 Good morning everyone and good to see you all this morning. Thank you for joining class. Before we look at the kingdom of God and study further, let's just pause for the word of prayer. Can one of you please lead us in prayer please? Anyone? Okay, Jeffina, thank you. Dear Heavenly Father, we come to the end of the name of Jesus. We thank you for this beautiful day for the beautiful class we are about to have. God, you have called us to lead your kingdom now here on. We thank you so much for your kingdom and you have called us to be builders of the kingdom. God, everything that we study today will let that encourage us to follow you more, let that encourage us to seek you more and help us to open our mind and heart and listen to your words and to live an amazing life with you God and help us to be bold and to preach the gospel and help us to let everyone down here on this earth to know about your kingdom so that they can be happy. We thank you so much for coming down. We thank you so much for giving your life and help us good by heart connections that we need and help us to concentrate and we ask our Holy Spirit to guide us to everything in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you, Jeffina. Uh-oh. Sorry. So we are looking at the kingdom of God. We've been studying the kingdom of God. In chapter one, we saw that the kingdom of God is a major theme throughout the Bible and God planned to have His kingdom here on earth, not just at some point of time in history, but He planned this even before the foundations of the world. So the kingdom of God that God wanted to initiate here on earth was something that He taught about. He planned in His mind, it was a conceived idea plan in His mind even before the foundations of the world and a kingdom that He had in mind was a kingdom that He prepared for each one of us and we are the people who will inherit His kingdom. We are heirs with God and co-heirs with Christ and God through us is bringing about His kingdom, government His kingdom, reign, rule, power and authority and dominion here on the earth and we saw how Jesus introduced His kingdom and then we looked at, you know, in chapter two, we saw the king and the kingdom. So God is the king of the kingdom and so as a king, what do we need to do? We need to praise, worship and even our prayers, even when we pray, we need to acknowledge Him as King and then we looked at the very powerful verse in Psalm chapter 44 verse four, it says, what the Psalm says, you are my King, O God, command victories. So, you know, and here the word victories, the root word is eschewa, which means from where we get the name Jesus and also means salvation and we know salvation is a holistic, comprehensive word, which means healing, deliverance, prosperity and wholeness and so when we pray, we need to, you know, pray and say, God, I like you to decree, to command victory, okay, over any or every area of your life, whichever area of your life you're looking for, healing, deliverance, prosperity, breakthroughs, this is a powerful prayer to pray. And then we also looked at Isaiah chapter nine verses six and seven and we learned that, you know, God wants His kingdom to be a true expression of all who He is. So God wants His kingdom to be an expression of who He is and what He does. And we looked at the names of God and how, you know, we can speak those names even as we, you know, bring about or even as we go about building God's kingdom here on earth. And then we looked at how the King introduced His kingdom. We looked at the threefold approach that Jesus took to introduce His kingdom. The first thing is anyone? Which is the first one? Preaching. Preaching the good news about the kingdom. Second? Teaching the principles of the kingdom. Thank you, Anita. Teaching the principles of the kingdom. And the third one is? Demonstrating. Yeah, demonstrating the power of the kingdom. So, you know, we preach God's word, we teach God's word, but the last one, demonstrating the power of the kingdom is something that all of us, you know, don't want to enter into or don't want to take it on. But this is what Jesus did and this is what He has given to us. Remember, He said, we can do greater things than what He has done. So we preach, teach and also, you know, demonstrate the power of God through science, miracles and wonder. So that is what we looked at in chapter two. And then in chapter three, we saw how, you know, Adam and Eve, they were given dominion over the kingdom of God here on earth, when God initiated His kingdom here and how they gave over their lordship to Satan. And when Jesus died on the cross, how He redeemed back, not only mankind to Himself, but also the power and the authority that man had given to Satan. And we see that, you know, the God has redeemed that and given that to the church now. So the church are the ones who have the keys of the kingdom, which means they have the power and the authority and the church, you know, has the power and authority to bind on earth what is bound in heaven, to release on earth what is released in heaven. And who is the church? The church belongs, comprises of few and I, saints, believers who are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ Jesus. And the most important point we saw is that the kingdom of God is, that God released here on earth is a spiritual kingdom. That means it's a kingdom that is in our hearts and in our lives. And we also saw that it's another dimension of the kingdom, which is the natural dimension of the kingdom, the natural kingdom with God Himself when He comes the second time on here on earth, He will overthrow the rulers and the authorities of the earth and then He will establish His rule, 1,000 year millennium rule here in Jerusalem. And we will all be part of that natural kingdom. But for now it's a spiritual kingdom where we experience the kingdom in our hearts and lives and through our hearts and lives, the kingdom of God is extended in the natural, in the geographical areas wherever we are living. So we'll move on to chapter four. Before we move on to chapter four, anyone has any questions? Chapters one to chapter three. Okay, there are no questions. We will move on to chapter four. Okay, kingdom thinking. I hope you have your PDF copies opened and you can follow through, okay? The teachings of Jesus on the kingdom of God is something that gives us a completely new perspective, a perspective, a completely new perspective from which we can think, we can think from a completely new frame of mind. Some of His teachings on the kingdom of God was radically different. So the teachings of the kingdom of God that Jesus taught teaches us to think from a very new or completely new perspective. And it radically affects our thinking, our perspectives, our value systems and our priorities. Okay, so it's something radically very different which affects our thinking, our perspectives, our value systems and our priorities. The Bible tells us in Colossians chapter one verses 12 to 13, can somebody read that please? Colossians chapter one verses 12 to 13. Colossians one, 12 to 13. Given thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be Prophetapers or the inheritance of the saints in the light, He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Thank you, Zaltoly. So God has already qualified us, okay? God has already qualified us. It's like, you know, even before you wrote the test you've passed, so God has already qualified us. Now what has God already qualified us for? He's qualified us to partake or to enjoy the inheritance. He already has for His people, okay? So He's already qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. Saints in the light is basically believers and you know, we belong to the kingdom of light. We have been ushered in from or brought out from the kingdom of darkness and we've been ushered into the kingdom of light. And it says here, who has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. So we are in the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Jesus brought us out of the kingdom of darkness. So the kingdom of Jesus is a kingdom of light and we've been brought out of darkness. Just as darkness and light are totally opposite to each other, so also is the kingdom of light and that is the kingdom of Jesus and the kingdom of darkness which is the kingdom of the devil, okay? So these two things are just like darkness and light are totally opposite. So also the kingdom of light which is the kingdom of Jesus Christ and the kingdom of darkness which is the kingdom of devil is totally opposite, okay? So the kingdom of darkness is what we were used to living in and we've been transferred into the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ in fact, Jesus says that the kingdom of God is within us. The kingdom of God is within us or the kingdom of God is within me. The kingdom of God is within you. Now, there is something about this kingdom that Jesus mentions in John chapter 18 was 36. John chapter 18 was 36. When Pilate asked Jesus, are you the king of the Jews? Jesus said, my kingdom is not of this world, okay? Pilate asked Jesus, are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus says, you know, it's rightly just like you said and Jesus goes on to say that my kingdom is not of this world. So Jesus is saying my kingdom is from above. It's a totally different kingdom. It does not belong to this world which means that you and I are of a kingdom which is not of this world. And this is something that we need to keep in mind. Though we live here in this world, we do not belong to the world which means we do not follow the patterns, the lifestyle, the thinking and the culture of this world, okay? And John wrote in one John chapter four verses five and six. It says they are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world and the world hears them, okay? So he's talking about the people of the world. John in one John chapter four verses five and six, John says, you know, they are of the world. That means the people of this world, they are of this world. And hence when they speak, they speak as citizens of this world because they speak according to the perspective, the culture, the thought processes, the mindset of this world. And the world hears them. Why? Because they are talking a similar language and they are adhering to a similar culture, a similar thought pattern of this world. But he says that we who are of God speak as of God, okay? So we belong to the kingdom of light. We belong to the kingdom of Jesus Christ. And hence, even though we live in this world, we don't speak, we don't think, we don't behave, we don't dress, we don't act. We like the people of this world, but we speak as a children of the kingdom of light or heirs of the kingdom of God. So there's a difference even in our speaking. Leave alone thinking or the way we behave, the way we act, but even in our speaking. So even in our speaking, we need to adapt to a new way of speaking. We need to change the way we speak. We speak, we declare, we speak, we command things in accordance to what God has declared in his word and what he has revealed in his word. And we speak the things that are in heaven. We declare it here on. So we need to adapt to a new way of thinking just like we know we need to change or adapt to a new way of speaking. Similarly, we also need to adapt to a new way of thinking, a new frame of mind. And we call this as kingdom thinking. So in this chapter, we're basically going to be looking at the kingdom thinking. Just like to give you an example. Now, for example, in India, I mean, some of you are out of India, but in India, if you've seen India, we don't follow lane discipline when we are driving or riding. Even if the signal is red, some people just cross the signal. They just overlook the signal. And also when it comes to eating things, we just eat, we just can throw it on the road. We throw it on the street. Or if you are in the car, we're drinking a tea or we're eating a snack. We just throw the tissue paper. We just throw whatever plastic bags, covers. We just throw it on the street. That is how people in India, the culture is like that. We don't follow traffic rules. We don't have lane discipline. Just say, for example, I'm here in India and I'm driving, I don't follow lane discipline. Just say I don't even stop at the red signal. I don't give way to others. I want to be first. I want to go first. I keep while driving, I am eating something and I just throw the tissue paper, throw the plastic bag on the street because that is the culture that we see here in India. But for example, I just go to New York and I lived there. I learned how to drive there. I follow lane discipline. I follow the rule of giving way to others, stopping, giving way to the other people, following the traffic signal, being very careful not to throw things on the street, not to litter places around, being very careful, being very mindful of all of these things. And I'm living there and I come back to India and I'm visiting India. But then I go back to my old ways. I don't follow lane discipline when I come to India. I just come out of the airport and I'm eating something instead of finding a trash can. I just throw the chocolate wrapper or I just throw the tissue paper anywhere. Don't follow lane discipline when I'm driving. Don't follow the traffic signals. So we see that two different cultures, but when I go to New York, I adapt to that culture. I follow the lane discipline. I follow the rules there. I'm mindful that I don't throw things. But when I come back here, I go back to my old ways. So there are two things that we can learn from this example. The first one is the way we think the culture so impacts our behavior. So when I'm in India, I try to follow the, just the freedom to follow the culture here. But when I go to New York, I follow the culture that is there. So culture so impacts our behavior. The second thing that we can learn from this example is that we have a potential to change. When I go to New York, I make sure that I follow lane rules, lane discipline, follow the traffic signal. I don't litter. I don't throw things here and then. I'm very careful. I don't break the law. So also when we belong to the kingdom of God, and that is the culture that we need to adapt. That is a culture that we need to live. And if we are not strong in our relationships, with God, we are not reading God's word, we are not praying, then the culture that impacts us most is the behavior pattern that we will follow the most. So if we are following the kingdom of God culture, which means we are intimate with God, we are reading His word, we are praying, then that is the culture that is, that is inherited in us. And that is, the culture that is in us will so impact our behavior, our attitudes, our thinking, our lifestyle, the way we live. Everything will be impacted by the culture, okay? But if we feed the desires of our corner nature and our flesh, then that is the culture that we are going to follow. And that is the behavior patterns and lifestyle, the thought process, the perspective, the flame of mind which we think, which we act, which we behave. I hope you are understanding what I'm saying, right? I give an example of two cultures, India and New York and how we can change, we adapt and we change to cultures. And so it's important that we don't keep changing from behaving as children of the kingdom of God and at times behaving as people of this world. And we can't say that we can't change our behavior, we can change, because from the example I gave you, when I go to New York, I'm so conscious about my lane discipline, following the traffic rules and not littering the place. So we can't say that I cannot change. We all have the ability to change our thinking, to change our perspective and to change our thought process and to change our behavior, okay? And the culture that most influences us whether it is the kingdom of God or the culture of this world, depends upon what we are feeding our soulish man, whether we are feeding our soulish man with the things of the world, things of God, they're intimate with God and then that culture becomes dominant and that culture relates in or is manifested in our behavior, in our thought processes, in the way we think to life. And if we are feeding our carnal nature, feeding our soulish man with the carnal nature, with the things of the flesh, then we will be following the culture of this world and it's seed in our behavior and our thought process and in the way we act and the way we do life. I hope you understood what I'm trying to say from this example, yes, no? Okay, so it's important that we adhere to the kingdom of God culture because that will influence our thinking and our lifestyle and we can't say we can't change, okay? From the example I gave, we can change, okay? And we can change and we can think like kingdom of God, people of the kingdom of God, we can live like citizens of the kingdom of God. So we are in the kingdom of God and the culture of the kingdom of God is very different from the culture or the mindset of the kingdom of this world. The mindset, the way of thinking, the patterns of thinking, the framework of thinking for thought and perception in the kingdom of God is very different from the kingdom of this world. So although we are living in this world, we are called to live by the culture of the kingdom of God. They're called the pink, like people who belong to the kingdom of God. And the fact is that we can do it. We can live here on earth in this kingdom, in the kingdom of the world, we can live with the kingdom culture, we can think with the kingdom culture, we can think from the kingdom perspective, okay? So the reality is that we are in the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God is in us, but unfortunately, many of us have not transitioned into kingdom thinking. And that is why the way we do life, the way we live, the way we think is not the way God thinks about us, or what God has planned for us, or what God has in mind for us. Why? Because we have not transitioned into thinking like that. We just said, okay, I've accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, but there's a whole new dimension about that. We are now part of the kingdom culture, we are part of the kingdom of God, and we need to transition our thinking, our thought processes, the way we live, the way we do life according to that kingdom culture. But I hope that we are challenged, even as we look at the kingdom of God, and even as we look at the kingdom builders, to know that we are in the kingdom of God and we need to think from that kingdom perspective, and we need to begin looking at things the way Jesus looked at things. And it's not impossible to do that. If it was impossible, Jesus would have told us, he wouldn't have taught us all of these things, but the very fact that he taught us about kingdom culture, kingdom thinking, kingdom lifestyle, through his teaching, his preaching to the parables, is because it is possible for us to look at things in that way, and it's possible for us to live and think as kingdom citizens. So if we begin to look at things from a kingdom perspective, our lives will be changed, our lifestyles, our behavior will be changed, and we will demonstrate the kingdom of God, which means that we will truly represent all of who God is through our life. So that is what is the final outcome. The final outcome is not just living a culture, it's not just thinking the kingdom patterns, kingdom framework, but the final outcome is, it's just so powerful, it's something just so big, that we will actually be through representatives, and we will represent all of who God is through the kingdom that we manifest in and through our life. So that is the bigger picture, and that is what excites me, and I'm sure that's what excites will excite each one of you, that the greater picture is that finally, I'm going to be representing, or I'm going to be revealing all of who God is in his true sense, in his fullness here on earth, even as I'm part of the kingdom of God, and even as I'm extending, and even as I'm building the kingdom of God here on earth. So Jesus taught us a lot of things about kingdom thinking. We look at a few highlights of what kingdom thinking is like, and this is how you and I need to be thinking as people of God's kingdom. This is how we need to develop our kingdom mindset. This is how we need to develop a kingdom framework from which we look at things, from which we need to perceive things, from which we need to make choices and decisions, and if we will do that, we will truly be a kingdom community where we will have a kingdom culture among us. And having a kingdom culture among us when we meet as believers will be so powerful that people who come from the kingdom of the world, their lives will be impacted because the kingdom community and the kingdom culture that is amongst us is so powerful that will impact them even if you don't preach, teach, or even if you don't pray for them and will just impact that lifestyle. So we look at a few things that Jesus taught us about kingdom thinking before we move on. Anyone has any questions? Am I very fast? Is it okay? If I'm very fast, please type in the chat section. Yes, I think it's Lubega, you had your hand up. Okay, sorry, Isaac. Yes, Isaac, go ahead. Yes, from this explanation, because of this kingdom mindset or kingdom perspective, are we correct to infer that this is one of the reasons all advise that we should not be conformed to the world, but we should be transformed? I will try to infer that that's because of this kingdom mindset, we are in the world, but we should not behave like the world, but we behave like kingdom of God, children. Are we right to infer that? Yes, you are right, absolutely right, yes. And that's what Paul is saying because Paul knows that when we are born again, only a spirit man is born again, but our soul, that is our mind, will our emotions are not. And that's why he says we need to be transformed by the renewing of our mind because that's where the battle happens in the mind and that's where everything that we think is, our thought process becomes in reality, our actions, our character, it's basically becomes who we are. So when we are thinking from a kingdom perspective or the kingdom framework, then we would automatically live knowing and mindful of who we are, what authority and power God has given to us and how we can extend God's kingdom here and how we can be, you know, represent God for all who he is here on earth. Yes, it's right, Isaac. Does that help? Does it help, Isaac? Yes ma'am, thank you very much ma'am. Thank you, Isaac. Okay, so we look at a few things that Jesus taught us about kingdom thinking. The first one is that, you know, Jesus said is there's a highest standard of thinking. So we look at Matthew chapter five versus 21 to 30. So can somebody read that please? Matthew five, 21 to 30. Matthew chapter five versus 21 to 30. You have heard that it was said to those of old, you shall not murder and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever say to his brother, Raka shall be in danger of the council, but whoever says you fool shall be in danger of hellfire. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go your way. First, be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gifts. Agree with your adversary quickly while you are on the way with him. That's your adversary delivering you to the judge. Judge hand you over to the officer and you be thrown into prison. Especially, I say to you will be by no means get out of there till you have paid the last. You have heard that it was said to those of old, you shall not commit adultery. But I say to you that whoever looks at the woman, the lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, lock it up and cast it from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members perished than for your whole body to be cast to hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members perished than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Amen. Thank you, Jeffina. So here we see radical teaching of Jesus, something very radical. The Old Testament law seemed very heavy for people. They could not keep the Old Testament law. They found it as a burden. But here Jesus, as he introduced the kingdom, he raises the level. He raises the level much higher. He raises the standard of living higher. He describes the standards for kingdom living here. And it's much higher than even the Old Testament, which was like a burden on the people. Okay, so Jesus is basically saying that if you think, that if you murder someone, that is something serious. But Jesus is saying, but in the kingdom of God, just murder is not something that is big or serious. But hating someone is as serious a sin as murder. Okay, so he equates hating someone to murder, okay? So he's saying that in the kingdom of God, yes, murder is a big serious sin, but even if you hate your brother or you hate your neighbor, hate your friend, that is also something as serious a sin as murder. So he equates murder and hating together at the same, keeps places on the same level. And you think if you commit adultery, that's a sin, yes, that's a sin, but in the kingdom of God, if you look lustfully at a woman to possess her, that is equally a sin. You wouldn't have committed adultery, but just looking at a woman lustfully to possess her is that's something that you've already committed adultery. Not done the act, but just the thought possess is like the act of adultery, which is a sin. So he's placing adultery and looking lustfully as a woman on the same level. So here he is, Jesus is saying, you need to deal with the kingdom of God, you need to deal with sin. And how do you deal with sin? It sounds very harsh. It says, if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Jesus is saying, be very severe with the way you deal with sin. There should be no tolerance to sin. There should be zero tolerance to sin. So even if it means you're going to feel pain in the process of cutting off something or dealing with your sin, it's okay to go to that pain, but you'll need to deal with that sin. There should be zero tolerance to sin. So we think and live according to the culture that is around us. And Jesus is telling us, don't think and live according to the culture, the norm, the thought process that is around you. You belong to the kingdom. And this is the way it is in the kingdom of God. Sometimes we justify when we look at people around us who are not part of the kingdom and we say, no, they do this. So I also can do this. For example, children in school, everybody in my class is copying, so I can also copy. Or everybody manipulates or cheats and does things in office. So even I can do it. People lie that they have done this, this, this, they've completed this or they have done this work and they're lying because everyone in the workplace lies. Or when you are in a, in an MNC, it's okay for people to, even if you're married, to have an extramarital affair, everybody is doing that because you justify yourself and say, it's okay. It's okay for us to marry a non-believer. That's nothing wrong. It's okay for us to dress like the people of the world. Or when you work in an MNC and you go for parties or outings and they serve drinks or whatever. You say it's okay for us to do it because everyone around us is doing it. But we can't justify our actions, looking at the people of this world because they don't belong to the kingdom of God. They belong to the kingdom of this world. And because they belong to the kingdom of this world, they will live according to the culture of the kingdom of the world. But we don't belong to that kingdom. We are not of this world. And hence we cannot, you know, adhere to that culture. We belong to a kingdom where the culture is that if something causes us to sin, then we cut it off. And that is our culture. That is the kingdom culture. And this is a much higher culture we live by because we live by the kingdom of God. And so this challenges our thinking. We are so inclined to judging people or judging others or judging ourselves based on the external behavior. But Jesus goes beyond the external and he's challenging us to address the deeper issues that cause such behavior. That means he's challenging us to address our attitudes, our passions, the desires of our heart. And that is what Jesus is trying to say, you know, you need to, you know, even if you don't commit the act of adultery, which is something that is external, but he's going much deeper into our heart and he's saying, you know, judge your thoughts, your motives, your passions, your sexual appetites, you know, judge those things, judge the attitudes, passions and desires of the heart. And, you know, we will not be judged only for our deeds, the things that we do, but we will also be judged for our motives, our thoughts, why we are doing what we are doing. We'll also be judged for the silent inner heart attitudes. We will also be judged for the things that we have in our heart, the things that we hold in our heart, which no one can see, but God alone can see. So kingdom thinking goes beyond external behavior. Jesus is examining the heart here because hate is something that, you know, people really can't see. We can be nice to a person, but we can hate them. We can do things behind the back, you know, to fulfill our hate. Nobody can read our lustful, you know, dirty thoughts, but Jesus is saying, you know, he says, examine your heart and he's exposing the wrong motives, attitudes and desires. And he's saying that, you know, look at those things and at any cost eliminate that, you know, get rid of that because that is not what is going to enhance your kingdom thinking, okay? Another thing that Jesus taught us about the kingdom thinking is about, you know, we need to think in faith, okay? So think, kingdom thinking is about thinking. It's a culture of faith. So to walk by faith is a normal part of a kingdom of life or as kingdom citizens, you know, we need to walk by faith and not by sight. We need to look at things from the perspective of faith which should become very normal for us, okay? Not by sight, but by faith because kingdom of God is all about faith. And Jesus said in Mark chapter 11, verse 22, he says, have faith in God. Mark chapter 11 verse 22, Jesus says, have faith in God. So a person who comes from a kingdom of God, you know, we need to look at things from the eyes of faith, okay? We need to give up our right to fit into God's reasoning. We can't understand God. We can't perceive the, you know, the thoughts of God or the mind of God, but we need to give up that right to fit into God's reasoning. Sometimes we can't understand or, you know, logically reason what God is asking us to do. So we need to just give up our right to fit into God's reasoning and, you know, like people of this world, you know, everything, you know, they do or they think their reason. And, you know, and they try to fit God into their box. So as people of the world, you know, we try to reason things and we wanna fit God into our box. We want to actually figure out everything. We need to, we want to understand everything before we even step out, even before we do it. But, you know, in the kingdom of God, you know, faith is something that we need to walk by. You know, faith is something that we step out in as we can't see, but we just believe. We can't reason, we can't, you know, comprehend with our small minds and we give up the right to fit into God's reasoning. Okay, but faith says that God is bigger than our reasoning. Okay, faith says that God is bigger than our reasoning. So all we need to do as kingdom citizens at times is not just, not that we don't use our mind. God, of course, you know, he's given us some mental faculties, he uses that. And that is why he says we need to be renewed by our mind, the areas of our mind. But there are times when we, you know, we can't reason, we can't logically think, process it in our minds, but because God is telling us, you know, we just believe, we just trust, we will just step out and we will just go with God, what God is asking us to do or saying or telling us to do. So in our thinking, you know, we need to begin to think of faith. We begin to plan faith, we begin to see faith. And when we do that, we'll begin to see impossibilities become possibilities. Okay, so if, for example, if God puts an assignment in your life or he puts an assignment in our life and in my life and he calls us to do something, that's way beyond what you have ever done, what you have ever thought or imagined, you know, in our natural mind, in our own reasoning, we can say, God, I can't do this, you know, this is impossible, but we need to, you know, change into kingdom thinking, you know, we need to say, God, because, you know, you've asked me to do this because it is your word, this is your command, this is your plan. This is what you have thought for me, God, I'm just stepping out in faith. I'm just believing by faith. I'm just going to do what you want me to do. And, you know, with God, all things are possible. Just all things are possible for him who believes. So when you believe, you will see the impossible becoming a possibility for you. You will see things happening in the natural. So we need to begin to think that way. But people can say, you know, what you're thinking is not logical, how can you do it? You know, people can laugh at us. For example, you know, you may have a good job, a high post, you're earning very well, and God just calls you for a full-time ministry. Again, he asked you to go as a missionary to a remote island or a place in your own country where, you know, the infrastructure is not very good. And so, you know, you just step out in faith and you say, God, I don't understand, I don't see. I just believe, I know that you're asking me to do this and I will just do it. And, you know, when you tell this to your colleagues, your family members, you know, they think that you are a fool, you know, you're leaving a good position, a good job, what about your family's future, your children's future? Or maybe you're working abroad and, you know, God is telling you, you know, go back to your own, go back to India and, you know, be a missionary in a remote place, you know, somewhere in North India, some remote place. And you leave that and come, your family's things that you are a fool. So, or the people around you will think that you are a fool. So, you know, according to the world, you know, they might think that we are foolish enough in the decisions that we are making, but as citizens of the kingdom of God, you know, faith is part of our thinking processes. Faith is part of our perspective. It's part of the way you think and see things. And we need to look at things to the eyes of faith. So, kingdom thinking is thinking inspired by faith in God. So, faith is so much part of our kingdom thinking. We need to look at things from the eyes of faith. For example, even, you know, people who have had, you know, a medical history or a problem and the doctor tells them that, you know, you're a fool to believe that God is going to heal you. I know many people, especially women who are pregnant and, you know, having health issues. And the doctor says, terminate the baby, but they prayed and God says, you know, I will save the baby and they're just going by faith. The doctor thinks that they are a fool to do that, but they have given birth to healthy babies and they've been mighty witnesses of God's goodness in their life. So sometimes, you know, yes, we go by what the doctors say, we go by reasoning, logical reasoning, but sometimes, you know, God tells us to step out in faith. He asks us to do otherwise. And, you know, when God tells us, we just believe because he's a God who can make them possible. Possible, okay? So another thing that we can look at, you know, in our kingdom thinking, how, you know, another thing that Jesus taught about kingdom thinking is, you know, for the king's sake, okay? Do things for the sake of the king. So we read this in Mark chapter eight, verses 34 to 35. We also see this in Matthew chapter 10, verse 39, Matthew 16, 25, Luke 9, 24, Luke 17, 33, and John 12, 25. So can somebody read Mark chapter eight, verses 34 and 35 please? Mark eight, 34 and 35. Mark chapter eight, verses 34 and 35. When he had called the people to himself with his disciples also, he said to them, whoever desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever desires to have, to save his life, will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel will save it. Thank you, Jeffina. So this is, you know, it's a very radical invitation. Jesus said, if you want to come after me, you have to deny yourself. You have to take up your cross and follow me. So if you desire to save your life, you will lose it. And if you lose your life for my sake and the gospel, you will save it. So this is another dimension of kingdom thinking that Jesus was introducing and it's something very radical as well. What does Jesus mean here? What he means here is there will be times, you know, when, you know, you and I will have to lose our life for the sake of the gospel, which means, you know, we'll have to make decisions, choices in life and do things, which in the eyes of the world can be counted foolishness, but we will, you know, any which way, go ahead and do it for the sake of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the gospel. And this is kingdom thinking, you know, saying that I'm willing to do it for his sake. For an example, you know, you know, if you want to, you know, get into full-time ministry and get into Bible college, you know, people can say, why full-time ministry? Why Bible college? You know, you can get a good degree in science or commerce or MBA, you know, you could earn well and you can also do ministry at the same time. And I'll give you examples of numerous people who are in the business world, in the secular world, who are doing well, but also serving the Lord and saying, you know, if you go into full-time ministry, you know, you want to earn well, you will lack things, you'll have no money, you know, your family will, how will you sustain your family? So, you know, these are the, you know, some things which the people of the world can tell you. And when you step out and say, you know, I'm going to go into full-time ministry and I'm going to study in Bible college, they will think that's no total foolishness. Like, even when I made a decision when I was in 12th grade, you know, after that I said, I'm going to Bible college. People around me said this to me and, you know, people even in church said, you know, why do you want to do it? You know, do something like your sisters who are well educated and, you know, in science field and, you know, all of that, you know, why do you want to go into ministry? You know, it's not going to help you. You can always get a good degree, you know, master's degree as well and you can serve God. But when you say, no, you know, this is my God's calling. This is what God has called me to do. They will think you're foolish or, you know, when I stepped into full-time ministry and getting into Bible college, they thought, you know, I was taking the easy way in life, you know, because in Bible college you don't have to study much, you don't have to do anything much. That was the way people thought, you know, and it was very discouraging for my parents to hear what people around them said. But, you know, some decisions that we make can be foolishness in the eyes of the world, but that is what God has called you to do. Then we just take that on. We will do it for the sake of Christ. We do it for the sake of the gospel. Okay, we'll just stop here. It's time for our break. We'll probably pass one minute. We'll take our break and then we'll come back at 10.