 Okay, good morning everyone welcome to another week of sessions Let's just begin this week to stay with the word of prayer. Yes. Could one of us please lead us in prayer? Maybe Sri Kumar, can you please lead us? Okay, Kennedy you can go ahead The body by my Thank you, Kennedy. All right, so We have come to the end almost to the end of chapter 9 At chapter 9 we started last week we looked at how to steward a revival the word steward means is to You know to take good care of God entrusts us with many things and We as leaders as ministers of God are to be good stewards of what God has given us and We looked at that example from Matthew 13 how separating the wheat from the shaft and and so We also looked at a few Examples on how not examples but biblical instructions on how to keep the house of God Clean right why is it important because we know that the church the house of God is God's dwelling place His resting place and it's very important that you know We may be people who have just you know started our own ministry or maybe we are already serving in a church Or you're planning to start your own church. These are very important biblical instructions on how to Steward a ministry or how to You know make God's house a dwelling place, right? So we looked at a few points. I'll just go over a few of them First was to keep the house clean, which means no sin in the house Encourage your church members teach your church members teach the believers how to you know Overcome the works of the enemy how to Keep the temple pure how to live a holy life. So we teach that do not give the devil pulpit time so the pulpit is meant for preaching and teaching the word of God and not to You know condemn other ministries or condemn people But simply to keep the house clean To we looked at was keeping unity in the spirit We looked at this even in the book of acts where the believers were in unity Whether they were Gentiles whether they were Jews We saw that when they were there was unity. There was a powerful move of God, right? So unity is Pleasant in God's eyes So even we In the ministry in the church, we will have people from different backgrounds different cultures different Ideas different, you know thought patterns different understandings of the word of God Just because somebody Has misinterpreted the word or they have a wrong interpretation of the word doesn't mean that we just break off from them no We can teach from the word of God and continue to build unity You know bring correction remove jealousy strife anger backbiting selfishness and we also took that example of You know Mars Hill Church where You know, this is a church in the United States was a very fast-growing church a wonderful church and You know, he was a man who the leader was very you know He had this whole thing of I am the leader and nobody can you know take my position? And so he was very abusive in the way he would talk and he would condemn other religions and so what happened was within the church there were people who Were for him. There were people for who are saying no, we need to change We need to make sure that as you know that he changes his behavior And so there was division within the church itself and a Church or house divided in self would not stand. It's a unity is a very important key then we looked at Keeping a humble heart humble heart is a key God responds to those who are hungry and humble for him Right humble before him God resist the proud Right, so even if God is using us in different ways in powerful ways, that's wonderful Remember to maintain that spirit of humility Right, no matter how high God takes us. We say God. Thank you It is through you and so we maintain that Spirit of humility one of the things that we've noticed is Especially, you know, when ministries are very small and you got 50 people you got 100 people The church is still small It's easy to be humble Because you got a small ministry But as the church grows, you know, maybe gets up to 500 and Thousand people in thousand five hundred. It is very easy to let pride creep in right This comes not only for the pastors and leaders but also for those who are in worship ministry Those who are on the stage most of the time You got people who are worship leaders. They're gonna be on the stage. They're leading the worship It's very easy for pride to come and we've got maybe some good Bible teachers and they come They are, you know, serving in the church. They've given been given opportunities It's very easy for pride to come and so we need to maintain a heart of humility and also teach it to our leaders and our And the believers in the church And we looked at keeping God as the focus, right, it's it's not about I am building my house my kingdom now it's about Building God's house building God's kingdom, right strong leadership is important leadership itself must not be the focus but You know, we need to raise up leaders with a kingdom mindset That the mindset should be hey I'm in this because God has called me and it's not because of my own abilities It's not because of my own talents, but it is God using me to build his kingdom So the moment we get that mindset It won't matter what you know what people think and meaning You know, whether we are small in our own eyes or big in our own eyes. It won't matter But we just know our identity in Christ then we looked at two other important things maintaining the prayer within the community and staying with what is important, right meaning Prayer is is like a fuel, right? For example, you have a vehicle You may have the most expensive vehicle in the world But without fuel that vehicle is not going to move without petrol or diesel Gas it's it's not going to move right, it may be worth, you know Huge amounts of but very costly car very costly bike Without the fuel it is nothing. It is it's not going to work It's just going to be sitting there and there's no point if a person has bought this wonderful big car And he says, okay, I'm gonna drive it everywhere and then not fill petrol Into the car what's going to happen? It's going to stop there and he's just going to be sitting in it's of no use He's not making use of the vehicle the same way when God when we are praying when we are asking God for a revival Prayer is the key. We need to pray. We need to seek God Okay, I'm not seeing it Lord. I'm not seeing the revival. I'm not seeing a move of God continue in prayer Right, and then we also looked at very important teaching of the word of God, right? There'll be signs. There'll be wonders. There'll be miracles. There'll be tea There'll be wonderful. We saw the example in the book of acts where Peter's shadow was healing people But what did they do after that? They went back and began to teach the word of God right the focus didn't go to angels right angels came and you know Helped Peter come out of prison The focus didn't go to angels When Peter's shadow was healing people it didn't go to the focus didn't go to Peter or his shadow They didn't repeat the whole thing again. Okay, let's try it in another city. No The focus in the early church was teaching of the word of God That was important and that is why we need to stick with the important It's good if God is giving us visions on angels and you know all these other things. It's good but because of that do not dilute or Do not, you know, stop teaching the word of God Right, it is the word that Empowers it is the word that leads and guides us So always remember no matter what supernatural we see in our life That's wonderful, you know, he links miracles. It's wonderful. It's God working through us but Because of these things do not let the teaching of the word Been, you know taken taking the backseat The teaching of the word should be first. What does Paul say? you know Paul has gone through his entire life and He has seen wonderful miracles. He has healed the blind He has done all kinds of miracles. He's seen the supernatural Right. He says you have seen the third heaven, you know, I saw a vision of a man who went up, you know So he's seen everything I would say But what does he say in his last letter to Timothy? He's in prison. He's going to die He's gonna be put to death. Paul is saying Timothy Timothy You may have seen all these miracles, but what does he say? Preach the word In season and out of season Meaning there will be people who will come and say things There will be people who will say this is better. That is better. No preach the word In season and out of season So our focus Right, not only if we are praying for revival for anything for any ministry The moment our foundation is built on the word of God. We have a strong foundation That is why in an APC what we do is We we give a solid 50 45 to 50 minutes of teaching of the word of God Right. Why because we know it's only the word that can build others Testimonies can encourage others Right, even what we've been doing revivals. We've been studying all these revivals It only builds faith in us. It encourages us It it, you know, helps us to say hey God was able to do it before he's able to do it now as well So it does something in us. It encourages us builds faith in us But we cannot keep studying about, you know, these Revivals and say, okay, I've done my part. No, no, no, we need to get to the word We need to teach the word preach the word read the word ask God for revelations of his word. That is when You know, there will be an outpouring of his Holy Spirit among us, right? Then we also looked at Consolidating what is being released now every ministry as it grows Very important to consolidate the word consolidate means to strengthen Right, you have a ministry. It's got maybe 50 people start strengthening it in the sense start raising up leaders You know, I remember we were in the city of Mangalore when I came here, we were only about 12 people and 12 to 13 odd people and I Remember telling those 12 about 13 to 15 some Sunday some students would come and and so we were averaging 12 to 15 And I remember the first few some they were all new to me all 12 of them were new to me because I moved relocated from another city to Mangalore and The first or the second Sunday, I began I told the church, right? How many of you want to volunteer in this team in the PBT, you know, PowerPoint presentation, how many of you want to volunteer in the, you know, the book table? There were only 12 to 15 people and then we started Bible studies in the Bible studies about five of them would come But what we did was we wanted to build a strong team Jesus did that Jesus followed that, right? He had 12 disciples, but he had an inner circle Peter James and John and he built them. He knew that they were going to do something And so even what what I did was I began to, you know, just recognize a few of them from the 12 giving them opportunities. I would say, Hey, why don't you They were elderly gentlemen and so began to give them opportunities as well in the church. And so it was wonderful that as a church, we are really strong now we have a nice team That is really strong and able to, you know, take things forward, even in my absence as well. So So consolidate and strengthen what we have. So we'll start from 0.8 page 104, which is create and maintain revival culture to strengthen and sustain revival Now the word culture is very interesting, right? Because culture is defined by language, really our social habits are at attitudes, music, arts, so many things, right? Now, for example, within a nation itself, there are different types of cultures. Let me take the example of India itself. If you go to North India, the culture there is very different, right? You have to enter the church, you have to remove your slippers. They prefer boys, men and women sitting separately. It's very different, right? They prefer sitting on the ground. They prefer, you know, some cultures have praise songs first, then they have announcements and then they continue with worship songs. It's different, right? Now, that is just the essence of the churches, right? Now in South India, it is, you know, we can go in with the shoes and, you know, in North India, if you take partake in the Lord's table with the shoe, they will be really offended. They will think that, hey, you don't have any respect for the Lord and for the Lord's table. That's a culture, right? But a church culture should also be God focused, not only focusing on all these other aspects, right? It should be God focused in the sense that, you know, all these other things are there. I mean, the practical aspects, practical things that we do. But what we build in a church, right? The culture of the church really depends on the leaders. What kind of culture we develop within the church? Especially if you're starting a small ministry, ministry is small. It's very important to build a culture there, right? So somebody asked, how do I build a culture? You make a note of things that you would like to see in the church, right? For example, if the church is small is about 10 people, you want to see this church becoming a church with strong worship team. So you build that culture in the sense you begin to teach about worship, teach about what worship does, well, what is the power of worship? And, you know, you're building that culture. If you want your church to be more of a church that is open to people loving everyone, right? We need to show it first, right? Like for example, one of the things we do in APC is we never talk about other ministries. Never, right? It's a culture. We don't gossip. And then I believe I can say that for the church in Mangalore, we are about maybe about 50 to 60, averaging 60 or none of them gossip in the church. I can boldly say that. Why do I say that? It's because we, you know, when we started off, we believe that we should not, right? So I also began to teach it in the church. No gossiping, no talking about other churches in the pulpit, no condemning other churches. And so we don't do that, right? There's another thing that we have in churches. We believe that all of us are ministers of God. So whether you're a pastor, whether you're a leader, whether you're just a believer, all of us are equal. So there's this whole sense within the church that whether we are in the worship team or whether we are in the prayer team, whether we are on the pulpit or no, we all are equal. And I see that in the church. It is because we have built that culture. Now, if we build a wrong culture within the church, for example, we, you know, we got leaders who are saying, okay, you know, this is me only, you know, we got leaders probably, you know, talking bad about other ministries or leaders who always, you know, have problems with people, always angry, upset, finding faults, we are going to see that kind of culture in the church. Right? So remember, people see and learn, people learn what they see more than what they hear. It's the truth, right? They will preach Sunday sermons. We can preach a lot. That's good. But they also learn what they see. They also learn what they see. Because when they see, they say, okay, the leaders doing this, so even I want to do this. Right? Or they hear the leaders or the pastors speaking this way, then even they will want to do that. Right? Because we are in a place of influence and people want to, you know, so maintain a revival culture, a culture where it is, you know, the presence of God focused. Right? Not about program schedules. Those are also important. But the focus is God. Right? We recognize and value the work of the Spirit, even when we do not have all the answers. Right? Sometimes we've been praying, praying, and we may not see the answers, but we will see moves of God. Right? Like, for example, yesterday at church, that wonderful time of worship. Right? The worship was so powerful. It was just like, we didn't want to stop. And it was just so wonderful. Everyone was sensing the work of the Holy Spirit. It was very wonderful. I personally was minister to everyone. I could see people were engaging in worship. People were in tears. People were really worshiping the Lord. And it was wonderful to see that. And so there will be times when things are just not so, you know, there will be times when you know, you may be on fire for God, but you see that the church is not reciprocating or they're just, you know, they're just worshiping the Lord, but there's no outward expressions and all of it. Don't be discouraged. Right? I remember initially I would be very discouraged, but I learned that just because people don't, you know, respond doesn't mean the Holy Spirit is not working. He is working. Maybe sometimes he's waiting. Right? So we are not to, you know, say, okay, we will not press on because we are not seeing results. We can press on. Right? A revival culture is eagerly expecting and pursuing the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. Right? So even as a church, encourage, teach, teach your people, your believers, your, you know, your life group, cell groups and whichever group you're in. Teach them, hey, we can expect, we can pursue the move of the Holy Spirit and we can just be 10 people in a small group sitting and praying. You can really pursue after God, right? Expect them for the move of the Holy Spirit because sometimes, you know, we have this mindset that only when we are in the physical church, God will move. Right? Or there will be an amazing outpouring. Or God will bring healings and deliverance. No. That's, that's a wrong mindset. Right? Remember the layman's revival? They were meeting for prayer in the afternoon. Probably they met in the streets or they met in a small room. Right? They were not in the church because it was in the middle of the day. It was during their lunch break. They were not in the church. Remember the revival in Hybrids Island, those two old women who had double arthritis and partially blind? They were at home praying. Two old women in their 80s. They were not at church. So, so it's not about the manifestation of the Spirit only happens when we are in the church. We can be at home. We can be in our cell group meeting. We can be in our family prayers. God can move. So, you continue to, you know, maintain that revival culture, especially when people in your team or the church members are losing interest. Encourage them and take these examples. Give them these examples. Hey, God has done it before. Our duty is to pray. If we don't see the results, it's all right. But we are praying for something. And we are praying in line with God's word. We're not asking God for something that is not in the Word of God. We're not asking God something that is too difficult for Him. No, we're praying in line with God's word. So, encourage your believers. Encourage the sheep in your fold. Tell them that we can press on. It's not a waste. A revival culture is one where prayer, worship, teaching of the Word, ministry of the Word, making disciples, making new believers. This is a constant thing and people are passionate about it. So, we need to, you know, build that culture and encourage people. Tell them. Now, here's the difficult part as leaders, right? Maybe some of us are leaders. You may be very passionate about winning souls. You may be very passionate about discipleship. But you see that your church members aren't. You know, they just prefer, you know, coming to church, you know, serving in the church and going back home. Again, don't be discouraged, right? Give them time because you can't expect somebody to immediately, you know, start going and doing evangelism or start reaching out to people because they're not used to it. Give them time. Teach them. Ask them what are the questions they have. Ask them what is stopping them. Build faith in them. And even after that, they may be, you know, little, they may say, OK, I need some more time. It's all right. Give them time. But what you're doing is you're sowing the seed. You're helping them to understand that this is the culture of the church. This is what we want to do. Eventually they will, they will reach out. They will bring people. They will talk to other people. That whole thing of prayer, worship, ministry, disciple making, all of those cultures will get embedded in them as you keep teaching them. And the ninth point is love people. Take care of people. Now, ministry is all about people. It's not about the church setting. It's not about the stage, about the lightings, about the instruments. It has nothing to do with that. Ministry is about people. Paul writes it wonderfully. He says, you are my crown in the presence of God. Not the missionary journeys. You are my crown. So remember that love is the key. And Paul writes it so beautifully in 1 Corinthians 13. When he's inviting the church and he's encouraging them, he's saying, hey, you all, you have wonderful gifts, prophecy, word of knowledge, and I'm glad for you. Because most of them were idol worshippers, Gentiles, who have come to the Lord. And there were a few Jews as well. But they were already very quickly flowing in the gifts of the Spirit, prophecy, word of knowledge, gift of healing, working miracles. Paul is writing and saying, all of this is wonderful. But without love, it is a sounding gong, which means it is useless. If all of this is done with a mindset of, okay, because I have this gift, I will do it. Paul is saying, let love be the core of the ministry. More than all the supernatural signs, manifestations, miracles, faith, mountain-moving faith, gifts of the Spirit. Paul says, learn to love people. Paul had it. He loved his people. And we know it. Remember in Ephesus, it was such a touching event where the leaders from Ephesus, they hugged them, they cried together because they knew they would not see Paul again. It was a wonderful, wonderful expression of Paul's love for the believers. Yes, he was worried about the church. He was also worried about the ministry and the things happening in the church. But his focus was people. Love people. One of the things that we as leaders, especially pastors, that sometimes we may fail in is, for example, there's somebody new. They come to church. And then after that, something happens and they choose to go to another church. Maybe they have different reasons. Suddenly, we have some kind of a hatred towards them. Hey, they stopped coming to our church. We probably, even if we look at them somewhere outside, we won't talk to them. Or we get angry. Hey, he's not coming to our church. Now, if we have that attitude, we are wrong because we are more ministry focused than people focused. So it's very important to guard ourselves. There will be people who will speak behind our back as leaders. There will be people who will come to church. They'll be regular. Suddenly they will leave. There will be people who come, visit us and they may not come back again. But even when you see them later on, if you get an opportunity, do not hold any grudge upon them. Do not say, hey, you didn't care. I mean, you didn't come to my church so I don't care about you. No. God loves them and God is calling us to love people, have genuine love for people, care about them. If there are people right now who come to our church where they usually go to a different language church, a regional language church and ours is an English service. So sometimes they come here. Maybe the husband or the wife don't understand the regional language. And so I know that they are not members of our church. I know that they are members of the other church. But they come here because the husband or wife can't understand that regional language. It's very easy for me to discount them. Say, okay, anyways, they're not regular here or anyways, they're not members here. So let me focus on the others now. God is calling us to care and love for one another. Desire they could look out for their well-being, demonstrate love through good deeds and kindness. Ensure that your people in the church are well rested and not overworked, especially when it's small, then it's all right. But as the church grows, volunteers, many volunteers, you may have staff under you. Make sure that they're well rested and not overworked. Now here's a very difficult aspect of being leaders is to confront people in love. We confront people who sin in their wrongdoings. We have to confront them. We cannot say to them, hey, I love you, but I'm not going to correct you. So we need to pray and ask God to give us the ability and the wisdom, the grace to confront people in love. Love speaks the truth for the benefit of others. Love will correct and address matters that need to be addressed. Now in the church, especially now, for example, you may be a young leader in the church and there's somebody in the church who's been there for 20 years or has been a believer for 20 years and he or she knows much more or has much more experience in the church than us. But remember that you are the leader. God has appointed you as a leader. So it is your responsibility as a leader to bring correction in truth and in love. They may be 20 years elder to you, yet it is your responsibility because love, it's for the benefit of the others. Now on the flip side, just because we are leaders, we are not to correct in anger or shouted them, abused them verbally. We are not to do that. One of the things I've noticed is sometimes when we are correcting people, we bring out the old past, what all happened two years back, three years back. No, that is a very, very wrong thing to do. When you're correcting a person, correcting a believer, just focus on what they are going through at that moment. The worst thing to do is bring up things that happened two or three years back. That's just going to dig a hole that's going to just push them deeper down. So love people, care for them, take care of your people. Another important thing is when you are correcting people in love, you're obeying God, but you do not have the whole power on their reaction to the correction. There are times when people will take it in a good sense and they will continue to serve. There are times when people will get offended and they will leave the church. That is a sad time. They're not yet matured. That's a difficult season, but it's important to do that. Now, I would like to connect the next point as well. Even as we are leading the revival, leading a church or a ministry, there will be people who do not understand. There will be people who will try to bring in different ideologies. They will try to cause different difficulties, different patterns. They will try to change the culture within the church. Very important is God, what God has given you, guarded from human attacks and demonic attacks. There will be people within the church who will try to bring a different kind of culture, try to cause divisions. God, what God has given you. Don't just leave it. Now, I'm going to share this example. This happened somewhere in 2019, early 2019. I was new to the church and we had this elderly gentleman who was in the church. He said, good man, elderly man. I'm not saying this example to put him down, but I'm just saying, giving you this example so that we as leaders must be aware and make the right choice. God, what God is entrusting in our midst. So what happened was this elderly gentleman, probably in his maybe 50s, early 50s, late 50s. So he was regular to church every Sunday he would come and slowly what happened was the church began to grow. We had a lot of students coming within the church. And a lot of these students were girls. And what I began to notice was this man would always go next to the girls and hold the girls and take photos with those girls. So I noticed that a couple of Sundays and then I thought if I do not do something about it, it's going to be a problem. Now I'm new there. It's only about five or six months that I'm pastoring this church. This man, gentleman has been in the church for probably two years before me as well. So he's been with the church for a long time. But I noticed that he would always speak to the girls, always stand with them. There were times I've noticed that he would also take them in the bike to certain places. And I saw this for a couple of weeks. And I thought to myself, if I do not deal with this, this is going to become a big problem. Now the girls are all just 18, 19, 20. They all just come here from different states to study. Just finished their 12th standard and they've come. And so I remember very prayerfully I remember calling this elderly gentleman and I sat with him. And I began to talk to him and I said, this is what it is. I've noticed that this wherever, you know, whenever you're going, wherever you, you know, within the church, after the church service, this is what happens. I've seen you putting your hands around them, taking photos. So I want this to stop. I was very, you know, I said it in love, a lot of love. And she said, no, they're actually like my daughters and all of it. So I said, I understand, you know, I understand they are like your daughters and they are small. But I don't want you to put your hands around the girls and take photos with them. Because there are certain things, certain cultures that we have established within the church. So I don't want you to do this. He was really offended, really offended. He didn't come to church for a couple of Sundays. And I didn't force him as well. I didn't say, why don't you come? Nothing, I just kept quiet. I thought, let him process what has been told to him. But eventually, you know, he slowly started coming, but not every week. He would come, you know, two weeks out of all the four weeks to Sundays, he would come. But here's the change. I saw that he would finish church and he would never go near a girl as well. He didn't go. He wouldn't even go stand alone with the girl. So I was happy that there was a change. But what I also did was I made all the girls in our church come and sit. And I spoke to all of them and I said, see, you girls are all young. You have come here to study. And I began to explain to them, see, they're all just 18, 19, 20 years old. So I began to explain to them how the culture of the church is and how what are certain things that we do and we follow. And so they all understood it. So they all took it in the right way. But why did, why did I do this so that it doesn't blow up out of proportion and then later on I'll be like, oh, I wish I dealt with this before. No. So there will be times as a leader you have to watch over your church. Do not give any entry points to the devil to, you know, bring in any kind of damage within the church. Right. We'll just look at a few examples from the lessons of William J. Seymour in the revival that he led. What kind of a person was William J. Seymour? Right. He was a quiet, gentle, meek man. He was inclusive, egalitarian, meaning he treated all his leaders equally. He was secure in his position, so he was all right with people starting new ministries. He was calm. Nothing seemed to disturb him. You know, he was very gentle, gracious, soft-spoken, yet he would bring correction whenever needed. He was not highly educated, but he was very prayerful. He was able to voice his opinion on any subject. Very important. He modeled through life example. William J. Seymour modeled his life in the sense that whenever, you know, there were meetings, there were prayers, he would be there first. He would pray for hours and then he would tell his people, you do it. Right. He was open to correction. He was very humble, obedient to the word of God, and he challenged others to do that as well. The only thing he could not do was to build up a strong leadership after him. That was just one disadvantage and that's why the revival just slowly died out, but he was a man of God. Right. He supported women in ministry. Being a black during those days, he was willing to, you know, he also gave opportunities to the whites, especially during those times where they looked at blacks in the wrong way, discriminatory ways. So he was a great leader and God used him very powerfully. And so we also are to emanate these qualities in our life, right? Stewarding a visitation into a move of God, share the stories, find people who are ready to partner with you. When I say partner, not only not about financial, but partner with you in prayer, right? Partner with you in all the plans and all the things that you are doing. Paul had partner everywhere. It was either Barnabas in the first missionary journey, second missionary journey, Paul and Silas, and then Timothy joins the status. He had people with him. So don't work solo. Look for people who are hungry and who are able to catch the fire that you and I have and impart into their spirit. Use ways. Revival is a work of the spirit, right? So pass on what we have received, right? If God has blessed you or God has anointed you as a prophet, now you can give, you know, some kind of training, impart to others. When I say impart, what I mean is you can teach them now. You can't teach people how to prophesy, but you can guide them. You can give them ideas, what worked for you, what didn't work, you know, shared stories of how even you as a leader have failed at times, but how God helped you to overcome those, right? If there's, if you have the gift of healing, encourage, build faith in others. Tell them, hey, it's not about you. It's about the work of the spirit. It's about God bringing healing. So you're encouraging your team and then release carriers of revival. Release carriers of revival to take it far and wide. There will be people who want to, you know, probably start new ministries. Maybe there are some of them who have been with you for five years and now they say, I want to go and start my own ministry. Let them go. Do not hold on to them and say, no, you have to be with me till I finish this ministry. No, if God is calling people to different places, to different ministries, release them, never hold on, never stop what God wants to do in other people's lives. Right? So it's good, release them, support them, pray for them, encourage them, build them. And so even as we come to an end of this entire course, you know, I just want to encourage all of us. You know, let, let us continue to pray for this. Let us continue to learn and desire and pursue revival in our cities, in our nation, in the nations. And that's what we want to see. Amen. Right. So we've come to a close. Any questions, any thoughts? Anybody have any questions or thoughts you can please share? All right. So if, has it been helpful? Has it been something that I know there's a lot and a lot of material, a lot of revivals and moves of God that we studied? I hope you've been able to take pointers from each of them and, you know, build on this, apply this in our lives and me too. You know, I keep every now and then, you know, it's true that we can't remember all of it. There are times you can just go back to your notes, look at it, revive yourself, you know, refresh yourself. And then it's also helpful to, you know, you can teach it in your small groups. If you have the whole notes, you can, you know, over the course of maybe six months you can take and you can teach it in your small groups. If you're doing Bible studies, you can also, you know, go ahead and teach it to your young people, families, anybody. And then I'm sure God is waiting to move in our midst. Right. Any other thoughts, any questions? Right. Yes, Rupa, go ahead. I think you raised your hand, Rupa. My mistake. All right. What I'll do is probably today or tomorrow I will post a final assessment, right? The first assessment was for 50 marks. And then this next assessment again will be for 50 marks. And really put that together and that will be your final marks as well. So, yes, that's true. Thank you, Rose. Yes, it's wonderful. Right. So what we'll do is I put the final assessment up on the classwork tab. I can go ahead and it's going to be an open book exam. So and then you can do that. I think the final date, I put it as November 26. So you have enough time to complete it. So from tomorrow, you will not have classes since we've finished the portions. If those of you who have missed this class, maybe if you have a WhatsApp group within your class, you could just post it that this is the last class. And again, you can go to YouTube. Those who have missed the classes, you can encourage them. You can go to YouTube. I will call this channel and you can also listen to the lessons. All right. So shall we close in prayer? Pass to one. Yes, go ahead. Thank you very much. And this revival classes have been very revived me especially and made me focus on what I can do more as a individual and as a group of church group to bring revival in the places where God has placed us. Thank you very much. And they're really fueling just like fueling and strengthening. Thank you very much. Most welcome. Thank you so much Rupa. Thank you everyone. Thank you all of you. I know it's not easy, especially since it's online. It's not easy to, you know, sit through all the sessions. But thank you all for joining with me throughout these sessions. And thank you for being a blessing. So let's close in prayer. And do remember to, you know, check your final assessments and have it done before the due date. Let's close in prayer. Right. Father, we just want to thank you for this entire course of God. It was such a learning. Lord, it was so great to even just go back to the revivals, to the moods of God, to see how you have moved using ordinary people doing extraordinary works of God. And Lord, even at this time in this season of God that we are living in, Lord, we ask that you will continue to pour out your spirit upon your people of God. Lord, I pray that you will teach us to pursue you in the right way. Teach us to focus on you of God. Help us to be faithful of God, not to give up, but to look to you at all times of God. Lord, we also thank you for each and every student of God that you will ignite the fire of your Holy Spirit in each of our hearts. The students, Lord, that they will be used mightily for your kingdom of God. Thank you, God. I pray your blessing over each and every student, even as they go through the other courses as well. May your wisdom, your grace, your understanding, the spirit of understanding be upon them. Lord, we thank you, God. We thank you, Lord. I pray your blessing over each and every student. Use them, Lord, for your glory. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, everybody. Have a great month ahead and have a great time. All the best with your exams. I'll see you in the next semester as well. God bless. God bless. Take care. Thank you, Pastor. God bless you too. God bless. Thank you, Pastor. God bless you. God bless. God bless you and your family. Thank you. God bless.