 Yeah, so good morning once again and welcome to our lectures for the week. We had left off with a couple of questions which I did mention that I would come back to and I just thought it was important that we just bring back those questions and just address that. So one of the questions that I had written down was, I think it came from, you know, the bans in marriage. Why are the bans red? So it is, it's just like, like we had mentioned, like I did mention the last time, it's a proclamation. It's a public announcement of the, of two people being married. It originated from I think the early Catholic Church, which has been followed by all churches, so that the announcement is made to the, the public of two people joining in together in marriage. It also a requirement in case there occurs any kind of legal aspect. So that's with the bans of marriage. The second question that came about was in the Old Testament, do we have accounts of unmarried men? So, so like I, again, as we have discussed, that a lot of those records aren't given, but, but, you know, we probably can safely maybe assume that there were some of these prophets like Jeremiah, Nehemiah, Ezra, Elisha, Elijah, all of them were probably unmarried because of the kind of, you know, ministry they had, what, what they led. So it's not, it's not given in detail, but we, we know from what the records have said. So definitely in Jeremiah there is, you know, scripture says God tells him not to take a wife from the place that he's, he has been there at that point of time, but we don't know if it was there later. But through the accounts that we have, it has not been, that significant record has not been given. So these were two questions I just wanted to bring back from what we had discussed the last time. Okay. Right. So we are going to go ahead with what we had left off with the last time and to maybe a quick brief, would somebody just like to unmute and quickly discuss what we had covered the last two, two, two lectures in the last week. So anybody would like to brave it out? Yes, anyone, someone whose voice we haven't heard up till now, anybody's. I hope I'm on and you can all hear me because there's deadly silence. Yes, ma'am, we can hear you. Okay, thank you. Okay. Right. Okay. Yeah. So anybody would like to try. Yes, go ahead. So we learned about the attitudes, temperament and behavior. So the first thing is in every relationship is determined by certain characteristics. So when we say attitude, attitude is the way of feeling about things or thinking about something in a particular way. So it matters as to what is our attitude towards things, maybe like marriage or you gave an example of junk food or other things. So that is one and then temperament. It's our nature. How and what is our inclination towards doing some things? Maybe we may be extrovert or introvert or we may have, you know, that kind of attitude where we have defined ourselves and we often, you know, talk about it and say, Oh, I'm an shy person or I'm an extrovert person. So that is our temperament. Then comes behavior where it's about the action and things we do. So how we behave in certain situations in pressures in times, how we react to things or maybe we respond to things probably. This is what. And then ma'am, you taught about when we are married in different situations, we should be, our attitude should and temperament should be guided by Christ likeness, the way Lord has taught us to handle certain situations. So everything basically should be guided by the word, the scriptures, the way Lord taught us and this is how we can, you know, renew our minds and then that's as much as we covered of me. Okay, thanks. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you. You really consolidated that really well. Thank you. Okay, great. Okay. So we had talked about in detail, we had spoken about attitudes and temperament. We had highlighted the fact that it's important for us to recognize and identify what could be our negative attitudes or our dysfunctional temperament and understand that we make a choice to change from having negative attitudes to having attitudes that are more Christ-like and having a temperament that we feel is not, you know, is maybe dysfunctional, could be dysfunctional, but being led by the Holy Spirit, being controlled by the Holy Spirit in all that we are, the nature of the inclination that is there within us. So today we're going to look a little bit more in detail about our behaviors and then get into understanding how is it that we can make this transition from a negative space to what really God designed us or wanted us to be. So when we look at our behavior, you know, if you just have a cross-sectional understanding of why you behave a certain way, you may probably like, for example, let's take an example, maybe you're having, you know, an argument with somebody and at that point of time, you know, when the argument gets heated up, you probably raise your voice, you probably say a couple of things that may be unkind or you may walk out of the room. So all of this suggests, you know, what you're doing is a behavior but suggests something more deeper and there is something within the heart that actually leads you into a form of behavior or an action. So when we look at the way we behave, one of the important things we need to hold on to that the standard of our behavior as a believer, there is a standard of our behavior which should be in alignment with the word. So how we behave and I think, you know, in 24-7, if you're awake, you can actually reflect to look at how is it that you behave. Is this in standard with what God has spoken about in his word or does this come out of a fleshly desire or a fleshly motive, right? So maybe when you're having an argument with it, what do I mean by having a standard of the word? Is that maybe I use, you know, it's important to use kind words. It's important not to repay evil with evil, to be patient, to be gentle, to be kind, to be loving as against maybe a more fleshly behavior would probably be what I had explained earlier, you know, maybe you bang the door and get out or huff and puff and maybe get angry and speak up in a loud voice or use sarcasm or use some forms of unkind words. So all of this shows us what our behavior is and we know, we understand that our standard for our behavior should come from the word of God. So why would this be, what would our motive be? It is the love for God that is shown through in our behavior. Our love for God should demonstrate what our behavior should pan out to be. So when you look at scripture, you know, in 2 Timothy 3, 6 to 17, it says all scripture is inspired by God and is useful for what? For teaching us the truth, for correction, for rebuking and for giving instruction for right living. So if you look at this, the word of God is truth that helps us rebuke all forms of faults or errors. It corrects our faults. It gives us instruction on the way that we need to live. So we fall back onto the word of God to guide how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. So if you look at scripture that are, I mean, it is a replete with many, many verses that shows us as to how our behavior needs to be. But we would probably, you know, take a couple of verses and just quickly look at what are some of those behavioral, what does the word teach us, especially in our relationship with others and especially in our relationship with marriage. So I'm at page 61. I'm at page 61 and you could follow through as I read and we will just pick up some of those forms of behavior that God desires for us as His chosen people that we must be clothed with. So Colossians 3, 12 to 15, could I request somebody to read the scripture? Anyone? Any of you can just read the scripture? Colossians 3, 12 to 15. Can I read them? Yes. Yes. Yes. Charles or Prabhakar, any of you, any of you can read? I'll go with it. Yes. You are the people of God. He loved you and chose you for His own. So then you must cloth yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you. And to all these qualities, add love which binds all things together in perfect unity. The peace that Christ gives us is to guide us, guide you in the decisions you make for it is to this peace that God has called you together in one body and be thankful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Prabhakar. Charles, you could read 1 Peter 3, 7 to 11 in two minutes. So I just want to highlight some of the way that we can conduct ourselves as we relate with people. So if you look at Colossians 3, verse 12, it talks about how you cloth yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. So these are all virtues of behavior. Then there shows tolerance, it shows forgiveness, adding to these qualities love which is in verse 14 so that the peace of Christ guides you in the decisions you make. So when you cloth yourself with these, I call them as virtues of behavior, something that the power of the Holy Spirit needs to, when you yield yourself to the power of the Holy Spirit, these are things that come up even in difficult situations that may cause us to be quite opposite to what is being said here. But that's what God's called us to do, that there is a standard of how we need to behave and we need to be in. Let's move to 1 Peter 3, 7 to 11. This has a little more probably adds on to the instruction given to both the husbands and the wives. Yes Charles, please go ahead. 1 Peter 3, 7 to 11, in the same way you husbands must live with your wives with the proper understanding that they are more delicate than you. Treat them with respect because they also will receive together with you God's gift of life. Do this so that nothing will interfere with your prayers. To conclude, you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings, love one another and be kind and humble with one another. Do not pay back evil with evil or casting with casting. Instead, pay back with a blessing because a blessing is what God promised to give you when He called you. As the scripture says, if you want to enjoy life and wish to see good times, you must keep from speaking evil and stop telling lies. You must turn away from evil and do good. You must strive for peace with all your hearts. Amen. Thank you Charles. So when you look at this, there are specific instructions on how we relate to one another. Going back to verse 7, it talks about living with the proper understanding with your wives and also the other way, treating with respect. How does that come about in our actions and in our behavior? Any examples? How would you treat your spouse with respect? Any example? Come on. Compliment her. Compliment her. Okay. All right. What else? What else would be treating with respect? I would appreciate everything that she does. Okay. Appreciation. More than big things. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So you also do respect. Anita, yes. Brother Tharun, tell us. Yes, Anita. Go ahead. Go ahead. Pass in for their opinion and take their opinion. All right. Taking the opinions of your spouse and valuing what they have said rather than shooting it down. Excellent. Wonderful. Anything else? Anybody else? You can put it up on the chat if you need to. Yes, Amir. Go on. Taking the permission. Taking the permission. Taking the opinions. Okay. Okay. I think that are. Yeah. Go on. No, sorry. The most times, I mean, I think it's like when Anita was saying taking the opinion, I find on the contrary, like most husbands taking permission from their wives to do certain things. Okay. All right. Okay. Not taking them for granted. Okay. So, I mean, you can find very many, even probably, you know, giving them, treating them with respect is the way that you talk to them also, right? Maybe in front of the children, how do you talk to them? Is it out of kindness or is it out of, you know, a sense of anger? So how do you talk to them? Yeah. So treating them with respect, then we go on to loving one another, being kind, humble, not paying back evil with evil or cursing with cursing, paying back with a blessing. Okay. And if you look at the last verse, you must turn away evil and do good. Strive for peace. So striving for peace is ensuring that let's say there's an argument, there is something that or, you know, a heated chat about something, striving for peace. And it can be in your behavior where you can actually, you know, want to keep the conversation as respectful. So striving for peace through these situations. Yes, Anita, I think you had a question. No, ma'am. Will that agree to disagree would go with that strife for peace? Yeah, absolutely. Yes, yes, it does. It does too. Okay. So as we see, we need these, all our behaviors, especially in the ways that we deal with, with significant people in our lives needs to be governed by God's word. So when we look at these three things we spoke about these aspects of our attitude, temperament and our behavior, we understand that these are things that we need to align to what God has, what God has instructed for us in our lives. However, when we actually look in reality, the attitudes or the temperament or the behavior that we have or that we possess may be far from what really God desires of us. So how do we come to that place of moving from what we are right now to what we are called to be? So all of us in this call and everyone around, you know, we are all, as scripture says, we have all sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God, Romans 3-24. So we are all in that place of being sinful in the way that we think, maybe about others, about things, in the way that we respond, some of our inclinations and even our behaviors. When we look back, we may be carrying so many things that are not as how God wanted us or want us to be. So to be able to recognize that first, yes, I may be emotionally hurt, maybe someone has hurt me over and over again, and I carry that hurt, I carry that negative thought. I mistrust maybe my spouse or I find myself unable to be open to them because of the hurt that I carry within. Okay, sometimes our thinking gets very, very distorted because of what we think about the person, because of certain things that they've done. We don't see them in the way that God sees them, that they may, you know, that they are created in the image of God and they are God's gift to us. We may not see them like that. And even in our behavior, we may be bound to things, to ways and patterns and lifestyles that may be wrong and often feel that that is a part of us, that is who we are, that is something that we can't change about ourselves. But what scripture shows us is that you know, scripture shows us of us being a new man, of being transformed by God, not just in, you know, in one area of our spirits, but also in the things of our mind and the things of our body to be able to align ourselves in accordance to what the scripture says. So for our transformation, there are four truths. And I think this is a very personal, you know, this is something any one of us can do, not just for those who are married, but any one of us can begin to establish to see how we can have our inner man transformed. So we just want to present four basic truths, okay, something that we all know, we've all heard of many times, but yet something that's foundational to the change in our inner man. So the first two things that we are going to be looking at is something that has already been done for us. It's a work that has already been completed. But then the other two that we are looking in is something that is ongoing, something that we need to keep walking in, something that is progressive for us, that we need to be aware of doing regularly. So let's just dive into what these truths are. So the first one is what Jesus did on the cross and the power that the cross bought for us, okay, what Jesus's work did on the cross for us. So that's the first one. The second one is who we are in Christ. What is our identity in Christ? So these are things that has already been done for us. There's no striving for us. There's nothing that we need to do. It's already finished. It's already done. We just have to receive it. We just have to take it on. We just have to believe it and begin a lot walking in the power of those truths. Okay, so let's look at these two, the first two of the power of the cross. So what Jesus did on the cross, not only bought you and me forgiveness, but it also gave us the freedom from the power of our sin. Okay, not just forgiveness and our sins, but also he gave us dominion over sin. Okay, the freedom from that sin, whatever sin grasped us into, whatever it holds us into, that's the freedom that we have. And as a result of which there comes a wholeness, a healing of our bodies, our spirits and our minds. So what did sin do to us? It broke us. It completely separated us from what we had with God as well as broke us in all of what God created us to be. But because of the cross, we have been made whole. We have been made righteous. We have been justified. We are as new creation. And that's what we need to hold on to, to receive for ourselves. So just looking at scripture, I'm just going to pick up one of those scriptures of Romans 6, 6 to 14. And I'll read that for you. And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin. Sin must not be your master for you do not live under under law, but under God's grace. So because of what Christ did for us, not only do we have complete forgiveness and complete wholeness through his death on the cross, we're also dead to sin. Okay, we're also dead to sin. And so what does this mean? This also includes all of what we've been talking about those negative attitudes, the unhealthy temperaments or those lifestyles that we are in or any kind of behavioral patterns that are sinful in nature, the power of that has been lost, lost in us. So this means that none of this, these habits or these patterns or these attitudes has a power, has a control over us. It does not have a hold over us because we are free from the clutches of that sin. We are free because of the power of Christ and everything that Jesus did is for us and he provided it for us. So not just, it's just not wholeness. It's the power of sin. The power of sin has been lost. And as a result of that, we are also able to extend that forgiveness to someone who has hurt us or who has wronged us in any way. So through the power of the cross, and we stand in knowing this truth over and over again, just declaring that this truth that he has done for us becomes the very basis for our living. And the more that we keep our self focused on that finished work of Christ and claiming it, claiming whatever he has provided for us and walking in that, we can live not just in peace with what we are going through, but also in peace with our brother or peace with us. So the first thing, like I said, is the power of the cross. The second one is our identity in Christ. So, and I'm sure I think the first years did have this, it probably is a topic of who we are in Christ. So it comes greatly from understanding what did Christ bring for us through his death. So once you and I have accepted the Lord, are born again, there is a relationship that we have with Christ. We are in him. So we are in him in spirit. So 1 Corinthians 517 says, you become a new creation in Christ. So as a new creation, everything changes about us. Nothing of what we have been. That's the old one, that old man, that is moved out, that is finished. And we are in a new creation. So the old is gone, the new has come. And our identity and everything that we are standing on is because of who we are in Christ. So we are empowered and we are blessed because we are in Christ. So once we are born again, we need to live in this new identity. We cannot assume an earlier identity. I'd give you an example of, let's say if you are, you know, let's think about a child who's born in a very poor background or a poor economic background. And there is someone who comes and adopts him into his family where he has everything that he needs. He's got his excess food and his room and his clothes and opportunities, everything that's there. Now if this little boy decides every time, you know, to go back to his old life, you know, he is going to be getting what he got there. But he has been bought, you know, without any, anything, without any cost to this new life. So it is important for the child, for the boy, to live in this new identity, to begin to see everything that, you know, his adopted father has given him. So similarly, we need to live out of this new life, this identity and whatever Christ has done for us. And when we begin to do so, we begin to change the way we just not see ourselves. We also change the way we look at people around us. Okay, our understanding or our attitude towards everything changes because of our identity in Christ. Our perspective about things of, you know, even, even our forces of evil changes because we know who we are in Christ. So these two truths, if we really understand and live out of these truths, that is the completed work of Christ on the cross, as well as our identity in Christ, our lives are very different. You know, we live extremely positive and confident life. So I think I just, maybe just give you an example. So, and this is a personal example. So, years before, there were times that, you know, there was a lot of, which I'm sure a lot of us will be able to, you know, identify with what I'm saying. So because of some circumstances that have happened, there was a lot of self condemnation that, you know, I grew up with, you know, just often thinking and telling myself that I wasn't good enough. I couldn't do certain things. You know, there was always somebody better than me. You know, those usual adolescent thoughts, I'm sure all of us have gone through that in some way or the other, right? But when it actually hit me when, and I'd read this verse a million times, but one day this verse actually popped out from scripture, you know, in bold, in color, and in all its bigness. And that was Romans 8.1, which says, there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Okay. Now, I was a believer since long and never saw the truth about that, that in Christ, there was no more need for me to condemn myself. There was no more need to do that, because he had taken my condemnation on the cross for me, everything, every self-loathing, every self-hating, everything that under-conference, all of that was taken away. So the more that I began to see the truth, the more I began to see that what I was doing was a choice that I was making. So it was like the sport child who decided to go back into the scum and the dirt and say, I don't have anything, where just across the road, I just need to hop, skip, and jump, and I have everything. So it was my choice to decide whether to live in that truth or to live out of that lie. Okay. So the more that we begin to see what are identities, and this is a very practical way of how we find ourselves. So often, they can be condemning ourselves because of some sin, right? I'll never change. This is something, the sin continues to hold over me. And that in itself, we diminish the work of Christ on the cross and bring it to nothing when we do that. So to live out of this completed work are these two important truths, the power of the cross as well as our identity of who we are in Christ. So this is the first two things which is already done for you. Nothing you need to do. You've just got to believe it. You've just got to receive it. You have to begin to live in understanding the truth. Now, how do we do that? The next two things is something that we are called to do. It's something that is ongoing. It's something that we need to ensure that we walk in a daily basis. The first one is renewing of our minds and walking in the Spirit. Now, Romans 12, 2, very familiar verse. It says, do not be conformed to the world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, right? So what is the renewing of our minds mean? It is changing the way we think. Renewing is to make new, is to change. So whatever thoughts or whatever ideas that we have been, that has become like a pattern for us, we change it by renewing our thinking, changing the way that we think, thinking differently. And how? Not just thinking positively and good, but thinking according to God's word. Our minds are renewed when we meditate on God's word. For our minds to be renewed, we cannot be doing positive psychology. We need to consistently and intentionally meditate on God's word and keep our thinking in alignment with the truth of God's word. So like I said, the example that I gave you, being very self-critical, I had to repeat this verse over and over and over again, until that verse found, my mind absorbed it and was full of it and it grew into my veins and into my system and into my thinking. It had to change that way. So for us to change our thinking, we need to continue in like the cow does. You know what the cow does? It regurgitates his food, its food. It swallows it, but then brings it back and chomp, chomp, chomp. It chomps, it chomps, it chomps, it chomps, it chomps, it chomps, it chomps, it so much so that it's almost left to nothing. But then again, it comes back. So that's the meditation we're looking at, continuously renewing our minds on specific areas. So what do we do is identify. Now that's why we said of being able to recognize and acknowledge what is something that is wrong? What attitude of mine is wrong? Or what is it that is promoting or bringing about these negative intentions? What is it? And then coming back to renewing and perceiving things from the perspective of God's Word. And this is something that never changes, never stops. This is something that keeps going on and on because it's only when your mind is renewed, you will begin to see changes in your attitudes, in your behavior, in your temperament. So renewing of the mind is a very important truth of it. The fourth one is, yes, walking in the Spirit. Now in addition to just renewing our mind and meditating on God's Word, we are also called to walk in the Spirit. So what does this mean? You know, it is, if you look at Ephesians 5, 18 to 21, it says, do not get drunk with wine, instead be filled with the Spirit. Okay, there are other verses that talks of how we give over our influence over, you know, every form of our influence to the work of the Holy Spirit, where it says, you know, do not quench the working of the Holy Spirit in 1 Thessalonians 5, 19 says, so that, you know, he continues to influence you and don't quench that working in you. So the more that you yield, when we submit and we yield to the working of the Holy Spirit, being influenced and learning to follow that guidance of the Holy Spirit, we begin to also have a change. We begin to keep away whatever has been fleshly, okay, things that we may do out of an impulse or out of our anger, which could be, you know, maybe saying unkind things, maybe getting angry, maybe it's probably quarreling or it is envious, being envious, being sarcastic or anything, which all is being classified as the work of the flesh, right. But when the Holy Spirit enables us to put off, to put off our old self, to put off these sinful deeds, like it says in Galatians 5, 16, it says, walk in the spirit so that you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. So the more, so there cannot be two natures in you, there has to be the spirit nature or it has to be the being fleshly controlled and scripture says, those of us who are spirit controlled, we are, you know, we are led to life, those who are fleshly controlled, we are led to death, right. So when we walk in the spirit, we end everything that may be fleshly, okay, and then we have the fruit of the spirit, as Galatians 5, 24, 24 to 25 talks about that, you know, when we live in the spirit, we also walk in the spirit and the fruit of the spirit gets manifested, Galatians 5, 22, 23, that goes in. So to bring this entire thing into a place of transformation, you know, a place where we're thinking right, where we're perceiving according to God's God, we are communicating with these attitudes when we have a personality or an inclination or a nature that is yielded to the Holy Spirit when we are governed by God's Word, doing these four on a continuous basis, walking in the spirit, asking the Holy Spirit to, you know, to be with us. So even when you're engaging with someone, you know, I think it's a good practice to say, Holy Spirit, I yield, I give you my words, I give you my actions, I give you my feelings, I give it all to you so that it may be something that gives you glory and edifies somebody else. So just that prayer as you're doing it, you know, even if it's something that you're finding really difficult, yield, yield to the power of the Holy Spirit. So these four important truths, the first two being completed, which is the power of the cross and our identity in Christ and the other two which continues, you know, till we reach, we are with the Lord, is having our renewed minds and walking with the Spirit. So each of us, each of us can do this and we can begin to see how we change, you know, we are transformed in the inner man where our personal transformation takes place. Okay, the last thing that I do want to bring about is one of the questions that came up last time, I think it was Christopher who spoke about this and said, what do we do, you know, if, you know, as in a marriage relationship, when there is one person who probably is, you know, has a negative attitude or has a difficult temperament or a difficult behavior, what do you do when you observe this kind of negative attitudes in your spouse? How do you approach some of this? Okay, so I think first and foremost is, you know, this is wonderful if the two of you can agree that you're going to hold each other accountable, that you're going to live a life that is transformed and work on these three things, your attitude, your temperament and your behavior. So coming together in agreement and saying, you know, let's hold each other accountable and I think that's a beautiful place to be in because if we don't do that, we may appear to be either nagging or we may be trying to feel more self-righteous or as if we are policing the other one and it may cause a lot more damage than it causes harm. Okay, so yes, when you do observe some kind of a negative attitude in your spouse, it is, you know, it can be bought up lovingly. And now there are, if you look at the page, if you look at page 68 and 69, there are some examples that are given there, you know, how you can bring this up in the most endearing way to your spouse. So I think, let's probably read the first one. It says, when your spouse is complaining or grumbling about the way things are or certain situations at home or work or church or anywhere else, how is it that you can respond? What if we see the good that is happening and we choose to accept and enjoy the good instead of focusing on the not so good? Okay, so that's a way that you can respond. You could also respond like, yeah, sometimes, you know, life can be hard, certain situations can be hard. But you know, we are called to look at every blessing, we are called to look at the good things that we got. So maybe, you know, as an exercise, how about if you and I look at the number of blessings that we have and, you know, encourage ourselves. So these are ways that you can respond. Now, this kind of an environment would definitely need both you and your spouse to be absolutely calm, absolutely willing to be spoken into, to be, you know, for any kind of attitude that you may see to be held up and to be picked up. Like that's why I said, you know, it is important to come up to a place of accountability that, you know, you are willing to do that for each other. But it's definitely something that in prayer, you know, I think for those of you who married, discuss this with your, with your spouses and, and ask if the two of you can come to a place because one of the best mirrors that you have is your spouse who can actually tell you what you are. So what you are inside the home is, you know, is who you really are. Right. So getting that, that form of understanding can, can be extremely helpful. Okay. So what, what I, you know, what y'all can do is there are a lot of checks over here on how, you know, what are some of your attitudes or your behaviors and your temperaments and it's there. It's on the application page of page 66 and 67 and a little bit into 68. If you can take time to do this and, you know, work on this and use these, these personal transformation truths that we spoke about, do that and begin to see how life can change for you the way that you see yourself, the way that you see others and the way that you see life will have a marked change. Okay. I'd like to open this for questions. If there are any, we have maybe around two or three minutes before our break. So would anyone like to bring up any question? Are we all under personal transformation right now? Yes, Charles. Yes, please give me a question. It's not a question, pasta. It's not a question. Yes. Oh, go ahead. Go ahead. It's an insight. Please. I'd love to hear you. Go ahead. Yes. I wanted to go back at first Peter chapter 3 verse 7 through 11, where he's saying that we need to live with our wives with proper understanding that they are more delicate than us. This understanding helps us to treat them with that respect. It helps us to make us able to know how to handle them because wives have been given the greatest task of submission and they will always find it hard to be submissive. But when you learn that they are also struggling with that, then we will be able to handle them. It has helped me to even handle. Yes, because I know it's a struggle. It's hard for them to submit. So I have to treat them so that I will even be helpful in helping them in how to submit. And I become an example. I do my part and then they find themselves rhyming with what we have done or what we have said. Thank you so much. Thank you, Charles. Thank you so much. I think that's great to hear how you have applied God's word in a very practical way in your marriage. That's wonderful. So the next portion of which is we're going to be getting into roles of marriage. And I'd love to hear examples of how you feel you fulfilled your role or your spouse has fulfilled their role and learn from each other. So I know most of us would have read this many times. So we'd probably take around maybe 10 minutes to really share of how we've lived out those roles within marriage. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Charles. All right. We'll meet back in a couple of minutes for our second class. And yeah, see you soon.