 of time to connect but I think we can pray and get started. So, I would like to invite someone to please lead us in prayer today. Elisha, would you be able to pray this morning? Yeah, please. Thank you. Once again, this morning, we stood on us. We pray, commit our class to you by the name of Jesus. Continue to let your glory shine on us. Continue to lead us in the path of understanding, knowledge, and we pray, commit as we pray that our teacher is actually your nurse. We pray the Lord you grant her grace so that life may flow out of her unto us. In Jesus' mighty name we pray, commit all other members of the class to you that we pray for grace to us. And in the mighty name of Jesus, thank you for answering prayer in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Elisha. All right. So, we've been studying about the different kinds of prayers. We will continue with that. We have touched upon a couple of them so far and we have a few more to complete today. So, mostly we will just stick on to chapter five, I think, and then tomorrow we will move to the next chapter. So, different kinds of prayers. We saw how we are told in scripture that we can pray with all kinds of prayers and the category of prayer. We looked at how scriptures talk about supplications, intercession, thanksgiving, and of course, there are many others that will be included and we will talk about them today. So, we touched on the common types of prayers which we are used to. One would be that of asking and receiving where Jesus told us to just reach out to Him in the name of Jesus and with faith and we will see answers to our prayer. So, asking and receiving, you know, that's something we've seen. Prayer of supplication where we earnestly call upon God for something to take place or for us to receive from what God has already provided for us. So, those are prayers of supplication where we seek after God and we also ask for His mercy. Now, we know that Jesus practised all these kinds of prayers, asking and receiving. Father, I know that you hear me and He goes ahead and He asks for Lazarus to be raised from the dead and that actually happens. Prayers of supplication where he prays to God, we know that he spent a lot of time in prayer, right? Like he would go early morning, he would set aside time, be away from the disciples, go away on a mountain or be in the wilderness. So, obviously there was a lot of time that he had and you know, prayers of supplication where he could have prayed for God's mercy over the people, where he could have prayed for God's mercy over the disciples. We have the prayers of Jesus when you read from John 14, the prayers that he prayed for, the believers, so many prayers are recorded. So, supplication, there could have been so many different supplications that he actually had, but the one prominent one we know with vehement cries and supplications, it says at the time, particularly closer to his trial, he was crying out to God for his strength, for also at some point for that to be taken away from him and all of that. So, honestly seeking God, crying out to God for God to work in Jesus' life, he definitely did that. And this is applicable to us many seasons of our lives where we could be pleading to the Lord for healing in our lives or we could be pleading to the Lord for deliverance in a certain situation that we are going through or even for guidance and direction for our future. So, we could honestly be supplicating or calling upon crying unto the Lord. Now, we will quickly look at what other things we covered. We said intercession. Intercession means to stand in the gap for somebody else and how is it helpful when people are going through difficulties. We saw Job's example, how he says that, I wish there was somebody who would plead the case on my behalf. So, it is useful for us to pray for someone when they are going through a difficult time. And intercession is to be made for all people. We saw how in 1 Timothy 2, 1, we had told intercession to be made for all people, especially for people in authority. So, we can pray for others. So, what kind of intercession, intercessory prayers can we pray? We will look at it in depth later because we have an entire chapter on intercession. But for now, just know that whatever people's needs are. So, when we are interceding for our leaders, we may want to pray for God's wisdom upon them, God to impart knowledge to them, grant them understanding, God's favour, God's protection. What else can we ask for our leaders while we intercede for them? Ma'am, we can ask for the Godly leadership. Okay, Godly leadership. Yeah, good one. So that they will lead as per God's heart, isn't it? As per God's word. Yeah, correct. And setting the right Godly example before us, that is also something we can pray for our leaders. Now, intercession for other people, for people in need. Now, I remember one particular incident where some friends of us, you know, they were going through a rough patch. And at that point, so many people were praying for them. And after they came through the season, I met with, it's actually a couple. I met with the lady and I was just talking to her and asking her, how are you doing now? Now that things are better, how do you feel? So she was sharing her experience, she was sharing her testimony. And she also told me that the months when they were going through the difficult time, she shared about how she was unable to pray even. Okay, but the consolation she had at that time when she did not have words to pray, she did not have her mind was not clear enough to pray. And she did not have the energy to pray. She told me, I was so sure that all of you were praying for me at that time. You know, and that's when I was so touched. And I thought, Lord, you know, I never knew people can go through challenges in such a way that they they are really trusting that others would be praying for them. And what if others are not praying for them? Right? So this is at least something that we can do to serve our brothers and sisters is to just honestly pray for them. Okay, and know that God is working when we pray for them. And that really opened up my eyes to the fact that intercession is so important, it can strengthen those who may be feeling weak for whatever reason, okay, because of what they are going through. So it's a privilege that God has given us. And that's the kind of prayer which we can pray for others. And it's a blessing to others. And I'm certain like even from my life, I can share so many incidents when somebody was praying for me. And that meant a lot in terms of strengthening my heart. And not just that for for me to be able to get through that season, even though I was praying, you know, I knew that additional prayers were always such a great help in those times of need. So intercession, it's a very beautiful, we can pray for others. And it's a blessing when others uphold us and they pray for us. So that's another kind of prayer that we can engage in prayer of thanksgiving. We touched on this as well briefly. And we said that, you know, in our prayer, we do begin to worship the Lord and we adore him, we exalt him, we give him the honor which is due to our God, okay. And that becomes prayer of adoration, prayer of thanksgiving for who he is. See, even if I mean, I think this to myself, even if God does not do one additional thing for me, he's still worthy to be praised because of who he is, right. And not just that, when we consider the work of the cross, Romans 832, it says that he who has given his only son, will he not give us, you know, all other things that we need for our lives. So the best is already given in Christ Jesus for us. So we have, we have something to honor the Lord for, you know, forever. So it's already, he's already worthy. He's already great. He's already, you know, the one who is our helper, who he has provided our salvation. And we can give him thanks for that. But in addition to that, you know, we see that God's goodness is never ending in our lives. So many things that we can praise and thank God for as we come to him in prayer, we could just say like, Lord, I thank you for my family. Lord, I thank you for your protection upon our lives. Lord, I thank you for the provision which we have in every aspect of our life. Lord, I thank you for the guidance which you have given me. Lord, I thank you for health and strength, you know. And I mean, for me, that's a huge thing because at some point actually, okay, maybe I'll just share it. Yeah. So my mom was diagnosed with a terminal illness and towards the last few days of her life, you know, we saw how just to feel normal and be pain-free, she was struggling, you know, and at that point, the only prayer we had was let her be comfortable, you know, let her not have pain. So but yeah, you know, God ministered to us in a wonderful way during that time as well. And anyway, my mom believes in the Lord Jesus, so she went home to be with the Lord and she's with Christ now. But you know, those moments really taught me how just having health and strength, right? Like just feeling normal is such a big thing. And when I pray, like I do just thank the Lord for things that seem normal because sometimes the normal is the precious that we don't recognize. So the prayers of thanksgiving, right? At times when we may be going through discouragement and disappointment, it could be hard for us to say, Lord, I thank you because we may feel that, God, you have not given me the admission that I wanted or you did not help me get the opportunity that I was working so hard for. God, I did not get the promotion or I did not get the recognition or things are just so difficult. I have to work so hard. You know, there are complaints. It's easier to come before the Lord with complaints and say, God, what should I thank you for today? Nothing has happened. I've prayed, prayer, believing prayer, prayer of asking and receiving. I asked, but I didn't receive. How can I even thank you? But you know what? When we begin to thank the Lord and we look at all the things that we can be thankful for, like I think to myself that your prayer may never even end because of the prayer of thanksgiving. There is so much to thank the Lord for. So we can just be led by the Holy Spirit, recognize the worthiness of God, just take time to thank Him. Lord, thank you. Thank you because you are good. Thank you for your mercies. Thank you for your rescue, Lord. Thank you for your deliverance. I thought that that opportunity is the one which is going to lead me higher in my life, but maybe you wanted to protect me from something that I could not foresee. So I want to thank you, Lord, even if something didn't work out for me, I want to thank you. So you just begin to thank the Lord, just begin to worship the Lord, just begin to thank Him for the so-called normal things and say, God, I just thank you. I just thank you for this day, for the sunshine, for everything. And thankfulness is a beautiful way of ministering unto the Lord in prayer. And God calls us to have these prayers of thanksgiving. So we will study later on, even in the Lord's prayer that the Lord Jesus taught as He tells the disciples, pray in this way, and He begins by adoration of the Father, and He closes by exaltation of the Father. So I call this the sandwich technique, you begin by thanking God. And then in between, you have all your other parts where you have your asking, you have your supplication where you say, God, give us this day our daily bread, do this for us, do that for us. And you have all your other prayers in between. And then finally, you close off once again with thanksgiving and adoration. So it's like a sandwich, you have two loaves, sorry, two slices of bread. And in between, you have your patty or whatever filling that you want to have. So thanksgiving forms that sandwich in the pattern of prayer. So that's a way of, that's a kind of prayer that we can use in our daily lives. Then you have the prayer of consecration. So the term consecration primarily means dedication. So when we dedicate something, we set it aside for that particular use. For example, we may have crockery, we may have cutlery in our homes which are expensive and are special, they may have been gifts from someone. So in most homes, at least I know in my home, you just set it aside and you say, Hey, don't use it every day. We will use it on a special occasion when we have visitors over or Christmas or Easter, you bring it out. And then you serve in that cutlery. So you've dedicated it only for the special occasions in a similar way. We as God's people, we have dedicated ourselves to God. So there are prayers which we can pray in order to dedicate ourselves. So what do those prayers look like? Those prayers may just, God, I give you my life, I surrender my life, surrender, yielding, dedicating, setting aside. So we pray such prayers, Lord, I dedicate my life to you. And I'm sure many of us, as we accepted Christ, we've prayed that prayer. We've committed our lives to God. We may even have committed and said, Lord, I dedicate myself for ministry, I dedicate my talents, Lord, I dedicate my time, I dedicate every effort that I have, every effort that I make for your glory. So in that manner, basically, you're keeping it aside for the Lord. It's for you, Lord. It's not for other things, it's for you. So that is dedication, that is consecration. And even though we may have done this as a one-off thing, it's very powerful to dedicate ourselves and the things that we possess or have been given to us from time to time because what are we doing in dedicating it to the Lord? We are submitting those aspects of our life to God and we're saying, God, we want to see the work of your spirit upon that. And God begins to minister to us. So in this way, we can, every now and then, as a Holy Spirit ministers to us, we could give it over to God. So what could be an example of that? Maybe God might minister to you and say that, yeah, you've dedicated your life to me, but this talent that you have for singing, can you dedicate it to me? So you might pray a prayer and say, okay, God, I am yielding myself, I am surrendering this particular talent for your glory and I give it to you. So what are you doing? You're consecrating that talent, you're dedicating that talent unto God. So be led by God and pray prayers of dedication. You could also pray prayers like, God, I dedicate, I consecrate my mind, I consecrate my thoughts. So I've also heard testimonies where people pray prayers of consecration and they see immediate deliverance because the moment you are sincerely dedicating your mind or yourself to God, what happens? Many strongholds can be broken. So it's a powerful thing to pray prayers of dedication upon yourself and just be led by the spirit and pray prayers of consecration. Now, one example of the time when Jesus prayed a prayer of consecration or dedication was at the Garden of Gethsemane. So if you recall, in that garden, he was so overwhelmed, he was so just disheartened by the fact that very soon he will have to go up on the cross. And there are many explanations to why he might have felt that way, maybe the pain which he will be afflicted with, maybe the betrayal of mankind. I mean, he came to give himself for mankind, but people working against him, betrayal, rejection, he would have to go through all those hard realities that people go through in the world. So was Jesus feeling sad about that possibly? Yeah, he could have felt that way. But in addition to all that, one explanation which I like a lot, Jesus could have really dreaded the moment of separation from the Father because we know that he was so united with the Father at all times and on the cross, he knew there would come a moment when the sins of the world will be put on him. And what does sin do? Sin separates us from God. So I feel like that for me is an explanation which I really can accept. He would have dreaded that moment the most and thought, oh, even for a few moments, me being separated from the Father, how can I take it? And so maybe Jesus, because of that, he would have prayed and said, Lord, let this cup be removed from me if possible, but not my will but yours be done. And he ultimately yielded, surrendered, dedicated himself to God. And we know that he was able to complete the work of redemption that he was sort of, he was mandated to do. And so today we are walking in salvation. So that is consecration where you dedicate. Things could be different in your mind. But as you begin to pray, we can come to that point where we say, God, actually I don't want this and I really hope it can happen that way. But what happens when you're praying? Our heart and our will can get aligned to the will of God. That's what happened to Jesus. He kept saying, let this cup be taken away. Let this cup not be given to me. But as he's praying, his will became aligned to the will of the Father. So it might take a while for us to actually yield or surrender our will to God. But stay there, stay put, stay in prayer. And we too can make that prayer of consecration ultimately and say, okay, God, not my will, but your will be done. I give my life over to you. I release it to you. So that is the prayer of consecration and it is very powerful. All right. Are you all okay? Are you doing fine? Are you getting something out of this? Okay, excellent. That's great. All right. So any questions, please feel free to bring it up. I'll continue. If you do have, then just, you know, posted in the chat here. So yeah, we've looked at the prayer of consecration. Now we'll talk a little bit about the prayer of agreement. In scripture, we are encouraged to pray with one heart about a cause or, you know, something that we want to receive from God. And even Jesus taught on this kind of prayer of agreement. Matthew chapter 18 and verse 19. Can one of us please read that scripture, please? Matthew 18 and verse 19. And I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. Thank you Rosalind. So we see there that any two, right, ask in agreement. God says that it will be done for them. So people coming together in agreement, that is powerful. So is it powerful enough for an individual to pray? Very much. It already is powerful. Okay. And we will, we will see certain aspects of believing prayer, how to pray it and all that. And that makes an individual's prayer powerful. But in addition to that, when we have the opportunity to connect with somebody and agree on a matter, that also is, you know, powerful in its own way. So the prayer of agreement. And here we notice any two of you, so minimum. So if you have only one other person to agree with you, great, right? It is so wonderful in that. So sometimes, you know, people say, Oh, I don't have too many people to, to agree with me. I haven't shared this prayer request with, with a lot of others. Maybe there's just one family member with you. That's fine. Two of you can pray together. How about, you know, just husband and wife, two of you. And it makes your prayer powerful because you're able to agree on matters and pray in the name of Jesus. And Jesus told us, when you two of you agree and pray, it will be done for you. So we have to learn, right, the value of the prayer of agreement. And we notice in the early church, they knew this. So when the church was birthed in the book of Acts, Acts chapter one, from that point on, the people of God would gather together and they would pray together. So you see terms like one accord, they were in one accord, and they were praying together. And at that time, the Holy Spirit was poured out on them. And even later on, even later on, when the church was birthed finally and people were added to the church, you know, they, what was one of the things that they did, they prayed together. So they learned the word of God from the apostles. You know, they were sharing things with one another. They were breaking bread house to house, we are told. And they were also committed to prayer. So prayer was a very important aspect as a community. So they were agreeing and praying. And we would see the early church go through different challenges, different stages. And whenever that happened also, at one point, you know, Peter and John, they do a miracle and the authorities are very angry with them. Opposition comes against Peter and John. But at that time, what does the church do? You notice that they again pray to God together. So even when difficulties came, persecution came, opposition came, the prayer of agreement, they joined together and they prayed, they called upon God. So it's extremely powerful, the prayer of agreement, whether it is just one other person that we can agree with or it is, you know, your church community that we can get together or let's say we're having a citywide church, sorry, citywide prayer meeting that's going on. And people are agreeing on one thing to pray for God's blessing upon the city or to pray for God's blessing upon our leaders. There is incredible power in that. And prayer of agreement is important. Jesus thought about it, the early church practiced it and we too can incorporate in our daily lives. So the prayer of agreement is another kind of prayer that we can pray. Moving forward, there is the prayer in the spirit. Now prayer in the spirit is another way of describing praying in tongues. So praying in tongues is what we are referring to. Now, I'm not very sure about, you know, your knowledge about tongues, but then in scripture, we are encouraged to do this. And Paul himself, he says that I pray in tongues much more than any of you, he says to the Corinthian church. So you can only imagine how much he would have used this kind of prayer language. And again, this is an entire chapter. So we will go in depth about praying in tongues later, but just briefly for us here, what is praying in tongues? When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples in Acts chapter two, the prophecy of Joel in chapter two was fulfilled. Okay. And Peter says that, look, the prophecy of Joel, Joel said that in the last days, God said he will pour out his spirit on all flesh that is happening right now. And when the spirit of God was poured out on the people, one of the manifestations of the baptism in the Holy Spirit was speaking in tongues. So people began to speak in tongues. Okay. And later on from there, this pattern of prayer is seen in the church. And you would read about different kinds of tongues also in scripture. Now, there is one kind of tongues, which is that for personal prayer. Okay. And 1 Corinthians 14, 14 describes this and says that we speak mysteries unto God. We speak mysteries unto God. Okay. So tongues is for us to communicate with God. And that's what prayer is, isn't it? Speaking to God. We began this course by defining what prayer is. And we said communion with God, speaking with God. It's a two-way communication. So in the same way, praying in the spirit is communicating with God. And the only difference here is that we are speaking mysteries, meaning we don't understand what we are actually praying. And we are told in scripture that it is the Holy Spirit who empowers us to speak in this language. He helps us. He gives us the utterances in Romans 8, 26. We are told that. So we are praying as led by the Holy Spirit. Okay. And what is the use of this kind of tongues in which we are praying to God? We are told in that same passage of 1 Corinthians 14 that it edifies us. Okay. Edify means build up. So when I pray in tongues or when I pray in the spirit, what is happening to me? I am spiritually building myself up in God. And that is the one of the benefits of praying in tongues. But you know, there are so many other benefits of praying in tongues. So it is a, in a simple way to put it in a simple way, it is a personal prayer language which builds up your spirit. Okay. So should I pray only in English? Should I only pray in my own language or the language that I understand? Yes, we can pray in our own languages, but God has also given us this other option to pray in heavenly languages which we don't understand. But what is the benefit of it? Build up. Edifies us. It builds us up. So both, we pray in our own languages and we also pray in tongues. Okay. So Brother Avdeish has a question here. I think I'll answer it before I go further. He says, when Holy Spirit is giving other tongue and when other languages, other language and other tongue are different. Okay. Brother Avdeish, I am not very clear on what you have asked here. Can you clarify like the, what is it that you would like to know? In the chapter, Acts chapter two, there is a Holy Spirit come and Holy Spirit teach them the other language there because they are speaking another, another language. But the other tongue is in other things. Okay. They are speaking different languages that I understood. So I mean, I didn't get the question, sorry. I think other tongue is in other languages. Okay. Brother Avdeish, let him complete Rosalind and then you can add to that. Yeah. Brother Avdeish, you want to complete? Ma'am, actually, I think other tongue is in other things and other languages in other things. So you're saying it's human languages, other languages? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Fine. Fine. Fine. Okay. Thank you. I'll come to that. Rosalind, you were saying, yeah, you could add please. No, ma'am. I just wanted to say what he means his question. Like, I think he wanted to ask that, is there any difference between other tongues and tongues that later the disciples received? Okay. Is there any difference between other language and tongues? What ball is talking about? Okay. Thank you, Rosalind. Yeah. See, there is a difference. Okay. So there is a difference between the acts two tongues and the first Corinthians 14 tongues. What is the difference? It's very clear. Because acts two tongues, the people who heard it, they heard their own languages and God being glorified in their own languages. So they are earthly languages. Acts two is earthly languages. So the people are speaking in tongues, but that tongues is a human language. Okay. Which the person who's speaking doesn't know, but the hearer can understand. Now, coming to first Corinthians 14 verse two, it says, we speak mysteries unto God. Okay. And then in that passage, he explains, our mind is not edified. Okay. But then speaking in tongues edifies us. So first Corinthians 14 is heavenly languages, which we don't understand. So there is human languages. There is heavenly languages. Now, we won't go into the details of it. There is a book which pastor has written, APC publication. You can get it from the apcw.org slash books. It is called the gifts of the spirit in that the different kinds of tongues are explained. Okay. And the uses. So the acts two tongues is more of a sign to the unbeliever. But the first Corinthians 14 tongues, it is a language of edification for the believer. So what kind of tongues do I use for prayer? It would be acts of, sorry, first Corinthians 14. The heavenly languages tongues, which I use as a prayer language to edify myself. Okay. So I hope that much explanation clarifies things for us. Are you clear? Are you still more confused? Radha Abdesh, is it okay? Yeah. Yeah, it's okay, man. But I feel with the other tongue, but I'm not feeling with the other language spirit. When I was in Ahram. Okay. So that time, many of the pastor were coming. We are pastor were coming for the Holy Spirit book ties. And at that time, one of the pastor pray for me. And after that, I uncontrolled myself and my hand also. So that time, Holy Spirit ties me the other tongue. But what about other languages when I can get the other language gift from the Holy Spirit? Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, brother. So you see here, we read in Romans eight, okay, that the utterances, whatever we speak, right, it is given by God to us. So can I desire to speak in human languages? I can desire, but ultimately what I speak is what the Holy Spirit gives me. Okay. So at any point in time, it's hard for me to tell whether I am speaking a heavenly language or a human language. You got it? Yeah. Yeah, but you can desire. You can pray and you can say, Lord, use my tongues to minister to someone. You could desire that and God can use it. Okay. Yeah, but don't worry too much about, Oh, what am I saying? Because very clearly, scripture says that we can't understand it. We can't, right? Unless there is another gift of the Holy Spirit in operation, which is called as interpretation of tongues. Yeah, that's also right. Okay. All right. So enough for us to understand that there are many different, there are, sorry, not many, there are different kinds of tongues. One is earthly languages, which is meant to be a sign to the unbeliever. But the, the one that we use as our prayer language, it's generally heavenly languages. And I mean, it could also be a human language, but whatever it is, we don't know what we are speaking, but ultimately we are being edified through it. Okay. So that is about the prayer in the spirit. And, you know, is it okay to pray a lot in the spirit? I would say yes. And the benefit of tongues is you can pray anytime, you can pray anywhere, right? And you, you are able to do that. So we'll talk about it later, but just to encourage all of you, like even you don't have to wait till the chapter on prayer in the spirit comes. But like in my own personal life, right, the praying in the tongue, praying in tongues all the time, all the time. I remember there was one particular job where, you know, there was a lot of pressure where I was working and I was constantly under pressure. And even my desk, the place where I sat, there was a CCTV camera and, you know, my computer was there. So you can't even talk or you can't make phone calls and all you're like, you're constantly 24 bar seven year like under surveillance kind of a role. And it was a good role. I enjoyed it. But just being there under that kind of a pressure and time meant working. I remember while working on my computer, I'll constantly praying in tongues the whole day, nearly like, you know, praying in tongues only take a break when you have to go speak to someone or you're going for lunch or you're going for your bio break. But otherwise, you're working on something else, but you can be praying in tongues, right? So similarly, I mean, if in an environment where you're so busy, you can pray in tongues at a regular time, it's very much possible. So while you're driving, while you're cooking, while, you know, you're cleaning, while you're doing anything else, because you're not engaging your mind. Okay, you could actually be praying in tongues. And that is a privilege which God has given us. So you can use this kind of prayer so often in everyday life. And we already said, what is the benefit? Your spirit man will be strengthened. Okay, so then go ahead and use this prayer language and be blessed by it. There's a comment here, Divya says her testimonies of missionaries who didn't know Chinese language, but was able to worship God and minister to people in Chinese in the country of China. Yes, yes, yes. I think I've heard about it too. You know, and a lot of testimonies of early missionaries, they would trust God when God called them to a particular land, they would just go there and just start praying in tongues. And somebody would hear it, it would be the tongues, which is a sign, right? It would be a human language. And the person listening would answer them or help them, things like that. So, yeah, that's very interesting. So, brother Abdesh, you have a question. I see your hand raised there. Okay, if you don't... Can anybody translate or interpret in Hindi any other language of the other tongue? Yeah, so with the gift of the... Yeah, please tell me. In the last month, I was in Ilaabad, there was one of the prayer and there was one of a 10 years old years, one of the little girl and she was translating in the Hindi other tongue. It's possible, brother. That's what I'm saying. If you have the gift of interpretation, you can interpret it in any of your known languages, could be English, Hindi, anything. Okay, great. All right. So, that's about praying in tongues. And we will... Sure, no problem. We'll move on to the next prayer here. And this is the prayer of repentance and confession. Now, I'm sure all of us are quite well aware about this kind of prayer. We know that Jesus also taught us to pray, to ask forgiveness as we forgive those who sin against us. So, should repentance be a part of a believer's life, daily life? Yes. We are told in 1 John chapter 1 verses 7 through 9 that if we confess our sins, then God is faithful to remove those sins away from us. So, every day it's okay. If there is something that the Holy Spirit is convicting us about, we can come before the Lord and say, okay, God, please forgive me for these things. And pray prayers of repentance, pray prayers of confession before the Lord. And as God cleans us up, we are able to move forward with a clear conscience and walk victoriously with God. So, prayers of repentance and confession are important in a believer's life. Now, while I was mentioning about the prayer of thanksgiving, I also told that sometimes we end up complaining to God. Now, complaining is not good, definitely. Complaining is not good. But at the same time, when there are things that are heavy on our hearts, how do we go about releasing that in prayer? In Psalm 62 and verse 8, we are told, trust in Him at all times, you people, pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. So, pour out your heart before Him. So, the next type of prayer is the prayer of unburdening. Now, unburdening doesn't mean you come to God and you know, like a punching bag, yeah, this, this, this, I'm unhappy about this. And you just complain, release your complaints and go back. No, it's not like that. But it's more like being honest, right? Being transparent before God. To a close friend, we would be able to open up our hearts and share the things that make us happy and the things that make us sad, isn't it? So, when there are things that are a burden on our hearts, we can come into God's presence and be honest and say, God, you know, I do feel the pressure of this. I am feeling disappointed, Lord, because these things are going on. Or, you know, God, I don't know how I am going to come through this situation in my life or I'm wondering why this has happened. So, basically, you are being open with God and you know, you're just pouring out your heart. And let me tell you, one of the ways that we can receive the peace of God or rather exchange our disturbance of our hearts for God's peace is by unburdening before the Lord. And once again, I told you, right, like there was this time when my mother was very sick just before she went home to be with the Lord. And at those times, I remember going into prayer and I really wouldn't know what to ask. There was, yes, I was asking for many things, but at the same time, my heart was so heavy. And I remember a couple of days just before she passed away, I would go in. I don't know what I prayed like for a couple of hours just unburdening, pouring out my heart before the Lord, being honest and saying, God, this is how I feel. This is what is happening. This is what I'm experiencing and this is what I want. Like, basically, you're just releasing everything from your heart to God because you trust Him, you depend on Him. And coming out of those moments of prayer, I still recall, I would just come back with a sense of peace even though there was so much of chaos around. And you're able to walk in that peace because you have shared your heart to the Almighty God and he is able to take you through any situation that you are going through. I mean, I'm sharing with you because that was one of the most challenging times of my life, but I've experienced the blessing of the prayer of unburdening before the Lord, even when you don't know what to pray, just pray. Set that time aside, go in, share your heart to the Lord and you will experience that lightness, that peace, that presence of God and you walk from there. So, I think at this point, I would need to stop. We need to cover a few more kinds of prayer, but we can touch on it tomorrow in our class. And any thoughts or comments, you just want to add something to what I have shared, please feel free, you can do so. Okay, all right. So, yeah, so it seems like you're probably thinking about whatever we have discussed today. And I would encourage you to go back, meditate on these things once again. We can come back tomorrow. If you have any questions, we can pick that up first, and then move into the rest of what we have to cover. Is that okay, everyone? Is that fine? Yes, that's good. Okay. Sounds good. Sounds good. Yes. All right. So, thank you. And we will wrap up for now. And I would encourage someone to please pray before we close today's class. Anyone? Can you lead us in prayer, please? Let me pray. Loving Father, once again, Lord, we thank you so much for this beautiful morning. Lord, I thank you for speaking to us, Lord, to your daughter, Lord. Thank you for helping us to know more about prayer, interceding, Lord, for others. And Lord, I pray that, Lord, what the things we have learned, we'll not keep it in a pen and paper, Lord. Just to come, Lord, we will see that the life transformation in our life. And we'll see that many people are touched by our prayer, Lord. And especially I pray that, Lord, you bless us that every day, every moment, Lord, we'll talk to you, Lord, like our Father and Mother, Lord. And I especially pray that, Lord, you bless all of us, Lord, as we are learning, Lord, bless us that Lord, we will also implement in our daily life, Master, in our family, Master. Once again, I thank you so much for speaking to us, Lord. I thank you for the past, Lord. Thank you for helping her to understand, make us understand, Lord, what is all about prayer, Lord. But thank you especially, Lord, for all of us, Lord. Thank you for this beautiful day, Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Subashish, for leading us. God bless you. Have a wonderful rest of the day. We'll meet again tomorrow. Amen. Amen. Bye for now. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Thank you, Rupika. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, everyone. Bye. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. Bye.