the law. Once it is law, even you, the king, who signed this decree into law, you are not above the law. Everybody is under the law. So, O king, remember that the law of the Medes and Persians is this. No decree, no statute which the king, you, O king Darius, which the king established may be changed. Once it is written, it must be done. Once it is signed, it must be done. It cannot be changed, not by you, not by me, not by the princes. It can be changed by no one. Not even you, O king, can change it. Then the king commanded, because now it's law is out of his hands, he's done all he can to reverse, he can't change it. So, he must obey his own command. Then the king commanded and they brought Daniel and cast Daniel into the den of lions. That's the law. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, your God, whom you serve continually, he will deliver you. I have done my best as a man. I can't deliver you. The law is the law. I made a mistake. It's out of my hands now. I am limited because I'm a man. Even as king, I have my limitations. But I know that your God, whom you have served continually, the same God who has given you this excellent spirit that sets you apart, that caused me, as king, to recognize your unique gift. This God who has made you so excellent, the gift that has given you this level of visibility that has caused all these people to envy you and conspire against you and want to destroy you because of the excellent spirit which is not from man but from God, that God, your God, whom you have served continually, he shall deliver you. Verse 17. And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den. And the king sealed the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone at the mouth of the den with his own signet ring and with the signet of his lord's that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. It was sealed. It was sealed, settled, irreversible. It was the end. But this king knew that it was the end. Where the strength of man ends, the strength of God begins. So even though the king, king Darius, was doing everything he had to do by law as a man, he knew that this was not the end. It was in fact a beginning. Why? Because he knew, he could recognize that there was a superior force, superior power in the life of Daniel that was different. And he knew that there was more to Daniel than had been seen by men. So he knew that something was about to unfold. He knew that this could not be the end of a man like this. He could see there was a difference in the life of Daniel. There was a power at work in the life of Daniel. And he knew that that power was capable of doing things that man had not yet seen. So he was going through the motions by law. But he knew that it was not the end for Daniel. It was the end in the minds of the conspirators. But the king knew that this was only the beginning. So he was getting ready for the next level of power. He wanted to see. He wanted to see what exactly this God of Daniel was capable of doing. Verse 18, Then the king went to his palace, and he passed the night fasting. Neither were instruments of music brought before him, and his sleep went from him. This is a man who had sealed the stone at the mouth of the den with his own signet, and with the signet of the Lord's, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. But he went, verse 18, to his palace and did what? He passed the night fasting. Because he knew that it was not the end. It was the beginning. And he wanted to be a part of the move of God getting ready to unfold. This is a wise king. A wise king. Neither were instruments of music brought before him. A solemn night. And his sleep went from him. He held a vigil. He held a vigil. For whom? For Daniel. Verse 19, Then the king arose very early in the morning, and he went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel. And the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom you serve, continually able to deliver you from the lions? I want to know about this God myself. Has he been able to save you? Was I right in believing that this God, whom you serve, has the ability to do the miraculous? Verse 21, Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever. Verse 22, our last verse, My God has sent his angel. My God sent an emissary. He didn't even need to come down by himself. Why would he do that? My God didn't need to come by himself. I appreciate you honoring my God to think that he would save me. But my God didn't need to come in person. He sent an angel. Verse 23, My God has sent his angel. And my God hath shut the lions mouth, that they have not hurt me. For as much as before him, before him, innocency was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no wrong. I have been found to be innocent and approved before my God, whom I worship continually. I have also been found innocent before you, O king. You see those other people, the conspirators, they have viewed me through the lens of their expectations, the lens of their corrupt hearts, the lens of their environment, the lens of their desires. They have viewed me and they saw a version of me that they wanted to see because of the lens through which they looked at me. But my focus was always on God. My focus was always on God, to please God. This is why I would do everything in my power to please God. My God has sent his angel. And his angel hath shut the mouth of the lions, so that the lions have not hurt me. Why? Because I have been found innocent before God. And because I have been innocent before God, I am innocent before you. Because when a man's ways please God, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Daniel, his focus was one. His eyes were always in the right direction toward God. Toward God. He was diligent in his daily life because of his excellent spirit given by his God. This diligence caused him to be preferred outwardly. But more important, God was found blameless by God because his focus was on God. When God looked at Daniel, when he prayed three times per day on his knees, even after the decree had been signed, he still did as he did before time. He went into his chamber. He went on his knees. He prayed. He made supplications to God. Why? Because only one person is important in our lives. Only one person. The view of God is the only view that matters. Everyone else's point of view is their prerogative. They are free to hold whatever point of view they desire to hold. But only God's point of view is paramount. What does God see when he looks at you? What does God see? Because men will see whatever they want to see. And men will see different things. The Bible says in the book of 1 Samuel 16, verse 7, which is our second scripture, our second text, the Bible says, But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord sees not as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. Speaking of Eliab, the son of Jesse, the first son of Jesse, who to Samuel was so outstanding, this had to be the Lord's anointing. This had to be the one that the Lord wants as king over his people. The Lord said, I have refused him. He looks good on the outside, but I see his heart. Don't look at his height or his stature. I have refused him. The Lord doesn't see as men see. Men look on the outside. They look at your works. They look at your smile. They look at your sometimes deceptive demeanor. But I, the Lord, I look at the heart of men. So once your ways are pure before God, once you are focused on pleasing God, you are not going to get it right all the time. David didn't get it right all the time. David messed up innumerable times. He messed up so much so that the Lord sent the prophet Nathan to David and said, You are an evil man. But David was a man after God's heart. Why? Because David had only one focus in his life, to please God. When he messed up and he knew, he fell on his face and he went in pursuit of the heart of Almighty God. Is God pleased with me? Am I acceptable before God? Once you have answered these questions in the affirmative, God is pleased with you. You are doing the best you can. You will never be perfect. But you are doing the best you can to ensure that the pursuit of God, your heart is in pursuit of God. Your heart is in pursuit of that which is right and acceptable to God. Once you get to that point, you have achieved excellency in the sight of Almighty God. Because in that place, when you deviate, the Lord who is a good shepherd will send you a word. His rod will move you right back in line. As long as your heart is in pursuit of God, as long as like Daniel, you are on your knees, praying, thanking God, making supplications, that is the place of excellency. That is the place where the spirit of excellency will locate you. And that is how the spirit, when you go out from your chamber, from your secret place of prayer, and you go out into the community, the spirit, the anointing that you have received in that secret place, makes you preferred above all men. And the king, King Darius, your CEO, your chairman, your boss in the office, prefers you above everybody else. And then he begins to think in his heart, I like this man. There is a spirit upon this man. He does things differently. I am going to set him up over the other princes, over the presidents, over the governors, over the captains. He is planning in his heart to promote you. Why? Because the excellent spirit of God which you have received in the place of prayer, in your secret place, the excellency now, that spirit of excellence, has given you visibility in the courts that matter. When that happens, be ready for a massive conspiracy. They will hate on you. The people you raised, the people you loved with everything, when this begins to happen for you, they will band together in one voice, for one purpose and one purpose alone, to bring you down. But it will not happen. It will not come to pass. Because you are where you are for a reason. To show the excellency of the God whom you serve. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah to Jesus. So I am going to end with this. People of God, as we go into a new year, if Jesus tarries, we only have one job. Lifting up our eyes onto the hills from whence comes our help. For our help comes from the Lord who makes the heavens and the earth. God has set you apart by his spirit of excellency. Why? Because you occupy a secret place where your only focus is how to please God and how to be right by God. Keep on doing what you are doing. Keep on doing what you are doing. When you do good for others, they don't appreciate you. Don't worry. You have a God who is a judge. Don't let that make you now enter into offense and you stain yourself and stain your glory with someone else's mess. Don't do that. People will conspire against you. It's spiritual. They are going to try to bring you down because there is an excellent spirit on you. Why do you have that spirit? Because of your intimacy in the secret place. Your focus is on God. Is God pleased with me? I'm not perfect, but it's important to me that God is pleased with me. I want men to like me. I want men to be pleased. I want to be aware of people. I don't want to go about offending people. That's good. That's a good thing. But if your ways are pleasing to God, God will ensure that everyone else is okay with you. You can't go about trying to be okay with everybody else. You have only one job. Be okay with God. And you see, God's standards are higher than the standards of men. Once you are pleasing to God, everybody else is going to fall in line. Don't be so focused on what people think about you. Don't be so anxious about what they think, their opinion. Do they like me? No. Is God happy with me? Is God pleased with me? These critical thoughts in my heart, as God sees, He sees my heart. God sees my thoughts. Are they acceptable to God? If God was to do an x-ray now, right now, of my heart, would He like what He sees? If He don't like what He sees, then you have an assignment to cleanse your heart. Unplug! Unplug your heart and let those things go. Why? So that God can see something He likes, something that makes Him proud and makes Him smile. When you do wrong, repent quickly and get back in that place where you are pleasing and acceptable to God. This is for me, this is for you, this is for everybody from the pulpit to the door. This is our assignment for this year, 2024, coming in Jesus' terrace. We have one job to make sure that when Jesus looks at us, when God looks at us, when He sees us, He likes what He sees. Amen? Hallelujah! Well, we give glory to God for another wonderful evening. My prayer tonight is that this Word will go right into the hearts of everyone who hears this Word and we will be transformed. Father, we give You glory and we give You praise tonight. We thank You for a Word in season. We thank You for a Word of transformation, a Word of cleansing. Let this Word not count against us on the day of judgment. Let this Word take root in our hearts and grow. Let us become a new man, new man, new man, because of Your Word. Amen! Hallelujah! So, people of God, thank you for tuning in this evening. Have a wonderful Christmas tomorrow and see you next Sunday in Jesus' terrace. Amen!