 Right. So, a little preaching, how's it coming along? So, we've been looking at the sermon construction, different aspects of the message. I hope, you know, it's kind of added something to what we already know. And also, some of us, you know, we could be regularly ministering, you know, or from time to time preaching and all that. So, some of the practical aspects of it and also, you know, the scriptural part of it. You know, the backing of the base being the, you know, the scripture. It was a scripture and, you know, why we do what we do. Okay. I hope that was helpful. So, we're looking at chapter 10. We're looking into chapter 10, which is, you know, ministering God's word, the different forms of ministry, right? The different ways of, forms of delivery, rather. Different ways by which you can actually, you know, minister the word, the very word, the word. Okay. You can see your comments, John. Very helpful. Getting my favorite topic, Jafina. Come on, preach it here. So, we have all these, you know, different ways of, I think, and then, you know, we also going to look at, you know, presentation and I'm sure that that will also be a very helpful, you know, chapter, topic. And we're going to be looking at some, you know, some inputs, kind of taking some inputs from how the TED talks are delivered, you know. If you look at the TED talks, you know, we're not going to look at it right now, but if you look at TED talks, you know, technology, entertainment and I think these stands for something else. But if you look at that forum and the kind of talks that are made, it's not a religious one, you know, very secular, various kinds of topics are there. But if you look at the presentation, you see that it's very succinct, it's very concise, it's very impactful. Okay. And it's a very short time, short duration. Actually, most of the talks are short duration. There are longer ones as well. And we can actually learn a lot from the way they approach the topic, the way they handle, you know, handle the whole presentation. So we're going to be looking at that also, you know, looking at some inputs from that when it comes to the presentation. Okay. So when we, you know, when you look at the different ways of delivery, you know, just to review a few things that we saw last class, you said that, you know, you can preach it, you can say it, like how you always do, you can just speak that out, convey the message, you can make it, you can dramatize it, you can use an illustrated sermon where, you know, for illustrations for, to illustrate the point, to make it clear, you have object lessons, you could, you know, you could actually do things to props and all that to bring home or make the, make the message even more impactful. You could use it as a story form. That's one of the other things that we saw that, you know, if the message is, you know, it can be just like a story, like a whole story of a life history of a person and can end in an alter call. You know, I once heard a testimony shared that way. The person who shared was just talking about, you know, he said it was, I'm sure, you know, it's very common now, or maybe you've heard it many times, but for me at that point in time, it was very, very new and very novel way of preaching. You know, I just hadn't heard anyone shared like that. So it was, the person was talking about, about a person, right, about this young man and how he grew up and all that. So he's talking about his life and then finally ended by saying, you know, and then it was, it was a very, very, how should I put it, very difficult life, very challenging life and a very radical transformation as well. Right. So he shared all that and then said, you know, that person whom you just heard about being described is me. Okay. So it was like everybody like went, wow, amazing. How God can do such a thing in a person's life. How God can change a person's life. So it was very, very impactful. Right. So it can be, it can be a story form. It can be, you know, props on stage can be used. Can people can be props. You can sing it out as well. If you, if you are gifted in that area, you can sing it out as well. Excuse me. Okay. You can use visuals, you know, PowerPoints, videos to enhance the presentation and not to substitute it. Right. We are very mindful of that just to enhance, you know, highlight. It can be enacted. It can be like a play. It can be an act enacted the whole message and somebody can come at the end and kind of wrap things up. You know, we've seen plays where at the end, right? All the, you know, people in the play, the whole cast, you know, at a particular moment just freeze, freeze, you know, they freeze. They're standing still. And then the speaker walks in, you know, walks right through the cast and maybe, you know, he's talking about each character in the cast and very quickly, you know, summing up the whole thing. And then ending the message, you know, seeing that happen. And that can be very, very powerful as well. Okay. Then, of course, we saw it can be a talk show. It can be an interaction with the audience. It can be a discussion where it's like a typical talk show that you see on, you know, in these talk show programs, questions, discussions, maybe audience asking some questions and then you end it, right? Okay. So going further into different forms of delivery, right? We see some categories like if you look at Matthew chapter 9 and verse 35, we see this is what we read. Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages teaching in their synagogues, reaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Okay. Romans 12, 6 to 8. Having them gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them. If prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith or ministry, let us use it in our ministering. He who teaches in teaching, he who exhorts in exhortation, he who gives with liberality, sorry, liberality. He who leads with diligence, he who shows mercy with cheerfulness. Okay. So different things that we see, the Lord Jesus preached, he taught and then he ministered in healing, in deliverance and so on. Romans 6 talks about different gifts according to the grace that is given to us and prophecy is mentioned there, teaching is mentioned there, ministering, exhortation, etc., right? Exhortation, encouragement and also other things like leadership and giving and so on. Okay. So we see that when it comes to delivering a message, it can be preaching. Okay. Now, preaching is proclaiming like we saw earlier. Proclaiming, it's a declaration, it's an exhortation, it can be an encouragement, it is an inspirational thing, it can motivate people to action, right? So that is how, you know, that form of delivery is, it's proclamation, it's declaring the truth of who God is, it's declaring something of, and it's a call to change, right? It is a call to change, it is a call to action, it is a, it's an inspiration leading to conviction. So all that is, we could say that preaching involves all that. Okay. So the person who preachers the preacher normally, okay? So it's usually lively because it's, you know, inspirational, it's motivational, it's a call to action. So normally when the person is preaching, you know, it is preaching is lively, the preacher is lively, forceful, a lot of energy, you know, it's a lot of application, okay? This is what you must do, and here are three things that you can do, here are 10 things that you can do, and not much of explanation, okay? Not much of going into the intricacies of why, how, where, not necessarily, right? It's a call, you know, it's from the heart of God, and this is what God feels, this is what you need to do, you know. So a lot of illustrations, a lot of examples, and a call to action, basically, right? And typically, you know, we would say that the ministry of an evangelist, an evangelist minister is a word, you know, it is, most times it is preaching, right? There is a need for conviction of sin, there is a, you know, declaration of what God, what could be the consequence of that, and there is a declaration of the, you know, about the heart of God towards sinners and towards the world that is heading to a destiny apart from God. So it's a, you know, it's a call to action at the end of it, it's like you come, and you need to come to the Savior, you need to be saved, and this is what you need to do to be saved. There's not, I mean, it's, you know, most cases, there is not getting into the questions of, you know, into the depths of, you know, why, why is something like this, why is the concept, or how and all that. So there's not much of that. I'm not saying that it will not be there, but generally, you know, there's not much going into the depth of it, right? So that is when it comes to preaching, okay? Now when it comes to teaching, which is, again, another mode of delivery of the message, communication of the message, right? Now it is different, okay? The Lord Jesus, we see that in scripture that we read just now, Jesus went about, it talks about preaching, you know, 935, Matthew 935 talks about preaching. It also talks about how he taught, right? He says, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, teaching in their synagogues, and so on. You see, you know, there was a different environment, there was a synagogue, and it was a place where people came to and then they met for a purpose of worship and so on. And it was a setting for teaching, that he didn't teach anywhere else, but, you know, Matthew 935 clearly says that he taught in the synagogues, and then he preached. He preached in the gospel of the kingdom, and he did that in different places also. He traveled, he went to all the cities and villages, and he healed every sickness, he ministered in healing, and in this open hatch, right? So when it comes to teaching, so we know that teaching, first of all, it involves answering some of those questions. You know, it's not necessary that the people would ask questions, well, that is also possible. And it is also there in a typical, you know, like a classroom teaching or an informal teaching session, right? Or even a structured teaching session, there could be a time set apart for questions and from the audience, from the hearer, right? But otherwise, you know, it involves asking certain questions by the teacher himself or herself, asking those questions or stating those questions. You know, if you want to ask why, then, you know, this is why, right? And the person gets into the details of answering, getting into the details of the nuts and bolts of why and how and where and so on, okay? So that, so in order to do that, you know that the tempo or the pace at which something is stated, the space at which, I'm so sorry, I think temporarily something happened. Okay, I'm back. So yeah, we were talking about the pace at which, you know, teaching happens. So the pace at which a teaching session, you know, the pace goes down or it slows down because you are getting into a lot more details, a lot more descriptions and also you're, you know, answering those questions. It's not so much, there could be a call to action also, but then it's not so much just stating something, proclaiming something, declaring something and, you know, and waiting for a response or asking for a response. It is going into some depth, going into some details, explaining and also, you know, ensuring that the person, the audience over here understands, okay? So there's a lot of explanation in depth study and there's a, you know, taking the audience from a place of not understanding or to a place of understanding in some things, right? So it's a slower, it's a, I would say, you know, sometimes it is a longer process also, okay? It takes slightly more time, okay? So if you look at the person who's doing it, again, this is not typically, you know, we're just kind of stereotyping it, but then, you know, generally this is how a teacher, a person while teaching may not be necessarily very exuberant or as animated or energetic as the preacher, right? Because if you look at the, you know, the mode or the, you know, what is being done, you see that there's a difference, right? One is proclaiming and declaring, okay, this is what it is. So there's a declaration with all intensity and passion and so on, right? Whereas when it comes to teaching, you're going deeper and you're asking questions, there's a lot of explanations and so need not be, you know, the person need not be very, very energetic, need not be very exuberant, okay? Again, we're generalizing, right? And so the goal is to bring understanding, okay? The goal is to, you know, so, which means I cannot just say certain things and move on. I'm stating it, I'm answering the questions that I raised and I'm bringing understanding and I'm also getting a response in that sense, you know, do you understand and are you with me? You know, I hope you understood this. I hope you're getting the grasp of it, okay? And there's a response from the hearer. Yeah, so, or maybe something needs to be restated, revisited again, okay? Because it sends that, okay? The person is saying, I'm a little confused. Maybe not there yet, not understood it yet, okay? So, when it comes to, you know, people who are gifted in teaching, people who are maybe, there are in pastoral kind of a ministry, then, well, there's a lot more teaching that's happening, okay, rather than an itinerant evangelist or, you know, that kind of a ministry, right? So, we see the difference. Now, both have their objective, right? Both have their end result and sometimes it's a mix of both, okay? In a message, sometimes it's like certain parts of the message are preached, just stated, declared, proclaimed. And certain aspects of the message are taught. Maybe, you know, there's a declarative aspect to it and also there is a, you know, there's something that is, you're going in depth and you're teaching and so on. So, you see that, you know, and you can do both, right? And also, as we prepare for the message, okay, here are some things to ask, you know, you can ask the Lord, Lord, what should I do, you know? Now, you all, you know, prepare the title and everything. So, you can ask the Lord, Lord, what should I do? Should I teach or should this be preached, okay? Well, we're saying, okay, it's a 10-minute thing, so should I teach, you know, if I need to teach them, you know, what are those things that I need to highlight and how deep should I go, right, in teaching? So, we can ask the Lord, as you're preparing, okay, God, should I preach it? Should I teach it? Should I do a bit of both, right? So, what do you want me to do? And the thing is that the Lord, you know, anoints us according to the message, you know, if He anoints us to preach, well, what does that mean? That means that His presence and power is empowering us for that task, right? That is the anointing, right? The presence and power of the Holy Spirit. So, He is empowering us for that task, to carry out the task in a particular way. So, there's an anointing for preaching, too. There's an anointing for the message to be proclaimed, declared. And there's an anointing from the Holy Spirit, same Holy Spirit, in order for the message to be taught, okay? So, there's more revelation, understanding, and there is also the anointing for, to get into explanations. There's the anointing for, and basically, you know, this is revealing certain things. There's a lot more revelation. There's a lot more understanding. There's a lot more depth to that revelation, and so on. So, we are able to move in that, or flow in that, right? So, that's the thing, to ask God, Lord, do You want me to preach it? Do You want me to, you know, teach it? And then, you know, the flow of the anointing will really determine the flow of how the message needs to be delivered, okay? So, even those who consider themselves to be, you know, I can, I'm a preacher, you know, we don't have to slot ourselves in that. We can ask the Lord, Lord, you deal the, I mean, you determine the flow. How do you want this to be done, right? And typically, in a pastoral kind of a ministry, there would be both, right? There would be both, because there is a need for exhortation. There is a need for teaching as well, getting people grounded in the Word of God, rooted in the Word of God, established in these truths, you know, maybe layer by layer, you know, as people over and over again, because basically it's the same, same audience, more or less, right, for every meeting, okay? Okay, so the third thing, we also see that in Romans 12, it talks about prophesying according to the grace that is given. Okay, so when it comes to prophesying, okay, so the message is inspired by the Holy Spirit. It comes by revelation. Maybe it's a prophetic message. It's a prophetic word. It could be a prophetic song, a prophetic prayer, prophetic action and so on, right? So all this prophetic in nature. So inspired, moved, led by the Holy Spirit. Maybe it can be, you know, something spontaneous happening there at, you know, you didn't prepare it. You know, you didn't plan that and it's, you know, you're just, God is just taking you into that, right? You didn't flow into it. Or it could be even, you know, when you're preparing there's a, you know, download, there's a revelation. It has really inspired, this is what Pastor shared once about this many years ago for a Christmas message, right? So he was preparing and then there was no, you know, there was a, of course, he could always preach your message based on, you know, what he knew, what he has studied. But he wanted something new and waiting on God, okay, what do I, what do I share? Well, no answer. So is this, you know, so during the week, nothing. So Saturday has come, nothing. Sunday, morning, nothing. So anyway, he knew what he could fall back on but he really wanted, you know, something from God. Christmas morning, Christmas. So he was sharing about how, you know, he was waiting, nothing happening, and then the worship was over and it was time for him to go. Announcement says, everything was always time for him to go and then, and, you know, those days it was just one location, I think, you know. So from the, from where he was sitting, he's normally seated at the first row. So from, from where he was sitting to the podium was about maybe three, four steps at the most, maybe less. But he's saying that how, you know, in that time, you know, in that three to four steps he got up and in those three to four steps, there was a download of the message. And this is actually a chapter in the book Kingdom Builders. That entire message is in that chapter. It's a chapter called The Mary Miracle. You know, if you go through that. So this happened in those three, four steps that he took from the front row to the podium to share. A prophetic inspired download of message. So he said, you know, as he was, as he began, you know, to speak, he just saw the message unfold or he just heard himself, you know, speaking those point by point. And then he was also saying that, I'm talking about the passage of this, and he was also saying that, well, you know, people had no clue. People thought maybe he spent hours preparing and, you know, so he said, well, I was hearing it for the first time. He was hearing it for the first time as he was preaching it. So then he preached the message and then he, yeah, he went back home and then wrote it down, you know, because he didn't have any notes, nothing. So he went back home and he wrote it down and then, you know, it was, yeah, he had that outline then. So it was a completely different way. So, well, prophesying again. You know, it was a prophetic word. I got inspired at that moment. So it wasn't pre-planned, nothing pre-meditated. And then that was a prophetic word. So, well, the prophetic word can come as a pre-planned thing. You know, need to mention that also. A prophetic song, a prophetic prayer, a prophetic action, something that's not planned earlier, not pre-meditated or it could be something, you know, as you're preparing. So which means that as you're preparing for it, God gives you. It's a prophetic download of revelation, what should be preached and you note it down and then you do it. Okay. Well, it's prophetic in any case. So we have another prophetic action again. You know, I remember once there was a, there was a, you know, we had a guest minister who came and he was a quite prophetic. And so there was a prophetic action in the sense, you know, we saw something in the prophetic prayer and then he's kind of, it was an action which he led the both pastor and his wife, Amy to do, right? He said, you know, would ask them to stand, you know, with their hands out like that, you know, as holding a sword and standing. And then behind pastor was Amy, you know, her back to pastor. And again, she was also standing with the, you know, hand out and like as holding a sword. And then he said, you know, this is how it is. This is how I see in the spirit that, you know, you've got the sword out and you are, you know, facing this direction and, you know, you're all alert and, you know, discerning and alert and, you know, you got your sword out. So you're ready for battle in that direction. But whatever your blind spot is, wherever you can't see, you know, that's where your wife, Amy is, you know, and she is alert in this direction. So you, both of you, you know, depending on each other, covering up each other's blind spots and spiritually being alert and sharp and wielding your swords. That's how I, you know, that's how I see in the spirit. So it was a, it was an act, prophetic act as well, you know, he saw them, he called them both forward up and then in front and he did that. So when we saw that as a congregation, it was a very powerful time. You know, when we saw that, it was, should I put it, you know, when we visualized it, it was very powerful. And we saw, you know, something, I could sense something shift in the, in the, in the very atmosphere, right? There's a surge of faith that happened. There was a, there was a, you know, with that revelation came a lot of assurance and so on. And so a prophetic, it could be a prophetic act as well. Something that you do, something that you demonstrate and we see in scripture, right? And Ezekiel, Isaiah, we see that God asked them to do something and they did it, right? And it was a prophetic act. And in the book of Acts, we see, you know, Agabus, the prophet coming to Saul, Paul, and then he takes the belt and he ties it and he says, you know, this is what the Holy Spirit is showing me that, you know, this is what will happen to the owner of the belt. You know, very, very dramatic, very theatrical and he does that, right? And then Paul knew, okay, that this is what change would await in the future as he goes, but then, you know, he will, he's not mindful of that. He was, you know, he was forewarned, but then he knew that he would face that, but he still went. So was it Agabus or is it, yeah, I was just thinking. Anyway, yeah. So we see that a prophetic act, very powerful visual eyes, you see, and, you know, something that's, that is also a mode of delivery, right? So the message can be delivered in all these, all these ways. So the thing is to be open, right? Now that you know, okay, it can be either of these. So to be open and to say, it's a risk that you're taking, right? And also, you know, to be open to God and saying, God, you know, what is it? As you're preparing, how do you want me to do this? How do you want me to do this? So you see, engaging with God, you know, we're not distancing ourselves from God, not distancing from the Holy Spirit. We are communing with the Holy Spirit. Yeah, we are talking, we are talking to Him, having this conversation with Him, involving God, you know, all this. And it's not just our human own, you know, own flesh or human understanding or skill or ability. God will use all that. You know, God will use our experience. God will use our understanding. Whatever, you know, academic thing that we've, you know, over the years, whatever we have. God will use all that for His glory. And we are involving Him. We are opening our hearts and saying, God, you know, I want you to be part of this. It's not about me. It's about you, God. But I just want to be faithful. I want to be a faithful representative of your kingdom. And I want to co-labor with you. We have been invited to co-labor with Him. Right? And the thing is this, we see in Hebrews that He's faithful to watch over His word to perform it. And He's faithful to do that. Right? And we see in the Book of Acts also that He confirmed which means that He said yes. He attested to the preaching of the word with signs, wonders and miracles. Right? So that is what He did. So God is faithful to do it. God is faithful to watch over His word to perform it. He wants to bear witness to the word with signs, wonders, miracles. And so it's best for us if we involve Him. Right? If we yield to His leading and give that priority over everything else. Right? And be mindful and be sensitive about His leading, His ideas, His thoughts, His revelation and making note of that. Okay? So, yeah, let's move on to Chapter 11. So that brings us to the end of Chapter 10. Chapter 11 is talking about when when it comes to ministering God's word to have an expectation. Okay? To have an expectation of you know of the fruit of it or the end result of it. End result of what you're ministering. Many times, sometimes when we get started or what's the word? We're kind of preoccupied with the ministering aspect of it, you know, the delivery of it. We just want to present it the right way. So, we're preoccupied with thinking about that and then we present it and we are done with it and we're like poof, I'm done, that's it. You know, I remember the first few times I think the first major you know I don't know, time of ministry then I was just so glad it was done and I just called Pastor and I said you know, okay, that brings us to the end of this message. I just called Pastor to come and pray in close. So done with the message. I just wanted to hand over everything back to him. So we could be in that place. Right? Okay, here's the word. I've prepared everything and I'm done with it and that is it, the end. The thing is to have an expectation of God, now that there is the message, your word has gone out I want to see more. Okay, I want to know more God. What would be the consequence of that? Okay, to have the faith and to have that expectation. Okay, now I want to see that bearing fruit and your word does not return wide. So I want to see that bearing fruit in people's lives. Here are the hearers, here are the people and you orchestrated and I've come here and shared and it could be an informal setting, home group it could be two or three, whatever whatever be the setting, we're not talking about you know, big audience alone, we're just talking about everything you know, whatever be the environment whatever be the setting and so you've shared and the thing is to have that expectation right, have that expectation have that faith, say God what is it? What is it that I can expect? Okay, so here are some things, what fruit can we expect through the ministry of the word? First of all, change okay, change change in circumstance change in people's lives right, why? Because it's the word of God which is alive which is powerful which is living and we've not shared as long as we've not shared some humanistic message you know, you shared something that's the eternal truth maybe some principles maybe some practical aspects but coming from that from the eternal word right, you share that so you can expect what fruit can we expect, we can expect change right, change from how things are to how things can be because of the word right, because of the work of the Holy Spirit in response to people receiving the word right, so change change maybe another word to use transformation right, so we can two things we can actually expect change to happen right then and there right, instant instantaneously expecting in faith because you've handled the word right, so instantaneous change another word to help us understand that better is transformation right, so which means radically change radically change so we can expect transformation transformation in people's lives in what areas can be in well in the area of their maybe their bodies maybe something needs to sit right in their bodies maybe it is healing some symptoms there physically there's something wrong something not aligned there's a need physically there's a need maybe materially right financially there's a need in the physical realm in other words so we can expect fruit, we can expect transformation in that okay, so certain things to be broken down, certain things to be established, rooted certain things to be uprooted whatever it is it will involve the mechanics that would involve all that uprooting, rooting establishing, all that burning away maybe some change being broken, some weights being removed some doors being opened some doors being shut there's a cleaning up happening renewing things being burnt away right some very hard decisions whatever but we can expect that end of our transformation say God one that it could be in the area of the mind area of the soul maybe things to do with their thoughts thought life, thoughts, imaginations thought patterns certain behavioral patterns because of these thought patterns certain things that are going in cycle over and over and over again in the mind maybe there's an oppression in the mind there's a heaviness in the mind that just won't go away and we can expect change transformation in that area and it can be in in the realm of the spirit in the spirit maybe there's a need for a deficit of that truth bringing elimination to the spirit lights being turned on maybe something it's like a fire that's just cleansing right and all that maybe there's just one more layer of truth being added reinforcing the truth that they already have a revelation that they've already received just reinforcing and that could be the tipping point of certain decision being made maybe that could be the tipping point of some drastic changes happening in their lives where the faith is birthed to make some choices so we can expect change change in their bodies, change in their minds, change in their spirit okay the other thing we can expect is growth okay now transformation is one thing it can be instantaneous it can be a process growth again we see the instantaneous thing because maybe they reached the tipping point and then we see that something that's visible but it also means that it can also be it's a process we see the maturity we see the clarity and Paul writes to Timothy he says you know give yourself entirely so that your progress maybe evident to all right let me just share that scripture it's in yeah first Timothy 4 right verse 16 take heed to yourself and to the doctrine continue in them for in doing them you will say sorry I think it's that's a different verse yeah the verse before that sorry verse 15 meditate on these things give yourself entirely to them that your progress may be evident to all and then he talks about taking heed so verse 15 4 and verse 15 whole hearted surrender whole hearted yielding that your progress may be evident to all it's so visible tangible so progress growth maturity so growing in spiritual maturity growing in Christlikeness growing in knowledge growing in understanding right so when we talk about growth we talk about all that and especially it comes to spiritual maturity so we're talking character here we're talking Christlikeness right so all those things are well we know it's it's not overnight right it's it's a process and maybe you have the privilege of being there the entire journey or the entire process right from start to finish in that person's life or it could be at a crucial stage or some stage in their life God uses us to bring in that spiritual maturity growth in spiritual maturity right so so we can expect that we can pray for that and have faith and expectation for that same God you know I know that there are different people different levels of maturity and God I'm just expecting that fruit as well okay so the other thing could be so to helping people walk in victory maybe there's a walk of defeat there's a cycle of defeat there's a you know when you say cycle it's like the thing that's going over and over again it's never ending cycle spiral of defeat but God uses this word and uses the message and the messenger with the messenger to bring in a change to that right so that cycle of defeat is broken and they're walking in victory now and maybe some areas maybe all areas of their lives as they engage with the word as they receive the word they're walking in victory and also things like their identity and what is rightfully theirs whatever the enemy has stolen or whatever the enemy has deceived them into thinking that okay that is not for them you know it's amazing when people realize hey this is mine there's a realization this is mine this is God given I have a right to it because it's my inheritance it's not being withheld from me it's actually God is extending his hands and he's giving it to me I need to receive it now I need to take it in I need to possess my inheritance right so there's so much of faith there's so much of freedom there's so much of wiping away of all forms of condemnation saying that okay God has done it he is giving it to me and I'm receiving and I'm walking it I choose to walk in it so when we bring in the word and when we share the word and with that expectation that is something that we can expect as well saying and pray and minister with that with that in our hearts with that faith that yes I want to see this happen and also well the list can go on but also expecting God to confirm his word expecting God to confirm his word let's look at a couple of verses Acts chapter Acts chapter 2 and Acts chapter 2 verse 47 okay first let's read that we see that they taught this is talking about the early church there was signs and wonders and all that verse 47 says and the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved okay so there's there's something that God is doing right in in response to whatever ministry the apostles were doing and they involved in doctrine teaching and signs and wonders and everything and says that the Lord added to the church those who were being saved right and then it also you know when we when we look at let's move on to Acts chapter 4 and so this is what the people are praying Acts chapter 4 verse 23 onwards was 24 onwards they raised their voice and they prayed to God and this was their prayer and in return or in response to that prayer we see certain things happening right verse verse 33 says and with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all and before that they pray verse 30 they pray saying Lord you let your servants speak your word with boldness and they're saying you know you confirm God you think they're saying you know whatever you know Lord you grant to the servants you grant to the servants you grant to the servants you know Lord you grant to the servants so your servants that they speak with all boldness they speak your word and they say verse 30 by stretching out your hand to heal that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your Holy Servant Jesus okay so that was their prayer and then we go on to Hebrews and Hebrews 2 and verse 4 talks about how God bearing witness both with signs and wonders with various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will talking about the word that was spoken you know that salvation that is not neglected and talking about God bearing witness so we see that when we preach the word when we minister the word this is something that we can expect the fruit that we can expect as well God would be a witness that we would confirm with signs and wonders this is what the disciples prayed for God that you would do this right so we can we can pray we can expect the same kind of things this is the end result okay so we don't just preach and just pull away but we preach with the expectation that we will see this happen okay okay so we will stop here we will continue next class again with the same topic of expecting fruit okay thank you God bless we will see you again bye bye