 Good morning everyone. Thank you so much for joining in today's class on Minister's Foundation. We welcome each one of you and we appreciate the time that you have taken to study the word in a systematic way. So before we could go ahead with the course, I will just take you all through the course objective and the grading process and then we will move on to the course. So what we would be learning in this course is we will recognize God's call, God's plan, God's purpose in our life and we will be able to understand how God takes us through the life to unfold this plan, this purpose and how it's been fulfilled in our life. And we will also learn several ways by which we receive God's guidance, enabling us to follow Him through all the life decisions, points, it can be big or small, even as we journey into God's purpose for our life and we will also gain an understanding of the importance of adhering to the moral values and principles, ethics and standards in the Christian ministry and grow in the practical universe. The godly instruction presented in the course when and if paid attention to, it can keep us from the pitfalls in the life and help us finish the ways or finish the call and purpose of God well in a much better way, you can say. And yes, we would be following three books in this course, the first half that is from the month of August from now till December, sorry, till September, we would be completing, we would be studying on two books that is fulfilling God's purpose for your life and receiving God's guidance. And the next half that is from October to November, we would be studying on the code of honor. So totally, we have three books in this course, one is fulfilling God's purpose for your life. Second is receiving God's guidance. And the third is code of honor. Okay, so we encourage you to personally keep your Bible and a notepad handy during this course so that you can jot down the points that has been ministered to you and whichever has been important. And as we go through the course, I will also be giving you all the memory versus important points to memorize which will help us, which will help us through the course. And yes, they would be a grading system, we would have to grading assessment as we complete the first part that is fulfilling God's purpose and receiving God's guidance. By the month of September last week, we would have one grading assessment. And then the other would be at the end of the course in the month of November last week, we will be having the second grading assessment. And we would expect you to at least go more than 35% to receive a core certificate. So if you'll have any questions so far, any questions? No question pastor, you can go ahead Ma, go ahead please. Thank you, thank you. Okay. We will accept everyone. Okay, there are some of us joining in. Okay. Okay, it's a joy to study God's word and explore the deep things that God has in store for us in this word. And this subject has been my favorite each time I prepare to teach because I get to learn new things and that refreshes me and reminds me of the personal call of God in my life. And also as I study, he directs me and prepares me into the new steps, new areas of what God wants me to do in this season, though it may sound very simple. Okay, but it's very important for us to understand that God as a plan and a purpose for each one of us and how do we go, how we go about discovering that plan, that purpose in our life is what is very important because it takes for us to see that God's plan, you know, how we can discover God's plan to be fulfilled in our life. And it is a very important subject because and it's also very interesting because it plays an important role. It reveals God's plan in our life. So today we will try and complete the first three chapters from the book Fulfilling God's Purpose and the rest three I would request you all to go through it during weekend. So as we begin to study the course on fulfilling God's purpose for our life, we need to begin first of all by understanding or just recognizing the fact that in the hearts that God as a plan and a purpose for each one of us. And that's what we want to establish in our session today, that God as a plan and a purpose for each of us as an individual. So we need to understand that there are places that God wants us to go. There are people that God wants us to meet. There are lives that God wants us to touch and things that God wants us to do, things that he has planned for us to accomplish here on earth. And we can say that with extreme confidence that there is no greater satisfaction in life than living a plan and a purpose that God has for us. When I say this, I say this with my experience because that's the joy that we cannot get from doing anything else. And there is no greater joy than seeing the fulfillment of that dream that he has given to each of us. And in fact, there is a no greater adventure to journey on than journeying into the plan and purpose that God has for us. So as we begin by understanding God has a purpose for our life, God is a God of plan, God of purpose and of design. The God of the Bible, the God that we serve, he is a God of plan. He is a God of purpose and he does not do things arbitrarily or randomly. Just waking up in the morning and and seeing everything is okay. Let me figure out what am I going to do today? That's not the way that God works, but God has got a plan. He's got a purpose and he has a design. Let's see what the Bible tells us in Psalms 33, 11. Psalms 33, 11. The council of the Lord stands forever. The plans of his heart to all generation. God is a God of plan and purpose and design and objectives. God does not work randomly as we know it. And God knows the end from the beginning and the ancient times things are not yet done. Saying, my council shall stand and I will do all my leisure. The second point we see here is, if I could go ahead, let me project the presentation so that we can go point by point from that. So the first point is we are understanding that God has a purpose for our life and we discussed on God is a God of plan, purpose of design, of objective. And the second, we're going to study, we're going to look at on the second point that God has this purpose. There's a general purpose or the master's plan which he carries out in our life. Give me a minute please. There are some students and admitting them who are joined right now. So in Ephesians 3, 11, it says according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus a lot. So there is an eternal purpose which God is unfolding it and executing on earth. And he refers to this as the master's plan which he is carrying out on earth today. So God's master plan is to have people saved to come to the knowledge of truth and be conformed to the image of the Son Jesus Christ. And there's also something called the specific plan. So when there is a master's plan and there's a specific plan. So when there's a master's plan, it's nothing but the general purpose. It's a general plan which is there for everyone. But there's a specific plan that is for the called ones. It's chosen when God has chosen you and me for his purpose. And there is a specific plan for each one of us. There is a blueprint for our life and God has a dream for our life. And he wants us to fulfill this specific plan in our time as well. We see in Philippians chapter 3 verse 12 that I have already attended or I'm already perfected. But I press on that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. So we see here that Paul is writing to Philippians and saying and pressing on. I'm pressing on to lay hold on which that Jesus has laid hold of me. So there should be something that within us and gripping the call. We need to grip the call, the purpose that God has for each one of us in our life. And that is a good work. We see in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 Paul says that for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. You see there is a specific plan and here Paul says that it is a good plan. God has pre-planned for us to accomplish it on earth. So there are places as I said that God wants us to go which no one else can do it. And we God wants, you know, there are people he wants us to touch the lives he wants us to impact things he wants us to accomplish in and through us and cities to transform a nation to shake. So living a life is simple but finding out what God has planned for our life and walking in it makes the difference and that that's what fulfills God's plan in our life. We see in 2 Timothy chapter 1 verse 9 who has saved us and called us with the Holy Calling according to our works but not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which he was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. So God has called each of us in his own purpose and God is you know and God is calling us to partner with God with him and to fulfill this purpose so that you know we can we can fulfill the complete plan so like how we have two hands put together is when we can hear the sound the same way we need to partner with God we need to we need to cooperate with God to fulfill the call and the purpose in our life so only then he can accomplish it through us. Fourth point we study here is God's plan for us is always good. We see that in Jeremiah 29 11 I want everyone to memorize the scripture Jeremiah 29 11 it says for I know the thoughts that I have toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace that is the shalom what's peace in Hebrew shalom shalom means it's just it's just not only the peace it means well-being health prosperity success and peace so we also see in Romans 8 28 again it's a memory verse please note down I know many of y'all who are who are in the ministry for a long time would have got these verses memorized but this class we have a combination of the young who are and the Lord so we would be giving them a lot of memory verses and it's for all of us it is good that we memorize these scriptures time and again. Romans 8 28 so what does Romans 8 28 say it says that all things work together for good to those who love God and to those who are called according to his purpose so having this unshakable confidence that we are that God has a plan and that plan is good for each one of us and there's nothing better than being in God's plan for our life and with this we will move on to the fifth point we must cooperate with God to fulfill his plan because God expresses that his will in heaven but he looks to us his people on earth to execute that plan we see that in 1st Corinthians chapter 3 verse 9 for we are God's fellow workers and you are God's field you are God's building so very clearly God is looking up to us saying that you are my fellow workers I look up to you to fulfill the call the purpose on this earth I want you to execute my plan on this earth with this we will move on to the sixth point we must discover and pursue God's plan for our life God's plan and purpose for our life need not be a mystery some people are of opinion that God's will is so mysterious that we cannot know it that is so untrue God is more than willing to reveal his plan to reveal his will and this plan his purpose for our life if we are willing to seek him for it because till now we have seen from the Old Testament or in the New Testament how God reveals his plan to people he calls them he tells them and he brings them into the plan of God we see in the life of Abraham we see the same thing in the life of Moses and in the New Testament I mean we see that throughout the books of the Bible we see how God calls he reveals it and then he brings them into the plan the same way to us as well if I ask each one of you all to share your testimony and each one of you all will share how God called us and here he's preparing to fulfill that call so with this we'll move on to seventh point it says God will prepare you to fulfill his plan and purpose so as God has called us he's also preparing us he's preparing us to fulfill that call the greater our preparation our greater the call is the greater our preparation that we need to go through because the preparation time is never a wasted time so this time is very crucial to each one of us as God is preparing let's pay the full attention to prepare ourselves when we prepare ourselves we'll see the benefit of that preparation in our ministry throughout our life so the eighth point says we may make mistake but God can help us overcome our failures and complete his call with this we should not be taking things for granted by going and doing you know mistakes again and again but then God is saying even by when we do mistake in our weaknesses you know God is greater God is more than enough for you know to forgive us and and redeem us from whichever place we are and restore us back to fulfill his call and his purpose in our life and we see that in Paul's life you know how God redeemed Paul how God changed to Paul's life on the road of Damascus the one encounter with Paul changed the whole life of Paul the man who was persecuting the Christians now he is for Christians he also goes to an extent you know to give his life for God so we see that and the same way to each one of us when we see that the mistakes when we see our background we see that God was more than enough to forgive us as he has redeemed us and he has restored us throughout the Bible we see that all the leaders whoever God has chosen they were not perfect being they were not perfect being but then God forgave them God restored them God's plan and his purpose was fulfilled in the life so unlike that in our class today as we listen we may think like you know sometimes we feel like even God cannot forgive minus day I think God is more than enough is a God of forgiveness is a God of love he will forgive us and restore us back to his call and purpose God loves you and he has called you he has chosen each one of us to fulfill his call and this purpose in our life the ninth point says the Satan will do his best to stop us from fulfilling God's purpose so God God given dream will always face a demonic opposition always remember delays are not a denial from God we need to work this out there will be a lot of obstacles in our life but as you have been led by God he also supports us in our weaknesses he strengthens us to overcome those obstacles because Satan attempts to delay our miracle and thus he weakens our desires to keep reaching out for God's highest and God's best so we should not give up on the process I think some students are waiting and just admit them okay but this we will move on to the tenth point are you all able to see the presentation yes ma'am okay thank you so the tenth point is we must remain focused on God's call sometimes we may be distracted and being away from the focus but then God is saying that we should remain focused on what God has called they may be a lot of distraction on our way but then we need to be focused God said that do not turn to the right or to the left but be focused on what God has called to each one of our lives so how we can be focused when we pray when we have this fellowship with God when we have when during the course of time when we have built the relationship with God we would know even when we go astray or little deviate from the focus God will give that in a sense that you know we have been deviated or we have been distracted and this is not God's there's always a inner voice that says this is the way go in it so that's so true it happens in our life so we need to be focused we need to have this relationship with God so that we know that we are on his path and the eleventh point says we must have endurance endurance is very very important in the ministry in the call of God we need to endure it the taste of victory outlasts the memory of the struggle Mike Murdoch says your endurance is very important that's what strengthens us when we end your use you will receive the reward for that endurance but this we will go on to the second chapter recognizing God's purpose for our life Ephesians chapter five verse 15 to 17 Ephesians chapter five verse 15 to 17 can one of us read this therefore be careful how you walk not as unwise men but as wise making the most of your time because the days are evil so then do not be foolish but understand what the will of will of the Lord is thank you the scripture tells us to understand put together comprehend the will and the purpose of what the Lord is so that we can understand what the will of the Lord is can one of you all please turn to Colossians chapter one verse nine to eleven Colossians chapter one verse nine to eleven for this course we also since the day we add it do not cease to pray for you and to desire that he might be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will and in all wisdom and spiritual understanding verse 10 that you might work in the word of the Lord unto the pleasing being fruitful in every good work and imprison the knowledge of God verse 11 strengthens with all might according to his glorious power unto all patient and long suffering with joyfulness thank you amen is it possible for us to be filled with the knowledge of his will none of his need to be in the dark concerning the will of God for our lives so it requires the wisdom and spiritual understanding to know his will once we know his will we can then understand how we need to walk worthy of the call that God has in our life and how we can please him in our life and how we can be fruitful in every good book increasing in the knowledge of God and we also see that in one Corinthians chapter two verse nine to ten that the eye has not seen nor here has heard nor i've entered in the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love him but God has revealed them to us through his spirit for the spirit searches all things yes the deep things of God mark this as your memory verse see the scripture says God's plan is always the best none of the none of them can think what God can do in our life even we would not have thought about those greater plans because we always think or imagine according to our own capacity of what we could do with but then God thinks much beyond of what we can achieve or think his plans are much bigger much uh much higher which even our eyes have not seen our ears have not heard or not even conceived in our heart or none of them around us can think or imagine that we could achieve it is that is God's plan and that's how God achieves in and through us that's how God brings that greater plan in and through us so that's why we need to we need to wholeheartedly believe in our heart and in our mind and accept that God's plan and this purpose are much better much bigger than what I can think or imagine is ways are much higher than us and we see that time and again how God fulfilled it many people in in the Bible you know like we see Abraham how God called him from nothing and God blessed him whatever God promised Abraham was fulfilled in his life today you and me can think you know when God has as promised you or shared his plan with you which is so untrue sometimes so unbelievable can God do this through me is it possible can God achieve but our God knows our end from the beginning though we may not have a clear picture but he leads us step by step he unfolds the plan step by step just like how God worked in Joseph's life even through the difficulties Joseph never thought that he will become a prime minister but then God worked through his life we see how God's plan was unfolded little by little step by step the same way God is working today in our life little by little step by step he's unfolding it he's leading us in the right path he's holding our right hand and he's guiding us we need to trust God we need to trust God in this call we need to trust God in this plan just like how Abraham walked in faith we need to walk in faith to see his plan being fulfilled in and through us how can we do that only by having a relationship with God we need to develop this relationship this relationship is so very important we will see that as we go through the subject we will see like how we can develop this strong relationship with God we with this we will move on to the first point in the second chapter which says recognize the general teaching and the instruction of God's word in 1st Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 to 17 we see that all scriptures are given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for the doctrine for approval correction for instruction and righteousness that the man of God may be complete truly equipped for every good work so the word of God are full of his promises and when we claim these promises when we believe when this word becomes real in our life it is so very important for us to claim the word believe in his word make this word real because it is giving us the teaching and the instruction from God's word so that it may be complete and we are truly equipped for his work God's leading us and is directing our lives always by the written word of God it does not contradict with the word it always goes along with the word his word is the same even today we see that in Romans chapter 12 verse 2 and do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God pray that as we meditate on this word this word as the power to transform our inner being it transforms the inside out we are no more the same person but our mind has been renewed we have been born again in Christ we have been made new may not be physically but in our in our thoughts in our way we we address ourselves the way we connect ourselves with others you know we have been renewed our inner person has been renewed by the word of God because the word of God has the power to change to transform a person from who they were to what they become according to the gospel we see that in Ephesians chapter 5 verse 10 that finding out what is acceptable to the Lord is very important so how do we know what is accepted by the Lord and what is not we can only recognize that when we have the relationship with God when we partner with God when we develop this relationship we will know what is acceptable to the Lord because the Holy Spirit who is in us will always lead us and guide us that is pleasing to God it is very important for us to develop this relationship with God for example we need to abide by the word and you know go according to the word for example you know this example of marriage what does the scripture says about marriage we have a lot of youngsters in our class who are yet to be married what does the scripture says about marriage the scripture says in 2 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 14 to 15 it says do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers which is very important we cannot go on to a mode of saying okay God has called you know called me to be an evangelist so I can you know bring somebody who are not in the Lord we can share the scripture and bring them into the Lord and you know we can settle our life no that's not the right way God says do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers and there's another example says the unrighteous acts Psalms 23 says he leads us in the paths of righteousness always God you know his word inspires the still small voice within us always leads us in the righteousness he leads us in the right path even when we go astray when we do something wrong he prompts us he talks within us saying what we did is not right so he leads us guides us with this the second point here we see is recognize the seed in our life God's word is a miracle seed God's word is a miracle seed and we see the you know Jesus himself sharing the parable of the soul and the seed in the book of Mark and the other Gospels we see that the Gospel of Mark chapter 4 verse 26 to 32 we see that the kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter the seed of the ground and should you know sleep by night and rise by day and see the seed sprouted and grow and he himself will not know how this happened but the God has the power to germinate that particular seed so the God's word is like the seed when each of us are listening sitting back and listening to this word each word is been sown in a heart like a seed and when you believe when your heart is prepared as a good ground this seed has the power to get into the good ground and be you know to sprout and grow and bear fruits 30 60 90 40 so God works according to the seed principle where the seed is referred at the early age in our life when we compare like there are people who have come into our into our life and you know sown the seed of good deeds or they in in some of our life they would have led us to Christ by sowing the seed or some of the seed it also can be some in the walk of a life there would be some people their walk in in the Lord would have influenced us and that can that can also be a seed that can germinate that can impact our life the seed also can be referred to the word the promise of God which you know maybe at one point of some point of our life that you know people of God would have spoken it in our life and that would have come true or we would have for some of his God would have revealed it in dreams or through the prophetic word when I say prophetic word we need to always verify is that is that aligned with the word of God we see many examples of seed being grown and fulfilled in the lives of people we'll see we see that in the life of Joseph God gave a seed like a dream for him in a very early age and how that was fulfilled we see that in Genesis 37 and we see the seed in the life of Moses how God supernaturally arranged Moses to be taught and trained in the palace in Pharaoh's palace and then later God used those training as a seed in the desert we see David how God anointed David as a very young boy by Prophet Samuel and the seed for David was he was you know he was a skillful musician he was a strong warrior though he was a shepherd boy but God trained him trained him so that tomorrow when he is a king he can be a great warrior God shaped his life at the very young age same like unlike that we would have many seeds in our life that God has sown in our life to be fulfilled to fulfill his call his plan in our life before we could move on to the next point can we take a short break of 10 minutes and be back okay okay we'll take a quick 10 minutes break and we can be back so whatever the time is in your time zone from now 10 minutes okay we shall be back okay okay pastor okay thank you very much thank you thank you so much thank you thank you thank you we'll be back okay please come back all right thank you so much we are grateful