 Before we just get started with the lesson, I just wanted to share a couple of scriptures. What we have read from 1 Corinthians 3 and 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 16 says, Do you not know that you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? And if anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are? So 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verses 16 and 17 and then we look at chapter 6 and verse 19 says, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are Gods. So if you look at 1 Corinthians 3, it's talking about collectively, right? All the believers collectively saying that you believe us, you are the temple of God, right? So he's referring to the Kuntian believers and he's saying you are the temple of God, which means the Holy Spirit dwells among you, dwells in you. So there's no question of defiling the temple either by strife or he's talking actually about division, right? Division and carnality and strife and quarreling and all that, so which is bringing in division in the body, right? So saying that you cannot have that, right? And 1 Corinthians 6, he's talking personally, he's saying you or your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, right? And you have been bought with a price. Both are something that refers to the temple of God and both, you know, sometimes it's very easy where we say, you know, the Spirit of God dwells in me, I am the temple of the Holy Spirit, right? But we need to understand that collectively as believers also that scripture is very clear that the Spirit of God dwells among us, which means that just as we would not do anything to defile ourselves personally because it says that you cannot, we need to glorify God in our body and our spirit, which are actually his, which belong to him. Therefore, the same way, similar way, you see that we cannot choose to defile the body of Christ. So how does one defile? You know, 1 Corinthians 3 talks about division. Okay, 1 Corinthians 3 talks about how he says, you know, you are saying I'm of Paul, I'm of Apollos, I'm saying you are carnal. There is envy, there is strife, there is division. So in this way, we are actually defiling the temple, which actually belongs to Christ. Okay, 1 Corinthians 6, he's saying you were bought at a price, you belong to Christ. Spirit, soul and body, you belong to him. You are his possession, which means that you are no longer his, no longer yours, but his. It says in 1 Corinthians 6 and 19, it says you are not your own. Okay, so the sooner we come to that realization, we will be able to, you know, possess ourselves as the temple of God. We will be able to live that truth as, you know, individually I'm a temple of God and collectively we are the temple of God. Right, it's so important that both are, both are necessary for us to walk in greater level of maturity and so that God is glorified. Right, so yeah, why don't we just pray and okay. Father God, we thank you Lord for this reminder that Lord, that you dwell among us God. Lord, we thank you that collectively that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Lord, that you move among us. Lord, that you inspire, that you do things God in and through us, Father God. But from one there is the word and from the other there is the confirmation. Lord, given as we gather together, each one of us Lord, as your word says, bring a psalm, a tongue and interpretation, a word of knowledge, a word of wisdom. Lord and Lord from another, the confirmation of it, God, the witnessing of it, or Father God. Father God, we pray that even as Lord we walk daily, oh God, in you as led by you, maybe walk with this understanding. Lord, that as believers that we are your temple. And Lord also individually, oh God, that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. That you have bought us with your precious blood, that we belong to you, spirit, soul and body. We are not our own, but we are yours, oh Father God, for you have purchased us and so we belong to you. Lord, we thank you Lord, we are purchased possessions today, Father God. And Satan has no part in it because we are completely fully yours, Master, we belong to you. We thank you Lord. And Lord enable us to walk out or walk in this reality, Father God. Always having this reassurance in our hearts, God. We thank you. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen, amen. Okay, so yesterday we looked at how the Lord Jesus ministered. And really the intent of our study was to apply that in our own lives. So these are the different ways he ministered. So he is our perfect role model. And it's not like he walked in a way that we cannot walk. It's not like these are too high standards that he said that we cannot walk in, no. Because he walked in Sonship Glory, he walked as anointed by the Holy Spirit, and he's given us the same privilege. God has given us, the Lord has given us the same privilege. So it's a joy to walk in that, in the same manner, to minister in the same way. Okay, so let's look at chapter 8 today. So chapter 8, as New Testament believers, as New Testament ministers. Okay, first of all, we need to understand that all of us are ministers of the Gospel. Okay, all of us are ministers, God's ministers in his kingdom. Okay, so any doubts about that? No. Okay, there's no doubts, right? So all of us are ministers, and why do we say that? We need to know that. Why do we say that we are ministers? Jesus commissioned. Okay, but anything more than that? Okay, so because we can say, okay, I'm called to share the good news, teach about Jesus. Okay, but all of us are called to something more than that also. Okay, spiritual gifts again for all, okay? It's the first responsibility. Okay, online students, anything that you want to share? You can unmute and we can hear you here. Anything more? Something that's really solid that we can, that we know for sure. Jesus loves everybody. Yeah, I know John 3.16, but just go to Ephesians chapter 4. Okay, Ephesians 4 verses 11 and 12. Okay, so whenever somebody asks the question, how can you say that believers are called to minister? How can you say that people in the church are called to minister? And they just believe us. No, this is what it is. Ephesians 4 verse 11 says, And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers. Okay, talking about the 5-fold ministry. Verse 12, for the equipping. So why did he place these for the equipping of the saints? Okay, so that every believer can be equipped for what? For the work of ministry. So every saint of God, every child of God, every disciple is to be equipped for the work of ministry. And for that purpose exists the 5-fold ministry in the church. So to some extent, we might call ourselves evangelists, we call for the pastoral ministry, we call for teaching, whatever. There is that element of equipping of the believer. So teaching, impartation, discovery of gifts, all that we said and about the great commission, inspiring, motivating. But the believer has to be equipped so that he or she can do the work of ministry, which means that every believer has some ministry and every believer is a minister. Yeah. Yes. Doesn't mean he was called to be the... Absolutely, absolutely. No, so the first 11 is talking about the 5-fold ministry. So he gave some to be this, some to be that. So not everybody, you know, not everybody who prophesying is called to be a prophet. Not everybody who's evangelizing is called to be an evangelist. That we understand. But the 5-fold have to equip the saints for what? For the work of ministry. So the question is, is every believer a minister? The answer is yes. And this is the answer because it is very clearly said that every believer, every side of God has to be equipped for the work of ministry. So it could be anything. It could be, you know, in evangelism, it could be, you know, the pastoral, it could be pastoral care. But they will be doing some other... They will be doing some other. It could be anything. It could be leadership, it could be compassion like we see Romans 12 and all that. It could be anything. But that equipping comes from these 5-fold for ministry. So we can say, you know, without any question, without any doubt that, you know, let's say you are taking care of a church. You are, you know, you are, you know, ministering in a church. You know, part of your calling is to equip the believer so that they discover their call. They discover the gifts, get activated in the gifts and go do the work of ministry. Whatever God has called them to. So it's not that, okay, you come, you attend, listen to the nice sermon and then go back. You come and attend and go back. No, there has to be equipping. And there, which means that there has to be releasing as well. You know, so it's won't be, you know, I'm going to hold you. You're only here. No, it has to be, you know, whatever God calls, whatever God has called them to. So it's something that we need to... So the thing is that every believer is a minister. So therefore, you know, we are going to look at, you know, personal preparation in order to minister God's word. Okay. So the Lord Jesus Himself is the word which became flesh, the eternal word which became flesh. You know, John 1 talks about that, that word became flesh and dwelt among us. So whatever he spoke, however he ministered, right, he ministered the word, right. He went back to the scriptures like we saw yesterday and he said it is written, it is written and he declared, right. So whatever he did, he did ask the word of God, whatever he spoke, you know, it is the word of God. Okay. So something that we understand is that the word and even in the Old Testament, we see that God puts His word into a human being or God asks a human being to declare His word. And just because a human being is declaring, a human agent is declaring, that does not minimize it in any way. Right. If you look at Jeremiah chapter 1, you see that God puts His word in Jeremiah's mouth and he says, you know, now you go and you do this. Right. You do, you establish, you uproot, you, all this you do. So what was it that was going to cost the establishing, cost the uprooting? It was the word of God. Right. So we need to understand that just because the eternal or infinite word is spoken through a finite, limited human being or human beings like you and I, that does not limit or that does not minimize the fact that it is the word of God. Okay. So, which means that we need to be, you know, we need to be careful because as human beings, we need to make sure that our flesh does not in any way cause any bias or any addition, anything to the purity of God's word because we know, like, you know, just like how we study in the prophetic and so on, we know that God's word is pure. The message is pure. The message is accurate. But because it comes through a human vessel, which also has, you know, emotions and feelings and you know, every kind of maybe limitation, biases, whatever, we need to make sure that that does not get passed on. So it's part of the personal preparation as a minister to share the word of God, right? So the first thing that we see that, you know, our feelings, thoughts, ideas, you know, God chooses human vessels. He knows that we are not robots without any emotions or without any experiences or without any personality. Okay. Now the word which came through Peter, of course, came with this personality. You know, Peter was very impulsive. Peter was, you know, what you see here, you know, right through when you read about him. God's word also came through a very learned person who knew the scriptures. So just because it comes through human vessel, you know, it doesn't mean that we keep aside our experience, we keep aside our feelings our emotions, et cetera, are, you know, our enthusiasm, our zeal. It doesn't mean that we keep it aside and then deliver the word of God without any of that. Okay. So, of course, it comes mixed with our emotion. It comes mixed with our passion, right? It comes mixed with all that. But the thing is, the things of the flesh, maybe it's a bias, maybe it's something, you know, that if it's unchecked, that should not, you know, corrupt or mix with the word of God. It means our flesh needs to be worked on. Okay. So the word of God, you have a question? You have, okay. So the flesh needs to be worked on. Okay. So which means that though God will use our thoughts, our, you know, our, some people are intellectually very capable or academically very sound. Some people are very simple in their communication and, you know, so God will use all that. Okay. But we need to understand that our character, that our thoughts, imaginations, that our flesh, everything needs to be dealt with by the word of God. Okay. First and foremost, that the word has to, you know, really go through us, change us and we know that that happens. Okay. What's that? What is that? That happens in certain, the laptop. Mine. No, it's, sorry. Anyway. So it, I think that's somebody's tab. Okay. Sorry about that. So it comes, you know, so we don't have to say that. Okay. Just because somebody's intellectually, you know, or academically very sound, that they are more capable or the others are less capable. No. But the fact is that everything that we call as the flesh, which is, when we say the flesh, we are referring to the fleshly appetites, like of the body. We're also referring to the unrenewed part of us. Okay. Which means our unrenewed thinking, our unrenewed desires, things that are not aligned or not changed according to God's thoughts, words, God's ways. Right. So that needs to be dealt with. And we know it's a process. Right. But that needs to be dealt with. Okay. The next thing that we see is that we are not merely called to just, you know, be a voice or just speak the word. Okay. But we are, we and the word need to be one. The message and the message need to be one. Okay. So which means that I cannot be detached from the word of God. Okay. So you might say, okay, how's that possible? You know, how can I, how can I just share the word without being detached? But we, we saw that. We saw examples like Jonah. We saw examples, right? Even in, you know, church history, we see that people were detached from the word. They did it as a duty or they did not have the same heart that God had. They did not have the same perspective or same motivation that for that message or they missed out on having the heart of God. Okay. Which means that the word needs to be part of our, the message that we are preaching needs to be part of our spirit, needs to be part of our, our thoughts, our imaginations, our actions. We need to be doers of the word even before we, you know, share the word of God. Right. So we need to really engage with the word of God at a deeper level. Even before we share it. Okay. So that doesn't mean, okay, I'm not, I'm not engaging with the word. So therefore I will wait. You know, I will wait. The thing is to say, okay, they engage with the word. Right. So don't put it off. Don't say, okay, I'm not, I'm not really feeling it. Therefore I will, I will not speak it. I will not share it. You know, the thing is to, you know, take that step. Right. Engage with the word. Let the word become flesh in us. Let the word deal with us. Let the word, you know, you are thinking and everything. They're intentionally take that step. Instead of, you know, saying that, okay, I'm going to wait and, you know, that, that just results in more delays. You know, it's that somebody said, you know, that, that joke about that person saying, you know, I, I preach, but I also smoke. Okay. So he said, I preach, I also smoke. Therefore I'm going to give up. Okay. So they said, what, I'm going to give up preaching. So, you know, sometimes we say, okay, I'm not engaging with the word. Therefore I will not preach. Okay. The thing is, you engage with the word, you know, you give up what is unnecessary. You know, you know that this is life. You know that this message is, is important. Change the destiny. So engage with the word. Let the word change you. Let the word, you know, you spend time in the revelation. Let the change your thinking. Let it change your speaking everything, expression, and go ahead and be a minister of the word. Okay. Okay. Another important thing is that, you know, every time we want to share the word, we, it's, it's good that we want to bring something new. Okay. Especially, you know, if it's a, if it's a church kind of a ministry, right. If it's evangelist, it's a new, it's a, most likely to be an itinerant, you know, you're facing a new audience or a new gathering, a bunch of people every time you minister. Okay. Like, if it's a pastoral church kind of ministry, you're facing the same crowd. Okay. And sometimes there is a pressure to bring something, something new all the time. Well, well, it's not a very, very, very, what do you call, unrealistic expectation. The Holy Spirit will give us new revelation. Right. The Holy Spirit will give us a new message, a new revelation. But, we need not be under pressure to bring something completely new all the time. Right. It can be a deeper revelation of the same subject. Right. It can be a reiteration or a re-emphasis of the same truth. Okay. So be open to that. You know, sometimes we say, okay, we just open the way of praying and then you feel like, okay, we need to share about how God is a God of love. Saying, oh, God, this is like, you know, this is like kindergarten, nursery school, you know, why should I, but the Lord, you know, just putting the same thing. Just go, do that and I'll be with you. So you, then you go ahead, you prepare and share and then you realize, wow, this is what people needed and this, you know, there's a great move of God, there's anointing and then you realize, you know, this is what, I'm so glad that we did that, rather than being under pressure to, you know, say something fancy, something new, something entertaining. Right. You went with what God, well, I mean, what, what you felt God was leading you to share. Okay. So, yeah. Okay. So, yeah. Yeah. First of all, when we are talking about this, every time we don't have to keep focus on one thing. No, sorry, every time we don't like, like, like taking the subjects, if you take the love or if you take the salvation, while, if we are talking like that, can we take like this? I mean, if we are, if you are going to preach a particular place, like, we've been invited to a college, a medical college, or we've been invited to an engineering college, or we've been invited to a village, then we have to go with the leading of Holy Spirit, or we can prepare the sermon, depending upon the group of people, where we are going. Hmm. So your question is, okay, you know, is it me or is it the Lord, when it comes to the message? You know, how much of it is me? How much of it should be? Okay. If you pray and all, most of my experience also, if you pray and all, we'll get one reference, through that we'll build the message, and all. Sometimes if we, if we call to a college, so we have to speak in the context of them, like, we should not preach like some, something that's not relevant, yeah. Very theology, theological and all. True, true. So, how we, yeah. Yeah, so I think one great example is a book of Acts, a book of Acts where Paul is in Athens, and I think which chapter is it? Yeah, he's, he's on the way to Corinth, and yeah, Acts chapter 17, right? So he, he's looking around, he's looking at all the people, I mean, all the things that, all the idols and places of worship, things that are, and then he looks at this altar and says that inscription to the unknown God, and then, and then he takes it, takes from there and starts sharing, right? So the thing is, yeah, so God has given us a mind, God has given us, you know, taken us through certain learnings and experience, and it's for a purpose. There's no, nothing, no harm, nothing wrong in using it, right? So, so definitely, like, the preparation of the heart belongs to man, the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord. So there is that part that we need to play in preparing, in researching, in really studying, right? And, and the Lord will highlight or give an emphasis. He will lead us, you know, and give us those ideas, give us those illustrations, and enable us to make it really relevant and communicated well. So that's the thing. So you don't have to feel guilty, okay, you know, I'm using my own strength in order to, you know, my own learning, my own, no, there's nothing wrong. Paul did that. We see that example. So, yeah, so the thing is to submit it to the Lordship of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes what happens is that we prepare and say, okay, this topic I've spoken in so many times, I know point number one, two, three, and I'll go and I'll do it. I'll share it, right? Now that is wrong, because, yeah, we might have done it thousands of times, but then there won't be any freshness if it's not submitted to God, and if we are not dependent on the Holy Spirit, right? Because God might want to emphasize certain things. He knows the hearts of people, so that's the thing. So, definitely our understanding will help us, but once it's submitted to, and if we are submitted to the leading of the Holy Spirit, sensitive to, then it becomes even more impactful. Hi, Pastor. I have a question. Yes. Yeah. So, okay. So, when we're talking about, you know, submit what you call it, overcome or flesh, and being in the preparation of preaching. Yeah. So, what if somebody, I mean any person who is not able to in that position of, I mean they might be going through something which is fleshly related, and but still they have to stand and preach or something like that. But still they have to minister in church or still they have to fulfill their responsibilities for the role they have given. Yeah. So, how do they deal with it? I'm asking because I've come across a lot of people. I mean to flesh in the sense of a lot of you know, the struggles they're going through, and still they are not in the right place to really, I know God is above everything, but I'm only talking in the perspective of how do we you know, go with it. So, how do we go about it? Yeah. So let's say, you know, you're in a kind of let's say this person is in a role, maybe leadership role, and you know, it's something that cannot be avoided. Yeah. And still that person is carrying a lot of offence, sort of hurt, and you know, and the person knows it, he or she knows it, you know, they know it, and it could be, it could be that, it could be certain other things also, you know, it could be addictions. Yeah. So the thing is, you know, once we come to the knowledge that, yes, you know, when the person knows it, it, of course, we cannot, we need to deal with it, right? It's no point in pretending and carrying on, right? We need to deal with it. So, and definitely take help to bring it to whoever is, you know, someone who's an accountability, someone of accountability, or council whatever, you know, just get it dealt with, or take help to deal with it, right? So that's the, that's what I think to do, rather than suffering, you know, on their own, and then, so deal with it. Second thing is, maybe, there are, there is one occasion where you cannot, you know, you cannot help, but you need to do it, right? You need to go. Yes, you're going, depending on the grace of God, you're going, hopefully the person is, you know, saying, you know, going and allowing the Holy Spirit to deal with them and, you know, cleanse their heart and receive strength for that day. And, and, you know, and definitely, it is, it is not their righteousness, but the righteousness that we have received from Christ, that is giving us that, you know, taking us to the place of receiving from Christ. So, you know, the throne of grace and not to, the Lord has made available for us. So, so go and minister in that strength, but do not continue in the same way. Maybe, there's one occasion, there are a couple of occasions, but, you know, there's a pattern, especially when you know that it's a struggle, when you know that it is something that you, it has to be dealt with and it is not dealt with. The best thing is to speak, share, get it sorted and then go. Maybe take some time off, you know, and, and then do it. Yeah, because it's not good. It's not good for the person. They are kind of, they are imploding, you know, they are, they are inside. Yeah. So, that's the thing. That is what I would say. Any other thoughts you can? Faster, what about, I mean, it's, I mean, flesh of, work of the flesh need not be only certain things, but it can be like, people are struggling to a lot of mental issues and, you know, and, still they are in this leadership position and they have to minister. And it, it creates, I mean, I've been observing quite a few, you know, I've been, when I was talking to people, but, but it creates a lot of pressure on them that, you know, I need to be there, even though I am going through something terrible, I can't take a, you know, I can't step out, or take time off because I don't know what effect it can be, or, they are only not in a position of deal with themselves, like, you know, handle themselves. It's very sad to see, you know, but, does it, how does it make an effect on when they minister to people? As you said, God works, but we need to be, preparing ourselves, our bodies, our minds and, everything for him to work through us, right? Yeah, yeah. So the thing is, you know, God uses, God will work, because it's his word. Maybe the person is really struggling, you know, trying to, trying to be a good vessel, vessel of honor, instrument of righteousness in God's hand. Maybe the person is, you know, having all these struggles, and they are really, it's, they're really finding it challenging. Okay. So then, you know, we would say, you know, if it's a couple of occasions, it's fine, you know, you know, take that, take a pause, step back, and, and deal with it. So in terms of, you know, what is the impact, right? You know, the grace of God covers, but, I would say, I mean, personal opinion, that you, you know, if it's, if it's not dealt with, it will, it will actually show up in a way, when it's unexpected, and it'll be an embarrassment. You know, yeah, so that's the thing, right? So, it could be, at a time when you're ministering, or it could be, you know, it can, it can result in a breakdown. Right? It can result in a breakdown. So you, we don't want that, and God doesn't want that. See God, it's not like God saying, you need to go minister, no matter what, God cares about us first, first and foremost, right? It doesn't, what's the point that if, you know, we are mentally a wreck, emotionally a wreck, and, and we, God cares about us, right? I hope that helps. Yeah, yeah, okay. Thank you. Yeah, sure. Yeah. So in the, related to the same question, what, probably asked, okay. So it's like, we know we have to dealt with, with like the people who are going with it, they have to tell, like, we can't continue both. Yeah. Like, even it's struggling or doing the things of our flesh and doing the work of God. Right. And in case, if, if, like, if it's like there's something one choice, it's okay, like, they are doing willfully, but in case if they're really struggling, how we have, she have asked how you have spoken, if they're really struggling, trying to overcome and be a good vessel of God. Right. They have to dealt with it. But the thing is like, they already know the word of God. So how they can dealt, or if, like, if even we have some anger issues, sometimes we do get offended sometimes. Yeah. We know we should not be, but sometimes we go through, through the situation. So how we can dealt with it. How can we deal with these things? Okay. So the thing is, yeah, what we have seen, like, so your, your first question is, you know, the person knows the word and still willfully, there are certain things happening. Right. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Right. Right. Yeah. See, one thing is personal victory. You know, we can, like, just like, David pulled himself up. He encouraged himself. And the Lord, and he, he went ahead with his assignment. So, the Lord has also, you know, given us his resources, who we are in him, how we can renew our mind with God's word. You know, that's a very powerful thing. Okay. Renew our mind because transformation comes from that place and be transformed by the renewing of our mind. So which means that when we don't see transformation, our mind still needs to be renewed. Okay. One simple thing I would say. Okay. What is your take on list? What is your take off list? Okay. The Bible talks about that. Right. Put on, put on and put off. Okay. So the Bible talks about that in, yeah. No, no, not an axe. It's, see, what do you put on? What do you put off? See, what do you put on? What do you put off? I think it's an, is it an efficient? Okay. Very quickly. Let's just, I think we have about five minutes. Efficient, right? Yeah. No, put, yeah, put on the armor. But, okay. So efficient four. Okay. Efficient four. It says, and verse 20 on words, but you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him as the truth is in Jesus, that you put off concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows, corrupt according to its deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind. And that you put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness. Okay. And then I think, yeah, even in chapter five. Okay. So he talks about certain things that we need to put off and then put on. So, so what are some things that we need to put off? So it's a very, it's a very, it's a very simple thing, but it's not, I know it's not easy. Okay. Certain things are entrenched in us, but by the work of the spirit, we are to put to death. Okay. So be intentional. You know, there are certain things that I need to deal with. Okay. I need to every day, make it an everyday thing just like how you want, might want to work out or, you know, make it an everyday thing. Okay. This is something that I want to put on in my life. This is something that I want to put off. Okay. This is, this is being a stumbling block. This is a ceiling. Right. Okay. What is the solution? You know, I need to be renewed so that I can see transformation, renewed in my mind so that I can see transformation in that area. Right. And if by the spirit, I am going to put to death the deeds of the body. Be single-minded about it, because Galatians, it's very, very, very, very clear. I says, if I walk in the spirit, if I'm led by the spirit, if I walk in the spirit, I will not. Right. So that's the other thing. One is renewing the mind, putting on, putting off, and then learning to walk in the spirit. It's an everyday thing. You will find yourself walking in freedom. I can guarantee you, it's not my guarantee based on the word of God, because certain things which happen in my life, I never thought I'd walk free. I never thought I'd walk free. I thought, God, if I make it to heaven, if at all I make it to heaven, with all these things, with all these strongholds, it'll be our secret. That was my thing. I cannot see freedom in these areas. Okay. So I was willing to even resign from my company, because I was so frustrating. And the frustrating thing for a believer is that knowing this is who you are in Christ and not really walking according to it. That's the most frustrating thing. Right. But the Lord gave freedom. And it was not like a passive thing. I had to, you know, take it, appropriate it, and walk in it. And every day thing, everything saying, God, no, this is why I'm coming back to it. I'm taking it. I'm walking in it. This is mine. This is what you've called me to, you know, renewal of the mind, results in transformation. I'm not seeing it. God, I want it. Like going back to who I am in Christ, you know, saying that, you know, I am the righteousness of God in Christ. When I've been, you know, like, you know, all that filth and everything, coming back and saying, God, it's not, it's by your precious blood. I'm coming back to that. I'm the righteousness of God in Christ. And yeah, so they will, there is freedom available. And the thing is, like, I was talking about, you know, we don't have to do it alone. We do it in, you know, with others, right? So that's the thing. We normally, we'd like to fix it ourselves. Maybe we are embarrassed. Maybe we don't want others to know, et cetera. We don't have to let the whole world know, but they can be one or two brothers who can walk with you alongside. And we don't take their help, right? Right? I hope that, let's see. Yeah. Okay. So, Jack Kim, Jesus himself took aside his disciples, one of them, people alone, alone from the crowds and nurtured and began their ministry again. Yeah. Jesus loves us as we are. As we go to Him, as we are more than in what we do or how much we minister. Yeah. So, yeah, time alone, time with the Lord is definitely healing, strengthening and refreshing. And yeah, a lot of things happen because of our lack of fellowship, our lack of intimacy with the Lord. You know, that's for sure, a lot of things happen. And also, let's face it, we face attacks, special attack, right? We face, there is a pushback from the enemy who does not want us to be all that God wants us to be, who does not want us to walk in freedom. There is always that. So, be aware of that, right? And use the resources, the authority, everything that God has given us, the power, right? Okay. So, thank you, Jack in for sharing that. Should we stop here? And then we'll continue next class, right?