 Akshun, Lason, Adi, Squater. On our panel we have Shajanan, Flex and Ashley along with Shema who is also on the orchestra with Ashlyn and Elsie and we have Joyce doing sign language. Before we start, let's have a word of prayer. O Lord, we thank you for this day. Thank you for being with us thus far. Be with us, may our spirit guide us and protect us. In Jesus' name my prayer and belief, amen. So the title of our mission today is Dacosta and the Deacon. Here we have 12-year-old Dacosta again. Dacosta was bored. He could not go to school because it was closed. He could not go to church because it was closed. He could leave the house but there didn't seem to be anywhere for a 12-year-old boy to go. The COVID-19 pandemic had changed life in African country of Ghana. Then a church Deacon asked Dacosta if he would be willing to preach with him on the street. The Deacon was preaching at a busy bus station once a week and he wanted the boy to help by reading Bible verses. Dacosta liked the idea. He loved to preach. He also was tired of sitting at home. His parents gave permission and on a Monday, Dacosta and the Deacon went to the bus station. But before they preached, the Deacon gave the boy a black Bible and instructions on how to preach. Be careful not to drop the Bible, he said. Also be confident when you read the Bible. Look only at the Bible while you are reading and don't look up. Dacosta prayed silently for God to help him. Help me not to feel shy, he prayed. Trongs of people were walking back and forth at the bus station. Some were living on buses and others were arriving on buses. Other people were standing around selling shoes, charts and other things. The Deacon set up a loudspeaker and turned on Christian music. People stopped to listen. After an hour of music, the Deacon began to preach. He spoke about Jesus' second coming. Every eye will see Jesus when he comes in the clouds of glory, he said. But not everyone will be happy because they won't be ready to meet him. He turned to Dacosta and the boy read from the black Bible. Behold, he is coming with clouds and every eye will see him even though supeasim he read. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him, Revelation 1 verse 7. People are startled to see the young boy preach with the grown man. Many stopped to listen, turning to another part of the Bible, Dacosta read, for as the lightning comes from east and flashes to the west. So also with the coming of the Son of Man be Matthew 24 verse 27. Dacosta felt a little nervous at first but he grew more confident as time passed. To his surprise, a few listeners gave him money. At the end of the sermon, the Deacon was very pleased. You have done well, he told him. If you continue to preach well, you will have a great future. Dacosta felt good. He had enjoyed reading the Bible. Furthermore, preaching was a lot more fun than sitting at home. He gave the money that he had received to the Deacon. The next Monday, Dacosta and the Deacon preached again. They also preached the next Monday and the next. Every time they spoke, people gathered around to listen. After a few months, they had enough money to buy a new loudspeaker. Dacosta was happy because people could hear the summons better. One listener gave Dacosta a new shirt. She had been listening to him speak as she sold traditional kente shirts made of hand woven strips of silk and cotton. She was so thankful to see the boy reading the Bible that she had decided to give him a red, yellow, green and black shirt. Another time, a listener asked Dacosta to try on several pairs of black shoes until he found the right size. Then he bought the shoes and gave them to Dacosta. Thank you for preaching. He told the surprised boy, keep it up. Dacosta surely kept it up. One and a half years have passed since he first preached with the Deacon. His school has reopened so he cannot preach every Monday. But whenever he is able, he joins the Deacon to preach at the bus station. Passing moment. Hello again and welcome to a Lesson 10 of a Connastone Lesson for the fourth quarter of 2023. It's a pleasure to have you guys back. And today's lesson is very interesting. Our talk is about a very important theme that I really like to speak about. Patience. Patience. All right, before we start, I'd like now to introduce our panel from my right. Dear viewers, my name is Mika Flux. Come back to the Connastone Lesson. And my name is Shaman Pisi and glad to have you all here. All right. And my name is Jonan Magana and I'll ask Ashley to pray with us before we dive into a lesson. Let's pray. Creator of the universe, we come before a throne of mercy. We bow humbly before you because you are our creator, our redeemer and our friend. We ask, Lord, that as we learn of thee, you may take away every preconceived idea and illuminate our minds but everything we hear may be applicable in one way or another in our lives and that you may convict us to walk in your path always. So these are our prayers in Jesus' name. Amen, amen. As we begin our lesson, I'd like to just encourage your viewers in case you have any comments or questions, just write them down. We'll get to you. Now our lesson today is titled When Will I Be King? This reminds me of my childhood, probably a different generation for you guys, but there's a very famous animation called The Lion King and there's a young cub who's waiting to be king and one of the songs I remember was titled I Just Can't Wait to Be King and our lesson today is also about someone who wasn't, who was very much eager to become king, that's King David. I recall from our previous lesson we were talking about how David was learning and he defeated the Amalekites as well and stuff and he was just waiting to become king. That was after Saul had died. Now to just segue into the lesson, throughout history we've had so many different people who've been waiting to become king or queen in that case. So I'll give an example. Elizabeth the first. Queen Elizabeth the first. She was a daughter of Henry VIII and she spent her childhood just waiting to become queen. She was the next A of the Throne and it was very uncertain because her father kept marrying and remarrying. She wasn't sure if the next wife would have a son who would become the king. So at one point her father married Mary. Mary became queen at the time and Elizabeth the first at the time she was put in prison and so she waited and waited and waited until one time someone came and told her that Mary is dead and you're now queen and something very interesting is she quoted someone 18 in that joy and she said this is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. Now this is someone who really waited to be queen. Now what about our story today? But before we get into that I'd like to ask Shema to guide us through the what do you think section of our lesson. There are a couple of questions that you can just lead us through it. What do you think section? Alright thank you very much Johnan. And so during the part of what do you think? We have a number of questions that we'd like to ask in relation to the lesson that we're having this Sabbath day. So the question is what statement best describes your attitude when you have to wait a long time for something? Is it A? I feel frustrated and angry and everyone knows it. B, I feel angry but I keep the anger inside and it stresses me out. C, I really don't care. D, I feel excited because I know the thing will be worth waiting for. E, I try to change the situation to see if I can make things happen faster. And F, I lose interest and move on to something else. So those are the different statements. And... What works for you? I think for me if I have to wait for something long I think I feel angry but I keep the anger inside and it stresses me out. Definitely if it's something that I've been really hoping for I would maybe working hard for but if it doesn't happen or it takes a while it might eat me up inside but I definitely will not share it with people. So I think that's what best relates me. It's interesting. Personally I think I just hover between three opinions. I feel frustrated. It depends on what it is. People may know it, I may keep it inside. Sometimes I just lose interest but sometimes it's... Like I'm really waiting for it it's happening to everyone around me and I'm feeling like I'm left behind so I make a fuss or cry or something. I don't know. What about you Flex? For me as Ashle said also me depends on the situation. But most of the time I'm patient until I become impatient which is when I try to change a bit here and there to see if I can speed along the process but once I see that as a nuak I totally leave it alone. All right. But when I'm patient I'm patient I wait for it. Okay. I think we tend to live in a world that instant gratification whatever you want right there you want food just call pizza something delivery elevator just press a button shubh in third floor something. I think we are so used to instant gratification that when things take time we tend to feel frustrated. Some of us try to play the whole reverse psychology thing. Now you want somewhere like na I don't want it then you just hope it's gonna come because you're like na I don't want it right now. Okay. But then different things come into place but I will see more about that in the lesson. Thank you Shema for that. Now let's dive into our lesson for today but before we get there can read Romans chapter 8 verse 28. All right. Romans chapter 8 verse 28 says and we know that all things walk together for good to them that love God to them who are called according to his purpose. Now when we read the story as we get into the lesson we step into a different world compared to ours. As Tiji Johnan says right now everything is there accessible at the point you need it. But back then it sounds more of like a fantasy things you see in movies you know absolute monoks who have complete control over the whole territory are prophecies that can change a person's fate. So things you see in cinema and you pay good money to go see but this is how the ancient world was and yet in this remote and ancient world we get some very good lessons even though it's far away the principles are always constant because we do not fight against pressure and blood but we fight against the principalities and the role of darkness and in this maybe I can ask maybe Tiji Johnan how clear is your sense of whether God has a plan for you in your life. Trusting question I could say it's pretty clear because it's stated in the Bible Jeremiah 11 I know the plans I have for you plans for good not for evil but then it reaches a time when something that just clouds the future that's ahead of us and we tend to lose hope in that. So I know that my future is clear and God has planned it clearly but somewhere along the way I tend to lose faith a lot as well but I still know that there's a rainbow behind the cloud. Yeah. Ashley as we all know that God has a plan for you but in those cloudy moments as Tiji Johnan is saying what ways are you able to see that even though there's a cloudy storm there's still a future for me there's still something out there. I think even though there's a cloudy storm there's always a ray of sun piercing through the cloud and sometime back I found this quote that everyone wishes for sunny days for happy days for the rainbow but they cannot be a rainbow without the rain. So even though it's tough even though there's it seems like carrying a tunnel there's surely a breakthrough there's surely a dim light at the end of the tunnel so you can always look forward hoping and waiting for that glimmer of hope. True. And like David as I close up you may spend years and months preparing for our destiny going to college for four years finishing high school getting your first two years experience you spend years just reaching a goal but those are never wasted years. God is with us as he was with David throughout the years in the wilderness teaching, guiding and training us throughout the way. Amen. Amen. Thanks for that flex and just a bit more insight into that story. We can ask this question in the out of the story section the very first question where we can learn out of it flex can just guide us through it give us your thoughts and then Shema can give us what he thinks about that as well. The first question out of the story section. The first question says if God had chosen David as king why did David have to fight along and bloody civil war to secure his right to the throne? What do you think? Because that with you then? All right. Now for me I think it was a way to show that no matter how much man try to resist God's power if God chooses you you will become whatever he says you will become like his plans and his his promises are definitely sure that nothing can stop them. So maybe the challenges and him going to a bloody war is him telling David yes you're going through this but you will become king eventually and I'll show you if you just continue trusting me. Amen. Shema. Yes, thank you very much. I actually really liked what my fellow teacher said that sometimes we can't have a rainbow without the rain. And so maybe this was an example that yes David was promised to be king. However that doesn't mean that everything will be given to him and it means that definitely there'll be some trials and so these are maybe some of the trials that God had put in place or that were there before he could become king. I know definitely also God needs to work with us even as much as he's promised all these beautiful things whether it's having family or a good job or a nice place to work we still have to do our part. So I think this was also part of David doing his part in assuring that you also be able to become king. So I think that's yeah, I think that's what I'd like to say. I think I'd say that no matter what promises were given things are not given you on a silver platter. Whether you've been anointed to be king you still have to work towards being king. If David was anointed and so God took so's life and put him on the throne he'd not have gone through this experiences that would have given him discernment, danger, how to ambush the enemy, how to take the enemy when the enemy is least prepared, how to lead a people. The 700 men he was leading in the wilderness were the small group God was teaching him to lead before he could lead his own people. He began from shepherds then to the group who the people who are going with him and they had children, wives, cattle and everything else. If he could not lead this small group of people how then would he lead the entire nation of Israel? So I think God was just letting him experience life outside royalty so that even as he comes into royalty he would know the struggle of the people outside. All right, thank you for those insights. And I think I don't know, these quotes are actually so exactly a quote some actually like saying I think I read it somewhere I can really remember. Divinity combined with human efforts brings ultimate success, okay? So when you have God backing you up and you do your part as well success is definitely guaranteed. As you see in David's case God anointed him. He had the promise of becoming king but he had to go ahead and show faith by taking it and claiming. Remember solo's ruling only a small part of Israel, right? But God promised David to become king over the whole of Israel. And so David had to go ahead and take the whole of Israel at that time. Which brings me to another question. After David after all those civil wars the war between the house of David and the house of Saul between Judah and Israel the leaders of Judah asked him the leaders of Israel actually asked David to become king. Now which begs the question what type of leader do you think David was? Considering that the elders of Israel asked that he become king over them as well as over Judah. These are people begging it to become their king. What type of leader do you think you need to be for people to ask you to become their leader? Okay first of all the way that David carried out himself after the death of Abna made the people know that he was not hungry for power. Even though he was anointed and he had no connection whatsoever other than being the king son in law he had no connections whatsoever to be heir to the throne by blood. He was just a nobody from nowhere who was anointed by God but walking with God makes people have confidence in you because they see God's leading in you and if he was going to be a magnanimous king look at Saul Saul taxed the people heavily he took their sons to be his servants and to rule over his house he took their sheep but David was not he had his own wealth and he was not taking the people's wealth just because he was king he was ruling fairly and justly and the seven years he ruled in Judah Judah prospered and everyone was at peace so the Israelites now come and they say after all we are your blood we are your flesh please rule over us All right So it's how you relate to God that makes people want to be in the circle of influence We can add on that on top of that it's because as you said if people see that you're following God then people always want they'll be attracted to you because of that fact I mean think about how we pay great businessmen to listen to because they want we want their help too in our own businesses how we listen to tech talks and all that because we see their success and we want it for ourselves now think of it in this ancient world where we see that David and his people are thriving right and they see that they are they're not suffering and their God is actually with them wouldn't they not also want that for their own land Exactly and we can see that his people are being treated kindly and with respect and he's also there with the people in the battles so if you follow God then people whoever whether you're an atheist or a Christian will be attracted to you because of his success or God's success through you so you will be the light right or the the light shining through the darkness yeah alright thanks for that flex now on to Shema but then you can also just lead us to the Monday session as you also just give us your comments on the same as well alright thank you very much Johnan and so I'd like us all to read 2 Samuel 5 and verse 3 2 Samuel 5 and verse 3 I'll read it in my bible and it says so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord and they are now into David king over Israel so David was called by God as a young boy to become Israel's king yet he had to wait for many years and experience many hardships before he finally wore the crown what do we think kept him during kept him going during these years as an outlaw and what obstacles did he face even after he was crowned king of Judah actually I learned something very interesting going through this study that it actually took him 37 years 37 to be king you know I think sometimes some of us we just know that he fought Goliath and then became king you know he became king you know but definitely as we read our bible more we get to learn about him he became king when he was 37 so from his anointing at 17 to that 7 to 20 years imagine that 20 years that's a lot older than some of us exactly so I was just thinking about it especially like if I was in his shoes and let's say I'm in my 30th year I think maybe one of the things that would really keep me going is all the way back when I was first anointed when Samuel came to my house and he saw all my other brothers but even though he saw them all he said that I would be the one to become king so I think him remembering God's promise through Samuel helped him kind of remember the promise that God made to him and going through all those struggles alright yeah I think also another thing that it says is that during those years David's faith must have levered at times it seemed as if God's promise was so far yet the difficult experiences of those years prepared him to become king that Israel needed I think that was also said that if he had not gone through these circumstances he would not have been the king that Israel needed alright thank you for that Ashley what does Ellen White tell us about David as you give us that insight but you can start by reading Isaiah 40 verse 31 it says those who wait on the Lord shall renew those who wait on the Lord shall renew the strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint I think that this is quite interesting walk run not faint not be weary just because you wait upon the Lord your strength shall be renewed it is very encouraging especially in our day to day lives when you have a lot to do when you feel tired just waiting upon the Lord is able to give you strength okay I just want to say an interesting fact on the name Hebron Hebron had three names or has three names one is Hebron the other one was Mamre where Abraham was and where the Patek sobired at the cave of Makpela and it is also called Kirjath Abba so Kirjath Abba then Mamre and then Hebron wow okay I did not know about that okay flexi Kirjath for us the flashlight as well thanks for that Ashley alright so the flashlight says the hour for the coronation was appointed the man who had been expelled from the court of soul who had fled to the mountains and hills and to the caves of the earth to preserve his life was about to receive the highest honour that can be confowed upon man by his fellow man the time had come and David by solemn right was consecrated to his office as God's vice-generate I'm not sure if I spelled it vice-gerant the sceptor was placed in his hands and the people gave their pledges of loyalty the diadem was placed upon his brow and the coronation ceremony was over Israel had a king by divine appointment he who was waited patiently for the Lord beheld the promise of God fulfilled amen well I'd say that before this happened his life had unexpected twists and turns you can imagine killing Goliath being the favourite of the king becoming the king son in law marrying playing for the king an instrument twice the king just throws a javelin out of nowhere he seeks to kill you you run for your life your wife hides you her father almost killed her because she hid you you know and every time you meet this enemy of yours you feel like you want to strike him dead but you still give him a chance to live so I think that as much as David's later life was filled with glory he came from far and that is to all of us we may have great times but great times come from this small child that teaches us how to be great all right amen we can add on that now I've been really thinking about the title when will I be king and I was taken back to Jesus' life on earth just like David Jesus didn't have a very pleasant life and he wasn't given everything on a silver plata he was literally on the streets just healing and teaching the people of God and he went through the wilderness so I can see that before success comes you have to go through the wilderness your trials have to be there because good success comes from how faithful you are in the wilderness because Jesus was faithful in on earth helping and doing all that God commanded him even though at the trying hour of Gethsemane we are told that he couldn't really see himself was scarred by pain and agony that he couldn't see himself coming back but he still prayed and had faith enough in God that he will be resurrected and now he is on the right hand of God and has the highest name on earth and heaven and all over the created beings of God amen so we can see and we can learn that success isn't just instant it's patient and it will come if you rightly follow God and be a man after his own heart amen thanks for that flex and just moving on again the punch lines yes the punch lines as well the punch lines are very nice verses and we are told to pick one that resonates with you and also has a connection with David's life and relates to one another so as you are picking your verses I'll just start off with my verse which really spoke to me and has a resonance with David and everyone else and I'll pick Aks 13 verse 22 and it says after removing soul he made David their king God testified concerning him I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart he will do everything I want him to do amen the reason why I chose this verse is because I can see a life out of God's hand because soul soul was actually a righteous man he was following God's command in the very beginning but I can see from the first sentence which is actually bolded after removing soul that means he wavered and turned away from God so I can see what life outside of God really leads to which is death and God removes his success which he gave you away from me and puts it to someone else's hand and that's where I see the second point which is what true success is with David where in the wilderness you're patient and you go through severe trials David had the opportunity to kill soul yeah twice twice and he still said you shall not touch the unweighted one of God that sticks of fear, courage and you really have to be filled with the Holy Spirit to do that yeah true for someone who's chasing you around yeah and the third point is it shows me how to live my life because now at the end it says I have found David Son of Jesse a man after my own heart what's a man after my own heart he will do everything I want him to do amen so it has those three very fundamental points and that's why I love it for this alright thanks for that now we can have Shema Shema and then I will have Ashley okay I hope I'm not taking someone's favorite verse but the one that I really like is a common one it's Romans 8 v. 28 8 v. 28 and it says and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to his purpose and I think I really like this verse because it just clarifies or justifies that everything I'm going through as long as I'm called towards God and as long as I love him they're all going to work out somehow amen because I think sometimes when you're in life some things seem as if like they're falling apart but if I remember this I can always know that at the end of it something will work out amen thanks for that Shema Ashley my the verse is for I know the plans I have for you declare the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you hope in the future in May of 2011 for some time I have been in a crisis I've been wondering whether is it is it is it true that God has plans and as everything I go through really really really lead to the ultimate goal and is it for my good I mean I don't have to suffer for any good you know good is good did I have to be suffering and I've been thinking about it for a month or two now and when I read this verse for I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you and not to harm you plans to give you a hope in the future and I look at David's life when he was at the brink of death in this is a story where souls had found him soul had found him his intelligence had told him exactly where David was and David was surrounded by souls army and that day he was going to die when the Lord started up the hearts of the Philistines so that they cause trouble on the other side and soul has to run I remember that one if I find myself near death to that point near death like so near my death bed that I see no way out God says plans to prosper me and not to harm me amen amen so I think as I read the father inside faith is trusting in God believing that he loves us and knows best what is for our good thus instead of our own way it leads us to choose his way in place of our ignorance it accepts his wisdom in place of our weakness it accepts in place of our weakness his strength in place of our sinfulness his righteousness so every time every single time when we feel like we are doubting when we feel like we are at the brink of death of we feel like God's presence is not near or he has left us remember it's a feeling amen he has not necessarily left us sometimes he hides his face from us so that we may learn to trust him because as we learned in a class a few days ago the more we are closer to failure after failure we spend time with God for longer so even the failures that we experience when we experience them because they are coming our way we need to know that God is our refuge amen amen those are some deep points from the guys alright the vast I'd go with is Isaiah 40 verse 31 those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings by eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint I mean that's one of the greatest promises God can ever give you you know he promises you continuous strength unfailing strength human beings we are like I'd take an example of like our light bulb our phones let me take a light bulb because phones can be disconnected a light bulb needs to be connected to the electric current for it to work that is the same thing with us our lifeline is God if we cut our lifeline we can no longer exist and with the only way we can maintain our lifeline with God is having constant communication with him entrusting him having faith in him keeping his words word by word because the Lord promises very good things to his people right he calls us his children that is where he took us out of darkness into his marvelous light God cannot take you out from a place and take you to somewhere where he will not take care of you I mean took Abram from somewhere where Abram was very comfortable in that place God asked him to go somewhere to a land I will show you Abram just trusted God he knew that God cannot just take me from here where I'm comfortable and take me somewhere I'm going to face hardship that is the same thing that God promises us as well he promises unfailing strength basically right in every single thing that we do and as we almost close up our lesson we can read 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 9 2nd Peter chapter 3 verse 9 we'll just get to it the one that says the Lord is not slag concerning his promise as many can slagness that is the one that is the one is there even need for opening it so in that verse actually we told we asked a question as well from that does the section of our lesson this is just something to just think about can you think of an area in your life where it's hard for you to trust God's promises you've even just thought of that part in your life right maybe you've prayed for help in the situation but you don't see any immediate results as you think of David's long journey to the throne write a brief prayer telling God what you want to happen in your situation and promising to trust him with the future outcome that is something that we ask to do our viewer and us here that just that one area in your life where you don't really see light coming in just write down a prayer asking God to just help you through that situation and to help you to trust him to that he'll take care of the future outcomes as well and as we finish up David was just about our age teenagers okay your age you guys right when he had the first promise of becoming king but he had to wait until his 30s 30s to become king and just think about it right now you in school most of you teenagers right where do you think you will be at the age of 30 that's a personal thing unless you want to share with us I don't really like this where do you think you're going to be the age of 30 David began his journey at the age of 30 most of us we have this whole plan I finished school at 17 I joined campus 18 I'm done by like 21 22 I do my masters probably by 25 I have a stable job by 30 I have a family and you're good now David's life all that promises he started at 37 actually can you imagine having to wait that long for the promises 20 years that bike your dad promised you in your like 10 10 years old yeah 10 years old when you become the born in exam then he gives you when you're 30 years old my children will ride the bike so kids are going to ride it anyway right now just something to for us to just think about as we finish do you have a sense that God is calling you toward a particular role or is the future still very unclear for you this quote actually says there are two great days in your life two very important days in your life the day you're born and the day you find out why most of us we it takes a while before you find out what our purpose is in life but we are asked here to trust God in leading our lives our futures so I want to encourage each and every one of us even as we leave this place and for our view as well just trust God with your future your plans what he's calling you to become David's purpose is not becoming a shepherd no matter how good he was at it his purpose is becoming king your place right now may not be where God wants you to be there is a greater plan for you so just trust in God to give you your heart's desires and to show you what the future he has holds for you now as you close up 30 seconds farting shot from everyone farting shots for me what I take home is that right now in this wilderness in our own respective lives that we should trust in God that lifeline that you're talking about the circuit that keeps the light bulb you know lighting we should not cut it and actually just keep communicating to go that it can keep on coming stronger and stronger that's what I take home just trust God in these times of the wilderness amen my lad quote a song that says time that says I don't know how it felt to sleep beside a smelly kangaroo for Noah and I don't know how it felt to stand beside a tall giant David but I'm still a child my life is still before me I just can't wait to see what God does for me but I know I will trust him and I'll wait to see what life will be for me amen amen thank you um there's actually another song that I know but uh I'm trying to paraphrase it says that when we can't see God's hand that we should trust his heart and basically what this means is that even if what you're going through does not make sense understand that he always has the best for you and also understand that you know he's the one who's omniscient sometimes we can't see you know 10 years ahead of us we can't even maybe see one hour ahead of us what's gonna happen but he sees that so whenever things are happening we just trust that God knows our future and he always wants the best for us amen amen and to close up for me my part in short is also from a song as well God sees the storm God sees the rainbow through the storm there's always a rainbow at the end of every single storm that we face in our lives so thank you so much finalists Flex Ashley and Shema and thank you for joining us as well for this lesson and as we finish up I'd like to ask Flex to pray with us all right let's bow our heads for the prayer father in just name me thank you for taking us to this lesson almighty father well lord may you help us meet resident well lord in our hearts and may we remember lord that you are never failing almighty father and your promises are always sure and true lord in this difficult journey we're all taking may you please give us the panelists and the viewers at home and everyone who lives on your name the strength to continue in the wilderness oh lord that they are facing lord that you can give them their success almighty father according to your will lord as we all go home or finish this lesson may you be with us and just name me pray amen amen