 Okay, the recording is on. Welcome everyone to class. May I request somebody just to pray and we will get started. Would like to pray. Okay, Asharani, would like to pray. Thank you so much for this day Lord. And as we are about to learn about the Arjun Church Guide, I pray that your spirit will grow out in this learning and power for your city's God. Lord, may we have the right attitude towards the cities and the nations that you have called us for the best mission. Thank you so much, God, for this opportunity to learn about the churches and of Andrew's God. We need to pray. Amen. Okay, I couldn't hear clearly what you prayed, but I'm just saying amen. All right, so welcome. Good morning. Welcome everyone to BC 309 Urban Church Planting. We are continuing this week. It's our second lecture this week on Urban Church Planting. And we're going to pick up from maybe pause yesterday. We'll go ahead and share the post notes and we will move forward. All right, so yesterday we kind of stated or we stated our objective in Church Planting. That is, we are looking or are we working toward establishing a community of believers who would host God's presence. Basically, there will be God's people in that place. And therefore, God is dwelling among them. They're hosting the presence of God. They're hosting God in that place because we are the temple of God. And then not only that, but we are growing as disciples of the Lord Jesus. And then we also have influence or impact our communities, the region around us and even regions beyond us so that we can plant more churches and so on. And then as new people keep coming in, the same thing happens. They continue to be disciples and then they become part of this whole community that is impacting the region. So that's our objective in Planting the Church. So we're not just looking at building a church building or we're not just looking at putting up a structure, but we're talking about something that is going to continue itself sustaining and hopefully will continue over time just reproducing in the kingdom of God. Now, today we're going to get into chapter four. And in chapter four, I want to emphasize that one of the things, very important thing, when we are looking to plant a church in a city or in a region or in a village or a town, wherever, is that we must get God's heart for that place. So I'm just using the genetic title, Get God's Heart for Cities. But for each of us personally, we need to make it personal and specific. That means wherever God's placed you, you need to get God's heart for that place. Or maybe I could put it like this, you need to be able to have God's heart for that place and feel what God feels towards that city. And I'm going to say city, we are probably talking about the people in that city, what people are experiencing, what people are going through, you know, we need that. Now, as we will see later on, that getting God's heart for the city is very important and we will explain why. And if we don't have the heart of God for the city where we are, it is very easy for us to get this illusion and maybe discouraged. And sometimes we even get disgruntled, we get upset with the people in the city. And that can really disrupt, you know, the work that we intend in doing, in establishing God's work in that city. So to begin with, you know, God himself identifies with city. Very specifically, if you want to look at it, that they Matthew 535, you know, Jesus refers to Jerusalem as the city of the great king. You can imagine Jerusalem is a physical city and he's calling this Jerusalem the city of the great king. God is identifying himself with that city, you know, the city of the great king. So don't swear by anything, not even by Jerusalem, because that's the city of the great king. Jerusalem is the city of the great king. Now, God is very observant and he's very cognizant and he's very aware of all that's happening in the city. You know, sometimes we think we look at our cities, we look at all the problems in the city, you know, whatever, whether it's corruption, whether it's infrastructure problems, whether it's violence, whether it's hate, whether it's crying, all kinds of city could be infested with all kinds of problems. And sometimes we wonder, you know, like, is God even noticing all of this? That's very wrong. And we can see in scripture, and I've only mentioned two, but you could see that in many places in scripture, the God, what happens in the city is noticed by God. Take, for example, Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18. You know, God is looking, God has been looking at Sodom and Gomorrah, and it comes to the point where he says, you know, it's almost like, you know, God is waiting for, has a high water mark for the sin. And then it's like, it reaches that threshold, it reaches that mark. God, this is like the sense of the city, and the sins of the city have come up before me. You know, so that God says, okay, this has reached this limit, that I need to do something, I need to step in. The same thing with Nineveh, if you look at the book of Jonah, chapter 1, also in chapter 4, it's because of the sins of the city have come up so much that God says, you know, I need to do something. And in this case, I need to send a messenger in to warn the people. So he sends Jonah, I want to put it in a book, I want you to preach the city. And then we know the story of Jonah, you know, he very reluctantly takes to avoid it, and then very reluctantly he gets there, and preaches the city. He knows these people are going to repent, and God will forgive, and sure enough, that's exactly what happens. And then, you know, in chapter 4, when Jonah is so upset that, you know, the people have repented, and God is extending grace, mercy to them, and God says, Jonah in Jonah, chapter 4 says, Jonah, don't you have some passion on these people? Now, these people don't even know the right hand or the left, you know, and you're angry that I didn't judge them. I'm just kind of praising what God was teaching Jonah. But God is so concerned about the people. He wants to redeem the city. He wants to redeem the people. And he will try different ways. So God's first reaction is not judgment, but God's response is, you know, let's see if we can redeem the city. Let's see if we can do something to draw people to myself. So we get a sense here of what God's heart to the city. When there is evil, and there is then God is always redemptive. He wants to do something to redeem the people, redeem the city. And we can see in examples, even in the book of Isaiah 59, we know that chapter where Isaiah is talking about all the sins of the city. And God says, you know, I look for a man, I look for an intercessor to stand in the gap so that the city may not be judged. So that's the heart of God towards the city. And then very interestingly, it looks at the 19th chapter, verse 41 to 44. Can somebody read that? Look 19. And then I want us to just discuss a little bit why Jesus weeps over the city of Jerusalem. He weeps over the city. It's very interesting. Jesus is weeping over a city, a city, Jerusalem. And let's try to think after we read these verses, you know, why did Jesus weep over the city of Jerusalem. So could somebody read, look 19, 41 to 44. And then let's try to answer that question. Now, as you've heard here, you saw the city and wept over it. See, if you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that you made for your peace, but now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an environment around you, surround you and close you in on every side and level you and your children with you to the ground. And they will not leave leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation. Yeah. So let's just think about this, you know, this verse 41, it says he drew near the city. He saw the city and wept over it. It is very touching, very touching. So why and I'll just stop sharing so we can see what's going on there. Why, you know, he saw the city, he wept over it. Why did Jesus weep over the city of Jerusalem? What, what, what parts come to your mind as you look at these verses? Anyone? Yeah. Go ahead. Thank you. Maybe as my way of understanding, they are not recognized the Messiah, the Messiah which was promised to them. I think that is one one area where Jesus wept. Thank you. Mm hmm. Okay. They didn't recognize Jesus as Messiah. Okay. Good. Any other thoughts? He saw the city, he wept over it. Why did Jesus, why would he move like that? Can you say that? Because the people in the city and the rulers of the city didn't understand the ways of God. So at the end time, and what's written by the prophet, so they can avoid the trouble that will come, they will follow after. You're saying they, sorry, they didn't recognize what had been spoken. That's what you're saying, right? Yes. Yeah, they didn't recognize what was spoken by prophets, so they could avoid calamity. Yeah. Yeah. Kennedy is missing God's reputation. Okay. Just for you going to say something? Yes, I was just going to say that this actually happened, I think during the during, you know, Jesus, a triumphant entry into, you know, into the, into the city. But he also realized that the same people who were, you know, you know, praising and worshiping him, you know, saying, Hosanna, they would, they would actually turn against him, reject him, and eventually, you know, choose to, I mean, rather want to crucify him. And, you know, he felt, he must have felt that, you know, that level of sorrow. Okay, you're looking at it from that these very people are going to turn, you know, turn around, turn against him. And for them on the cross. Okay, the very few people of the same city, yeah, who at that time are celebrating welcoming him and, okay, I see what goes with Richard, they rejected him, and they said, if you leave it up to the council, the judgment in God, you try to them, you want to just leave it in others veins, like a hand of its throat, they reject them. Yeah. So he's seeing what's going to happen to them, because of that rejection, in this judgment of God, it's going to come because they reject him. Yeah. Asha, they were doing something, it sounds right. Okay. All right. So, you know, I guess, you know, the different ones, I've looked at it from different aspects. And so if he if he sum it up, he sum it up. And this essentially is what course 42 captures for us. It's the spiritual condition of the city. Right? Everything that we've all said it is all correct. It's all correct. But really, what happened is, the city is not recognizing what God is doing in the spiritual realm. Right. So, you know, in the natural things all going on in the city, there's everybody thinks everything is okay. But in the spiritual realm, they are missing something. You know, God has come in the person of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. And everything he's come to bring to them is being missed. Verse 42, basically, they have hidden the things that were meant for their good for their well being. They're just missing everything. Because their eyes are eyes can't see. Verse 42, hidden from your eyes. And consequence as a consequence. There's going to be a series of things happen. There's going to be destruction, and so on. Yeah. But if you look at it, if you want to just put in one sentence, everything what we have all said is correct. Put it in one sentence with the spiritual condition of the people, right? They are missing out on what God is doing in the spiritual. While they just so busy with everything that's going on, you know, their eyes are blinded. And therefore, they don't see the day of the visitation. They don't see that the Messiah has come. They don't understand what the prophets have spoken. And there is going to be this tremendous judgment coming upon them because of the rejection of the Messiah and so on. They are going to nail the Messiah to the cross. All that they're going to do, literally they're blind. So Jesus is weeping over the spiritual condition of the city. So the question we need to ask is, are we moved by the spiritual condition of the place where we are? Okay, I know we may all be troubled by natural things, like, you know, if the roads are bad, there's a lot of potholes on the road, or if there is violence, or crime, or anger, there's corruption, all these things, all those things do disturb us. But there's a spiritual condition of the city in which we live, causes to be over the city. It is a question of thought. And I want to invite us, you know, into this place where, like Jesus, and I'm not saying we should force this. I'm not saying we should make it up. What I'm saying is our heart towards God and towards the city, whatever his place is, right? It should be so tender to be also like Jesus, weep over the city, basically the spiritual condition of the people. He saw the city he wept over, because their eyes were blind, that they didn't know the things that were meant for their peace, that were meant for their well-being, which would all, you know, thereafter, it's going to be all these consequences. But think about it, just the spiritual condition of your city, make you weep over that city. May you feel what God feels for your city. Now, let me just go forward with this note here. Okay. So the other thing when we talk about cities, villages and towns, you know, God's hand is involved. The Bible tells us this in Acts 17, I think somebody could turn that. So Paul is preaching it out and then as part of his sermon, he makes this statement when it comes to the places where people dwell and today we will refer to the best cities and towns and villages. But he makes this statement here in Acts 17, 26 and 27, somebody could read it for us please. Act 17, 26, 27. Act 17, 26, 27. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined a lot of periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place. That they should seek God and perhaps fill their way toward him and find him. Yet, he's actually not far from each one of us. Thanks. Very interesting. Thank you. So Paul is an atom. Okay. So this we understand at that time was the intellectual capital of the world, all these great philosophers, you know, Socrates and others, just in a couple of centuries before Paul had come and so today this happens. It's like this big intellectual capital, people are very, you know, intellectual and so on. So when he's speaking to these people, notice what he says. He says, God, verse 26, he has made from one blood every nation of men and he has determined, God has determined their pre-appointed times, so the time the rise and the fall of nations and also the boundaries of their dwellings. Interesting. I mean, God in his own way has been involved in the establishing of these dwellings where people dwell. So you can look at it either from the context of a village or a town or a city or a nation that God has been involved in this, where people are dwelling. So if we apply this to a city or whatever that dwelling is, whether it's village or a town, we need to say, God, your hand was involved in determining this, that people would live here and for what purpose? The next verse says, so that they would seek the Lord. So somehow, in the establishing of these dwellings, there is the underlying intent of God that people would seek the Lord and might grove for him, would search for him and point him. Now, if you take a look at that book, Turning Our Cities for God by John Dawson, so he explains that in the establishing of our cities, there is a redemptive story because verse 27 says, you know, the God put them in their dwellings and there was an underlying intent that these people would search for them and seek for him and point him. So this is God's design and I'm not going to expand on that about the redemptive, you know, the thing that there is a redemptive story in every, that you can find a redemptive story in every city through which, you know, people can be drawn to God. Don't elaborate on that, but what I do want to emphasize is that God's intent for every, for people in every dwelling, in every city, is that they should seek him. So this is God's heart for the city, that wherever people are, you know, whether it's a small town or a village or a very big city, God has put them there and there is this intent of God for people to come searching for him, seeking for him and find him in that city. So this is the same heart we must have towards the place where we dwell, right? For us, okay, those of us here in Bangalore locally, it's Bangalore city for those of you in different places, whatever city you're dwelling, understand the reason that God's hand was involved in the setting up of that dwelling and part of what he wanted to accomplish was in that place people should come searching for him and find him, right? So let's think about this and, you know, we will just, why is it important for us to receive and or to develop or, you know, to inculcate in ourselves and then this may happen gradually. I'm not saying it'll happen in an instant, but why is it important for us to consciously receive or develop or nurture God's heart for our city? And I think God's heart, I mean, we feel what God feels, we also know what God knows, we also see what God feels and we also move what moves the heart of God. That means we are having God's heart for our city and then when we do ministry in the city, we should operate out of God's heart for our city. So just wanted to want to hear your thoughts. Why is it important for us to have God's heart for our city? Give free to share your thoughts. Why do we, you know, why can't we just go about it with doing it like a business, doing like an organization or do it like a, like a denominational, whatever, why should we come from God's heart for our city? The work that we do, the prayers that we pray, why is God getting God's heart for us to be important? Anyone? Go ahead. Thank you very much. Yeah, I think generally we can genuinely and, you know, faithfully serve the Lord because we carry that the love for God and the vision of God. We mingle with the, with the desires of God. So I believe that without that thing, we cannot be able to accomplish what God wants us to do for that particular city. Thank you. Okay. Okay. I see the other comments in the chat. Thank you, Surya Kumar. I see the other comments that we could carry out his will for that city. How he sees things solve and be carried out. Rose shares that. Thank you. Anita says, it can happen not by my number power, but by the Spirit of God, I am going to share to pray right and do this will. Thank you. Anyone else? Yeah, I see that. Good. Go ahead. Yeah. So as it is written in Isaiah 55, 8 on with that his ways are higher than our ways. So sometimes we don't understand things and we see it in human perspective or with eyes physicalized, but God says by faith. So his ways are higher and he wants to save him. That is his heart. He does not want anyone to perish. We may judge people by the ways they live by the ways, but his ways are higher and he says, I want to accomplish my will. I want to save people. So when we pray according to his will, he will put love in our hearts when we pray and that prayer will be more effective and and and moreover when God will save the city, we will be partakers of that blessing also. All right. Good. Good. Thank you all for sharing. You know, all of these things are valid, valid parts, right? So that we could have God's vision, see the way God sees it. Now we could love even when sometimes the city may be repulsive. You know, for example, I'm just saying, maybe there are some things, there are things in the city that make you feel like, man, I need to get out of the city. And honestly, sometimes, you know, even I felt pretty upset with the city where I am. I was like, man, when is this going to change or maybe I should just go back to a less crowded city and be calm and quiet because things here can be so stressful, you know? I'm just giving, just telling you honestly, sometimes you feel like that. But then when you have God's heart, it's okay, it may be true that there are all these unpleasant things. There may be all these things going on. But then what does God feel? And then from that perspective, you know, we can do our work, we can pray, God will give us strategies for the city, God will tell us, you know, which so many things will just flow out of the heart of God towards us, as we do the ministry. And I like the process that he will carry out his will for the city. We will get his mind for the city. You know, we can solve problems, we can, as Tarun says, that we can pray correctly for the city. We can depend, as Anipa said, we can depend on the power of the Holy Spirit, you know, and Asha said something, you come out from a comfort zone and God's attitude towards the city have a right attitude. So all these things come only when we get his heart for the city. Otherwise, in the natural, it's so easy. And sometimes it gets very discouraged. And I have known people, you know, the ministry, they come, they start the ministry, after two years, they get so discouraged in the city. And they're backed up and left. That's like, I can't handle this anymore, because it takes, you know, because the thing with the city can be quite discouraging. And it's only when we have the heart of God, can we have that endurance and the determination to stay and say, I am going to, I am going to, you know, because you're operating under God's heart, rather than just, you know, our own natural passion, our own natural, you know, desire. So for all of these reasons, it's so important to operate always constantly, stay with the heart. What does God see in the city? What does God want done in the city? How does God want to reach the city? And we can, you know, we don't have to, we don't have to be constrained by, you know, the things that we see around us in the city. So very good. We will take this forward here. So we must be interested in the well being of our city and pray for our city. In Jeremiah 29, verse 7 and 8, it's a very interesting passage, especially look at the context, right? So the Jewish people, some of them, have been taken into exile, into Babylon. They're in a strange city. They're in a totally different environment. You know, you can imagine the, the whole appeal that they've gone through as a people to be orcibly uprooted from their own city of Jerusalem and taken into Babylon. The Jeremiah is speaking to them, okay? And this is Jeremiah's word, the word of the Lord through Jeremiah. And God is telling him, I want you to seek the peace of the city. I want you to pray to the Lord for that city, for in its peace you will have peace. I want you to plant vineyards and build houses and I want you to settle down and enjoy the city. You know? So this is God's word through Jeremiah, through his people, who are in exile, in a foreign city, you know, you know, they've gone through a lot and yet God is saying, I want you to pray for the city. I want you to seek the peace of the city, right? So that should be our heart. You know, there would be, there may be many things that are, that, that, that make us feel upset about the city, but we need to maintain God's heart. Seek the well-being of the city, pray for it and say, this is where God has called me to serve him at this pointing time, right? The other thing we must, that we also see in scripture is that God looks for intercessors for the city, right? And we are all familiar with these verses. I'm not turning there. In Isaiah 59, 14 through 16, as I described in the condition of the city, says, truth has fallen in the streets, there is no justice and so on. And in the middle of all that God says, I look for a man. I wondered why there was no intercessor for the city, because someone would stand in the gap. In Ezekiel 22, 29, 30, when it goes the same thing, you know, it describes us the fallen condition of the city and in fact, as I sought for a man would stand in the, in the gap and stand the gap and make up the hedge for the city. So God is looking for people who would intercede for the city and that's something you and I should constantly be doing. And I just pray in your heart. As you're moving about in the city, to God, I pray for the city, God. I pray that there's a salvation city. I pray for your mercy on the city. I pray that people will be drawn into kingdom in my city. God, I pray that many will know Jesus Christ in my city. I pray the gospel will advance. However, you know, the many different prayers we can pray, but God is looking for people who would speak to him on behalf of the city, who are interceding for the city. And another thing we would see in especially in the old Testament is that part of what the prophets are prophesying was they were speaking the plan of God for various cities and not just for Jerusalem, but many of the neighboring cities. This is what God is going to do. This is what God is planning to do and we would see that, especially in the writings of the prophets, that God released this plan for the city to just prosper. So if we, as people of God, look to God, stand before him and say, God, show me what you want done in this city. Show me how you want us to move in the city. Show us where you want us and God will begin to reveal this plan. And he will tell us to do this to that. I'm not saying, you know, we're going to solve everything in the city, but he's going to reveal in each of us different aspects of what he wants us to do in the city. And for us to walk together, Amos 3, for us to walk together with God and work with him, he must be in agreement with him. So why is it important for us to know his heart? Because only when we are in agreement with him can we walk with him and work with him in the city. If God is, you know, is feeling compassionate to the city and we are feeling resentful, we're not in agreement with God, we can't work with him, we can't walk with him in the city. A couple other thoughts here in getting God's heart for the city, you know, God is much bigger than the city. Many times, you know, I personally have felt overwhelmed, you know, like, God, the city is so opaque, so complicated, so difficult, you know, and then I just need to remind myself, you know, the city is like a drop in a bucket before God. If for me, yeah, things are so difficult, complex, a lot of issues, and the government may be putting in more and more constraints, etc, etc. So for me, in the city, yeah, things seem to be getting more difficult, but God is much bigger than the city. Nothing is too hard for him, and so always we are expecting the God kind of work to come forth, you know, explaining God to touch the city. So that's something that I found very useful, very important, that, you know, always remind yourself, God is much bigger than the city. This city is like a drop in a bucket before God. Nothing is too hard. So don't let, don't get overwhelmed by the kind of things you see happening in your city, don't get overwhelmed by it, right? As you're putting 50 to, 15 to 30, 30 to 70, now is there anything too hard for God? Now what is the energy to difficult for God? Always remind yourself on that. So what must we do? The first thing, as we prepare for doing touch-clumping in the city or starting any ministry city, we have to operate from knowing God's heart. Get God's heart to your city, learn to see people in the city as God sees them, be more compassionate for people in the city, that way God has moved, pray for your city, right? And, and, and always come from that place, from God's heart for your city. And like Jesus, you pray with the city, or even leap over the city, you know, there are, there are times when I'm driving, and I'm driving across the city, and I just, you know, I just cry, just cry for the city, just leap over the city. God, these are people who need Jesus. Oh God, these are people who need Jesus. And you look at the mouth of Jesus, you look at the crowds of people, and you think, God, there are so many people who need Jesus in my city. You, you, you keep your heart tender towards God for the city. Another interesting thing, this is a little deviation, but just, it's kind of interesting here, is that when you look at the rewards God is going to give to his people in the millennium, he's going to give authority over cities. This is in Luke 19, you know. So, this again is just the parable of the talents. And then to each one who's been a good steward with what God has given them, he says, and I will give you authority over many cities in the kingdom to come. So, we know that in the millennium we're going to rule in reign with Jesus, and he's going to give us authority over cities. So, even at that time in the millennium, the saints will be involved in administering God's kingdom in cities. Let's think about that. But now we are on this side of the millennium. We get to do the spiritual work. On the other side of the millennium, there will be the practical administering work, administrating work, administration work over the state. Right? Two sides. Before the millennium, right now, there's a spiritual work we are doing to see life touched. On the other side, in the millennium, there's going to be administering the kingdom of God in cities all over the world. And final thought here, you know, the Bible closes with a picture of the Holy City. New Jerusalem. God is instead of putting his city here on the planet. Right? And he says, and this is a huge city that God would bring down on us. And we are going to dwell with him in a city, you know. So that's just something to keep in mind. So overall, God is very interested in the city. Okay? And we need to operate from that place. Any questions you have before I jump into the next chapter? Everyone with me so far? Okay, if you want to have a question. Yes, it's possible. First, I want to know how we come to know that God has called us in this particular city. And we have to pray for this city. But is there any like home? Like we know that specifically when we do the ministry and we will understand our call. So in the same way, how we come to know that this is the city where God wants us to plant a church. As you said that, because when we see the cities, we will get upset and you know so many things are happening. So how we come to know that this is a city where God wants me or you know someone to plant a church for a ministry. Thank you, Pastor. Very interesting question. I'll just share my thoughts and then I'll leave it open for others to share. One is, you see God did that work in our lives and he's ordering our steps. The steps, the Bible says, the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. So God is ordering our steps. And in that process, as we are journeying with God, if you find yourself in a particular city, then you mistaken that this is where God wants you to be. And this is where God wants you for that reason of your life. He wants you to be there and therefore you serve Him faithfully in that city. That's one way to look at it. The other way is sometimes God may speak to you specifically to go to a city. So he may put a passion in your heart for a city. So that hasn't necessarily happened to me other than the fact that I just knew and this may be more of an answer I grew up in this city and I just felt I need to come back and start to work from here. So it was very, I would say, more of a first time. But some people may have God put a certain city in their heart and say, I want you to go there. I want you to do it. So either way, God is leading. You know, one is the very natural thing. Your steps are ordered, you find yourself in a city, then you just serve God faithfully in that city. Sometimes God may put a certain city in your heart to serve that and you do that. And maybe in my own experience, one experience I can just share, then I'll open it up for this. This was way back in 1992 and I was in the U.S. at that time and then suddenly God just felt I needed to go to Eastern Europe. You know, I didn't know why you have to go to Eastern Europe. And I didn't know too much but I went to the pastor of the church where I was saying, attending. I told him, I asked, do you have any contact in Eastern Europe? I just wanted to go there to minister. And sure enough, you know, they were in touch with the missionary who was in Albania and so I ended up going there. So in that case, just one example I think that I can think of was a certain region was put in my heart for that particular time and I just followed the promise. So like that God can definitely put cities in hearts of people. Then I want you to go there. I want you to minister. Then we obey God. It's sort of good enough to the rest of the class. You know, if you have thoughts on Shri Kuma's questions, you're welcome to share. You know, how can somebody know that a particular city is where you're supposed to be? Okay, so Albania shared. Yeah, definitely you can come to a dream more of a vision. You know, and I'm just thinking about Matthew chapter two where in a dream, God told Joseph, Joseph, go down to Egypt. You know, so this is very clear where I've got to go to Egypt. We didn't say any other place. Egypt, you have to go. You know, so he kind of moved Mary and Joseph there for that reason. Anyone know? So Pastor, my follow-up question on this question, like we can see a city in the dream. We may have a vision, but we do not know the name of the city. So then, how do we identify that God is giving you a burden for a city through a dream or a vision, but we'll also show you the, we'll also give some other sign to make sure that this is the particular city that God wants you to pray for or go to and minister. Like you got a clear name of that place, like I'm sure God will, you know, like if God wants us to go to a particular place, he'll put the pieces of the puzzle to get. Maybe there's initially a sense of okay what the city would look like then you begin to print a guardian of which, where is this place? Where do you want me to go? And God will guide you there. You know, he'll open up the way to go there. I'm sure like as we speak the Lord, for that, for more details, he will bring it to us in a different way. So second range of just orchestrating situation, people in our path. Yeah. Any other experiences people have I'm sure? Rose sharing, God can show picture, then comes understanding, when we step and surrender those open up, yeah, and then we walk into them and we go. Yeah, so there's a combination of God giving you a vision, you recognize it, begin to move and then there's open doors, all of these things, you know, constraints together and he directs apart. So usually it happens like that. And then God gives us a friend and then he directs apart. Lashank, go ahead please. Okay, thank you Pastor. Pastor, I want to share an experience with the leading of God. With my, my denomination, the founder is Pastor James Makin, who is of blessed memory. For him, during a prayer meeting in the 1937, there was 35, of course, 35, there was a prophecy, a directive prophecy, during a prayer meeting by a L. M. Pentecostal church in the UK. And it was direct that if you come to West Africa, then at that time, God coasts and minister. So he followed, he initially didn't want to come but after two years, after a personal prayer and reflection on the prophecy, on 1937, cease match, he arrived in God coasts as a missionary. Yes, so that is an experience of Pastor James Makin that I would want to share. Thank you. Good, good, thank you. Yeah, so it could be a very specific word, you know, like the Holy Spirit told if you get people, and then people just have to obey. And of course, with prayer about it, you seek out how to guard it, and then you step out on it. Yeah, so Rose also shares, and God repeats that to get our attention, and make sure that we get our attention, then we are just speaking, this is where I need to go, and we step up, okay. But definitely, I think we, you know, I guess our time is up, but the main truth, the main message today is get the heart of God for your city, and then always stay in that place, because a lot of things, if you move out of that place, we can easily get this courage, and so on. Always stay in the place where you're connected to the heart of God for your city, and from there they're going to do all the ministry they're going to do, okay. So next week, we start getting into the practical side, which is understanding the spiritual and natural dynamics of the city, what it involves, and then how do you, from that place, how do you develop a plan or a strategy for your city, okay. Yeah, let's close in prayer. Anybody wants to pray? You can do that, please, and then this is for you. Okay, go on. Heavenly Father, we are grateful, Lord, we grateful because you, even though you can do everything by yourself, Lord, you choose to include us, Lord, in changing your words, in the world, in preaching your word, in impacting cities, we pray for that you use us more, Lord. You will, you make it clear, you that we'll be able to see your vision in the way that we can understand, Lord. And not knowing what we can do or what we will go, but we will know what you've called us to do and what you've placed us so that we can walk in the will and in the way you've called us to walk. We pray for that you, you'll be with us, and yeah, until you meet again, Lord, we pray, in your mouth, in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you very much. Yep, so I'll see you on Thursday for our 3-1-0 class. God bless, enjoy, peace.