From the message series, Just Like Jesus: Learning to Serve in a World of Selfishness: Studies in the book of Mark.
It doesn't matter what people think of us. It matters what God thinks of us. God loves you and accepts you--nothing can separate you from His love. Pastor James encourages us to resist allowing our authority in this world to be rooted in what people say about us, and instead encourages us to focus on what God says about us. That's where the victory is.
