 Read out Psalm 103. Let's make this our prayer and our declaration and our praise before the Lord. Psalm 103, the first five verses, bless the Lord o my soul and all that is within me, bless his holy name, bless the Lord o my soul and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your inequities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. Praise the Lord, we have such an awesome God and this is what he does and in response to all that he does for all the benefits, for all forgiveness of all inequities, for healing of all diseases, for his redemption from destruction and who crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies satisfies our mouth with good things and who renews our strength, renews our youth like the eagles. All that we can do is to bless him, to bless his name. So let's, with this in our hearts, let's bless his name. Let's praise the Lord. Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you with everything within us, Lord. We come before you and we praise you, Father God. Yes, Lord, with everything within us, we come before you, Lord, and we acknowledge your presence, Father God. Yes, Lord, we agree, Lord, with the psalms here and in declaring that you're the one who, Lord, who forgives all our inequities. You're the one who heals all our diseases, Lord. You're the one who redeems us or our life from destruction, Lord. And you're the one who crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies, Father God. Father God, we thank you that you fill our mouth with good things, Lord, to renew our strength, to renew our youth like the eagles. Oh, God, we thank you. We thank you for all that you are, Lord, all that you do for us, Lord, and all that, Lord, we are because of you, Master. We thank you. We bless your name, Lord. We give you praise today. And Father, we thank you that you are changing us from the inside out. Lord, we thank you that, Lord, you are changing our desires, God. You are changing, Lord, our focus, oh, God, you're changing, Lord, everything, Lord, in line with the work of your spirit or Father God. We thank you that the work of the flesh is, Lord, falling away, Father God. We thank you that it's being burnt away, oh, Master. We thank you that all things that are fleshly, all things that are not renewed to your word, Lord, everything is falling away, God. And by the work of your spirit, Father God, we thank you. Yes, Lord, you're anointing, Father, which burns away, Father God. We thank you that is, that's what is happening, oh, Master. And so, God, we come and yield ourselves, Lord, to you, Father God, this morning, and we say, Lord, have your way in our lives, Lord. Have your way in our lives, oh, Father God. Yes, Lord, it'd be more of your, more of the work of your spirit, oh, Father God. And we pray, Father God, that even as you work in us and Lord, we are also asked that you would work through us, Father God. Yes, Lord, that even as you, Lord, put in our hearts, Lord, Godly desires and the ability to make Godly, Lord, righteous choices of Father God, I pray that you would work in us and through us, Father God, like a mighty river, Lord, touching, Lord, others' lives of Father God, and, yes, Master, to make disciples of all nations, Lord, you said. And, Father God, we pray that you will teach us, Lord, continue to teach us, continue to make us, Lord, into that kind of a people as we follow you, even as you promise, Lord. We thank you and, yes, Lord, even as we commit this day into your mighty hands, we give you all the praise and all the glory. In Jesus' master's name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Right. Okay, we'll start off from where we stopped last class in discipleship and small groups. We looked at, I think we, last time we ended by saying, you know, as a cell group leader, one must be able to, one must or develop the ability to minister the word of the Spirit, right? And in the sense, yes, the cell group leader is a facilitator, yes, the cell group leader is also there to, you know, to draw out from people, to help guide people. And so, the cell group leader needs to be able to develop or should be developing, you know, this ability to minister the word, right, to share the word and to teach the word of God. And also, to, you know, to move in the work or according to the leading of the Spirit in ministering, right, to minister the word and the Spirit, you know, whether it's in the baptism of the Holy Spirit or ministering healing and deliverance and so on. So, and also bringing in timely, you know, godly counsel. So we looked at all that. So, personally, how can the cell group leader develop further? Like, personally, how can they, you know, what are certain skills and abilities that the cell group leader can focus on and develop and grow into? Okay, now, so, so before, you know, before we even think of that, one needs to have this mindset of learning, of wanting to learn, of wanting to grow continuously. Okay, I think that's, that's something that we saw last time also, that one must have a desire to be able to go from one level of learning to another level of learning. So, not reaching a place of, you know, of settling down comfortably. You know, we're not talking about contentment, okay, because we know that, yes, scripture talks about godliness with contentment is great gain, right? So we're not talking about being discontent, but really wanting more. You know, there's a difference, right? The wanting more of wanting, wanting to know more, wanting to learn more, wanting to grow, you know, that's, that should be the mindset of the cell group leader. Okay, so if that is there, then, well, the cell group leader can actually continue to learn, continue to grow, because it's a scriptural thing, it's a biblical thing of wanting to grow, you know, wanting to learn and grow in, because we see in, this is in, I think it's the 2nd Peter, 2nd Peter, the last verse, where 2nd Peter 3 and verse 18, Peter writes and he says, could grow in the grace and knowledge, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So that should be, you know, really the mindset to grow in the grace, to grow in the knowledge. So it doesn't say, you know, you stop after you reach a level, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, right? So also, when it comes to certain skills and so we're going to look at how can we develop certain functional skills and what are these skills that we need to develop in ourselves and, you know, if we are going to be raising up leaders, then how can we develop that in the lives of others? Okay. So this is, so developing the skills to be a successful cell group leader. So like you said, the first thing is to keep being, or keep learning continuously. Okay. So committing to learn or having that mindset, okay, I want to learn, I want to grow, I want to develop these things. And what will that involve? That involves, you know, investing or certain amount of time, right? It requires, like, like most of you, you know, all of you are doing, you know, you're, some of you are working, some of you are serving, but you're investing time and effort in order to grow even more, right? And that's why you enrolled in the Bible College, right? So you might be, you know, you have your, maybe your work, you have maybe your ministry, but then you want to grow further in it, right? So that's the thing. So to be able to invest time and effort, it's not just a matter of saying, okay, from this time to this time in the day, I will do this, but you know that it requires effort, right? You know that it requires additional effort because whatever learning, you know, that you enrolled in requires certain things to do, certain things to submit and certain things to, you know, to know and so on. So it requires effort as well, not just the time. Okay. Okay. So here are, you know, problems one fire, wise man will hear and will increase learning and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsel. So this is what we see. And problems. Okay. So five steps to establish a cycle of continuous learning or five steps to work at so that, you know, there can be a process of continuous learning. What is that? Okay. First thing is to focus on priorities. So the first word is focus. Okay. Focus, you know, it's the acronym, first F I R S T. Okay. So we focus on, I mean, we look at the first letter F and the word is focus, focus on priorities. What is important? What is, you know, what are those things that are critical? And what is it that we need to reach for? What is that objective that we are going towards? So focus on that. Okay. So when we say focus, focus means to look at something intently, to observe something, to examine something intently. But at the same time, you're not being distracted by other things. Okay. So to the exclusion of everything else. So that is focus. I'm sure if you're, you know, in your cameras, in your phone cameras, if you're focusing on something, the other things blur out. The background blurs out. Because you're focusing on a particular object in the foreground, right? You're in the forefront, you're just focusing on it. So the background could, you know, if your focus is not on the background, focus is not on anything else that is surrounding it, but on that one object. So what happens is that other things lose focus. You know, that's, that happens like, you know, so here are some things that you're going to be focusing on. So these are priorities. The other things would lose focus. You can't focus on, you can't give something else has to take a lower priority. That's, that's a given. So we need to understand that. Okay. So focus on priorities. Second one, implement something every day. Okay. Implement. Do, you know, maybe you've learned something, maybe you've, you know, you've learned some skill, put it to practice. And maybe it'll involve stepping out of what is familiar, what is comfortable for us. So maybe it requires some additional effort, right? So implement it, do it, try it out, carry it out. Okay. Now, John C. Maxwell, you know, he, we know, he's written some, a lot of books on leadership. And he, he talks about how, you know, he writes a lot of books, right? And he says that every day, he, he makes sure that he writes something. Okay. So it doesn't wait for one day and then start writing, you know, about a particular subject or whatever, you know, the book that he's books that are writing. So he, every day, it could be, he says, you know, it could be even a line, it could be even a phrase, a paragraph, you know, the, the quantum of it or the size of it. Because he says it doesn't matter, but he needs to do something every day. He needs to sit down and implement it. He needs to do that. So, so he says, okay, you need to do that every day. Right. So that's, that's the second thing. Okay, if you are going to be learning continuously, you know, we need to be able to do something, you know, whatever we've learned, whatever skill, or maybe we need to practice something, I'll do it every day, implement something every day. Third thing is to reflect. Okay. To, what does it mean to reflect? To reflect means to, to think about, to review. Okay. Maybe something that you've, maybe you've given us, maybe you shared, you know, you've preached a sermon. To reflect means to look back at, at that message or at that sermon, to see what could I have done better? You know, what was lacking? What could I have done better? What went right? What, what was good about it? What went right? So, so you looking back, you're thinking about it and you're learning from it. Right. You're looking back at a particular event, something that you did, something that you did not do even looking back and learning from it. Okay. So we are learning from that also. Right. So when you focus, when you do something every day, when we implement it every day, when we look back, when we reflect on it, so you're spending some time just thinking about it. Okay. This is how I spoke. Or this is how I sang. This is how I led. Right. And you're going over it and saying, okay, you know, I mean, looking at it and saying, okay, what could I have done better? How can I better that? So, so there is some learning that is happening. We are also, you know, and the learning is it could be, okay, how what, what I should not do the next time. Right. What I should do differently. Right. And so this, there could be so much of learning when we just reflect on certain things. Okay. And the other thing is to seek feedback and support. Okay. So others perspectives, it's, it's quite important. And from that also we can learn. Right. Because we might think, according to our, we have thinking a way of seeing things, we might think, okay, everything is fine. You know, this, this, this is, this is great. And then we might miss out on certain things. You know, when we, let's say, you know, maybe if it's something to do with songs, something to do with music, you know, and, and this is something that we try to do. Right. Like singing that song, a new song, maybe sing a new song that the team has written or team has put together, trying it out in church. And if we are very, very, you know, after a couple of times and we're very sure that, okay, this is something that needs to be recorded. This is something that needs to be, you know, made a video of, then we also get feedback from the people who have heard it saying, okay, what did you like about it? You know, what, what helped? What did it help? You know, it didn't help you worship the Lord. Was it distracting? Right. In what way did it help? And we've seen that some interesting feedback we get. People come back saying, you know, this is, this is not good, or this is very monotonous. We need to change that. And, and also some positive things, a lot of positive things saying, okay, this is, this is great. It's, it's good as it is. You know, it helped me focus and just worship the Lord. It helped me to have a conversation with God and so on. So, so this feedback helps. Right. So we can learn from others ideas. And of course, we need to know that, okay, if it's a sincere feedback, we can really take it, like, even if it's critical, right, even if it's something negative, if it's a sincere feedback, and if people have, you know, it's an objective feedback, then it's, then it's great. But if not, if it is insincere, if it is just an attack on, you know, on, on people, then, then we can discard it. But, but the sincere critical feedback is always valuable. Okay. So then the letter T, F-I-R-S-T, so transfer the learning. Okay. So now how can I, you know, how can I, whatever I've learned, how can I do this? How can I carry it out? How can I try it out? Right. So you transfer the learning into the next steps. And, and then plan for, you know, continue, how can I continue to learn? Right. So, so these will help us. These are just five letters, right? F-I-R-S-T, focus, implement, reflect, seek feedback, transfer learning. So this will help us to, to, for the cell leader to go into continuous learning or to continue on the process of learning continuously. Right. And this is quite important. So we can, you know, for us personally, this is for us to implement. This is for us to try out. And secondly, this is something that we can, this is something that we can teach our cell group leaders also, you know, someone who is being groomed to be a leader, you know, if you identify, that's one of the, and that's one of the things that the leader does, right? Identify other leaders. So this can be taught, right? Okay. Why don't you do this? You know, these five things so that you are also learning continuously, right? And you're also growing continuously. So these are some things, right, to do. Okay. So here are some specific skills that a cell group leader will need. Now, this is apart from the ability to, you know, to share the word, the ability to minister in the things of the spirit, right? This is apart from that some, some basic skills. What is that? Firstly, the ability to organize a cell meeting, the ability to organize and coordinate, you know, so there are several things required, right? You need to be able to contact people, you need to schedule the day and time, date, day and time, if you inform people well in advance that this is the thing or to set a process where you're saying, okay, every Wednesday we are meeting, every Tuesday we are meeting. And if something is happening, you know, on that day where you're unable to meet them, to inform the group. So, so those basic things, you know, these are, these are some things that we do normally. But, you know, this is, this is something that needs to be there, right, to, to organize, to coordinate, to communicate, right? Secondly, doing regular follow-up, okay? So it's not just to have the meeting, but also to follow up and to find out. Now, like we said, one of the things is to, is to be in touch with the cell group members apart from meetings, right? The meeting happens once a week or maybe once in two weeks. But is the cell group leader in touch with the other, with the others apart from the meeting, meeting time, okay? Yes, we all have, you know, constraints on time. But now, you know, we can do it because of, you know, because of WhatsApp, because of email, so many things, right? So we don't have to necessarily call and talk to people, but just to keep in touch, you know, during the, or between two meetings or the time between two meetings, you know, you can keep in touch, right? Okay. The third thing is to work with a leadership. You know, there could be a cell pastor, there could be another, you know, overseer to, to, to work with, right, not to work against, but to work with, you know, that kind of, you know, to have that relationship, right? Then to network up with other cell leaders, you know, there could be other cell groups to, to work with them to find out what they're doing and learn from that to pray, you know, for their challenges and so much, so much, so many things. So this person should not be just, you know, closed and, and not interacting with others. Person should not be that way. The cell group leader should not be that way. Okay. Okay. So here are some other people and relationship skills. See, we know, we know that ministry is about people. You know, ministry, we know is serving. And who are we serving? It's serving the people who belong to God, like the flock of God. That is what we saw, that we are made as overseers of the flock of God. That's what Peter writes in 1 Peter chapter 5, shepherd the flock of God, which is among you. So people, we need to understand, you know, ministry is not about not interacting with people. Some of us are, well, we, we, you know, we have that as part of our temperament, right? We, we like spending time with people. We like talking to people. We like meeting people. Some of us are like that. And some of us are not like that. Right? We might be very sincere. We might be, you know, good believers. And, you know, we want to help people. You want to serve the Lord in various ways. But when it comes to people, you know, we are, I mean, we don't necessarily feel that way. You know, we don't feel like being good people. We want to, you know, maybe run away from people, you know, stay away from people. Okay, now that could be challenging because as a cell group leader, and as someone who wants to serve in ministry, we need to have, you know, there will be people. So we need to understand that, right? And, and make changes. Just one second. So we need to understand that, yeah, ministry is about people, ministry is about serving, settle it in our mind, settle it in our heart. Yeah. Secondly, develop a liking for people. Right? Now we know that people, there are different kinds of people, mature, immature, irritating, right? Good noble kind people. So all kinds of people, but we need to have God's heart when it comes to people. What is God's heart? Right? And we can pray and ask the Lord, Lord, you give me your heart. What is it that you feel for people? What is it that you, you see in people? And especially this group of people that, that I'm dealing with, that I'm leading, that you've placed me. Lord, what is, how do you see them? You know, what is it that you feel for them? What is it that you see in them? Lord, I want to see the same thing. I want to feel the same thing in my heart. Right? So then what happens is we, we, what develops is in our heart, the heart that God has, the heart that the Lord Jesus has for the very same people. And that changes us. You know, maybe we are hurt by some of the things that they've said and done. Maybe we are, you know, we are irritated by some of their mannerisms and behaviors and, you know, and many times maybe you've, you know, you've helped them and you've corrected them and yet they make the same mistake. Right? And you get so discouraged and you get saying, you know, when will they ever change? Right? But if we would get God's perspective, then we would actually get to like people despite all their failings and all their limitations. Okay. The other thing is to, you know, if we, if at all we have fear of meeting people or being with people, you know, some, some, some have the fear, you know, like, I don't know what to say to them. I don't know if anybody's had that kind of a thing. I don't know what I will, if I have to meet them, okay, I will teach them the word and, you know, we'll, but after that time or before that time, I don't know what to say to them. Right? I don't know what I will like talk to them about. I don't know. Right? So maybe then there's a fear. Right? Okay. Because I don't know what I want to say, what to talk. I don't want to meet. Right? So we need to deal with that fear, the fear of meeting people. And the best way to do that is to get interested, you know, ask questions, asking questions. Okay. You know, where do you live? What do you do? And how was your week? And so asking questions is a, is a great way of getting over that fear of meeting people, you know, or even getting over that fear of what will I say, what will I talk to them about? Because you're, if you're genuinely interested, then you will have, you know, you will ask questions. And, and even as we do that, you know, you will lose your fear of, okay, there will be something to talk about, there will be something to share from your own life. So you lose the fear of meeting people. Right? Okay. So one way of doing it is to intentionally meet and say, okay, today I'm going to meet, maybe in church, I'm going to meet with some new people, welcome them, and tell them about the life group. Right? So intentionally, proactively meet. This is what problems 1824 says, a man who has friends must show himself to be friendly. Yeah. So, so that's the thing that that if, if I need to be friends with people, then I must be friendly. Okay. So, so that's, that's a, that's an instruction. That's a word of wisdom there. And also be sensitive to people. Okay. The background, their culture, they are bringing. So be sensitive to that. Be wise in that. Because, you know, maybe their culture is different from your culture. Right? So, because of that, you know, you feel a little discomfort, maybe the, you know, maybe the language is different, maybe the culture is different, maybe the way they, you know, everything, whatever they experienced, why they were growing up, maybe they were not fortunate enough to have the same kind of, you know, maybe good experience that you had, or, you know, it was different for them. So be sensitive to that. Right? So being sensitive, meaning, you know, you, you understand. Okay, they are, they are different in the upbringing. So therefore, their behavior and understanding of things is, is different. So, you know, it will enable us to be a little more patient. Right. So be sensitive. Being kind, courteous and wise without becoming compromising. So we're not compromising on truth. We're not compromising on values. But at the same time, we are, you know, displaying the kindness and the goodness and being courteous and, and being wise. Right? Okay. And if there are any personality weaknesses, something like this, you know, like these insecurities, maybe, you know, some people feel very insecure, you know, they don't feel confident when they meet with people who are very successful in life. Right? In the sense, we learn that, okay, find out that they are very successful, very, very learned, maybe very successful and maybe even more experienced than we are. Then what happens is that we feel a little nervous, right? Nervous and a little insecure, sometimes fearful, and we really don't want to meet them. You know, if they don't come for the self-group meeting, then we are happy. You know, it's like that. We don't, we don't really want to meet with them or interact with them because they make us feel a little less confident. Okay. Now those are things that we need to overcome. Right? No matter how successful they are, no matter how, you know, experienced they are or no matter how gifted people are, it doesn't matter. Right? It just means that you praise God for their lives. Oh wow, God has really blessed them and it's wonderful that God, you know, there's someone who with all this learning, with all this experience, with all this gifting and someone who has, you know, put it to good use and accomplished so much in life. So you just give thanks to God for that. Okay. Then you realize that, okay, all these discomfort of meeting them or being with them, all that will go away. Right? So there could be some personality weaknesses on our side, on our part when it comes to, you know, or maybe it could be the other way, you know, like looking at everyone, looking down on everyone saying, okay, they are not learned enough like me or they're not skillful like me or they're not experienced like me, they're not mature like me. Okay. So those are certain, you know, weaknesses or maybe, you know, some people are very, very impatient or maybe we get angry, very short tempered and all those things need to be overcome, to be a good cell group leader. Right. So we need to overcome that. Like, so renew our mind to the truth of God's word. Allow the Holy Spirit. Don't quench the Holy Spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to produce in us the fruit of the Spirit. Right. So there's maturity, there's completeness and, you know, all the good things that the Holy Spirit brings into our lives is there and the fruit remains. Right. So these are some things that we need to deal with. Okay. A few thoughts here, more on people. Okay. This is from Million Leaders, John Maxwell's book. It says that the leader's most important asset is people skills. So dealing with people, leading people, communicating with people, even correcting people, right, resolving conflicts. Now all this doesn't happen in one day. Right. We know that it doesn't happen in one day. It doesn't even happen in a very short span of time. No, it takes time. Like, we grow, maybe we grow a little and then we have a little bit of skills in all these areas in resolving conflicts of people in, you know, in understanding people, in relating to people, in communication with people. We learn a certain, you know, we arrive at a certain level of skill. Right. And continue to grow in that. Okay. Understand that it doesn't happen in one day. Because if we are expecting that, oh, in one day I need to be like this. Right. In tomorrow I need to be like this, then we are, we'll be frustrated. Right. We realize that, okay, I've not grown as much as I expected it to be, expected to be. Then we get very frustrated with ourselves. We get very impatient with ourselves now. So you need to, we need to give ourselves time and understand that, you know, leaders' skill or very important thing is people's skills. So give time for that. Right. A good leader can lead various groups because leadership is about people. Okay. And you can have people's skills and not be a good leader. Now, that's something that we need to understand. Now, we can have just people's skills, you know, ability to relate to people and, you know, being able to communicate with people, et cetera, and not be a good leader. Okay. Now, that's possible. But one cannot be a good leader without people's skills. Okay. That's a difference. Right. I can have all kinds of people's skills and, and still not be a good leader because of certain things like maybe my decision-making ability or my competence level, you know, all these things might affect me from being a good leader. Fine. But I cannot be a good leader if I do not have people's skills because it is about people. It was about influencing people. It's about leading people, leadership. Therefore, I need to have good people's skills. Okay. So, and finally, really leadership is relationships. Okay. Okay. Here are some, you know, we'll quickly go through this. Here are some thoughts, you know, people are in, you know, in the sense these are needs, challenges, wants of people. Okay. So, here's what a good leader can do. Here's what a good leader can bring in to the lives of people. Okay. See, these are, these are again needs, weaknesses, challenges faced by people. Okay. People are insecure. Give them confidence. Okay. People like to feel special, honor them. People look for a better tomorrow. Give them hope. People need to be understood. Listen to them. People lack direction, navigate for them or give them, you know, direction. People are needy. Speak to their needs first. People get emotionally low. Encourage them. People want to succeed. Help them win. People desire relationships. Provide community. People seek models or examples to follow. Be an example. Okay. So, we see that. Okay. These are, these could be, these are needs of people. These are challenges that people face. So, as good leaders, you know, we can help them in this manner. So, to, when we look at a cell group, when we look at people in the cell group, we know that, okay, they could be having these kind of things. You know, these kind of needs, these kind of challenges. And, you know, we're not doing it in a very humanistic way, but we are doing it from the word of God. Right. As we minister, as we share, as we study the word of God by the help of the Holy Spirit, with the help of the Holy Spirit, then we see that all these needs, all these changes beginning to happen. Okay. So, expect that change, pray it for that change and, and, you know, minister to people. Right. Okay. The other thing is to develop some amount of, or some level of counseling skills. Okay. Now, the importance of this is that, you know, as you're, you know, interacting with people, and typically in a, in a small group or, you know, in a cell group kind of a setting, a setting, sorry. There's always, you know, there are some needs, there are some challenges that people are facing, some problems that people are facing, and they, you know, most likely they will bring it or share with the cell group leader or in the cell group. Okay. So, it's important that we, as cell group leaders, develop some level of counseling skills. Okay. So, you know, some of them, and I'm sure you've, you know, you're going through or you would have gone through, you know, Christian counseling and, and that goes into a lot more depth and detail, but here are some basic things to think about, you know, the art of listening. Very basic. I think we looked at it last semester also when we were looking at you know, skills, right, the skills course. So, listening without interrupting, listening without jumping to conclusions is very important. Okay. The second thing is not only just listening, but asking questions. Okay. When you ask the right kind of questions, you get to understand the person, you get to know more about the person. And more importantly, we can get to understand why is this problem in this person's life. Okay. Why is this, why is this problem happening or why is this, you know, problem recurring over and over again, right? Is it spiritual in nature or is this person somehow contributing to the problem? Right? Are they, by their action, by some of their choices, are they actually, you know, making the problem worse for themselves? So how do we know that? Right? We need to ask questions. We need to ask the right questions. And then, based on the response you find out, yes, you know, if they're saying, okay, I'm doing everything right, but still I have this problem, then we need to ask, you know, okay, so, when was the first time you had this kind of a problem? Right? How, what happened? How did it happen? Then they, just like, you know, how a doctor would ask questions. Like simply, you know, you say, okay, doctor, there's pain, you know, the doctor will say, okay, when did it start? When did you first have it? What did you eat? You know, what did you, what did you do that was different from all the other days because of which now, you know, you have this. So, so this kind of, you know, things to develop their ability, right? Build confidence and hope in the person. Now, that's very, very important. The thing is that person has problems. They have these challenges. The best thing that we can do is build confidence that, yes, you can face this challenge and come through. Okay. And this confidence is not, not just on people's ability, but in God's ability to, to solve that God's ability, the Lord's, based on His word and promises that His ability to come through, His ability to, you know, to be there and solve this, His ability, ability to redeem the situation. So give confidence on hope based on that. No, it's not based on assumptions. You know, it's not like, you know, everything will be fine. Don't worry. It's not that kind of a, you know, scenario. It's not that kind of a statement that we shared. You know, there's, there needs to be proof why we are saying that it's because, okay, this is who God is. It is because, you know, if you do this, and if you stand strong, and if you continue to make some wise choices, well, God is with you, God is for you, and he will help you through, right? So give the person hope. Okay. Because a lot of times people give up hope. Okay. There is, they are hopeless. They don't, they have come to that place of maybe trying, failing, unable to solve because of, you know, continuous failures. And, and they've lost all hope, right? So give them hope. And hope not based on, you know, something, something that is, you know, it is not strong or foundational, but hope based on who God is, hope based on what God can do for them, what the Lord can do for them. Hope based on, on his word, his promises. And now that's a hope that is strong. That's a, you know, expectation that is strong. Okay. So have the word as a foundation on which you can base your hope. Okay. So build that, give them that. Okay. That it's not beyond redemption. Okay. The situation is not beyond redemption. Yes. Yes. You know, certain times it depends on the, it's not just this person, right? It maybe it involves another person, you know, like maybe in situations like barrage, or, you know, even parents, parenting, you know, the parent-child relationship or it involves the will of the other person, right? Okay. I can do everything, right? But also the other person has to respond now. Okay. And the, the situation will change only when that person responds positively. Okay. That person has to say, okay, I'm willing to work through it involves their will. It involves their choice, right? So even in that scenario, that that circumstances, you know, in such a circumstance, you can give them hope saying, okay, let God work on their heart. Now you do everything what's possible from your side. But let, now here are some things that you cannot control, right? That is fine. Let God work on their heart and, you know, so give them that confidence and hope. Okay. Okay. We'll stop here and then we'll come back at 10 in 10 minutes and then we'll continue, right? Maybe if there are questions, we can have questions also.