 Just want to read from row 16 in verse 3. It says commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. The picture that we have is that of unburdening actually, rolling off our back, all the works, all the things that are to be done, everything that we have. We are responsibilities. Commit that to God. Roll it off our back onto God or restore it to actually place it in His hands. And it says here that your thoughts will be established. Like when we say commit, it's not like we are being passive or we are shirking our responsibility, but we are actually placing it in His hands. And the second part of the verse, row 16 in verse 3 says, and your thoughts will be established. Your plans will be established. Your thoughts will be established made firm in order for us to actually move to action. That's the idea. So when our thoughts are established, when our thoughts are clear, then our actions are also sure and they are clear as well. So let's just pray on those lines. Just thank the Lord for this day and commit everything that we need to do, everything that comes to our mind, even as we say, Lord, this work, this responsibility, this thing that I need to finish today. I commit it into your hands. I commit it to you, oh God, and may my thoughts be established. Let's pray. Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you for this day, Lord. We thank you for being the ever-present God every day, every moment, Father God. We are so glad that you are alive, Lord. We thank you, Lord. We thank you, Father God. And even right now, Lord, we commit our works to you, Lord. We commit everything that you've entrusted into our hands, Lord. Lord, we place it back in your hands, Father God, and not as a sense of, Lord, absolving ourselves of all responsibility. But Lord, we place it in your hands, Father God, stating that the Elias, Lord, we need the empowering. We need the enabling, Father God. And even right now, Lord, we place each and every task simple and complex and small and big and not everything into your mighty hands, Father God. Father, we pray, Lord, that you will, Lord, as your word promises, that you will establish, Lord, our thoughts, Lord, on those lines, God, that you will make firm of, Father God, as you promised. Yes, Master, come, establish our thoughts. Can we just take some time to allow the Lord to do that? Excuse me. Let's take some time to just receive and expect and believe that the Lord will just, you know, establish it. Make firm. Yes, Lord, let there be a establishing, let there be a strengthening, Lord, of the very thoughts, Lord, at the thought level, Lord, we thank you. Yes, Master, when we execute, when we implement, Lord, and do those things that you've called us to do, God, let it be with the assurance and confidence, God, that we have placed it at your feet and you're leading us, Lord, in those ways, God. We thank you. Lord, we commit this time into your mighty hands. In Jesus' precious name, we pray. Amen. Okay. Hey, welcome once again. So far we've been looking at, we've been studying about leadership, we've been studying about vision and how vision is so important for a leadership function, for a leadership role for the leader, clarity in what needs to be done and what we are working towards, you know, as a team, as an individual. It's so very important, right? We also looked at the mission statement, which clarifies the working out of that vision. And we also looked at objectives or goals that we need to have in order to carry out that mission and in order to fulfill the bigger picture of the vision. So today, we'll continue to look at that and we're looking at that aspect of planning. And I think we kind of started that. So we're going to look at that, what planning is. And also, we're going to look at, well, if there's something called planning, then is it, you know, what's the right way to go about it? And what's the wrong way to go about it? Avoiding those wrong ways and so on, right? So we see that planning, everyone does. And some of us are very meticulous planners. And maybe some of us are very, you know, maybe not superficial planners, but all of us plan in some way or the other. Maybe it's, you know, it's how we're going to spend our evening, what we're going to do with the family, you know, what we're going to wear on a particular day. Maybe if it's a special occasion, we do plan. If we're having guests over, like what to cook and, you know, how to entertain and all that we plan. So planning is not something, you know, something new to us. It's something that we do. But we're just going to take a closer look to see how we can implement it. And if we have any, you know, any kind of wrong ideas about planning and hopefully, you know, when we look into the word, we see that, yeah, it's something that is necessary, especially when it comes to ministry, when it comes to the organizational side of ministry. It is something that is not to be avoided. So let's look at that. So we see it's an activity which involves a sequence of steps, detailed steps, and it's deciding in advance. So that's the thing. You decide something in advance, a sequence of steps, this is what we need to do, and simply put that as planning. And also how to go about achieving those steps. Problems 426, ponder the path of your feet. Let all your ways be established. Ponder the path of your feet. So the word ponder means to consider, to weigh, you know, weigh the pros and cons. Ponder the path of your feet. Okay, where are you going to put your next, you know, your next step? Where's your next step on? So ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established. Now, I'm sure you've seen some rock climbing, you know, and also, you know, in an indoor setting, you have, you know, all these, some of the malls in Bangalore have this rock climbing feature. I know it's a wall and then wall climbing rather. And it has these footholds. And of course, the climber is safe because he's got a harness and you're secured by a rope. But the rock face can be almost vertical or sometimes even, you know, at an incline. So when you're climbing up this way, it's almost impossible, it seems. But the fact is this, that there are, you know, there are footholds. So when, you know, very different from how we would normally, you know, without thinking climb flight of stairs, we'll just, we'll just be careful about where we put our, we don't want to miss it, miss a step and slip. But here, in this case, be very careful where to put that next, where to put the next hold, next grip in your hand and where to put your next feet, you know, next step. Very, very, because it determines the step after that, whether it's going to be secure and it determines the step after that. So when you see some rock climbing happening, when you see some, you know, even in the, you know, some of the highest peaks where it's snow-clad mountains, you know, the next foot or the next step where you place your feet are very, very important. Right. So this scripture is ponder the path of your feet. Not to be, to confidently place, but also to weigh those steps. And some of those things, the decisions are very, very significant ones. And so here, the instruction, the exhortation is ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established. Let your ways be established, which means that the path that you're taking, let it be made from and let it be established. Right. So along with the scripture that we read and pray, Proverbs 16-3, commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. So here is it, you know, your thought, let your thought be established, let, you know, at your thought level, at the idea, at the strategy level, let it be established. And here we see that all your ways be established. So how will that be established when we actually weigh, when we weigh the pros and cons, when we weigh the decision of what we are, when you consider what we are about to do, right? And not impulsively Russian, but to consider. It doesn't have to be, you know, taking one week to, you know, think and think, but actually to consider. Depending on the seriousness of it, depending on the kind of information that we have and so on. So planning actually helps us to maximize, maximize what? Maximize the use of our time, optimum use of our time. We have all of us have 24 hours in a day. So how do I maximize it? How do I not waste it, but use it well in order to reach the objectives so that I'm fulfilling the vision. It can be our personal lives. It can be, you know, our individual personal lives. And this Sunday we were looking at purposes and plans, purposes and pursuits and, you know, just kind of breaking it down how we can do it for various areas of our lives. So, you know, if you can actually look at that and listen to that sermon Sunday that is 22nd, we can, right, day before Sunday, very useful to do that. So it helps us to use maximum, make the most of our time, make the most of our effort. Whenever we want to do something, we put in an effort and it's sometimes these activities require a lot of effort, require a lot of resources, like money and material and manpower and so on. So if we plan it well, then it'll be a good use or, you know, effective use of time and resources. Even a simple thing like maybe cleaning church premises, you know. It can be a simple task like cleaning, which involves dusting, sweeping, swabbing, arranging. But if there are a group of people doing it, or even if one individual is doing it, it's good to plan. Like it's good to plan and say, okay, this is the sequence. For example, you know, you don't want to swab the place before dusting and sweeping. If you want to mop the place first and then you dust the furniture or dust the ceiling, then you're going to get all the dust on the floor again, what you just mopped. So there is a, you know, sequence in which things need to be done. And if you have a group of people coming in, you know, and everybody heads to mop, everybody heads to... I think there is a lack of, you know, there's a waste of time. People are distracted. People are, you know, what do I do next? And you're there and then thinking about it. So it helps to, planning is something that you decide in advance. Okay, there are 10 people coming. So this is what each person is supposed to do. This is a sequence. So it's a simple activity, right? So it helps us. It is a useful thing. It helps us. So in order to achieve our goals, we must have a plan that has specific objectives. It's not a very broad or abstract or, you know, it's not a big picture like the vision. Vision is to be salt and light and a voice. So a plan cannot be, you know, those broad sweeping statements or steps, right? A plan cannot be, I want to be a voice today. A plan has to be a little more detailed than that. A plan has to be, okay, when I meet this person or when I text this person, when I email this person, I want to share God's heart for them. That is being a voice of truth, a voice of encouragement, right? So that's, you know, okay, you're looking at maybe a calendar and saying, today is this person's birthday and I want to be that voice of encouragement. I want to be that prophetic voice today for them. So that is a lot more detail. So it has objectives and a timeline. So plan always has steps, objectives. These are things that I need to reach. And it's very clear, much like, you know, a football game, if you're thinking of goals, you're thinking like, you're saying, okay, this ball has to be, you know, kicked through or headed through that goal post. It has to go through that. So that's as specific as that. And what is the timeframe, you know, in the next 45 minutes or the 45 minutes after that, right? The first half or the second half. This is it. So this is only the timeframe. We can't do it beyond that 90 minutes, right? Unless there is some extension extra time. So we can't be due beyond that. So a plan is similar. You know, this is, this is it. We need to do it. We need to time box that plan. Then it's effective, right? So probably six, you know, though it's these are these look like very strong words. There's a lot of value in it. So let's go to the and you slugger slugger means someone who's lazy, complacent, lazy and complacent. So consider her ways and be wise, which having no captain, overseer or ruler provides her supplies in summer and gathers her food in the harvest. So we see that the and prepares for the future and is preparing to provide for itself. And so it's gathering in the summer when there's availability. And so that when the winter comes or, you know, when the environment is not yet not conducive to go around and gather, or when there's nothing around to gather, then you have enough actually to use. So, so that's that is planning preparing for the future. So planning can be short term and long term. It can be long term in the sense it can be for a for n number of years and can be for maybe four years, eight years. It can be for within that year, maybe a quarterly plan, maybe a monthly plan, and you can break it down even to weekly and daily and so on. So it can be long term, but also it can be short term. Right. So the question big question, you know, sometimes in the, in the minds of believers and well meaning believers is, is this. Is it right to plan as a believer? Is it right to plan isn't how are we interfering in what God wants to do in our lives. See, we are sincere. We want to please the Lord. And, you know, is it something of the flesh? Right. If God is directing our parts, shouldn't we just listen and just do, right? Is it okay to plan? And one of the scriptures that really bothers or kind of create some kind of a challenge for the area of planning is Matthew chapter six. Right. Matthew chapter six and the Lord talking about money, talking about needs. But he says, you know, in verse 25, we say this, we see this. He says, therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life. And before that he says, no one can serve God and also man and the God of wealth. No one can serve wealth. Or no one can serve, you know, serve, cannot serve both. So therefore he says, do not worry about your life. And then he goes on to explain that same verse, what you will eat, what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on. So he's talking about the basic necessities of life. And so he says, what do not worry about it. And then look at the birds of the air for they need a soul or reap or gather into bonds. So these are activities which we as human beings do. We are sewing, we are reaping, we are gathering into bonds. We are, you know, we are doing all that. Yet your heavenly father feeds them or you're not of more value than they. Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to this stature. And then again, so why do you worry about clothing? Right. Verse 28. And then verse 31. Therefore do not worry saying what shall we eat, what shall we drink, or what shall we wear. After all these things the Gentiles seek for your heavenly father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow. For tomorrow will worry about its own things sufficient for the days its own trouble. So the Lord in this message exhortation to the disciples. So he's addressing a very serious thing. And he's also giving a distinction between, you know, the difference between worrying and maybe working for something. Worrying and planning about something. So we can, you know, sometimes we, people use it to mean that, okay, I don't have to work towards something. I don't have to plan towards something. I can just be. Yes, we need to put our faith and trust in because he is the, he's the source. The Lord is the source. The Lord is our provider. But we need to understand that he provides through a gainful employment. It provides through the working of our hands in order to bless someone. Right. So we see scripture also, you know, gives that exhortation and Paul writes to him and he says, you know, therefore let him who stole steal no longer, but work with his hands, what is good so that he might have enough for himself and he can help those who are in need. So, so, you know, this is the, this is the complete picture that we see. So the Lord is talking about not worrying, not worrying about tomorrow, not worrying about those legitimate needs. These are legitimate needs. Eating, you know, what you will wear, what you will wear, you know, and other other needs that you can think of just eating, drinking, but these are legitimate needs. And the assurance is this that your Heavenly Father knows that you have need of these things. And so, like we studied in financial stewardship, but these are legitimate things and Heavenly Father knows so do not worry, but there's nothing wrong in planning. There's nothing wrong in working towards it. So we need to know the difference. Many times we, when we plan, we worry and plan. Maybe that's why, you know, we kind of go off and say, I'm not going to plan at all. Many times we're thinking here, we're in that place of it's not a joyful planning. It's like a tension filled planning. It's like, oh, I need to do this. Okay. How do we go about it? And then sir, you know, it's a, it's a problem that needs to be sorted. It's filled with anxiety and we, you know, maybe, you know, there's a short time and then we are doing this and so it's, there's no sense of joy or peace in our planning. Maybe, maybe that's why we don't even get into planning because every time we think of planning, you know, it's like all this tension and worry and anxiety just hits us. But the thing is, it can be a joyful planning. It can be with a sense of peace and we can plan things like what all these needs we can actually plan. Like what do I eat? You plan and plan with a sense of peace. Ruling and draining in our hearts, plan with joy of the Lord flooding our hearts, knowing that he is the provider. Right. Okay. Another scripture is what we see in James chapter four versus 13 to 17. James gives this, it's like a strong rebuke and he says, you know, come now who you say to James four, 13 to 17. Come now who use you who say today or tomorrow, you will go to such and such in city, spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit. Whereas, you know, do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? Is it not even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away? Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, you know, we will do this. If the Lord wills, then we will live and do this or that. But now you boast in your arrogance and all such boasting is evil. Right. So you boast in your arrogance. So what is James really talking about? He's saying, you know, you submit one to God, your life, your everything that you want to do in the future. If you want to go here, go there tomorrow and buy and sell and be in that city and you feel that okay. God has graced you in that you, you know, we take time to submit that. Right. And be led by God into all this. He's not against this. So we submit and we also depend, rely on His abilities more than ours. Not in, you know, our strength, our faith, not in the arm of flesh. God is going to, you know, you're the one who's going to be doing it. The Lord is going to empower. The Lord is going to give ideas. The Lord is going to lead us. Like again, drawing from what we have been learning in financial stewardship. It is He who gives us the power to get wealth or the ability. Right. So this, since this is in the context of business and, you know, maybe entrepreneurship, buying and selling. So, so God is not against it. Right. But he's definitely against pride and boasting. So verse 16. Now you boast in your arrogance. Maybe everything's going fine. Maybe, you know, there's, you have some ability and skill and everything's fine. So the, the, because there's, don't do it with arrogance just because you have resources, just because you have skills, just because you have people don't do it in arrogance. Or we will do this. We will expand. Don't do it. Do it with dependence. Oh God, do it with another, in other, in other words, do it with humility, not with arrogance. Do it with humility, not with boasting and not being boastful and be prideful. Right. Because that is evil. Okay. So, so that's the, that's the thing when it comes to the scripture James four, because these are normally the common scriptures which come to our mind. Or maybe people preach from to say, you know, refrain from doing it altogether. But that's not the case. Right. Okay. Then the other school of thought is that any way the Lord's going to return. Right. The return of the Lord is imminent. Well, so what's the use? What's the point in me planning and goals and pursuing and because the Lord is, is running soon anyway. And then all these activities and everything, which are of, you know, maybe you're thinking about work and, you know, these are of not eternal value. We come to that conclusion. The Lord will anyway return. So, but the thing is this, that till he returns, till he comes back to take us. Well, the Lord has a purpose for us and how we live our lives. The Lord has a plan. He, you know, through the routine, through the mundane, he has a plan for us, plan for sewing, plan for reaping, plan for watering. Right. Talking about his field as people and God wants you to use each and every one of us as his disciples to do that. And it can be as a homemaker, you're doing sewing, watering, reaping. It can be as a, as a person who's in the corporate sector to sew and water and reap. And you can be in the, in the ministry, in the church environment to sew, water, reap. Right. And similarly, different realms that God can use till he returns. So there, for each of those things, for each of the things that we need to do and also the routine work that we need to do, there is the requirement to plan. So the turn of the Lord is imminent. The turn of the Lord is sure. He has as sure as the first coming of the Lord Jesus in the fullness of time he came. The return is also in the fullness of time he will return. No doubt about it. Till that time he has placed us here with a purpose to sew, to water, to reap. Right. And we are co-workers with God. So we cannot be passive and just float around. But we need to utilize whatever he puts in hand. So that requires planning once again. So, so the thing is that it is not an unspiritual activity. It is not something that is a work of the flesh. It can be. So we see that it is a characteristic of God and an attribute of God. He is a God of plan. He is a God of purpose. Now let's consider a couple of scriptures. Romans chapter 8 verse 28 and 29 says, Now we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Right. Who love God, those who are called according to his purpose. Verse 29, For whom he phoned you, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Okay. So you see this, you know, who are called according to his purpose. And it talks about how when he phoned you, he also predestined that, okay, those who come will be, come to know him, come to receive him, will be conformed to the image of his son. And they are going to be born again. They're going to have a born again spirit and all that. They're going to be conformed to the image of his son. Right. So this is something that was his purpose or something that he has planned. So we see that in Ephesians chapter 1 verses 9 and 9 to 12, having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself. Okay. So this good pleasure that, okay, I need to make known the mystery of the will in this dispensation. I want to make known to my sons and daughters. So according to his good pleasure, that was his good pleasure. Right. Which he purposed in himself, which means that he thought through, thought about it and he planned it out. That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are in earth, in him. In him also, we have obtained an inheritance being predestined according to the purpose of him. That being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, that we who first trusted in God should be to the praise of his glory. So even in this verse, only in these verses, which talks about how predestined to be conformed those who come to Christ. And then his purpose, his plan is that all things that are in heaven and on earth to be gathered together in one in Christ. Right. So we see this. The counsel of the Lord, Psalm 33 verse 11, stands forever the plans of his heart to all generations. So there is the counsel of the Lord, there is the plan of his heart to all generations. So it's at the macro level, maybe for the body of Christ, for the nation and also at a very individual, personal level. Right. So this God who knows the end from the beginning, he wants us to follow in his footsteps and be conformed to his image. And this is just like we see, okay, he's holy. He's loving, he's compassionate. He's powerful and so on. He wants his children to be in the same way. In the same way we see that this is also an attribute of God, this attribute of this planning and purpose. Right. So we don't have to look down. We don't have to, we can actually embrace that and say, okay, see the value in it. Right. Okay. Let's look at some guidelines. Okay. Now, this is what makes a difference. And this is what makes a difference between a spirit-led planning or a God-led planning and a fleshly planning. Right. A selfish plan or a fleshly plan. This is what makes a difference. So if you do it right, if you want to do it right, having now considered all this, the fact that God is not against people planning. Okay. But we know how to plan. We need to know how to do it right. Right. So the first thing is this that in all our ways, in all our planning, in the pondering of our path and whatever decision we're going to make, let God in. Let God in. Do not, you know, shut God out. Let God in. Right. And when He steps in this, He brings within everything and He brings within, first of all, the joy and peace and hope and comfort. He brings within the wisdom. He brings within the infinite possibilities and we can actually lean on and use, lean on and draw from in our day to day and in our long term. So in all your ways, acknowledge it. Problems three, this is five to six. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. Well, this understanding, experience, our intellectual capability, He gave us. But we are finite and there's a limit to it. And so lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him. In all your ways, in the sense, whatever way you're considering. It could be a step. It could be a path. Step, short-term. Path, long-term. In all your ways, acknowledge Him. Recognize and acknowledge. Recognize. To acknowledge is to, you know, if you, in simple terms, if you're looking at it, if you notice someone who's familiar, you recognize that person, you acknowledge. The person looks at you, you look and say, hello, how are you? And maybe you don't have time, you just wave. You acknowledge. So in practical ways, how do we acknowledge Him? Because He's going to direct our parts. The promise is that He shall direct our parts. So the question is, have we been acknowledging, have we been trusting Him with all our heart? So that's a biblical way to receive direction. Trusting in Him with all our heart, not in our own finite understanding. Now it could vary. It could be a person of much experience, much learning, a lot of knowledge that we have accumulated. But the exhortation is, don't lean on just that. Don't lean on your own understanding. It's limited compared to the infinite unlimitedness of God. So don't lean just on that. In all your ways, acknowledge God. Whatever we are considering acknowledge God and He shall direct your parts. So this is a promise that we have. So how do we acknowledge Him? We obey His word. So if you are considering a certain set of actions, certain paths, certain steps, is it something that conforms to His word, conforms to His ways, conforms to His liking? Will He be glorified or is He going to be dishonored if I take this? And also, is it in line with, does it help in this kingdom in any way? No, not all things can be equated to expanding the kingdom of God. It can be a simple thing like going somewhere for a rest and refreshing. So we can't directly equate it to that. But we can consider all this. Is it morally wrong? Is it scripturally okay? We can think of that. That's how we acknowledge Him in all our ways. And then second one when it comes to planning. These are guidelines we are looking at. Guidelines to plan. And planning, of course, it could be personal life, it could be church, it could be ministry, it could be for all these areas that we are looking at. So we can use these same guidelines. So it's not just for a quote-unquote spiritual activity. Like maybe an outreach or a prayer meeting. It's not just that. It's for every area of our life. We can actually use it. Because Prow's 3, 5 and 6 actually talks about everything. It's just all your ways of acknowledging. So first one is in all your ways we acknowledge and we practically do that by considering the word and its ways. And second one is following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Because we have this privilege to be called the children of God, sons and daughters of God. Romans 8, 14. We are the sons and daughters of God. And it says that as many are led by the Spirit of God. So for the son and daughter of God, the privilege is to be led by God's Spirit. So that's our privilege. So it's not something that is a privilege. It's something that is a very laborious activity. It's not like a burden, but it's joy. And it's a privilege that we have. Well, we have a privilege to be led in this manner because Ephesians 2 talks about the fact that we are made alive in Christ. Our Spirit is born again. It's alive to Christ. We are able to hear the voice of the shepherd because of this. Not everybody has this privilege. There's a world that's hurting, seeking and all forms of spirituality. They are longing for that, for the authentic. But they place the trust in all forms of all kinds of substitutes, all counterfeits because there is a longing. But we have received that capacity to hear the authentic and the real. So authentic and the true. So we have to be led by God. We are designed because we are born again. Our Spirit is alive to the things of God. And so we can do that. Proverbs 19-21 says, There are many plans in a man's heart. Never the Lord's counsel that will stand. So go with the Lord's counsel. There could be many options that we are considering because of various things. But then we can always lean in and see the Lord's counsel. So invite the Holy Spirit. Third thing to look at is understand the seasons. Now this is very important for us. Because all of us, when we look at us, we go through various stages of life. We could be single. We could be married. We could be parents. We could be grandparents, whatever. And in a similar way, we could be students. We could be, you know, maybe grow out of that, grow out of that student phase and maybe you're working. And in work, if you're working in a company, you could be an executive, a junior management, a middle level management, maybe a senior level management, a vice president and so on. So we are, you know, we could be in different phases in that sense, professionally also. There are different seasons. So keep in mind and recognize what season we are in, especially when we are planning for ourselves, personal lives, understand what season. So what worked in a season where we were students is not possible when we are planning things. It's not possible when we are maybe young parents, when we are young adults. What worked then when we were maybe college students or schools is we cannot directly transfer that or we cannot plan in such a way. We need to acknowledge that I am in a different season of life. Therefore, there are certain realities, the kind of way I can spend my time, the way I can spend leisure as a student. Well, it seemed like I was in this whole, everything seemed like one eternal thing, time extends, I can do what I want and so on. I can take off when I want, but not so. There are responsibilities, parental, professional, maybe ministry, family. So there is a pressure on time, everything in terms of relationships and everything, there are responsibilities. So understand that season. So understanding that season and planning will really help us to plan effectively. Otherwise, there's again a tension, there is again a pressure. So Ecclesiastes 3-1, to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. Verse 11, He has made everything beautiful in its time and He has put eternity in their hearts except that no one can find out the work that God does from the beginning too. And praise God. As New Testament believers, we have the Spirit of God living in us and what I has not seen, you have not heard nor even turned into the heart of man. Well, the Holy Spirit reveals these things to us progressively as we walk with Him. And again, Ecclesiastes 8 and verse 5, He who keeps His command will experience nothing harmful. The wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment. Because for every matter, there is a time and judgment. Though the misery of man increases greatly. So we see that yes, there is a time, there is a season, so understand that. What stage we are in. When you look at church ministry, when you look at that also, it goes through phases. There is a foundation work stage, there is a growth stage and so on, which you learn in the local church. So we see that yes, understand the season, very important when we are planning. Then we will stop with this and then take a break. So the thing is to dare to dream. That and the next one might seem a little paradoxical. Fourth one is dare to dream, fifth one is be realistic. If I am to be practical and realistic, can I actually dream? So the thing is to be creative and to really dream big with God. And the Lord will enable us to do the daily, the monthly, the weekly monthly, in order to reach that. Look at this verse, Ephesians 3. He is able to do, now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask of things according to the power that works in us. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly. These are big words. These are like grand words or grand attributes. He is able, well able to do it. He has the ability, the capability, the resource and everything. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or think. So it's one step ahead of us. If you are asking, he is able to do exceedingly. That's his capability, that's a characteristic. But if you look at the other part of the verse, according to the power that works in us. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we personally, sometimes limited by asking or thinking, but it's according to the power that works in us. What is that power that works in us? It is the Holy Spirit power, resurrection power that works in the believer. So this is something which is very profound that we understand that. So it is, you know, you see the wine in the branch. You see that, well, I'm abiding in the wine. I'm receiving what the wine supplies to the branch and I'm bearing fruit. So I can, you know, here is this incentive or here is this push to really think beyond what I'm thinking, to ask beyond what I'm asking. Because it's according to his power. It's according to his power that works in us. The power of the Holy Spirit. And then verse 21, to him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus. So it's everything is to glorify him, to bring glory to his name, to be so that he is made big, he is magnified and his purposes are fulfilled. So we'll stop here and then proceed after the break. Thank you.