 Welcome back after break. Just before we went for a break with chapter where we're looking at chapter two and talking about family. An important thing we need to remember as ministers of God is don't think that your family members are to be preached at all times. We're so used to preaching sermons that we can start preaching sermons to our wife, to our children. Anytime they do anything wrong and we give them scripture and code scripture and Bible verse and chapter and verse. We shouldn't be doing that. So when you have issues at home, problems at home, you're discussing some things, you need to listen to them, you need to reason, share, discuss, talk things more practically. Also when you come home from ministry, what happens? We're constantly talking about who did what, who came and met you, what problem they're going through. What happened, so sad, this person is hospital, that person happened like this, this person is going to go to a divorce, this child ran away, all of those issues you're talking at home. And so the spouse and the children get upset because when you come back home, you're not willing to listen to their problems, their issues. So important to leave aside ministry where it is. When you come back home, you're a father, you're a husband, talk things related to your spouse and to their children, your children, what happened during their day, what is their problems, what are the issues they're facing, how you can help them out. Also talk personal and family issues before ministry, same thing, taking back all of your who you met, what happened, who did what, who said what and all of those things, leave it behind at church, at your church office, when you go back home, you know, spend time, talk with what concerns your spouse and your children, what is their interest, what did they go through and realize that when you go back home, you are not a pastor to them. You are a husband to your wife or you are a wife to your husband and you are a father to your children or you are a mother to your children. So don't talk about ministry. Okay, and it's good not to discuss about other people's life at home. Just concentrate on what is happening at home and how you can best relate and help them at home. Okay, spend time with your children. We've already spoken about this, you know, as ministry goes sometimes, you know, we kind of compromise on spending time with our children, but it's important that we spend time with them. Do what they like to do, you know, and also important to do what is important for them. Don't say, okay, let's go out here. They might not be interested. Maybe they want to be at home, you know, and just color and paint or, you know, they want you to sit with them and watch Cartoon Network or, you know, they're drawing, they're painting. They wanted to play with them. You know, I know my uncle was a pastor, but he was, you know, when he was with his children, he would just be with them. You know, he would play hide and seek with them, running and catching. He would, you know, discuss things with them, have quiz from the newspaper, tell them to read the newspaper, have quiz and do various fun activities with them. And it was always a big joy to go and be with my uncle because, you know, he would do such fun related things, even though he was a pastor. You know, he would not bring his pastor's response with his home and son, he would be a different person at home and he would not even look at him as a pastor, he would just joke and, you know, do funny things. We just had such a good time with him and his children really enjoyed their father, even though he was a pastor. Okay, so important to do what they like, what is important to them. And when we do that, basically, you know, you are, you're showing that you're interested in what interests them. And then you gain the right to speak into their lives and write upon their hearts. So when you speak to them, you know, about their behavioral issues or things that they're going wrong, things they're doing wrong, they will listen to you. They will talk back to you because they will talk back in the sense they will tell you what they are thinking, what they're feeling because they know that you are genuinely interested in that. You know, something to keep in mind is when you go through life, when you look at things, whether it's news on the TV or you read something, the newspaper or your children come back home and tell you this is what happened in school. This is what they heard, this is what is happening around the world. Is it true? It's good at those times to, you know, kind of slowly teach them from God's word. Rather than saying, don't do that, because God's word says that it will just totally, you know, irritate them, but it's good to use situations in life. So if your child comes back home and says, you know, the teacher was very angry and she punished the whole class, but it was not my mistake. It was just one girl's mistake in the class and all of us got punished. So you can say that's sad to hear, but as a parent, you can also talk about something from God's word. So the same way, you know, Adam and Eve sin, but all of us are facing the consequences of that sin. So you see, you know, with just a small note that we're bringing in and trying to teach children from God's word and they relate better. You know, when I go to school and teach children, they say that they learn better, not through the concepts that you teach them. But when I give them real life examples or I give them examples from my own life, they say that is what registers in their mind. That is what they learn more from. So even situation things that happens in people's life are good times to teach Godly values, inculcate Godly values in the lives of our children. Look at what Deuteronomy chapter 6 verses 6 and 7 says. Can somebody read that please? Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 6 and 7 verse 6. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. And verse 7, you shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them. When you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up. So your God is saying, teach children what, when should you teach children? Every time, at all moments, at all situations and all times. Just use situations to teach them, you know, truths from God's word. There are also times when we can just speak prophetically over your children's life. You know, God is leading you sometimes to speak prophetically into their lives to make declarations, decrees to speak that over their lives. Don't say, you know, like a prophet does says the Lord and, you know, just just tell them to speak over their lives. The pastor has also mentioned that he loves to put these two children to bed, you know, just pray for them when they are just before they go to bed. Give them a hug and a kiss and say good night to them. Also those times he says those are real good times when he can connect heart to heart with them. You know, when they're sharing some things on their mind and he can just speak to them. He can help them even as they just go or fall off to sleep. Okay. Another important thing as ministers of God is not, it's not a sin. It's important that we schedule family vacations, have family time with your family, take them out for an outing. You know, all of these little things that you do, you know, family outing vacations, celebrating their birthdays, your children's birthdays. Children will remember it for the rest of their lives to be lasting memories. Okay. So it's good to take time off, even from your ministry, just spend time with your family. And just like Jesus did, you know, we read in Mark chapter six was 30 and 32. Jesus told his disciples, come let's go away to a deserted place to a lonely place and rest a while. Because many were coming and going and they did not even have time to eat. So they took the boat and they went off to a very quiet place to spend time. So even Jesus needed that quiet time. So it's good to take quiet time. Okay. Maintain your family altar. What is family altar? Family prayer time, basically. Okay. So it's good to come together as a family to don't do it as a routine for the sake of doing it. But, you know, let it be more exciting, creative. Sometimes, you know, just worship God as a family. Sometimes just pray, sometimes pray in tongues. You know, Pastor also says that during his family time with prayer time with his children, he has taken them through the book Fulfilling God's Purpose for Your Life and also who we are in Christ, just talking about who their identity is. So it's not like giving them a lecture and teaching them, but actually discussing with them. And it's a good time to teach and inculcate these godly values. Okay. The next one is put family time before ministry time. We've already spoken about it. Guard your family while ministering to people. Now, sometimes when we are ministers of God and we are ministering, you know, people expect that, you know, we as ministers should be superly anointed people, holier than our attitude. And also our spouse and our children should be the same. And sometimes, you know, there's so much of demands laid on pastor's family, their wives, their spouse and children, that many times they get so, they don't have the freedom to be who God wants them to be. They have to come into a mold or wear a mask just because people want them to be a certain type. And that really frustrates them. And they come to a place where they get very frustrated and rebellious and they can rebel. So, you know, let your spouse and your children be who they want to be. That does not mean that they should be wild and just do what they want to do. But they live according to Godly standards. But not like, you know, oh, you're a pastor's child, so you should not wear this. You're a pastor's child or you're in full-time, your parents are in full-time ministry. You should not be doing this. You should not be going there. You should not be playing. You should not be saying this. Okay. So don't get them to conform to a certain pattern and a mold. Okay. Also, it's important that, you know, we don't open up our homes to people to come, you know, like an ministry office. And I've seen that in many ministers of God who have opened their homes up to, you know, people that they're ministering to. You know, whether they're ministering to youth or drug addicts, alcoholics. They've opened up their homes to people to come in and out and be there. And the children are led astray and it's very sad. I've seen two families do this. So it's important that keep church separate and home separate. Okay. If people have to come and meet you, they come and meet you in your church office and not your home. Home is a place for you, the spouse and your children. It does not become your church office. It becomes does not become a home where, you know, it's like not an office where people are open to come 24 seven and just be there and live there and do things. That is going to cause a lot of chaos. So you need to protect your home and your family. Okay. The next thing we need to remember is don't step out and don't step in. Okay. Don't step out means marriage is between the covenant between God and husband and wife. Okay. Don't let any other person enter your marriage. Okay. So don't allow any other man or woman enter into your marriage is saying that, Hey, they're my good friend. I'm just counseling them. I'm helping them. You know, sometimes it happens like that. You know, a man of God is counseling a young woman and she keeps coming home. You know, and we've seen very sadly that, you know, the minister or the man of God goes away this with this woman that he's counseling and leaves his wife and his children. Okay. So don't allow anyone to step in. It's best that as men we counsel you counsel men as women we counsel women. We don't step out of our boundaries there as well. Just one initial meeting is okay, but if they need other follow up meetings, always put them over to somebody else. Okay. Very important to do that. Also don't step into somebody else's marriage. You know, when you as a pastor, you want to, your people come to you with marital problems. You are trying to help them find me what happens when you are counseling as a man you fall in love with the woman who's already married who comes to the marital problem. Or if you're a female counseling, you're counseling the man who's come to you with a marital problem. You know, you tend to have a relationship with them. So very dangerous. You know, you know, need to keep your boundaries when to step in when to, you know, not when to step in and step out. Don't step in and don't step out. Don't step out of your own marriage. Don't step into somebody else's marriage. Okay. And if you need help, you need to get help soon. Sometimes we think that we are in ministry, you know, it does not mean that we don't need help. We need help because we're human beings. We are frail. We are weak. We go through challenges. We go through problems and difficulties. So it's important for us to get help. And also it's important for us to know that as ministers of God, we are not anointed and gifted in all areas. So we need people with different anointings to help us, whether it's people who strengthen marriages, people who are gifted and anointed in marriages, homes, families, handling finances, administration, organization, you know, or addictive behaviors. We need their help and support. So it's good to, you know, learn to receive from other people. And also when you go through problems and difficulties, don't say, you know, don't put the blame on Satan. Don't say that devil is doing it. Devil is trying to destroy my home. I'm under spiritual attack. No, we know from the word of God. When are we led away into temptation? How are we tempted away? When are we tempted by our own evil desires? It's our own desires that lead us away. It's not just Satan. It's our own desires that lead us away. And when we are led away, you know, and given to our own sinful or carnal desires, it leads into sin and to temptation. Okay, so it's important that, you know, even though we are called and anointed by God, we have our own weaknesses, limitations, problems that we go to. So it's important that we take help. Don't think, okay, if I go and take help, you know, everyone will come to know, everyone will laugh at me. You know, don't let pride stop you as a minister of God. How can I take help? Don't let fear stop you. But if you are stopped by a pride and your fear, then the problem is going to escalate. It's going to become bigger and bigger and it's going to blow out. And you know what happens when there's a bomb explosion, right? You know what happens when there's a volcano, volcano. It's slowly, you know, burning on the inside and one day when the pressure is so high, intense, it bursts open and it caused such a lot of devastation and such a lot of problems. So don't wait till the problem occurs, get help, you know, go to people who are prayerful, who can handle your problems with confidence and who can help you. And so your life, your family, your ministry is all well protected. The sooner you will get help, the better, okay? And the last thing is your ministry is not a family business, okay? Now, it's God's plan and purpose that, you know, his faith and revelation move on from one generation to another generation. For God, it's important that one generation passes on their faith and revelation to the next generation and the next generation builds on that as the foundation, okay? If it's not passed on, then they will go back to many generations past. So you keep passing it on, they build on the, you know, where you have built on and they continue building on from there. So it's always wonderful to see, you know, entire families and generations of people in a specific family just doing the work of God over many generations. So some of you say, you know, my father is a pastor, my grandfather was a pastor, my great-grandfather was a pastor. And I'm also calling the Pashtun ministry. That's a great thing because God has called you, okay? So, you know, and many of you in your families are gifted and anointed in various ways. You're looking and you're using your gifting and anointing to build up the body of Christ. However, there can be a wrong side to this, you know? Now, suppose your father is the pastor of a church and he started the son, all your mother, your siblings, your father's brothers, your cousins, everyone are part of the church and all of them are handling different church aspects of the church or areas of the church, even though they are not gifted in that specific area. So it becomes like a family business. The church becomes like a family business where everybody is running it and they're not gifted in that specific area and that is not a right thing to do. It can also be disastrous. And we see this in the life of the Old Testament. Whose lives do we see? Eli the priest, you know, his two sons, you know, what a mess they made and finally they died. And also the sons of Samuel, right? They were not called to priesthood, but they had made such a mess of the priestly duties, the sacrifices they were making. Everything was so detestable and unholy in God's sight. So it's important that if people have a gifting and calling in that specific area, it's good to use them. It does not mean that your ministry becomes a family business. So these are some things that we can keep in mind even as ministers of God, as people who are in ministry, how we can conduct our family life or how we can engage in our family lives to honour God. Any questions? Ma'am, should we always use Bible verse to our family member when they do mistakes? Okay, should we always use Bible references to our family members when they make mistakes? What do the others think? Come on, give me your suggestions. It's a simple practical thing. Suppose your father is a pastor, anytime you do a mistake, he gives you a chapter and a verse. How would you feel? Take the mic and speak please. If I am doing a mistake on something, the situation is something else. And on that time, if somebody is counselling me and is putting Bible verses again and again, I got irritated, I don't want it. I need a solution of my problem. You are putting Bible references again and again. What is that? Like this situation will come. So it is like according to situation, we have to do things. Yes, according to situation, you need to discern and tell them. Maybe sometimes people mostly look for practical things. If you give them chapter and verse, they get irritated and sometimes they won't even want to do anything with the Bible. So, good to be practical. But maybe they know that you are getting irritated with them giving Bible verses. When they come back and tell you, hey, it worked. You can tell them, you know where I got the solution from? They say, where did you get the solution from? Then you can say, you know, you can give them chapter and verse. And then you can tell them, hey, you know something, any and every problem, the solution is in the Bible. You're just telling them that. So next time they go looking for solutions in the Bible. So you need to do it in a very creative way. Yes. Yeah. Anyone else? Any questions? Online students, any questions? Very quiet, all of you are? I'm supposed a pastor is going for his preaching. He has called for preaching in some meeting and during the meeting, he's preaching. He got a news that his son is serious. So at that time, what will be his response? Okay. A man of God is preaching. Son is very serious. What would you do, Nelson? Son is very serious. What would you do? Come on, what would you do? Continue the preaching. Can you please take the mic? I heard one time with the testimony that there was one pastor in the morning, he got hurt. His son was died and that day was Sunday and he has to go that taking care of church and he has to go preach, preach them people. Then after this, he said to her wife, because naturally they were sad, but he said to her wife, we will go for preaching. And after this, after ending of church, he said to all people's church, then my son is died. And after they prayed and after then he came back home and their son was alive. Oh, the son became alive. Okay, that's a wonderful testimony. What would you all do? You preach. What is the priority? God first, family second, ministry, right? So in your context, Nelson, I would, what would the online students do? Online students, you're preaching somewhere, your son is very, very serious. What would you do? You continue preaching? I think I would just ask somebody else to share whatever or just, you know, one sermon is not going to do anything. Yeah, one sermon is not going to do anything, but me being with my son or my daughter is important for the family. Otherwise they are going to think, you know, it's not there when my son was, wife will get upset. It's something that they carry lifelong. You know, the children will carry it lifelong. So I think it's important to be there with your family. One sermon is not going to change the entire world and it's not going to bring salvation to the entire world. God can even work. You can ask somebody to preach and help and minister, attend the family responsibility. Yes. Daniel says, Lucy says attend family. I will reduce the sermon and complete it as soon as possible to be with my son. I think I will just leave immediately. But in your context, I had a issue like this one Sunday. I was supposed to go and preach at APC South. And early in the morning, I did around four or five. My father and my sister were to catch the shatabdi to Chennai. They had an accident. Then I got a call and they were badly hurt. So, you know, I had to rush. I went there in the hospital. So I went and then I had to take care of my dad. He had some stitches and all of that. My sister had to catch the train. So I had to go to the station. I had to drop her. I had to come back and bring dad home. And I immediately messaged faster and, you know, some elders at APC South. And they said they had somebody who can back me up. I said, I'll try coming because the service starts at eight o'clock. And it was, so I just, you know, I could do everything. I dropped my father home. He had the stitches. My sister was off to Chennai. Even though she had the bruises, she had gone. I put on the train. I sent her and I came, I brought dad home and he was fine. So all his, everything was normal. Everything was normal. So then I just left and I went and I preached and came back. So that is okay. But then if you're preaching, you have to preach. And then as an Emma, you get a call and as an emergency in the family, I would just rush. His family is more important than there will be somebody who can always fill in for you. Sanjay says only a surgeon, soldiers required to complete his or task before taking on another task. Priority is important. Okay. Only surgeon and soldier, not a minister of God. Okay. Any other questions? Good question. Life and death situation. Okay. Yeah, this was a life and death situation. Nelson was saying, your son is very serious. So would you preach or you would go to take care of your son to do what it requires? See, it's a life and death situation. You said is very serious, right? Okay. Any questions? No online students, you have any questions? Yeah, I think in situations, it varies, right? It's situations you need to discern and see and what God is leading you and take. God has given us a mind to think and to guide us and lead us. Okay. We'll move on to the third chapter, people. Okay. Now Christian ministry is all about ministering to people touching lives. Okay. Touching lives with God's power, his love. Okay. Rescuing them from Satan, bringing them out of darkness into his marvelous light, training them up in righteousness, holiness in Christ likeness and helping them to identify, know what is they're calling their plan and their purpose and to fulfill their God given destiny that God has for them. It's also ministering to people so that they encounter Jesus Christ and they are transformed into his image. But the biggest challenge in Christian ministry is who or what is the biggest challenge in Christian ministry? Who or what is the biggest challenge in Christian ministry? Yes, it's being with people and working with people. And that's why Paul rightly says, our fight is not against flesh and blood. It's against principalities and powers, you know, forces in the heaven. We need them. So it is actually Satan working through people, but sometimes or most of the time we are fighting people. Okay. So biggest challenge in Christian ministry is dealing and working with people, understanding people, how to treat them well, how to lead them, manage them, guide them, correct them, equip them, empower them and release them to their destiny or their calling that God has for them. Okay. So we can learn various life experiences even as we relate with people and sometimes we made such mistakes that, you know, it gives us such a punch on our face or such a hard time that, you know, it keeps a lasting memory for the rest of our lives and we learn precious and valuable lessons. But we need to learn that ministry is all about building people. Look at what Paul says in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 9 and 2 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 2 and 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 19 and 20. So can somebody read those three scripture passages, please? 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 9, you are God's building. 2 Corinthians 3, you are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by old men, 1 Thessalonians 2, 19 and 20. For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy. Amen. So here, what is Paul saying? He's saying that people are God's field and God's building. And so he's saying, he's telling the church at Corinth that, you know, both Apollos and Paul, even as they're ministering, they're basically building God's building, which is people, and they're ministering in God's field, which is also people. So Christian ministry is basically serving and building people. It's Christian ministry is not about building our own empires, our name, our fame, you know, building a huge church, but it's basically building people. So we are here to serve people, we are here to help people, and we're here to help them, you know, lift them up, help them to grow into more Christ likeness and Christian maturity. And Paul says in second Corinthians chapter three was two, that people must be written on our hearts. That means what? What does he mean by saying that people should be written on our hearts? Who do you have in your heart? God, who do you have in your heart? People you love very much, right? People are very close to you, are very close to your heart. You hold them dear to your heart. So when you write people on your hearts, you know, it means that you are there to serve them and not use them. Okay? It's there to build them up, mold them up in the ways of the Lord. They're there to lift them up. And then he says in 1 Thessalonians chapter two, verses 19 and 20, that you know, what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing? So he says that when we meet God, it will not be how much messages we've preached, how many churches we built, how many places we've gone and preached, how many sermons we preach, how many books we've written. No, it is what is our joy and rejoicing? It is how many people we have served and we have led and brought them into the saving image and the glory of God. How many people we have led to the Lord? That is what is going to give us our joy and our rejoicing and our crown when we stand before God. Okay? John Blessing has a question. According to Luke 14, 26, why did Jesus say that he was a great father and mother and children? And he says that those who do not hate, he cannot be my disciple. What does it mean? It basically means that when our love for God or our calling for God or what God has called us and purposed us to do, if our family supersedes that, our love for our family supersedes that, and we're not fulfilling our call and purpose for our life, it means that. So that means it says when God calls us, when he calls us to do a specific assignment, fulfill a specific call in our life, even our family should not kind of stop us from fulfilling that call and that purpose. And it does not mean that when we are fulfilling God's call and purpose, we neglect that family. So that is not the posture. We made in all three postures, right? Our calling supersedes our love for our family, but at the same time, we need to take care and love our family and we need to nurture them and provide for them. Okay, does that help John Blessing? Okay, so when we're ministering to people, we need to understand that growth happens in different stages and we need to be very, very patient. Okay, so when we're ministering to people, we need to realize that the level of maturity they are in. Now, suppose you finish one year of Bible college or you finish three years of Bible college and you go back to your church, you have a church, you're ministering somewhere and you just teach them about the Holy Spirit. You teach them about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Now, they're not in a mental state to come or maturity to come to the level where they can receive it. So what do you do? You start off from the basics. Maybe you can start off with the foundations or you can start off with fulfilling God's life or you can start off with who they are in Christ. So build them up knowing where they are. So all of our sermons that we preach, even as we are ministering, this is in the context of a pastoral context, we don't just preach sermons just to fill up the time, but rather we preach and also we don't preach sermons what people like. Some people say, pastor, please preach about prosperity, preach how we can be blessed, preach how we can handle our family, children. Now, all year we can't keep preaching the same sermons. So if you look at APC, throughout the year pastor has different sermon topics, missions, evangelism, family, marriage, who we are in Christ, books from the Bible that we study. So it's different in different areas of our spiritual growth, different topics that are taken and he chose this according to where we are as a church. So sermons that we preach should not be just to fill up time. Each sermon that we preach should be moving, helping people move towards spiritual maturity, towards higher level, and to move them towards a destiny towards God. And also we need to be clear where our congregation is spiritually and what God wants us to preach and teach them. So even if you're called somewhere to preach and teach, don't say, okay, I'm going to preach this because I think this is a good sermon, but you need to ask God, God, where is this people I'm going, this youth or this children or this people I'm going to preach? Where are they spiritually? What do you want me to preach or share with them? Not what you feel like and think, but what God wants you or is leading you, the Holy Spirit is guiding you to preach and to teach them. The next one with regard to people is that we need to honour everyone. Okay, look at what Romans chapter 12 verse 10 says. Can somebody read that please? Romans 12, okay. We kindly affectionate to honour another with broadly love in honour. Give preference to another, honour another. Yes, so it says, you know, be kind, affectionate, honour, giving preference to one another. Okay, so we need to honour people and not discriminate based on social status, economic status, you know, the different denominations that they come from. We need to treat people, everyone, whether they are rich or poor, everyone, we treat them the same and we serve them the same because each one of them are precious in God's sight and each one of them are purchased with the blood of Jesus Christ. That's what we read in the beginning, right? We are purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ, so we need to honour each one and we need to treat them everyone same because all of us are part of the family of God. Okay, does God show partiality? Does God show partiality? No? Are you sure? Some of you are doubting? Okay, God is not partial. I think it's Romans chapter one verse 16 that says or I think it's Romans chapter one verse 11 or says in Romans, sorry, Romans chapter two verse 11 says for there is no partiality with God. Okay, Romans two, 11. God is not partial. Okay, so we shouldn't also show partiality but we need to honour everyone and genuinely care for people. Not just show people that we care for them so that they will come to our church and they will give us some good gifts and bless us with some good things but genuinely care for people. Okay, how do we honour elders, leaders and fathers? Look at what 1 Timothy chapter five verse seven says. Can somebody read that please? 1 Timothy chapter five verse seven. Let the elders who rule will be counted with the of doubt, honour, especially those who labor in the vault on me. And doctors. So those who are elders or leaders or fathers in the house, we need to give them what? Just honour, double honour, especially those who are teaching the word and doctor. Okay, so we need to give them double honour. Okay, that means we need to give them great respect. Sometimes as younger people, you know, we have more tech savvy, we know a lot about technology and we can look down and we're more quick and efficient and we can look down on older ministers because they don't know many other things that we know. Okay, but it says here we need to irrespective of whether they know or not, we need to respect them and give them honour. Respect and honour, why? Because for the things that they have already accomplished in the kingdom of God. Okay, they have built on something, we are building on that. Okay, the next generation comes, have to show you greater honour and respect because they you have built and they are going to continue from there. Okay, also we read, we shouldn't show partiality, we've already talked about it. Okay, Paul is writing to young Timothy, in 1st Timothy chapter 5 verse 21, very important, let's read that. Can somebody read it please, 1st Timothy 5, 21. 1st Timothy chapter 5 verse 21. They charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice. Prejudice, without prejudice. Without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality. Yes, so here is Paul is telling Timothy how to lead and serve God's people. Okay, and it's very interesting when he's telling Timothy, he's giving him this charge, he's telling him that, you know, the Lord Jesus Christ himself and the elect angels are witnesses to how we relate to people. So how we treat people, okay, in other words, you know, how we relate to them, who is watching us, who is our witness, Jesus himself and the elect angels. Okay, so this is an important instruction which we must not avoid and we cannot violate how we relate to people. Sometimes how we talk to people, you know, whether it's people working under us or the maids who come to our house, you know, or the person over the counter in the shop or the salesman, the saleswoman or the orthodox person, the cab driver, how we talk to them. Sometimes in a very demeaning way, but when we do that or how we speak to our spouse or how we speak to our family people, you know, our children sometimes, you know, is saying that God is actually watching over us. He's listening to Jesus Christ and the elect angels are actually our witnesses for how we treat people. Okay, so also when we are, you know, treating people, we need to be mindful that we don't treat, you know, based on their social and economic status. Also when we correct and discipline people, we also do the same thing, whether they are very influential, whether they're very rich, you know, we don't treat them or discipline them in a nice way and those who are poor, they're rude and in a harsh way. But even when we're disciplining people, we discipline everyone the same way. We treat everyone on the same way because when we stand before God, all of us, whether we are maids, whether we are, you know, drivers, orthodox drivers or whether we are cleaning the drains or whether we are, you know, managers, CEOs, doctors, engineers, ministers of God, we are all standing on the same level, you know, and God sees us, everyone the same. So we are no one to, you know, differentiate with people. Last thing we will look at before we close today is say thank you, which is very difficult for many of us. You know, we need to be people who are thankful, thank God himself, thank God for the people that he's placed in our lives. When we thank people who God has sent in our lives, we're actually realizing who we are and what we are. We're trying to say, hey, we cannot do everything on our own, with our own strength. It's because of God's grace and your assistance and those working alongside us that we can do what we are able to do as ministers of God. Sometimes as ministers of God, we take people for granted, right? We say, hey, they're coming to our church. I'm feeding them spiritual food and it's their right to do this for me or do that for me or help in there in the church. So we feel almost as if it's a right for people to help support and encourage us, but it's not our right. It's God who sent them for us to build them up, to be shepherds over the sheep and not lord over them and not exercise our right. It's not their right that they have to treat us well and support and help us, but we need to care for them. And when they do something, it's okay as ministers of God, as people in higher levels of position to say, thank you. I always learned this from my mother. When the maid, when she does the housework and she leaves, my mother will always tell her thank you. My mother is much older to her. My mother's paying her, she doesn't have to say thank you, but she always tells every day, says thank you. See, and I just learned it from her. So even when the maid, when my mom's not there, the maid tells me, I'm going, I say thank you. So we learn, you know, and it's important to thank them. It's important to thank people who bring your food or the auto driver who brings you in the auto-diction of the cab or the driver, you have a driver at home or the gatekeeper who opens the gate for you. Now that's small things. The shopkeeper who gives you something when you ask, say thank you. The waiter who takes your plates, you know, after you eat, say thank you. Okay. It just shows how grateful you are to God for little things that God has blessed you with. Okay. We'll stop here. Any questions anyone else, anyone has? Any questions? We'll continue this in the next class. When will we have the discussion about the assignment? Two, please. What discussion do you want, Nisha? The discussion is, the questions are going to be the same way like we've had for the first assessment, but it's based on the book, Receiving God's Guidance. Yeah. I'm going to release the assessment today, say around by 6.30 or 7. And you can submit it on Sunday by, you know, just before midnight. You can submit it by 11.59. Okay. If you have any emergencies, anything you can let me know. But just remember, check box questions are all more than one answers and multiple choice is just one answer. And there can be some true and false, but everything is from the book, Receiving God's Guidance for Your Life. Yeah. You can read that and you can just, yes. You have a question? Okay. We'll end class here. Thank you all for joining class. Have a blessed weekend and I'll see you next Friday. Thank you, everyone.