 Hey, good morning everyone welcome to a new day once again. Let's begin this time with a word of prayer Samuel can you please lead us in prayer? Anita Can you please lead us? Thank you Lord. Thank you father father. We bless your name. We give you glory that out Thank you for this precious time Oh Lord father to come into your presence as your people oh Lord father and to learn from your world I might you Lord father Lord Jesus as we learn about Father's how to be a salt and light in this world The world is full of darkness Oh, I might you love father help us all our father as your people in and through our lives Oh, our father to glorify and magnify your name Father Lord Jesus as pastor speaks unto us. Oh, our father all the words spoken Well, our father Lord Jesus would spend the penetrate our heart and mind Oh, our father Lord Jesus that will be able to imply every word every teaching oh la father in our lives Oh, la father and Oh, la father to La father which would help us oh la father to consecrate and Oh, la father to a lot father work in the way Oh, la father which you have chosen for the solar father Lord Jesus Empower us oh la father for every every word of our father Faster we bless every student here Oh la father Lord Jesus let our time in you la father be put in the name of Jesus Amen. Amen. Thank you Anita Okay, so Yesterday we Completed chapter 10. We look at planning and execution So today what we'll do is we'll skip chapter 11 And I just thought we'll go into a strategic partnership in chapter 12 we'll talk about strategic partnership and Now we're in a time where you know when we look at corporate settings You know, it was there many many years ago also but now we see a lot of partnership happening from between different organizations and now with ministry growing and And You know different many new ministry starting There has been a lot of You know ministries partnering together to fulfill a purpose or a cause In in God's kingdom. So we look at today strategic partnership and What are the main aspects that are involved in strategic partnership now we know that Partnership is good, right? What it does is it's like two organization bringing their strengths together and you know planning strategic planning and and that is business objectives leveraging of tools and technologies and all of that So there's good strategic partnerships, but there's also partnerships that can cause Diverse effects between which can you know, just break the entire organization Now the Bible teaches us about partnership in in many places, right? And so today we're going to look at You know, what is strategic partnership now? How do we translate this in ministry? there are times with when I have Read a few articles when you know, there were certain ministries that it happened in the West Where they got together three four ministries. They got together They decided to do a couple of conferences, you know, so they would go to different states In the West right they would go and travel as a team and This happened. I think in the early 1990s where These ministries that had planned these events and after the whole you know, the whole Set of events had happened and everything was over There was discord between the three ministries. What happened was One of the ministries felt that they had been neglected the whole time Right and the other ministry felt that you know, the people who are looking after the money have somehow not handled the money in the right way and so by the end of that whole conference Which went on for about a month or so these three ministries instead of getting stronger together and Doing something bigger for God's kingdom. The result was These three ministries were divided There was confusion. There were arguments. There were misunderstandings and Things were not looking good right, so What do we learn from scriptures on strategic partnership? What is it that we must be aware of? when we partner with people in an organization and in the ministry and I would say that in If we are partnering with somebody in the ministry, we got to be doubly careful, right? So let's look at certain relevant scriptures and Insights from the Bible and how we may consider Entering into strategic partnership, right? So I'm on chapter 12 strategic partnership. Let's go point by point and learn together right the first point is an Ox and a donkey cannot plow together Let's read Deuteronomy chapter 22 and verse 10 Deuteronomy 22 and verse 10 Deuteronomy 22 10. Yes. Don't plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together Yeah, thanks Sarun Don't plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together now We know that an ox is much stronger much capable Physically and it we know that an ox is meant for plowing that that's that's what its strength is However, it would be foolish to have a for ox and a donkey because a donkey does not know how to plow a field Donkeys don't have strength to carry a yolk on them and One more thing what would happen is it would be like the ox is doing most of the work because the ox is stronger, right? And so more than the donkey helping the ox You know the the donkey is only going to be an additional effort for the ox right, I hope you get what I'm trying to say because The ox is probably you know thinking okay. This is my Compatibility this is how fast I can go. This is my physical strength, but now it's yoked with the donkey So it has to think and you know, it can't just go ahead Because the donkey is going to fall and if the donkey trips and falls the yolk is just gonna topple over Now what is a simple lesson we learn here? That compatibility is crucial in partnership if we are in Certain level in a certain level in an organization, right and the organization is in is in is in a certain level And if we want to partner with somebody else, it's always good to see if you are compatible with each other in terms of Culture in terms of strengths in terms of expectations commitments, right? always check Whether you know if this partnership is it is it going to look good once they hit the field once they hit the plow or Is it going to look like hey, you know, it looks like these the ox is gonna do most of the work And this looks like it's like a donkey, which is it not going to do much. Let's give it some time Let's avoid This partnership for a while now in ministry there have been times when Or there will be times when people will come and say hey, let's you know other ministries will come let's partner together and You know and do a couple of events in the city And then you know after we do those events, whatever you know data we collect we'll split the data into two and You take 50% I'll take 50% we'll begin to follow up with them and invite them to our respective churches Now this is a good idea right but if it is not properly planned if It is not put down in paper. It is only going to be You know the the outcome is going to be a problem. It's going to result in You know probably discord disagreements and arguments Why? because I remember this one time this happened in it was North India where There were two ministries that got together. They said, okay, we'll go to Delhi. I'm not sure if I think it is Delhi Yes, we go to Delhi. We'll do a couple of events and whatever we get data we get we will split it into two and We will start two churches in Delhi. So these were two different ministries coming together planning events split the data and you know our follow-up What happened was everything went well the event went well they got You know of a lot of data and names and numbers of a lot of people who attended the events But then the time came for follow-up to plant the church What happened was one of those ministries all of a sudden started seeing many people coming into the church Right, so there was all of a sudden like 20 25 people started to come and the other ministry There was only two three people Now what happened was this other ministry felt, you know, there was some tampering done on the data None of them are coming. How come everyone are going to this church and they both are in the same city Right So Partnership that is one-sided Will usually not succeed Right we got to be in one mind in one heart and understand that it's a team work It's a team effort and the whole outcome or the result of this teamwork is that we want to achieve this When we have put all of that on paper And then we really sit no we can't say The wrong thing to do is okay, you do this and you do this and then you know by word of mouth and And just try to go on, you know, even if it's ministry Let's try to execute those plans just through word of mouth. It will be an utter failure Remember that Partnership is good, but there needs to be strategic partnership planet out Place things on paper Have a team involved like what we saw last class as well planning and execution Have all of that in place, right and then we will see that, you know The planning is working if things are working out always keep things clear Right between in partnership keep things open. Let there be no nothing hidden Everything should be the open everything should be discussed Openly so that you know, that is The partnership is in good terms at all times right the second point is To know who you're dealing with Dig deeper to get all facts Proverbs chapter 27 and verse 6. Yes. Could one of us please read that Proverbs 27 verse 6 Proverbs 27 verse 6 faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy is enemy are deceitful Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We know right so As I was saying you we cannot enter a strategic partnership with our eyes closed. We need to keep our Eyes open. Yes, you know, we need to have this level of trust, but we cannot Say, okay, I trust you and I start the partnership and we've you know, when we look at businesses across the world Many many businesses have fallen apart just because maybe two brothers or two Good friends started a business and then it's all you know over the period of time over the initial period They're all you know close together that after that there's division. There's disagreements. There's arguments. So Get past those, you know initial smooth talks and Bring everything on the table, right? If you are planning on a partnership. It's a serious relationship So it's not something that was you know, okay This so that somebody wants to be in a partnership They say, okay, you know what I can do this for you and I can you know, if it's ministry, you know I can help you I can send worship leaders. I can send instruments. I can do this I can do that You know, those are good, but then that's that's just smooth talks. It's not about, you know, just providing in a partnership It's about working together right sometimes You know in ministries what we do is We tend to take people by their word and we realize that later on it becomes a problem say, you know, hey We had discussed this but why is this happening this way? And nothing is on paper. So there's nothing to back up the words. No, but you said this It's not going to work, right? Because words change remember that God says that The scriptures teach us that we are like shifting winds Only God is the same People can change in a moment. So it's always good. Now. I'm not saying that everyone are like that. What I'm trying to say is Even if you completely trust somebody Have things down on paper that would be the right way have some level of commitment have them to you know, say, okay These are certain things that we will do together that way, you know that, you know Sometimes we feel hey, how can I make a agreement with this person? You know, he's my best friend or he's my brother or he's my sister I know him so well. He's not going to change his word The wise thing to do is to make agreements Proverbs 14 15 is wonderful. It says the simple believes every word But the prudent considers well his steps So be prudent be wise, right? It's always good to have things down on paper One of the other things you can do is if if ministries are Wanting to partner or you want to partner with other ministries get to know about them, right? Do a little bit of research Find out go on online if they are available online check What are their beliefs? What are their values? What are their culture? What are what are the things that they? Believe in how is their process of working Get inputs get ideas get get to know the organization. Don't just blindly, you know partner with somebody right Third point is evaluate work Before saying I do Let's read proverbs chapter one versus 10 to 15 Proverbs one 10 to Let's go ahead proverbs one 10 to 15 Proverbs one 10 to 15 My son if sinner sins entice you do not consent if they say come with us Let us lie in wait to shed blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause Let us swallow them alive like she all and Whole like those who go down to the pit We shall find all kinds of precious positions. We shall fill our houses with spoil Cast in your lot among us Let us all have one purse my son. Do not walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path Yes. Thank you, Tarun Now Here it's it's very interesting. It says here uh Let us follow them alive like sure and whole like those who go down to the we shall find all kinds of precious possessions We shall fill our houses with spoil Cast in your lot among us. Let us all have one purse now. What the writer here is trying to say is you know Don't To in a in a whole way of achieving profit or okay, the end result is this is what I wanted to do I want to have this kind of a profit or I want to see the ministry growing this way I want to see hundreds of people joining and and these are the different things I want to see in the ministry now Just because the outcome is something that we want as as profitable or an increase in the organization To achieve that we must make sure that in strategic partnership the other organization or ministry is not using unscrupulous methods or approaches to You know actually Reach their targets, right? So it could be all kinds of methods people may use bribery To you know to achieve their targets. They may bribe people And Wrong means to achieve profit now. The best thing to do is to stay away from it and refuse such partnerships right refuse it On their face you can just refuse it and say I don't want to do this because This is the reason these are the things as as an organization and as a ministry These are certain values and culture we follow and And it looks like there are certain values are not in line together. So we don't want to do partnership now There's a thing people will talk You know, they may get upset. They may say, you know, they may not talk to us again They may talk behind our back. They may Never speak to us again. Don't worry about it Remember that you are protecting what God is giving you right uh now remember this one time I'm just trying to bring out this example just to you know, to know how important it is to not get into partnerships or You know in in ministry and things like that There's this one time in church, uh, you know, it was a regular sunday probably just 2019 or it was a regular sunday now. Uh, there's this Young family that came to church right and uh, they were first time uh in church and After coming to church, uh, they sat through the church after church. We got to speak Uh, when I go to know that he was a pastor in a different place And uh after talking to him for a long time, he said I've come to the city to start a new church And uh, you know, I want to start a new church here. I want to know how the people are What is the culture? So I just sharing with him how people are Um, it was a culture the language and what you can expect in the city Uh, but as I was talking I just felt the Holy Spirit You know putting this lunch in me Why did he close down the other church? Or why was he asked to leave the other church? We don't know So I I just kept thinking about it and so I asked him Oh, what about the church that you started in the other city? No, there was a problem and we had to close it down Should okay, so I didn't want to dig deep but then as I was talking to him I just felt that there was something I didn't you know, sometimes we feel this connect when we Uh, when we talk to believers together And we feel this connect, right? The Holy Spirit really brings that connection with each other But I didn't feel it at all even though he was a pastor I was trying hard to you know really understand where he's coming from but I could not right And then as we were talking he he started saying, you know, uh, why don't we partner together and Do a couple of events here And I will pay for all the expenses for the events we can take up a haul We'll use you know, you can ask your worship team to come and pray play some songs and really I will preach and I think sounded good but I realized as I was talking to him the Holy Spirit was clearly saying avoid this Very sternly But avoid this say no to him So what I rarely do is uh, you know, I immediately don't say no to people I say let's think about it and I'll get back to you But that's Sunday. I said no, uh, no we we don't I don't want to do that And he was taken aback He said why you don't build God's kingdom together You know, we can work together and build God's kingdom. Uh, you can't work alone What does God's word say, you know, he started bringing out scripture and all of it But I held my foot down and I said no, I don't want to do this. You're free to come to church. You're free to You know, visit us whenever you want, but I don't feel that we can partner together and do anything here In the city of mangrove. So but if you need any help if you want to Uh, looking out for a place you need any help you need instruments. I can help you with that but Uh, not partnering and he was very upset with me Uh, you know, he came the next Sunday, but he was visibly upset. He said, uh, he was not You know, he was not letting go of that idea. He kept saying this Uh, you know, you can we can do this, you know, uh, and then later on One member from my from our church came up to me and said, uh, pastor, you know I just want to advise you to stay away from this man because um There are things that we know about this person previously and Uh, you know, uh, they as as my church members, they they warned me They said try to stay away from him. Try not to have anything to do with him Um, so I was glad that I said no initially Right. So there are some partnerships Or sometimes people will come and you know, they will have good Words everything sounded nice. I'll pay for the hall. I'll pay for the refreshments Uh, we'll just have to you'll just have to get your worship team and come I'm gonna do everything Uh I I thought maybe I could have thought okay sounds good. We can do something together, but I just felt no So there are times when the holy spirit will say no Right. Don't be afraid to say no Right. Don't feel okay. He's a pastor. How can I say no? Uh, no, don't be afraid If the holy spirit is leading us to say no, just say no, it's all right. Right. It's to protect What you have, uh, you know, there's this saying What you have taken many years To nurture and build Don't let somebody else come in and destroy it in just a few few in a moment Right. Uh, it can get destroyed So be wise, right even as we You know Plan to partner together before saying okay before signing before agreeing Think about it Pray about it. See whether it's the right means Whether whether they're compatible and all of that Next one Check alignment of culture and values Now we did study about culture and values initially Uh, I mean understand that different organizations have different cultures different values. It may not be exactly the same But We must understand that partnership is like making two families live under one roof Right. It's like Two homes becoming one Let's read Song of Solomon Chapter two and verse 15 Songs of Solomon chapter two and verse 15 I'll wait Let's go ahead go ahead Catch as the foxes There are two foxes that spoil the wine For our wines have tender grapes and then Thank you, Kennedy Mark three twenty four twenty five says if a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom cannot stand And if a house is divided against itself the house cannot stand Now Foxes are known for one thing. They're known to be cunning animals, right? They're known to be very cunning very wise In their ways, but i'm not talking about the good wise, but they're very cunning You know these little foxes can spoil the wine and destroy the entire winefield Right because they are so cunning they know how to go in they know how to you know In small ways slowly Get the whole whatever the grapes that they need and If we don't look at those little foxes and get them out what happens is little by little The fox keeps eating all the grapes and by the end of the harvest time comes imagine the farmer or the The wine dresser going and saying okay, it's time to you know Get the harvest done and imagine this wine dresser goes and sees there's there is no grapes 50% of it is gone. What's happened? I was looking after it all the way But there's this fox that's been coming in in a very subtle way Eating little by little by little And the fox knows I can't eat the whole thing at once one time I'm going to get caught. So I'll eat little go. I'll come back another day eat little Very cunning very smart now when we are Planning to work in partnership We must align our values We must you know see, okay this organization or this ministry What are the values they stand for? Do they are they okay with You know people who drink Are they okay with what are their belief systems? What is the culture that they have? Is it okay to for everyone to just Talk abusive language use bad words every now and then Or is it okay for them to You know use money that has come into the ministry to for their own personal needs meaning apart from what they have been paid What is the values? What is the culture now? If we do not look at all of that what will happen is we're getting our hands tied up With an organization that is not aligned with our values Now what's going to happen if anything wrong happens It's not going to be we cannot say because of that organization because I partnered with them That's why you know, my name is gone wrong You know, I had a good name all this while but because of them. No, it is our fault It is our responsibility We must take responsibility for that. So check alignment of culture and values right now How do we check? Good good way to check is to Initially have like a probation period work with them. See how they are before signing a contract or a partnership See how look at small projects. Look at how the organization works. How is their team? Do they work as a team? Is it like dictatorship right now a lot of ministries at times we have pastors and great leaders You know, there's dictatorship Pastor will tell and the others will have to do it right There's no there's no team effort. There's no Planning together. It's just one person Now we must we must look at all those things A house divided by itself is not going to stand If you have two organizations partnered And then after getting together You know realize that hey, this is the biggest mistake I've done a house that is divided in itself will not Stand for a long time. It's going to fall down right So check alignment See whether this is something that you have to do right agreement is important put everything in writing Right, let's read aim of three three. I'll read that Can two walk together? Unless they are agreed now, I think the biggest problem That many ministries I'm just going to focus a little bit on the ministry side Is they don't have things in writing when Even if you look at in a broader sense when you look at persecution happening, especially in our nation the nation of india And in the smaller rural areas We see a lot of churches being attacked and all of it now it is sad That you know christians are being persecuted and attacked But after digging deep we notice that a lot of times it is even our fault Right, it's even our fault. Why I'll tell you I'll tell you why Now there are many churches Which has started many years back, right? But they have no You know, they haven't opened uh, religious, you know, uh They haven't opened that whole they've not gone through the legal procedure Right, they haven't You know Done all the paperwork well They haven't put down the objectives of the ministry and all of that and so Another another reason would be Uh, you know, there are times when Uh, you know, certain places the ministries have Are in you know, located in or the house or the church is located near houses And you know, there's loud prayers and worship going on Uh And that has been you know people who've come and said, you know, what is this what's happening show us your You know your documents who who gave you the authority to have this prayer and many times Especially in rural areas Nine out of ten times The ministry is not a registered organization Right, there's no paperwork. No, I started this in 1992 It doesn't matter Right What started in 1992 and you know 20 years later 30 years later You still have no paperwork What can we what can we fight against right? It's still an unregistered organization And so sometimes you say, okay, this is persecution I would say that we need to keep our side of the you know our side right So you say, okay We need to have our paperwork ready We need to show if people come you see we have We have all the papers. We have all the proof That we have all the documents required That we are an organization and we are allowed to have prayers on Sundays and also on other days Now from your side, you've done your part apart from that there will be persecution Right, but at least in some you know in one way you have done your part Right I remember this there's a small town a little away from mangrove It's a town called Manipal It has a lot of student community But it also got a lot of villages Across in that small town. You just it just keeps going deeper in you get a lot of villages And so recently this was just maybe about eight months back A group of people came and barged into this prayer center destroyed the chairs destroyed the tables did everything and it was you know put on the local television as well and it all came in as Christian persecution and you know these people are converting believer converting and you know causing all this problem But then After that whole thing happened this pastor sat for an interview with with another man like Somebody who was in the media interviewed this person and he started explaining No, we were having prayer like this and then they came and So the interviewer asked the pastor Uh, don't you have the documents to prove that you're an organization? So he said no, we are we uh, or everyone knows here So they know that we are Christians. They know that we have prayer But the interviewer said so then you don't have any documents. No And two What about the speakers and all of that? Uh, you know, uh, you do you keep it? You understand that this is a house? residential area Um, do you need such big speakers and all of it? Uh, and he said yes because there are many people in the church. So we need it It's a prayer center and all of it And then the interview went on after that they used to have six a.m prayers worship and prayers With all the speakers on in a residential area To They would have Friday whole night prayers All the speakers on in a residential area So what is what is happening? We are drawing attention one We're disturbing the people around us and we can't say, you know Uh, this is all a demonic area. So when we worship everything will go away. We can't say all those things right And so the whole interview went on And the end of the interview the the the the whole the person who was you know interviewing the pastor said I don't think what has happened is wrong because you don't have any proof of what you're doing And then and the interview just ended that way Of course, it was in a regional language, but it just ended that way And it was sad to you know, see the pastor You know And the chairs broken and the things equipment broken But whose fault is it? Is it only Persecution is it only them or is it even our fault? You know, when you think deep it's even our fault Right, we didn't do the paperwork We didn't use wisdom in how to deal With you know doing things we must understand what we're doing going to do right where we are We use wisdom in ministry, right So Arriving at mutual understanding is very important Agreement is important writing it down on paper is extremely important Agreeing just by words is not enough You have to have everything documented You know, one of the things we do in apc is You know, even as a team we are working together. Sometimes we make calls and Plans are made over the telephone over whatsapp But after that we always always send an official email Why do we do that because we want to Document everything so we say, okay, we this we this is what we spoke over the phone This is what was discussed These are the plans that we've decided these are the ways to go ahead in the next week Everything is put down on an email so that you know, it can always be checked Right now. Does it mean that I don't trust anybody or they don't trust me in the team? Not so The right way to do it is put everything in writing Okay So this is a very important lesson in ministry You know, some of us are young you may be planning to start ministry with your friends or with With your family members Have everything put down on paper Right never go by word right people Will change but when you have it on paper Everything you're keeping yourself safe, right? Build businesses and partnerships steadily, right? It takes time to build It it takes time to you know build something from scratch Our partnership is just made Don't let don't say hey, where's the profit? We've partnered together no profit yet Now it takes time work steadily work cautiously be patient and then we will see You know an outcome In the coming days and years Get all on board to work in partnership Right. Let's read this portion of scripture Genesis chapter 13 Was one to seven Genesis 13 one to seven. Yes. Could one of us please read that? Genesis 13 one to seven Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife but everything he owned and And lot went with him Abram was a very rich man with sheep goats and cattle as well as silver and gold Then he left there and moved from place to place going toward Bethel he reached the place between Bethel and I Where he had camped before and had built an altar There he worshiped the Lord Lot also had sheep goats and cattle as well as his own family and servants And so there was not enough pasture land for the two of them to stay together Because they had too many animals So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of avarice animals and those who took care of lots animals At that time the canonites and the Parizzites were still living in the land Yeah, thanks Saroon. So here's an interesting Sequence of event that happened Abraham and Lot Right now God had already blessed both of them. Both of them had a lot of servants a lot of livestock And so they decided we are going to go north They both journeyed together and as they were going Uh They both probably were eager to reach the destination Both were strong. Both were successful both had You know, uh, a lot of livestock and of course workers and servants and all of that, but The bible it says here in this passage that on the way There was confusion They could not get along What happened Abraham's livestock or Abraham's servants and livestock and lots Servants and livestock There was a clash Right, uh, and so they said hey, we don't have any place for passive for, you know grazing uh, and now he probably Lord is saying only your animals and your livestock is getting all the You know All the food for the animals and we don't have anything and those misunderstandings Now We see what happened was after that if you if you go on later on they went there different parts Strategic business partnership is not just about senior leaders getting together. It is two organizations or two teams Doing to get doing things together So we must understand that we have to get people involved in partnership Right Yes, the the deal or the partnership deal may be signed by two single individuals. That is the leaders of the organization or the ministry But just because they the leaders have signed it doesn't mean that the team don't do anything Uh as leaders, we must get everybody involved and next chapter we'll talk about leadership and there's so much to learn on leadership as well, so Get all of them involved And I say all of them who you feel as a leader can can, you know, really do something Can make a difference in this whole partnership that is happening get them involved. Remember apc I think it was 2016 we We were doing something called as the power to change campaign. It was a campaign that was being done All across I think it was globally as well Uh, and so we partnered with this whole power to change campaign and All of us were on board, you know, the it team the Pastoral team the member care teams the volunteers the life group leaders. We all were on board. We all were okay so if we get contacts from the You know from the power to change team The data would come in through a software the it team had handled that the software We log into the software we take the data and then as leaders we call up The people and then the life group leaders will You know Connect with those around that area and then eventually try and get them to Be connected to the life group and if they're not attending a church get them involved To the church. So it was this whole hierarchy. Everyone was involved There was women who were involved who were only you know doing counseling for many girls Who had called who are feeling suicidal and you know, who who were who lost their parents who were lonely Many girls who had gone into prostitution and they had no way to come out of it and they were sad and stuck and they had called up and It was a wonderful opportunity for a lot of our church members to you know, really pray for them and minister to them So it was not like just leaders doing all the work the and everyone were on board Right and when you do that you'll see that you know, you feel a sense of accomplishment. Okay We did something together Right now there will be times when we have to let go when we have to Right Genesis 13 8 and 9. I'll read that Then Abraham said to Lord They are relatives and your men and my men shouldn't be quarrelling. So let's separate Choose any part of the land you want you go one way and I'll go the other way Very important lesson learned here Not all strategic partnerships will succeed now when you know that things are not going your As did as planned as decided Part ways before it gets worse Abraham did the wisest thing here. He said we are family if we are together like this and quarrelling together It's just going to get worse. Let us part ways. You go the other way. You go one way and I'll choose the other way very very wise do this Soon enough before the ship sinks. That is nothing wrong In you know, uh, just parting ways if you think things are not working out Right and finally resolve disputes Uh, peacefully wherever possible right, uh, proverbs 25 8 to 10 talks about don't go hastily to the court Uh, and put your neighbor to shame, which means when there are Disputes when there are You know misunderstandings within a partnership don't immediately take it to the court, but See if you can resolve those disputes peacefully um and ministry as well see if Disputes can be resolved peacefully And if it is possible, let's resolve it move on Right, uh, don't hold grudges don't hold on to you know, he did this and and this was a problem. I shouldn't have done this Resolve a conflict And it's peacefully closed move on Don't open that chapter again Right, uh, and so we end with this chapter Uh, just a lot of practical insights, uh that we can gain here Next week we'll start on leadership The next chapter is leadership and there's so much to learn On leadership. So we'll start next week any any questions any thoughts Okay, uh, just a reminder, uh, the midterm assessment is up. So, uh Of course you do we're going to work on that and post it before The due date mentioned Right, let's close in prayer. Uh, Christopher, is it okay if you can please close? Anybody else Prabhakar? Oh, yes pastor. Thank you Dear heavenly father, we praise you acknowledge your holy name at this moment. We come into your throne of praise father Thank you father for this wonderful opportunity and this wonderful class which you have dear in us Father, thank you for the life of pastor Paul as well And thank you for teaching us to all this market. Mr. Father I dedicate and decree all the peoples in this classroom For leading us to your holy foot and wisdom. Thank you, father So if you want to look at it all and every life aspects to be Walk into your divine dedication and father divine Planning according to your will we shall Lead our lives to follow we shall build our lives to follow. Thank you And I ask this prayer in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Prabhakar. Thank you everyone. Have a great day Great week. God bless. Thank you pastor. Thank you. God bless. God bless