 Okay. So we'll pick up from, so we were looking at how, you know, as parents, it's important that we create that safe, that protective, that nurturing kind of environment right there at the home. And this is something wonderful that we can do. And the fact is that God is helping, the Lord is the Holy Spirit is leading us and empowering us to do that. So we actually, you know, we have the resources, we have the Word of God, we have the Spirit of God to lead us and empower us to give us that creativity in order to do that. So the home can be a fun place. The home can be a very, you know, a safe, needs to be a safe place where children can express themselves. And the child is free to express oneself. And it's a place of learning, it's a place of growth. So that is what a greenhouse does. I'm sure you would have seen in a nursery where it's a, it's a, it's a, maybe many times it's a glass house just to let the sunlight in. But also it, the temperature is controlled inside and it keeps all the pests out. And you know, there's a lot of nurture and care that happens to all those plants which are going, growing inside the, inside the greenhouse, they're monitored. And it's, it's the best kind of an environment, right? So they grow strong and, and then they are moved out and transplanted where they thrive. So the, the, how the home, you know, can be such an environment, such an environment where there is, they can thrive, they can, there is love, there is hope, there is faithfulness, they experience that there's ease and joy and respect and honor and all the, you know, all the wonderful things that they can experience firsthand, right? There's instruction, there's nurture, all that happens in that atmosphere. So it's a wonderful opportunity for us as parents to, to provide that, to provide that nurture, to provide that instruction and to create that atmosphere, to host that atmosphere so that children can actually grow up healthy and strong, physically, emotionally, you know, spiritually nurtured and it's a wonderful, you know, it's a wonderful opportunity for parents to do that, right? So as parents, when we create this atmosphere of environment of learning and growth and development, you know, encouragement, so helping them to pursue, helping them to opening their eyes, to discover themselves, to discover God, to discover the, you know, the opportunities that are there to, to see that for themselves and so that they can be encouraged to pursue it, those, all the options that are there, maybe it's something that they want to do in life to, you know, the options that are there, the learning options, the, maybe the, you know, the employment options, all those, you know, we can, we can actually provide, we can direct them to those resources, like if we are not experts ourselves, right? But to, to provide that, to encourage that. And then also, it is a wonderful time and the home is a wonderful place for parents to discover, you know, what the interests of the child are, where does the child lean to, you know, with regard to their interests, the learning skills. See, not all children are the same, right? Just yesterday, I was looking at one of the advertisements, it was a, not an advertisement, sorry, it was a feature about a particular product, like we have a health drink called bone vita here, and I'm sure some of you know that and bone vita. So, so this bone vita is normally packed like a proper jar. It's a, it's a drink, I mean, it's a thing that you add to milk and you, you know, drink it. So cocoa and malt and all that. But bone vita did a, did a campaign in some of the metros, metro cities. So the jar was actually packed or shaped like different things, you know, it was, it, it, the packing and everything said bone vita, but it was shaped like a bar of soap. You know, it, it was shaped like a cleaning liquid, you know, one of those things that you press and, you know, a cleaning liquid. It was like hard pick or something. And it was, it was shaped in different forms into different things. Then you, you know, then you wonder, you know, is it really bone vita or is it, you know, is bone vita coming out as a, because everybody knows bone vita to be a health drink. Is bone vita coming out like a, like a soap now? Is bone vita, is it a cleaning liquid now? Is it like a flow cleaner? You know, is it, you know, hand sanitizer? You know, it's shaped in all those kinds of containers. So they did that. The thing is when people were, you know, curious and they looked at the container, then there was this message about the children saying, you know, give children the independence and to, to recognize their skills and their abilities and not to treat them the same way, treat all of them the same way. You know, in terms of what they should do and what they should learn and pursue and so on. So, you know, as parents, sometimes we force, okay, this is what you need to do. This is what I missed out on. So therefore you need to do it. I didn't become a doctor. Now, you become a doctor. You know, I didn't become an engineer and I didn't have the opportunity. Now you have to do that. Or, you know, since I'm in ministry, you need to be in ministry. That's the thing. You know, as I'm a pastor, you definitely need to be a pastor. Who will take care of the ministry after I'm gone? You need to go up and therefore you need to go to Bible College. You know, we make all these mistakes, forgetting that the child has a call, a unique call of God. And it can be two, it can be for anything. And maybe the Lord has placed certain abilities and skills and talents and gifting that is unique for that child in order for the child to pursue plans and purposes that God has, right? So for us as parents, we need to recognize that in the children. Understand that, okay, even two, you know, if it's two children in the same household, each can be very, very unique and different. They might have some certain similarities, but then they are very unique and different. And God has, you know, certain things that He wants them to do. So, our responsibility as parents is to recognize those things that God has put in their lives, those skills, those talents, those abilities to encourage them in that. And sometimes they don't see it, to encourage them, not force them to encourage them, to give them opportunities. Why don't you try it out? Maybe it can be some class, coaching class, to try out the thing, okay. Maybe they try it out and then they, you know, they give the best effort, but they're not in, you know, it's not their thing. Their heart is not in it. Don't force them to continue. Just leave it. Maybe they try out something and then they are really, you know, their eyes really open up, oh yes, this is what I want to do. Well, encourage them in it, right. So these are some things that we can do as parents. We also, you know, build their confidence to bring out the best in them. So that, yes, you know, there's a lot of negative things that are happening all around. And they also face a lot of negativity from their own peers, you know, in school, in college, as they grow up, maybe they're in the workplace, they hear a lot of negativity. So it helps that when they come home to hear, you know, to encourage them and to hear positive things, that does not mean you're living in denial, you know, just saying positive things no matter what. You know, sometimes we do that, like, wow, just because the child is doing it, we say, wow, even if it's not good, we say, wow, wonderful, no, to be real and to appreciate the effort. But at the same time, to encourage them to do more, to do, to be better. So Samaritan 12 was one of the happiest, the person who honors the Lord, who takes pleasure in obeying his commands, the good man's children will be powerful in the land, his descendants will be blessed. So this happens, not automatically, it happens through the nurture, the encouragement, and the development that happens through the parents, to bring out the best, to draw out the best, to help them discover the abilities that they have. It's also important to prioritize and give time as the child is growing up, as the child blooms, to have its individual personality, to spend time talking, have conversation. This is what we read the last chapter in Proverbs, we see that this is the advice that the King Lemuel's mother gave him. Many times we, you know, just as an aside, many times we think Proverbs 31 is written by a man to put down women, you know, but it's actually a very liberating chapter which talks about, which is the advice of the mother giving to the son. So Proverbs 31 talks about that. But what we need to notice is that there was this time or this opportunity where the mother took, or maybe it was a constant thing, it was a regular thing, where the mother took in order to, in order to converse, in order to have that interaction with the son. And so these are the words, it's a pen down by the King, but it's based on the advice the mother had given him. So give that time, and it can be wonderful. It can be a enjoyable experience. It need not always be, it should not be negative, okay? Let me just show you how to better yourself or, you know, these are the five problems that you have, or the five mistakes that you're making, and the child will not want to have conversations anymore. The child will say, okay, enough. The minute you say, okay, let's sit down and talk, the child will say, no, please, I've had enough. I don't want to continue. So me and my daughter, we actually have, we do a father-daughter date. So we go out and have a meal, sometimes just on our own, just the two of us. We do go out and watch some good movie together. We talk about it. So that's the time we eat out. So we talk about several things, things that are going good in our life, things that are bothering her. So I went where I also get to talk about, share about, okay, how I was when I was in school and college, things that bothered me. And so, you know, it's, I look forward to those times, because we're able to share each other's heart and understand and also learn what's happening in each other's lives. And so we take some, and we have some great fun, you know, go to places, it's usually over a meal and we just enjoy, you know, discovering new places or, you know, going to the same place where we have a favorite things, all that happens. So as parents, we need to make that time to do that. Maybe, you know, say, okay, I don't have the resources to go out and have them. It need not be. You know, sometimes it is just, you know, just watching a sunset, right? So, and then saying, hey, let's take a picture of that and then spending the time, maybe just half an hour, having a cup of tea and watching a sunset and, you know, just look at that color, even as a, especially during the pandemic time, this happened, you know, even as the sun was going down, notice that change in color of the skies. And then you think that it's really gone down. And then suddenly, you know, you see the colors change, brilliant colors as it's just going down. So, you know, we notice all that and, you know, take pictures and things like that. So we do these lead to teachable moments. These lead to teachable moments. Meaning, the conversations cheers, and you are at that moment where you can actually, you know, the child is also in a place to receive instruction or the child is asking questions. Son and daughter or children are asking questions, saying, okay, I want to know. I have a problem with this. I'm struggling to understand this. Why is it? So these are, these are teachable moments. These lead to teachable moments where we can actually instruct again from the word of God. This is what God's word says. So we are ready. We come to a place of being receptive, right? So use those moments. Those teachable moments should not be wasted. Instead of pushing things down the children's throat and saying, do this, do this, do this. These are teachable moments where the child is, children are ready to receive. Okay. Then we also nurture faith in the child as parents. Means that show them from the word, teach the children the word of God, the works of God, share your testimony. That's one thing for us to understand or to think, you know, does the child know how I came to know the Lord? We sometimes take it for granted or they hear it through someone else or maybe, you know, in a, in a meeting where you're, you know, if you're in ministry, you know, you're sharing somewhere and then the child gets to know and, oh, really? I didn't know that. My father never told me, my mother never told me. So we need to intentionally, you know, share again our faith, how we came to know the Lord, how the Lord came through and other things like what you learned and how there was a revelation. So all these stories, you know, we have in our journey with God, teach them nurture faith, build up faith and build up their life skills, like we saw already, teach them about, you know, the values, teach them about living a pure life, right? Life skills about sex, about purity, about marriage. You know, sometimes they have a different view of marriage altogether. Why should we keep oneself, oneself pure? Or all my friends think this, you know, this is what they take, you know, think about marriage or, you know, they don't want to get married or, you know, why, why can't people live together and all these kind of things. Teach them from the word of God, right? Understand that they go through different changes. Physiologically, they are going through changes. Emotionally, they go through changes. And as they go through changes, they face certain temptations, you know, physiological changes, they face temptations and we need to, you know, help them with that, talk to them about marriage, talk to them, prepare them, like, for marriage and show them from the word of God. And above all, just coach and inspire, inspire them, right? Leave a spiritual legacy for them. As parents, we ought to do that. It's our responsibility to do that. Leave a spiritual legacy. Actually, you know, if you look at, it's interesting, right? Look at, is it Second Timothy? Yeah, if you look at Second Timothy, chapter one and verse five, okay, so this is what Paul says. The Timothy says, you know, when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, Lois and your mother Eunice, and I'm persuaded is in you also. So something as, no, this family has had had something hand over across generations. And what was that? Their faith in God. Okay, so when it comes to leaving a legacy, legacy or inheritance, right? Think about the spiritual legacy or the spiritual inheritance that you can hand over so that it can go from generation to generation, right? Your work with God, your testimony, your encounter with God, the revelation that you receive to pass it on to impart that to your, you know, to your offspring. So that can be a very precious thing to leave a spiritual legacy while we are called to leave it or pass on. Isaiah 59, verse 21, and sorry, just before going there. So we see that this has happened here. Lois, Eunice and Timothy, three generations, grandmother, mother, the son. So the faith in God, you know, has been passed on, right? So Paul recognized that. And he said, and he noticed that, and he kind of shared that with Timothy. And he said, this man faith that was in your grandmother, your mother, and I'm persuaded is in you also. So the next verse we're going to look at is Isaiah 59, verse 21, whereas the Lord says, as for me says the Lord Isaiah 59 and verse 21, this is my covenant with them, my spirit who is upon you and my words, which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants, descendants, says the Lord from this time and forevermore. So leaving a legacy of God's word, of God's ways, of encounters with God, testimonies, right? Giftings and all that, how to move in the gifts, how to spend time with him, meditating on the word, all those things. Don't leave it to someone else or don't leave it just hanging there saying, someday my child will learn or someone will teach my child. No, what we have learned, what we have understood, pass it on. Right? Okay. So that's about parenting. Another thing that we can look at as parents, just closely in line with what we saw is the family alter and intercession. As like we said that this is a greenhouse, we are nurturing, providing an atmosphere where there is spiritual nurture. As part of the spiritual nurture is that when the family comes together to worship the Lord together. Okay. Especially when it comes to ministry homes, the child sees that okay, this is what is happening in church, this is what is happening outside my, you know, my parents are leading this, doing this ministry. But in the home it is, it is not there. In the home it is void. So it's important that it's the other way around, it starts at the home. So having a family alter and intercession, time of prayer. Some suggestions, you know, to do this, it's, the thing is, sometimes it's, you know, it is long drawn. It is at a time, you know, this family time together to pray together, to read the word together and, you know, have a time of, you know, maybe even a discussion. It's at a time when it's not convenient. You know, many times we, it's maybe convenient for the one who's leading, but the others are tired, others are sleepy. And it's at a time when it's totally inconvenient for the other. So it's, it's dreaded. Whenever you say okay, can we, all day they're thinking is can we finish so that I can sleep? Can I finish that I can, you know, do something? And so, so have a family together, have a team meeting and say, okay, we're not going to do this. What is the best time? Right. And then stick to it and do it. And put someone in charge of reminding everybody. Okay, this prayer time, let's pray. Everybody's alert. Everybody has the time. They know other, you know, sometimes we think, okay, can there be a time like that? Yes, if we plan, right? And keep it flexible, keep it spontaneous. Keep it interesting. Sometimes it could be just sharing, okay, what are some things that we can thank God for today, what happened in your life? So everybody goes around sharing that. And sometimes it is just maybe singing and worshiping. Sometimes it's like, okay, everybody shares a prayer point and we pray. It could be that or, you know, keeping it simple, keeping it fun, keeping it spontaneous helps, right? But there could be some things that are consistent. Maybe you're reading through a particular portion of scripture, you could read that, or maybe there's a daily devotional that you're following, you know, reading that you're following. Well, that's fine. But the thing is to not let boredom or to put it to become very, very mundane and heavy and oppressive, right? Sometimes it's like that. It's like, oh, God, why? So people begin to, and as a child is growing up, the child is dreading those family times of prayer, like because it's long drawn, it's tiring. So praying for the family, you pray for the family, you pray for the spouse. And these are the things that what are some specific things, pray for the spouse's growth, pray for the purpose. We saw all that earlier also. Speak God's word, declare what God says over your spouse, you know, your husband or maybe over your wife, declare that. And you can do the same thing for the children also, declare wisdom, success, blessing over work and ministry. When it comes to praying over children, pray for their spiritual growth and use scriptures, which, you know, which we see some of these apostolic prayers, which Paul prayed over the church, right? We see one such example is, of course, Ephesians 1. And maybe just look at one portion and how we can pray that and speak that over our children. Ephesians 1 and we read verse 15 onwards where Paul prays, therefore, I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of His power towards us who believe according to the working of His mighty power and so on. So pray, pray for spiritual understanding, pray that they that the Lord give them a revelation, the knowledge of Him, spirit of wisdom and revelation, the eyes of the understanding will be open, that they may see. These are wonderful things to pray for our spouse, pray for our children, right? Pray for their growth in God's purpose and plan that they will grow in the gifts, the use of the gifts, that they will not neglect the gifts, that they will discover the call and be faithful for the call of God and faithfully walk in the anointing of God in their lives and that they will not, you know, let anything be undone but fulfill the call of God. It requires obedience, it requires endurance and strength and the sense of purpose and vision so we can pray right from their engage, right? Let them walk and fulfill the purpose that you have for them and the destiny that you have for them, right? And so declare the word of God, declare the promises of God over the children, right? Call forth destiny. Maybe God has revealed some things to you about their destiny and the Lord would do that. This is what I've called Him or called her to be. So you speak that out, don't force it over their lives but you speak it over their lives. Pray that over their lives and talk to them about it and say, okay, you know, what is God? Ask them, you know, what is God speaking to you? What is God, you know, what do you think God is speaking to you about right now? You know, some of these things can be like, so what is God saying right now? You know, some response could be, I don't know, I don't know what, I have no idea. So are you reading your Bible? Are you praying? Not really. Okay, so when you start doing that, what's stopping you? I don't know, sometimes I'm tired, sometimes I'm just lazy, just don't make time. Okay, so can I remind you, right? Can I remind you every day is it okay? And at this time, I'll just tell you it's time to read the Bible and then you'll know, can I remind you? Yeah, would you like to put the reminder on your phone so that it's, you know, it's time to, you know, get up and read whatever, you know, so there's a gentle reminder and based on the age of course, if they're young adults, you could do that and to gently nudge them into seeking God, the purposes of God, plans that God has for their life to seek them on their own, right? So it's only so much that we can do as parents, you know, we can seek God's call for their lives, we can ask God, but then they need to do it themselves. And it's so much better if they do it themselves. And the Lord gives them the conviction and writes his vision upon their heart and they're able to pursue that. So so much better if they do that, right? And sanctify, consecrate everything that God has given them to be used for God's glory and the purposes of the kingdom of God, right? Talk to them about it. And yeah, and also bless whatever they are doing, you know, presently, their future, and also teach them, you know, teach them to stand for themselves, pray for, for their protection over their lives, spiritual warfare, so on, declare that and and to also enable them to stand on their own, stand on God, be alert, you know, and we can step in and intercede on their behalf and do warfare on their behalf, whatever challenges that they're going through and preempt, preempt the attacks of the evil one, preempt the schemes of the evil one, not just children, but also the spouse and preempt and pray protection over them, right? Sometimes, well, the child is yet to make a decision on his own or her own, you know, the child grows under the faith and everything of the parents and then there comes a time when the child needs to make a decision on his own or her own, make a choice to follow the Lord, right? So there are no, like somebody said, the children of God, no grandchildren of God. So every child needs to make a decision for himself, herself to follow Christ, to be born again. It cannot be the faith of the parents. So maybe they are not making that choice. Maybe they're not making the decision yet right? You can even lead them to Christ, pray for their salvation. Maybe for whatever reason, maybe we were bad examples, whatever reason they're not come to a place of making a decision yet, so pray for their salvation. Maybe they're born again and then they have gone astray, right? Maybe through the college years, maybe the young adult years, maybe they are, you know, kind of slowly drifted away, cooled down in their faith, drifted away from the Lord, from his ways, pray for them, do warfare on their behalf, pray for them. You know, Isaiah 49-25, this says the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, the prey of the terrible be delivered, for I will contend with him who contends with you, I will save your children. So we have this promise, promise from God. So don't be discouraged and say, I don't know what will happen, you know, I don't know what will happen to my child, I don't know what will happen to my children. Don't be, but be encouraged and continue to pray for them and let your faith and expectations for them to come back, for them to return, you know, be there always. Okay, here are some things, you know, there could be spiritual deception, some of these values and thought processes, worldviews that are atheism, existentialism, humanism, false religion, you know, you can come against it in the name of Jesus and cast down and pray protection over their minds, over their lives. And as we do this, it's important to keep our communication, our channel of communication, our lines of communication open, that give them the permission to ask questions no matter what, and give them the permission to come and tell what is happening in their lives. So that is very, very important because why should they come and ask questions if you're going to not answer, if you're not going to be interested, or if you're going to get very, very upset, if they're going to ask about maybe gender, the whole confusion that is happening about sexuality, gender, about living relationships, about all that is happening currently in the world and why should they come and ask you, as parents, these questions, if you will not listen, if you will get upset and angry that they're going to, they're asking these questions, or just say, okay, you keep quiet, you will get to know later when you grow up, they will not ask, there's one such response or two such responses, they're not going to ask in the future, they're going to make up their own mind, things are, you know, chances are that they're going to ask their peers, you know, who are of the same age, and they're not really, maybe it'll be good if it's Godly counsel, but most times it's not, right, so we need to keep that communication open, we need to give them the permission to come and ask us, yeah, while we do offer, the cast down, the stronghold, and everything that is trying to bind, that is coming against them, everything that's coming against the Word of God, the truth of God's Word in their lives, while we do this, we need to keep the lines of communication open, okay, yeah, we can do this as we pray for them, invite the Spirit of God to bring about conviction, invite the Spirit of God to bring about conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment, because that's what the Holy Spirit does, the Lord Jesus says in John chapter 16, and we read that the Holy Spirit, when He has come, He will convict the world of sin and righteousness and judgment, pray for God to draw near, draw them to Himself, and the Lord Jesus said, you know, when I lift it up, I will draw unto myself, I will draw people to myself, and just pray, say, Lord, you draw them, Lord, through your love, you draw them, Lord, through your grace, and draw them to yourself, let there be encounters, let there be, you know, sovereign encounters in dreams, and, you know, at times when they're sleeping in dreams, and Lord, you speak to them, you draw them, Lord, let there be sovereign encounters, and I just pray that their hearts will be, hearts will be made tender to respond to your drawing, to respond to your voice, right, and also pray that God will bring them to the pen, to pentense knowledge of the truth, and so on, and these are the prayers that we pray. So continue to declare the promises of God, continue to pray the word of God, you know, and as parents, this is our responsibility, you know, this is something that we need to do, right, and also understand, you know, just like how we saw that as, as a couple, as a married couple, just like how we were, we are as individuals, we have the call, as a couple, you know, we can, can serve the kingdom of God, and as a couple, like, as a couple, we can serve the kingdom of God and be a, and contribute to the kingdom of God and be part of, you know, the growth and expansion of God's kingdom, we can do that same thing as a family as well, right, we can do that as a family. So some of the practical things that we need to do is to, is to really establish this, and I just believe that sometimes, you know, this, this is, isn't the danger of diluting this particular aspect of Christian life, right, that is to be in the house of God, of, I would say, being in the church every Sunday, corporate worship, coming together to worship. So if the child does not see it in us as parents, that we are not there, or when we say, okay, it's okay, I'm not going this Sunday for whatever XYZ reason, then the child will most likely, or the children most likely, not put that in their own lives, or not treat that as priority in their own lives. Hebrews 10 talks about that, right, not to give up the assembling of oneself. As much as personal relationship with the Lord, I mean, that's a very important, the most important thing, our personal walk with God, our personal relationship with the Lord, our personal times with the Lord, you know, it's, that has to be a number one priority. As much as that's important, so also is our corporate, you know, as families, getting together as a body of Christ in the local church, right. So if you want to do something for the kingdom of God, the best thing is to do it as, you know, as an expression of the local church, serving in the local church. So one of the practical things is to do this. And I remember while growing up, we used to go on vacations and like with my grandparents, and almost every summer, there'll be some place that we would go, or sometimes the same place, you know, repeatedly every summer. And so when we go to my grandfather, he was not very vocal as a Christian, but then this is something that he did, even if we were visiting a place, maybe, and if it happened to be a Sunday, he would make it the point to find out, you know, we all used to go to the Anglican church, see if I church at that time, so find out what church was there. And this is before the days of Google, before the days of, you know, typing in churches near me and finding out. So this is before all those days, you know, word of mouth, find out, get directions from people, what is the time, church time. And sometimes, you know, he would also make that effort to go there the previous day, you know, or some other day just to see, okay, this is how it is a new place. And we are just visiting that town, that city, to go there and say, okay, this is where it is to look at the board and say, okay, this is the timing, okay, maybe we can go for the second service, which is starting at this time. So for him, it was very important that we as a family, that we as individuals, we are in church to worship together on Sunday. So, like, whatever understanding he had, this was very important. And that was kind of passed on, you know, to us as a family. So it's important to be in church, you know, otherwise it feels a little strange, why are you not in church on Sunday, why are you not serving in church, why are you not helping out, you know, as we grew up. So establish that, understand that we belong to the family of God, as much as we are a family, we are an individual unit, we belong to the family of God. It is God's household, as Paul writes, 1st, 73, 15. And we should know how we need to conduct ourselves in God's household or God's family, the family of God, which is the church of the living God. The other thing is also to serve in church. Right now, we know that no church is perfect. Sometimes the mistake we do as parents is to criticize the church, the people, the leaders, and we do that on a Sunday afternoon during lunch. You know, today this message was like this, today this, and the child is listening, listening to all that is happening, processing all that is happening. And sometimes, you know, the thing is as a child is going, the child is not mature enough to understand certain things. Now we might say, okay, this should not have been done. And, you know, this was wrong with the church. And then we objectively, you know, look at, okay, yeah, and then we come to a place of saying, okay, fine, kind of God will take care, whatever, and then we continue. But then the child does not, for the child is made a very, you know, deep impact. And so the child is forming its own conclusions about church, about, you know, anything that is to do with church or people. So sometimes child grows up saying, I don't want to be in church. Why? Now, subconsciously, this is what the child has been hearing, all negative things about church, negative things about ministry, negative things about, and also seeing what is happening, right? So doesn't want to serve in church, doesn't want to help out in any way. Okay, so when the family serves in church, the child gets to experience firsthand what it is like to serve in church sacrificially, maybe sacrifice of the time, sacrifice of resources, you know, giving up on sleep, maybe, you know, the whole world is sleeping in, staying indoors, the believers are out early and going to church and serving and doing all that. So it's something healthy that is happening for the family, for the child. And as a family, you are serving in whatever way, right? It could be, it could be spiritually ministering, you know, maybe somebody's sharing the word, maybe leading in worship, it could be, you know, in the administration of it, in terms of, you know, arranging the physical aspect, the chairs, cleaning the church, getting things in order, whatever it is, right? So, first Peter 4 verse 10, as each one has received a gift, minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. So there is a ministering to one another and that's setting to minister. The ideal setting is in the local church when we serve one another in the local church. Well, and the other thing is when there's, there can be a good mentoring relationship, yeah. We have a question. Yes, Paul, go ahead please. Paul, do you have a question? Yeah, no, sorry, it was an accident, sorry. No problem. Okay, okay. I saw your hand put up, so that's why I asked, okay. Okay, no worries. So, you know, the mentoring, so we see Paul giving, you know, different instructions for older women and to teach young women and also to train in life, you know, about marriage and life and parenting and all that happens. So that can happen in the church. So that can happen for the people in the family to help others, other families, right? So in effect, there is impact in the kingdom of God, for the people of God. So as a family, the parents are helping other, maybe other younger couples, other younger families who are just starting out and who can learn so much from life and experience that you have had as a family. There's something that, you know, if you're a younger couple, a younger family, then you can learn from the older and that happens in the setting of the local church. Life groups, again, are wonderful ways. People call them different names, maybe a house group meetings or, you know, small groups and also families to get involved in missions, right? To serve together in missions, you know, we've had several instances of couples serving together in missions and it's a wonderful experience to do that. Okay, also about generosity, kindness, and tithing and supporting the local church is quite important. And while all this happens, there is something that's developing, which is to have a kingdom mindset, to go beyond the church, to see the church of the living God and to see that, yes, the kingdom of God is expanding, the kingdom of God is being impacted, the kingdom of God is growing and the kingdom of God is going forward, right? So the Lord Jesus says, seek first the kingdom, the rule and reign of the king and his righteousness. And so we become kingdom-minded in our life. And as a family, we become kingdom-minded, our priorities, everything, you know, we are kingdom-minded in the things that we do. If we're not living for ourselves, you know, it's no more I, me, myself, but, you know, we are living for the kingdom of God and it is the greatest thing that we can do. Now, there are a couple of things about when children become your friends and also, you know, enjoying the rest of the journey, a couple of more topics which you can read. You also, these are, you know, quite light things that you can read by yourself and I'm sure it'll be useful to read as well, things that we can put in practice when it comes to this course, right? So that brings us to the end of this course, Christian marriage and family. Now, what is important is, you know, to revisit some of the things that we have gone through. Okay, I'm sure that not all everything sticks to us, we tend to forget, so it's to revisit this. There is also, you know, if you can go to the resources section, I'll put the link in the stream. The entire series along with PowerPoint, along with the notes, is there on the church website. So I'll, I'll share the link with us and please feel free to, you know, at leisure, take some time to go through it and also maybe share it with others also and it'll definitely make a big difference in our own lives and the lives of others, right? So I just want to wish you all the best. Those of you, your marriage, marriages and, you know, all your families, I just want to wish you all the best and may God, you know, lead, may God be the center of each one of our, each one of your lives as well, right? Okay, thank you. God bless. We'll meet again in the next, next session. God bless you. Bye-bye.