 back after the break. Thank you for logging in after the break. So before we went for our break, we were on page number 138 where we saw that not every closed door is a know from God. Okay, so some doors are shut because of Satan, it's shut because of people, but not every door that is closed is a know from God. We need to press in, we need to take hold of what God wants for our lives and not every delay is denial from God. Even as we go to the Kronos moments, the Kronos seasons in our lives, you know, there will be delays, but not every delay is a denial from God. We need to understand this that, you know, sometimes God is taking us to the preparation process, it's taking us longer. So for example, when we look at Joseph's life, you know, when he was a young boy, when he was a teenager, you know, God actually, you know, we see that God revealing into to him his plan and purpose for his life when he was a young boy teenager 15 years old, but it actually took him almost 30 years to see that to come to the Kairos moment. So between that, the time when God, you know, revealed his plan and purpose to the Kairos moment, we see that he goes through this Kronos moments where times where, you know, he was sold as a slave, he was tempted by Potiphar's wife, he was thrown into prison. And, you know, we see that there were delays from God. Okay. But all of these delays were not denials of God, it was not denying the fact that God had given him a dream and that he is going to fulfill his purpose. But why was this delays in Joseph's life? If you read Psalms 105 verses 17 to 22 on page number 140, we see how beautifully it is said there in verse 19, it says, until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. So why did, why was there delay in Joseph's life? Because God was testing him, testing him through all of these being sold as a slave, being tempted by Potiphar's house, by Potiphar's wife, being thrown into prison, all of these were the delays and these delays in the Kronos time or the Kronos season was because God was basically testing him. Okay. I was getting him ready for his life assignment. And then we see, you know, after 30 years, we see his dream fulfilled when he becomes the next to the pharaoh, he becomes the prime minister of the whole of Egypt. Okay. So we need to understand, you know, when we're looking at studying God in the way that he's working to circumstances and situations, we need to be careful to not to interpret God's delays as denials. But we need to see as these delays as God, what are you working in my life? What are you trying to teach me? Areas are testing me? What do you want me to do? How do you want me to correct myself? Okay. And also when God is orchestrating situations in our life, you know, we need to be careful not to push open the doors that he closes. There are some doors that God closes, you know, we should be sensitive in the spirit to know that it's not the right door and he's closed it. We don't accept every denial also as a delay from God. We need to stand through time. We need to go through the preparation time that God is taking us through. And also there are times when, you know, you know, when we don't study too much into what God is doing. Okay, maybe if God is closing all the doors and we can't say, oh, there's a generation curse, then I have to fast and pray, I have to call people, I have to do this, I have to do that. No, you know, don't get too over-spiritualized things. Don't get too overly spiritual. Just try to understand what the Holy Spirit is leading you and guiding you and telling you to. Okay. On page number 141, 142, 143 are, you know, Pastor has shared, you know, various examples in his life how God orchestrated situations and circumstances. I'm just going to share one because in one of these I am there. So I will just share that, you know, in, you know, in, I think in 2007 or 2008, when the owner of the Ryan International Group of Schools, Mr. Pinto called up Pastor and said, you know, since you are having your North Church at Ryan International School, why don't you come and teach scripture to our students? And the pastor was very excited. He said, yes, but he did not know who's going to do it. How is, you know, we're going to get this done. And just then, you know, I had applied to all people's church and I shared with you, right? A couple of weeks back, how, you know, this position was not put on the website and the APC website, but how God was just speaking to me and, you know, guiding me and telling me, you know, apply, apply. And when I went for the interview, you know, they had this position open and I took it over and how we started ministering in, in Ryan schools and also in the other schools here in Pangu city and it gave rise to APC school outreach ministry, which is called Catalyst. So you see how God orchestrated situations. You know, the owner called up Pastor and he said, why don't you have scripture classes? There was no one but how God, you know, orchestrated situations. He brought me there and we started Catalyst. Okay, so this is how God orchestrated situations in our life and what we need to do when we see close those, what we need to do when we see delays, how we need to stay and, you know, work on what God is working in and through us, be patient. And at the kairos moment, God would give birth to the things that He has planned and purpose for our lives. Okay, any questions anyone has in this chapter? Yes, you want to use the mic because then other students will also hear you. Is this okay? Yeah. We talked about like Cairo, Kronostime, how it happened in the life of Joseph and life of David. But if we see, is it also the same in the life of Samuel? Because Samuel from starting also, he used to hear the voice of God. Yes, in everybody's life, there will be the Kronost moments and there will be the Kairos moments. Yes, everybody's all of our lives. There'll be a time when God will tell us, He will plan us, prepare us depending on how yielded, submitted we are, how willing we are to listen, to correct ourselves, to journey along with God, to align our will to God's will, it takes that much more time in the Kronost moment before we see the Kairos time, the Kairos. Thank you. Anyone else has any questions? Yeah. No, you need to speak because the students need to hear that. How can we figure it out these two, not every closed door is a no and pushing open closed doors and standing through the delays? Good question. He's asking, how do we discern which door is closed by God and which door is actually what God wants us to step in, but is coming closed. So basically, when we see closed doors, we need to go and ask God, God, you know, facing this closed door here, what are you trying to tell me? See, and then if you have a peace in your heart to the inner witness of the Holy Spirit, the voice of the Holy Spirit to scripture, God can read you and tell you, this is not what there, you know, I want you to go or leading you somewhere else. He'll show you when you see peace in your heart, you know, this is the right door that He has closed. But if there is a restlessness in your sense that, you know, everything seemed fine in that, and then you're just pressing and say, God, is it because of some sin in my life or is it because something that I have done or is it something because Satan is doing or it's because of man show me God can reveal that to you. The Holy Spirit can reveal to you to the inner voice, the inner witness through scripture, and then you take the decision and lead you. Okay. But if God is constantly even into dreams and visions showing you that door, you know, maybe he can show you that door is closed, but it's open, then you know that you need to press it, you need to take. But if you've got to show you that door is closed, and it's something that you don't want to do, Son, you'll show you some way you'll show you that it's not something that he wants you to press in, because maybe you think, okay, that's the right thing, that's the right person for me, that's the right person, that's the right church, or that's the right place I need to go and God is shutting every door, then, you know, you can ask God and God will reveal that. Yes. He's a God who reveals every step of the way. Yes. Good question. Okay. So, Shivthakumar's question is, ma'am, during New Year meeting to know the promise of God for that your churches pick up cards with God's promises and commandments, is the right way to know? I don't think that's the right way to know, that is just basically to encourage you, you know, but that does not hold fast for every area of your life throughout the year. You know, what is the question that Shivthakumar was asking, you know, in some churches in the New Year's day, they send those promise cards, you pick it up, you pray, you close your eyes, you pick it up, it's such great holiness and you're so excited to read it. He's asking, is it the right way to know? So, yeah, we were answering Shivthakumar's question and in the overall picture and the framework of our lives, those promises and commands can help, but you know, in the specifics, we need to still ask God for His guidance and for His leading. Yes. Someone, there was, I think a question from Nina, John. Nina, you also had a question and there was one more question from someone else. Can you please post your question again? Is that okay with you all? Sorry for the inconvenience. Any more questions? Anyone hands? Some good questions. Yes, Lynn. Yes. From a book that I read, there was a guy, he's a missionary and if God told him something, he always asked for a confirmation like from someone to tell him that it was from God or someone to tell who did not know anything about him or something like that. He always sought for confirmation from people and as for here in Gideon, he also asked for confirmation through the fleece. So, what type of confirmation is coming out? Yeah, so good question. You know, sometimes God leads us through the primary ways. He guides us. Okay, so Rin's question is, in a book she read about a missionary who, you know, when God asked him to do something, he would constantly, you know, ask other people if, you know, that was what God wants him to do. So, she's connecting it with Gideon and the fleece. Now, you know, God leads us to three primary ways. His word, inner witness of the Holy Spirit, inner voice of the Holy Spirit. But he can also reveal things to us through the eight different other ways that we had studied. Okay, dreams and visions, the gifts of the Spirit that is through prophecy. But whatever we receive through, or, you know, through time, seasons, orchestrating of situations and events in our life. But whatever we receive to the other eight ways, you know, what we studied, you know, angels or even Godly counsel. So, what basically he's asking is not a fleece, like Gideon asks, he's asking Godly counsel. So, we can ask Godly people, we can ask them counsel, or we can also depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit through other people through prophecy. But we will always need to go back to see if it's aligning with God's word through the three primary ways, and asking for the Holy Spirit, the inner witness of the Holy Spirit, and also to the voice of the Holy Spirit. But what I think is, you know, we are such privileged people that we have the Holy Spirit in our lives, and we have the word of God, we really don't have to run from pillar to post, you know. We can just depend on God's word. If we believe God's word is the truth, and God speaks through his word, we will just hold fast. God comes through through his word. If we believe that the Holy Spirit is in our life, he's there to teach us and guide us and counsel us, we don't need anyone else. We just have these three great witnesses. Why do we need anything more? Why do we need four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 to confuse our minds when God has given us the best already? Right? Yes? Are you able to understand that? When God is already giving to us the best, why do we need other things? It's basically because we are not training ourselves to discern from God's word and through the inner witness of the Holy Spirit, and the voice that we have to run to XYZ. See? And God is not going to reveal sometimes, he says, I want you to learn. You learn how to listen to me, because I'm going to speak to you. I'm going to one who's revealing it to you. Just by revealing it to that person, I'll reveal it to you. You learn. So it's a good learning experience, and it delays the kairos moment, because God is saying, hey, before you reach that kairos moment, you know, I want you to learn to listen to me first. So listen. See? Good question. So Nina, John's question is, before the miracle at Cannes, Jesus said to his mother that it are not your thumb. When John 211 says, these are the beginning of science manifest as glory and the disciples believed in him. Yes. Are you just confirming what we are saying? Or are you opposing a question Nina asking? Okay, so I just said that, you know, yes, that was the beginning of science. Actually, John uses the word science, he uses the seven signs to point out that Jesus is the Messiah. So this is one of them, miracles. And he's pointing out that, you know, Jesus, through this miracle is the Messiah is manifesting his glory. But the question that Rin asked was, you know, when Jesus told his mother, my time has not yet come, and he goes ahead, and he does that miracle, then why does he do it? Even after says his time is not yet come. So I basically said that it's in the context of when Jesus says my time is not yet come, he's talking about the context of, you know, him dying on the cross for our sins is not basically talking about it's not the time for him to do any miracles or to start his ministry. Is that clear? Did that help Nina? Okay. Okay, any more questions? Good questions today. Thank you. Makes the class more interactive and lively. Any more questions? Just I'm thinking like, regarding that, when Jesus tells like, it's not my time is not as come. Can we also like, take it he's telling referring to his marriage with the bride. His marriage with the bride. His marriage to the bride? I mean to the church? Yeah. Yeah, that's also not the Kairos moment. It's not yet come. Yes. So like, that will happen only after he dies on the cross. Can we also consider like that? Like, because it's wedding, so maybe. No, in this specific context, when my time is not yet come, he's talking about my time has not yet come to, you know, to become the Messiah. He came as a Messiah to die for the sins of the whole world. So he's talking about in that context. There can be other time frames that God works in, but this is not that time frame. A good question. Any more questions? Okay, there's no more questions. We'll go to our last chapter. So you can tell your neighbor, we happy it's the last chapter. Okay, but this is not the last book. We have one more. We will have one more big book to go through. So you have to wait patiently. Okay, so this is the last lesson in this chapter. So in this, sorry, in this book, receiving God's guidance. So we'll just put all of them together. We were looking at how God guides us and leads us. But the what we need to do is God is willing to lead us and guide us every step of the way. What we need to do is on our part, we need to be humble, we need to be obedient, we need to align our will to God's will and we need to follow his instructions. Okay, we see that God just does not give us his plan and purpose for our lives and vanish from the scene. But Job chapter 33 verses 14 to 16, we are on page number 145 in your books. Job says, God may speak in one way or in the other. So God speaks not just through one way, he can speak in one way or through another way. He speaks in many different ways. And we looked at the many different ways God speaks to us. We looked at 11 different ways God speaks to us. He speaks to us through his word, the inner witness, the Holy Spirit, the voice of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, to dreams and visions, to prophecies, angels, Godly counsel, to a renewed mind, times and seasons, and to circumstances which he divinely orchestrates. Okay, but you know, the first three, that is the word of God, the inner witness, the Holy Spirit, the voice of the Holy Spirit are primary ways that God reveals and guides us. Okay, and the other eight ways are the other eight ways that I mentioned, but the other eight ways are also ways that God guides us, but we need to always go back to the primary way. If we receive something from a prophecy from somebody, we need to go back and see, you know, test it with God's word, if this is what God is telling us, if this is what God is poking to us. Okay, so how do you know? It's simple questions that you can ask, page number 146 and 147. There are two questions that you can ask. Okay, these are practical ways, how to test if this is what God is asking you to do. The first question you ask is, what I feel led to do, what I'm feeling led to do, is it aligned and in harmony with the word of God? Maybe you feel a leading somebody is telling you to do something, but is it in alignment with God's word? Now, if you don't find that specifically given in God's word, you can ask yourself, is it according to God's nature and the character of God? So that's the first thing that you can do. Then the second thing, you can ask the Holy Spirit to give you to an inner witness in your spirit and then also you can sense his peace. When you sense his peace, you know, know that it is an approval of from God. It's the right thing for you to do. Okay, second Corinthians chapter 13 verse 1 says, you know, by the mouth of two or three witnesses. Okay, so for every situation that we go through life, we have to have two or three witnesses. And it's just not written in God's word, God has also given us the primary, he's given us three witnesses, right, the word of God in the witness of the Holy Spirit, voice of the Holy Spirit. Okay, so he's already given us these three witnesses that can witness to us, whether it's God leading us, guiding us, whether it is his plan and purpose for our life. Okay, so when you receive it, you can thank God. You know, for example, if somebody says, you know, I receive a prophecy that God is telling you that you need to go to the US. You're very excited. You know, the next moment, you're getting your passport ready. If you don't have your passport, you're trying to find finances and you're ready to go. You know, but it's just a prophecy. You need to test it. You need to ask God. God, this person prophesied over me that I'll go to the US. So is this the right moment? Is this the right time? Do you want me to go? You know, you need to ask God and God will confirm it in the witness of the Holy Spirit in a voice or through his word. Okay. Okay. And then we'll move on. We are all learning. So we will all make mistakes. Okay, here the passage given is John chapter 10 where Jesus says, my sheep know my voice and they follow me, but they will not follow a stranger's voice because they don't know his voice. So sometimes we can make a mistake. You know, sometimes we can hear things. We can think it's the Holy Spirit telling us, but it can be Satan because sometimes Satan can also disguise himself like an angel of light. He can also disguise himself as a voice of God. Okay. Sometimes it can be our own voice from our own desires, our own heart that is speaking. It can also be the voices of the world. So, you know, we need to train ourselves to discern, to listen to God's voice because there's God's voice, there's Satan's voice, there's the world's voice. There is your own voice that is telling you to do things. So you need to come to a place where you need to know and discern. When you are tuned yourself to listen to the Holy Spirit, you will know when the Holy Spirit is speaking, when it's your own voice, when it's the voice of the world, or when it's Satan telling you. But sometimes we can make mistakes. You know what we can do when we learn mistakes? You know, we don't make excuses. We don't say we are perfect. Other people are wrong. Satan tempted us. Satan told us we don't blame others. We take the blame, we learn, we ask God for forgiveness, and we move on. And we know when we get back on course, God is able to help us move on. Okay. There's a very interesting passage in Isaiah chapter 30, which is given on page number 149, Isaiah chapter 30. It says that, you know, Isaiah is telling the people, hey, you people, you have not kept God's law. You have not even followed God. You don't even obey him. You don't even obey his prophets and his teachers. But in spite of you being rebellious and stubborn, this is what God is going to do. God is going to be your teacher. Look at the page number 149, Isaiah chapter 30, in verse 21, it says, your year shall hear a word behind you saying, this is the way walk in it, whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left. So what is God saying? Hey, you people, in spite of you rejecting me, not obeying my prophets, you know, rejecting my laws, not obeying it, but yet I am going to be your teacher. Even though you're stubborn and arrogant, God is saying, you will have a voice. You will hear a voice saying, this is the way go in it. This is not the way don't go in it. Isn't that wonderful? That shows how loving God we have. And in spite of us being rebellious and stubborn and arrogant, he's still willing to guide us and lead us. We can hear a voice saying, this is the way go in it. But what we need to do is we need to get back on course. In chapter two, we studied about David. We saw in how different situations, how David constantly inquired of the Lord. He worked in the wisdom of God. He made choices that honors God. But we also know that David made some wrong choices. But when he made those wrong choices, you know what he says, God, teach me your ways. Look at Psalm chapter 25, verses 14 and 15, top of page number 151. He says, God, show me your ways. Teach me your paths. Okay. So, you know, even in verse, in Psalm chapter 37, you know, the Psalmist is saying, you know, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord because he delights in his way. Did you know that God delights in the way that you're going? Did you know that God takes delight even in the way that you're walking, the paths that you're taking, your journey through life, he delights in it. And because he delights in it, he's going to order your, not road, he's not going to order your journey or your road, every step. See, look at God's word, you know, he's ordering your every step. Okay. So every journey in life, he's ordering your every step. And even as we go through this journey, just like David, we will make a lot of mistakes, but we need to learn how to resist temptation, how to crucify the flesh. We need to, you know, we can make wrong choices. We can make the wrong decisions. But even though we make all of those things, we don't cover up our sins. We don't make excuses. We don't blame others. We don't think we are always right, but we fix our eyes on God. And when we come back to God, when we align our will to God's will, when we ask him for forgiveness, God is greater than our mistakes. You know, he's bigger than our messes that we make. He will work out his plans and purposes for our lives. He will bring us back. He will realign our will to his will, you know, and, you know, he can restore all the years that have been wasted away, you know, and he's a great redeemer who can bring us back on track and who can fulfill his plan and purposes for our lives. Okay. But even as God, you know, leads us and guides us in our lives, there are times when we have to take risks like Abraham. You know, Abraham, God told him, go to this place which I am going to show you. It was a risk. Okay. He just stepped out by faith. So sometimes God asks us to take those risks. We just step out by faith. But there are times when, you know, we need to be very, very cautious. You know, we need to stop, wait. We need to ask God, God, you know, is this what you want me to go? This is a road you want me to take. This is the step you want me to take. And the beautiful thing is that, you know, as we journey in life, God makes our steps much more clearer and brighter. How do we know that? Proverbs chapter 4 verse 18, page number 153. Proverbs chapter 4 verse 18. It says, can somebody read that? Yeah. So, you know, as God leads you, your ways become brighter and much more clearer. Okay. So God guides us by showing us his light. Also, sometimes there are seasons when, you know, you don't hear anything from God. You're wondering, you know, you've been doing this for a long time. You're not hearing anything from God. You're not, nothing new is coming. Nothing different is coming. You're asking God, but you don't hear, which means those are seasons where God is saying, Hey, I just want you to be here. I want you to be faithful, sincere. I want you to be consistent. I want you to press on. I want you to manifest my glory where I have placed you. But when time is there to move out, God will show you, okay, what you need to do. And also, you know, when we are in seasons in life, God wants us to be good stewards. He wants us to be faithful. He expects us to be trustworthy, dependable. Someone he can count on. Somebody is interested to us. We need to be good stewards. Okay. And then just a few more things. Avoid being self driven and stubborn. Okay. While we are pursuing God's guidance for our life, there are times when, you know, we can, there are times when we can do things out of our own self. We can say, Okay, I know God's plan for my life. Okay, let me go. Start doing whatever I want. You can be motivated by yourself. Okay. But, you know, those times you will find delays that are happening in your life. Okay. So don't be focused on your own selfish interests. You know, you need to listen to God what he's telling you. Sometimes you might be motivated to do things out of your own flesh, but you need to stop and ask God what he wants you to do. Okay. When we are self driven, we are being stubborn. And, you know, we want to have our own way. We think we are right. We know everything. We are very spiritual. And all of those things, we're unwilling to learn from others. We're unwilling to receive from Godly people. We are not teachable. We don't receive counsel from others. And that time, you know, those attitudes is going to delay what God wants us to do. You'll delay the kairos moments. Okay. So don't do anything out of spiritual pride. I know I am great. You know, I'm superior. I know everything. This is what happened to Moses. Moses thought I've been trained as a prince. I know everything. I know how to lead a nation. I can do everything. He took things into his hand and what happened, he delayed things for another 40 years. Okay. And we know that it was because of his stubbornness. And stubbornness is a heart issue. Okay. That is what we read in Exodus, chapter 34, verse 9. You know, also we read in Deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 16, where it says, you know, God is saying, Moses is telling the people circumcise your poor skin of your heart so that you are not stiff necked so that you are not stubborn. He says, you know, in the verse 6, chapter 10 of Deuteronomy verse 16, in the easy to read version, it says, stop being stubborn, give your hearts to God. Okay. So we need to come to a place where we are yielded surrender to God, where we are giving him, you know, access to our will, giving him right over our desires, our dreams, our plans. When we do that, we will be in a better position to receive God's guidance for our lives. Okay. And just a few more things before we close, avoid being aimless. You know, God is giving you a plan and purpose. And, you know, you are willing to surrender and yield, but you don't do anything about it. You just sit back and you're wanting God to do everything. No. Now, God has given you the plan and purpose. You need to plan, you know, bring about strategies, you know, prepare for things. And you must see God's guidance and direction for your life, what he wants you to do next. But what he wants you to do is he wants you to work hard, plan, strategize, prepare for yourself. Okay. Proverbs chapter 16 verse three and nine on page number 156, can somebody read that please? Thank you. So we see here that God directs our steps. We need to depend on him every step of the way. Okay. Proverbs 21 verse five, somebody else can read says plans of the diligence surely will lead to plenty. Okay. But those of everyone who's hasty will surely lead to poverty. Okay. So even as God is guiding us to fulfill his plan and purpose for our lives, you know, we need to work out God's plan with diligence, with patience, with endurance. And we will see him lead us every step of the way. Okay. Just three more things avoid distractions. We know that distractions waste that time, takes away all our energy, what we are supposed to be doing. So don't waste your time. You know, even as you're waiting on God to bring you to the kairos moment, you know, we should be active. We should make decisions. You know, we just can't sit back and, you know, one God to move. Okay. An example given here is when Abraham tells his servant to go and find a bride for Isaac. What does he do? He doesn't just sit back and pray and say, God, show me a bride. But he goes, he takes a journey, he travels. But what does he pray? He says, God, please. What does he say? He says, you know, Lord, lead me as I was. He says, the Lord, let me as I was on my way. So even as he was going on his way, God orchestrated situations, planned things for him, led him and directed him. But what did he need to do? He had to go, he had to plan, he had to take the, take up this journey. He had to ask God, he had to wait upon God, and he was ready to obey God. And he acted on what God told him to do. And we see that, you know, God helped him to find a bride for his master's son. So even as God is asking us to do various things in life, we just don't sit back and not do anything, but we need to be active and we need to make our own, to make the right decisions as God leads us. And the last thing is, you know, don't look at your past, past failures, past mistakes, what you have done, you know, leave the past, you know, look ahead. That's why Paul says, you know, continue running my race, fixing my eyes on Jesus, the author, perfecter, and the finisher of my race. So continue running your race, fixing your eyes on Jesus, don't look at the back, there might have been failures, there might have been mistakes, you know, forget all of those things, forget all those disappointments, those hurts, don't keep them, don't hold them, because those are like baggages, you know, when you have a big baggage, you can't walk freely ahead. Let go of everything, just run your race, and you know, God has something great in the future for you, things that you have never even thought of, dreamt of, seen, heard of, are things that God has planned for you and He will guide you and lead you. Okay. So that is the last chapter in this book. We'll look at a quarter of honor in the, in our next class. Okay. Nina John says, before we finish class, could it be possible to know the answers for the fill in the blanks in the assessment? Okay, the fill in the blanks for the assessments, the answer is already given there. When you go and you finish each question, Nina, the answers are already given there in the assessment. I can't give you the answer because there are e-learning students who start their courses late, some of them have not arrived at this class, so they will also know the answer for the assessments. So I can't give you the answer for the assessments, but the answer for each and every question, whether it's fill in the blanks, multiple choice checkboxes are all given in the assessment. So once you finish your assessment, you can look at the answer. It's all available there. Okay. Okay, thank you for the joining class today. Sorry for all the inconvenience that happened, and have a good weekend. I'll see you next week. Thank you so much.