 Okay, so so Jeremiah chapter one, right and verse five, maybe verse four and five in the word of the Lord came to me saying, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I ordained you a prophet to the nations. Okay, so the Lord telling Jeremiah the prophet saying, Oh, this is what this is what my plans were for you. Before I formed you, before you were formed or before you were born, I sanctified you and ordained you, set you apart and commissioned you, ordained you to be a spokesperson, to be a prophet to the nations. Okay, if you go down to verse nine, you know, in between from there, till verse nine, Jeremiah has this conversation, like he has zone fears, he's saying, Lord, you know, I'm young, I'm still young, you know, I can't do this. And then the Lord says in verse nine, the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out and to pull down to destroy and to throw down to build and to plant. A very important principle or instruction that we see here, one is the commissioning and the ordaining of prophet Jeremiah to be a spokesperson to the people, to the nations. Okay, the second one we see here is the Lord himself filling the prophet with his words and saying, This is what you will do with these words that I've given you that you will, these words are to pull down to destroy and also to root and to plant and to build up. Okay, so if you look at our own lives as followers as disciples of the Lord, we have been commissioned to be his spokesperson, right, to be his mouthpiece to the nations again to the different people groups. And this is what the Lord has commissioned us to do. You know, the same thing applies that in the communication of the gospel and in the declaration of his words, that we can accomplish this or he has called us to accomplish this, like to to uproot and also to plant, like to pull down to destroy and also to build up. Okay, so in the words that we speak, right, it's so very important that we are mindful of this, that we are also commissioned by God to do the very same thing and this principle holds good. And that is why in Proverbs 18, I think we see that the death and life are in the power of the tongue, right, and it's not just any words that we speak in order to build and in order to uproot, but it's the words of God. We repeat what God has spoken. We declare what God has already declared, right. So let's just pray and come at ourselves to speaking his word and also expect to see the uprooting happening and also to see the building and the planting happening through the ministry of God's word. Father, we thank you this day that, Lord, you've also called us and commissioned us, O God, to be your spokesperson, Father God. Yes, Master, to be vessels of honor in your hand, wherever you send us to whichever people group among whom you call us to be the salt and light. So this morning, God, we consecrate ourselves, God, and also position ourselves to speak your word, to proclaim your word, which is well able to uproot, O God, everything that needs to be uprooted and every lie, every deception, O God, everything that is not of you, every stronghold, God, to be brought down and also to build up to nurture and to establish, Father God, your plans, your desires, God, your dreams, O God, for us, O God, that we will speak it forth, O Father God, ourselves and upon circumstances, God. And I pray that we'll be careful to do this, God, that we'll be able to, we'll be, Lord, in all humility, speak your word, Father God. Declare your thoughts, God, over ourselves. We thank you. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Okay, so I just want to remind us, you know, the importance of speaking his word and importance of agreeing with God's word, okay? In all circumstances, in all ups and downs of life, right? So it's wonderful to speak God's word and declare God's word when things are going fine, right? When things are all fine and everything is, we're all happy emotionally. And it's fine. Glory to God, praise God, hallelujah. But when things are not going so good, right? When there are challenging circumstances, so we need to get back to his word and say, God, you know, this is what you have spoken. This is what you have said. And it's important, God wants us to do that. God does not want us to agree with the devil. God does not want us to partner with fear, right? God does not want us to partner with anything else, any lie of the enemy, right? So he wants us to partner with him because we are actually co-workers with him. So he wants us to partner with him in speaking, in declaring what he has already spoken. It's very important, right? Something very foundational. It's something very, very important. Okay, let's look at the second chapter in our notes, which is about prosperity. So when we say prosperity, what comes to your mind? What picture comes to your mind? Prosperity, money, more money. When I think of prosperity, I can think of, you know, I remember seeing this picture somewhere or video somewhere, you know, like these coins falling, right? All these coins falling and, you know, prosperity. So different images come to our mind, right? So we're going to look at what prosperity is, what is biblical prosperity, okay? And how it applies to us as followers of the Word of God, okay? Simply put, we need to understand that prosper, the word prosper means to be successful in everything that we put our hands to, in anything that we put our hands to. So it might involve money, it need not involve money, okay? So that's very important. So when you say prosperity, it does not always have to be with money, right? It is to be successful, it is to be fruitful, right? So that is to prosper, okay? When scripture says, okay, to prosper and to be in health, just as your soul prospers, you know. So when your soul is prospering, what does it have to do with money, right? 3 John verse 2, right? I pray that you would prosper and be in health just as your soul prospers, which means your mind and imagination and your thoughts and everything. Let it prosper. What does it mean? It means to thrive and flourish, right? So I think it's good to have a picture where when we say prosperity, we're thinking of a field which is so fertile and all, you know, if you ride through the country and through the villages and you see these fields where it's all grown and ready for just fresh and green, right? And it's good to have that kind of a picture rather than just coins falling, right? It's because it's so much more, okay? So when we say biblical prosperity, okay? So what is it? What do we mean when we say biblical prosperity? It means that now there's no chapter and verse again standing of it. It means that biblical prosperity, it means to have success which is divinely enabled. Okay, what does that mean? Divinely enabled. Yeah, when we say divinely enabled, what does that mean? To enable something, to be skilled in something, to be empowered, right? To give favor, to have access permission, right? To be divinely enabled, okay? So it's divinely enabled success. So God enables us, you know, like empowers us, makes way for us, surrounds us with favor to have success. So it's divinely enabled success, growth and increase, okay? So when you say biblical prosperity, that's what we are looking at. That's what we mean. We say it's divinely enabled success, divinely enabled growth, divinely enabled increase through divinely appointed means, okay? So when we say divine is God appointed means, right? So divinely appointed means, God appointed means. What does means refer to here? Means methods, right? A process, right? So a divinely appointed method for divinely appointed purpose. So there is a purpose in all that. It is to take care of your need. It is to take care of others' needs. It is to extend the kingdom of God and all that. So it's divinely enabled success, growth, increase through divinely enabled means or process or method and for divinely enabled purpose, divinely appointed purpose, okay? So when we look at prosperity, when we say biblical prosperity, this is what it is, okay? So it's a clean thing. It's a good thing, right? So it is something that is God appointed. God enabled, empowered and God in a way of doing things, right? And for God's purposes. So we can never fault God's purpose, right? So it's for His purpose. So that is biblical prosperity, okay? So the reason we are going back to certain things to, you know, to reiterate certain things, according to biblical standards is because especially in this area, whole area of prosperity, first of all, the wrong idea that prosperity is money, okay? That's an association. The other thing is that prosperity is wrong, okay? Prosperity is something which is of the devil. It's of the world, right? Or worldly way. That's the association that we might have. So just want to clear those things, right? We're going back to scripture again and we're going to look at this. So one more time. What is biblical prosperity? It's divinely enabled, success, growth, increase through divinely appointed means. So when we say means, what does it refer to? Ways, methods, processes, okay? For divinely appointed purpose, okay? So the big picture, why? To answer that question, why is this there? Why is this, you know, divinely appointed method and success and growth and everything? Why is it there? That answers that. So it's for God's purpose. He appoints that, okay? So it's divinely enabled success. So which means that God is in this whole thing, right? God enables us, so which is good, which is holy, which is good. God enables us. God gives us the ability to get wealth. It is He who gives us the ability to get wealth, right? It is He who gives us, you know, like we see in Isaac's time, he soared in time of famine and then he saw the increase. God gave him increase, right? So God is involved in it, so it's righteous, it's pure, it's holy. So He enables, He empowers us, okay? And we also see that the means through which we get it is holy, right? Because it's the nature of God to be holy. So divinely appointed means which means that the method through which this wealth comes in, it has to be righteous, it has to be holy, okay? Because it is enabled by Him. So which means that everything that is not enabled by Him, you know, if the method, if the way of getting it is unrighteous, that is not for His purpose. We might actually somehow fit in and say, okay, you know this, but anyway we are using it for this. It doesn't work out that way. It doesn't bring glory to God, right? So we need to be aware of that, okay? It leads us to this other, you know, topic, can a lie serve the truth? Can a lie serve the truth? Because we are talking about divinely appointed methods or ways. Psalm 23 and verse 3, He restores my soul. He leads me, how does He lead me? Or where does He lead me? In parts of righteousness. He leads me in parts of righteousness, which means that the part that He leads us on, these are ways or parts, steps, the path, you know, if you look at a path, there are many steps that you take down that path, right? So all those steps are righteous steps. Steps of holiness, steps of righteousness. So He leads us, whenever He leads us, He leads us in parts of righteousness. Why? It says, for His name's sake. Because His name is holy. He is righteous, okay? So He leads us in parts of righteousness for His name's sake. So I don't know if you've heard this saying, you know, the end justifies the means. Have you heard that? The end justifies the means. Okay, what is the meaning of that? The end justifies the means. Anyone? Sorry, Anna. It is a little bit show what means. I'll just ask the online audience, anyone, the end justifies the means. What does that mean? Meaning of that. It's a popular saying in the sense, some people say the end justifies the means. So, okay, the end result, okay? So let's say the end result is something noble. It's a good cause. That justifies the method or the process that we actually involve in in order to reach that result. That is what it means. The end, hey, it's a noble goal. It's a noble cause. We are doing ministry. We are helping, feeding the poor. So that justifies how I get there. Which means, you know, it doesn't matter how I get the money. It doesn't matter what I do to get the money. Right? The end is what I'm doing something noble, something good. So in whatever way I get it, it's okay. So that is what it means. The end justifies the means. So I want to ask us, you know, is it true or false? Or is it okay or not? Why? If it's, okay, just one second. Yeah. Thanks, Nina. That's what it is, the explanation of, yeah. So if you're saying false, okay, it's not correct for a believer to actually have that kind of a philosophy. Why? Why do you say that? It's a good thing, right? We're building church. We're buying something. We are feeding the poor. We are building something. I mean, I don't know, some homes and good schools and free education, but you know, it's a good cause, right? Which is not right. So the reason it's not right is because God's ways are parts of righteousness. And we just read just now. He leads us in parts of righteousness for his name's sake. Okay. So he is holy. He is righteous. So he leads us in those parts, which is holiness and righteousness. So the thing is when we indulge in something, even for when we, you know, we try telling ourselves, we try convincing ourselves, hey, it's for a good cause, right? We are actually not walking in parts of righteousness. We are actually displeasing God, right? So it's very important for us to understand this, because when we say biblical prosperity is divinely, it's through divinely appointed means. It's through divinely appointed methods. So we never compromise on that when we talk about prosperity. It's not like, okay, I do it any other way. You know, I do it anyway. I rob a bank and I give to the poor. You know, like, you know, that character, right? Robin Hood, Robin Hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Okay. So we can't have a Robin Hood kind of a mentality, right? I'll do this, you know, I'll rob a bank, I'll get this. And somehow I will, you know, justify why I'm doing what I'm doing. Okay. So we are talking about prosperity that is appointed, the means by which we get it is divinely appointed. Okay. Let's look at one more scripture, 2nd Chronicles 16 and verse 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him. Okay. So in a most being is loyal to the Lord. Right. So there's nothing that is causing any kind of guilt or shame or, you know, there's the heart is fully loyal to him. And he wants to show himself strong. Right. God wants to show himself strong. God wants to display himself and show what he can do. Okay. So the thing is, when we are living our lives for divinely appointed purposes, we can experience divinely enabled success, growth and increase through divinely enabled means, appointed means. Right. And we, when we are, when our venture is or whatever we are doing is for divinely appointed purposes. Right. So which means that what? God is not against prospering his people. God is not against success. God is not against, you know, your growth. God is not against your increase. Right. As long as it's through his means, as long as it's when he leads us in parts of righteousness, we don't go off that path. Right. Okay. Let's look at the lives of some people. Okay. We look at, okay, this is a fairly long passage. Maybe you can read through it, you know, about Jacob. Okay. Jacob, we read in Genesis 28 and also Genesis 30. Okay. Genesis 30, 25 to 43. It's a fairly long passage. So we look at a supernatural means by which the Lord increased Jacob's flock. Okay. So I think most of us know that incident where, you know, maybe I'll just read from verse 37. Now Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and off the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them and exposed the white, which was in the rods and the rods, which he had peeled. Okay. This is Genesis 20, sorry, Genesis 30 and verse 37 onwards. Right. So it was 38 and the rods, which he had pealed, he said before the flocks and the gutters and the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink so that they should conceive when they came to drink. So the flocks conceived before the rods and the flocks brought forth, streaked, speckled and spotted. So something that he did in the natural, which was a supernatural act. Okay. So it was a supernatural thing through which his flock increased. So you can go through that, you know, a little later. You can go through that. So all that to say that God is well able to give us supernatural or to enable us in a supernatural manner to get a growth, increase and success in supernatural ways. Right. Okay. Let's look at the next thing which is about faith and material things. So look at some examples of men, women in the Bible, people whom actually God prospered. Okay. So again, for us to understand that God is not against prospering his people, whom he calls for his purposes. And these are people who did, you know, who were really sold out to him. Okay. Of course they messed up, they did mistakes, et cetera, but God really prospered them. Okay. And prospered them in material things. Right. Think of prosperity. We think, okay, spiritually they were thriving and that's the thing. You know, the Lord himself was their reward. That's the thing. But when you look at the words in scripture, we see that the Lord prospered them in material ways. So the Lord is not against that in any way. Okay. So let's look at Abraham. Okay. Genesis 24. You can just follow through in your notes also. What page number is it? Anyone? Page number eight. Okay. For those of you who are following online, page number eight. Faith in material things. So look at the life of Abraham. Okay. Genesis 24, verse one. Now Abraham was old, well-advanced in age and the Lord has blessed Abraham in all things. Okay. He was old, well-advanced in age and the Lord has blessed Abraham in all things. Okay. What does all things mean? Means all things. All right. Very simple. Bless Abraham in all things, but look at verse 34. Okay. This is the words of the servant, right? He goes in search of the bride for Isaac. So he said, so this is his testimony. He has been there. He has grown up in the household and is seen. Okay. What has happened? And he knows that God had blessed Abraham. So this is what he said. So he said, I am Abraham's servant. The Lord has blessed my master greatly and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants and camels and donkeys. Right? So we see that, you know, how much does it cost to feed a lamb, a sheep? Right? They keep eating. Have you seen? They keep grazing. You know, you need to feed them. I don't know. My grandfather used to have a farm and on that farm he had some cattle and then he had some poultry, chicken and everything. At one point he also had some pigs and all. So they were very hungry all the time. They had to be fed. Right? And they would of course chew the curd and all that. But they were hungry. You know, it actually costs quite a bit to keep these things going. Okay. Look at what he has, flocks and herds. Okay. Camels and donkeys. Right? So obviously, and he had servants serving. So when we think of Abraham, okay, Abraham is going from this place and he's going and we see, we think of him, okay, those days they went by foot. Maybe they had these animals. So we think they were probably wearing some torn clothes and, you know, in the wild, in the wilderness and, you know, we think of all that. But this completely changes the picture that he had servants, which means he supported them. He had to, you know, take care of them, male and female servants and probably their families. And so this is the picture that we have of Abraham and the testimony is that the Lord actually blessed. Okay. The Lord blessed. So God is not against money. Okay. Again, you look at Isaac. Genesis 26, 12 to 14, you know, the scripture that we were referring to earlier. Then Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. Okay. A hundred times. Now that's a big number. Recently I was just talking to someone who, you know, sows, what is that? Turmeric. They were growing turmeric in the land. So I was saying, okay, when do you sow? When do you think? So March and then by November they reaped and just one, you know, one yield in a year. And I was looking at that yield and all that. So here says in that same year, he reaped a hundredfold, which is a big number. Okay. And this is what we see here. So, yeah. And continued. The man began to prosper and continued prospering until he became very prosperous for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. Okay. So the people who were just against, you know, the Philistines who were against the people of God, they actually envied him. Okay. So they looked at him and said, okay, this guy has so much wealth, they envied. So who are we talking about? Isaac. Right. Then we look at Jacob. Okay. Genesis 30, 43. Again, the man became exceedingly prosperous and had large flocks, male and female servants, camels and donkeys. Okay. Then when you talk about success, we look at Joseph, Joseph 39, chapter 39 was two and four. The Lord was with Joseph and he was a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. So Joseph found favor in his side and served him. This is Potiphar's house, right? Then he made him overseer of his house and all that he had, he put under his authority. And if you read the rest of the chapter, it says that he did not know, he did not consult, you know, concern himself with anything except that, okay, this is the food that I'm eating every day. That's it. Every responsibility was upon Joseph. But this is the testimony. The Lord was with him and he was a successful man. The Lord was with him and Potiphar noticed that, just like the servant who grew up in Abraham's household noticed, this is not, this is not something that is natural, it's supernatural. This is not something of man, but it's divine, right? It is of God. So he said, the Lord has blessed. And same here, it says here that the, so he saw, the master saw that the Lord was with him. Okay. So he saw that there's something different about this man. He's successful all that he had and man of integrity. So he trusted him, he's put everything under his, under his, you know, overseeing authority. Now it's, if you look at it, if you look at this thing, it's, it's very strange. Here is a Hebrew slave, right? He's a slave. And you see this man who has actually bought him as a slave, you know, having no rights to go anywhere, but he's there in the house to trust him completely and to give everything under his, under his, under his authority. Does that look strange? Yeah. You know, when somebody comes to maybe help in the house and, you know, our house, we trust them, we give them certain, you know, we trust them to some extent, you know, like the person who's helping in our house that has been there for ever since I was a bachelor, 97, I moved into that house 97 and, you know, where I used to stay. So she came to help and we moved houses some two places, three, this is the third time. So everywhere we moved, she came to help us. She saw, you know, she saw me getting married. She saw us having a daughter all seasons of life. She's come and so we can trust her. We just say, okay, you take the key, you know, you do, you know, whatever work you need to be done. So we trust her. Yeah. So will I give her my ATM card? Oh my Google Pay account. I don't know. You know, I've not done that. Right. Not to that extent. So it's, it's like that. Right. Maybe we have people helping us in our house. Would we give them our, you know, ATM card and say, okay, you use it for whatever thing, knowing that that's your, you know, all the money that you have. So that's the kind of thing we see here. Actually giving Joseph his ATM card, his credit card, his, you know, his phone and saying, you know, yes, my Google Pay, phone pay, you use it, run the household. I just want to be concerned with whatever food I'm eating. I'm just going to come home, eat. I'm a busy man and I just, everything, you know, you run the, run the thing. So it says that Joseph was very successful in that way. Right. And the Lord was with him. We're talking about prosperity, which is increase, success, growth. The Lord cost Joseph to prosper in that way. Right. And not only that, we know when we read Joseph about Joseph, we see that, okay, he goes to the prison and they're the same thing happens. Same thing happens. He is very successful. You know, he has the keys actually, literally the keys to everything and he's in charge of the prison. That is what we read in verse 23. You know, the keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority because the Lord was with him and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper. So when we say, okay, prosperity in the prison, what is that? Right. What is prosperity in the prison? I think we need to look into how can a man prosper in the prison? Right. But that's what happened. The Lord cost him to prosper. And then we look at Job. A lot of arguments, a lot of debates we can have all night, all day. Job, he lost everything. But we look at the final chapter. This is what we see. The Lord restored Job's losses. That is chapter 42 verse 10. When he prayed for his friends, indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Verse 12, Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning for he had whatever. His net worth is mentioned there. Now from 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. Now that's a huge number. That's a huge number. That's a huge space. How many sheep are there in that field across? Counted, friends. Sheep or whatever. I saw one standing there. That takes up space. You look at this number. 14,000. I can't even imagine. 14,000 sheep, the kind of noise they make, the mess they make. 14,000 sheep. On top of that 6,000 camels, they must be drinking an enormous amount of water. 1,000 yoke of oxen. I've seen about 10 cattle in my father's, I mean grandfather's farm those days. Not even 10, I think it is more than, I'm less than that, probably 5 or 6. I know this kind of space they took up and the kind of care that required. He says, 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 donkeys. So we see that the Lord can. The Lord does. He has done it in the Old Testament times. We see that. We see all these men whom we look at and the New Testament refers to these people time and time again. Abraham for his faith and all that. We see that the Lord actually gave them growth, gave them increase made them successful. Now there were also those who were greedy for money. Balam Gehazi Gehazi was actually under the prophet. I sometimes wonder how did he go? Did he not know that he would be found out? He's seen his master function in the prophetic the accurate details and the degree to which he would prophesy and would he not know? Well, money does that. That's the other side. Dimas, we read about Dimas that Paul is saying, he has forsaken me for the sake of the world. These were, this was more attractive to him and he has forsaken and he has gone. 2 Timothy 4 verse 10. Judas has carried himself. He betrayed the Lord for how many pieces of silver? 30. How many? Is it 30 pieces of silver? Okay. So whatever he he betrayed the Lord. Let us stray by money. So the wealth we see that God prospers man. God is not against but if wealth takes a hold of man instead of man actually using God and using what God gives in a God-honoring way. Right? Then we see that, yes, it has the potential to cause grief. It has the potential to destroy a person's life and we don't read about Dimas. We just hope that probably he was restored back. He came back can only guess. But he had a good thing but he left that and pursued that for the ways of the world. That is what we see. So we see all these people, all these men of God in the Old Testament. So what can we infer? I want to hear from you. When you look at Joseph and you look at Abraham what is it that rises in your heart? What lesson do you think? Different people based on how we have whatever we have experienced in life. So, yeah, Nikhil or Vimal? Okay, Vimal, what do you think? When you read about all this what comes to your mind? Francis, they were faithful. They were in a tough spot. They continued to be faithful and God really lifted them up. Anyone else? Shri Radha. Yeah. So they were focused with God and God really prospered then. That's a very important lesson. Anything else? Prince anything? Yeah. So the priority, whom should we trust? What should our heart be captured with? Very important. So what would you say to a businessman, Prince? See, suppose a businessman comes and asks you faster brother, Prince. How do I live my life? I need to tell my team. I need to tell my organization that this is something that we need to do. This is what we are looking at. This is our target for this year. What would you tell him? Work hard. Sorry, second one. God will bless. So the thing is this, for people who handle money for people who for day in and day out that's the inflow. You run a restaurant and you're handling cash. At the end of the day you count and you see, did we make a profit or loss? So what would you tell them? The thing is this, that God is not against you doing this. Let your heart not be captured by it. You focus on excellence. You focus on quality. Yes, you focus on money. You ask God, God will give ideas. If you look at actually when you look at some of the greatest inventions that came about. You see that it was divinely inspired. God gave them and thought some ideas. You do this and then they followed through and it was great success. So to be open to involve God, it's not like money is bad. So I'm not going to involve God in this. Let me just try out according to the ways of the world and hopefully it will all come through. No, involve God in this. In my business, God, you are the director. You are the director of this. What should I give away? What should I keep? What should I invest in God? You help me. You teach me. You show me God. So that's a very liberating way to do life, not to do business. Yes, there are certain standard things that we need to understand about accounting, about investing and all that. About overheads and all that. But overall, you're just inviting God into that thing. You're not keeping him outside. Right? So Pastor Prince would say work hard. Right? Involve God in the whole thing and when God brings the increase, give him glory and walk the path of righteousness. It is a difficult path. It's not easy. Right? Now walk the path of righteousness. Especially, I once heard a message called Nebuchadnezzar's Court. It was a message on Daniel for working professionals. Amazing teaching. Daniel, day in and day out, he worked in Nebuchadnezzar's Court. And what was he actually doing? He was the chief of all the magicians, the soothsayers, the guys who were involved in Wichita. He was actually overseeing or he was in charge or they were reporting to him. What do you think he would have told them? He was the one who was actually worshipping Yahweh. And he prayed looking at Jerusalem in the direction. So what do you think? How did he ... So the thing is that when he was in prison, they realized there was this man of great wisdom. Please call him out. Maybe he'll be able to interpret the writings. Such was his reputation. Right? So these are people who thrived in this kind of settings. So if God is calling you to, you know, maybe to business, you might be sitting in Bible college but God is giving you some ideas. You know, do this inventions maybe, or maybe, you know, to help others who are in business, whatever it is. Don't be close to it. Don't be close to the idea. Oh, it's just a quick example. There were two brothers who came to Bible college years ago. And things were very small. The older guy, we knew that he was called to be a pastor. He was calling. He was very sure. He was like, yes, this is what. The other guy, somehow he was uncomfortable. He was good chap. Younger brother. Good student. But somehow he was uncomfortable. And then we looked at one particular thing. I don't know if it was finances. We were talking about how God used people in the different scenarios, you know, how people in the Bible, they were not pastors. You know, like people like Daniel and Joseph, they're not, you know, pastoring in a church, pulpit ministry. They were actually heads of state and administrators and so on. And then how God is not against man. And I saw his eyes going wider and wider. He was sitting in the class. He was going wider and wider. And at the end of the class, he comes and says, pastor, how can you tell like this? How can you say that when it comes to ministry, you must leave everything. Leave everything and then come just depend on God. I said, hey, that's wonderful. Sure, God calls some of us to do that. God called me to do that. I was working in a organization and that's what I've done. But the thing is this, if you look at these people whom we have looked at, God used them, God provided for them, God increased and brought them to the increase, but it was where we are. So is it drawn to be a businessman? He said, if you're called to ministry and if you're the same, then he said, what if that is your calling? So I can see that after the class, it was not change. So the season after that, he finished, graduated, went. Then I heard that he actually started something on the lines of music, the music equipment or something he started and then he was doing very well. So I think there was kind of a liberation. He said, like, God is not angry with me. God is not angry that I'm doing this. This is what I'm called to. Let me call and do that. I said, don't have any guilt. You went to Bible college, no problem. You pursue the calling, but you be sure this is what God has called you for and do it. God has not called all of us to preach and teach and if he has called us to preach and teach, we better do that with all our hearts. So for us to take that thing off, because some of you will be called to start churches and so don't preach a message condemning money, condemning people who are in business and say when you tell them to be generous and given to God, how can they condemn what they're doing daily as a livelihood? God has called them to do how can we condemn that? In fact, liberate them and give them that freedom and point them to the calling that God has called them so that they can thrive and flourish in it and they can involve God, open everything and say, God, you lead it. It's a tough path. It's a tough path, the path of righteousness especially in areas like entertainment, government, business. It's a tough path because Satan is kind of holding that. But it's a path that God is calling some of us to be in and lead the way. So we'll stop here and the next thing is that God gives material blessings and financial miracles. We're going to look at that in our next class. So any questions any questions online students also any questions that you might have we have a couple of minutes so we can address that any questions. I just want to share a little one incident about this lady whom I came to know from a very, very poor background she was actually selling porridge like what do you call kanji goes with working in the fields so such a lady she had a very powerful encounter with God came to know the Lord God used to in mighty ways. So even now she's not wealthy or anything just basically goes she's not learned she's not educated God tells her where to go what to do, what to speak she does that, what to pray for and that's it, that's her ministry lady. The thing is this, you know, at one point she found that there was this bag of, I mean this purse actually she went for a wedding, there was a purse and it was full of money full of money and she didn't know what to do and then the Lord actually told her it belongs to this lady this person who had come and they're actually searching they are very easy to give it to them so she took, gave it and that family was very very grateful so they said I want to give you this money so it was a fair amount I think it was something like 20,000 or something said you take it we are so happy we were actually searching for this and then we are so glad you take it and she took it, she prayed and then the Lord said I want you to use this money and I want you to give it to another person right so and she said yeah, yes Lord whatever you say, so 10,000 came huge amount of money, found it, gave it out of that some 10,000 I'm just saying 10,000, I don't know it must be high amount came then here the instruction you give it, she gave it right another time God took her to pray for a you know, for a politician I don't know how to mention names a politician who was actually in power, who was the chief minister she went prayed and some of the things that she prophesied word of knowledge she gave this chief minister was taken aback the chief minister said no one knows that no one was in that room how do you know this so this person said I worship the living God God reveal I share and that is what so this chief minister said you look like one of the servants in my house and yet there's so much the chief minister was like she was looking and saying looking at her and saying this is amazing so the chief minister said wait went brought one bag full of cash so this lady has not seen so much money in one place bundles and bundles of cash and all it's not just 100 rupees more than that this one said I want to give it to you the Lord speaks to us says don't take that money not even a single rupee don't take it so she turns around and says no thanks God tells me and she's living in a rented place it's a difficult life it needs a met but it's not like extravagant this money will definitely come in handy no husband the child in education held with fees, higher education everything said no and this chief minister was even more stunned how can this happen because the chief minister is used to money getting things done that you give that that guy will actually go and kill right get the job done so much money and here is one person who's refusing money and it was amazing it's just completely changed that person's perspective about the living God so the chief minister called her again the next day and says you prayed for that healing thing I could not sleep all these years but last night I was able to sleep well for the first time in so many years there was no pain I was able to sleep thank you wow so God is calling for such people God is calling for raising up such people who would not be held by money where when we say vessels, when we say instruments we are like that tap we will allow things to flow through us we allow the gifts to flow through us we allow the finances to flow through us so God can entrust even more okay so just wanted to share that okay we will stop here okay thank you everyone online students thank you we will meet again next class God bless