 Good morning once again welcome to BC 201 course on Christian history and missions today. We are going to study on The chapter 6 we talks about the restoration of the church It's on page 90. Okay. I hope you all are on the same page Page 90 Chapter 6 and study or look into this chapter. It talks about the restoration of the church Which is very important. So as we study this chapter, I may request each of y'all to You know turn through the scriptures why you recommend y'all to keep your bibles ready so that we can study It's more to do today on studying the scripture understanding what the church is all about Okay, we have few really We'll begin the class with a word of prayer will also pray for the good net connection for people to join in Okay, can I request one of y'all to please pray and there are Jeffy nor John Paul Jay heavenly father we come to under the name of Jesus we thank you for this beautiful day and for the class We are about to have God we invite your whole spirit to lead us throughout this class Jesus And we especially pray for the internet connection that we all will find the good internet connection throughout the class We are so thankful that you gave your life for us Jesus and we are so inspired by Everyone who gave their life to live for you Lord. We pray that as we listen to this class this Revival fire will be ignited in this we will be inspired to seek you more Jesus as ma'am teaches us help us to open our heart and mind and listen to it and Help us to preach your gospel much more boldly Jesus be with us and write us in Jesus me Amen Amen, thank you So we're going to study on the restoration of the church as we study can I request or to please turn to lamentations chapter 5 verse 21 Chapter 5 verse 21 talks about turns back to you or Lord and we will be restored Renew our days as of You know talks about how the reformation Makes a way for revival Which often results in the restoration of the church in several areas So when we talk about restoration or when we look back how the church was restored back Some of the very four key points one is in the understanding of spiritual truth Second the restoration of the white skin to contain new white For is the restoration among God's people pursuing God's purpose Restoration in church impact on the world now we can look up all these four points in detail how these four Areas when how God brought the church back to life how God restored the church back Because we all studied like it in 1500. There was a dark age So even during this okay time how the spirit of the Lord moved it May I request one of us to please turn to efficiency chapter 4 verse 13 to 14 I can request to read Efficiency chapter 4 verse 13 and 14 Jeffy now you can go ahead Ephesians chapter 4 verse 13 Till we all attain and to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God and to a full grown man And to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ That we may be no longer children tossed to and flow and carried out with every window of doctrine But the slight of men in craftiness after the vials of error So amen So what we see in the scripture we see that Through the centuries that the church's understanding of the spiritual was progressively restored So what seemed to have been completely lost during the dark ages in 1500? But it was progressively rediscovered God moved the spirit among the reformers and the revivalist who proclaim and stepped into the You know stepped into the ministry So we see that even in the gospel in Efficient chapter 1 verse 10 or Ephesians chapter 3 verse 6 We see that it was God who was working through the offices to equip the sins to equip the believers to Actually ultimately Complete the purpose of God in their life So you see the people actually were raised even in the dark ages people raised through the reformers Through the revivalist God raised the leaders so that the Christians can grow Can increase in the knowledge of God can grow in a greater intimacy where they can experience God So we see that you know what God desired for the church to walk in in safety tree So some of them we have listed in our notes on page 90. We see that the salvation by grace through faith What a baptism for the believers Santification and holy living Understanding and welcoming the work and ministry of the spirit We also see a baptism in the spirit the gifts of the spirit Growing in the knowledge of his word victorious Christian living the role and function by full ministry, which is given in Ephesians 4 11 Equipping the saints in the work of the ministry. So God raised these five full office scenes To expand the kingdom of God And you see these are the tools that the spirit of the Lord Worked and raised leaders for the church for the saints to be equipped and grow in maturity for them to Experience the intimacy of God in their life So as they were experiencing and growing we see we discussed from the four points, right? Restoration and understanding spiritual truth So when it's a understanding the spiritual truth the spirit of the Lord move among the people for them to understand The spiritual truth that we listed With that we see the next step out spirit of the Lord work is Restoration the wine skin to contain the new wine. So how did that happen? Let's turn to Matthew chapter 9 verse 17. May I request John to please read? Can you say the reference again, please? Matthew chapter 9 verse 17 Matthew 9 Right Okay, Matthew chapter 9 verse 17. How do they put new wine into old wine skins or else the wine skins break The wine is spilled and the wine skins are ruined But they put new wine into new wine skins and both are preserved Thank you. So what we see here That we're talking about the second point restoration and the wine skin to contain new wine So we see that God is working continuously to develop new wine skin So that we can be ready for the new wine. So what does Jesus is writing here? through the wine skin He explains that he did not come to repair or reform the old institution of Judaism But here Jesus is to institute a new covenant altogether So in this new covenant doesn't just improve the old it actually replaces and goes beyond it So when Jesus is introducing this something new Not to patch up something old, but it is what the salvation is all about So by illustrating this Jesus didn't destroy the old covenant or the law, but he fulfills it He fulfills that he is he has come to fulfill the law that was given So he would form a new institution. What is that new institution? That's the church the church which has a new covenant with Christ Jesus where in This new institution, we see the Jews and the Gentiles come together with complete new body This is what Paul explains in Ephesians chapter 2 16. The church is brought together Because in John 3 16 we read that Jesus God's only begotten Son came into this world to die for the world It says he loved the world And he gave his only begotten Son So you know, it doesn't talk about any set of people It doesn't talk about only Jews or only Gentiles. It talks about the whole world Every creation every human this on this earth Whoever believes in Jesus are been made one with him They can be they can be from any caste any tribe any religion Just by believing Jesus they become one with him So this is in your covenant This is something new that the law that the old covenant cannot accept it But Jesus has come to establish the new institution the church Which brings both the Jews and the Gentiles together into one body We also see as reformers and the revivals Continued among the church it moved from one place to other It grew from glory to glory strength to strength We see that it kept developing new wine skin There was no same pattern been followed in every revival or no reformer No revivalist leaders followed the same path The only pattern that was followed in each and every revival was seeking God With one accord Seeking God to move but when God moved he moved in different ways among the people They they could walk with God in a box and name him. This is how God works. No He works in new levels of faith strength glory and the revelation that the church is flocking to So we see that during every revival that was birthed There is a few things that brought something new that is the new wine skin churches There was a restoration in the five-fold ministry There were unity and fellowship and the spirit among the leaders and believers Despite the denomination that they were from they were unity during the revival That's what they saw different denomination come under one roof that only the Lord can do it There was unity there was fellowship in the spirit. This is what is expected from the Lord from each of us The release of the moment that helps from the new wine skin churches So there's a new moment Something new that God is birthing and he did not stop there. He's continuing to do it even among us So when we talk about the new wine skin churches, we observe that the church Administration of the government's a structure method in which the church is functioning would change and adapt to what God is doing currently or God is Ministering to them or moving the church into something new to the modern age where they can impact the people in this generation So the church need to be equipped needs to upgrade needs to be updated According to the generation and see how the church can impact the people in the current generation The church cannot continue to serve in the same old way the same old method People are changing world is changing world is growing Technology is growing the church need to upgrade and update itself to minister to the new generation So this is something that we call it as new wine skin The second is the restoration of the five-fold minister Can we turn to efficient chapter 4 verse 11, please and he himself gave some to be apostles Some prophets some evangelists and some pastors and teachers For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ Till we all come to the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man To the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ that we should no longer be children Toast to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine By the trickery of men in the cunning of cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting But speaking the truth and love may grow up in all things into him. Who is the head Christ? Thank you John So we see the restoration of the church through the five-fold ministry that the Christ has given So along with the revivals We also see there was a restoration of the leaders So, how do you see the restoration of leaders because during the revivals what we see is the leaders been raised So at the time of revival each revival, you see new leaders been birthed into the ministry And the leaders could be in any of the five office. They could be apostle, prophet, evangelist pastors or teachers As it is listed in Ephesians 4 11 So this does not mean that these function did not exist before But they were They were we also seen 1st Corinthians chapter 12 verse 28 where it was where it talks about the apostle, prophet and teacher It was they did exist but gradually it subsided But during the dark age, we see how the spirit of the Lord moved among the leaders We see the Lord called each what specialized them and he gifted them with a unique purpose And each one grew and performed the purpose and they were called So we see the reformation and the revivals progressed We also saw people You know began to function in this ministry office Later in 20th century as more and more people began to operate Uh operate in these ministry areas As understanding of these ministry functions and and you know, they were slowly accepted and they were established So these ministry office were fully restored in the church And few of them we can name them as the evangelist we see in Starting 1950 we saw how God restored the office of the evangelist. So some of the names were like Catherine Kuhlman We are on page 92. We see that some of the leaders some of the evangelist. Okay, Catherine Kuhlman William Raham, A. A. Allen Lester, okay, let me display this way out so that we are all on the same page. Just give me a minute, please Give me a minute while I share the votes on the screen so that all of us can view the same page We all can see this Okay So some of them there Catherine Kuhlman William Raham Um, you know A. A. Allen who had an amazing ministry and we also see Lester, Sam Braal, Jack Coy, Oral Roberts, Billy Graham Uh, and uh Charles and Francis Hunter, France Hunter, T. L. and Daisy Osburn Dr. Beejes, the Nigerian, Rene, Bunky, Benny and Randy Clark The many evangelists were raised and they were ministered in 1950s. So Class there's a small assignment. Okay. So what we could do is in next class we could share Just each of us can take five minutes pick up any of these people each one. We all can just Put the name of the person you would like to share for five minutes in the text column on the chat So that you know, there's no repeat. We can just talk about them for five minutes What the ministry was all about and how they impacted the nation with what gift they flowed in and we know that it's an evangelist, but how did they flow in what offers how they ministered to people No, very brief Just just five five minutes or less than five minutes. It can be three minutes or so Okay, each of y'all can please pick there are 13 leaders here pick anyone Okay, and then we also see in late 1960 the office of the pastors was restored And in 1970 we see that the Kenneth Hagen senior Derek Prince, Bill Johnson They were established in the ministry of pastor and teacher And later in 1980 we see that the profit the minister of the prophet was established like Kenneth Hagen Bill Hammond, Dr. Tejas Dinakaran they flowed in this ministry And it is not only they were only a prophet, but then they were evangelists But they were also flowing in the prophetic ministry And later we also see in 1990 the function of the apostle was fully restored through Dr. Bill Hampton, Hammond, Bill Johnson and Randy Clark So we are we are to clarify and understand the apostles and prophets who function in the church today We're different from the 12 apostles of the lamp, which is stated in revelation. It's chapter 21 verse 14 And the founding apostles Okay, and the founding apostles of Of the church So in today's apostle and prophets We see that the ministry and the function of the five-fold ministry was fulfilled some of them Bear unity and fellowship in the spirit among the leaders and believers across the denomination lines And also we can cover the release of the moments that helped form the new wine skin churches How different moments took place the Pentecostal moment We will discuss on this point a little later on the unity and fellowship in the church Because I would like to go in little detail on that. Okay Yeah Okay The release of the moment that helped form the new wine skin churches. So what happened the in 1900 There was a Pentecostal moment Which emphasized on the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues Which gave birth to different Denominations such as the assemblies of God, which is also known as the ag churches and the church of God And in 1940 we see the latter rain moment that took place and they emphasized on the believers Manifest the gifts of the spirit and declared the restoration of the five-fold ministry At this moment slowly moved to a rural hamlet known as the northern battlefield in Saskatchewan, Canada, which resulted in many restoration churches been planted worldwide So some of the moments that has been listed in our notes. We see that in 1970 to 1990 The world of faith movement was introduced where the believers were brought into an understanding of How to walk by faith healing righteousness prosperity and their identity in Christ Jesus Well slowly we also see simultaneously there's an overlap between 1960 to 1970 There was a charismatic moment which was birthed in Where in this moment we see the believers were encouraged to flow in the gifts of the spirit And from 1970 70 to 1980 we see the Jesus moment where During this moment. We see there was an emphasis on how loving and accepting people were For who they are and bringing them into the Into the person of Christ into the work of the Holy Spirit So some of the fast growing church in the us where this denomination which birthed out of this Jesus moment And he at the same time in 1970 there was another moment that took place. That's called as worship moment Where new songs and praise were released So some of the ministries like Maranatha, Integrity, Osana, Vineyard, Hillsong, Jesus culture and many other ministries were birthed And later we see in 1980 to 2000 the third wave moment was Taking place where this move through this moment. We see the charismatic experience As well as the power of the evangelism among all the believers. So there were leaders like John Wimber, one second please Thank you. So we see some of the leaders like John Wimber and others were Very important and became a prominent leader during this third wave moment And simultaneously during this time in 1980 there was another ongoing Prayer and intercession movement that was led by Reese Howell's Followed by son Samuel Howell's The leaders in the intercessory prayer movement during the 20th century And also during this time we also see pastor David Jung E Cho the pastor of the Yodo Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea He established a prayer mount with 1910 day prayer in 1973 We also see Larry Leah was also used by God to further the international prayer moment at this point The international house of prayer which is also known as IHOP led by Mike Bickel is based in Kansas City, Missouri And has been having 24 bus 7 prayer and worship since September 19 1999 till date this ministry is ongoing And in 1980 We see there's another ongoing church growth movement took place where we see the cell church pioneered by David Jung E Cho and other innovative ways to experience the church growth Accelerated in this place. We see they grew to become the mega church in the whole world And in 2000 And ongoing we see the saints moment took place where we What happened during the saints moment is they were equipping and releasing God's people into God's ministry There were some leaders that emerged that were raised like Francis magnet in 1925 took president and Bishop Bill Hammond, John Wimber, John and Carrie are not Randy Clark, Bill Johnson, and there were many other leaders We're based into this moment At the same time we also see There was another moment took place in the same year marketplace ministry What happened the full gospel businessman fellowship internationally was birthed in We also see the international Christian Chamber of Commerce, which is known as ICCC We were the pioneers in 1950 followed by many others who were serving and mobilizing among These believers to make a difference for God's kingdom So they were focusing on equipping the believers In the seven mounted areas to make a difference to impact people even at the marketplace So as God was moving in this we see the third Restoration in God's people pursuing God's purpose So what was God's people doing? God's purpose. How did they fulfill? As we see in Ephesians 4 11 the five full ministry of apostle prophet evangelist pastors and teachers We see the Lord's intent that the saints Should be equipped The leaders should be raised the purpose of God to be fulfilled How because God desires to fulfill his purpose among the people For that we raise his lead this time and again from the Old Testament to the New Testament to our percentage We see how the Lord moves Lord moves through his own people He desires that way And he's not been choosing the The wisest man Or somebody who's who's grown and who's well talented and equipped but here as per the word God chooses the simple Where he can pour out his glory where people can look at the leaders and glorify the God who's working in servant So it is a lot who equips the work of the ministry so that the church can be built can be reformed Can be set as a salt and light in the place where God has raised the leaders for and for the very purpose that he's been calling into that place But that we will move on to the next point Which is the restoration in the church Restoration in the church to impact the world Can I request one of us to read Matthew chapter five verse 13 to 16, please Matthew chapter five verse 13 to 16 Matthew chapter five verse 13 to 16 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? Is it then good for nothing? But to be thrown out and trample under food by men You are a light of the world a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden Not do they like to lamp and put it under a basket But on a lamp stand and and it gives light to all who are in the house that you lie So shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven Thank you Yeah So what we see here is in the scripture That we are the salt and the light We need to have this purpose within us so that the reformation and the revivals can be restored to the church Because the salt and light is very important to impact the believers How can we impact by equipping them through the word? How can we equip them? We need to be first equipped When we are equipped in the word as the scriptures is we need to be rooted and grounded in the word When we are rooted and grounded in the word we see the truth will set us free When the truth sets us free We cannot contain this light and the revelation that God gives us to our self Whereas we will start stepping out to equip others where God will Help us to step up and step out for us to be the salt and light Salt that can you know emerge and transform people life Life that can proclaim the word and he will also make us the voice voice to the nation So believers whichever place we are When we are equipped in the word when Lord releases and releases us into the missions Here we are set in the marketplace in different areas in different set And here we will go ahead to impact the area that Lord has set us on an assignment So we also see in today's land where the local churches are coming together to the citywide church where They're beginning to actively impact the believers actively see how they can be the salt and light To the city and to the nation and to the nations So with that we will move on to the point the second point where we Talk about the unity. This is something that we need to focus on This is something that we need to keep in our mind as we serve in the ministry I'm just checking yeah unity and fellowship and the spirit we discussed this and The second restoration of the five-fold ministry we all are called to serve You know Lord has raised us to serve in the five-fold ministry So what is important for us to serve branch out in this five-fold ministry is unity Unity and fellowship in the spirit among the leaders across the denomination lines How do you think that we can impact? the nation This is something that the new testament church is looking at The unity of the church is one of the most important in the new testament It's also one of the difficult area that for us as a church to function as well So in the new testament we see that the local church was Primarily defined by the city by the church in jeseline and to your efficacious current throne Or you know, whichever place that paul went and ministered But all who believed so how did these church function? How did paul minister to this people? We see that in all these episodes We see that all ministered like all who believed in jesus were part of the church in that city where they lived Probably it may be a larger city or the small places But in these churches the people gathered with different from different set different tribe They were gentiles with Jews who gathered into this church So what was something that paul was emphasizing here was no denomination He was bringing both of them together under one base believe in jesus christ so that you and your household will be saved So they all had one Thing in their mind that they need to believe in jesus christ the work that he did So both today In today's generation All our churches across our nation. We see there's a protestant churches catholics or orthodox churches Pentecost method is so many denominations But what each one of them are doing are we focusing Ourself and our church into How Apostle paul was preaching and sharing the word Focusing on jesus and him alone or are we Focusing ourselves into the denomination and trying to grow and establish that particular denomination So what is our focus on in today? So why is it different for all these denomination churches to come under one roof? We need to think Why do you think it is difficult class y'all can answer Can we be focused like the apostle paul who focused on jesus? Focused on believing on jesus than on any kind of traditional belief that each denomination That separated according Glee later part of the church Sometimes it's very difficult to bring all the leaders under control isn't it because most of them are different to their own doctrine and the practices So it's very difficult to bring them all under one roof But as a christians as a student of the word we need to know unity is very important What should be our main focus on a main focus should be on jesus and how this book of the lord is working in today's church How the church was birthed in shame Where was the focus on was it on the tradition? Was it on the doctrine or was it on jesus? We need to focus that we need to think What it means and how we can apply it in our time in our day under our leadership Why is it? We need to think we need to ask some question to ourselves like I would like to ask us a few questions to our class today Why is christian unity is important? Why don't you think it's important? Class y'all can unmute and speak Why do you think it's important? He learning y'all can also post your comments on the discussion tab that has been created Why do you think christian unity is very important because we're part of body And body cannot function by just organs And we are also building and building Cannot function by just the stones It's a picture of church that jesus has explained to us and through his word So it is important for us to have unity to stand together and to fulfill his desire on the earth Yes, thank you. Thank you, john. Very important to have unity just like what the john said Christ died on the cross to secure this unity, isn't it? He died on the cross. He gave himself to bring us all together In efficiency to 13 to 16, Paul also writes saying But now in christ jesus You formerly were far off Far off have been brought near by the blood of christ For he himself is a piece who made both groups into one and broke down the barriers of dividing Wall by abolishing in his flesh the enmity, which is the law of commandments Contained in ordinance so that in himself he might make the two into one new man Thus establishing the peace and might reconcile them both in one body to god through the cross By it having put to death the enmity So paul is writing in jesus times itself There were a lot of barriers between the jews and the gentiles So paul is struggling hard to reveal the revelation according to what jesus said though He says that jesus died on the cross to bring the jews and the gentiles to bring the people Despite the tribe or the denomination that they are under one body Just like what john said one body we all are of one body. They should be unity in one body So that the kingdom of god can expand and flourish and grow If among the kingdom of god one is against another how can the kingdom of god establish And expand and grow and flourish if there's fight among the brothers So we should come in one mind with one god because christ that died on the cross for us to break the barriers and come under one unity And under one mind one god So when we come under one mind at one god, you see the spirit of the lord work To bring god's purpose into us You see from the day of pentecost to the revivals which were birthed You see wherever there was one mind and one called through unity when they prayed you see the spirit of the lord move Supernaturally there's the birth of god's purpose among the people in the city in the nation So they should be unity because only in unity god can accomplish his purpose god can move through people And he's the revival take place We also see that the unity is very important among the christians because it's it is a it is a major factor for us to witness to the world as uh, you know posse Paul states in john chapter 17 verse 20 to 23 when we read this verse he says In Paul's days, they were said divide as I said in Jews and Gentiles. It was huge people You know, they will refuse even to pass through that area They will actually walk around the area even if it is a long distance they will walk But they will not pass through they feel it is they are untouchable The hatred was so huge So if the church could display to the world the unity between these groups that christ had secured on the cross It would be more powerful for us to witness Jesus said the same thing Jesus said the same thing As a high priest prayer a night before he was crucified He said I do not ask on behalf of these alone But for those also Believe in me through their word That they may all be one. I'm reading from john chapter 17 verse 20 to 23 Even as your father are in me and I in you that They also may be in us so that the world may believe That you sent me the glory that you have given me I have given them That they may be one just as we are one So I in them and you in me That they may be perfected in unity so that the world may know That you sent me and loved them even as you have loved me This is very important, isn't it? So the unity that Jesus Secured on the cross is something very spiritual. It is not visible to our naked eyes. That's something very spiritual But it is a visible expression when we believe in Jesus We see there's an unity So the bible is talking about the unity that is actually not very outwardly seen But something that has been birthed inward Which is real which is shared the Christ in nature among the believers So it is for us to it is very important for us to understand that we need to stay in unity We need to you know make a decision It may not be something very natural But it is a decision that we make to stay in unity for the sake of Christ because Jesus died of the cross for us to be united in them We see in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 3 and also in other Scrunches we see how what Paul says Deligently to preserve the unity of spirit in the bond of peace. So the unity of spirit Is already Something that every believers need to preserve it. So this is what Paul mentions as the unity In one Corinthians chapter 12 verse 13 he says for by one spirit we were all baptized in one body Whether it may be Jews or Greeks whether it can be slave or one who's free But we were all made to drink one spirit We were all made to come under one roof with Christ We were all made to believe on the one Jesus Christ who died on the cross for each of us So there is a unity on the very purpose of Jesus died on the cross for you and me So we need to set our focus on that So some of the spiritual reality we see that is christian unity is not an organizational unity so organization when it comes as the you know the world council of churches or the national council of churches they promote something very Organizational or something very external unity among the other denomination. We are not talking about that That may diminish as the time goes But what christ is talking about the inward unity Christ was not praying for one world church organization. He's not talking about that But he's talking about the governing party coming under one unity We'll just see second point there is christian unity is not is not Uniformity being one body in christ does not mean that we all must look alike talk alike Enjoy the same kind of activities. No back in early 1970s. We see there was an Happy moment young people who got swept in the local church. They were from a different background They were doing drugs. They had long hair different style But then what happened lord moved among them and they were drawn to the church So it can be different ways that god can work among different people In fact church i'd get these people aside where they were like not touchable people But then god moved among them Who are we to say they are not touchable like how god showed peter under the battery put different animals under one battery Then you know god asked Peter eat and he said lord those are unclaimed But what point god was making what i have made clear who are you to say I died for all these people. How can you separate them from me? For example a very good example is one of the maru's example then god you might stand let not mad put in the center When god is called a people to be one and body with him Who are we to you know separate them under the name of denomination or the castribe style Let our focus be set on jesus Let us focus be You know Set on jesus and him alone just like the early church Bring everyone together under one roof Yes, I agree that different denominations may have different doctrines which were which may not be publicly Which may be tradition based according to the place culture tribe. We may not agree But let's look at on some things that are biblical that is on the common ground that all of us could agree on Let's set a focus on that so that we can discuss and grow as one body in christ Leave the rest to lord because that's what the word of god says when When they know the truth the truth will set them free Let the lord judge them let the lord minister to them But let's be in one unity based on what the word of god says And agree on what the biblical ground is So let's set a focus on what god jesus has established on the unity to bring Each of us under one in him Let's set a focus and not keep ourselves separated under the name of any kind of denomination because god's work can be Accomplished god's work and more expanded go beyond when he really was come under one roof When we believers come with true unity within us because the bible says the scripture says that if you hate your brother Now when he talks about brother talks about one reason the law different denomination if you hate your brother you are a murderer Isn't it the scripture says that? So if you hate your own brother different denomination then we are not Again, we are not according to what god says. There's no love in us because god loves the world. He died on the cross for each of us So let's Focus on jesus for the purpose that he came into this world that he died of the cross for you and me And let's Focus on the unity that christ has established And see how we can minister and serve and expand god's kingdom in each of us in in the place that we are placed In the region that we are there Let's focus on that As god god give us the mind to think big Give us the heart to expand ourselves Lord help us to look at people with the love that god is called each one of us Okay, so with that we pray Can I request one of us to please read Ephesians 4 25 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 5 Yeah, Ephesians chapter 4 verse 25. I'm just reading I read it forever Again, it says do not grieve the spirit therefore putting away lying let each of you speak the truth Speak truth with his neighbor for we are members of one another So let's pray father as we work towards building your kingdom Serving in your kingdom you are we pray that you will expand the heart and mind to have Oneness In you father the work that you established The very purpose that you came into this world to die For each of us Lord despite our background despite our culture despite our denomination Despite the religion that we are in people of different faith Lord you came into this world and you died And you said those who believe in Jesus See the salvation which is a free gift which is an eternal life for each of us Lord we thank you that each of us as we serve we have the Oneness of mind or father let nothing come in between to stop the glory of god Lord I pray that you will teach each of us to be that role model To people around us or father So that we may experience the love of god and and show the love of god to people around us Father, I also pray that you will grant us the patience You will renew and reform us Lord that we may flow with the god kind of love that we may love each other With the heart and mind that you have for each of us Help us to see the christ's nature in each of them the good at each one and see how we can establish and Establish our kingdom on this earth of other In everything Lord help us to give us an understanding and a heart of compassion to be moved Thank you Lord. Thank you that there's a change of heart change of mind So that we may work as you We may have the mind of christ the love of god in our heart and in our mind that we may serve each other Despite the background despite the tribe despite the culture despite the determination But keeping you in our mind we will serve the expansion of the kingdom of god Thank you Lord. Jesus. Thank you, Father. Lord. I pray that Let your word be grounded in the heart and in our mind As your word says that the truth Truth satisfies Let your truth minister to each other And let it satisfy Everything that is not of yours Let your kingdom come And your kingdom be established in and through us Lord Thank you, Father for doing great and mighty things through each of us Lord Despite the place distance that you have us Lord Thank you for using us mighty for your kingdom In Jesus name we pray amen Amen Thank you so much for joining in today's session. Thank you. God bless. I hope the session was a blessing Thank you. Thank you. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you