 continue in them for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you, right? So this is Paul's instruction to Timothy. So it starts by saying, first Timothy 4 verse 12, let one despise your youth but be an example and several things, right, in love, in word, in purity, in conduct and so on. And then he goes on to say, okay, give attention to reading, to exhortation and to doctrine, right? So meditate on that, study that. Verse 14, don't neglect the gift that is in you, right? Just given to you by prophecy. So he's talking about the word, talking about life example, talking about the study of the word. Verse 13, he's talking about the work of the Spirit. Just the gift of the Spirit says, don't neglect it. Just given to you by prophecy, by the laying on of hands. So don't neglect that. So life example, word of God, the work of the Spirit of God, the power of God. Then he goes on to say, meditate on these things. You know, think deeply about these things, these instructions that I've written and give yourself entirely to them, okay, wholeheartedly, without holding back. And so that your progress may be evident to all. So that's the outcome, that's the objective of him giving these instructions and saying, you know, that your progress will be evident, will be clearly seen by all. So just want to read that and put that before us to say that, yeah, so if we want our progress to be evident, to be manifest, here are those, you know, those foundational things again, which are, which seem to be basic, but Paul is, you know, putting that across to Timothy, who is a minister of God, who's overseeing the church, and who has people maybe who are older than himself, obviously. But he has this, this word for him, meditate on these things, give yourself entirely to them. You know, life example, word, work of the Spirit, meditate, let it fill your mind space, let it fill your thoughts, and give yourself entirely. And there will be progress. And that progress will be evident to all, you know, all the people to whom you are being set as an overseer, whom you have God has put you as, as one who needs to be an example in thought word, indeed, and teaching. And you will, that example will be evident to all. Right. So let's, let's pray that, you know, let's pray that over ourselves and say, Yes, Lord, I want to give myself wholeheartedly to these things. I want to meditate on these things and think about these things, things deeply, I want to retain these things in my, in my heart, in my mind. And I want to see that progress being evident, being manifest in my life, which is evident to all, which will be a blessing to all. Right. Let's, let's pray. Father, we thank you. We thank you for these instructions, Lord, for us as ministers, for us as people who, who are seeking to be trained to be spiritual overseers, and those who are already doing that in some way or the other God. We just pray God that, that these instructions will be written upon our hearts, Father God, that even as we live our lives, Lord, that our lives will speak louder God and in all these aspects in love and faith and purity and motives and intentions God in word and conduct and spirit. And Lord, I also pray that that your word, the living word, that we would desire it, that we would make time to read, study, that we will give attention to it, that we will observe, investigate and continue in it, God. And also God, the things that you put in our spirit by your spirit, the gifts that you've put in us, the deposit of it, God, maybe be careful to not neglect it, but, but at every opportunity, Lord, lean and pull and, and Lord, walk in it, Father God. And as we meditate on these things and as we give ourselves wholeheartedly, without holding back, for these are good things, God, for these are things that you've established in our lives. These are things that you have brought on. So every good thing comes from you. So these are good things. So we don't have to fear. We don't have to be hesitant in giving ourselves to it wholeheartedly, Lord, giving all our effort, all our energy and all our focus, Lord, even as we give ourselves wholeheartedly, we thank you that there is transformation that happens from the inside out, change that happens and progress that happens, edification that happens in the inner man and that just overflows and flows out to bless others as well, God. So we give ourselves to it. And yes, Master, we pray that even as we open our hearts, Lord, may the work of your spirit be the more and more in us, Lord. And yes, Lord, let it be evident, Father God, we thank you. Thank you, Lord, give you all the praise and all the glory. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Yeah. So, you know, giving ourselves wholeheartedly, you know, even in this area of teaching on finances, on stewardship, financial stewardship, and this whole outlook on money, whole outlook on prosperity and wealth and, you know, let it be a healthy perspective. And as we give ourselves to what the Word of God says about money, about success, about prosperity, it'll just make us healthy, you know, have us have a healthy perspective on wealth and prosperity and success so that we are confident that we are, you know, we don't shut out that area of our lives when God wants to bring things into us or bring wealth and finances into us, into our lives so that we can be a blessing to others. Right? Okay. So last class, we looked at about giving. And so, you know, we looked at how we need to honor God with our finances. And it's not that he needs money, but then he had instituted, he had put in the principle of giving in his word, giving as an act of worship unto him in the ways of tithes and offerings, giving to the people who are in need, giving to help others and so on. So, we see that God has actually, the Lord has put this in place in Scripture. So, we looked at that last class. We looked at, you know, why do we need to give? We looked at it because why do we need to give to God, you know, as an act of worship? We see that, you know, it is indeed an act of worship because we are giving wholeheartedly and we're saying because we see Scripture that everything comes from him. We looked at 1 Chronicles 16 and we also looked at 1 Chronicles 29, which talks about the fact that God is the Lord overall, right? Maybe we just quickly relook, take a look at those verses again, 1 Chronicles 16 and verses 27 to 29. Yeah, honor and majesty are before him, strength and gladness are in his place, give to the Lord or families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength, give to the Lord the glory due his name, bring an offering and come before him or worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. We see how offering, worship tied together and, you know, so coming and offering and giving to the Lord is, it's really an act of worship, act of saying, you know, I surrender, I yield and all I have is yours. When we say all I have is yours, it's also things that I've earned, things that you have given me and I bring it and I give to you, right? Then we see in chapter 29, 1 Chronicles 29 and verses 10 to 14, 29, 10 to 14, where David says, blessed are you Lord, God of Israel, our Father for ever and ever, yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and glory, the victory and the majesty for all that is in heaven and in earth is yours, yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head over all, both riches and honor come from you and you reign over all in your hand is power and might in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. Now, therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name but who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer so willingly as this for all things come from you and of your own we have given you and we just go down to verse 16. O Lord, our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name is from your hand and is all your own. So, David acknowledges that wealth, riches, honors, everything comes from him and giving to him a portion of it is really, you know, it's really his, so it's really the Lord. So, just bringing that back to him, trusting in him, acknowledging that he is God is indeed our provider. And then we also saw that it's because of our covenant relationship with others. You know, we are part of the body of Christ. As believers, when we accept the Lord, we are brought into that relationship with God, with his people, we are immersed in the spiritual baptized into the spiritual body of Christ and members of each other. So, we are helping one another, receiving help from one another and therefore, you know, we are blessed to be a blessing. So, when we give others, and then we saw that when it comes to spiritual things, when it comes to material blessings, that God loves us, a cheerful giver, and he is pleased when we give cheerfully for the work of the kingdom for two others as well. Then we also looked at, I think this is where we stop, we looked at some of the reasons, when we looked at Tithe, we see that it is there, you know, it starts originates, let me just share the screen. Yeah. So, we see that it, you know, when Abraham is called Abram, he gave a Tithe of spoils of what he took from the war, from the battle, he gives it to Melchizedek. And from what we know of Melchizedek, we see that, you know, he's a type of Christ, a priest, we see in Hebrews, we read about that is the order of the Lord Jesus is referred to as a priest, according to the order of Melchizedek. So, these are some things that we learn about him. And Abraham gave a Tithe to Melchizedek, one tenth Tithe the word, Tithe refers to one tenth. So, first foods of the increase, Proverbs 3, 9 talks about that. Right. So, about the Tithe, we also see that the Lord is, he refers to not really bringing the Tithe as, as robbing him as the Israelites were doing. In Malachi, we see that. And the Lord saying that, you know, why don't you test me in this, I will open the windows of heaven, I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and so on. Right. So, we read about the tithes here. Now, some of the reasons we also looked at that, why do people not type? Okay, maybe there is a lack of teaching, lack of knowledge, maybe, maybe it's fear, maybe it's people saying that, okay, I don't want to be manipulated into this, I don't want to be forced into this, or I've had a bad experience of people, you know, exploiting, right, my generosity, and people manipulating, and maybe it's, it's just a fear, you know, what will they do with it, and are they using it right, etc. Maybe it's selfishness, you know, I don't want to part with my hard earned money. And it also comes from a place of wrong understanding, right, of scriptures, or there could be some, you know, religious lies, which is again part of wrong understanding where tithes part of the Old Testament, and I am a New Testament believer. So, you know, like, like the many things which have stopped, which is discontinued, tithes another thing, which is there. So it's part of the Old Testament law is one such, you know, reasoning, maybe, but that's that reasoning is faulty, that logic is faulty, because tithing was in place as a principle, even before the law came, that is what we saw, even before the law came into force, we see that tithing was there. Before the law came through Moses and God gave the law through Moses, tithing was there. And, and we also saw that scripture where Isaac tithes and obviously, I mean, that I changed that reference, it's 28 Genesis 28 and 22, not 29 22, where we see that Jacob has a, you know, Jacob says that I will give a tithe of all. And obviously, it was something that was handed down a teaching or a principle, or a tradition that was handed down across generations. So we know, obviously, he had an understanding of it. And he was, he mentions that, right? So, so it's part of a common relationship, and, and not really part of the law. Okay, as we understand it, the, and the other thing, reasoning could be tithing ended at the cross. Okay, so yeah, there are many things that, you know, we saw that they are discontinued at the cross, right, like the blood sacrifice. Yes, because we see, we see that very detailed procedure for the sacrifice, how it should be made, and, you know, what kind of animals, etc. We see that in the Old Testament, we see that in Exodus, we see that in Leviticus. And we see, we also read that when it come, when it came to the cross, you know, all these were types and shadows of what the Lord Lord would accomplish on the cross. Right. So on the cross, we saw that he shed his blood, which was a final sacrifice. There was no more requirement for any more sacrifices. Like in the Old Testament, we saw that there was continually the, the high priest would, would offer for himself and, you know, for the people that it would be, it would be offered continually. But here, we see that it was the final, the perfect sacrifice. Right. We see also, I think that's where we stop. The other thing that we see is access to the presence of God, access to the Father, like in the Old Testament. Again, in the tabernacle, we see that the high priest, and only the high priest would have access to go to the most holy place once a year. Right. But all that changed. And we see that, that we have been given access, and we have confidence to, to enter the holiest place. Right. Let's read that scripture, Hebrews 10. And verse 1920, Hebrews 10 and verse 19, therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus. So it's talking about what happened on the cross, the blood was shed. And now we have boldness, we can, with boldness, enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which he consecrated for us through the veil that is his flesh. Okay. So we have access to his presence. We have access to the holy of holies. To his, to his very presence and access, I mean, sorry, Hebrews 4 and verse 16 also says, therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in times of need. So we have, we have been invited. And the way has been made by the shed blood of, shed blood of Christ. Okay, so, so therefore, now, you know, we have unlimited access to the, to the God head. Now we have unlimited access to God through the blood of Jesus. So all that has changed because of the cross. So there are certain things that have been mentioned very specifically, this has changed the blood sacrifice, the sacrifice, let us change the access to God. Well, that is, you don't have any middle man, we, because of what Christ did, he is the mediator, and he, you know, we can come to him directly, we can come to him with confidence, with boldness. Let me just read one other scripture. Yeah. So this is reading from Colossians. I'm sorry. I think I'll just get the reference in a bit. Colossians too. Okay, I'll just get that in a bit. So we, we, so we have access to God, we, and all that changed. We, we can, we have boldness to enter into the presence of God. And, you know, so these things are mentioned very clearly that it has changed. But there are certain things that are, that are continuing, as it is. For example, when it comes to the worship of our Lord, when it comes to praise and worship, and the way in which we worship him, we see in the Psalms that well, people worshiped him. You know, there's several expressions of worship, right? We see musical instruments being used, we see the shouts of praise, we see, we see dance. We see, we see applause, clapping unto the Lord, several and one, you know, typical classic reference is Psalm 95, which talks about, you know, several postures or expressions of praise and worship, right? Psalm 95 will come, let us sing to the Lord, let us shout joyfully, let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout joyfully to the Lord, and so on. And let us verse six talks about, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before. So we see all these expressions of worship and using of musical instruments, which we read towards the end of Psalms like 147, 148, we see there's the clashing symbols and talks about, let me just read from, yeah, 150, you know, loot and harp and trumpet and timble and dance, stringed instruments, flutes, loud symbols, clashing symbols and so on. So they come to, you know, the New Testament, well, we see John chapter four, verse 23, the Lord Jesus says, those who worship the Lord must worship in spirit and in truth. And that's the only thing that we see, because the Father is seeking such to worship Him. So there's nothing very descriptively or, you know, says that mentioned that we should continue, discontinue using of Old Testament, you know, the instruments or the act or the postures and worship and so on. The only thing is, let it be in spirit and in truth, let there be no hypocrisy. Right? But there is that freedom as long as it's spirit, which is comes, you know, which is just from this, it's not superficial. It is from your, from the depths of your heart and as led by the Spirit of God, and it is in truth. Right? So we be worshipping as laid down in Scripture. So we don't see anything that is says that this is discontinued. Okay, so it's continuous. You don't see any, you know, description or any open X or I mean, instruction in the New Testament. Okay. So also with typing, right? When it comes to typing, we see references, like in the Gospels, we see the Lord Jesus, let's look at Matthew 23. It's interesting 23 and 23. Yeah. So the Lord says, what do you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites for you pay type of mint and annies and cumin, and have neglected the material, sorry, weightier matters of the law, which is justice and mercy and faith, these you ought to have done without leaving the others undone. So he's just referring to the offering of tithes or, you know, the payment paying of tithes. And he's saying, Okay, some things you have emphasized at certain things you have not the weightier matters of the law, which is justice and mercy and faith. So these you ought to have done. But the fact is that you have not done these we ought to have done without leaving the other thing undone. Okay, so his references to the tithe and he's saying, justice, mercy and faith, by all means, we need to do it without leaving the others undone. Okay. And the other thing that we see in 2221. Okay. We saw that last time, render therefore to Caesar, the things that are Caesar's and to God, things that are God. So we see these scriptures there. So tithing as something that is instituted by God would continue, right in the in the New Testament as well. So there's no reason for us to discontinue. And, and we don't see see that being mentioned. And the Lord Jesus says, you know, I came to fulfill the law and the prophets not to destroy it. Okay, so, so we can, we can, it is safe to continue with tithes and offerings and maybe if it is arms, arms is for the poor to the people. Okay, so we honor God in our finances in these ways. Okay, so I hope that clarifies anything that we might have about tithes. You know, so some people have questioned about tithes. Okay, where should I give it now? Okay. Where should I, where should I give it? Because in Malachite says, bring all the tithes into the storehouse. And those days, there was one, but now you know, you have one in the sense, you know, the temple being one, one place, but now we know that, you know, there are local churches. So where, where do you give your tithes? So tithes is the practical instruction would be, where are you planted? Where are you planted? Where you are receiving spiritually? And where are you planted where you are also serving? And the bigger question that is to ask is, you know, are you planted? That's the thing, right? So are you planted in a place in a, in a local church, where you are receiving, and where you are able to serve the Lord with the gifts, with the abilities with, you know, whatever he is giving. So, so that's the thing, you know, are you planted? Which, again, you might have some reasoning, okay, there's no, you know, I find that everywhere I go, I find there are problems, there are, you know, there's some challenges there. Yes, you know, we are all works in progress, we will not have a perfect church. Okay, there will not be a perfect church. But then you can ask God, Lord, show me a place where yes, people are then where the word of God is being, you know, shared in a manner that's uncompromised, where there is, where people are growing, where the ministers are also growing, but they're working at it, they're sincere. And they work walking in the light of what they know. So where do you want me to be planted, be planted in that place, support the ministry, the work of God with your tithes and offerings. Okay. Yeah, so that would be a practical instruction. Right. So then, you know, some other questions could be, you know, I'm not in a position to type. Okay, so that would be a, you know, I'm not in a position financially, I'm at a place where I'm not able to, you know, thing is that, well, if you are, you know, if you are earning, or if you are, you know, maybe it's not much. Right. So in our own mind, we set, you know, these amounts, and say, okay, this is a fair amount to give, and this is not. But the Bible just says a 10th, right, 10th to start with, it is just a minimum, right. So, so do it as an act of faith, you know, whatever it is that, that you're earning that comes into you, comes into your life, you know, financially, take that set of faith and use it. And let's say, saying, okay, it's, it's, it's packed, you know, I receive 100 rupees, and this 100 rupees, there is a list already. Okay, one to 10, you know, I need to fulfill all this, and without that, and everything is important, it's not that I cannot. Right. So, fine, just trust God, just ask the Lord. It's like we said, you know, it's, it's, it's a, I think it's an act of relationship, and an expression of your relationship with God. Right. So ask the Lord, say, okay, God, you know, I need to be able to do this. I want to do this. I want to worship you with my tithes and offerings. But, you know, can you just surround me with your favor? And can you take me to that place where I'm able to do this? Okay. So, yeah, so it's, it's real, you know, the challenge is real. And I don't want to say that, okay, you need, you must, you definitely must do it. And otherwise, you'll incur the wrath of God. You know, it's, it's an act of relationship. It's an expression of your worship to God. Ask the Lord, Lord, you know, bring me to a place where financially I'm able to do this God, right now with things are tough, very extremely tough. Right. And the Lord will. The second thing is to say, okay, I just have 100 Lord, and I want, even with this 100, I want to, you know, honor you. I want to give a tithe of that. And because the Lord says, trust me in this. Okay. So you go ahead and do that. But, but you decide. Right. So, yeah, these would be some something, some questions that are reasonings that we might have about tithes and about offerings. So I just wanted to share that. So are there any questions or anything else that you would like to share in addition to this? Maybe your own personal experience regarding tithes, regarding giving. You can feel free to share. I think at all. Okay, I don't see anything on the chat. So I guess all is well. Feel free to, you know, if there are any questions, anything that you want to add, you can feel free to share. Right. Okay, let's, let's move on. The second, the other thing that, you know, when it comes to, we're looking at the principles, right? Principles for prosperity, which is divinely ordained or divinely inspired, divinely orchestrated. Prosperity of increase, finances, that God blessings that God brings into our lives, right? The thing is to listen to the Holy Spirit. Okay, so while we look at these principles, we are talking about the presence, we're talking about the reality of the relationship that we have with God. So we have, you know, it's not just, when we look at principles, it will seem as, okay, step one, step two, step three, I need to do this. Okay. But part of the principle is also the presence and the reality of the relationship that we have with God, a living relationship. Right. So because we know that God is alive, he speaks in the here and now. Right. So as, as believers, we are privileged to hear the voice of the shepherd, not just at, you know, at the crossroads of our lives, or those defining moments, those difficult moments of our lives, but on an ongoing, every day, every moment, journey of our lives. Right. So we have this privilege of fellowshiping, communing with the Holy Spirit. Right. And, and that's the biggest, I mean, that's the greatest thing of all when it comes to a walk with God, that we have the God of the universe, fellowshiping with us, communing with us. And that's what the Lord, you know, promise when we look at the, you know, in Revelation, we see that if he I stand at the door and knock, if any man open, I will come and I will fellowship. I will step in and I will fellowship. Right. So that's the privilege that we have. So listen to the directions, the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Okay. Don't be led by guilt or condemnation of fear. But listen to the Holy Spirit. We have the principles. Okay, God, this is what, you know, you want me to do, I'll do it. As part of the principles is also this instruction of listening to the Holy Spirit. Okay, let's look at a few scriptures. Let's look at Isaiah 48. Okay, Isaiah 48 and 17. Okay, this says we saw it earlier also. This says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord your God. Okay, so he who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go. Okay. Oh, that was 18. Oh, that you had heeded my commandments, then your peace would have been like a river and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. So the outcome of that if we heed to his commandments, then the shalom of God will be like a river ever flowing and like the waves of the sea, you don't see it just stop but you know, it just keeps coming and going. So sorry, he's talking about the righteousness. The shalom is like the river that flows. So the thing is this, the Lord says, I'm the Lord your God who teaches you. Okay, so what do I teach you? I teach you to benefit. I teach you to profit. Okay. So what is my responsibility? Okay, because he teaches me, also he leads me by the way I should go. Okay, he directs, he leads. So my responsibility is to learn. And my responsibility is to listen to find out where he is leading to learn to follow. Okay, to learn to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. It's a big thing. It's a foundational thing, but it's a big thing. Like in all areas of our lives as believers to learn to follow the leading of the spirit when it comes to financial decisions, when it comes to money, when it comes to prosperity, learn to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Okay, another scripture. Yeah, Isaiah 28, you know, this is interesting, you know, it talks about some practical things. Okay, this is something that we look at even when we look at workplace principles, and the wisdom that is there in workplace, in scripture about profession and workplace and so on. So here is something that we see Isaiah 28 and 23, 23 on words, those six verses, seven verses, give your and hear my voice. Okay, listen and hear my speech. And then the next six verses, next five verses, talk about some very practical information, very, very practical information. It's regarding agriculture. But you see the depth of understanding, it comes from the one who actually created, right, created the plants who set in motion the creation itself. Right. So we verse 24, just quickly go through it. Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking his clods when he has leveled the surface? Does he not sow the black cumin and scatter the cumin plant the wheat and rose and barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place? For he instructs him in rice, right judgment, his God teaches him verse 26. Okay, who instructs him? He God instructs him the farmer, the one who's plowing. And he instructs him in right judgment, right judgment to make to discern from all those choices, all those pros and cons. And he instructs him, right, and teaches him. For the black cumin is not threshed with the threshing sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin, but the black cumin is beaten out with a stick. And the cumin with the rod, bread flour must be ground. Therefore, he does not thresh it forever. Break it with its with this cartwheel, or crush it with his horsemen. Verse 29, this also comes from the Lord of Horses, who was excellent, who was wonderful in counseling, excellent in guidance. Okay, so 23, give your and hear my voice, listen, and hear my speech. 26 for he instructs him in right judgment, his Lord teaches him. So here's this instruction that as he gives and he says in verse 26 for he God instructs in right judgment, God teaches verse 29, God who is wonderful in counseling, excellent in guidance. So we have, you know, again, we have the privilege of worshiping, we have the privilege of following, walking with God who is excellent in counsel, who's wonderful, excellent in guidance wonderful in counsel, he is called the counselor. Therefore, our responsibility is to learn to hear, learn to listen, and learn to follow the teaching or the leading of the Holy Spirit. Okay, and which is what Daniel did, Daniel chapter two, and was 19 to 23, says Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Blessed be Daniel answered and said blessed be the name of God forever for wisdom and might are his. He changes the times and the seasons, he removes the kings and raises up him, he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding, he reveals deep and secret things, he knows what is in the darkness and light dwells with them. And then he, you know, praises God and he says, you have given me wisdom and might and have now made known to be what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's demand. So, so, you know, Daniel just worshiping God, just praising him when he the secret was revealed in a vision to Daniel, my heart just overflows with praise and he says, you know, this is what she this is who you are God, this is what you do. So, since God has the know how, since God has the information, we can trust in him. And we can ask him when it comes to financial decisions, when it comes to God, like, I need this. And now you show me Lord, what do I need to do? Maybe it's business, maybe it's, you know, professionally also, God will show us, Lord will show us he knows what is in the dark, he knows, you know, he reveals deep and secret things. Recently, I was reading a testimony about, well, this is not directly related to finances, but definitely with the, you know, workplace testimony of this person who, like many years ago, he had a, now he's in ministry, but he had a, you know, a mechanic kind of a business, fixing four wheelers and trucks and so on. So, there was one particular problem. And he was, you know, he, and this was the time and as a church, they were just exploring or learning about the supernatural, the gifts of the spirit, and, and putting, taking those baby steps and putting it into practice in their daily lives, you know, it's not just about church, it's not just about during the church service, but in, it's in daily life. So he had a problem with this particular new, new model and new range of trucks. Now, so the client sent that truck to him for repair and he tried checking with the company and there was something the truck would not start at all. It actually sees it somewhere. Everything else seemed to be fine. It would not start at all. So then he remembered, hey, you know, this is what we've been learning about the gifts of the spirit, about word of knowledge, where God is able to impart that information, the Holy Spirit, who knows everything, is able to impart that information to us, right? It could be about a person, it could be about, you know, about a particular situation, something that I don't know, something that I'm ignorant about, but, but he knows. So he said, okay, let me do that. So he made he went and laid hands on the truck, you know, hoping, hoping that nobody would watch. Nobody was watching any prayer. And he said, Spirit of God, Holy Spirit just revealed to me, what is wrong with this truck? I've tried everything. It's not. And it immediately he had a he had a picture in his mind. And it was a picture of some section behind the fender behind the bumper of the truck, like internally. And where there was a particular diode, he says diode which is which was not soldered or something. So but that was a picture. So he hadn't thought about that before he hadn't seen it in any of the manuals. But this is a picture that he had. So immediately he, you know, put the truck up, and then looked under the, you know, thing and then he saw that yes, that was it. It was not soldered. It was not in place. And then he he put it in place, soldered it and started the truck and the truck started. So for him, it was a big lesson, big, big lesson that, well, here is something that God is able to this God whom we read about, just like Daniel, you know, going ahead and just praising God, this God who knows everything, he knows what's in the dark, he, he reveals secret things. He made known this, and it was a practical solution for a practical challenge that he was facing in business. So when we're talking about finances, when we're talking about prosperity, stewardship, one of the important things is to listen and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Like now, now this is exciting, but sometimes it is not always it can be challenging. Like when the Lord says, okay, now give to that person, for example, we're talking about stewardship, he says give. Just one quick example, and then we'll close, you know, I was saving up money for to buy a car, a second hand car. This was before our daughter was born, like one day, I have taken my daughter I mean, taking my wife for to the clinic and she was we were expecting our child. So I went by bike and as I came back, it started raining and it was pouring and I was feeling so miserable. I said, God, oh, I wish we had a car and I was saving up money to buy a second hand car. So I had some money in the bank, I said, Okay, this is not enough. And I will. But then we came to know about a neighbor who had a who had a need, like they were severely in debt in and so much so that the creditors were coming and and hounding the wife, and, you know, and the wife was considering selling one of her kidneys in order to, you know, get some money and pay off. So we came to know about it. And we thought, Okay, let's ask some friends, right? And as we were thinking, Okay, maybe we should ask some friends who had money to give the Lord just put it in my heart. Why don't you give that? I wanted to give the money that you've been saving up for this particular thing. So I said, But God, you know, started reasoning, but then this was this conviction was very strong. Give that, give it. So literally emptied. Okay, it was it was a it was a very difficult thing for me to do because we were in need ourselves. And so just took that and gave it. Okay, now, here's the best part. I don't know if you how you see it. After we gave after I gave the family moved from that, you know, they took care of that debt, but the family moved from there. And till date, you know, it's been maybe, I don't know, maybe 15 years, 20 years. We don't we haven't heard from them. We don't know where they are. They have not repaid. It was supposed to be something that was repaid, you know, heard from them. But that thing that instruction came from the Lord. And now this is the thing, you know, the Lord ensured that I bought a brand new vehicle, not a second hand, I was hoping for a secondhand vehicle. Lord ensured that I brought I was able to buy a brand new one. Right. Through very many things that happened, just to cut the story short. But the thing is, when you listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit, it need not be always comfortable. Right. It can be challenging. But he has a good reason to lead you in a certain way. Right. And he always has the good in mind for us are good in mind. Right. So just want to share that and we'll stop here. And we'll continue next class. Okay. Right. God bless. See you guys. Bye bye.