 Okay, the recording will start shortly. So I'll pray and then we will begin. Heavenly Father, we thank and praise you for adding another day into our lives, Lord. And Father, even as your word encourages us that we must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Father, we present ourselves, Lord, as willing people with open hearts for you to write your word on it, Lord. And Father, we thank you for the power of your word. We believe that your word will transform us, Lord, inside out. Father, we commit ourselves to you and Lord, we pray that this morning, as we meditate on the subject of prayer and intercession that Lord, you would speak to us, Father God and make everything real. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Okay, so hope you're all doing well. Everyone who's present here, doing fine. Week two, okay, that's good, that's good. And also the online students, I really hope that you're all keeping well and that you're learning something out of all these classes that you've been attending. So I'll quickly have a recap of what we were studying last week for the on-campus students. You probably have the notes with you. You already have it. Wonderful, great. So you can look into your notes, but in any case, for better clarity, I am also projecting the screen here. And for the online students, I have already posted the notes for you so you can download it and follow along, okay? So in the last class, we looked at the purpose of prayer and we understood that prayer is more than just bringing our wish list to God, which is what most people understand, prayer to be. It is about communicating with God and when we say communication, it is a two-way communication. You know, we speak to God, but also God speaks back to us. We also saw that our times of prayer, our times when God gives Himself to us and we are able to pour out our hearts unto the Lord. We saw that it is warfare. We saw there's so many different things about prayer that it's not just about bringing our needs and laying it before the throne of God and forgetting about it. Then we also looked at the purpose of prayer and we said that God Himself has given man authority when He created man and He deputed man to take charge of the world, okay? And man is supposed to steward everything that has been entrusted to him with that dominion and authority given by God. One of the ways in which we are able to release that authority and accomplish the purposes of God is through prayer and which is why prayer is important. So prayer is a way of enforcing the authority of God here on the earth. So that also we understood. And then we went on to look at what the self-sufficiency of God means and at the same time how God has chosen to depend on the prayers of men. So it's an arrangement where God wants us to co-labor together with Him. Though He can do things by Himself, He has chosen to do it along with us. So we saw that whole dynamics of God's self-sufficiency and His dependence on our prayers. And therefore, we concluded by saying that we need to pray. If we don't pray, then we miss the opportunity of having God come and intervene in our lives, in our circumstances. And I started off with chapter two where we want to understand the right foundation for prayer. But the initial part of this chapter enlists all of the wrong reasons why one goes to God in prayer and the way, one chooses to pray. And we said many things like, prayer is not a ritual, prayer is not an obligation or a religious duty. Prayer is not something that we just do on the outside, but it has to come from our hearts. We also said that prayer does not mean that we are able to convince God to do something which He does not want to do. And we also looked at the fact that, prayer without faith, where we just pray and assume that things will happen, things will take place. If they don't, then we will manage. So that kind of an attitude and a faithless way of praying does not really amount to much. We also looked at the fact that prayer is not to be used to prove one's spirituality. So we can try to prove our spirituality by the kind of language that we use in prayer or the tone in which we pray, or just in front of people. We are able to make ourselves look great spiritually, but that in itself is not the purpose of prayer and we shouldn't use prayer for that. So these are all some of the key things that we looked at. So just before I go into more about prayer and the right foundation, I just want to pause and ask all of you, do you still, are you clear on these things or do you have any questions? If there are, we can discuss that and then go forward. So the students who are here, as well as the online students, please do let me know if I can proceed. And online students, I hope you can hear me very well because last time there was some challenge with the sound. Everything okay? Everything good? All right, yes, great to know that. Yes, thank you so much. All right, let's move forward. So we're talking about the foundation for prayer. Now here are seven important keys on which we must lay the foundation for prayer. So the right kind of prayer is, will stand on these seven things. So that's what we are beginning with the foundation for prayer. We should have a strong foundation. We just understood that prayer is not, you know, some sort of a superficial activity which is part of our religious duty, but it has to come from the depths of our heart. And we also saw how prayer is really designed by God. So what is the right foundation for prayer? There are seven things that we will go over. Hopefully in the first session, I will try and touch on three or four of these and then, you know, the remaining in the second session today. So the nature of God is the first and most important foundation, you know, that we need to understand. Secondly, intimacy with God is the second one. The third is the redemptive heart of God. Fourth, the promises of God. Fifth, partnering with the Holy Spirit. Sixth, our position in Christ. Seventh, a life of surrender. So we're going to go over all these seven and ensure that we understand these and build our prayer life on these seven keys. So the first one here is to understand the nature of God. So the nature of God refers to who God is or in other words, who he really is. And what he does, for example, in school, if you have been, obviously, you've all been in school and you might recall that, you know, even as you were interacting, let's say, with your teachers and you would understand that, okay, one particular teacher, it's easier to approach. You know, another teacher may be not so easy to approach. So you understand their nature and you would probably really think of the right time to approach the teacher who, you know, may not respond favorably to you. So depending on people's nature, their behavior, you know, we interact with them. So for us, especially when we come to God, we have to understand the nature of God. You know, who God is, what he is made up of and how he would react in any given situation or what would be his thoughts about a given person or a circumstance. So when I understand the nature of God, my prayer life becomes very effective, okay? And I will tell you more about it soon. So I need to understand the nature of God. In other words, you know, we use this term for us. We say self-image. We should have the right self-image where I see myself for who I am. You know, if you look at God's word, you know that God's word says, I am redeemed, I am forgiven, I'm blessed, I'm victorious, I'm healed. And you know, all these descriptions of me which make me who I really am in Christ Jesus in the same way, what is God's nature? You know, who is God? I need that understanding to be able to pray correctly or pray effectively. How am I going to understand the nature of God? Just a quick question to all of us. What will help us know the nature of God? Any answers to that? Okay, his word, that's one of the answers. What else do you think will help us understand the nature of God? The online students, please do type in the chat. Okay, someone says, reading the word. Okay, same answer. Any other answers? The correct answer, you don't have to look very scared. Okay, love. One more, answer there is love. Another is his presence. All right, okay. So when we walk with him, we begin to realize that this is what he's made up of. Love and spending time with God, relating with God, being in his presence will also enable us to know the nature of God. So that's good. So our primary source of knowing God would obviously be his word. And we know that even in our time spent with the Lord, or you would want to call it like a walk with the Lord, we will not experience anything which is not revealed in God's word about God's nature. Or in other words, okay, maybe there can be, there are so many things about God that we may never, we may even miss out noting some of them in scripture. However, here's the point, the word will not contradict. Okay, what the real nature of God is, that we can be assured that definitely the word will not tell us something which is untrue about the nature of God. So I need to establish in my mind a clear image of who God is, what his nature is based on his word. And this will enable me to pray in the right manner. Then, you know, I said that the word will reveal who God is. And in the word of God, you know, we also see that there are different names of God, covenant names of God which have been given to us. What are some of those covenant names? Jehovah, Rafa, Jaira, Shalom, Adonai, okay, Ebenezer, okay, all right. So the Jehovah names are the covenant names which have been given to us. So even with those names, we are able to understand. So when I ask a question, you know, does God heal? You know that scripture says that God has revealed himself as what? Jehovah, Rafa, okay. So Jehovah, Rafa simply means his nature is a healing nature, always. So if today I want to, you know, understand who God is, he still is a healer. He has not changed because we are living in the 21st century. His nature doesn't change and he's already revealed it with his covenant names in the word of God. He is Jehovah, Shalom. He only gives us peace. He does not give us, you know, confusion and anxiety and worry. All that doesn't come from God. Jesus is the glimpse of peace. So you see, with what scripture has to say and the covenant names of God, we can paint a picture or an image of God for us and that image is what will help us pray, you know, unto God in the right manner. So we have our friends here online who also given us their inputs. So people have written El Shaddai, Jehovah Nisi, okay, Emmanuel, all right. So these are all some of the other titles that we see of God in the word. All right, so now all of these things help us go before God with the right kind of prayers. Okay, now I'll just give you an example. The example is, when I, let's say I'm sick, okay, I would never pray that, you know, God make it worse, you know, or God, you know, let me never recover. What do you think? Is that a good prayer to pray? How many of you vote for, you know, this is a good prayer? Can I see your hands raised? Maybe people on the chat can just say, yes or something. It's a good prayer. Oh, all of us seem to agree that we don't pray prayers like that simply because we understand that our God is a healer and one of the other ways in which the nature of God has been revealed to us, the best way is what? Word yes and word does not contradict the nature of God. What else has confirmed the nature of God to us? Jesus, very good, yes, Jesus. So we see in the book of Hebrews that Jesus is the express image of God. In other words, if I want to understand what Father God is thinking or what Father God would do in a certain situation, you know, what would Father God do when he meets with an adulterous woman? What would Father God do if a leper comes and asks him to heal him? What would Father God do if he sees two demon possessed men? Right? You look at the life of Jesus. What did Jesus do? Because Jesus came to reveal the Father, isn't it? That's what he told us. I came to reveal the Father. So by looking at the life of Jesus, by studying the life of Jesus, I have a good idea about the nature of God. Okay? So when I understand the nature of God, the way I pray will be aligned to the nature of God. I'll never pray prayers like God. No, give me more worry, give me more anxiety, you know, make everything more difficult. No, we don't pray such prayers because we see that the Lord Jesus, he, you know, went about preaching, teaching, healing, delivering those who are oppressed by the devil. So he was doing all these good works and setting people free. So how is it that we can expect this God of the Bible and this God who is revealed through the life of Jesus to do, you know, the opposite of what we have seen revealed. So when I pray with an understanding of who God is, what his nature is, I will be praying in line with what God wants me to pray. Okay? So we have to understand the nature of God and that will give us a very good and a strong foundation for prayer. Now, let me also just touch on this. When we talk about the nature of God, sometimes if we limit, you know, our understanding to our own thinking, we will not be able to pray prayers to the full extent that God wants. The example would be if I see a circumstance, let's say there is a financial difficulty in my family. Okay? I could simply pray that, okay, God, you know, everything is over. I'm going to stop right here. I'm not going to be able to do anything. I give up on my dreams. I give up on my future. I don't have a future. You know, this would be the kind of communication that I have with God. But if I understand the nature of God, what does the Bible say? With God, nothing shall be impossible. Okay? So then I begin to recognize that, you know, with God, there are many possibilities. So my prayer life will change because I've understood who this God is that I am praying to. Otherwise, I will limit myself and I will also limit God in the prayers that I pray. You know, sometimes when we hear that, you know, somebody is very sick or the situation is really tough. You remember the time when Jairus, he came for his daughter's healing and he was seeking after Jesus. What did the people tell him? Forget it. No, your daughter is already dead. Just go home, Jairus. Because Jesus can't do anything. But what is the nature of our God? He does the impossible. Right? So Jesus just, you know, shoved them all off and went and did what God can do. And so when I recognize these things, you know, my prayer life will begin to really thrive because I know who God is, the God that I'm praying to, that he's the God of the impossibilities. Okay? There are many such examples I could give you. You know, would anybody here, when we begin something, we all say, you know, dear heavenly Father, bless us as we study today. Anybody here seen someone pray a prayer before robbing a bank and say, I'm going to rob a bank, you know, God, please bless this effort of mine. What do you think? Is that an effective prayer or an ineffective prayer? Ineffective prayer. Why? Exactly. It is not in line with the nature of God. God is righteous. So how is it that somebody can ask for God's blessing when they're doing something illegal or unrighteous? Doesn't work. Okay? So things like that, when we plan to do something evil or you know, if we are caught up in some sinful habit and we say, okay, God, you know, let it be, let it be in my life. It's fine. I will live with it. Do you think that kind of a prayer is okay? No, because we serve a holy God. Right? So we cannot pray prayers which are misaligned to the nature of God. Or, you know, how about a prayer like, God, I know that person, such an evil person, you know, you put some curse on his life, you know, you put some disease upon this. I've heard people say things like that. I prayed that they will be, you know, hurt or they will, some destruction will come on them and it happened. You know, people say, saying things like that. But would that be a right prayer? Would Jesus do that? Has Jesus ever done that? Never. Never. So here's the point. We have to understand the nature of God and pray prayers in line with the nature of God. That's when, you know, we are building our prayer life on the right foundation. Okay? So always remember that when I'm praying something, when I'm saying something, what does the Bible say about who God is? Okay, then pray accordingly and you will see that your prayers will be very fruitful. Now, let's come to the second point here. And even while I am talking on this subject, if you feel, no, I have a question. Feel free. You can just, you know, stop me, raise your hand. Those who are here in class and I'm constantly looking at the chat section for the online students. So please feel free. You can always ask your questions. Moving right along, intimacy with God is the second point. So as we explained the meaning of prayer, the purpose of prayer, but just going back to that will help us look at prayer in the right way. Prayer is intimacy with God. How did Jesus teach us to pray? The Lord's Prayer. Anyone starting the beginning of that? Our Father. And for the people of Jesus' times, it was amazing to hear something like that because for them Jehovah God was great, almighty. He was this, you know, impersonal and yet, you know, great figure. So for a man like Jesus to call this great God as Father in itself was like a blasphemy and they blamed him for that. They said, they told him, you know, this man calls God his Father. What is this? But we need to understand that the kind of prayer that Jesus prayed and the example of Jesus' prayer life to us is that of relationship. Jesus reached out to the Father with a relationship and even today, you know, sometimes when we pray, we say things like Master God, Almighty God, nothing wrong with it as long as we understand that we have a relationship with God. Otherwise, what happens is, it's like you go to a government office and you submit an application. You have nothing to do with the people there. You just want your needs met. So we could look at the Bible and we could look at, you know, all the patterns in the Bible in the lives of Godly people. We can follow those patterns but have nothing to do with God personally. But that will be a very unfortunate way of looking at prayer where we know everything about prayer, but it does not help us build a relationship with God. So intimacy with God is another reason why I want to pray. Now, just think about this. What if you set time aside and you begin to pray about something? Okay, let's say 10 days and for whatever reason, you know, you did not get an answer to that prayer. Suppose was it effective or not? Those 10 days of setting aside, let's say half an hour every day, you set aside to spend time in prayer, but you didn't get the exact thing that you were asking for. So was your prayer effective or not effective? What do you think? Effective? Okay, there's someone saying effective, someone on the chat also saying effective, but if you say something effective or not effective, you have to explain why. So why do you say it's effective? Okay, great, great, good answer. So we have an explanation here which says that maybe at that point in time, God did not give us what we were asking for, but it can happen at another timing which God has in mind. Okay, accepted. The answers here is it is effective, but not the right time to get the answer. Okay, seems like both online, in person, all of you are in sync. Then someone here says God will answer at the right time. Yes, effective because my relationship was strengthened with him. It is effective. However, God's timing is perfect. Okay, thank you. Thank you everyone for thinking along with me about this particular matter. You see, it is about the answer to my prayer. Okay, what I'm trying to tell us is the way we understand prayer is only asking and receiving. There is more to prayer. So in this case, 10 days, I spent half an hour, half an hour, half an hour in God's presence. I did not get what I thought God should give me. But what has happened in the process? I have gotten to know God and his presence better. Yes or no? Yes, that's right. And someone here in the chat also mentioned the same thing that we were able to spend time in God's presence. How do you build relationships? I mentioned this in the last class. How do you build relationships? Spend time, talk to your friends or talk to your family members. We all take time, isn't it? To nurture those relationships which are important to us. So how can we expect our relationship with God to shine and thrive and all that without spending time with him? Now, we can know all about God. We can also know the principles in his word. We can apply the principles. Nothing wrong. Are we relating with God in doing those things? We are, but one of the best ways that God has given us to relate with him is through prayer. So when I'm spending time with God, it's more about relationship. Our Father, no wonder Jesus said that our Father, I'm relating with my Father. I'm getting to know my Father and I want my Father to know me. So those times of prayer are not just to get something from God. So we need to understand that and the Bible talks a lot about fellowship that our fellowship is with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We are all having times of fellowship with one another and that way we are building our friendship. But we must recognize that God wants us to have fellowship with him. So being in his presence is also building my relationship with him, strengthening my relationship with him. And when you spend a lot of time in somebody's presence, let's say a teacher or a lecturer, professor in your college, maybe they are the best in that subject and you are their chief, one of those chief students whom they're overseeing. After a period of time, you could say that some of the key things that you talk about may probably be what that professor talks about or that lecturer talks about because it just rubs off on you. And in the same way, when you spend time in God's presence with fellowship with him in the secret place, we can say that our heart is starting to change. So I'm putting it that way. Our heart begins to change. Maybe I came in as a different person, but I'm going out as another person. So God's presence will saturate us, his thoughts will saturate us. So his spirit and the work of his spirit will begin to saturate us. So that is why that time of prayer is so precious in God's sight. And in our notes here, we have an excerpt from an intercessor called Rhys Havel and Norman Grubb. He records something about the prayer time of Rhys Havel and I will summarize it for us. Basically, he says that when he used to go into prayer, he would spend time in the presence of God. And it was his experience that when he knew God was going to answer that prayer, he somehow knew it. After spending some time in prayer, it was as if the Holy Spirit would put it on his heart and tell him, hey, it's done or I want you to do this. So it was God's communication coming in such a strong and a clear way to Rhys Havel in that place of prayer, in that place of, you know, fellowshiping with God. So we must make this a priority. Every day, we will come to this later when we study about the life of Jesus. But then, you know, you need to recognize that I need to spend time with God. I need to build my relationship with God. Yes, reading God's Word is one of the main ways, one of the best ways but also spending time in prayer to be able to talk to God and hear from God. So there are several scriptures here in our notes that talk about this fellowship or what is fellowship? Would somebody like to define that? It will make it easier to understand the interaction that we want with God. What is fellowship? In simple words, okay, companion, okay, spend time and communicate and hear from Him too. So two way, right? Yeah, that's right. Companionship, gathering, friendship. These are all words that help us understand fellowship, trying to build a relationship with God. So we are not just called for fellowship with one another but we are also called for fellowship with the Godhead which is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now, let's consider the life of Jesus. What kind of fellowship did He have with the Father? It's very beautiful. We will come back to this and spend more time on this later on but you would notice that He said, my food is what? To do the will of my Father and He would do what He saw the Father do. He would wait for the Father to tell Him. So He would hear from the Father and then do the works of God, the miracles and all of that. If you see the kind of time Jesus was spending with the Father, you'll see that whole night He was praying, okay. There are instances where He would wake up early in the morning while it is still dark and go out to a solitary place so that there is no disturbance. Why? Because He wants to spend time with the Father, speak to the Father and the Father speaks back to Him, okay. So this is the kind of fellowship that Jesus had with the Heavenly Father. Whatever we do, our best example is always the Lord Jesus, isn't it? So even when it comes to prayer, when you see the life of Jesus, Jesus spent a lot of time with the Father and from that place came the works that He did and so that is our example. I need to fellowship with God. So when we say fellowship with God, we could say fellowship with the Father, fellowship with the Son. Another way of fellowshiping with the Son is what? He's the Word, isn't it? So we read the Word and in 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians 13, 14, we are encouraged to fellowship with the Holy Spirit. So can we fellowship with the Holy Spirit all the time? Is it possible? Yes or no? Yes, it's very much possible. If you look at the Old Testament, people do not have that privilege because in order for us to fellowship with God, we need to go into the Holy of Holies and only the priests were allowed to do that. But think about it, today you and I, any given moment, we can talk to the Holy Spirit. Where does He live? He lives inside us so we can have communion, interaction, companionship, friendship, partnership, whatever you want to call it with the Holy Spirit right here and right now. And so when we talk about prayer life, we have to build our relationship with God. So we have answers here on the chat as well, which tell us that we are the Holy Ghost, temple and He is on the inside of us. That's very correct. So we are called to fellowship with God. So all of this helps us know that prayer is to do what? To strengthen my relationship with God. So don't look at it as an activity that has to be completed. It's not a religious activity to be completed. It will help me strengthen my relationship with God. We have seen the very example of the Lord Jesus of walking with the Father and so we need to develop this kind of relationship. So one we said is spend time in prayer because there you can interact. You can speak to God. God can speak back to you and also personal worship. What did Jesus say? He said that He God seeks those who worship Him in spirit and in truth. So when we are spending time with God, we are able to develop that relationship with Him and in any good relationship, one more very important thing which is required is transparency and we see the way the psalmist related with God. He never came to God saying, oh, I'm so great. I'm so mighty. I have everything under control. There are times when He's very vulnerable before God where He says, God, search my heart, know my anxieties. If there's anything wrong in me then just guide me in the right path as Psalm 139 verses 23 and 24 remind us and even in Psalm 51 verse 6 after David had sin, he comes back to God and he says, God, I want to be honest with you. Honesty is so important in our relationship with God when we come with all those other things that we saw last week. Remember we talked about laying the axe to the root of pride, self, lust, jealousy. So when we come to God with these works of the flesh, our prayer, you know, it's like there is a barrier between God and us. God wants to reach out to us but something is hindering in between. However, when this is dealt with, we have come in transparently before God. So if there is something which we have to deal with or ask forgiveness for, repent of, sometimes it could be a heart of unbelief. When you come to God, we feel disappointed, discouraged, but we can come honestly before the Lord and say, God, this is what, you know, I have in my heart to please help me to overcome these things. So when we come honestly, then that relationship which we have with God will go one step forward because God will be in a position to do something in our lives. So honesty, transparency is very, very important. Then when we pray in order for us to build our relationship with the Lord strong, we have to also listen to Him. Has anyone had this experience or maybe you have done it as a child, you know, go to a house, ring the bell, run away? Yes, sometimes kids do that. They come to the house, they ring the bell, you open the door, nobody is there. But we do this in prayer many times. We start our prayer, Heavenly Father, I want to say something, I mean, bye, I'm going, you know, I don't have time, I have to catch the bus, I have to do this, we run away. But God wants to speak to us, we are not available anymore. Right? So we need to take time to wait in His presence because while we have poured out our hearts, we have to also listen to what God is saying. And when God speaks, you know, that refreshing comes, that revival comes, that strength comes, sometimes new ideas. We have totally, we feel like, oh, I'm at the end of the road. But you spend time in prayer, suddenly what happens? New ideas, you know, amazing creativity, it just begins to flow. How did you get that? I spoke to God, but I waited in His presence and He released all of this into my life. So spend time, wait for Him, wait for His Word, listen to Him. And this is the way of developing and building our relationship with God. And it's when we strengthen our relationship with Him that, you know, we will overflow with what comes through intimacy. Well, what is that? We will have the mind of God. So we will be able to recognize what God, you know, sometimes believers ask young believers, they ask this question, how do you know, how do you know that God said that? You know, how do you know that this is the promise that God has given you? When you start to spend time with God, you know, I'm not negating the power of the Word or the authority of the Word or anything, we go by that always. But the more you work with God, you become attuned to His voice. Okay, then it is a little bit I could say easier to pick up a little faster for us to know what God is doing and what God is saying. So we can begin to feel the heart of God. We can begin to understand the mind of God when we are spending time in prayer with Him and our intimacy with the Lord has grown. We can have God encounters as your notes says here, we can see the manifestation of God's work and also see fruitfulness in our life. So I'll quickly touch upon some of the barriers to intimacy with God. What do you think? What can be the barriers to fellowshipping with God and developing a deep relationship? Okay, right, let's see last, okay, the works of the flesh, that's true. Anything else that hinders us personally? Oh, you can talk from your personal experience. Love for the world, that's true. Jesus said that when you love the world and you can't love God, right? Then your intimacy with the Lord is hindered. Somebody here on the chat says busy schedule, busy schedule, sin. These are all hindrances to intimacy with God. That's so true. Okay, what else? Anything else? Being worldly, money, what else? Disobedience, yes, disobedience, sin, all this becomes a hindrance in our intimacy with the Lord and that's true. You know, we have these barriers that can affect a good prayer life. So sin is the first thing. Second is a mind which is sin conscious. We're constantly thinking that, you know, God will not accept me, God will reject me. You know, things like this, when we don't know who we are in Christ Jesus, even that will hinder us from coming closer to God because our mind which is filled with sin consciousness and guilt will keep us away. We'll always have some cover up before God but we need to pray and ask God, God break it so that I can recognize that I am a child who is forgiven and dearly loved by you. So when I have that kind of revelation of the Father, I can truly enjoy my time in prayer. Second is lack of discipline. Now as I told you, one day we pray, one day we don't pray, one day we pray for a little bit of time or something as and when, you know, when I feel like, when I feel led by God, people say all those things but, you know, discipline is helpful. When we have discipline, we can set aside times and ensure that we are consistently spending time with the Lord. But a lack of discipline will hinder that. So a lack of discipline would also do that. Business, as some of you pointed out, we get so busy with all the activities morning to evening you say, God, I'm tired. God is like, I'm taking care of the whole world. I'm not tired, you know, and you are already tired. So busyness, we just get caught up with everything that we have to do but we, so one of the best things we can do is pray in the morning. Okay, we'll discuss all this later. Maybe there are some people who are not morning people but then sometimes it really helps because then you spend that best time with God and then you go, you know, do other other stuff. So busyness can catch us, incorrect heart condition. We've discussed different things. We have unforgiveness. Unforgiveness is a huge hindrance. Even Jesus talked about it in the Lord's prayer. So unforgiveness can hinder us and a spirit of heaviness. Sometimes when we carry emotional issues and burdens, we end up thinking that God doesn't care or, you know, there are all these things that are unresolved between you and God that even if we spend time in prayer, we're not able to fully engage, fully receive. So we can't seek healing of our souls before we come in prayer. Okay. So what I'll do is I, we will go ahead and take a break. I noticed that it's already 9.50. So 10 minute break. We will restart at 10.01 and online students, please don't cut the call. Just go on mute and turn off your cameras. We'll come back and restart at 10.01. See you soon. Thank you.