 Good morning everyone and welcome to class for all our in-person students and Welcome to Rohit and Karen and Surya and Samuel and Arilla. Thank you for joining class this morning Welcome Meena. Thank you for joining class Okay, our in-person students Still settling in so we'll just give them couple of minutes Okay Sean can you come and lead us in prayer, please you can come here. So our students our online students can also see you and Oh, you're so tall. Okay, you can stand somewhere at the back. Yeah Yeah, now we can see you. Yes. Can you please lead us in prayer? You'll be a little loud. So it will just get into the mic Any time that needs time and if it's concerning what we follow, I'm just trying to work and keep you aware of that And if you need time, I can take you to learn how to pray Amen. Okay, this is Sean and he's You can say hi Sean. Yeah, this is Sean and he is from Bangalore City He stays very close to our Bible College. Thank you Sean Okay, last week before we ended class one of our online students had a question is I don't think she has joined classes yet right One of them had asked a question regarding women covering their head So I don't think she has joined classes yet So Let me just check Okay, maybe we can answer the question later on because she's not yet joined. Okay, so we'll continue with Lesson We're following the book fulfilling God's purpose for your life and all of our online students The course content this book the PDF copy has been posted on the stream page in your Google Classroom and We are looking at Chapter 5 the price of the High calling. Okay, the price of the high call of God. We began this chapter Last week, okay, and You'll remember what we looked at last week Anyone the price of the high calling of God, what does it mean? Okay, we know that fulfilling God's purpose for our life is something very exciting. It's also the best You know the best thing that we can do in life The best way to live life is to fulfill God's purpose for our life It's also very something very exciting for us, but we also know that it's not going to be Yeah, it's not going to be that easy It's it's going to cost us something. Okay, and Jesus said in Luke chapter 14 was 27 If you do not carry your cross or you know bear your cross, which means if you do not carry your cross And follow me. You cannot be my Disciple yes, okay, so we can be God's disciples if you're not willing to carry our Cross so we know that the cross is a place of suffering Jesus suffered on the cross. We also know it's a it's Cross of separation so even as Jesus was separated from the father So, you know, even when we carry our cross, it's it's a place of suffering. It's a place of separation It's also a place of Cross is also a place of Residuction, okay, we looked at three s Sacrifice good, okay. Thank you. So it's a place of Suffering it's a place of separation and it's a place of sacrifice. Okay, so we'll just look at You know two sacrifices that we need to make they're talking about, you know Counting the paying the costs For our calling in Christ Jesus. Okay. There is Sacrifice that we have to make that two kinds of sacrifice one is daily sacrifice. Okay a daily sacrifice You know, we Jesus tells us we need to carry our cross Daily every day. Yes. Okay. So which means that daily we need to make Sacrifices so what are the sacrifices we need to make daily to follow Jesus? Yeah, your sleep time, you know, yes Sleep is something all of us love But you know just giving up your sleep to wake up early in the morning or to stay up late and pray Intercede to read God's word also, maybe now because all of you are students, you know Giving up your sleep time your leisure time your entertainment time just to you know study because you're being you're learning so many courses You know just utilizing this time. You're just saying God, you know, you've given me this opportunity I just want to leave everything aside, you know every entertainment all the fun I just want to concentrate on learning reading your word receiving Preparing myself so that I can be somebody who effectively handles your word even inside as you take me out to preach and to teach or whatever to do Whatever ministry. So good time where you can, you know Give up those daily sacrifices make those daily sacrifices just to study God's word just to get into the into the deeper into God's word to See the revelations to hear the revelations to receive to perceive to understand so that you can be used mightly by God What else would you have to make daily sacrifices? Your breakfast here you're fasting praying today. So you're giving up your breakfast. Okay. What else? You know when people around you are doing things that You know, you shouldn't be doing use you're willing to sacrifice for example, you know students in school Everybody's copying but you know a child of God is willing to sacrifice and say God I'm not going to copy even if I'm not I'm going to lose marks. I might even fail in the stairs of my past I'm not going to get full marks, but I'm not going to help my friend copy She's asking me this answer or I'm not going to copy from her or it can also be you know If you're work some of you are working, you know, and your boss tells you to write something that is wrong or wrong report or write the wrong You know numbers or you know give a false report or do something that's wrong and you're saying no, sorry I can't do that. It's not against my You know, it's not godly and it's not what God wants me to do You know, if everybody's making fun of somebody else, but you are not doing that, you know so You know if you're working in a corporate and you know, we know that they take us out for parties They take us out to Resorts for a day out and things of that and everybody is Drinking and you're sitting along with your friends, but instead of drinking beer, you know You're just drinking fresh lime soda or you're drinking coca-cola and they think that you know You're not the cool head kind of a person, but you're willing to make those Sacrifices and you know making those daily sacrifices is not Something that is big like giving up your job or moving from one place to another But these small small things are very very Important because these small things help you to fulfill God's plan and purpose for your life. Yes, Sean Yes, Sean is giving us an example from his own life You know, he's saying that he loves to ride bicycles goes for likes to go for races and marathon races And he says every time they have it it's on a Sunday and during it's during the church time But he you know, he wants to go for it, but he's willing to sacrifice that to be in church Yes, you know, so that is a sacrifice that you Also make Nina says taking up something you don't have to that don't have to benefit others Yes, okay, so sometimes, you know the sacrifices that we make are not Very big they are small But they are very very important for us to fulfill God's purpose for our life and these small things You know can have consequences. For example, you know, you do tell your boss. No, I'm not going to lie Is he going to be happy with you? No, you know, he might not give you the promotion. He might not talk to you He might just walk past your table. He liked like you don't even exist there And it'll hurt you but you'll have to pay the cost for that now suppose, you know student is not willing to Help their friend copy in the test She might even lose he or she might lose a friend But the child is saying no, I'm willing to give up my friend for you know doing what is right in God's sight. Okay What else, you know, you know, you are not gossiping about others and then so you know You can even lose your friends people will think that you're trying to act very godly and this and that But there is a cost that we need to pay first Corinthians chapter 15 Was 31 Paul says to look at your notes is there from 30 to 33 But Paul says I die daily Okay, so Paul is saying that daily he dies which means that you know daily He's being persecuted right people are waiting to kill him just like Jesus They were waiting to kill him the same here with Paul as well, you know, every time he was facing Persecutions he was there were people ready to harm him to kill him to take his life He was in danger day in and day out so every day his life was at risk Why because of the cause of Christ because he was preaching the gospel So, you know, and he's saying he's willing to Die, okay, and remember last week when we ended class with the Remember Jesus said unless the grain of wheat falls to ground and does not die. It's not bad fruit So what does death bring about? Fruitfulness. Yes, that brings about fruitfulness So if there is no food, you know fruitfulness in your life It means that you're not dying to the things of the flesh. You're not dying to the things of this world Okay, because when we die to the things of this world, we can see fruitfulness in any and every area of our Life, it also means that, you know, when we die to things, there's also resurrection that is Help me. We're getting ready for Resurrection remember I said this last week. Yes, you know, when the the seed it looks like so it looks dead It has no potential. It has no life in it But when you put that seed into the ground, what happens? It has the potential of life. It resurrects Okay, so when we die to the things of the world, it not only brings about fruitfulness, but is we are also getting ready for Resurrections, okay, so daily sacrifice Daily sacrifices could be things that separate us from unnecessary things Unnecessary things which we really don't need for example, you know You don't watch a movie just to attend a prayer meeting or you know Your family is going for a movie or your cousins are going for a movie your friends are going for a movie But you're saying no, I won't join you all because you know, you think you can go back home and you know Read the Bible or you can pray or join a prayer meeting or Or you know Another example is, you know, you can even give up a Saturday just to come for a weekend school You know Saturday is a time when you can get up late when you can you know finish all your Work you can go shopping and go window shopping you can go out and eat with your family But you're saying no, you know, it's a day when they're having fasting prayer at church I'll I'll choose to go there or it's a day when they're having a weekend school I'll go and learn so that I can edify myself spiritually, okay So these are some of the sacrifices that we makes all of you are making a sacrifice today all our fasting Okay, and you're seeing how is it going to help? But you know, these are like seeds that you know that you are sowing in into your account that God is going to really Bless, okay, so these daily sacrifices are small But they are important to help us to fulfill God's purpose for us Lives, okay. Let's look at what Paul says in 1st Corinthians chapter 9 versus 24 to 27 Here he's you know comparing the Christian life. He's comparing living the Christian lives To two kind of people. Can you tell me what it is? Can you just look at 1st Corinthians 9 24 to 27? An athlete. Thank you, Rin What else? Okay, if you look at you know the verses down below 1st Corinthians 9 he also talks about a soldier So he compares our Christian life living our Christian life to a athlete and to a soldier And we know that you know an athlete, you know gives up so much, you know, but any sports, you know Whether it's football cricket, they give up so much. They give up their family. They go for training They give up entertainment. They give it give up, you know Even eating rich food like ice cream and you know the junk food and everything just to discipline themselves just to train themselves For you know to win a prize to take part in a competition to win a prize or there the greatest goal might be Olympics But they want to win a medal and they are doing so much And Paul is saying to receive a perishable crown Okay, they're working so hard. They're disciplining their body. They're beating up their body. They are being temperate, you know Why because they are doing it to receive a perishable crown So how much more that you know, we need to discipline ourselves because we are receiving an Imperishable crown. That's something that lasts for Eternity, okay, and he says here everyone who competes You know is doing so to win a prize and they're trying to be temperate. What is the meaning of temperate self-controlled? You know, if you look at these gymnasts, we don't have many of them in our country You know, we thank god we have one or two of them budding gymnasts But you know in russia and in the us and other countries these gymnasts are only eight nine and ten years old You know and when the age of six seven they get into training, you know, they leave their hometown they go to the sports center You know, they're practicing their routines throughout the day They're not like, you know, other children who are they they're not even given ice creams just to you know To it's for self-control not just for self-control for their body to keep their body in good shape How much they practice how much they work out? They're not like other normal kids their age Which is watching and watching cartoon going out and playing and enjoying themselves going, you know, these are really focused on You know training themselves so that they can be gymnasts so that they can win A crown. Okay. So paul is saying Likewise like an athlete, you know when they have so much of self-control how much of self-control We need to exercise in every area of our life, you know in the way we speak Self-control in the things that we watch in the in our thinking the food that we eat Uh asleep, you know everything entertainment. We need to practice Self-control why because we are receiving a higher crown which is an imperishable crown And hence we need to live our life under Control we need to be temperate. We need to be self-controlled in everything. Okay, and then he talks also about a soldier Okay, a soldier, you know, who is he pleasing all the time the soldier Huh, who is a soldier pleasing the king or his commanding officer? Okay, he's always trying to please his commanding officer is always ready on the line of duty to take any Order and he can't argue all he has to say is Yes, sir You know all he needs to say is yes, sir He cannot argue. He just has to take the orders whether he likes it or not and also we see that soldiers They're very disciplined right not like civilians. We are all civilians We can get up at 10 11 12 in the morning and the afternoon, you know But soldiers they wake up at I think four or five and then you know, they have to start their exercises They have to do everything. They're on the strict discipline. So, you know Paul is saying the same way We also The living our christian lives. We need to be like the athlete and we need to be the soldier We need to please our commanding officer that is Jesus Christ We need to take orders from him and we also need to always be on the line of duty whether we like it or Not always available. Okay, and you know, we know soldiers also They're willing to give up their family everything just to go and be there To serve the country to serve the nation Romans chapter 12 versus one and two Paul says something very interesting there in verse one He says present your bodies as a dead sacrifice What does he say? as a Living sacrifice. Yes. He does not say present your bodies as a Dead sacrifice now we can make a choice. We can either present our bodies as a living sacrifice Or we can present our bodies as a dead sacrifice Okay, when we are not willing to sacrifice things in life give up things in life for the sake of You know living a holy life to pursue righteousness and holiness Then we are offering God a dead sacrifice. Okay, but God is asking us to present our bodies as a Living sacrifice when do we offer ourselves as a living sacrifice is when we remove every sin that hinders us everything that you know weighs us down that pulls us down You know giving up all of the pleasures just to pursue God's call for our life just to pursue holiness and righteousness and to please our commanding officer Okay, so we need to present our bodies the living sacrifice and we need to do this Daily, okay, so daily sacrifices that we need to make, you know, it's a life that is fully consecrated A life that is fully submitted a life that is fully obedient to the Lord. That's what it means When you make daily sacrifices your life is consecrated to God Consecrated means set apart holy. Okay. It's also a life that is fully committed a life that is obedient to God, okay, and then the second thing is life sacrifices. This does not happen daily Okay, it happens. It's you know strategic moments in our life at different times and different points in our life It's much far greater than Daily sacrifices that we make it The daily sacrifices are small, but they are important But we see that these life sacrifices happens at certain times at certain points in our life When God will ask us to take a big step Okay, let me give you two examples one of Abraham You know, was it when God called Abraham to leave his father's household and go to a place where he's asking him to go was it a daily sacrifice or a life sacrifice Life sacrifice which also involves daily sacrifice. Okay, so it was a life sacrifice. Now what if Abraham said, uh, you know, God you can just bless me here You know in my own lands in the whole in the same geographical area that I am Anyway, all you want is to have a big nation It does not matter whether I'm here or I'm there Okay, you can even bless me here right here because all my relatives are here My parents are here my uncles my brother their families. Everybody is here then And you're telling me to go to a land which I don't even know of how can it be? Okay, now we know that Abraham had no questions. He just packed up and he Left okay, he took on God's call on his life And then when he went to the place that God had appointed for him portion for him, he receives God's Blessing, okay So we see that when he obeyed God His credit to him as righteousness and we see you know because of that It was a great nation that came about and we see how God moves through in and through that nation another example Can you think of another example? The newest examples in the bible can you can you think of another example? About somebody who got asked to make a daily life sacrifice. Yes, Sean Elisha Okay Okay Good saying Elisha who was already, you know taking care of his family livestock, but He pursued Elijah and also wanted a double portion of the alointing Okay from Elijah King Saul or Saul who became okay Okay, oh you mean uh Saul who became Paul or king Okay, King Saul and Paul, okay Samuel, okay, what about Samuel? Okay, he gave his life to God. Okay Noah Yes, Noah's a good example. Yes. Noah's also a good example Uh, Joseph Joseph Okay, Joseph Yeah, we can think daily daily sacrifices. Okay, but I'm thinking about life sacrifice That was because of the injustice that happened to him, but he had a right attitude and God changed him Noah's a good example because you know, Noah God told him to do something and you know, we don't know how many are almost 100 or 120 years of flood came But people were mocking him. Where is the rain? You're building such a big uh arc. Yes Stephen Okay, okay Stephen and people are throwing stone to him. Uh, that is um That is he made a daily sacrifice in this one, but Did God ask him to do something that he left everything and it? Uh, but a good try. Thank you Moses. Yes. What about Moses? Yeah, you know, God had order. I mean orchestrated things that he was You know, taking care in the palace Okay, he could have been the next pharaoh even though when he came to know about his identity that he is not an egyptian Uh, yeah, even here, uh, jay chen has said that Uh has given the example of moses. Thank you jay chen and so, you know, um, we see that What does moses do once he knows his identity? He does not say, okay, I don't want to be the slave You know, I want to live in the palace. I won't identify with the egyptians. I'm going to be the next pharaoh But he was willing to Give up, right? He was willing to Uh, choose to be, you know, the reproaches Um of God's people then choose into the the the riches of egypt. Okay So, uh, we see that does that that's also a good example. Okay, so life sacrifices are a turning point In our lives, which means, you know, we have to make a decision and there is no turning back. Yes, Sean apostles Yes, the apostles the disciples, you know, they were Uh good. There was a call about fishermen. It was a total turn around. They just left their nets and they started following Jesus Is a good example. Thank you. Okay. So these decisions that You know, um that we make is a turning point life sacrifices a turning point in our life You know these decisions that we make, uh, you know, we cannot turn back And they change our life drastically. They have a huge impact on our lives to make a big change in our life Um And you know, it brings a turning point in our life. Prabhu says john the baptist Uh, okay being a forerunner for Jesus christ. Okay. So, you know, some of these, uh, thank you, Prabhu So some of these life sacrifices can be got asking us to move from one place to another It can also mean leaving your good job where you're already a doctor and engineer or a chef or you know You know principal or teacher whatever and going to be a missionary or you know, uh, a pastor or whatever, you know Fulfilling God's call and we know history has a lot of examples. Okay, you'll know Hudson Taylor The missionary Hudson Taylor where where does he go as a missionary to China and in those days, you know, for all of these people who are coming from american and european countries It was very difficult to come to asian countries. Why? Because asian countries were not well Developed there was a lot of sickness malaria and diseases and everything else But in spite of all these these people were willing to give up their lives their luxury They're comfortable living and go to these places where they're new there is It's very hostile means people are not going to be very friendly with them And there's a lot of sickness and there's a lot of disease. So we see Hudson Taylor going to China uh, william carry where did he come india okay, he came to Kolkata Okay, and um, it was very sad. I mean, you know, how he lost all his children because of malaria His wife became mad once his um, you know, he was so involved in Translating the bible. I think he's translated into so many languages You know, his printing press was burned down. Everything came down to ashes. But I tell you he's a man of Endurance, you know, he picks up everything and starts everything. Okay. That is the call of god on his life That's a life sacrifice. That is where you know, there is Changes their life drastically. There's no turning back. You know, David Livingston. Where did he go? Africa, you know, he could have he you know, he could have continued Practicing in his own country, but he gives up everything and goes to Africa. Okay, so we see that these people made life sacrifices. There are many more and You know, god honors them for it, but it's not going to be Easy Okay, it's going to be difficult. Now we look at a spirit led sacrifices versus Flesh fleshly sacrifices. Okay When we make a sacrifice to god, it has to be led by God sometimes we can foolishly make sacrifices thinking that we are doing it for god God is going to be pleased, you know, but you know, god is not asking for it Right god is not Asking for it and so when we make those fleshly when we make the sacrifices We're trying to please god and god is not asking us to do it. It's not going to bear any Fruit it's not going to bear any fruit in our life. It's not going to bear any fruit in anyone else's life Let me give you an example For example, now, you know, um one man says, you know, I gave up my job. I was earning You know, I was working the software company Uh, I gave up my job because I want to join uh into full-time ministry Okay, so we wow, you know gave up his big job and everything But if you really see what the person is doing, you know, um, the person was when he was working in this In the it company, maybe he was getting up at You know, six seven o'clock in the morning making uh working till late in the night You know and had no time for family and this and that but here, you know He's as a pastor He's waking up at 10 o'clock in the morning can get mostly because you know all prayer meetings start after that in the afternoon or evenings and You know, he has the whole day. So he's willing to take his children to school He is willing to you know, do some fixing some house thing works You know work at home taking care of things at home buying groceries. I don't think that's all wrong But what I'm saying here is, you know, uh, this man is um When he was in his full-time job, he was totally very very busy He had no time for family there for home or even things of God, but here he's saying I left my Job Sacrificing my job to join full-time ministry, but when you see what he's doing, you know There's hardly a few hours of ministry that he does in the day Or even spending time in the the Lord and so, you know, there is no sacrifice in it And then the person is thinking, you know, I'm not bearing any fruit You know, why is there no fruitfulness because there is no Sacrifice because we know that sacrifice results in Fruitfulness, okay So if you're not making one way to know whether you're making a fleshly sacrifice Or one way, you know, whether you're sacrificing according to the will and plan of God is to know See whether your life is bearing Fruit also an important thing to know if you're in the right place the right time is to know whether you're bearing fruit suppose, you know, uh, the same example of uh, William Rehan when he was got it called him to be a Uh healing minister he was bearing Fruit but when he got into something that he was not called into preaching and teaching Was he bearing fruit? No, so that was Fleshly sacrifice what he did as a minister of God and serving God was A spirit led sacrifice and when you see when he did the spirit led sacrifice There was fruit, but the fleshly Area, there was no fruit. So flesh cannot give birth to fruits, okay New things that are initiated by our own flesh will never bear fruits What the bible says what is born of the flesh is Flesh what is born of the spirit is Spirit and is the spirit who gives Life, okay, and the flesh does not profit anything. That's what paul writes and says. Yes another example Okay, good question. So he's saying that you know if He wants to attend all night prayer and he has a Class tomorrow and he knows if he attends the all night prayer, he will sleep during the Class so he's not going to benefit anyway by attending the class. So what what do you think what should he do? If he attends the whole night prayer and attends the thing is it the fleshly sacrifice or the spirit led sacrifice Yes, Sean Yeah, I think we need to have discernment and also ask the spirit of God because he leads us So for your example, maybe what I would do is if I have to attend the class I know that you know, I can be fresh till I can stay up till 12 o'clock So maybe I'll attend a prayer from 9 to 12 11 and then you know go back home and go to sleep at 12 and wake up at 6 or 7 and then attend class So I've kind of attended part of the All night prayer and I've also been able to Do justice to my classroom. So we need to actually God has given us Yes, we've given us our mental faculties our brain and we need to think and see what works best for our own bodies But here it's you know more talking about for example, you know God is calling you like for example, God was calling me to do children's ministry Okay, but I wanted to get into counseling Okay, so if I were counseling with drug addicts and alcoholics, but I was willing to give that up to say, okay God you want me to You know do children's ministry. I'm willing to do that What if I had pursued counseling drug addicts and alcoholics? Yeah, I would have ministered to them But I would not have been as fruitful as God would have used me Fruitfully in the in children's ministry the same way God is telling you to go to orisa or to go to You know, check this girl, you know and North India and and you're saying no God, you know, actually I want to stay in Bangalore. You know, I can be a pastor here because things are more comfortable things are more easy I can learn and all of that and God is saying no I want you to go as a missionary to check this girl or son and you're not willing to go Then that is, you know, you're staying back in Bangalore. You're being part of a church You know, and you're getting frustrated with things here. You're not no things are not moving You're not happy. It's basically, you know, you're not there the right time the right place And it's a flesh let sacrifice then a spirit let sacrifice Okay. Yeah, you understood. Okay. Yes, Anand Okay Okay So, um, you have an exam tomorrow and you won't Sorry Oh, you have an exam on sunday. Oh, yeah, I know there are many competitive exams that happen on a sunday It's not happening every day all through the year sundays when you're attending So you have to attend that competitive exam on a sunday. I think God understands he's not going to punish you You know, he's not going to punish you. Yeah, you can attend that the sun because it's just one exam that you have to write on a sunday Which is important for your future for your career and you have no control and say about the Uh exam and if you don't do it, you will not get into the course that you want to Yes But if you're if you're looking sorry, Sean if you're looking at joining a course like like some children go for football or tennis Or badminton on a sunday morning Then the parents should you know, then take a decision. No, I mean, you know, we can there are many other football coaching Happens during the week will put my child but not on a sunday morning. Yes, Sean No, I don't think for exams they will You know move things for our convenience See, they won't move things for our convenience, but I know of an athlete. I think in the olympics who did not run on the sunday Sorry Eric. Yes, he did not run on the sunday. He was willing to give it up. That's a big sacrifice But then he ran another race which he was which was not his uh, you know, um, what he was not. Yeah, his his um I'm not Trained it was not something that he was very good at, you know, uh, but he won in that So, you know, it again, it depends upon what the lord is telling you to do. Okay. Yeah Good discussion. Thank you anyone else Okay, so we need to um make our um You know sacrifices based on what the spirit is leading us and not on what our flesh is telling us not our own Will okay, sometimes we can do things we can have programs We can have do do things and we can say okay, we had a big Who said nobody came, you know only five or ten people accepted the lord Was it fleshly let's sacrifice or was the spirit that sacrifices a big question to Ask if it god initiated god is telling us then he will move mightily Okay, so paul says in first Corinthians chapter three versus 12 to 15 can somebody read that please First Corinthians chapter three versus 12 to 15 Thank you. So here we see that our works will be tested by Fire and you know, whatever stands we know it is spirit led Whatever is burnt comes to the ground does not last it is Fleshly sacrifice, okay, so whatever is the flesh will be burnt And whatever is split led will stand the test of fire Okay Now just a couple more points before we two more points before we end this Chapter the price that god wants you and me to pay will not be the same price That he's calling somebody else to pay now if somebody comes and gives testimony in your church saying the god asked me to leave my job and go into full-time ministry You know, we are so excited and happy that they did it. We also have a heart to serve god We also have a burden to serve god. It doesn't mean that I go and resign my job and Get into full-time ministry. Did god call me? Okay, if god has called me then yes, I leave my job and I don't do it because somebody else is doing it and get emotional and excited about it and do it Okay, god wants us to be in the workplace He wants us to be in in the business field because we want he wants us to impact people If everyone is going to be pastors, then who's going to be impacting people in the workplace? Okay, so it's don't do something because somebody else is doing because that person you're a you're a pastor of a church if some other pastor has, you know God has told him to fast and pray And you know, he's going to give him He's going to build a church in 50 days You know Another pastor can't say oh, you know, he built in 50 days. So I'm our church is also going to fast and pray And we are also going to do the same thing. No, you know, that's fleshly. Let's sacrifice Now this pastor is doing it because he was specifically told by god to Do this, okay? So we go on the leading of god and not what is our own will or what what other person is Doing pursue what god is calling you to do. So every church god has a mandate Okay, he wants some to get into missions some to be apostles, you know some Churches to be evangelists in their own city whatever is god is asking you to do And for your church you concentrate on that you don't look at other churches and say they're doing it We'll do it. Okay. So we need to do just what god is asking us to do. Okay, and we need to pray You know, um serving god comes with a price It's not going to be easy. It's not going to be exciting always. It's not going to be very happy You don't feel like you won't feel up and about every morning getting up to say, oh, I'm going to go serve god Sometimes you feel like oh, I'm so tired. Did I do the right thing? Did I take the right call of god in my life? I'm so exhausted so tired But you know irrespective of your feelings just continue fulfilling god's purpose for your life pay the price with Joy, okay with happiness Because you're paying a price. Uh, don't let others suffer along with You okay, you need to carry across you need to uh, you can't put it on somebody else's Shoulders god is asking you to give you a response pretty don't put it on somebody else. You need to carry it And the last thing is giving up and taking on Okay, giving up and taking on we look at an example from first Corinthians chapter nine Verse one, you know Paul is saying in in first Corinthians chapter nine verse one He says don't we have the right to take a believing wife what wife Believing wife, okay, so he's saying paul is saying don't I have the right to take a believing wife? But he says but I choose not to get Married okay, so paul is giving up something. What is he giving up? The right to get married. Why is he giving up the right to get married? Why is he giving up the right to get married? For the work of god, so he can be totally concentrated fully committed Engaged in the work of god. He has no family responsibilities. Okay, and then in verse six He he's asked another question. He says don't we have the right to refrain from working? Okay, don't we have the right to stop working? You know, you know paul he was running his own business Yes, and he was also a Apostle and a missionary Okay, he was having his own tent making business. So he was not dependent on the churches and the people That he was serving or he used to use his own money for travels for his own food Because he was having his own tent making business. Okay, and he says we are preaching the gospel So the bible says the those who preach the gospel have the right to live Of the gospel. So he says yes, I have the right Because I'm preaching and teaching the gospel. I have the right to live off the gospel That means all the churches that I'm preaching and teaching, you know, you have to give me A salary kind of thing and I have the right to live off that gospel But he's saying I'm willing to Give up that right I'm willing to refrain from that right. I'm willing to work and not be a burden to others So there are some things that we can give up And some things that we can Take on Okay, some things that we can give up some things that we can Take on and both of them are sacrifices Whether we give up something they take up something both are Sacrifices, but again, we need to do it split lead and not fleshly lead. Yes, Sean. Yes Yes, true, you know, many pastors they make use of their congregation To get things from them sometimes they preach sermons just to you know, please They're the son so that you know, they can get from them They kind of favor the rich people so that they can get benefits and it's very sad how pastors really have exploited People we have many numerous examples of pastors Exploiting people but here, you know, there is Like we have to give up some things and take on some things just to honor the gospel that we are preaching and teaching To honor god whom we are serving so that you know, people are not Hurt there are many people who are hurt deeply because of what the pastors have Have done and how they have treated and manipulated them and controlled Every area of their life. It's very sad. Yes. Okay, any questions? Any questions on this chapter? Yes, Rin they wasted that much years for what? In working Okay Okay, so Rin's question is there are some people who give up their jobs after many years and they get into ministry and they say that they Like wasted so many years in the corporate field or just working rather than doing ministry Well It's not a waste god was actually preparing them In in we we saw that right god takes us to a preparation process And at the right time at the right moment the kairos moment. We got a point at time. He brings us into Into ministry to do what he wants and you know, we got us a not a you know Works outside time and space so They can see those 30 years as a waste when they did not do ministry But you know, just like jesus three years. He did what he You know, he could have done in 30 years Okay, three years he completed the full and fulfilled the mission of god So, you know, god can use just three five years of their life to do everything that He want you he would have done with them the last 30 years of their life So it's god taking them to the preparation process so that you know, they are They are ready at the right time and you know, god is he does everything beautifully in his own time So no regrets about it Did I answer your question ring? No Okay, okay, we'll go for a break and we'll come back after the break. Thank you all