 Okay, welcome back to our second lecture for today as we've been looking at crucifying the flesh. The last hour we looked at how we can lay the axe to the root for root of lust and pride. And before we just move into, you know, how is it that we can get rid of this? I think we just have just a couple more of thoughts to bring up before we complete that. Any questions up until now or can I just move into this last part and then we'll look at how we can get away and get rid of these evil desires and lusts. So if not, I'll just move in. Okay. So just to bring about a quick note about what happens or what are the consequences of the lust that there may be. There are many consequences that comes when we engage in lust. One is that the lust in itself is going to minimize or choke the effect of God's word in our lives. As we have seen in Mark 419, Jesus says, the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches and the desires of other things will choke the word and it becomes unfruitful. So the word of God that you receive will not produce fruit when lust is engaged in, and there are other things of the world that continues to take precedence and that chokes the word and that brings about negates what the word should be doing in you. The lust also makes us lose our freedom and we become enslaved to the things that we are lusting after and we become slaves to the thing that we are lusting after. Lust also brings a destruction. Like we said, when abstaining from fleshly lust was against the soul, it causes damage. It hurts the soul. When you indulge in things that are fleshly and that are lustful, it takes on your mind. It takes on your concentration, your will, the inability to do anything. It becomes destructive not just to the body but also to the mind that the faculties, the very faculties that you need for your daily functioning becomes affected. So these are some things that I thought we should just have also an understanding. Now what do we do to break free or what do we do to get rid of these works of the flesh and the fruit of the flesh? And I'd like to just take your attention to two scripture passages and if we could take some time to just read it and then we will go through that and probably I'll ask two people to read from there. Let's look at Galatians chapter 5 verses 16 to 18 and then from 22 to 25 Galatians chapter 5 verses 16 to 18 and then 22 to 25. So would someone kindly unmute and read from Galatians 5, 16? Walking in the spirit, 16, I say then walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh for the flesh lusts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary to one another. So that you do not do the things that you wish but if you are led by the spirit you are not under the law. From 20 till ma'am? 22 to 25. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control against such there is no law and those who are in crisis have crucified the flesh with its passion and desires. If we live in the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Thank you, Samuel. Would someone also read Romans chapter 8 verses 8 to 13? Romans 8 verse 8 to 13 says, So then those who are in the flesh cannot please God but you are not in the flesh but in the spirit. If indeed the spirit of God dwells in you now if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ he is not his and if Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you. Therefore brethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh but if you live according to the flesh you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. Thank you. Thank you Avni. Thank you, Samuel. So when we are looking at these two references it is very clear to see that there are the flesh and the spirit of God they are not in unison together. When you are in the flesh you are not in the spirit. When you are in the spirit you are in the flesh and these verses come about very strongly as we look at it. So a way one thing to do when in order to ensure that we keep away from the works or the fruit of the flesh is only when we live in the spirit when we abide when we walk when we live in the spirit. And these what we read the references we read teach us how to do that so that the fruit of the flesh is something that is eliminated from us especially as believers and we have in place the presence of the spirit which when we continue to live and walk in the spirit we do see that the fruit of the spirit becomes manifest in us who Christ is and the life of Christ the power of Christ becomes operational in us and that's what we see in our lives. So when we live in the spirit we are living in what he gave us when we are born again that is the new creation. When we are the new creation we are born of the spirit and everything becomes of him. So when we now that becomes a truth but we need to be able to walk in that truth when we claim that we live in the spirit we also need to walk in the truth as we saw in Galatians 525 it says if we live in the spirit then that is also walk in the spirit. The word walk is to mean to stand in line without to march towards or going in the same way or keeping the same step as as or walking in line like for example you know when if you remember in kindergarten when you learn to walk in a straight line they will draw the teacher draws a line and you're supposed to walk in that it's like that to be able to walk in this in the spirit is to keep alongside with whatever the Holy Spirit desires of us it is to chart everything our lives our thoughts our passions our desires our will all in step with the Holy Spirit. So walking in the spirit happens only when you live in communion with God in every area or in every realm of our life whether it is something that we say it's what we do it is what we think it is what we desire it is what we envision everything it is to be able to walk in alignment with God and the more that we abide the more that we stand in relating in our relationship with God we keep ourselves open to walking in step with the Holy Spirit. So as we as again you know just bringing back that word the verse in Galatians 516 to 17 it says walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh so like we said there are two opposing things here there is your fleshly lust and there is there is the work of the Holy Spirit. So while your flesh wants to do things that are absolutely contrary to what the Holy Spirit wants when we choose to live in union with the spirit we do not yield to the sinful desires of the flesh. So as verse 17 says you can see those opposites they are contrary for the fleshly lusts against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary to one another so that you do not do the things that you wish. So walking in the spirit keeps you away from the lust of the flesh you cannot have two feet at two different boats you can't be having your foot in the flesh and your foot in the spirit at the same time either you're here or either you're there okay so and what is it we are called to do it is to be led by the power of the of the Holy Spirit and we see that in verse 18 it says if we are led by the spirit you are not under the law so the reason that we don't engage in things of the flesh is not because of the law but because of our relationship with God because we are led to walk in the power of that of the Holy Spirit we stand in you know it focuses on how the spirit of God gives those of us who are in Christ the power to to live a life in the spirit and it is it is done in love so when so what Paul is revealing here that it is possible for people who are in Christ to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us to win you know that battle over our selfishness and our sinful desires and when we act in the Spirit's power we act we are in in the way crisis we do not like for example when we act in the Spirit's power to love others we we we do as Christ loves us when we do love others in that way we have no need of the law none of its rules and regulations matter because our words our actions our thoughts are born out of our relationship or out of our love for God and and that's what that that's what the verse is meant to meant to mean that when we are not under the law because we don't feel we are to keep the law but we are led by walking in union with the spirit of God the more that we we walk in his spirit the more we do things that are off the law we do things out of our love for God and and all those desires or all those things become purified and that that becomes in line with what God wants us to do so to be led by the spirit is also to walk in the spirit which means that we live in one with the spirit we live in union with the spirit to do all that he wants us and all that he births in us and that's that's the power that he gives us so when we walk in that spirit what happens the fruit is produced so as we if you look at those verses from 19 to 21 it talks of all the work of the flesh so when you when you engage in the work of the flesh those are the fruit of the flesh which we did see last week but when we walk in the spirit when we when we live by the spirit when we are led by the spirit we produce the fruit of the spirit and what is that we see that in Galatians 5 22 25 it's love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness self-control okay and it says those who are Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires and if we live in the spirit so we also walk in the spirit so the more that we are in step with the spirit living according to his power the the the fruit that comes out is only that of the spirit so if we if you remember last week we did talk about the seeds you know it depends on what seeds you are sowing in and what what is the root that takes that establishes itself so when you continue to stand and walk in the spirit the seeds that are sown inside of you is that the spirit and there that's what bears fruit so if we walk in this spirit you are not fulfilling all those passion or those selfish passions or those desires because it is the Holy Spirit and his power that will help that will empower us to bring down all the passions and the desires so you know think of it this way I know this may not be as effective an example but think of of you being in maybe when you are in like let's say you're watching a movie a good movie let's say a mystery movie when you're watching in it your mind is there you know it is it's all there it's so and and captured by what you are seeing or what you know what you're experiencing that there is no other place for any other thoughts or or or things to do at that point you want to complete that entire movie before you can move on so walking in the spirit is something that to completely encapsulates and empowers you so that you crucify the things of the flesh and that doesn't it it ceases to be important it ceases to take a hold when you are walking and when you are being led in the spirit and you see that you know the same truth of all of this is what you see in Romans 8 what we read Romans 8 to 13 that it says those who are in the flesh cannot please God those but when you are in the spirit the spirit is the one who dwells in you and if anyone is not in the spirit you are not his okay so this the it talks very strongly and it and brings about the truth very strongly that when you walk in the spirit that's what brings the power of God in your life however when we walk in the flesh it separates us from God it brings us to to a place of separation from God so as believers we are to recognize that we that when we when we don't live in the spirit we are living in the flesh so for a believer when we're walking in the spirit it's it's like the body is dead because being in in flesh will lead you to sin okay but when we walk in the spirit there is where we have life and where we have peace so verse 13 it brings about how that if you live according to the flesh you will die so living according to the flesh not only leads to a separation but it also leads to spiritual death and that's what is being referred here you know spiritual spiritual death where a so even if a believer who was saved by God with Christ in him and the spirit dwelling in him if there is continuously a place of living according to the flesh eventually you're moving away from the power of the Holy Spirit and you journey into that spiritual death at some point of time okay so to be able to to um this this can be done only with the help of the Holy Spirit again it says verse 13 it says but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live so when you walk in the spirit you're bringing a an end to these practices of your body of the flesh and you are you are moving into eternal spiritual life so it is the Holy Spirit that can empower us to put to death to get rid of these sinful deeds of our body so crucifying when we when we are coming to play a place of crucifying our flesh it is something that that really requires an active place of us of um and and we call it something like amputation where you are absolutely cutting off or you are breaking or you are chopping off everything that causes you to sin like in it said in Matthew 5 29 to 30 if it is your right eye that causes you to sin pluck it out and cast it from you so you are cutting off every source uh and everything that causes you to sin because you know scripture says it's profitable for you that one of your members perish than your whole body being cast into hell so if there needs to be an absolute cutting off and this doesn't mean like a little cutting off but you know it could be let's say for those uh for people who who who there is an addiction to alcohol it is maybe keeping away from company that that makes you drink or keeping away from a set of friendships that bring you to a place of sin or um maybe keeping away from the phone or keeping away from using um you know technology in private um and keeping somebody accountable to it so there are many things that can can can be uh painful can be cumbersome but uh we see that the that the Holy Spirit promises to empower us to help us to deal with our weaknesses okay so walking in the spirit is the most important thing to get rid of our fleshly lust and to keep our souls from going into brokenness and going into a place of bondage and a stronghold so moving keeping with the spirit uh walking with the spirit being led by the Holy Spirit is what keeps us away from our fleshly desires okay um in additional a couple more of things is to be able to being rooted in him to being established in the person of Jesus Christ Colossians 2 6 to 7 it says as you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk in him rooted and built in him and established in the faith as you have been taught abounding in it with thanksgiving so when you when you talk about being rooted being established it is to really put your faith and all of that you have deep within uh i don't know if you all have you know when you when you go to the beach and uh if you don't want the waves to pull you down you actually you know kind of root your feet into the sand so much so that you have a pile of sand that is that's got your foot stuck in it so even if the waves are um you know kind of strong and you're at the shore you don't get pushed as easily so you know just a picture like that to know that you need to have your root in him being established it is to it is to get a firm grounding a firm foundation a firm strength a stability in God so you what you're doing is you are planting more of yourself in Jesus and and not in something else not in a church or not in in a you know in a denomination not in a not in a ministry or not in any kind of a doctrine but on the person of Jesus Christ everything that you are learning and and understanding comes because of you firmly rooting yourself uh on him and and you will see that in uh you know as the uh uh the in matthew talks about the wise man and the foolish man how they build their house on sand right of the foolish man builds it on sand and the wise man builds it on the rock the more foundational or the most strong your foundation is uh you understand that you will not be wavered and tempted by things of the world the more that and and i think practically when we look at this how do we practically apply this is um uh i'm i'm sure all of us have faced this you know in a day when we have not been able to spend enough of time in the world and in a time of prayer those days often sometimes to be the ones that become a lot more tricky it becomes very very shaky uh and so when something happens uh you know it's easier to fall than when it is when you have had your time and uh you know your your your good establishing in him so to be to be able to do that or let's look at even even you know as um as families when when there is a rooting in God and in his word no matter what the storm is or whatever the issues are the families as a hold are able to stand strong because of the foundations being strong right but for those maybe families who aren't who who've got it on very slippery ground are often kind of kind of break away so it is so what it says is how do you break out of it is one way is to be able to establish yourself in Jesus establish yourself in the work and in what he has done and not on anything that comes as um uh you know as as adds add-ons like like a church or a denomination or or anything any specific uh teaching or doctrine that comes in another way to severe uh to to cut off this uh uh the sinful uh habits is to cut off any kind of influences ungodly influences and scripture is talks about that of how company can corrupt you can corrupt bad habits and how are uh the way that we choose our relationships needs to be right and uh it is that that that we are careful about who we attach to you know i'm not sure who said it um you know show me your friends and i will tell you who you are i'm not sure who who said that um but uh you know that's that's absolutely true that uh who we hang around with who we tend to build our our affections with really can influence the way that we we live and and the way that we have our passions also going so being careful about who we choose and what we choose and what kind of uh community or a society or uh or friendships we choose now that does not mean you know you shouldn't have friends who aren't believers but um you your love for god your love for god should grow stronger even in the midst of being in the world because the world in itself is like your it's your mission field and you've got to be there and and even you know Jesus said you know while they are in the world pray for the the presence of the holy spirit there so yes we are there we do we do have associates and acquaintances who are um who may not know the world but being careful that we are not in the world um i'm sorry we we we do not work off the world even though we are in the world okay so being able to severe and cut off any kind of influences that uh that could put us back in a place of uh harm or or bring us back to a place of having these selfish desires and lastly is to keep ourselves consecrated to keep ourselves from a place of holiness and uh keeping away from anything that leads us into sin and to removing anything that causes us to sin and dealing with that with absolute firmness and severity so we looked at how we can get rid of these fleshly desires one we said is if we walk in the spirit and we had been led by the spirit the second we said is to um uh is to be able to be rooted in christ in the person of jesus christ the third we spoke about was to cut away all kinds of ungodly influences and the fourth is to remain consecrated to remain holy um by by keeping ourselves and in um you know uh meditating renewed by the word of god as well as uh being led by the presence of the holy spirit okay uh i'm i'm done today and i just want to open this for any questions or any observations or any thoughts that you would have yes samu please go ahead so so i think um so person when does um a passion or a good thing become less like um i'm reminded of this there is this phrase that keeps repeating it's uh be obsessed or be average so there's there's this i think it's someone dull dalke someone wrote this book but it's it's about uh it speaks to you know if you want to excel at something whether it's music or some sports or even writing or anything uh you know you need i mean and people who generally are very good at something have kind of been obsessed with that thing whether it's you know playing a guitar or or mastering yoga or anything so so as believers um you know when we live in the world and definitely you know things sometimes speak to our interest some of us you know it could be gymming bodybuilding some of us could be a music instrument sports um and and you just get pulled into it so it's not necessarily a bad thing like you know like if you are being pulled towards pornography or alcohol you know like that that they are very big red flags and so chances of getting into that is i think not getting into that is bigger like because you know you're you know you're the bible the word of thought doesn't allow that but in other engagements you want to excel at work or some of us get drawn towards technology and we just end up spending hours and hours researching talking about that and it almost becomes like an alternate identity you know like okay so sam you know excel so he is like you he just loves excel sheets and every time you speak to him sooner or later he'll bring up a topic about excel sheets and so something like that may become like so so so it is like your passion your interest kind of occupies your mind to a great extent this so is that a borderline law maybe you know you just spend say an hour or two reading the word of god and praying and your spiritual walk you know is is okay i mean i don't know it's good but it's it's there but at the same time because of your obsession with this other thing you're spending like maybe five or six hours a day some of us it could even be our family's kids so so something which seems healthy but could it be a lust in disguise i think that's my question hmm yeah i i think you know as even as you were talking i was looking at the example of healthy eating even you know the way that it turns every meal like turns into something that is made healthily so there's so much of focus and time and concentration that's put into preparing something that is healthy okay so i i think some of the distinguishing features one is how much the the i think one of the things i'd like to bring up out is the intent the motivation behind the passion so yes it is to eat healthy which is a good thing but does it consume you in everything that you do let's say conversations with other people the dinner table conversations you know kitchen routines even does it does it take on largely things even maybe your workspace what has what is it what not just the motivation but what drives this how much does it get what is it that's driving the need to do this i think is is something that we need to determine like we said these are very probably quite subtle in itself but if there is uh if there is a inclination to knowing that you can work out a meal prep all by yourself because you have done a b c d e f g things and not being thankful for the fact that you know gods provided it and that if it moves into that the inclination moving into into this is something that is all left up to me to do that only if i take these efforts and study this for the next five six hours or you know make mistakes in these meal preparations or in in whatever what whatever the issue may be then it tends to become a night let's say like you said bodybuilding if every activity in the day is geared towards towards that that means it's occupied a large part of your mind it's bought about that desire to to look good or desire to eat well or desire to you know to ensure that others also catch on to the to the goal or to the to the aim of eating healthy or or bodybuilding so so what does it how does it occupy your mind and if that's all that is if there is a large portion of things that occupy your mind rather than god and the things of god then i would call that a fleshly passion something that you are so passionate about that it's become like a a fleshly motive or a fleshly purpose that keeps you away from actually fulfilling maybe the purpose of god and i would say that even in with things like let's say ministry right the focus becomes on on enhancing a specific ministry and doing the best way to work it or let's say even maybe a church you know the the church should how is it that we can bring people so much so that the focus is lost on on the person of jesus and your relationship with him so anything that takes away that if that limelight leaves jesus and his work and what he can do in you move to something that you should be driving in order to get things going then i think that that becomes very clearly a fleshly desire or a fleshly passion it becomes your own agenda that becomes your own agenda and if there isn't an alignment with what god's purpose and agenda is for you and you're taking too much of time on to something else that may not even be a plan and purpose for you for that god would want you to pursue but something that's coming out of your own hobby or your own interest or something that you desire to do then that that definitely takes on it you've placed yourself at the throne room right and not what god would desire of you so then i would say yes that's what becomes a fleshly desire again if you know and and i believe that you know there are times that the the spirit of god will nudge and will prompt us in our spirits to show us how much is too much you know even when you're watching something you know maybe netflix or something too much of it the spirit of god will nudge and prompt you you know that's enough you know move on to something else or move on to you know getting your work done or spending time with me there will be the nudge that comes in but when you ignore that nudge ignore the prompting of the Holy Spirit is when you begin to see that you are desiring something within something that you do is interesting and good for you that that you feel is good for you that you continue to engage in and i think those are pretty fine lines in itself but i'd say these are some of the distinguishing factors that are there um it's helpful pastor so i'm taking away one is intent what intent is causing the drive and then god being the focal point you know god being present in the throne and not something else and and the conviction of the Holy Spirit like ignoring that consciously ignoring that i think these are really helpful pointers i i did have another question which is i think the opposite which is you know you want to so in in your effort to overcome the world the flesh you know you move to the other extreme borderline self-flagulation where you know you know you want to like like you know be just it's all about yourself yeah you don't want to you know you go for unreasonable amount of fasting to you know spending time like everything else is is not even a priority like it's not even a second priority so where the the focal the intent is still you know you want to know god personally and experience him and and you might call it traveling and and things like that you know but but your intent everything is in place um would would that be a danger of uh i don't know but i even feels weird to say last but you know but where it's it's so much so that you're almost like a hermit now so uh it's okay so i don't know if i'm going to be able to be able to well answer that but that becomes more again works without without faith right you i think that would be that you intend that all your fasting all your praying all your um all the right things that you are doing is something that brings you closer to your relationship with god so it it focuses more on works and that's where that needs to be a balance you're just not the hearer but you're supposed to be a doer you need to be both and so i'm wondering if that borders on into that when again the reliance will be a dependence is a lot more on what you do in order to build your relationship with god and not just the freedom of receiving uh in faith all that god has graciously given us i'm wondering if that moves into that and it becomes a lot again it it becomes i don't know it may not be lasting i'm not sure if that's that's the right word to use but it becomes definitely a focus on on self driving something of yourself to attain that relationship whereas you know we know that by grace it has already been given to us we just walk in the freedom of doing it and not being so um held by the by the by the the works of it and that also i would say i i mean i'm i'm supposing would be some this sin in itself that that we rely a lot on just the works yeah i think that's the best way i can answer if anyone else has a has a uh you know insight or thoughts on it to be great harrison i think you've raised your hand is there is it uh to share what you what you're saying um i have a question okay yeah um i heard you saying some few things in a way god you know can tell you need to take a pause and then pay attention to me okay do you can hear me yeah yeah i can i can okay um the question i want to ask now is it possible for god to like um you know tell someone to take a pause maybe in business or maybe in studies and just pay attention to him in a sense that okay you just um like you know let go of everything maybe let go of business or something like that you know to just you know focus on him completely because for me right you know let me just say for my kind of person i feel like okay i want to walk or maybe possibly do a business while i do ministry but you know giving my whole time you know maybe paying attention fully to ministry you know for me something that you know a bit um well i see i'm comfortable for me because one is that i don't want to like you know start dwelling you know on people you know to take care of my family or whatever it could be but rather i want to see how i can um i'm like you know maybe walk or possibly do a business while i'm also doing ministry because i've seen cases you know where you know most you know ministers or most pastors you know will end up you know maybe like you know focusing so much on giving and paying this or paying that you know just to see that um they have something in their pocket and for me it's more like you know we now drive the attention you know we now move the focus you know from the main course you know to our own individual target or individual pursuit so for me right now i want to find out is it um is this something that god you know permit you know to permit or say okay i want you to take a pause on all these things and pay attention you know to me completely because when i look at the case of paul paul was still having a business yeah and why is he doing ministry and i remember that even when at the at the end part of his ministry he said if there's anything i've taken from anyone forcefully or have you know done this or have done that you know please you know you tell me so that i can reformed or return it back to you so in this in this aspect now i want to know if it is something that maybe as a pastor as a minister evangelist or a teacher that you know will let go of everything that we are doing or business or work and just face mystery completely thank you so um i don't i'm i may not think that there is a general answer to that question however it is something that is very specific to each of us as individuals and to what god has called each one of us to do um so there is there are certain giftings that god has put in each of our lives and in each of our hearts and how we and it is important that we use these giftings or these talents that he's given us for his glory and for things that will extend his kingdom and yes there is also ministry that may come now when you can define ministry two ways where you see your your very workplace wherever that may be maybe or maybe your business your a school a hospital and an institution or any any place that you are in is also a place that you are called to be a minister and also of course ministering to a body of believers or running a church so so this is how you know i'm just broadly classifying it for our understanding uh so there is a general purpose that god has for each one of us is to is to be a minister of god to be able to bring people to christ to live a life that is holy and and uh acceptable in his side now that's something that we are all called to do we are called to make disciples now does that mean everybody moves out to work in only in ministry no and that's where the specific call of god comes that with the talents with the skill that god has put you in or at the place that he's put you in he wants you to minister to that environment or that that milieu that you are in and that again is something i think is a very specific call uh so i'll personally you know to maybe just to personally share my own story i knew from from many years that god has called me to be an encourager of of people um and especially through you know through counseling however there are other gifts that god has put in my heart maybe um one of being a teacher one of uh one of um of being the um you know a teacher of the word also uh however so now looking at the kind of roles that i play i i know deep within my heart and something that you know that keeps getting confirmed every day is that god has called me to encourage and be with people in pain um and that's what so would would uh does god want me to be a minister yes he would he wants me to be a minister to to both people those who may be believers in in running a church but also to those who are outside so if i were to look at it my influence has been larger among a non-believing community than it is to a believing community because of the kind of work that i do outside of a ministry setting i i also minister to people outside of of the christian faith so i i personally think that it is a specific calling to each one and what god wants you to do at that point of time so and there may be seasons in your um in your in your life also that god would want you to focus on on something that is specific like i remember when i was a young mother i was very clear that i did not want to take up anything seriously with with either with ministry or or you know working working outside because i knew that my it was that season where i had to be there for my children in there growing up in in building them and establishing them as you know spiritually as well as as individuals so that those initial years was something that i was very clear that i felt god led me into not getting into something that was like a full time but then as they grew you know god bought about another season where i moved from from that that place of being a stay stay in mom a home home maker to working out you know partly into ministry partly into into doing outside that outside the skill that god has given me so i think it's it's something that um harrison that you know you would need to seek god to find out what is his plan and his will and his purpose for you um and it may not be fitting to give you an answer saying that yes you know if that is what it is you should do it and that that's how it should it should be like like you said so rightly when you look at scripture the best example we have is about paul where he was a tent maker yet there was there was also something that he was doing parallel and that's something that you know god had called him to do however you you may have um you know other people i'm trying to think of others in in scripture that i'm not able to bring out any other example where they were completely ministering and they were not part of uh uh part of i think probably timothy but i'm not too sure again but these are specific plans and purposes that god will reveal to you as you seek him thank you yeah thank you harrison thank you uh i think we'll close um we're way up above time let's close with the word of prayer may i request someone to please close in prayer mangy would you please um pray um it'll be if you could close with the word of prayer mangy if you're there thank you okay let's pray you have any father you know our hard slot you know challenges and you know things that hinder the slots you fulfill your workload the mandate that you've given us a lot on this planet we pray for that you you will work in our slot you you will root out any roots that's any root of evil or any root of of lust any root of envy any root of how any ungodly desire lost whether we pray just that you sanctify us lord we leave ourselves in your hand lord do with us as you please lord lead us where you want us to go and let us only work in your way lord because we know that you go before us and you never lead us where you don't go where you don't want us to go lord and you'll not you'll not let us do what you don't ask you don't want us to do jesus we thank you father we pray for that you do with us lord and let your holy spirit lord continue to work in us jesus in your mighty name lord we pray amen thank you pastor amen thank you thank you mangi thank you everybody we'll meet again next week god bless thank you thank you