 Yes. Yes. All right. Sorry. Good morning, everyone. Sorry about that. I think my cursor just went there. Okay. Let's begin this time with the word of prayer. Anita, can you lead us in prayer, please? Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus, Father God. Father, we bless your name. Give you glory for this beautiful time, O Lord, Father God. Almighty, O Lord Father, as we have gathered together to hear from your world, to learn from your word, O Lord Father, that will be a salt and light in this world, O Lord Father. Father, Lord Jesus, open our hearts and mind to Lord Father to receive every word, O Lord Father. Almighty, O Lord Father, we pray, O Lord Father, becoming faster into your hand, O Lord Father, Lord Jesus, that each word that he speaks, O Lord Father, Lord Jesus, would be from your wisdom, from your knowledge, Daddak. Almighty, O Lord Father, Lord Jesus, that whatever he speaks unto us, O Lord Father, Lord Jesus, would bear fruit unto us, O Lord Father, for your glory, O Lord Father. Father, God, we commit the time ahead into your hand. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Anita. Okay. So yesterday we started with the chapter on workplace relationships. And we looked at quite a few aspects. We look at how in the workplace, there are certain principles that you and I must follow. The first one was walking in love, which is the greatest principle that the Lord Jesus Himself gave us. Maintain love in relationships within the office. We also looked at how we need to be sensitive to people's feelings, be sensitive to their country and backgrounds, their religious backgrounds as well. And we also saw the importance of good manners, meaning saying, please, thank you, sorry. And very important was to know our boundaries in corporate socializing. And that's where our true character, our true strength comes into place. Because in the corporate sector we can very freely do many things. And we may feel that people are not watching us or nobody is there to question us. But we, as believers, are to set certain boundaries when we are in the corporate setting. Then we also looked at honoring our boss, both the good bosses and the harsh and the rude bosses. It's very likely that we tend to say, okay, this boss is not good. He's doing all this against me. But we looked at that example of David. When King Saul was filled with jealousy, he wanted to kill David. But David took a stance and he said, no, I'm going to honor the king because God has anointed Saul to be king over me. And that was a door that opened a greater blessing for David. And God was pleased with what David did. And so we stopped there honoring the boss. And then we also looked briefly at the point of when the heat is on, behave wisely. So we'll start from there again. So when the heat is on, behave wisely. Let's read 1 Samuel chapter 18, 13 to 15 and verse 30. 1 Samuel 18, 13 to 50 and verse 18. Sorry, verse 30. Yes, could one of us please read? 1 Samuel 18, 13 to 15. I think on the notes we are on page 87 if you're tracking along. Right, is anyone there or should I? Yeah. 1 Samuel 18, 13 to 15, 30. Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and made him his captain over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. And David behaved wisely in all his ways and the Lord was with him. Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was whenever they went out that David behave more wisely than all the servants have saw. So that his name became highly esteemed. Amen. Thank you, Christopher. Now, as we were just mentioning, right, I like that word. David behaved wisely in all his ways. Not only was David a man who was brave. We saw that he overpowered Goliath. He was the only one who was brave enough to go and stand in front of Goliath. Not only was he full of wisdom that God gave him, but he was wise in all his ways. Not only at home or with his brothers or with the king, but in all his ways. And when Saul, the king, saw that David was wise in all his ways, what happened to King Saul? King Saul began to fear David. Now it goes on to say that David behaved more wisely than all his servants. And so there will be times when people will be treating us indifferently. People may ignore us. People may, you know, may say wrong things against us or things that are false accusations against us. It's very easy to turn back and, you know, immediately say, no, I didn't do that. And, you know, this person is lying and this is what it is. But as believers, we must learn to walk in wisdom. When the heat is on, when there is a heated argument or a heated situation, walk in wisdom. Right? So like I also mentioned, right? Say if you're in a team meeting and your boss is really upset, maybe some things didn't go right in the entire month. That is not the right time to stand up and say, you know, this is, this is because, you know, most of them in the team are like this or, you know, the team is not working in unity. That won't be the right time. Right? So in every, like if you take even in the family situation, right, if there's a heated argument in the family, the wrong time would be to pick up all the things that happened in the past and bring it during that time. Right? And during a time of a heated moment, behave wisely. Right? Whether it's with family, whether it's at work, whether it's in the ministry. Right? Next one, stay clear of meaningless arguments. Proverbs chapter three was 30 and 31. I'll just read that. Don't argue with others for no reason when they have never done any, done you any harm. Don't be jealous of violent people or decide to act as they do. Now in a team, remember that there will be a lot of, you know, meetings, discussions. It's a lot of collaborative work in the workplace every now and then, you know, you get together even in the ministry, right? You have the pastoral team and then you have the second in line team, maybe the life group leaders teams and volunteer teams. So you have meetings. Right? There will be times when discussions can go into a rabbit trail. When I say rabbit trail, it means that the focus of the discussion is maybe productivity, but then suddenly the discussion may go on into, you know, something else, right? How to start new programs or something. Right? So it's going away from the main topic that has been decided. Right? And then sometimes, you know, discussions may get into arguments. Right? I'm sure we've noticed these debates that happen. You know, between Christians and Muslims and we have these debates that happen and a lot of them are posted online. There are times when those debates turn into arguments and you can easily see the frustration on the other person's face. Now during that time, there were times when, you know, during a discussion, people may get personal, people may get aggressive. They may have something, a personal vendetta against you. And so they'll try to put all the accusation upon you. And so during those times, be clear and stay away from meaningless arguments. What you can do is you can just tactfully defer the discussion or if you're, if you're not facilitating the discussion, you can just, you know, probably say, hey, I think the discussion is going somewhere else. Maybe we can take a five minute break and come back and start a discussion. So it's very, very important to do that. You know, and it also happens in small group settings. Right? Now, usually in small groups, what happens is we are all sitting, maybe 10 of them, you know, you have a agenda as a life group leader. And then, you know, you say, okay, testimony time. And then testimony time, some, you know, some, some of them take the turn and they go on and on for 10, 15, 20 minutes. And life and as a leader, you're not able to do anything. But remember that if you are in leadership, there are times you have to make decisions. You have to say, okay, we need to stop this whole testimony time. Let's move on to the next person. Now we do it tactfully. We do it in a way that is not disrespecting, but, you know, in a very humble, very polite way, we do what we have to do. Yes. Say he has raised his hand. Not sure if he has anything to say. Say. I was going to just text it. Okay. I can say it. I just to contribute to that. I think they can always vet those testimonies before they even come up so that you avoid any, any confrontation or anybody being hurt, you know, or feeling bad that they were given opportunity to talk so that that way you understand what you're coming out, the practice coming out to say to the believers, right? That's the way I feel, I feel we should actually carry out such things. Testimony should be vetted, listen to before they're being brought up over to the body to listen because at the end of the day, it's to encourage not for anyone to show off or try to show everyone that, you know, they have done something, something that well has happened, but to encourage the believer to give glory to God. That's where it goes with that. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. That's that's that's a good thought. Say thank you for sharing that. There are times when, you know, so for example, we in ministry, we may get too busy and we may not be able to verify every testimony that comes in. There are times even after verifying testimony, there will be people who will want to, you know, just keep sharing, you know, we may know what they want to share, but they sometimes go on and on and they may want to say, you know, just pick up different kinds of thoughts that come into their mind. And so yeah, but say as you said, it's always good to verify it, you know, make sure that things are, you know, okay, this is what you're going to share. Give them a timeframe as well. That will really help as well. So yes, so in line with this, stay clear from meaningless arguments, right? Now, I'll go to the next one. I'll skip the next one. So feedback, like feedback, pay attention and play close attention to it. Now, Proverbs 27, 21 says, the refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold and a man is valued by what others say of him. Can one of us read Proverbs 26, 16? Any one of us, Proverbs 26 and verse 16. Let's go ahead, Samuel. Samuel, I think your voice is breaking. Can you try reading that again, please? Proverbs 26 and verse 16. Proverbs 26, 16. A lazy person will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions. Thanks Samuel. So pay attention to feedback, right? Now, there will be times people will give us feedback and especially, you know, if it's coming from, you know, well-meaning individuals who, you know, have been teaching you, training you, spending time, pouring out into your life, pay attention to their feedback. Feedback and input that come from experienced people is extremely valuable, right? Now, I can vouch for this because now I remember when I started off as a worship leader and I remember our worship pastor, I would spend a lot of time with him and he would give me a lot of feedback that he would say, you know, Paul, you think about what, you know, the songs that you're choosing. Now, what is it lining up towards? Does it, you know, does the songs focus towards the glory of God or the power of God and, you know, how to choose songs, how to create a set list and when you go up, how to exalt the congregation. It's not about just coming, singing and going. How do we exalt the congregation? How do you get the congregation involved in singing? And there are times, you know, after the worship set, after the Sunday, when I meet pastor on Monday, I would ask him, pastor, please feel free to, I mean, please listen to the, you know, worship time, worship time and please give me some feedback. The reason is when people who are experienced give us feedback, it only means that we are willing to learn, we are willing to develop, we are willing to change and getting feedback from individuals who are experienced is a wonderful thing, right? It's wonderful. So when you may be in the workplace or at the ministry, if your boss who has been, you know, giving you, pouring into your life and spending time with you, helping you grow in whatever area that you're doing, you know, take those feedbacks, work on it, it's going to help you. Don't try to defend your shortcomings. Many times we try to say, no, no, because of this, I was not able to, you know, do this work or this task could not become, or because of that, or because of this. Yes, there could be some genuine reasons, but for most cases, avoid, you know, defending your shortcomings, right? When we do that, what happens is like, it's like we're saying, we're not valuing the feedback that is coming, so no, your feedback is good, but because of this problem, I could not do this, right? So it changes the whole scenario. So always try as much as possible, not to defend your shortcomings, but to take feedback, apply it into your life and it's going to surely, you know, enable us to go to a higher step as well. Always receive correction with a good attitude. This is key. Now there are people who want to correct you, there are people who care enough about you, who want to see us grow, develop and become a better person. Now when they give correction, there's a right way to take that feedback, right? Take it in a good attitude, take it in a positive attitude. Now remember that those who give you feedback only want to see you grow. Those who don't give you feedback, they don't really want to, you know, it doesn't really matter to them, but remember those who are giving you feedback, they're taking the time, they're taking the effort to help you and to see you grow in whatever area you're doing. So, you know, build a rapport with them, continue to take input. Sometimes in ministry, right, what we do is we think of, you know, hey, I'm 10 years, 15 years in the ministry, so now, you know, I'm ready to give feedback, but not take feedback, right? And sometimes when we are really matured in the ministry, we feel like we're so used to giving feedback and giving counsel to people, and when time comes when we have to receive it, we just step away, we say, no, no, no, God only will speak to me, you know, only God can tell me what to do. Those are wrong attitudes, right? So we must be willing, no matter how high we go, to receive feedback from people, right? One of the things that we have in ABC is we have a, you know, we have a big team where, you know, some are in media and technology, some are in music and production and all different kinds, a lot of business-oriented people in our church and so what happens, what we do is we take inputs from everyone, right? Those who are really good in the field that they are in, experienced, we take feedback, we take inputs from everyone and what is applicable, we try and apply it to the organization as a church which eventually helps build the church. So receive correction with a good attitude, right? Now, I want to be careful here. There will be times that people will say things and try to correct you, but it doesn't really, you know, they just want to, you know, say something, right? It's not the correction is done very harshly or it's done in a way to condemn or to bring you down, then you got to think twice about that, right? So there will be times when, you know, people come and say to you, hey, there are some things I don't believe, I don't subscribe to some of your beliefs, right? And why don't you do this, this, this? Now, you need to be careful, right? So we cannot say, okay, now because this person said brought correction, so I have to agree with whatever he says, no. We need to see, okay, is it in line with God's word, whatever he's speaking? Now, if it's something that is not in line with God's word or with something that is not in line with the organization, don't take it, right? But there's a way to, you know, put aside those things. You don't say, you know, we don't say, you know, hey, it's alright, why don't you, you know, somebody else don't have to tell me this. That would be the wrong way. Sometimes you just take it. If it's something that is good, beneficial for you and for the organization, receive it. If it's not, just put it away, right? Especially in ministry, you'll have a lot of people coming and giving a lot of, you know, advice and a lot of, you know, corrections that they want to make, which is suitable for them. But if it is something that is not in line with the organization, you don't have to, you know, take everything that they say. But if it is, if they are people who are in ministry, who are really care and they give good positive constructive feedback, constructive correction, take it applied in your life and in ministry. The next point, be careful before you stand as a guarantor. Now, this is a very strange point. But this is very, very, very important in terms of corporate settings. Let's read Proverbs 11 and verse 15. Proverbs 11 verse 15. Proverbs 11 verse 15. Proverbs 11 verse 15. He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, but one who hates being surety is secure. Amen. Thank you, Samuel. You know, yesterday, a couple of days back, as I was preparing and all of these, I was just thinking, the book of Proverbs, Solomon has, he's touched every single aspect of life, meaning everything, even as simple as standing as a surety. So there will be times in workplace relationships where we make good friends, close friends in the workplace. And then there will be times when some people will say, hey, why don't you stand as a surety? I'm going to probably, for example, I'm going to take a loan and why don't you stand as a surety for me? Now, because they're friends, maybe for many years, good friends, you trust him. When you say, okay, I'll stand as a surety. Now, has what the Bible teaches us, right? He who is a surety for a stranger will suffer, but he who hates being in surety is secure. So, all we want to say in this matter is be careful before you put your name down as a guaranteeer for anyone, for any financial or legal implications. Right? Be very careful. You know what? Because, you know, I've heard of people who have stood as surety for a home loan for, you know, their friends. And those guys didn't pay the EMI's monthly installments and, you know, they eventually absconded. And what happened? The person who was the guarantor was, you know, the bank officials came to their home and said, you know, you have to start paying the EMI because you're the guarantor. He said, no, I can't. I'm not even in my house. It's my friend's house. So where's your friend? He's absconded. A friend maybe who was, you know, 10 years close to him, very close to him, gone. Right? Absconded. Now, he's paying the loan and he can't even stay in that house because the house is under the bank. The bank has control until, you know, the dues are all paid off. And he went through a terrible time. I remember this man was coming and saying, you know, I never thought this would happen to me where I myself don't have my own house and I haven't taken my own home loan but I stood as a guarantor for somebody else, a very close friend of mine absconded and now I'm in trouble. And the best part is both of them were good believers. Right? So, when the Bible says something it always, you know, there is a reason for it. Now, I'm not saying that you must not do it no matter what. Now, if you feel the Lord is leading you to do it, you can go ahead. But be careful. Look at all the aspects. Look at what it is involved. What are the stakes involved? And be very careful in this point because many lives have got ruined because of this, standing as guarantors. Right? Next one, avoid astrologers, horoscopes, fortune tellers and palm readers. Let's read Jeremiah 10-2 says, Thus says the Lord do not learn the way of the Gentiles do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven for the Gentiles are dismayed at them. Now, during a time where there is you know, a lot of all these, you know, astrologies, horoscopes, fortune tellings you know, palm reading and all of those things as believers we must take a stand against it and I trust none of us are in that, you know, we are guessing we are all well assured in the Lord and you know, we don't personally involve in this astrologies, horoscopes because these are all occult practices the source itself is the enemy but there will be times when you know, people may in a workplace may say, hey, why don't we you know, go to these horoscopes of fortune tellers and find out what is going to happen in our future as a company or future as our team or in our personal lives. Let's find out now, as believers we may initially feel hey, let's try it but no turn away from it gently excuse yourself and run away from that place right I'm reminded of what Joseph did when sin came knocking he ran away he didn't linger around there right, when Potiphar's wife came he didn't say, okay, let me stand around let me just go here, no, he ran so run away from all of this, turn away from it right, now do it lovingly, do it with humility and not adequately, right, not in a manner like a self-righteous manner now, the mistake that I've made is I've many, many times I've said you know, palm reading is all you know, it's all rubbish and horoscopes they don't even know what's happening in their life and astrologers don't have a clue what they're doing and so the many times I have spoken off against them of course not in the pulpit and not while teaching and all of that but among friends and among people that I know of, that I realize that even if they are people that I know and people that are close to me I should avoid it because you know, it's talking arrogantly about other people's beliefs and so I don't want to involve in that, right so stay away from it if people in your organization say we have to do this then just step away, just walk away I'm reminded of this this young man this happened last year he called me he's not a believer but he's a very hardworking man and he's working abroad and he you know, his parents are in India he used to send money to India and told his parents let's build a nice house so that later on after the house is ready I'll also come to India and I'll get a job there and work there so he began to work really hard he used to send money and he couldn't come every now and then to look at the progress but he would come but just once a while and then everything was done, he built a beautiful big house where he and his parents could stay and after building the house somewhere in between the family called the priests they're not Christians they called their their leaders and they came after doing certain prayers they said this house is not made the right way the word we use in India is vastu which means there are certain things that has to the kitchen should face east or I myself don't know but the main door should face this way and the kitchen bedroom should face this way and all of those things so the guy said the house is not planned the right way and it's not going to be a blessing there's only going to be curses in this house and all those things and without the son's knowledge the parents got really scared and said okay we will rebuild the house and they demolished the whole house and they said the son was so sad about the whole thing he said why did you demolish the whole house I spent so many years just saving up and the parents said we will just rebuild it in the right way so that there's no curses and then he spoke to me and he called me and he said what is this what do I do now and he was really heartbroken he was really crying a lot of hard work over the past two years working double shifts, sending money now just because this person said this and he was just so broken right so sometimes falling into all these things are just traps that the enemy uses right so let's avoid it better in the organization I'm sure in our personal lives none of us follow that but in the organization even people that may ask you to be involved in it step away, stay away from it and trust in the Lord is the one who will do the right things for us, he will open the right doors for us right so we complete this chapter chapter 9 any questions on this chapter the next chapter is very very important chapter any questions chapter 9 workplace relationships any thoughts everything okay shall we move into the next chapter chapter 10 planning and execution okay alright so let's move into chapter 10 again this is a very very important subject very very important topic that we can discuss because planning and execution is something that all of us do in our personal lives in our family lives corporate in the ministry so all these points can be applied to us right now we've heard this statement execution is key we can plan and make plans after plans after plans but the key is execution we may have this wonderful whole thing okay I'll do this this this and then strategy and activities and how to you know strategize how to plan all of this now if you don't execute it all those plans all those strategies are of no use because you're not seeing the goal accomplished right so planning is important but execution is even more important right imagine as a imagine a family that says okay I plan to move to another city I'm just giving an example I plan to move family plans to move to another city right now if they don't put that plan into action they're not going to end up in another city mentally we can't say okay right now I'm in this city and then next week I'm in the other city no there is execution there has to be something done to it we need to moving a home is not a small task there's a lot of planning lot of execution involved same way in our lives in ministry planning is very important execution of that plan is the key right and so in this chapter we look at insights on planning and strategy execution right let's look at a few points first one determine the council of the Lord right Proverbs 19 21 says we humans keep brainstorming options and plans but God's purpose prevails that's the message translation I like that version we humans keep brainstorming options and plans but God's purpose prevails you know many a times we plan a lot of things you know the regular NIV version says plans in a man's heart but it's the God's will but it's God's will that prevails right so we plan a lot of things but it's very important to get the council of God God is this the right step that I'm taking is this the right door that you are opening for me is it the door that you want me to go into now or should I wait for some time or God is this the organization that you want me to be in I have different options I have three doors open in front of me three different companies are calling me there are interviews what should I do should I stay here should I look at this company should I go to that company and sometimes in our mind we feel this is good this is good that is good but it's very important to determine the council of the Lord what does the Lord want us to do and when we are in the will of God in the council of God in the plan of God God will open doors perfectly for us I'm sure many of us can testify I prayed God opened this door and everything around was perfect God opened this right school or God opened the right company for me, gave me the right place the right city and right kind of environment for my children everything was just sets in perfectly because it is the council of the Lord and it's very important in the ministry I want to focus on ministry now on this point to get the council of the Lord for example as a church you're planning to do worship evenings and you plan worship evening on Saturday 6 p.m now you don't need the council of the Lord in the sense that God should I do worship evening you can do it it's not like you need the council of the Lord but there will be times in ministry you will need to sit down and pray and prayerfully make decisions in the ministry especially when they are critical ones when it comes to moving to another city moving to another nation or when it comes to your children, education or your own job critical ones determine the council of the Lord get thoughts from people who are well meaning who can help you in that area as well and then stir your plans on how you will execute that now when it comes to planning get the right people involved in planning now let's focus on the corporate and ministry side of it Proverbs 2018 says form your purpose by asking for counsel then carry it out using all the help you can get now when you have you can either plan alone or you can plan with a team but here's the thing when we plan with a team you get different inputs right now at APC what we do is as a team we plan so for example there's Good Friday and Easter coming up so we all meet pastoral team the volunteer leaders what do we do Good Friday the regular things always stand especially since the church has done it for many years but then we get involved we say okay what do we plan so we get key people involved in a planning process people who can contribute to the discussion people who will take responsibility and be involved in execution so don't just find people who will just give us ideas and thoughts and then say okay go do it no they need to be involved in the execution of the plans share the plan with your extended team as well the other people in the team also needs to be involved it's not like the higher team first you know only they should know the plan now what we do something at APC is we have a high level planning team so the pastoral team the volunteer team leaders we plan and then after a certain decision is made we e-mail it to the entire congregation say okay this is what we're going to do this is how our Good Friday service will be and this is how our Easter Sunday service will be these are the plans for the next academic year for the Bible college these are the plans for the e-learning courses whatever is planned after the discussion we share it with everyone and Tarun's been there on many of our discussions as well and so it's good to do that because we get inputs from everyone have a good high level team now in the corporate sector maybe you're a manager or a leader and you are in a position where you can get people involved in the corporate so for example you have three people who are discussing a topic get people from your team if you feel that this person can contribute he may be very insignificant he may not be a manager or he may not be a team leader he may be just somebody who's new to the team but you feel that this person can add some value or give some inputs so give people opportunities when you're getting the right now when you give people opportunities we will realize God will lead us you say okay maybe I need to give him some more time maybe after six months let me call him let's try somebody else and then the Lord may minister to you and say okay get him involved get his thoughts as well I remember when I joined APC and during the Bible college while I was studying in the Bible college pastor would say we're having a pastoral team discussion you also come and I used to wonder why you were there they're all pastors they're in the ministry for many years but what kind of input can I give I felt really out of place but I realized that it was all a process of leading people and making people grow from one place to another so getting the right people involved is key while making decisions next point look ahead preempt the unexpected let's read Proverbs 22 and verse 3 yes could any one of us please read Proverbs 22 and verse 3 Proverbs 22 and verse 3 Proverbs 22 and verse 3 a prudent man for his evil and hide himself hide himself but the simple pass on and they are punished amen thank you Mangi now part of a planning process is to be preemptive the word preemptive simply means to anticipate potential threats and challenges and execute plans accordingly right being prepared for future courses of events or certain challenges that may come up so when we plan we don't only look at what's happening now around us but we plan ahead in the sense that okay if any unforeseen situation comes up or a threat of any kind comes up or challenges come up how are we going to fight that how are we going to able to overcome those things right and continue keeping the organization growing so look ahead preempt on the unexpected right and now how does how does that happen a prudent man foresees evil meaning so he foresees when we are prudent we foresee things okay things way ahead so some of the things we do APC as well is you know we have like 10 year plans 20 year plans and I'm talking about not just you know plan okay do this do this no we're talking about high level 10 year plans high level so these are every aspect these are certain things we want to see our church ahead right the moment lockdown hit I'm sure most churches did this which is good but the moment you know the pandemic hit and we were under lockdown we knew exactly what to do go online push everything online everything just was you know very very well the transition was very comfortable for us because one of the things that we had decided somewhere in the early 2013-14 was to you know put our sermons online put our sermons so that people can watch it and also record with good equipment and record our worship record our sermons and put them online and also other things that we also plan was to get students from other countries also so we also many years back we thought about doing online courses so that people from other countries also can log in and look at joining our bible college course and we had that in our mind but the moment lockdown came so we knew exactly what to do push everything online so okay worship we knew okay we've done it before so we did the sermon recording done it before it was done and then bible college it was it wasn't done online but then immediately we got things done and then got it online so it wasn't really something that was of course there was a lot of back in work IT work but it was done because it was already something that was on paper we didn't think of lockdown we never even thought of it but it was on paper it was always on our mind you know one day as a bible college we will be impacting people from different nations it was already in our mind and this whole lockdown came going online wonderful opportunity to touch people minister to people from different countries so a prudent man foresees evil he foresees he sees the things that are way ahead now how do we do that we pray we seek God's guidance and God really begins to speak to us he directs us remember point one determine the council of the Lord and we know when he will open the right door and so accordingly we can plan ahead as well right so let's stop here right we will continue from the next point from next week and I hope I hope these lessons are you know a learning for each one of us it's definitely been a learning for me as well I just want to apologize I mentioned that I'll put the you know the midterm assessment but I will go ahead and do that this week so I'll put the midterm assessment it'll just be for 50 marks and then the final assessment will be for 50 marks the marks will be collated together as your final grades right sorry for the delay I'll put that in maybe today tomorrow I'll put that right thank you so much let's just quickly close in prayer Mangi would you mind closing in prayer for us yes Pasta let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you Lord we thank you for equipping us Lord for empowering us with this knowledge Lord that we are useful and we are impactful and we carry your kingdom Lord in the way that places you in the way that places and bring glory to people we come in contact with Lord because we are called by your name Lord and we are called to present your glory Lord to be of ourselves Lord in the places and wherever we we find ourselves we give you all the glory and we pray just that you continue to work in our heart Lord so that we are prepared and we are ready Lord to go in any place that you call us to we pray all this Father in your mighty name Lord Jesus amen amen thank you so much Mangi thank you everyone have a great week ahead God bless you I'll see you next week bye