 Good morning, everyone. I hope you can hear me. Okay, those online. Okay, welcome to this session. Let's begin this time with a word of prayer. I'd like to leave it open. Anyone who would like to pray? Francis can pray. Thank you. Hello, Father. Thank you for the wonderful life. Lord Jesus, we are coming before you, Father. Lord Jesus, thank you for everything you are doing in our life. Lord Jesus, we are giving this section to your hand. Jesus, teach us new things. Help the Master to teach us Lord. I give you all the glory to your name. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. All right. Okay, so last class, I know that most of you are in-person students also attended online. But let's get into our next portion. For that, let me just share the notes. So last class, we did quite a few sections in this. We talked about career growth. We talked about how, as professionals, and not only in the corporate, but wherever we are, we want to see ourselves growing. Then we looked at a few pointers. You can enjoy the rewards of your work. Promotion comes from the Lord. You may have a good boss. You may have a bad boss. Remember that promotion comes from the Lord. Excellence will be rewarded. We talked about a little bit about Daniel and how he had an excellent spirit. And that's how he continued to be the governor over three kings. Walk in wisdom because wisdom opens doors. Have a sincere heart in everything that you do. Now, the more that is given to you in leadership, the more you have to deliver. So it's not like, okay, the higher I go, the easier life will become. Not at all. The higher you go, the more you have to deliver. Be patient as you transition through employment. So there will be times when we may go through a phase of unemployment. So be patient. Ask God to open the right door. Trust God during this phase. It's very easy to lose hope. It's very easy to get into, you know, because our mind, I'm sure we've heard of the saying, an idle mind is a devil's workshop. So when our mind is idle, we don't have anything to do. It's very easy for the enemy to take a foothold, right? So you've got to be trusting in God, holding on to his promises. Then you look ahead as, you know, God opens doors and you get a new job. Now let's get into the next portion, which is work-life balance. Work-life balance is a very important aspect, especially when we look at, you know, life now. In a time and in a season where, you know, work has become the number one priority. Earning money has become a number one priority in people's lives. But the Bible teaches us and Jesus himself, through his earthly ministry, taught us that we are called to live a good balance. We need to balance our life out. We cannot say only work. We cannot say only family. We cannot say only God. And I'll explain why you can't do that, right? So there's this indicator. If you look at your notes, that's your personal check. So you can probably mark yourself there. Whenever, if you have time, you can, as of now, most of you are students. So not really, you know, a work-life balance that you have right now. But over time, once you get a job, you get into your probably even ministry, it's very important to maintain a balance, right? Why is a balance important? Why do you think balance is important? To perform better, sorry? Otherwise we'll fall or otherwise we'll fail, right? What else? What do you think? For life to go in a smooth way, yeah? So I think balance is very important because when we balance our life, we know how to, you know, how to walk in this life. We understand, okay, that there are many aspects in life. It's not like, you know, we just, you've seen the horse, you know, when the horse has its eyes covered, it just looks straight. But it's very important to understand that in life, there are many aspects that we must take care of. We must be involved in. And then I'll give you some examples even as we go ahead. Let's look at a few practical recommendations from scripture on how to balance our life, right? Remember that work has a lot of pressure. It has a lot of demands, right? And then you may have a family at home and you have your own personal health. If your health is not good, what can we work? Nothing we can do. So I can't keep saying only work and, you know, don't look after my health. Or I can't say only health and don't look after my family and work. So there's so many things involved, right? So let's look at a few practical recommendations. Number one, maintain the rhythm of worship, work and rest. Very important. In Exodus 28 through 10, observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is the Sabbath day. Sabbath to God, your God, don't do any work. And this is, there's a reason why God did this. If you look at even Genesis, God rested. Did he need rest? God's not a man that he needed rest. But there's a reason why that is even mentioned in the Bible, right? Even here, God is saying to the Israelites, you have six days. Work all you can, do all you have to do those six days. But on the seventh day, do not work. Keep it holy. So if you read on in the book of Exodus, some of them went out and, you know, brought some mana on the Sabbath day. What happened? It didn't last for a few, you know, for a few hours. Started to smell. Why? Because God said, don't work on the Sabbath day. The principle is not about, you know, you shouldn't work. The principle is lay aside the day for God. Six days, you're working. But on the seventh day, make sure you rest and you have time for God. So God commanded us to worship, work and rest. And we need to balance this out. This again, remember that syndrome we talked about? You avoid the donkey and the horse syndrome. We forgot about it. What does the donkey do? It doesn't move. It's there in the same place. And what about the horse? He wants to keep running ahead. So we talked about that, avoiding that. So we avoid extreme laziness. We avoid overworking, right? So we bring it all together now because there are times, right? So, for example, in a couple of months, I think it's what may short term Bible college is going to start. So now we know. Like, like I know. Okay, so what are we going to start? It's going to be a constant teaching, right? So you will have teaching and then we also have other things to do. So that two months is a time of extra, you put in extra work, but then also understand that I need to understand that. Okay, April, May is the summer vacation for the children. Now, I can't keep saying, you know, this is there. That is the that event is there. This event is there. I've got to make time for my children. Otherwise, my children will go to school and then the friends will ask, Hey, what did you do? Nothing. I was at home. My parents are busy teaching about the Bible. There's no balance there. So I got to make sure. Okay, so that's the reason now the schedule will come out. Okay, so I know. Okay, so eventually if these are the three weeks I'm teaching, so I need to balance it out. So I need to, you know, make sure that I take them out, take the kids out, take the go out on family. Make sure that happens because I know that if June starts, there's no way we can go anywhere because school starts. And so this being very practical and thinking and planning ahead when it comes to maintaining worship, work and rest. What about rest? Some things I personally, this is what I personally do, right? So after church, after I come home, I do two things, eat and sleep. That's it. Right? I just rest. I may not like sleep like the whole evening, but I just rest, probably play some songs and just rest my mind, rest my body. Right? And what happens is that you're regenerated, you gain strength, right? You feel, okay, I'm ready for a Monday. I'm ready for the week to start, right? And you need to feel that, right? So there will be those times of constantly doing something when it comes to work, but maintain a rhythm. You feel that, okay, one week or two weeks, you have to really put in hard work, extra work. Do it, but also understand that, okay, I can take a couple of days off, just stay at home, just rest. So what are you doing? You're balancing your life out. It's not like your whole life is surrounded with only work, right? In your free time, if you'd like to learn an instrument, if you're playing an instrument, spending time with your family, all of this will help you to really get regenerated in your life. Be committed to what is important. Now, Mark 12, 29 to 31, anyone can read? Sorry, go ahead. Mark 11, 12, 29, Jesus said, the first is importance is listen. Listen, Israel, the Lord your God is one. So love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy. And here is a second. Love others as well as you love yourself. There is no other commandment that ranks with these. Right. Yo, look at this, Jesus said, the first is importance, listen Israel, the Lord your God is one. So it's very important to understand and know what is important to you. So if I give you a paper and a pen and I say, write down what is important to you. What is the most important thing in your life? Maybe some of us may write my parents. Some of us may write my brother, my sister. Some of us may write my work. Some of us may say ministry. We have many things that are important to us. Some of us may say carrier. And I know people who have, who have nothing else in no other goal, but to become, to do well in life, to work hard, get a good job and do well. And some of my friends, they said, you know, I know of, they have one goal in life. Work hard, build a house and make my parents and my parents should stay in that house. Good. Right. But here, Matthew 6, 33, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the other things will be added to you. So when we say know what is important to you, have a true value scale. Right. It doesn't mean the other things in life is not important. Right. A house is important. Yes or no. Right. Working is important. Money is needed. Transportation is needed. Everything is important, but have a value scale. Right. If I do this, if I give importance to which brand of clothes I wear or how many cars I have or what, how to build my house. If my value is of that is higher than who God is, then I've got it wrong. Matthew 6, 33 is very simple. Seek first the kingdom of God. All the other things will be added to you. Now, it doesn't mean that I only, here's the flip side. Right. I only sit and pray and say, God, I'm seeking your kingdom. So you will add everything into me for me. You'll add money into my account. You will, you know, provide for me. You will provide for my family. You will provide for my children. Doesn't mean that works that way. Right. Understand, have a value scale. Is this important to have right now? What is more important is, you know, many times when I, when I became a believer, I saw I had such a wrong understanding. Always thought, okay, you break. I love to do that. I spend hours in prayer. But I realized that, hey, I'm only praying, but I'm not doing anything. I'm not working. I'm not supporting my family. And I'm 21, 22 years old. I'm supposed to be working. And how long can I do this? Is praying important? Seeking God's kingdom first is important. Very important. I can't just stay at home and do that and forget about the things that I have to get done. I knew that, hey, I have to work. I've got, I've got my parents, even though I was not married. I needed, I needed to provide for them because they have provided for me. To make sure I had to step out. Now it was very hard for me. So for almost one and a half years, I was at home. I was not working. What was I doing praying? I made up my mind. Okay. If you look at the Bible, if you look at the scriptures, God designed to work. And the apostle Paul said, if you don't work, don't eat. Every time I used to take the food, I used to think, oh man, what is this? I decided I had to step out. I remember the first, I think the first week of working, see all the while you're at home, you know, but the first week of working you're in this office, you have to stick by the rules. It was very difficult for me, but I understood that we have to get it done. So have a true value scale. God, is this something that I need now? Is this a priority that I have right now? Is it something that I should spend time on? Or should I wait for some time? Should I wait for two years? And the Word of God will minister to you, give you guidance. Here, look at the story of two sisters, Mary and Martha, who visited Jesus one day. We know the story, right? Okay, let's read this portion. Luke 10, 38 to 42. Go ahead. Luke 10, 38 to 42. After I continued their trial, Jesus entered a village. One by name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quiet at home. She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the master, hanging on every word he said. But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. Martha, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend me a hand. The master said, Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself walked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it. It's the main cause and won't be taken from her. Yeah, two sisters. Both of them had different views, but both were not wrong, right? Martha, so these two sisters, yeah, Martha is the one who said, okay, Jesus is coming. She thought in a way that, okay, let me go into the kitchen. The great man of God is coming. Jesus is coming, the Messiah. So let me get things done for him. When he comes, I can give him a good meal. Is it wrong? Not at all wrong. But Mary decided the other way. I don't care what we're going to give him. For me, Jesus is coming. Now, he's not going to... He doesn't have time. He's not going to come every time. This is just this moment that I have and I am not going to waste my time in the kitchen. I want to be at his feet because once he comes, he may stay for two hours. He'll go and he may not come for the next two years. Jesus was a busy man. So here Mary is chosen to sit at Jesus' feet. Now, again, it's the principle that we must take, right? Mary valued the person of Jesus Christ. He said, no, I need to be with Jesus. I need to be with him because I cannot get this opportunity again. I may not get it again. Martha looked at the other side and said, I need to provide for him. I need to make him feel comfortable. Both are good, but the principle is first being in the presence of God was of higher value than the other things. Even in our life, God, look at this. It says here, three main institutions in the scripture. Three main institutions ordained by God, the family, the church, and the government. The institution of family is foundational, meaning focus on your family. Place family on higher value than work. What is more important? Family or work? Especially when we are growing up, right? When we are youth, we always think that work is more important. But then reality hits him. Family is so much more important. Life is so much more important. Work will come and go. We can get many other works we can earn. All of that is there. It's not like we're disrespecting work. Work is given by God. Family is ordained by God. If I have to look after my family, if there are things that I have to sacrifice at work, I better sacrifice it at work. Because family is of more importance than work. It's higher, right? And when you look at, especially the scriptures, right? All through the Old Testament, we see God, especially in Exodus, Deuteronomy, God placing higher value on work, sorry, on family, right? Choose this day whom you're going to serve. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Family is ordained by God. So, you know, sometimes we may get upset with our parents. It's a normal thing. We get upset with our parents. We get upset with our family members. Get over it. Life is bigger than all of this. Don't hold on to these, you know, your parents may have said something to you and you got upset now. You're not talking to them. It's of no use. Get over it. Forgive them. Move on in life. They may not forgive you, but as parents, I'm sure they will forgive you. Don't hold on to these grudges. Don't hold on to, you know, saying, okay, no, because you said this, because you said that. Many a times, I meet people who, it's very strange that brothers have not spoken to each other for 15, 20 years. Children, the, you know, the children have not spoken to the parents for 15, 20 years. Why? Maybe something about the property or maybe because, you know, the parents didn't agree for some marriage or something, which is, you know, not when it's because of our pride that we hold on to it. Let go, right? Let go of it. You know, one day we're all going to pass on. And it's better to have lived together as a family, loving each other, caring for each other, rather than in the end, looking back and saying, I wish I had forgiven him. I wish I had mended things, right? So always on a family, place higher family, higher value on family, adjust your schedule to accommodate what is valuable, what is less valuable, right? So there are times when, I remember I've, I've taken, you know, leaves and the whole day I was with the kids, all day, play football, play carrom board, play all these indoor games with them, the whole day. But you missed work. You missed going to office. That too, you're in ministry. That's okay. It was good because family is important. There's come a time when the kids won't have time for you. And every time I talk to, you know, people who have teens, teens meaning they're 15, 16, they're not going to stand with you and every time say, come, please play with me. Oh, but the time is, that time is gone. They'll have friends. They'll move on. And then we can't look back and say, oh, but when you were seven years old, when you were eight years old, you were always asking me to play. Time has moved on. That time is never going to come back again. Right? So keep important things important. Money is important. Success is important. Profession is important. But God is much more important. Relationships are much more important. Life is much more important than all of that. You can have money and no families and no use. It's not going to, you know, fulfill your desires at all. So refuse to compromise. There will be times you'll have to make tough choices. Don't be afraid to say no. Set boundaries on being always connected. Switch off your smartphone. Stop checking emails. Disengage with social media and other distractions. Now, just because we are at home, right? It shouldn't be like I have one phone here and my family, everyone around. It's of no use. Right? And I was mentioning this to the first year's last class. I was saying, I don't have, I don't know if I have a Facebook account or what. I don't have Instagram. I don't have anything. Now, all of this is important. We need it. I don't have it because I don't know how to use it. And I don't want to know how to use it. It doesn't interest me at all. Sometimes I get these, they're saying, you know, I don't want to watch my own videos or the Daily Devotion and all of that. I don't watch it. Sometimes I watch it, but, and then I get these messages from, oh, thank you for sharing this. So it encourages us, but I don't keep looking at that and say, oh, this person said this. I don't have time for all of that. Right? We, it's very important to set aside all of this. Now gadgets, phones, tabs, all of this is important. I have all of them. I don't, they don't control me in any way. How many of you wake up in the morning in the first thing we do is check how many messages we got? Nine out of 10. Yes? The only time when I wake up is to put off the alarm and I don't think about it after that. Right? Disengage. At times you just need to say, okay, I don't want to do anything. I don't want to get into this whole digital distractions that are available. It's not only distractions. It's important. Right? Now, as, as in ministry, we have WhatsApp and we communicate a lot through WhatsApp. It's just easier. It's faster. And we communicate a lot through WhatsApp, but it's not like every five minutes, I'm checking who messaged me, who's messaging in the group. Oh, set times. Have a control over the way you use your, your gadgets in your smartphones. Family time. Set aside time. Enjoy these moments. Take time for the simple, but these simple things will have lasting memories on your children. How many of you, when you were small, you were, you know, you were small and your parents took you out probably to a park or for a picnic. How many of you remember it? All of us remember it. Why? It's years back. You know, maybe what? Long time back. Right? But why, why do you remember it? Sorry. Those memories. Those memories last. And when you, you know, the, the memories of you being in Bible college also will last. I've shared, you know, every time I, you know, I was just talking to some of them. The table there is the same table we sat and ate dinner with. Lunch and dinner, everything. The same table. And I, I, you know, when I sit there and I look at the table, I think, oh man, I, we used to sit on that table. That was in the boys' hostel. Same table. Right? And we used to sit and eat their eyes to remember spending hours on those same, on that same chair, same table, reading and writing, you know, God's word, studying God's word, hours on that table. And I remember it. It's memories. And when we spend time with our family, when we spend time with our relatives and when it's family, it is something that will last. It will last. It's memories that stay. You may not remember how many sermons you've preached or how you prepared a sermon, but you'll remember this. So create good memories. So that your children can talk about it. Some of you may say, hey, I'm not even married. Eventually you'll get married. You'll have children and then create memories for them. And it's important that we do that. Just have meals together. Be involved in your children's studies. Take regular vacations. Pray together regularly as a family. Attend church together as a family. Have time not only for discipline, but also have time for fun. So all of these things will, you know, just make them feel so important. Right now, you know, my children are learning how to play a top. You know the top, that little toy where you spin the top with the tread. So I'm playing with them. So hey, it's not coming for me. And my son says, hey, you're not tying it properly. You know, you need to tie it this way. And he's mastered the art of doing that. It's a simple game. But I'm spending time with them. It's just bringing so much value for him. Dara is not sitting in the laptop, but he's sitting and he's playing with me. I add so much value to him. What is it? It's a very simple game. And for him, it's a very big thing. So you create these memories for them. Keep short accounts, which is checks and balances. Mark chapter 6, 30 to 32. Let's read. Mark chapter 6, verse 30 and 32. The apostles written and met with Jesus and told him all they have done and taught. There were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his disciples didn't even have time to eat. So he said to them, let us go off by ourselves to some place where we'll be alone. You can rest assured. So they started out in a boat by themselves to a lonely place. Just picture these two verses. The apostles returned and met with Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Remember, Jesus sent the 12 of them, go and you do whatever I did, you go and do. So now they've come back. They're fully excited. They're saying, Jesus, whatever you told us to teach, you taught and we saw miracles. But there was a problem, verse 31. There were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his disciples didn't even have time to eat. So can you picture Jesus? He's seeing the disciples. Disciples are talking, but there are people who are crowding, coming to Jesus. And maybe he felt, hey, I need to, my disciples, 12 of them, they've come back from, you know, they want to share something with me. But I don't even have the time here because everyone here, there's a line of people here. I don't have time to eat. But what did he say? So he said to them, let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone and you can rest a while. What a beautiful sentence that is. It was like Jesus placing so much importance on the 12. He didn't say, okay, you finished your work. Okay, come and sit and see what else I'm going to do now. He valued them. He said, okay, we can't do this here. Too many people. I know you want to share all that has happened. Jesus didn't say, I know all this will happen. I'm all knowing. I know everything. Okay, wait for some time. Let's go. Let's go off by ourselves. So there I know you're even tired. So you can rest. You can take time. You can share everything that God has done when you all went on the ministry. So we see that Jesus was a very busy man. He got his disciples to be busy, but he also made sure that he set aside time to be with the disciples. He set aside time to, you know, over these extended periods, he set aside time. He said, okay, enough. Let's go off to the mountains. Let's go alone and we'll spend time together. You and I must also be able to keep a check. So for example, there'll be two weeks. You have a lot of work. Do the work. But take the next maybe three, four days. Take some time alone. Rest. Spend time alone. Spend time with your family. Spend time with your friends. Do things that you feel comforted. You know, sometimes people, you know, they just like to play an instrument and it brings rest to them. Right? Sometimes people like to write. There's a girl, a little girl in our church. I was talking to her the other day. She's probably about eight or nine years old. I said, what do you like to do in your free time? She said, I like reading books. I was so surprised because she said, I feel peace when I read books. So she keeps reading books. Even in the break time, she's reading books. Wherever she goes, she has a book. So that's her way of de-stressing out or to feel relaxed. So we all have different ways of relaxing. Find your way and do it. As long as it is not, you know, as long as it's in line with God's word, as long as it's not going away from God. Make sure that you... Next one, guard your resources. Your time, your energy and money. Ephesians 5, 15 through 17. So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people. But like wise people, make good use of every opportunity you have because these are evildays. Don't be fools. Then try to find out what the Lord wants you to do. Guard your resources, your time, your energy, your money. Meaning what? Learn to manage these three in a very profitable way. We all have 24 hours. We all have a certain amount of energy. We all have a certain amount of money that we have to guard and use. Look at the Lord Jesus. He was a great teacher, wonderful teacher. They called him Rabbi. Have you ever wondered why they called him Rabbi? He never went to the school. He never studied under the prophets and the Pharisees. But they called him Rabbi because he was great. He was a wonderful teacher. He avoided getting into meaningless arguments. Remember, I think in the book of John, the disciples come to Jesus and say, Okay, Jesus, Moses did a lot of miracles. So now you do some miracles so that we can see what did Jesus say? He said, No, I'm not going to perform any miracles. He just moved off from that place. But could he have done it? But he chose not to do it. Because they were coming to him for the miracles. And he chose not to do it. And in his trial, he let things happen. Remember when Pilate asked him, Are you the Messiah? Before the Pharisees and the Sadducees were asking. He didn't bother to respond. Many places he just gave one word answer. He knew he let his himself know when to speak when not to speak. And so guarding your time, energy and money could also, especially time and energy goes when we talk unwanted things. Look at this, things that can be energy leaks, not minding your own business. Paul writes and he says mind your own business. Getting involved in things that other people should be doing. Why is he doing that? Why is she doing this? Why is this church doing that? Why is that preacher saying this? Why is my neighbor doing this? What are you about all of it? It's all a waste of time. These are all energy leaks. It just drains you out. Focus on what you want to do. Focus on you spending time with God, you building yourself up. And I remember a great big energy leak for me was, when I was in first year in Bible college, I was really drained out because I was, it was like I was looking after all the students. So did you do this? Did you do that? Did you pray? Did you do that? By the time I said this is, I'm not a kindergarten teacher. I can't do this. And I very clearly remember, I said I'm not going to do this. I thank God that I chose this. I chose to step away from this. Because of course I wanted to help my classmates and all of that. But it became an energy drainer. I would come to Bible college and I would be tired. And look, did they even do this? They didn't clean the place. They didn't do this. And I started to tell myself, don't overreact and start focusing on what you want to do. Stay calm when things don't go your way. There are distractions, browsing, chatting, texting. Texting and chatting may be there, which is when it's necessary. If you have to avoid it, just avoid it. It can be an energy leak. Investing resources into the unprofitable, meaning spending time gossiping, listening to workplace gossip. Oh, imagine listening to half an hour of gossip from somebody. It just feels drained out. And many times I have walked out. What happened? I don't have time to listen to it. Oh, so you're very big girl. You don't have time to listen to gossip. Yeah, I don't have time. Because I don't want to listen to these things and then put it into my spirit that I keep thinking about it, pondering about it now. Let it go. If there's gossip happening, take a left, take a right, get out of that place. What will they feel? What will they think? They'll come a time when you will forget about what people will think. You'll do what you feel is right in the eyes of God. Overcrowding your life with unnecessary activity or with activity that can easily be delegated. I don't overcrowd your life. So I remember this happened, right, where the kids were playing and they threw all their toys and at the end of the day I was sitting and cleaning it up. And I realized, hey, I need to teach them. Because I've already got so many things to do. I can't be sitting and doing this. So I said, okay, come in. You will have to do this. You take your toys, put it in the toy box and keep it away. Whenever you play, you'll keep it back. So from now on, I'm not going to do it. You have to do it. Any simple thing. So in the workplace, if you feel that you're doing, you know, even the small things, if you can delegate, delegate. Right? Give it to people. Stay focused. Stay in the center of God's plan. Do not take on things that God does not want you to be doing. Very important. Do not take on things. God does not want you to be doing. If there are things, there's a time and a season for everything. You can prepare for what is ahead. But don't take it up upon yourself and say, okay, I have to do this now. Unless you have a clear leading from God. Right? The right time, God will open the right dose. Develop personal efficiency, productivity and time saving skills. Now I'll just briefly share on these three. Personal efficiency. Improve your skills. Productivity. Learn to use those skills in the right way to improve the quality and essence of your work. Time saving skills. Now with all that we have around us, we have AI or PPT that normally takes half an hour, can be done in five minutes and can be done really well. An email which takes 20 minutes for you to just think about what you want to write. It may be a long email, but just say what you want to get and AI does it, copy, paste, do some tweaks, send the email. You don't have to waste too much time on all of it. Use all of it to improve yourself. Regenerate yourself. Again, take time to, the word regenerate is to refresh yourself. Keep yourself refreshed every now and then. Whatever you feel like doing. Now I know that in Bible college to be constantly, whole day, listening to teachings and then getting into worship. Regenerate yourself. In the sense, if you feel you want to do something, get permission, try and do it. You've got a lot of plays, play a sport, play some instruments. Whatever you feel like doing, do it to regenerate yourself. Stop demonic disruptions and delays. Remember the enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy. So the enemy has ways and tactics of stealing your time, resources, your energy and your money. He has ways. A task that is, normally takes 10 minutes. You're taking one and a half hours for that. You can say, okay, God, give me the wisdom for me to do this. Simple task. Help me to get it done. Give me the wisdom. Remove every disruption. Now these disruptions could be just different thoughts coming to the mind or just things that are not working or you feel uneasy in your spirit. Just stop those. Stop demonic disruptions and delays. There are times you will have to stand bold and tell the storms that arise to cease. So again, these demonic disruptions can be very simple, very small, but you know it's a disruption. Many times I've been preparing either for Bible college or preparing for a Sunday sermon. It's a simple sermon. You just need probably one and a half hours or two hours to prepare. But there are times it's been four or five hours. I've not been, I've not done. I'm not completed yet. Why? Because I'm doing, I'm thinking of something here. I'm thinking of, I have to send. There's an SMS that has come in. I have to pray for this person. Oh, I have to go, you know, get these things done. I have to go to the shop and get this done. So there's all these disruptions that are coming. And what normally takes one and a half hours or two hours has taken four to five hours. So again, it comes to my next point. Plan ahead. Ecclesiasis 3.1. To everything that is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. Develop a daily plan. Do you have a daily plan? I think most Bible college students have a daily plan. You have a monthly, weekly plan. Especially when you're beginning to work. Your appointments, your tasks for the week. Develop a plan. Then you can develop even a monthly plan. Going ahead, okay, for this month, what am I going to do? And then you can go into an annual plan. And then if you want to really build on this, you can also do a three-year plan, a five-year plan. Nothing wrong. I've got plans that I've written down that, okay. By the age of 40, I should have achieved all of this. So I've got a good three years more. So, okay, I should have achieved all of this. And so you can develop those plans, right? Three years, five years. Work on it. And you keep, you know, now that we all have, we can use our phones even to do this. So keep improvising, keep improving, keep adding things, keep moving and be open to the work of the Holy Spirit as you plan. But it's very important to plan and keep it tight. Meaning you work ahead to do that. Right? Are you understanding, right? You make the plan. If it's small plans, weekly or bi-weekly plan, monthly plan, stick to that plan. So that when you make bigger plans, yearly plans, you'll be able to stay the course. Right? Okay. Take a friendly approach to business. Okay, when it comes to business, when it comes to work, take a friendly approach, meaning you know, you know, example, you have a business, you're recruiting people into your organization. Have a friendly approach. Be flexible with people in their work. So won't go too much into this. But this is, this is mostly what I wanted to share this morning. It's very important, right, that we balance our life. Three aspects. Balance our family, our work and God. Right? God, family and work. Very important. Balance them out. Learn how to okay, I'm doing this 21 days of fasting and prayer. Okay. After that, I want to make sure that I spend more time with my family. Or if I'm working traveling on work for a long time. Okay, I need to make sure that I also spend time with God. I also have time to spend with family. Right? And as you grow and mature in the Lord, you will understand right, even I, as I'm learning and growing, we'll begin to understand. Okay, is this priority or not? Should I do this now or not? Right? And of course, we've got the Holy Spirit who will lead us and guide us and give us the right step to take. But we must think about it. And we must pray about it. And God will lead us in the right way. Right? Alright, so we'll stop here. For those of you online who hasn't seen the message on the chat, this will be the only class. We won't have the second session. But please use this time to probably read and prepare yourself. You can read anything from your notes. Use this time truthfully. Okay, we'll meet next Monday and next Monday we should be able to cover most of the remaining portions of the course. Thank you so much. Have a great week ahead. But bless you all.