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Thank you for praying for the class and for everybody And I'm sure we are blessed to start off with that prayer So today we will get into Learning about you know personal prayer life some basics about prayer and How to come what prayer is how to communicate with God What can what are some of the right foundations to have? And different kinds of prayers. We also Touched on the prayer in the spirit. Okay, which is so important in the last class So I think I said that we would start off with some questions if all you have praying in tongues Then continue into the rest of today's class. So anyone I know you want to clarify something or Add to what has been discussed. You can do that Okay Seems like things are quite clear. So that's all right. We will proceed then so now uh By learning about praying in the spirit And learning about the pattern of prayer, which we said, you know, you could use On different patterns, but the Lord Jesus taught us the Lord's prayer So, you know that that pattern can be incorporated In our prayer life. So we're going to learn more things to develop our own prayer life. So I want us to from Right from the beginning. Yes, but more so from now. See how we can Operate right these things into our own personal lives. Okay. Um, and uh, uh, like today today This particular topic is it's um, very much concerning our Daily prayer walk with the Lord We will upon developing That prayer walk Okay, so there are different aspects that we will talk about now A prayer life Okay, it can come to one is our personal prayer life and the other one is A corporate prayer life. Okay personal would be, um, what how we how we communicate with God when we are alone And corporate is when we communicate um with God as a Congregation or as a group of people as a family or you know as a team. So that is corporate We use the term corporate to say group prayer In the early church, we see that we see individually people are calling out to God We also see together in one accord. They call out to God. So prayer is both these Kinds of prayers are what we generally engage in so when it comes to our personal prayer life So we can uh, we can develop it in a very very strong way And this is something that needs to be done intentionally Because if you are not intentional about it, then, uh, you know Things that we are casual about we generally never tend to develop it like for example, if you ask any musician, um, whether uh, you know, they Uh, okay. I I think my battery is kind of draining. So if at all I Uh get disconnected I will join in From my phone. Okay. I'm not able to admit people. Okay. Anyway so with the example of a musician what I was trying to say is that, uh, We practice Bowls and we we hope that we will learn and we will pick up new skills. We will become smoother At playing and or singing so that kind of effort goes in intentionally and similarly even a sports Um, uh person will tell you that if at all they want to achieve something in that area, they Aside and they are intentional about it and The same thing applies to our spiritual walk if we are casual about anything then sooner or later, you know It will just fizzle out When it comes to prayer, we cannot afford to do that. We have to be intentional about it. So, uh, we must You know, uh, take time to, um And be well Closely regimented or be disciplined about it. So, uh, in first Corinthians nine versus 24 through 27 Paul says he says we are temperate Okay, in all things because we are running to win a heavenly reward. So, you know, he he says, uh Temperate is to exercise self restraint or be kind of, you know regimented or uh, you you regulated Or you closely control it Because it's important to you. So unless you put in that kind of an effort and you are intentional, uh, you can't really see In that area. So similarly when it comes to our, um prayer life, it's good to be disciplined So the point that I'm coming to is being disciplined when it comes to our personal prayer life Now, if you look at the word of God, you See, uh, someone like Daniel Okay, uh, we know that he got into a tight situation when they said Not pray to any other God, uh, and you know, there was a decree that was passed out But then, you know, you find that in the midst of Uh, something as difficult as that Daniel still Right, uh goes and prays. He looks in that direction where, uh, of the temple and he prays as he always used to So there is something, uh, said about Daniel in Daniel chapter six and verse 10 It says now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed He went home and in his upper room with his windows open to a Jerusalem He knelt down on his knees three times that day and prayed and gave thanks As was his custom since early days. Okay, so that part there Tells us that Daniel did not respond to difficulty What was the challenge at that time? There was a decree and uh, Daniel could not obey it because he was a follower of of God Uh, and he knew that he might get caught for praying, um To you know, the blue and living God and facing the direction of the temple But he still went ahead and did it. Did he do it only on that day as a reaction as a response? No But we are told here as was his custom since early days So he had a practice of praying and it clearly says here On his knees he worked So he was closely regimenting his prayer times. He knew when he's going to pray. He knew, uh, you know How he's going to pray where he Like that. So, uh, we notice here that having A place to pray, you know a time to pray Um and a rhythm, you know, it's always very very helpful now When we talk about having a rhythm and being able to pray in this manner, I'm sure people All of us, you know can come up with excuses. So, uh The common I wouldn't call it an excuse but the mindset sometimes we can have is that we say okay led by the spirit So whenever I feel like it, okay So the problem with that is, you know, when we do that when we don't have a set time and a set, uh, uh, you know Set time set place and an intention to pray it seldom happens So if you notice if we if we go by this mindset, I will pray whenever I can pray and all if you sit and Write out how many times would you actually pray that week? it'll be very few times or maybe Because you're waiting for the leading of the spirit to actually do it. Okay. So This kind of a mindset can prevent us from, uh, being consistent in our Then, uh An excuse that people can have is I pray as I go through the day. So I don't really have to send it Aside see again when we need this right and we say, yeah, I'll just pray whenever I can It may not happen Okay, that's the danger of it. Uh, so it's better to have that You know dedicated time to pray then Some people might say I'd rather work than pray right because, um, you know, there's that saying that goes what um But healing hands are better than praying lips or something like that service overrides Good intention Yeah, that is understandable but part of the kingdom of god we who are gods Understand that prayer Uh is very well Right in our relationship with god and in the exercise of our spiritual authority So prayer is communication, but it's also spiritual warfare. It's it's so many things for us So we cannot have one in place of the other So, uh, just praying and not working It's not how uh believers are called to live their lives because We have to do both, you know, your faith without works is Is what james says. So, uh, prayer And our service must go hand in hand But when we say things like I'd rather work than pray, uh, you know, that that's not correct That's not correct. Then uh, we could also say things like I don't have enough time to pray now, you know, this thing Um of not having enough time Frankly when we consider life and anybody all of you I'm sure will agree with me as you keep Moving forward in life right from when you're in school you think Okay, you know, we Can have a lot of excuses And even say things like I don't have the time But uh, what I was pointing to is, uh, you know life only keeps getting busier Okay, uh, and uh, yeah, thanks. Thanks. Yeah, even I'm glad I'm back in the class So life only gets uh, you know busier and busier. So if we don't Set aside time for it then it'll never really happen. Okay. So, um Uh, yeah, so we we must make sure that we Uh keep time for prayer. Okay. Uh, all right. So let me just uh go further over here So we talked about the excuses which we can make now even in the life of jesus, you know, uh, obviously Uh, jesus was somebody who made time for prayer and we've seen some scriptures when we talked about jesus being the example um, we said that he woke up early morning to pray, uh, he Went away from the crowds so that he could go up to a mountain and pray So he set aside time just to make sure That uh, you know, he had fellowship with the father and he prayed through many things even before he selected his Disciples we are told right the whole night. He actually prayed Okay, uh, and only then in the morning he went and he, uh, chose his disciples. So, uh, jesus dedicated time to pray and You see the disciples when they wanted to ask jesus a question Teachers to do this teachers to do that. Yes, they could have initially asked the question teachers to do the miracles and all Later on they asked him those questions but what is one of the first few questions recorded by the uh, you know the the writers of the gospels teachers to pray When jesus was asked, okay teachers how to pray. That's when jesus said, okay pray like this our father who are in heaven so obviously, uh, jesus had a prayer life which was observable by the Disciples and he set aside time, you know early early morning They would they wouldn't probably they wouldn't find him with them So they would need to go look for jesus because he would have gone praying. Uh, so he had a very disciplined prayer life Just like daniel, uh, and are we to say that both jesus and daniel were not busy? Yes, they were very busy jesus's ministry. We know how we served. We know daniel. He was a man in the courts of You know the the king and he had a huge responsibility on his shoulders Being an official of that ranking and influence and yet Everyone knew that daniel was a man of prayer that he would take time to play So it's good to have a time which is set aside for us to go and pray Okay, so here are some guidelines which i'm going to share with you which will help us to Develop our own personal prayer lives. Okay Now this is again not to make us feel like You know if you don't do this then it's bad No, none of that. That's why we are using the term develop So if you're not the kind who has a disciplined way of praying then You can grow in it, right? I can grow in it. So that's that's the whole point. So what are some of these guidelines? Okay, uh, so please don't take it like the 10 commandments or anything like that. So The first thing is to maintain a set time and a place to pray. Okay, uh, otherwise what happens, you know We get caught up in a lot of other things like generally for me It's like the early morning times before work starts off. That's the most peaceful time to actually You know read the bible reflect meditate on god's word spend some time to pray right And also, um, you know to have a set place So, you know, I kind of prefer to sit in a particular place So that way at least I know that, you know, I won't get distracted. I know what I'm doing there Sometimes I just prefer to maybe have some hot water or something in the morning to Just kind of wake myself up And then I know that I'm sitting here to read the bible. I'm sitting here to pray I'm sitting here to pray about these these things. So once I once I'm through with that Okay, let me just move on to other things So you can have a set time and a set place to pray Now what if, you know, you don't have a set place These are all things that help you right like if you just say, okay, I'll just sit on my bed and pray You know what happens, right? Most of us you just might end up going back to sleep. So it is helpful to have a Set time and a set place now We know that not always, you know, we can keep up that time Maybe on on a particular day you're traveling or there is some emergency at home And you know, you're probably staying in the hospital. Something happens. So the point is that yes, we May have days where we don't follow the Set time and set place, but Whenever we are back to normal, you know, we go back to our routine. Okay, and that really helps So it's not to be rigid, but you can have that element of flexibility for certain days where you might miss it You you were sick or something right or something else is happening You have an exam and you couldn't keep the time For prayer doesn't matter then the next day you just try to come back to it So have a set time have a set place and it's also helpful to have a format So we talked about the pattern of the Lord's prayers. So that is something you can incorporate Or you in addition to that you can incorporate a couple of other You know sections in your prayer time So you begin with thanksgiving I spend some time, you know praising God honoring God and all that Okay, and then you move on you move on from there You could spend some time confessing right confessing the You know, if there's anything that the Holy Spirit is actually convicting you about So please give me a moment here. My notes. It's disappeared Yeah Yeah, I put my notes so you can spend some time just searching your heart Confessing any sins that the Holy Spirit is convicting us about And in this in this moment, basically, you know how Jesus said in the Lord's prayer that forgive Forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. So when we come In prayer we must be clear With our relationships. So you set all those things right before the Lord So earthly relationships, it could be family relationships. It could be, you know, work relationships church relationships So we ensure that we are walking right before God. Okay So you spend some time praying these prayers of searching and confession and forgiveness We could again, you know, every now and then we can come back to praise and worship With the Lord we could also spend some time just waiting on the Lord So waiting on the Lord is to to just be in his presence while we are in his presence We know like even Isaiah 40 31 it says that God will strengthen us They that wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings as eagles They will run and not go where they will walk and they will not faint So basically we are taking time right in God's presence to be strengthened and encouraged by his spirit Then we might go on, you know for To go on to cover other things. So I'm just sharing what is there in our notes right now But you know, you can use any which pattern that You feel led to so praying for our personal Spiritual life. So in this what would you pray? You would pray to be strengthened by God, right? You would be strengthened pray that God you strengthen me in my inner man Lord that I would know you more deeply that I would walk closer to you that I would see the manifestation of the Work of the spirit in my life Then, you know, you would pray for victory Right in every area of your life, especially in your spiritual life Pray for deliverance from any work or scheme of the evil one So just cover all the points that may concern your spiritual life now you may also want to You know pray and declare things like God helped me to walk in the call of God upon my life Increase the anointing of God upon my life Lead me with your understanding and with your wisdom Right, so you you might pray all such prayers and then you can go on to praying for your own family members So you might want to pray for your spouse pray for your children and you may Say pray the same prayers like wisdom anointing strength right and Especially the spiritual walk that they may walk in the call of God for their lives And you know, they may overcome every work of the evil one and so on and so forth So you pray for your spiritual life and then We may want to spend some time interceding for others. So in the intercession Apart we may pray for our church. We may pray for our cell group. We may pray for some loved ones Those who have given us prayer requests praying for healing praying for Some difficulty which they are going through or you know anything That there can be so many things that we want to pray for others. So we pray for The needs of others now after having prayed for others We could spend some time praying for our own personal needs because that's what jesus taught us, right? He said that Give us this day our daily bread. So We pray for all our needs Okay, and bring that before the lord now this is a Like a rough pattern which you can have with the lord's prayer and including You know a lot of other subsections here And that way we can cover the prayer so why to have a pattern because See even at times when you feel tired or you feel like I don't think I really want to pray at least you know. Oh, okay. I have all these Needs and I have to pray for all these people and I have to regularly pray for myself in these areas So you have something to begin with Okay, and you go into a time of prayer and another good thing is that you can cover most of the Needs and requirements. So having a pattern having a list Is definitely helpful but I already told us that this is not meant to box you in To a particular pattern, but please be led by the spirit, but it definitely helps Okay, now We also know that you know, we can take some time engaging in spiritual warfare And by that you mean, you know, you pull down strongholds you you pray against the work of the enemy and all of that So, uh, you could do that as well now Since we are talking about schedule times It doesn't mean that we cannot pray at other times. Okay now daniel prayed three times So does it mean that I can only set aside time? You know, maybe in the morning or evening and just pray that time I should not pray any other time. It's not like that We can have a combination of scheduled as well as Uh, spontaneous spontaneous times of prayer because god's word teaches us one. Thessalonians five was a 16 through 18 No, we read there that uh, we must pray without Seizing, okay, and I uh, I think I mentioned about the holy spirit koinonia Fellowship with the holy spirit and that is not uh, something that we can box into time schedule So at all times we are invited to pray But we must also have disciplined scheduled regimented Uh times during the day to pray because it will help us Connect regularly with god. Okay. So, uh, also have spontaneous times and uh, know the value of praying without Seizing then apart from that, you know, you may want to have a times where you spend an entire day now. This happens in our lives You know, you you just Decide that okay this weekend You know, I I have all these things on my heart and I really want to spend time with god So in addition to our daily prayer times in addition to, uh, you know fellow shipping with the holy spirit Uh on a continuous in a continuous kind of a way, uh, you might think that okay, let me set aside You know Friday saturday or If you don't have anything much happening on Sunday, maybe even sunday you decide, okay I am going to keep these two days aside just fast pray see god's face So you can have some special days of prayer as well Now when you study about the lives of people like daniel, he did that whenever he needed Uh to understand a truth or a vision revelation. He would just go into prayer So have times of prayer days of prayer. So that is something we can also look at And there can be prayer seasons, right? So prayer seasons would mean like, uh, I'm sure you know We've experienced 21 days of prayer 40 days of prayer. We pick out a uh a season in our lives where we say, okay I'm going to dedicate myself to prayer and schedule prayer through through this season And you can have any motive for that. I want to draw closer to god or i'm trusting god for a breakthrough or I need God's direction right in my life. It can be anything. So you you basically set aside that season and you seek after god Okay, so these are all ways to engage in prayer. Now when we do this, we are able to develop our relationship with god and also to strengthen our spirit man Okay, so so far. What have we said? We've said that uh, we can have dedicated times of prayer As well as spontaneous times of prayer and both of this will enrich our prayer life So how is this going to enrich our prayer lives? It will help us develop intimacy with god so we can grow deeper in our relationship with god and uh, when we are praying Right our will gets aligned to the will of god now When we talked about the prayer of uh, believing receiving uh an answer from god We discuss so much about hey, what is god's will what if I don't know god's will You know sometimes when you take up a point and you're praying about it over a period of time Even when you think differently, right? What happens as you're praying as you're praying as you're studying the word your Will becomes aligned to the will of god and you're ready to say. Okay god. Yes I surrender so when we are spending time in prayer consistently Our will will be aligned to the will of god We can also be renewed right we can be renewed uh in in our spirit through prayer and uh It can obviously help us to refresh ourselves and strengthen ourselves in the presence of god So these are all the benefits of praying in in Setting aside time to pray and in addition to that, you know, we can experience Uh growing inner cleansing Okay, so by that we mean that uh, you know when we are in god's presence when we let the holy spirit work in us The word of god work in us the way david cried out He said lord create in me a clean heart. Oh god and renew a steadfast spirit within me So there is a cleansing that takes place right when we are Spending time with the lord And you know at the depths of our heart. We are letting god search. We're waiting It could be the kind of prayer that we said, you know waiting on the lord when we're waiting on the lord Or we are soaking uh in the presence of the lord. What happens the spirit of god can work deep in us And uh the samas also said like search me. Oh god know my heart Try me know my anxieties. So holy spirit can work deep within us You know, no if there's any wicked way in me So he can cleanse us and he can lead us from there on So all this can take place in prayer and that is why we must make sure that we set aside time for prayer And prayer is a place where the cleansing can also take place that renewal can take place God can minister ideas to us. So when we started off we said that you know prayer is uh, um Two-way communication It's not just bringing our requests and just giving it off to god But also uh for god to be able to speak back to us So in our moments of prayer as we are speaking, you know petitioning bringing us application Thanksgiving We also have moments where We just wait on what is it that god wants to say? Okay, and then haba cook. There is a scripture haba cook 2 and verse 1 What says I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart and watch to see What he will say to me So uh, what haba cook is saying is Watching and waiting to hear from god. Yes. I have made my point But god, what do you want to say? So you wait and you listen Right, so there are times in prayer moments in prayer where you know, you're just waiting on the lord and suddenly You know god tells you hey, this is what I want you to do or this is the door. I'm opening for you or you know, um How about you try this new idea in your ministry or in your business? So god is also speaking to us. God is communicating back to us Right, but we are waiting. We are watching. Yeah, we put across something to god What does god want to say and sometimes it may not even be a petition that we made in prayer But as we are in the presence of god as we are praying God may decide that I want to Give this particular idea to Uh, this individual so we might receive ideas thoughts Instruction right from god in prayer that is one step But of course we have to implement it. We have to work You know with that idea and then make it happen. So that's another ball game altogether But god ministers to us when we wait we watch When even when we don't know what we are supposed to do god can speak back to us So we receive from god. So all this can happen Right in our prayer times now imagine if I don't have a prayer time I'm missing out on everything. I'm missing out on speaking to god I'm missing out on bringing my requests. I'm missing out on aligning my will I'm missing out on the cleansing that can happen in my life every day Right, uh, and I I'm missing out on the renewal that I can experience that stress sometimes we say right stress I'm stressed. I'm stressed. But if we have regular times of prayer You know, that's a place where surely we can uh exchange burdens For god's peace we can cast our cares on the lord We can receive that renewing right that we've been talking about and also god's leading So every day god guides us about our family about our ministry about, you know, our finances So every day that communication we can establish with god and uh in this manner if we can develop Uh, you know this this pattern where every day we maintain that prayer time and in addition to that You know our spontaneous times Some days of prayer some seasons of prayer No, then it will really build us up in our relationship with god now The second aspect is corporate prayer. We will talk more in depth about corporate prayer later developing our prayer life in that manner but the Basic point we want to make right now Is that the corporate prayer life is only as strong as the individual prayer lives of the people Okay, so if we all can develop strong prayer lives, um, then You know, you imagine the strength of the corporate prayer that we can have so that's uh, uh, all the key themes from our uh topic here Oops Sorry everyone. I don't know what happened Okay. Yeah, sorry everyone. I just happened to press something else So yeah, so those are some of the key things that we have looked at And I leave this time open if you have any questions or you know, you just want to discuss on any subject So please feel free you could uh Share your questions if possible if you can unmute yourselves and Ask that is better because if I press something else, I don't know if I'll get disconnected again So so any questions on scheduled prayer times? Um, thank you question Nancy for uh, Yeah, and I was just Thinking about the last session praying in the spirit Yeah, so um over the last week Uh, I was able to you know, practice some of uh, wow we learned and yeah Yeah, it's really helpful. Thanks for sharing those and uh, one thing is how can we uh, like develop You know even more praying in the spirit I was thinking about yeah Sure sure divya. So in this uh, what we have discussed right you're scheduling your prayer time and then you can use a pattern you can also Uh, incorporate praying in the spirit In fact, it's there in your notes where uh, you can have one section of your prayer time just to pray in tongues So you could practice it that way Okay, okay. Yeah Yeah, yeah, thank you. Thank you. So anything anything else you wanted to Check about divya or does that answer your question? Um, like I was also thinking of uh, when we need guidance or direction about We are praying in the spirit Uh, you mentioned that we we sometimes god might in like help us interpret what we prayed right the yes Yes, the reason all that uh, yes. Yeah, so Uh, yeah, uh, like I just wanted to yeah, if you have any testimony or like oh testimonies Okay, okay about praying in the spirit. Is it playing in the spirit and interpreting it? Yeah Okay, okay Or something that you have like heard of Uh Like I was uh, this is coming to me always like I'm not able to understand what I'm saying right so sometimes Yeah, correct. Correct. Oh Am I making it up like, you know, sometimes you can have Doubts Correct, correct. Yeah Yeah, sure So see one thing is we have to accept that when we pray in the spirit, we can't understand it Um, the scriptures that we pointed out, you know, one Corinthians four two We speak mysteries unto God and then one Corinthians, uh, uh, sorry four not four two, um 14 two and then one Corinthians 14 versus 14 and 15 where Paul says I pray with my Um understanding I pray with my spirit. So understanding is different from praying in the spirit So you can't understand it, you know, we have to just come to terms with that Uh, so every time I pray in tongues if I want to understand what I'm saying Uh, again, it may not happen Okay, but we can seek interpretation of it and sometimes sometimes I I said that uh, you know the Interpretation of that prayer can be deposited in our spirits and we can come to know, you know What exactly we have prayed for? Uh, if you ask testimonies, you know, there are so many, um Testimonies actually of people um Okay, so, uh, it's not really like interpretation or anything But I remember like in one of our conferences one of our pastors they were sharing how You know, uh, when uh, they spend time with God, you know, they prayed in the spirit It was not immediately after they had prayed but uh Just suddenly just suddenly like the word of uh, what they had to preach, right? That that end one particular sermon the entire sermon uh Came into the spirit Okay, uh, and it doesn't happen always it doesn't really happen always but sometimes things like this happen So they got the entire sermon and they preached the sermon for the first time without any notes And it was so good that uh went back and uh wrote it up Right and and released it so Yeah, the the first time the person preachers the first time the person even like here I heard it Because it it came straight into the spirit So these are like supernatural things that happen when you depend on the Holy Spirit Yeah Hope your last week session went well. You were telling about oh, yes. Yes. Yes. It did it. It went really well. Yeah. Thank you Yeah Yes, yes, so things like that happen. Yeah Please continue praying for us that we may practice these like what we are learning. Yeah Sure. Sure. Sure. Divya. Sure sure and uh, the thing about praying in the spirit, uh, is it's like, uh, um, It's like practicing a human language Okay, so some of us may not feel very comfortable initially and We might only Even in the words that we are saying we might feel that hey, I'm just repeating Okay, but don't let that Uh discourage you because remember I said every syllable Is a perfect prayer because We know the spirit helps us to pray in the will of God Right. Yeah. Okay. So tell yourself that that okay. Don't worry too much about, you know, what words Uh, or what sentences I'm making but every syllable which is coming out of my mouth even if it is repetitive I am praying in the perfect will of God. So it is a perfect prayer Yeah, sure That really helps. Thank you Sure. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. Divya. Yes. Uh, I can see, uh, Nicholson has a question there. Yeah Uh, hi pastor Nancy. I just wanted to know some practical advice on I mean, I know that you were working and ministering at one point So right now I'm in that phase and it I think you know, it's really crazy to manage both So I've tried everything possible morning afternoon evening, whatever like trying to schedule But if you could give any practical advice on how you manage that and what worked for you, that would be great. Yes Sure. Sure. Uh, Nicholson. Thank you. It's a great question. Um, so, uh, to be very honest I I was not that consistent I should tell you with the timings Because my timings at the time when I was working it would go, you know, all over the place So some days it would be morning some days it would be in the evening when when, you know I am able to concentrate uh, but Uh, what I'm teaching you here about developing I think I have done that over time and now it's more regular and it's mostly mornings that that I Get to spend time with God But what I would say about my work times is that uh to be intentional about it Like I remember I would, um, you know, try to write down my plan And uh say, okay, you know, I need to get time with God. This will be my prayer time So you plan it up because unless you plan it, uh, you will not Make time in a day. It's very easy for prayer to just get pushed, you know, out of your schedule because everything else is important Everything else is urgent. Okay. So just, um Write it down and and say that, you know, I am going to do it. So that's something I used to do I used to make sure that okay Even if it's not at a given time I need to pray I need to make time for prayer and if I miss it Then yes, you know, the weekends were a really good time to catch up so what I would do is You know, I was not so much like into social life or anything But I would just say no to a lot of things so I can be by myself I can read the Bible. I can pray by myself. So Basically you carve out time And I used to do I used to do a lot of that when I was working usually weekends I would just say a lot. It's dedicated to you and then just spend time The Lord so that's how I I uh used to do it But then now I've kind of developed a rhythm Where uh, it's generally the mornings that I take to You know set aside for Study and all Yeah, so I I hope that helps Yeah, thank you No problem and don't feel guilty Because if you do miss it or if you feel like hey, I'm not keeping a rhythm. It's okay. You can develop it over time Sure. Thank you Yeah, sure. Thanks So, uh, any other questions before we close today How long faster? Okay, how long meaning prayer prayer time Ah, yes, first of all, how I mean usually how long Usually how long so, uh, I think uh something like an r John that would be the average But then, you know, it sometimes it's way longer. Sometimes it's a little lesser Are you okay? Yeah Okay, so, uh, yeah, I think uh, we have uh touched Okay, so sit. Can you says, uh, I believe in flowing in the spirit So again, if you don't mind, can you say it because I uh on the phone? I'm Concerned to touch anything Do not get Actually, man, brother John Paul was asking how much how much the duration should be of time So what I was saying that it should be on the flowing in the spirit then the whole the Holy Spirit will lead like that Correct. Correct. Correct. So that's fine. So, you know, but what we are saying is if you have a um, like a Set time. No, it's helpful. You at least cover the points every time and then with that as your, um What do you call with that as your um, uh I know what more to use but that could be your minimum Okay, and then Some days can be more some days can be less but at least you make sure that you cover all your Uh, you know requests waiting on the Lord Thanksgiving and all that Sure Okay, all right. So I think we can close off for today and I really want to thank all of you I'm sorry about the battery drain and Yeah Sorry for any inconvenience that you know, you had to face because of this Uh, I would like to request someone to please pray before we close today Anyone Can I pray? Yes. Yes. Rebecca, please go ahead Father in heaven, we thank you for today and for the lessons that we've had today Father, we thank you that we did really understand and we still continuing to understand the real Source and how to pray and all other things as far as prayer is concerned Lord, we thank everybody who has been here To get more insight about prayer But again, we thank our pastor who is also taking her dear time to teach us all what it takes to pray because lord the bible says that If my people lack because of lack of knowledge So since god we got we're getting how to know how to pray maybe this time around We shall be able to touch and reach the throne of mass. We do pray That when we meet again, we shall all be in peace I pray in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit and everybody says Amen amen. Thank you. Thank you. Rebecca. Thank you everyone for joining God bless you have a great day and we will meet again tomorrow Okay, so bye. Bye for now. Take care Bye. Thank you Thank you