The New Covenant: A Reflection of God's Glory

Amen. Amen. Blessing. Appreciate that, Ms. Sylvester, very

much and enjoyed hearing the new piano played as well. God's really

blessed us with some wonderful musicians. Turn if you would in your

Bibles tonight to 2 Corinthians, chapter three. And yes,

we will get back to Obadiah, but not tonight. Second Corinthians,

chapter three. And we'll be in verse 18. For some of you, this is

a verse we have traversed several times. And I believe Brother

Stewart, when he comes in March this next year, I'm going to

have him go back and do the sermon series on the glory and the

glory of God. It's been a while since we've done that one.

Usually about every seven or eight years we repeat that one. It's

such an important, important truth. Tonight we'll cover some of

that. And as I looked at, I actually went through and count,

not counted the audience, but just kind of looked through, see

who's heard this principle before. And about half of you have,

but half of you haven't. And so this will. I'll give you the conclusion.

Read your Bible. That's the conclusion. We're dismissed. All

right, but you'll see as we go through this, Second Corinthians,

3:18. But we all with open face, beholding, as in a glass, the

glory of the Lord. Again, we talked about many times over the

years, the phrase glory of the Lord means who and what God is. Who

and what God is are changed into the same image from glory to

glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord, even as by the Spirit

of the Lord. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord again help

us to see this wonderful truth tonight. And may we read our Bibles

with your Son in view. We'll thank you in Jesus name, Amen. As

I read my Bible this morning, I was reminded again of how important

it is as we read our Bibles to think about Jesus, to focus on him.

Somebody has said that you can tear the pages of the Bible in any

page and it'll bleed the blood of Jesus. And that's true Old and

New Testament. He is found in all the Scriptures. As we think about

this particular passage, we find in chapter three, because again

we find in chapter three that Paul is comparing the Old and New

Testament. He's comparing the Old and New Testament. He's comparing

again the Old Testament covenant as a stone, if you would.

And I'm going to tables of stone and then the New Testament

as a spirit or a heart, you know, a fleshly heart. So tables

of stone, Old Testament, a fleshly heart the New Testament.

He's comparing the Old Testament as letters that kill the

New Testament as the Spirit of life. And then he can again comparing

the Old covenant with the new covenant. And then he goes on in

chapter three to continue to say the New Testament covenant is

far more glorious than the Old Testament covenant. Covenant again

is contract. The Old Testament contract versus the New Testament

contract. The New Testament is far more glorious, Far more glorious.

And then in verses 13 and 16 of chapter three, look back with

me. In chapter three, verses 13 through 16, the Bible says there

and as not as Moses which put a veil over his face, that the children

of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end that

which is abolished, but their minds were blinded. For until this

day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the

Old Testament which veil is done away in Christ. So Paul here

speaks about Moses as he went into the tabernacle. And as he spoke

with God, when he came out, his face would glow, his face would

shine. It's amazing. And he said, it's not as though Moses could

go in and talk with God. And but he's saying that the children

of Israel because of the veil that was upon the veil that Moses

had to put on to protect the people, not protect them, but keep

them from being scared, that same veil is over all their faces

in that they are blinded concerning Jesus being the Messiah.

All right, so that veil is taken away by way of the New Testament.

But even unto this day, verse 15, when Moses is read, the veil

is upon their heart. In other words, when the Old Testament is

read, the Jews do not see Christ the Messiah as the Messiah

in the Old Testament. They're blinded to it. All right. Nevertheless,

verse 16, when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken

away. And I'm looking forward to that day. One day the veil will

be lifted for the Jew and we're going to cover that in Obadiah

next Wednesday night, the veil will be lifted and all the Jew as

a nation, the Jewish nation. And each individual will come to

know Jesus Christ as their Savior. When the veil is lifted,

the Jewish nation as a whole will accept Jesus as their Messiah.

It's going to be a great and glorious day. Verse 17. Now the Lord

is the Spirit. Notice capital S. And where the Spirit of the Lord

is, there is what liberty. But we all with open face beholding as

in a glass. That glass there means mirror. We all with open face,

we're looking into our face into a mirror. The glory of the Lord

are changed, transformed into that same image from glory to glory,

even as by the Spirit of the Lord. So again Paul comparing Old

and New Testament. The Old Testament was glorious. Verse 10

says of chapter 3, I'm going to read that. For even that which

was made glorious, talking about the Old Testament had no glory

in this respect by reason of the glory that excelleth. So that

he's saying the Old Testament had glory, but by reason of the New

Testament that excelleth. In comparison, it had no glory. It had

glory. But the New Testament far exceeds the glory of the Old

Testament. Again, out the Old Testament illustrated for us, Moses

face, he would go into the tabernacle. As he talked with God,

his face would. He would come out of the tabernacle. His face is

glowing. The Bible tells us that as time went on, his face would

dim, he'd go back in the tabernacle. It's kind of like a recharge.

His face would glow, come back out, face would dim and go back in.

That's what happened in the Old Testament. And he's given that

by way of illustration. And in that we are not transformed outwardly.

When we get saved, we're transformed inwardly. The outward

conformity that is illustrated is what happens to us on the inside.

Right? Think about that. The inward man is renewed day by day.

The New Testament tells us day by day that the star arises in our

heart. As we study and read our Bibles, the day star rises in

our hearts. And so the Old Testament, outward conformity, but

the New Testament is an inward transform. Transformative. No, transforming.

All right, so the Old Testament worked from the outside.

In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit works from the inside out.

Far more glorious. Far better. Far better. Here's the illustration.

Raising kids, right? Some of you parents in here got your kids

in Master Club tonight. Some of you grandparents. What do you

do when the kids, you know, a tiny, tiny human being. How do you

get them to obey? Well, you get them to obey, but it's outward

conformity. Yeah, yeah. A two year old, they don't get it. So they

don't inward conform. They outwardly conform. And on the inside

they're still, you know, they're still, they're still mad.

I mean, this is it. As they get older, four or five, they still.

Again, it's mostly an outward conformity. You're. Until a kid is

5, 6, 7 and sometimes 8, we always pick on Micah in here. And

especially since he's helping in master clubs, we'll pick on him

again. Most kids you can get Them to conform outwardly around

that 5, 6, 7, 5, 4, 5, 6, some of them. But Micah was 8, I was 12.

I think my dad might testify to that again. But it's just outward

conformity, you know, they're still on the inside. They don't want

to do what you've asked them to do. There's no inward conformity.

There's no want to, to obey the mom and dad. The relationship

is not there yet. The love per se is not there yet. They're just

outwardly conforming because what fear. They don't want the Board

of Education to the seat of understanding. By the way, if you

are disciplining your kids properly biblically, you're going

to apply the Board of Education, the seat of understanding.

The Bible says if you do not spank your child, you hate them.

That's pretty, pretty, pretty straightforward. Also says if you

use the rod and they cry, they're not going to die. That's

what it says. I'm just summarizing, but they're not going

to die. They may sound like it, but they're not going to die.

This is Solomon speaking. You know, he's the wisest man who ever

lived. Why wouldn't you take the wisest man who ever lived rather

than some, some psychologist or some guy from, you know, Barnes

and Noble, you know, and of course, there's a big difference

between spanking a child and beating a child. So I don't have

time to go into all that tonight. But it, but it is fear when

a child is really small that that gets them to conform. And you're

applying pressure to get them to conform. And I am for also positive

reinforcement. You can offer them M and M now and again, too.

Not just the Board of Education, but as time goes on and

as you train, by the way, if you're doing corporal punishment

right, it's training. If you do it wrong, it's bullying, it's

beating right? And there is a difference. Man. I want to go into

that, but I'm not going to. But fear, We've preached from the

pulpit many times and the Bible clarifies this. Fear is a motivator,

but it's not the greatest motivator. In the Old Testament,

you had the letter of the law. You had the letter of the law, the

Bible, what Paul's saying here is the stone, the stone of the letter

of the law. It kills. Well, the Bible tells us that it is the

law that brings us to Christ. It's the law that without the law,

we wouldn't Know we were sinners. That's what Paul said. Without

the law, I wouldn't know I was a sinner. But the law came in. The

law shined the light. The law showed me. The law showed me that

I was a sinner. Of course, the Holy Spirit convicting us. But without

a law, there's nothing to break. And sin is breaking the law.

The New Testament summarizes that law. Jesus did do unto others

as he had them do unto you. Whatsoever you would that men should

do to you, do ye even also to them. For this is all the law and

the prophets. Matthew 7:12. And so the law is our schoolmaster.

Matthew 7:12

That brings us to Christ. The Old Testament conformity. The Israel

conformed primarily because they were afraid of God, right? I

mean, the fire on top of Mount Sinai, the thundering, the lightning,

the cloud. They were told not to approach Mount Sinai. They actually

fenced off the whole mountain to keep the children of Israel from

touching the mountain. Because the Bible says if you touch the mountain.

Jesus said, God said, if you touch the mountain. By the way, it

was Jesus, if you touch the mountain, you're dead. So they. I

mean, it was something. A lot of fear. A lot of fear. What Paul's

saying is that the Old Testament was glorious and you had

the Law and God giving the law and giving the moral, giving the

Ten Commandments. But the New Testament, he says, is by far greater.

It is far, far more glorious. And he said, in comparison to the

Old Testament, the Old Testament has no glory. He says it

has glory. Then he says, but in comparison to the New Testament,

it has no glory. How many y' all want to live in the Old Testament?

How many live under the Old Testament covenant? Nobody does.

Who wants to live under that? So again, we see this as you're raising

kids when they're little, you're getting them to conform by

way of fear as they grow up. There has to be and needs to be a

transition as you spend time with that child, because love is

spelled T I M E. And as you training this child and developing

a relationship with them, the transition should take place, the

transforming should take place. When the reason they obey

and the reason that they're doing what you've asked them to do

is not necessarily out of fear, but out of love. Because they

love you, because you do have a personal relationship with them.

And as that develops as a child gets older, rules without reason

and relationship produces rebellion. And so as we train them,

as we're teaching them, as they get to the place where they

can reason, we are reasoning with them, by the way, when they're

a little bitty. You don't reason with a two year old. What

are you thinking? I don't understand parents sometimes, well,

little. The child doesn't understand what you're saying anyway.

But as they get older they do. And we as parents ought to take our

time. And as we do apply discipline, they ought to be told

why. And as they do, we do apply the training. There should

be a reasoning with them. And that doesn't work unless you've spent

time with them, unless you develop a relationship with them.

That's why we tell mom and dad again, time is the best way to show

your kids love, not stuff. And really, is that extra four or five

hours at work and that extra money that you're earning, is that

going to make your kids love you more? No. Now if you needed to

do it to pay bills, that's one thing. But if you're doing it so

you can have a bigger house and a better car, you need to change

your philosophy. The kid wants to spend time with you and what a

difference it'll make as you see your child transform into a teenager

whom you can enjoy and whom you can have a wonderful time with.

Not saying they're perfect, my kids weren't either. But man, what

a joy it was to have teenagers whom I wanted to be around. And maybe

they wanted to be around me, I don't know. So everybody see the

difference, right? There's this conformity because of fear,

conformity because of love. Which is better? Well, we know that

New Testament is far more glorious. Our love for Jesus. The

Bible says it's the love of Christ that constrains us. It's a

love of Christ that compels us to do and to serve and to do what

we do. We're not thinking of God as a Zeus that's going to strike

us down with lightning because we didn't read our Bible this morning

or because we decided not to do whatever. But no, but we conform

and we do because we love the Lord. Why? Because he first loved

us. Because His Son came and died on the cross and was buried

and rose again for us, giving his life for us. So again, the New

Testament is speaking about a transformation. And we can go through

the caterpillar analogy and the transformation that takes, the

metamorphosis that takes place there. And that's what happens to

us when we get saved. So here we are again, comparing the Old with

the New Testament. In the Old Testament, Moses went before God.

In the New Testament, we all can go before God. In the Old Testament,

the priests were only allowed to go before God. In the New Testament,

we all can come before God. And that's awesome, isn't it? That's

what verse 18 says. But we all with open face. Not just the Moses

and the high priest, but we all could come before him. Jesus

Christ, our great high priest versus the Old Testament high priest

and Hebrews really is. The theme is Christ is better. Christ

is better than the Old Testament priesthood. You know, New

Testament priests. The Bible says, First Peter 2, 9 says, but

ye are a chosen generation. A what? A royal priesthood. I know

we use this same thing all the time, but we don't have to go to

somebody else in order to get our, you know, our message to God.

We don't have to sit in some confessional and get our, you know,

sins forgiven. No, no, we are all royal priests. We go to God and

we pray on our own. And of course you could go to, you know,

someone you respect as a Christian to get counsel and help

and all those things. But you do not have to come to the pastor

to confess your sins. Amen. I'll have to confess mine to you

and we'll just cry together. Amen. Right? We all have access to

God individually. Bible says that Jesus Christ is our mediator

between God and man. He is our great high priest. We all with open

face beholding as a glass again. As Moses talked to God face

to face, so can we. And we behold him. To see and behold, it's

like taking, you know, a stone or a diamond or anything. It's. Beholding

means to take an object in your hand and turn it in every direction

to see every angle of it. We all with open face looking in the

mirror, behold. We turn it at every angle to look at something,

to see every side of it. And what are we looking at? The glory

of the Lord. Who and what God is. Again, what a phrase that is.

And you'll see that phrase in the Bible over and over and over

and over again. The word glory is found 500 times in the Bible.

That phrase glory, the God is found 100 times at least. And, and

for you to know, the definition's important. Who and what

God is, as I all of us can behold, as in a mirror, the glory

of the Lord. We can behold him. We can turn and look at him.

The Bible does throughout, from the old, from Genesis to Revelation.

All it's doing is showing us Jesus, showing us that it's the unfolding

drama of redemption made known. It's unfolding. It's the theme

of the Bible is the Lamb of God. And it's just showing us different

aspects, different angles, different characteristics. And I

could go attributes and on and on and on. It should be we should

behold him from Genesis to Revelation as we read our Bibles.

That should be our goal. We are looking, focusing on Jesus Christ

to behold who he is. Again, as we think about this important principle

as we read the word of God, which we should be doing on a consistent

basis, we are to look for Jesus Christ. We were all to take

God's word. We were all to behold, to take hold and see, straining

to see the person, character and deeds of Jesus Christ. You read

your New Testament, you get to read a lot about his deeds, right?

What a servant of servants he was. By the way, we're supposed to

be a light as we preach Sunday. How are we to be a light?

Well, we're to be a reflection of the light. Amen. And we can't

be a reflection of the light if we've never received the light

ourself. In other words, Moses had to go in and talk with God. And

when he came out, he was a light. And every day the inward man

is renewed. Day by day. We go in, we spend time with the Lord and

it will be reflected in us. We want others to see Jesus in us. Then

we need to come, to come to the Lord every day and get that renewal,

not salvation. Once saved, always saved. Amen. No, we're talking

about spending time with the Lord. And have we. As we spend time

with the Lord, it is absorbed in us. It's the word of God, the

spirit of God that takes and transforms us. We behold the Lord

as we read our Bibles. We perceive him through the truth of

his word. We feel him in his love. By our hearts. I mean, I don't

know how many times I can look back in the past and say, man, I

felt the presence of God here, I felt the presence of God there.

I felt the nearness of the Lord. How many of you, I mean all

of us could testify, if you haven't been saved very long, there's

been times in your life where you have felt the nearness of God.

So again, as we look at the verse, behold, as in the glass, the

glory of the Lord are changed into the same image. From glory to

glory again. This speaks about a transformation, a change that takes

place again. Moses in the Old Testament, his brightness was only

skin deep and it faded, it faded. And so he must go in periodically

to talk with God. In order to get the recharge. To get the recharge.

But we're changed from the inside out. 2nd Corinthians 5:17.

Most of you know the verse, but since we're so close, look over

there with me. Look at 2 Corinthians 5:17. Therefore, if any

2 Corinthians 5:17

man be in Christ, he is what? A new creature, a new creation. Old

things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new.

We are changed, but unlike the Old Testament, we're changed from

the inside out. We receive, according to 2nd Peter 1:4, we receive

a new nature. We're partakers of the divine nature of God. And

because of that transformation that takes place in our life when

we get saved, there's been a great change in our life. That's

what I said Sunday, too. When we get saved, of course, there may

not be a feeling there. You don't have to feel when you get saved.

You don't have to feel like, well, the Lord just jumped into my

life, you know? No, but as time goes on and as you grow in the

Lord, there is a feeling. Feeling does have a part. Because

again, when something that big moves in, you're going to know it.

Especially when we rebel against God and when we sin, his

spirit bears witness to our spirit. You feel the conviction of

your sin. You feel that convicting power of the Spirit of

God in your life. In fact, first John says, if you don't feel

that, I'm just saying what First John says, you're not saved

because it's that conviction. Five things, and then one John gives

us that proves or shows us that we're saved. And one of those

is that spirit. Bear witness with our spirit feeling, that conviction.

There's been a great change. I love. I won't sing it, but the things

I used to do, I don't do them anymore, Right? The things I used

to do, I don't do them anymore. The things I used to do,

I don't do them anymore. There's been a great change since

I've been born again. There's been a Y' all don't want to do Great

change since I've been born. It's a great song. Transformation,

a change Holy Spirit works in our life again, works in us, in us

that he might work through us. And then we speak about again. The

Lord has. We are changed in the same image from glory to glory,

even by the Spirit of God Again. We're to be. Glory to glory.

We're to be a reflection of the light. Moses reflected the light

outwardly but we should reflect the light again. That light

that we have on the inside should be reflected, and that reflection

is Jesus Christ. In other words, there should be a family likeness.

How many of y' all think that the man back there in that corner

is my dad? If you had never met us before and we were walking

in, we'll just go ahead and say the hospital, because that's

the last. It's. Anyway, we're in the hospital where we're at the

doctor's office, and I am now getting. This is the phrase I now

get from people. Is this your brother? No, it's not my brother.

It's my dad. How old do you think I am? That guy's old. But they.

But. But there's definitely a resemblance. I'll never forget when

dad first moved down here, four or five, whatever it is now,

years ago, he preached here in the pulpit, and somebody, I don't

know who, did it, but they put it on Facebook. But the picture was

a little bit fuzzy, and so I didn't see it until several days

later. When I saw it, I thought it was me. I mean, I literally

did. I thought it was me. And then somebody pointed out, that's

your dad. I said, well, looks like. Looks like me. He's 25 years

older than me, but there's definitely a family resemblance.

Even my brother. My older brother, if you get around. Even

though he's not built like me or my dad, but he's got the big old

nose like us, there's no doubt that he's my brother. But then what

happens? Then you hear us talk, you hear our voice. And if

you hang around my dad very long and then hang around me, if

all you did was hear me talk for a few minutes and him talk for

a few minutes, you say, yep, y' all definitely can, right? Not

only do my appearance reflect my genetics, but so even my voice

does. In fact, there was a day that I could call my mom definitely

could fool my grandmother, my dad's mom. I could call and they

would think I was Danny. It was hilarious. They would think I

was my older brother. And I would just let them talk because

I thought maybe they'll say something. My mom would talk for,

like, five minutes, and she'd be like, this isn't Danny, is it?

No, that's not Danny. It's me. Just a family resemblance. And that's,

again, illustrating when we get saved, there ought to be a family

resemblance. Jesus Christ is our big brother. That's what the

Bible says. That's not heresy. He's our big brother. We are joint

heirs, the Bible says, with him. Joint heirs with Jesus. Yes,

his inheritance is our inheritance. What a wonderful truth.

But we, our likeness should be reflective of our family. And that

family is the family of God. What happens when you get a magnet

close to metal? Well, the piece of metal becomes magnetic,

and then all of a sudden, you know, they stick together nearly

all metals. We had the opportunity to buy a lot next to

us. A man called, called me and said, hey, I'm going to sell

this lot that's next to you. Do you want it? I had tried to buy

a couple of years before that, not for myself, but for somebody

else. And I said to the man, yes, I'd still like to try to buy

it, if that's possible. I said, but I can't offer you what

I offered you the first time. And long story short, we ended up

buying it. We carried off 45,000 pounds of metal off a one

acre lot. He was a hoarder. I learned how to be a scrapper. I mean,

I got me a couple of magnets and I learned a magnet won't stick

to aluminum. Take that magnet. We hauled off 2,000 pounds of aluminum,

and now the magnets are in my truck. If I find something, especially

on the side of the road, I think it's worth anything. Learned

how to recognize what real brass is and real brass, not fake

stuff. Just amazing how a magnet can really tell when it's

the real thing. But the illustration here is more than that.

When we're close to Jesus and we stay close to Jesus, we stay magnetized,

we stay charged. But when you allow your, he doesn't move, we move

right. But when you allow yourself to move away, the pull isn't

as strong. And we want to stay as close to Jesus Christ as we can

as we spend time with him, in order that we might become like him.

And that's really where this comes down to. And some of you who've

been in heritage a long time, you know that this is the crux of

it that we as Christians ought to be reflecting, reflector of the

light that God works in us in order that he might work through

us. I Look at 2nd Corinthians 2, look at 2nd Corinthians 4, verse

6. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has

shined in our what? Hearts. To give the light of the knowledge of

the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Just a reminder

that Jesus Christ said, if you've seen me, you've seen The Father.

He is the Father. They're three in one. I am to spend time

with God. As I spend time with God, he is transforming me into the

image of who? Well into Jesus. In the image of Jesus Christ, who

is God. We are to understand and know that as we read our Bibles,

that as Moses was transformed outwardly, we are transformed inwardly.

And then we become that reflection from the inside out. And

we'll end this way. Contemplation. The only way we can

reflect the light is if we have received the light and we need

to be recharged every morning. If you look throughout the Old Testament,

you'll find that all the patriarchs got up early in the morning.

It speaks about Abraham getting up early, David getting up

early. And again, maybe your work is the opposite. Maybe you have

a night schedule and certainly doesn't mean you have to get up and,

you know, but the majority of us can get up in the morning and

read your Bible, so. Well, I don't have time, man. It's amazing

what your phone can do. You ever thought about just letting the

phone read the Bible for you and you listen. Some of y' all do

that with books, right? You know, it's amazing, isn't it? And

the Bible is a miraculous book. It has the ability to transform.

And the Bible says, as we behold in the glass the glory of

the Lord, we are transformed into that image. And the analogy

Paul's giving us is as we look into the word of God, it is the mirror.

What's in the mirror? The face of Jesus. He's on every page. And

as we behold him in the glass, the Holy Spirit transforming us into

the image. I get up in the morning, I go to the bathroom to

fix myself, to try. It's very difficult now, but I don't have any

hair to comb. So basically, I wash my face, brush my teeth, and

I'm ready to go. But I do go to the mirror and try to transform

myself into something. You know, that's what it's speaking.

It's talking about going to the mirror. But as we look into the

mirror, we're seeing Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit is transforming

us into that image as we spend time with God. Moses spent time with

God, and outwardly, it made his face shine. We spend time with

God, and inwardly it gives us light. And then that light is reflected

in every area of our life throughout the day, every area, we

are transformed. The illustration would be, we know, y'

all know the moon is a reflection of the sun. Get up sometimes,

and there's a quarter of a moon. Sometimes there's a half a

moon, sometimes a 3/4 of a moon. Sometimes it's a full moon

and just kind of a reflection of our own lives. How are you a quarter

of a moon? Are you half a moon? Are you three quarters of a

moon? Are you? You? Are y' all moon, full moon. Spending time with

the Lord is so important. And then some of y' all know the expression.

By the way, Brother Stewart didn't come up with this expression.

Jason L. Baxter, as far as I know, did. When the child of God

looks into the word of God and sees the Son of God, he is changed

by the spirit of God into the image of God for the glory of God.

As we look into the word of God, it's the Holy Spirit who transform

us into the image of Jesus Christ that we might live out the

life of Jesus, the selfless life of Jesus Christ. What a transformation

that will make in our marriage. What a transformation that

will make in raising kids. What a transformation that will make

with our next door neighbor as we as we interact with them and as

we interact at work. What a transformation it will make in our

lives if we are living out the life of Jesus. What a transformation

it'll make, man. What a transformation happened when we got

saved. And then the Holy Spirit just continues to work in

us as we yield to him. Amen. Amen. Amen. Let's all stand. We'll

have a verse invitation and we'll sing. Page 10. I have decided

to follow Jesus after we pray. Lord, we thank you for your love

for us and for the Holy Spirit you gave us at the moment of salvation.

The Holy Spirit that works in our life and Lord encourages us,

strengthen us, comforts us. But Lord also has that transforming

power to change us into the image of your dear son Jesus. And

Lord, may we be consistent in our daily life, our daily walk with

you and Lord. I just pray though, that we would be a wonderful

reflection of your son to those around us. We love you and

we thank you in Jesus name, Amen.