 Good morning and welcome everyone. We'll just continue on our study of the supernatural and how we can flow in it. So we'll pray first and then we will get into our subject for today. I'll pray. Let's pray together. Heavenly Father, we thank and praise You, Lord, for Your goodness in our lives. Lord, we thank You for Your Word which is, Lord, every single day helping us to know You more, to grow in You, O God, and Lord, to be changed by You, Father. Lord, as we spend time in Your Word this afternoon, we pray that, Lord, it will really open up to us, O God, a world of possibilities and help us, Lord, to step out of the familiar and the comfortable into even the unknown Lord so that we can trust You to do many miracles, Lord, and we can witness, Lord, that You're such a great God, such a mighty and awesome God. Thank You, Lord. Thank You for this time. Thank You for this theme of the supernatural and, Lord, the class. Let's just speak a blessing upon every single one of us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So we talked about the renewed mind and how, when we have the mind of Christ, we can have that understanding that, you know, what God wants to do. Otherwise, if we are limited with our own natural understanding, then there are so many things that we miss out on. Today we'll skip to the next theme for the supernatural, which is to understand the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So this is a very loved subject in Christianity, in Christian circles, to learn about the anointing and how the Spirit of God works by the power of the anointing. So what is the anointing? That's the first question before we discuss about the anointing. Yes, the anointing. How could we define it? We use it a lot, no? Anointing. So what is it? What is it? Yes. Yes, very good. Yeah. So that's an associated word. So the carrying of the presence, the presence of the Holy Spirit is, we could say anointing, but usually we describe it as the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit. That is the anointing, the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit. So there are a couple of scriptures that help us understand that the anointing is both already existent within us, but it also comes upon us. So two different ways of looking at the anointing. One is it exists within us as believers. The second is it comes on us. So one is internal, the other is sort of external. It comes on us. So when we look at the passage from 1 John chapter 2, verses 20, and then we will read verse 27. Someone will need to read it out for us to discuss it further. Yeah. Verse 20 and then verse 27, two verses. 1 John chapter 2, verse 20. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome. The latter end is worse for them than the beginning. Sorry, sorry. I am so sorry. 1 John chapter 2, verse 20. But you have an anointing from the Holy One and you know all things. Verse 27, but the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you and you do not need that anyone to teach you. But as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things and is true and is not a lie. And just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. Okay, so here Apostle John is referring to an anointing from the Holy One which is in us. So the anointing from the Holy One which is in us is nothing but the presence of the Holy Spirit because when we are born again, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell inside every believer. So it's not anything unique to a believer to have the Holy Spirit. It's normal. Okay, so here Apostle John is saying that this is an anointing. The anointing which you have received from Him or God abides in you. Abides is stays in you. So the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit that stays in us is actually the Holy Spirit staying in us. That is why he can even make this statement. This is normal, like we understand this. And then he also says, he talks about a few functions of the Holy Spirit. So the anointing within, what is one of the primary functions of the presence of the Holy Spirit in us to guide us, to teach us. That's why he says the anointing, it abides in you. You do not need that anyone teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you. Meaning the Holy Spirit guides you. The Holy Spirit leads you. The Holy Spirit shows you which way you need to go in. And so basically he's only referring to the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit that leads the believer. So this is a normal function of the Holy Spirit in every believer's life. But we all know that there is another experience of the Holy Spirit that we need to have, which is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. So we've learned about this in other courses. So I'm not going to spend much time on it. Even though we are a believer, like Acts chapter 19. Paul goes to this place known as Ephesus. And over there he asks the disciples, have you heard of the Holy Spirit? Disciples are saying, oh, we've not even heard about the Holy Spirit. So though they are disciples, they did not know about this experience of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Then he kind of teaches them. They didn't even know about water baptism. So he teaches them and they are baptized in water. Next is he prays for them, lays hands and prays for them. They receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. So having the Holy Spirit in us. Yes, that is an anointing. And that anointing will guide us and lead us. But there are so many other things which will happen by the empowering of the Holy Spirit through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Which is what we must look for. So today when we talk about the anointing, we will talk more in the context of the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit baptism, empowering from outside. Got it? So that is the context in which we will speak more about the anointing. Even Jesus in his ministry, before he started his ministry, he quoted in the synagogue the passage from Isaiah 61. Do you remember he said, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Upon me he has anointed me. And then he lists out to preach the good news to the poor, to set the captives free. And you know, all those things he lists out. But how is he going to do all those mighty works? By whom is he going to do those mighty works? Yeah, so in Luke 4, when he stands in the synagogue, that's what he's affirming. He's saying, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me. So, when we talk about ministry, where we want to see the power of the Spirit, we need the anointing upon us. Anointing is in us, it guides us. Great, but we need the anointing upon us the way it was on Jesus. So that we can do all these amazing things, you know, healings, miracles. So the presence, the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit on us is the anointing that we carry to release the miracles, to release the healings. So how do we receive this anointing? We already said, receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. That's the first step. Now, how to continue to keep it powerful, the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit on our lives as we live every day, plus when we do ministry, because that is what is going to show the power of God to the people. Got it? So anointing, whenever we say anointing, there are two categories. John already said the anointing, he dwells in you. He will teach you all things. That is for every born again believer. But the anointing on us is what we need for ministry and that's what we are going to discuss about. I hope there's no confusion. It's quite clear, right? Wonderful. So let's move on. So what are some points that we can understand about the anointing? See, firstly, the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit, which is released through our lives, is usually associated with the grace and the gift of God upon our lives. Because now we are asking the question, okay, God gives all of us that empowering to walk in the supernatural. How do I make more of it happen? So here is the key. What is the grace and the gift of God on our lives? We need to identify that. Now, when I'm moving in that area, there will be anointing. If I'm trying to move in a different area, I may not have much anointing. Okay, so that is the key. So always try to step into that area of gifting and grace so that we see more power. Let's quickly read from Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 7. Ephesians chapter 3 verse 7. Of which I became a minister according to the grace of God given to me by the effective working of his power. Yeah, so Paul says he became a minister of the grace and the gift which was given to him. And then he also talks about the effective working of the power of God. So the gifting of God, it's like a channel or a conduit. Or, you know, we can imagine, we always consider let's say if we are watering the plants. If you use a small pipe, then you have less water coming through. But if you use the right pipe of the right width, more water will come through it. So it's somewhat similar. So when we are stepping into the right gift, the power of God is demonstrated wonderfully. Whereas if I try to move with maybe a gift which that's not meant for me, then I might not see that, you know, so-called anointing because it's not aligned to the gift that I'm trying to move in or practice in. So being conscious of the grace of God. What is the grace of God on my life? What are the giftings of God on my life? Being conscious of that really helps. And how to identify, like, what is the grace of God or what is the gift of God on us? Yeah, they are different. So grace is the empowering. The empowering gift is more of the ability. Grace is also different. Yeah. Yeah, correct. Correct, correct, correct. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sure. See, the word grace, no, it has a lot of meanings, Anand. So I think you're looking at grace as like the grace of God. In that context, you're looking at it, right? So we all have the same grace. Yeah, yeah. So but I am talking about grace as an empowering. So the context changes. So grace as an empowering means, see, I have, for example, somebody may have the grace to preach, whereas they don't have the grace to lead worship. Okay, so that's the grace that I'm talking about right now. It's not the saving grace. There are many different kinds. Which one? Yeah, it's a gift also, but there is an empowering that comes from God also. So we say according to the grace that was given to me, meaning that what is that grace which was given? It is an enabling that was given to Paul to be a minister of the gospel. So like that, when we say you have a grace to be a good teacher of the word, you have an empowering by the Holy Spirit to do that. Whereas I may not have it. I may have the grace for something else. But the key to flowing in the anointing is be in the area of your grace. Be in the area of your gifting. Yeah, so that's my question. How do we identify it? How do we identify what is the grace of God or the gift of God? Mike, Anand. Just ask God. I mean, practically, if we see also, we'll easily know. See, if I can sing or if I can worship, if I can preach, that will easily know. I mean, when we are going through, I mean, when we are preaching or when we are singing, we can easily identify what the gift we have from God and the abilities. Correct. So based on, see, I think it depends on whether or not we are stepping out. Only when we step out, we may recognize again, it may not be all that easy. We may have to do certain things a couple of times. Maybe we fail at it and all. Trial and error. And that way, we figure it out. Okay, this is the area of my gifting. This is the area of my grace. And we function more in that. Okay. Yeah, but if we don't take the courage to try, then we won't know. So a lot of believers, what happens, we keep saying anointing, anointing, anointing. See, it's the empowering of the spirit to do something, right? But we ask God, give me more anointing, but we are not functioning. See, anointing is, it needs to flow through. It has to flow through and do the work. Now it cannot flow through unless we are willing to step out in the grace, in the gifting that God has for us. Then it'll flow. But give me more, give me more, give me more. Okay, we keep everything. I have lots of anointing. It doesn't make sense. But anointing is supposed to flow through the gifts and all and bless people. So to identify what is my gifting is so important. Okay. So how would we know, first to step out, try different things as the Lord gives the opportunity, then we'll begin to see that there is some special grace when we are doing that particular task. Like maybe some of us are so good at managing things, some of us are so good at media, some of us are so good at worship. I remember one girl she used to sing in not church sometime ago and every time she sings it'll be like you're literally sensing the presence of God. It was more than her singing. She should just open her mouth and everyone's entering into the presence of God. And people, I remember some friends of mine would be like, oh, is she singing? I want to come because there's a special grace, there's an anointing in what was going on. The power and the presence of the spirit was very much in that. So it's like that. Then we were encouraging her, we said, hey, you shouldn't stop singing. Something so special about the way you sing. It's more than you're singing. It's got to do with the presence of the Holy Spirit. So in this way we identify. And the next thing is the happy part is that we can grow in the grace to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul, Peter says that in his episode. So we can keep growing in the grace. So how to grow in the grace? Okay, we ask God, God give me grace. Exercise, main thing is when we keep using what we have it increases. But when we don't use what we have you know, even gifts are like that. The more operational they are the stronger they get. But when we don't use them then they become, they remain weak. So use them more. That's one of the keys to growing the grace and humility. Even pastor was sharing that I think James chapter 4 verse 6, God gives more grace to the humble. So when we walk in that attitude of humility grace will increase and you'll be like, wow, how is the opportunity increasing? The ability increasing? Because we are walking in that right attitude before God and exalting God being right before God and grace will increase. So these are the questions that ministers of God ask, how to increase my anointing? And here are the answers. Identify the grace identify the gift cause the grace to grow how to make the grace grow ask God, first of all practice the whatever God is calling you to do, practice it more and more and walk in humility. So this way it will start to increase and therefore the anointing also will grow. Yes. Like what you are telling is fine. And the other context, see I can I can preach very well but I am a beginner in worshipping. Okay. Then is there a possibility can I ask God and receive and then I will be using that as my another gift. Like I wanted to be to worship God also. On the same when I am preaching I wanted to worship God. But I am in a beginning stage. So is there a God gifted me with the preaching? Is there a possibility that I can ask God for the anointing or grace for me to sing or worship and can be used for the glory of God? So we can ask God for any ability that we want. But we will have to see because usually God wires us a certain way. Okay. So I may have the desire to do something but I may not have the grace of God to do it at the level that I want to do it at. So again it takes humility because then we will have to just admit that yeah, I can sing but that's not my main area. If I sing a little it's okay. Let me just focus more on teaching because that's what God is asking me to do in a bigger way. I may want to teach also I may want to sing also but I have to go with what God is doing. Maybe he's not given me much grace for that singing. I am just able to touch the surface but I'm not able to go as deep as another person who has the grace to do it. Then I have to admit that and say yes I do have these abilities but the ability to do one particular thing may be far greater than the ability to do something else. So if that's what is in the plan of God somewhere we've got to say okay I'll make it grow to as much as it can but I'm not going to try to push this harder than what I'm supposed to go with. So that's also like yeah. If you see in Bangalore and APC they have different things like worship pastor assistant pastor, associate pastor and there is a division and they can they can hire a worship pastor they can do that but when we go to rural area and all if one pastor is trying to build a church he's the only preacher, he's the only singer he's the only person who pray so then how about in that See initially it's fine because it's understandable there's only one person but you see hopefully the trajectory is one of growth hopefully and when growth happens we need to trust God to send in the right people okay one is because it's practical one person how can they do everything for a long period of time it's not practical right like you can't be doing that second thing is we give opportunities to raise other leaders so I think it's an intentional decision that leaders need to make see I'll tell you why we also have some of these rural you know some churches in small towns rural places but even then we encourage them and we tell them intentionally look out for leaders so what they do is they also start identifying people, grooming them and set them as leaders of many house churches so then over a period of time even if they if we say they are from a rural setting they may not have money to hire you can still have a lot of leaders and share the responsibility yeah does it answer yeah yeah I want to do that because they'll take their position they'll think like that and if you see in most of the mega churches also in Andhra or Telangana these mega pastors they don't give anyone a chance or they don't hire anyone either they'll only sing or else their sons or daughters they'll only do that and I wonder how come they not know all these things I mean how church planting should be how things have to work yeah so see if let's say the family, the son, the daughter or the wife if they are called there is no problem you know what I mean sometimes they have the grace of God to maybe leadership or be an associate pastor that's okay but in general ministry is meant to be done by a whole bunch of people even if you look at the early church yes there is a Peter and a Paul and all but when you see even Paul on his missionary journey Paul is travelling with Timothy and Silas and Luke and Aquila and Priscilla and you know you have all these names that come up so the right pattern is to identify people according to the gifts and the grace of God upon each one's life and all of us work together then we can build the ministry that would be the right way okay great yeah so the grace and gift sure yeah yeah ask man like coming to the rural church urban church like for anointing other like I felt on I went to church like so there is what happened is like there is one pastor and one person is leading worship so in middle this pastor came and starting but it went very wrong but believers are happy with that believers are okay engaging with worship but this case is different went very wrong so and one more thing is like same day only the same pastor he want to be lead in a different way like God is saying something something he want to share but pastor is not allowing so in case anything like that how to be like because of Holy Spirit he is saying pastor is saying don't share now yeah see being under the leadership of the pastor is important we always say even when it comes to the exercise of the gifts any of the gifts and spiritual gifts particularly for example I have a word of prophecy and I am in church let's imagine I am in central church and then I get this word and I am so like bursting I want to share it I have to check with the senior pastor I can't just go and share it like that right so all that is fine Francis but if let's say the issue is the attitude of the pastor then that is very tricky because now how to address the pastor maybe after the service is over or after a couple of times that these things have happened maybe some of the senior leaders can approach and then ask like why is this happening you know why are you not loving others so you may need to have a conversation but in the right way pastor only appoint this person to lead how you want yeah then pastor only came and said you should not share okay yeah so yeah maybe see it's all like how the leadership is happening okay the ideal way is when the person was brought in he should have been given some guidelines or some expectation so then what happens is they have a framework within which they know I can grow in this way if I make some mistakes also it's okay so that is the right way of delegating okay but maybe this pastor doesn't know how to delegate is what I would feel because on the stage if he is trying to regulate you know how the worship leader should do it how the worship leader should not do it then this is problematic because it will create a lot of friction between the pastor and the leader so yeah in teamwork it's a lesson that we shouldn't do it like that yeah great thank you thank you for sharing these are all the things that have been they all go on yeah these are the matters yeah very true so anyway we've identified if we want to see the anointing manifest then go according to the grace of God on your life okay and yeah it's very tempting sometimes everything you know you want to like I want to sing I want to dance I want to preach but you've got to make a choice and say okay where is the anointing where is the presence of the spirit and we will come to know as we are ministering like I remember when I first started sharing know like you have your notes everything and then you go preach right but as the time went on sometimes when I'm preaching I can feel it I'm like oh my goodness I can almost sense the presence of God and the way some points will come I'll be like I said that from where did that come and there were some of my friends one particular some and they were listening and then they came and said oh that was not you I said yeah even I know that was not me because the words are just coming so I'm kind of understanding that okay God is telling me to take this seriously so I need to study more I need to invest all my time in this particular gifting because God's grace is there in it so like that we need to you know identify it and go now honestly I also love a lot of other things but frankly I'm not so good at it I just have to admit no I'm not I'm not good at those things not just I should be in order to lead with those things right so then you just let other people do it yeah so to make these choices yeah I'm like God I know I'm the person for ministry just example for prophetic ministry so if this person is not living a spiritual way like not praying not engaging with God and but he's coming in prophecy so is it from God or yeah so see you use the particular example of prophecy okay it's a spiritual gift now for every gift there is one scripture like Romans 11 29 where it's talking about Israel it's talking about Israel and God's people and it says that even though they've gone away from God God will still keep his promise to Israel so in that context it says the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable meaning what God gave to Israel that promise he won't take it back even though the people are you know not faithful that is actually true for all the gifts and callings that God gives us so imagine I'm a prophet and my life is not right with God but God has anointed me with the gift of prophecy now the gift will function Francis that's the scary part the genuine gift can still function but I may be living an unrighteous life you know what I mean for some period of time that may happen whereas people are noticing no but he's prophesying but look at him people may recognize but the gift will function the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable but if we push it too far like if I push it too far there will come a time where I won't be able to function in the gift also that also will happen but God's grace is so much that it's a scary thought the gift will be there for a while okay yes yes go ahead yeah I hear on one message like this regarding gift of God so if if God given a gift he won't take it back that's what yeah so it is connecting with this okay so if that person is not doing also is not living a spiritual life also he can do work on that gift so yes Francis even if a person is going away from God the gift can function but remember we said one more thing we said we said the exercise of the gift is also important for it to function right so in that context when you're not exercising the gift correctly it will become weak and in that way it will die down has God taken away the gift no gift is there but the person is away from God he's not exercising it so in that sense slowly it will lose its power yeah sure so yeah these are all crazy things alright so we'll move on now we've understood that we must identify the grace of God and we must also keep growing in the grace of God that way the anointing will increase moving on how to make the anointing increase further by the word of God the more of the word of God we have as a foundation the stronger the anointing upon our lives we see when Jesus spoke John 6 63 he said my words they are spirit and they are life okay my words they are spirit they are life so the word of God continues to release that anointing on us and the word of God is always aligned to the spirit of God I think we picked that scripture and saw it earlier also 1 John 5 verse 7 that the word and the spirit they are in agreement so the more of the word that we meditate on we will see that the power of God is flowing easier for example let's say the anointing for healing we are trusting God for the anointing of healing so how should I increase that anointing healing anointing you just study more passages on healing you just meditate on more incidents where Jesus healed people okay and the more we do that we will find that the Holy Spirit is able to work more powerfully in that area so the word along that aspect is something that we must meditate on I remember one incident where there was a young lady who needed deliverance demonic spirits and all that and we had her to come one day as a team we wanted to minister to her and see her set free so in preparation for that I was wondering like what should I do because we know on this day this time to this time we have to deal with some demons so how to deal with the demons now what shall I do to prepare okay pray fast but to build up our faith through the word of God is also very tricky so the thing that I was told to do was take all the passages where Jesus cast out the demon and start to meditate on it how did he do it what did he do he issued a command you know he said this he said that so just sat with those same passages and I was looking at each incident and by the time the day came when we had to come and minister it was just easier there was a better flow of the spirit so meditating on scriptures will also enable the anointing to flow better and flow more powerfully so the anointing accompanies the word and the opposite is also true less word less anointing so this is how we must increase the anointing yes Francis we can pray for any anointing we need this gift this anointing we can pray like that is it yeah so generally the anointing or the grace the gifting of God is according to God's decision okay like you know the great example would be of the 5 fold ministry offices where God has selected he has given to the church you know the pastor the teacher the evangelist the prophet so we can't even like in the 5 fold ministry offices it's by God's choice so let's say I want to be an apostle it doesn't work like that God selects okay similarly in our giftings God knows our whole life our entire life and our calling and you know our destiny according to that he has given certain gifts so I think we need to yield to that what he wants for us now maybe some particular gifts we may have it and that is why we have the desire and that's why we are asking God for those gifts so that is okay that desire sometimes God only puts and says okay pray for this pray for these opportunities but in general God gives those he decides is what I would say hmm yeah so we need to yield to his purpose okay right so we said identify the calling gifting grace grow in it secondly we said word of God will help the anointing increase third one is consecration consecration would mean dedicating ourselves to God so obviously if you recall there is that passage that says when we empty ourselves of the things of the world then we will be a vessel ready for the master's use I'll just tell us second Timothy master's use 2 2 Timothy 2 21 to 26 so where it says if one cleanses himself he will be a vessel to honour sanctified and ready for the master's use prepared unto every good work it we can imagine ourselves like a vessel that God can fill with the Holy Spirit now how can he fill us with the Holy Spirit when there are things in us which are not agreeable to him so which is where dedicating ourselves or cleansing ourselves sanctifying ourselves comes into the picture so the closer we walk with God the holier we walk with the Lord we can expect more anointing right more and more anointing because God can keep pouring more of himself there is more place in us to create that anointing so purity I think is the next key that we need to pursue which will help us see more of the power of his spirit okay right so any any other thoughts regarding this but the thing is I never read or heard like the people who has this healing anointing or prophecy anointing I never heard or read like they used to read but I heard or read like they used to pray for hours and hours for the anointing maybe theologically maybe it's the one of the point but practically what do you think about it yeah see the technical aspects of this right like where we are asking why exactly did the anointing increase is it the word or is it prayer no need to become so technical about it if the person is flowing in greater anointing the way I would look at it is he has great faith now see faith no the word affects our faith of course faith comes by hearing word affects yeah that is there but also prayer and fasting like this kind will not come out except by prayer and fasting you know Matthew 17 so there Jesus gave one more key prayer and fasting so some people don't mean they may not be so educated and so strong in the word maybe they are spending lot of time in prayer and all and that's also helping the faith become strong so that's yeah like when he is when he when he prepared for the sermon he used to pray for one two hours three hours and then only he will go and preach in one of the name he was hearing like he prepared for the sermon he is a very good preacher and he went for a meeting crusade then he is in his hotel room and the time actually had came to he have to come on to the stage and preach but one of the one of the in boy went and went to call him he locked his door and he was shouting like God if you won't come I won't go on to the stage you if you come only I'll go to the why you are not he was shouting in the room 15 minutes got late and they were singing one song in that 15 minutes he preach is so good and then this this God the convener went to that pastor and then asked he was telling like I was asking God to come with me he was not replying that's why so these things when my grandfather also used to tell when they were working in this anointing healing and all he used to because they have a very minimum knowledge about the word but they when I heard these testimonies and all they are so great he used to tell he used to when he is going to a crusade meeting the next day he used to pray for the whole night you don't use to sleep without prayer if he go also the things won't happen the miracles yeah see see but something they are employing according to what the bible says prayer also increases the anointing fasting increases the anointing and consecration no because in praying what are they saying they are saying God we are committing ourselves to you you come you fill us so all those aspects maybe they are the ones which are increasing the anointing and helping them see the miracles depends on the individual means maybe I am more connected than other than I couldn't understand but I didn't take with God but anyhow in my land there are any audience that is there okay that is there but we cannot eliminate word no anointing yeah correct correct so it is playing but two things I will say about your statement one is maybe some are connected stronger to God in prayer I believe that all of us can be so it doesn't depend on the individual if that's the case then there is partiality with God right like he gave special ability to some to pray well and others they didn't so God is not partial that way so all of us can have that kind of a connect with God is one thing second thing is yes prayer with minimal word is working but that will not sustain sooner or later the person has to go back to the word so you can't just run the show on you know no word I'll just do this prayer prayer prayer thing that's not right that's not right yeah okay great so yeah this is a very crucial subject and I'm just thinking next week yeah because at this space I am not gonna finish your course so yeah how about next Thursday I'll take a class is that fine I hope online students also you're able to record and put okay no but interaction gets missed out I would just lecture and leave it so Tuesday but Tuesday I have another class no yeah yeah so Thursday if it's okay with everyone then I will post I'll let the Elanas also know so Thursday what time is it 9 9 for start okay let's do it so I'll take an online class then okay great so let's close with a word of prayer who would like to pray Dear heavenly Father thank you Lord thank you for the class thank you for letting us know many things Lord help us to exercise all the gifts you have given us a lot help us to come to your word and strengthen our faith and help us to build and develop more our abilities and gifts a lot and thank you for Nancy my mother thank you for all the class students in Jesus name I pray amen amen amen thank you have a supernatural day God bless you