So I want to welcome those of you who are watching from literally more and more all over the world.

It is quite remarkable. And the thing that's so exciting to me about that is this growing number of men and women who put their faith in Jesus, who realize it's not enough to call ourselves Christians, but we want to be followers of Jesus and followers of the king who've come to realize that it's doing is what makes the difference.

And when Jesus said, he hears these words of mind and puts them into practice, it's like a wise man who've come to realize that it's doing is what makes the difference. And when Jesus said, he hears these words of mind and puts them into practice,

it's like a wise man who built his house on a rock,

the growing number of people all over the world who realize it really is about following Jesus.

It's about doing what Jesus asked us to do.

That's what makes the difference in our homes.

That's what makes the difference in our communities.

Ultimately, that's what makes the difference in our homes. That's what makes the difference in our communities. Ultimately, that's what makes the difference in the world. And ultimately, it's what made a huge difference in the world

following the resurrection of Jesus. So if you're a part of that growing number, congratulations. It's so

exciting to worship with you and have an opportunity to say a few words to you today. As we wrap up our very,

I call it our very merry Christmas series. Isn't this like the most

merriest Christmas series you've ever been a part of? No, it hasn't. Our Christmas series is

entitled, sinners like me. And I want to jump in today with something we all have in common.

This isn't like a religious thing, a Christian thing. This is just a people thing.

Something that we're all really good at. And the reason we're so good at it is we started practicing in middle school and then in high school and as adults, we have perfected it.

And the official title for this thing that we do, we'll just call it image management,

where we showcase our strengths and we camouflage our not-so strengths.

Image management is about selling a version of ourselves, the best version of ourselves,

well, at the same time, hiding part of ourselves. And this is not bad. This isn't a criticism.

I'm not being critical. I mean, come on, you don't really want to know

everything about me. You just want to have sort of a, you know, Andy's a good guy kind of vision of me.

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