This sermon was taken from 1 Corinthians 1:24-26 and chapter 2.  Have you had people speak negatively over your life?  Do you deal with issues that seem to entrap you and keep you spinning in circles?  God does not go by what man thinks.  God looks at the heart.God has called you for a purpose.  He calls you friend.  You are a “friend of God.”  He chose you when you had nothing to offer Him.  God calls you precious: esteemed as something of considerable worth and value.  He has ordained your life for an assigned task.  God can raise anybody up who has been called a “loser” and make you a “winner!”    He says you were worth His personal and invested interest!  This is what God thinks about you!