 Right. Morning everyone. Welcome to the session. Let's begin this time with the word of prayer. We always do. After the prayer, we will continue from where we stopped. So, I'll leave it open. Anyone can please leave the prayer. Jai heavenly father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. Thank you for this day. Thank you for the class we are about to have. So, we pray that whatever we learn through this class today, we will put it into practice so that we can be a blessing to our God. Help us go around and look into the deep truths in the Bible, the past, the pieces as we blessed our past here and God. I pray that we will be blessed in the first session so that nothing will be distraught. But whatever we do, we will be done for your glory. Jesus, let your name be glorified. We love you and you honor you. Amen. Amen. Thank you. So, last week we started off with a career growth. And we looked at, you know, even as we are in the corporate sector or in ministry, career growth is something that we all desire. And we looked at how we can enjoy the rewards of our work. Promotion comes from the Lord. Excellence will be rewarded and we need the wisdom of God because wisdom opens the right doors for us. And even as we work wherever we are, be sincere in what we do, be gracious in our speech, in our actions. And even as we speak growth in our lives, especially, you know, in corporate or in ministry, we're seeing the Lord is just raising us up, we're getting promotions. Remember, the stakes are higher, the higher up you go, right? So, it's not like the higher we go, the easier it's going to get, right? With greater responsibilities comes greater effectiveness. We need to be effective, productive and everything that we do. So, we stopped here. Now, let's go to the next point. We have a few more points to complete this chapter. And then we'll go to chapter 19, work-life balance. But let's complete these three points. Be patient as you transition to unemployment. Now, there will be times we will be stepping from one company or one organization to another, right? During those times, especially people who have been working all your life, you know, we can't stay at home, we just need to do something. And it's also a difficult season because transition is not always easy. But be patient through those seasons of transition, that season of unemployment, continue to look to God and God will ask God to give you the wisdom to choose the right doors because at times, either there will be no doors opening or there may be multiple doors opening. And so, for both, we need the wisdom of God. Well, there's no doors opening. Okay, God, I'm going to trust you, trust in your word, trust in what you have promised and continue to apply, do what you have to do. But on the flip side, you may have three or four openings or which is the right door that I must step into. So be patient during this transition. Continue to do the things that you want to do, right? Especially during these times of unemployment, it's easy to have a lot of emotional distress, negative emotions, depression, anxiety, despair. All these kind of things may come in, right? But our responsibility is to wait on the Lord. Now, when we say wait on the Lord does not mean be idle. We talked about this before. When we say wait on the Lord, it means continue to do the things in the natural, right? Apply for jobs, you apply for roles that you feel you can be good at or maybe even upskill in what you're doing. Waiting does not mean inactivity, but at the right time, it's God preparing you to get into this place that He wants you to be. Psalm 37, 23 to 25 says, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and He delights in His ways. Though He fall, He shall not be utterly cast down. For the Lord appalls Him with His hand. I have been young and now I'm old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor His descendants begging for bread. And I really love this verse. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and He delights in His way. Now, we're not gender specific here. When we say man, it is both man and woman. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and when God orders our steps, He will delight in His ways. So, what if God is saying during this transition, what if there are no doors opening? Delight in His ways because know that He's preparing you for something. He's preparing you for maybe the right door to open. Now, we must also remember that sometimes we make mistakes and we step out of that, probably a job or whatever we are doing. We step out because of anything, whatever may have come our way. But remember, God can restore us back. God is the God of restoration. He's able and willing to realign us during the season of employment. Maybe we have gone away. He's willing to restore us back. And I've heard this from many people and this has happened where people have lost their jobs. They've been working in the corporate sector. They've been in this corporate sector for working hard one day to Friday. All of a sudden, they've lost their jobs and it was a very painful, very difficult season because they've got commitments. They've got family. There are needs that have to be met. But during the time of transition, the Lord has spoken to them saying, these are testimonies that people have shared with me. The Lord has spoken to them, not laid off from the job. I would not have been able to restore my relationship with God because I was so busy Monday to Friday just doing the things of working in the corporate sector. I didn't have time for prayer. I didn't have time for reading the Word. I didn't have time for family. I didn't have time for my children. And these times of unemployment, this waiting time is not always wasted. It can be used to restore yourselves back to the Lord. Next one. Look ahead as you step into your new role. Philippians 3, 13 and 14. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended but one thing I do for getting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Now, here's the thing. It may not be exactly what we're trying to bring out in the scripture but what we wanted to see is, the Apostle Paul is saying, I'm not looking behind on the things that I have achieved and things that I have done, but I press forward to the goal which God wants me to achieve. So if you take it and if you translated in context to ours, to each one of us, whether we are in the corporate or ministry, forget about the past victories. We remember it, we think about it or even our past failures. We don't dwell on it. It's important to learn from our past mistakes but we don't dwell on it. But even as you step into a new role, whether in corporate, whether in ministry and you step into a new role, look ahead with a passion, with a zeal, with a confidence knowing that God is with you. Now for example, you were in a corporate sector, you had a two months break and now you're getting into a new job, new company, new culture, new values. Everything is new. No friends, new friends, new managers, new leaders. Now it may be difficult initially but look ahead with confidence. We have to make every effort in our new job and do our best in what we are doing. Especially when we are getting into a new environment. For us some of us it may be hostile. We talk more about it in work life balance as well. Sometimes it may be a hostile environment. We may think it's a hostile environment but it's just people working and sometimes we may lose confidence because we may not know the product. We may not know what's happening in the organization. We still have to learn. But remember that when we look ahead knowing that I'm here in this organization, we put every effort in this. We don't look at our bad failures, bad experiences that happened in the past but we look ahead saying, God I know you're with me. Even during this time of transition, during this new role, this new job, I know that you can help me. As I'm sharing this, I remember I think it was early 2013. 2013 I may have the year wrong. 2013 I guess. We had a couple of campaigns happening in our nation and these were also global campaigns. All of a sudden I was asked to lead this campaign. I was very, very nervous. I said, my gosh, this is going to be really difficult because I was comfortable going on the streets standing giving out tracks. That's my forte. So I can stand on the streets the entire day and give out tracks. It's not a problem at all. I enjoyed it. And I still enjoy it. I can also, you know, things that, you know, calling up people, praying for them. That's fine with me. I love, I enjoy doing this. But all of a sudden this role came in where, you know, it's all now Word documents, Excel sheets. You have all about 200 odd pastors that had to, you had to, you know, work along with them to make sure that the campaign is running smoothly in their areas. Meet with them online. You know, get feedback, get inputs from them, you know. So it was a lot of different kind of a task, right? But I remember when I was taking out this role, I was so nervous. So nervous as I got talking and this is not my forte. This is not something that I'm strong at. How will I talk to these pastors and leaders? How will I bring, you know, bring in correction? What about, you know, now I was very young and these are pastors who are, you know, 20, 30 years in the Lord. How can I be telling them what to do? And all these thoughts came in. And I remember, you know, just going up to God and just caring from God and God just speaking to me, ministering to me and saying, you know, this is the door I've opened for you. You have a choice. You either take it. It is a door I have opened for you. You do what you have to do to, you know, to build yourself and to take up this role and to do it effectively. It was very clear to me. I have opened the door for you. And so I remember going back and, you know, just preparing, getting help from whoever I could. And I'm glad I took it because after that there are many, many opportunities that opened for me. So you never know, right? When these, when something new comes up through that, many other opportunities may come. Next form. Be courageous as you move from employment to entrepreneurship. Dr. 1.9, how I know it commanded you, be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Now, when you talk about entrepreneurship, it is exciting, right? The process of starting an organization, starting a business, starting a church, starting a ministry. It's very exciting, right? So for example, some of us may be staff in a corporate sector or anywhere else. And all of a sudden you feel the Lord is leading you to be an entrepreneur. You start your own. So even as you do that, remember that you need to, like we talked about it, right? You need to have a vision, the best way to determine things that is ahead, plan well, weigh in advance, spend good amount of time preparing yourself, prepare both for the scene, for the unseen, things that can happen. And ultimately, moving from employment to entrepreneurship is a big step of faith. But even as you take that step of faith, it's not a step of faith in foolishness, but it is a step of faith in wisdom, right? Do it depending on the Lord. Do it being strong, being courageous. And when we step out on faith, you know, prepare yourself, step out on faith. Now the wrong notion is that, hey, I'll step out on faith. What follows after that is, you know, depends on what is happening around, right? Or the consequences after that. It's not my problem because I've stepped out on faith. No, that's so wrong, right? Stepping out on faith also involves doing the work needed, right? And everywhere we see it in the Bible where faith without works is dead, right? So I can step out on faith, but I also have to do that work required, right? Elijah prayed for rain, but he was kneeling and Elijah knew it was going to rain, but he was kneeling and praying for the rain to come in, right? Jesus told the man he put, you know, dust in his eyes, dirt in his eyes and he said, go and wash yourself off. You do it, right? And so plenty of examples. Faith it's a moving from employment to entrepreneurship even as we do it do it, prepared and, you know, plan the way, right? So we've come to the close of this chapter. Any questions? Any thoughts before we go into work-life balance? Again, this is a very important chapter. Any questions? All right. Okay, so let's get into work-life balance. Now, balancing work and personal life, it is a serious challenge that we see right now. Managing work, managing life, managing family. Now many, many times, you know, we spend excessive time either at work mostly at work and we have less time with family, right? But God is calling us to maintain this work-life balance. So what is work-life balance? It's basically arriving at a place where you and your family and the ways of your life are all together you know, just intertwine together. Nothing is overlooked. Nothing is, you know, none of the aspects is overlooked, right? Now here's what it is. I was speaking to this gentleman and he was telling the pastor whenever Monday comes, I'm very happy. Usually it's the other way around and I was surprised. I said, I'm very happy when Monday comes. So everyone dreaded Monday or they don't want to go to the workplace. But I said, okay, maybe he loves his job. So he told me, I love Mondays. I said, oh, that's wonderful. So you love your job. He said, no, I don't love my job. My desk, my laptop, the things on my table, my workstation, that's my comfort zone. I was taken aback. So you know, his desk, his workstation is his comfort zone. Now I do understand we all have your place where you're sitting. But what he was talking about was not about this physical comfort zone but he was talking about in his soul. And I knew it. He was talking about other things, his emotions, his family, his work, everything was in that place and he was telling me the moment I go home, I feel lost. I feel I'm not in my comfort zone. Now this is a dangerous place to be because it should be the other way around. Whole is a place where you're in your comfort zone. That's what he said. In the workplace I like to work because everything is going so smoothly in the workplace. I work hard, everything is very smooth. But when I go home, there are a lot of challenges. There are two kids, it's my wife, two kids and there's so much to do. I just become tired. I don't want to do it. So I like the workplace. Now what can we see here? I told him, I just shared with him, I said, this is something that we have to correct because you have to maintain a good work-life balance. It shouldn't be that you become a CEO and your own family says he was not there for me. So what does it say? You're good in this but the other aspect has not been good enough. So potential contributing factors to work-life imbalance. And so on your notes in your books, you'll see that there are a couple of here a couple of points here section A, B, C and D. These could be contributing factors to work-life imbalance. Not unable to manage my time on tasks assigned to me. Distracted with social media. Not excited with what I'm doing. Lack of motivation. There's so many points here. If you have time, you can go ahead and put those points down. So what can you and I do? Let's go to practical recommendations. What can you and I do in a world that we are living in with so much of distractions? So much that is available. There's work. There's family. There's children. There is entertainment and all the other things. How can we maintain a good work-life balance? Practical recommendations from the Bible and through the scriptures. Let's look at them. So, first one, maintain the rhythm of worship, work and rest. Exodus 28-10 Observe the Sabbath day. Keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don't do any work. Now, God is commanding here. He's saying, you worship the Lord. You work but on seventh day, you don't work. You rest. This ensures a rhythm that is happening. There's worship. There's work. There's rest. Worship, work, rest. And then this rhythm avoids extreme work. It avoids extreme laziness. So, what are some of the things that we can do? I'll just share some things that I personally do that has helped me. Over time, you can think of it. You can think of things that can help you. Now, there will be times when work is additional. We have to work. We sort of do it maybe seven days a week. We have to do it. But those are just seasons. They could be there for a month or two months. But go back to the rhythm of worship, work and rest. And something that helps me is what I do is I choose times when I can spend time with the Lord which will not affect my work hours. Nor will it affect my time with the family. For example, wake up early in the morning, spend time in prayer. Wake up early, meditate on God's word, pray, seek the Lord, ask God for this spending time in His presence. Spend a good couple of hours there. And then I know I've got my time with the Lord. Now, it's work. Get to work, do what I have to do. I'm there for about eight hours and come back. Now I know that it's time for family. It was very easy to come back home, switch open the laptop and start working again. In ministry, there will be times I'll have to call up folks, call up people, respond to emails. Yes, those are seasons of additional work that needs to get done. But intentionally the evenings after coming back from home I know I'm going to spend time with my family. With the children just being there with them, spending time with them. Just playing with them. And then they know now they know that hey they do morning to evening because now they are from their summer break. But otherwise, they know evening we will have a family time and they know it. And then incorporate things within the family time. So what I do is say, okay, let's read a passage from the Bible and we make it like a story time. And I make my children write down what you learned from today's passage or tell or they can even explain it to me. What did they learn from this passage? So we make it interesting, right? It's not like okay, it's not like a Bible college class, but I just make it interesting right. So okay, this is what you learned and this is what you can do and just one or two key takeaways. I spend time with the family and then you know that you spend enough time and then probably when everyone's asleep you go back, spend time in God's Word prepare yourself for the next day, whatever you have to do read your word, read books additional time and so you have that balance out right. Now what I do want to say is, you know it's also important to rest, right. So don't push yourself. Don't push yourself by doing you know four or five hours of sleep and then do it. There will be times you have to do that but get a good amount of rest. Now sometimes what I do is just to help Monday to Friday I sleep less and I'm just there doing a lot of things sleep very few hours but on Saturday I rest I get a good rest so then I know that Sunday I'm fresh Sunday evening also I rest and then I prepare myself for the evenings it's wrong you know to what is ahead for the next week. So you can maintain that balance if you're working from home how are you going to plan it out you think about it. These are things that I will do of course the schedule can go up and down at times. Be committed to what is important. In order to maintain work-life balance we must be committed to what is important. What is important for us? Work is important? Yes. Family is important. Yes. God is important. Very important. Yes. So also we are important. Nothing can be not important but be committed to what is important for us. Now imagine only doing ministry. Oh God I'm going here preaching there I'm talking here I'm doing outreach I'm preparing sermons I'm doing everything I can talking to people and these youth will come ask 100 questions then other couples will come they will say these are the problems now imagine there's so much that's happening what are we giving out of? If we haven't spent time in the Lord if we haven't been in God's presence ministering hearing from the Lord out of what are we giving to others? Nothing. We would not be able to because it's only going to stress us out it's only going to make us tired in our body in our mind in our spirit we will be really stressed out we will be tired because we cannot do this on our own flesh it cannot be done I've denied it it cannot be done we need to spend time in God's presence and out of that comes an overflow of family ministry work whatever we are doing out of that otherwise we're just going to be running around in circles and people will call us faster and all of that it's not a big deal but what are we doing? Are we bearing fruit in what we are doing? Are we able to minister bring people to Christ? Are we able to speak into people's life? We need that wisdom and what is important first is to know what is important to you personal work with God family meaningful relationships is more important than money professional success Matthew 633 but seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things shall be added unto you very very important right? it is out of this relationship that ministry happens we cannot turn it the other way around I'm doing ministry so later I'll talk to God no we will burn out know what is important to you secondly understand the true value and have a value scale money or God money or people God or people God or family have a value scale you see what is more valuable what is important to you right? and look at what Mary and Martha that's a beautiful example in Luke chapter 10 Mary and Martha are there Jesus has come Martha is doing what? doing a good thing she is busy cooking she is making sure that everything she is doing the administration making sure that everyone who has come have something to eat something to drink so sad Jesus his team has worked for miles and come probably in the hot sun let me make something for them good thought but here is Mary saying I don't care doesn't matter he has come from so far I do understand all that but he may be here only for a couple of hours so I don't want to waste my time in the kitchen I want to be at his presence she chose what is important at that time was the other thing important? yes but not as important as this so when we have something as a value scale very important to put things that you are doing in a value scale is ministry important? yes is family important? yes so you merge them together value them in the right way and I know plenty I can share many many people who are broken they are preaching every Sunday but their families are broken that's the point so we got to make sure we understand and have a true value scale right? keep important things important honor God honor your family honor yes money profession that is important but keep important things important what is the focus there will be times you will have to make tough choices don't be afraid to say no set boundaries being always connected having those times to switch off stop checking emails disengage social media, digital distractions oh there is so much there is so much a person can be present but not be present I think somebody long back send me this picture family of four they are sitting at the dining table family time together it is just a cartoon picture but it made so much sense said family time together all four of them are having dinner all four of them are on the phone family time together it's definitely not family time together because now with phones gadgets all the things that is there right it's something that we must get rid of right and we must intentionally do that intentionally so you know something that I do is when I sit in prayer when I read the word of God I keep my phone on airplane mode what if somebody has to call you it's okay they can call after three hours what if somebody is it's great difficulty sorry it's on airplane mode after that they can so there are times we have to say no there are times we have to just say no I can do it but we say it in an honorable way and we do it in an honorable way you know this is my work time this is my prayer time nobody better call me you don't have to do all that put it on airplane mode don't have to explain anything to anybody you don't have to set boundaries get rid of distractions and that way you will you will realize hey there is so much of time that I have that I can use for with my children with my family and then you have family time set aside times so something that I do is every year twice April May somewhere on that time and during November because Christmas time we don't want to travel we have a lot of work so November we travel as a family it's done it is settled that will not change whether it is the end times or no we are going it will not change we planned it in the beginning of the year the leaves have already been applied in the beginning of the year even for November yes it's already applied children what about children yes everything is done everything is planned so that will not change so we know that in a year two times we will go out as a family and that's good enough and so that way we are we know even during your day to day course two simple things with your children or with your family right half times just being friends with them trade together attend church together just be there together cook together spend time together and it's such a joy because you will never get these times back again keep short accounts checks and balances there will be times of long days long work timings sometimes we go on missions we go APC missions we go to the short term bible college we used to go out for two weeks at times times it would be just one day to Friday for one week we are going out of station teaching there sometimes it's two weeks so I know two weeks I won't be able to see my children and my family so keep accounts so when I come back I can take about three or four days be with the family take time to rest take leaves but keep short checks and accounts checks and balances so two weeks was intense bible study teaching and all of it so let me spend a couple of days with the family just resting being with the family so you know you are balancing it out guard your resources very important your time, energy and money Ephesians 5 15 and 15 to 17 so be careful how you live don't be like ignorant people but likewise people make good use of every opportunity you have because these days are evil because these are evil days don't be fools then but try to find out what the lord wants you to do guard your resources and avoid wasting time avoid wasting time now time spent with family you can be one of the things that I do with the kids is I play carom food, I play chess and these are the games that I played back when I was a little kid and it's not a waste of time but guard against things that drain your time, your energy and money there will be times if you feel that you are spending too much time on the phone so we can spend too much time on the phone take it and keep it away now here are few energy leagues really important not minding your own business getting involved in things that other people should be doing number one reason for energy leagues but he is doing that but she is doing that minding your own business Paul writes it very clearly he says mind your own business do what you have to do you are working, you are in the church don't worry about the gossip and the slander it's only going to drain you out getting things getting involved in what other people are doing is not our responsibility overreacting to situations right it could be an emotional draining thing somebody says Paul, I didn't like the way you let the worship today what are you going to do oh man am I not good enough oh god I don't think I am a good worship leader why did you call me as a worship leader but I have been leading worship for past 10 years nobody told me this and what went wrong what the cause wrong was I singing wrong was the mic working and then by the time we finish thinking about it in one hour you have wasted your time energy and then after that one hour we don't even feel like doing anything don't overreact just leave it let it go distractions, social media chatting, texting oh man people nowadays stay for hours on Instagram I was talking to this young man last week and he said his mother was saying to me in a very joking loving way he sits on Instagram for 3-4 hours and the son is saying no no 3-4 hours just 2 hours 2 hours on Instagram what do you do on Instagram no I will check who all posted their photos and then I will like their photos and then I put a photo and see how many people like that oh gosh I thought to myself do you really have so much time they have you know they have time to do all of this now I don't know if that's right or wrong but for me it is impossible for me to spend one hour on the phone continuously have Facebook or these other things it's impossible for me it's 5 minutes 10 minutes maximum why because this is for me personally I just feel it's raining now it's a waste of time there are important things that we do there are emails that we read now we have a lot of our conversations through whatsapp other things it's just a waste of time investing resources into unprofitable things that don't really build things gossiping or you know taking time spending too much time on unwanted matters they are also overcrowding your life with unnecessary activity or with the activity that can easily be delegated right and so what are we doing right now in churches so what we did is we said ok we will raise up team leaders so now we have a welcome team we have a team leader we raise up a team you are in charge next we have the publications team and so we raised up all these team leaders and then every now and then we had people into those teams and so the teams are growing so it's not like I have to think who is standing in the book table tomorrow on Sunday who is doing the greeting I don't have to worry about it it's delegated for me I think about ok god minister people let them be minister too that's criteria I don't have to worry who is doing the declaration this Sunday or who is going to get the meet with the first time visitors I don't have to worry about all the teams are set in place and we set them up so easily it's delegated they can all do who is going to do the media who is going to do the PVV everything has been sorted so even as you are in leadership raise up leaders raise up teams because it's not a one man show it can never be a one man show we have to raise up leaders otherwise we will be overcrowding our life now these tasks may be important good tasks but if we don't delegate it overcrowds our life then later we realize hey I wasted so much time on this when I could just have delegated many a times there are people I am talking about from the church point of view there are people who want to serve but they have not been given an opportunity so you just ask them hey can you serve in the ushering team I say yes I don't mind that's it you have somebody in your team it's not overcrowding your life there right so next one develop personal efficiency and productivity and time saving skills Ecclesiasis 9 16 through 18 wisdom is better than strength wisdom is better than weapons of war look for ways where you can be more productive look for ways where you can save time increase efficiency maximize your output one of the things that I did personally when I joined I think I've shared it a couple of times this students one of the things that I did personally I knew that if I had a phone with me I would not do well in my bible college I knew it somewhere in the first week I said I cannot do this so I pray or who's calling is it my friend from workplace or is it this person is it my parents so I got rid of my phone just took out the sim card took the phone put it into the toilet and flushed it never to see my phone again for two years and all my friends say you could have given me the phone I said no it's okay two years get into the work what is the reason I've come to develop my personal efficiency to develop productivity and to save my time now I'm not saying go ahead and throw your phone away you needed to join online class but what I'm saying is find ways where you can just you know increase your efficiency save time if it has to be keeping your phone keeping your digital equipment airplane mode or whatever it is do it if it's going to increase your efficiency use technology and tools that can help your productivity now I use a lot of things I use eSWORD I use all of commentaries I'm so thankful for the internet because so much of material that's available online but David Giesig's the entire Bible and you've got so many commentaries you've got translations of Bibles, you've got material study materials so much and I always go in I look up Greek words, ancient Greek words Hebrew words it is exciting to learn use technology, use tools that God has given organize for improved efficiency simple things like naming your file month to date prefixes storing up important files I do have files with me that when I was in Bible college that I prepared it's about I think 20 A 2010 when I made these sermons and so I would put them in my old computer that I had and I opened a small folder sermons or messages I don't know what it was I said don't want my old so I have the sermons that I've prepared past 12 years ago some of them are on paper I still have it with me so organize yourself but there are places where you have to let go of things just let it go declutter learn to delegate even when you feel like doing it yourself very important let go let someone else do it set it, see it as providing them an opportunity to grow basically raising up people sometimes we feel that we can do it the best I am the best among these 5 people for example I am the best among these 5 people that's very easy for me to say I only preach because these 5 people are not good enough so what do I do I can say okay I know I know I may be better than them I may know I know the word more than them but if I don't give them an opportunity how will they learn how will they learn they are just going to keep running after you the whole time and maybe only watching us and we are not giving them an opportunity so learn to delegate materials whether it is in the media team or IT team you can't have somebody who doesn't know it and just delegate to them now that is wrong leadership but you know that they are capable there are some things that they can do begin to delegate set short deadlines for your tasks you can have deadlines weekly deadlines quarterly deadlines quarterly half yearly but it's always good to have short deadlines something that I really like to do is 2 week deadlines 15 days divide the month 30 days 15 days 15 days so first 15 days these are the things that need to be done the next 15 days so then when you look over the whole month you say okay this month was these are things that I did these are things that I can improve these are things that I was supposed to do but I didn't do and then you begin to work on that so you can have a monthly you can have a yearly plan you can have 2 years 5 year plan 10 year plan nowadays you have Excel sheets you can save up everything so I have a 1 year 5 years 3 years 10 years 15 years I'm tired of doing this but then I have it all so you can begin to work on that reuse content that you have developed earlier updated modified work remotely whenever you feel like you can save travel time now after the pandemic working remotely is also possible and remember little changes bring big results little changes bring big results in our life if you are praying for 30 minutes every day push it to 45 minutes little changes bring big results if you are praying for you are reading the word every day for half an hour push it to 45 minutes little changes if you are spending time with your family every day or family prayers for 30 minutes push it to 45 minutes small changes bring big results always say this to myself big doors open on small hinges look at though you can have a 10 feet door but the hinges on that door could just be 5 inches big doors open on small hinges so whatever you are doing each one of us could be small things very very meager very small things nobody is going to clap and appreciate you and say wonderful job nobody even knows you have done it but if you have done it sincerely you have done it faithfully God is the one who opens big doors for us and so just be faithful on those small things God will open up big doors for you alright any questions any thoughts we will continue with this I may be going a little fast the reason is I just want to make sure that I at least complete before the mid of April so that you guys have some time to even go through your notes so we have a couple of more chapters I think and we should be able to finish maybe for 5 classes so if I am going too fast be free to stop me maybe if you have questions too you can next week we can answer them any thoughts any questions so we can close no questions no thoughts I hope you all are just taking in everything that you can let's close in prayer anyone like to close Rosalind would you like to close in prayer Rosalind or John anybody can wonderful heavenly Father thank you Lord for this wonderful session that we had Father God even so much to learn Father God help us to grasp every word that comes out of your servant O Lord Lord we pray Father God as we as we hear and as we meditate on it Father God let it bring wisdom and knowledge to us O Lord that we may apply Father God and also we pray Father God that let it be used for the extension of your kingdom Father God Lord we thank you we bring every student that is in this class O Lord Lord I pray Father God help each one of us O Lord that we may do your will Father God not our will but Father let your will be done in our lives Father God Lord we thank you and we bless our dear pastor Emmanuel Father God bless him Father God and I pray Father God let more revelations and be given unto him Father God that he may that he is already a blessing to the kingdom of God Father God I pray Lord expand him Father God in your kingdom Father God Lord we thank you and we bless you Jesus mighty name we pray Amen Amen Thank you Rosalind thank you everyone for joining sorry for taking additional time have a great week ahead and one day a bless bye now