 Okay, okay, so we'll pray and then we'll get started. Okay, so I just want you to want us to pray this. You know, whatever we've been learning about, you know, what God thinks about money, what God thinks about people having money, right, what God thinks about us as believers having money or using money, etc. Just say that, Lord, let it change my thinking. Okay, I want to think or I want to consider the things that you're considering or I want to think, consider the same way that you are considering. You know, whatever He's giving importance to, we'll pray, Lord, I also want to give the same importance. Whatever is precious to you, let it be precious to me. Whatever is worthless to you, let it be worthless to me also, right? So that's a good prayer to pray, right? Saying that, Lord, whatever you are giving importance, I want to have, I want to give it the same importance. You know, whatever He considers as something precious or something valuable, it's only right that we also consider that the same way, right? So let's pray. Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you for this day. Thank you for bringing us here. Master, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your word, the work of your spirit in us, Lord. And even today, Lord, help us to consider and help us to look at things the way you see it, Lord. Lord, especially with regard to money, Lord, we pray that, Lord, whatever is precious to you, let it be precious to us, Lord. And whatever you consider as worthless, Lord, we pray that we will also, Lord, look at it the same way, that something is worthless, God. And Father, God, we pray that we will have your heart when it comes to, Lord, material things, finances and prosperity and all these things, Lord. Lord, we pray that if we have been, Lord, thinking about it in a different way, Lord, may our minds, may our thoughts and everything, Lord, be aligned, brought in line with your word and your way of thinking and doing things, Lord. And Master, we commit ourselves to this. Holy Spirit, empower us, enable us. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, so, last class, we studied some of the people who prospered and who got prospered and some of the people who also fell because of money. We looked at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, three generations. We looked at Joseph, we looked at Job and all these people whom God actually prospered. So, we studied that word prosperity, it means more than money. It means success, it means growth, it means increase. But it includes money also. So, we see how God prospered all these people. We also looked at the negative side of money, money getting a hold of people. We looked at Balaam, Gehazi. And in the New Testament, there are two others who are mentioned. So, maybe we can quickly look at those verses. 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 10, where Paul says 2 Corinthians 4-10. And if you're looking at your notes, we're in page 10. So, 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 10. So, Paul says, for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world. So, Paul is in ministry and he's got this team of young people that he's raising up. And as a team, they are traveling, they are ministering, sharing the gospel. So, Paul is saying that, he's writing to Timothy and he's saying, you know, you come to me quickly because Demas has forsaken me having loved the present world. So, what he's saying is that, you know, the present things of the world has been more attractive to him. So, he has decided not to, you know, work together anymore. Then we read about Judas Iscariot in Luke chapter 22 verses 4-6. He goes and he plans with the chief priests how to betray Jesus and they agree to give money. And so, he promised and sought opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. Now, Judas had a problem with money, right? It's not only these 30 pieces of silver, even earlier, right? Can anyone tell me what kind of a problem he had with money? Did he have a problem with money? He used to steal from the church money. Yeah, so they had this, he was like a treasurer, right? He was handling the funds and finances of, we can say, the ministry, right? They were all together and traveling and so on. But the gospel's talk about how he used to, you know, put his hand in that and take whatever was required for him, right? For his needs, he would take, he would use that money, right? What was meant for the ministry, so he would actually, so money had a pull on him. Like he was drawn, he was attracted to money. And here they agreed to give him a certain sum of money and he decided that he will betray the Lord Jesus. Now we don't know what was going on in his mind. You know, he was with him and why suddenly, you know, this kind of a decision, which means that, you know, he was always in his heart, his heart was divided and he was drawn to the world, he was drawn to money, so much so that he did not really esteem Jesus and his words as highly as money, right? We had to put two things on a scale, right? For him it was always money, which was heavier or greater than the words of the Lord and whatever he was sharing and teaching and so on. So the sad thing is this, you know, when the Lord Jesus sent them out two by two, right? Before him to do those things that he called them to do, okay? So all of them went, they declared about the gospel of the kingdom, they laid hands on the sick, you know, that is the thing which he sent them out, right? Mandate, go lay hands on the sick, you know, drive out demons, etc. So they went and he was also part of that, right? We should never forget, he was also part of that. He went, he reached the kingdom, he laid hands on the sick, the sick were healed, he delivered, you know, he went and, you know, kind of cast out demons and delivered and it also talks about, if you look at Luke chapter 10, okay? You can go there, look chapter 9, sorry, okay? He called his 12 disciples together, right? So which means Judas was also part of that, right? And he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases. Verse 2, he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick, right? Then if you look at chapter 10, Luke chapter 10, okay? It says, after these things the Lord appointed 70 others also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he was about to go. And again, he sent them with the instruction. Then the 70 returned with joy and saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to your name. So he sent them out, he empowered them to go heal, to go deliver, to go preach. So they went out. So Judas was part of that, right? But somehow money had a hold on him, okay? Money had a hold on him. So we see that, you know, these were men of God, teamers, part of Paul's team, ministry team of those days, seeing great and mighty things the Lord is doing, facing a lot of difficulties and persecution. But at the same time, seeing what God was doing in the lives of people, all the wonderful things, people's lives being transformed, everything. He's seeing right then and there before his eyes. But he loved the world. Okay, so we learned something about how we need to treat money. It is important. It is useful. There are a lot of things that we can do, but we need to be careful. We need to be discerning, right? We need to give the rightful place for money in our lives. It is useful thing. We can't say, you know, I don't need money. You know, it's waste. I don't need to, you know, I don't need to earn, all right? We can't say that also, right? Because everything that we need to do in life, whatever God has called us to do, God is not against money. But we need to be careful so that money does not get a hold of us, that we don't become people of greed or covetousness. Okay, okay. So let's look at a few more verses that talks about God's heart, you know, with regard to material blessings and finances. So, you know, why are we looking at all this? Why are we studying all this, you know, so that we get to understand that this is how God looks at money. So this is how God blesses. Okay, so sometimes we might have a different understanding. Maybe God does not want to bless. Maybe God is holding back. Maybe God does not want me to have. He might want others to have, but he does not want me to have. But if you look at the word of God, we see something very different about the very nature of God. Okay, so let's look at, you know, Second Samuel 6. Okay, we are looking at the topic, God gives material blessings and financial miracles, right? So if you look at Second Samuel 6, verse 10 and 12. So this is about the Ark of God, Ark of the Lord, which David was bringing from the Philistines. So what happens, the backstory is that it falls and the user reaches out his hand to steady it and he dies, right? He dies immediately. So now they did not move the Ark. What did they do? They didn't bring it into Jerusalem. So they kept it into Bethlehem. They kept it in the house of Obed Edem, right there. So that is what we see. Second Samuel 6, verse 10, they kept it right there. Let me just read that verse, verse 10. So David would not move the Ark of the Lord with him into the city of David, but David took it aside into the house of Obed Edem, the Getite. Verse 11, the Ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed Edem, the Getite for three months, right? And the Lord blessed Obed Edem and all his household. Now it was told King David saying, the Lord has blessed the house of Obed Edem and all that belongs to him because of the Ark of God. So David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obed Edem to the city of David with gladness. So what was this Ark of God? I'm sure you've studied in praise and worship, right? So what was this Ark of God? What is this Ark of God? Excuse me. Anyone? You studied, right? Presence of God. Sorry? Presence of God. No, but what is it? God was the dwelling... Yeah, particularly what was it, Sister? It was the Rod of Iron, Aaron. Okay. And tablet of the Ten Commandments was there. Okay. Right. So what was it? It was a physical box, right? Yeah, it was a physical box. So it had all these things inside which had the pot of Mana, the Rod of Iron, the tablets, right? Ten Commandments, the tablets. Everything was there inside. And then it represented something. What did it represent? It represented the... Mercy seat. I'm sorry? Mercy seat. The Mercy seat, yes, on top of it. Yeah. Where God would speak, right? From which God would speak and... Yeah, but it represented God Himself. Yeah. Right? And not only that, but it was the very presence of God in those days. Right? So wherever the Ark was, that was the presence of God. Okay? So here was God's presence. Here, or we could say, here was God in that Ark of Covenant. And that was in this person's house. And what happened to that person's house? Obed Edem's house. Okay. Just look at the verse. So he says he was blessed, right? So was it small or big or something hidden, something significant, what do you think from these verses? How was he blessed? Was he... You know, he got up every morning, he had this amazing sense of peace and presence of God and he just worshiped. In what way was he blessed? Sorry? In everything, right? So it says here, and the Lord blessed... Verse 10, verse 11, and the Lord blessed Obed Edem and all his household. Okay? And it says this was what was told of Obed Edem to David. Okay? Which means that people around got to hear of this, got to see this for themselves. That's what it means, right? So, which means that they saw something was different in his household. They saw something was different in his life. Obed Edem, you know, how come you have so many sheep? I don't know. For the last three months, it's been like that. How come your field, you know, there's so much of yield and so much of... I don't know. How come your children are doing well? I really don't know. For the last three months, it's been like that. Right? So it means in all areas of his life, he actually thrived, he flourished. He prospered, right? And it was so visible. Okay? What does that mean? That means that people could see it for themselves. They said there's something is different. The Ark of God is there in the house and something is different about this guy. Something is different about his family. And it was so visible and so, you know, tangible. So they went and news of this reached David. So David was in another city. The news of this reached David. So they said, hey, something is happening. Okay? You're able to understand, right? So something is happening. You know, maybe... See, if you look at Bible college classes happening here and, you know, outside in the road, nobody would know what is happening here. You know, 12 o'clock, we have a supernatural hour. Nobody knows. But imagine if something was happening physically, tangible, so that people outside know that, hey, there is something happening here. It's like that. In his house, something was happening that others would know. The neighbors came to know that the whole, you know, place came to know. And news of this reached David. And when it reached David, when he realized, hey, the presence of God in the Ark of God, we need to move that. So that was the plan, original plan anyway, to bring it back to the, you know, the city of David. So, so much so that he decided, he said, you know, we need to bring up. And then because of this, so David says, David went up. So David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obed Edem to the city of David. Right? So what does that show us? What does that teach us? You can use the mic. Presence of God is a blessing for us. Presence of God is a blessing for us. Okay. Anyone else? Presence of God prospers you. Presence of God prospers, prospered him. So we know that presence of God prospers. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Anyone else? So the Bible talks about in his presence, the presence of the Lord. In his presence, there is fullness. It talks about fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. Right? When we look at the spirit of the Lord, in where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Okay? So it talks about where God is, the whole atmosphere changes. The whole thing changes. Right? If there is hopelessness, there is hope. If there is, you know, total lack of peace, there is peace. Because his rule and reign, his kingdom, is about righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Right? So it's like God steps into a place and there is change. Right? So that's what's happening here, which means that God is all about thriving and flourishing and bringing about change for the better in people's lives. And that's what happened to Obed Eden. Right? So it's a very nature and character of God to bless, to bring about blessing, to bring about change for the better. Okay? So there's something that we need to, you know, have it ingrained in our minds. You know, God is about bringing change for the better. God is about lifting up people, not destroying people's lives. Right? So the peace about bringing change is very presence, is a presence that brings about joy and righteousness and peace. And his presence brings shallow. Yeah? So that's something that we see. Okay. One more example. Elisha and the kind of miracle that happened. Right? So we see 2 Kings 4, verses 1 to 7. Read about the woman, the widow, and then she's in debt. Right? So Elisha said to her, verse 2, 2 Kings 4, verse 2, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, your maid servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil. Yeah, but a jar of oil. He said, go borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not gather just a few. And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons. Then pour it out into all those vessels and set aside the full ones. Verse 5, so she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons and brought the vessels to her. And she poured it out, that little jar of oil into all the vessels. Now it came to pass. When the vessels were full, that she said to her son, bring me another vessel. And he said to her, there is not another vessel. There are no more vessels. So the oil ceased. Then she came and told the man of God and he said, go sell the oil, pay your debt. You and your sons live on the rest. So it talks about a very, very difficult situation. Yeah, very difficult situation. The prophet is dead. One of the sons of the prophet, he is dead. His wife is there. There are two sons and they have a lot of debt, which means they might have borrowed money. They don't have the money to give back. And so the creditors, the people from whom they borrowed are coming to take away their sons, maybe to work like a bonded labor or something, whatever. And then here comes Elijah and he speaks, he instructs according to the word of the Lord. Instruction is go gather the vessels. You have only this jar of oil, pour into all the vessels. So they borrowed the vessels from everywhere, they start filling out. So when she starts pouring out, there is a miracle. So what does a miracle, any miracle, what does it show us? Miracle meaning something supernatural, something miraculous, which is orchestrated by God. So what does it show us, teachers? Something that is humanly possible, but something that is possible with God. Anything else? I'm sorry, it shows the significance of God's touch, God's power, what it can do. Then anybody online, you witness a miracle. What does it tell you about God? It has to, right? It's from God. You need to learn something about God through the miracle. So what do you learn? What does a miracle tell you about God? Anything else apart from what we heard? God is a supernatural source of everything. Okay, so God is a source, but a supernatural source, which means above the natural. Okay, the miracles show the provision of God. Okay, that God is a provider. Then you see God is all powerful. Okay, so it shows the heart of God. It shows the nature of God, every miracle. See, every miracle we go, wow, looking at the miracle, right? Because it's so not the norm. It's above the normal. It's above the natural. That's why we call it supernatural, right? But we also need to see the hand behind the miraculous, the miracle maker, right? It has a signature on it. It points to him and all that you have described, it shows his heart, right? So here it's a financial miracle because she's going to sell this oil, get money out of it and she's going to take care of all the debts and everything and take care of their living. So it's a financial miracle. Okay, so what does that show us about God? That God cares. That God cares, yeah? Because they're in the debt, they're actually in a very difficult end of the road, no hope kind of a situation. It shows that God cares, yeah, brings anything out of nothing, yeah, sure. So it shows that God cares, it shows that God loves, it shows that he's a good God, right? And he shows that God, you know, when there is a need, financial need that God is not against it and he blesses, he gives. It also talks about his generosity and his ability to give, right? Efficiency talks about the fact that now God is efficiency 2 or efficiency 3. He's able to do exceedingly, abundantly, is that efficiency 2 or 3? 320, right? He is able, which means talks about his ability to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or think, right? Ask or imagine or ask or think. So that's God. So when you look at this miracle, it talks about the fact that he's able to do his ability. It also shows us that he's willing to do. Okay, ability is one thing. Willingness is something else, you know, because some people might be able, but they're not willing, they don't have the willingness. Hey, I can do it, but I don't want to. Here it talks about God's ability and also God's willingness to bless. And it's in the area of finances, right? So it talks about how generous he is, right? If you notice, there's one verse which says, So the mother says to the son, hey, bring me another vessel, everything is full now. All the vessels are full, maybe they had some 20 vessels, big, small, you know, filling. Can you just imagine? Everything is filled with oil, everything is filled with oil. They're just keeping it all over the place. And then she says, hey, give me another vessel. And the son says there's no other vessel. We've exhausted, you know, we brought everything. That's it. There's nothing else. And then the oil stops. You know, we always think, okay, what if they had 10 more vessels or 20 more vessels or 30 more vessels that would have continued, right? So it talks about the limitless nature of God or the limitless ability of God to provide, right? So again, it gives us an idea of God's heart, who God is, what he can do and why he does these things, right? So again, you know, our understanding about God, you know, there should be a shift in our minds. This is who God is. And we understand God according to the Word of God. Okay, now there could be a number of factors. Why our experience is not according to this many factors, like many things, and we can't really pinpoint everything. When we go to the Word, we see God described as this. We see his workings in this manner. So that should be our understanding of God, right? Okay, what is the next one? We'll look at another one. Luke chapter 5. In the New Testament, we see Luke chapter 5. We've maybe read it many times. It's about Peter, fishermen, fished all night. And then, you know, he gets into one of the boat and then says, tells Peter, you know, get into the sea and then he preaches from the boat. And then he says, you know, launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a catch. That is Luke chapter 5 and verse 4. Okay, launch out into the deep, go into the deep waters, put down your nets for a catch. Now the situation is that they have not caught anything. Okay, and how long did they fish all night? All night they have fished, they have not caught anything. And which means this is not the first time for Peter. He's an experienced fisherman. And when we read through the other verses, we see that they actually have other partners, which means he is actually a fishing businessman. This is the business that he in. So it says here, let's read verse 5. Simon answered and said, Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing. And then he says something very significant. He says, nevertheless, at your word, I will let down the net. Okay, he says, Jesus, didn't have experience, but your word and instruction goes against my experience. Yeah? He says, Lord, all night we have fished, we have not caught anything. Nevertheless, at your word, I will do the same thing. Okay, I did the same thing all night. Nothing happened. But now here's your instruction. Here's your word. You're asking me to do the same thing again. I will do it. He says, nevertheless, at your word, I will let down the net. And what happened? When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their net was breaking, verse 7. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats so that they began to sink. Okay, so we see something here. We see that he followed the instruction of Jesus even though it went beyond his logic and reasoning and his very recent experience. You know, experience can... It could be a great learning experience for us. Learning for us, whatever our experience is. Maybe on our way to college, certain things happened or that's a fresh experience in our minds. So it's a fresh learning. And so it's still fresh in our minds. So no matter if somebody says, actually, that road is not crowded. You will say, what are you saying? I just came. I just came past Christu Jayanti College. I know the kind of traffic there is. You know, there's so much of traffic there. Don't tell me, you know, I just came. Why do you say that with so much confidence? Your experience, you just experienced it. So Peter has so much confidence saying, Lord, whole night we have fished. Nothing. Fresh experience, right? Recent experience. And he's tired and, you know, he says, I've been toiled all night. It means hard labor, you know, letting down there. You know, it's a lot of work. Nevertheless, at your word, I will let down the net. So he does that again. And there's a, again, this financial miracle. You know, why do we say financial miracle? Because that's his business. Fishing is his business. And verse 7 talks about the partners. They are partners in the other boats, that it was a, it was a partnership. He was, he was into fishing as a business. And this is what he did for a living, right? So the Lord prospered him in his business. Okay. So what do we learn from this? Taking, we take God at His word. Yeah, irrespective of our recent experience and learning, especially when you know that God has spoken. Right? So that's another thing. It's not, we're not assuming. We're not presuming something, but God has spoken. Clear instruction. Let me go and do it. What else? Yeah. So God is, you know, God is a big God. And when He gives, He gives generously. He doesn't hold back. And sometimes His generosity just shocks us. Right? It's, it's not even in proportion to our, you know, efforts or whatever. It just shocks us. What else? Some important things that we learn from. What else? Deeksha? What do you learn? I forgot your name, Sister. Huh? Sabita. Sabita. Okay. Sabita Deeksha. Yeah, God is more than willing to provide if we are obedient to His word. Okay. What else do you learn? Simon's obedience. Yeah. Even beyond his reasoning. Okay. What does it talk about? What does it point or what does it show about God? Now, these are all, you know, good, yeah, accurate observations. What does it tell us about God? Anyone? Sapu? Joseph? What do you, what do you learn? What else do you learn? You know, one thing I see is that God is not against business. Right? You think, you know, people who are in business also think of themselves as second class Christians. Okay. That person is in ministry, but I'm in business. I'm only in business. Whatever. You don't see anything here. You see God's hand, God's supernatural power, God's blessing, right there in that business. That's what we see here. Right. So we see that God is not against business. God is not against prospering somebody's business. Okay. When I'm talking about business, meaning, you know, somebody's maybe selling something, buying something and, you know, all that they could be in. Yeah. Andrew, God's provision of finance. Okay. So when it comes to finances, God's provision. Yeah. So we see that God's not against prospering someone. We think, okay, what is this business wealth, you know, more and more money and, you know, all that we think, right? Somebody's doing some kind of business, you know. But this is one record breaking yield. Right. Two boats almost about to sink because of the fish. The very thing that they went to catch. Right. So God is more than willing, more than able to bless, to prosper. Okay. So we're going to, you know, we're going to, so when we, when we think about this, there are so many questions. Right. So there's so many questions in our mind. So what kind of business, how to do business, you know, what, what kind of business will you bless and what kind of method will you bless, et cetera. So we're going to look at some of those things, right? Principles for prosperity and also hindrances for prosperity, meaning, hey, I myself can do certain things to hinder God blessing me, to stop God from blessing me. Right. Could be lack of faith, it could be disobedience, it could be the very methods that I use, unrighteous means, et cetera. So here we see, you know, we understand and we learn all this about God's heart about business. He richly gives. Okay. First Timothy 617, I think by now we should know the verse. Yeah. First Timothy 617, what does it say? Command those who are rich in this age, present age, not to be haughty, but not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who richly gives us all things to enjoy. Okay. Talks about God, talks about where we should put our faith and trust in and also talks about God's heart for His people, for prospering His people. He richly gives us all things to enjoy. Okay. Okay. One more thing is about Matthew 17. I missed that. Matthew 17 verse 24 about paying taxes through, sorry, through a miracle. This is the conversation they have, Jesus and Peter have about paying the tax, right? So verse 24, when they had come to Kapanam, those who received the temple tax came to Peter and said, does your teacher not pay temple tax? He said, yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him saying, what do you think Simon, from whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes from their sons or from strangers? Peter said to him from strangers, Jesus said to him, then the sons are free. Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money. Take that and give it to them for me and you. Okay. Matthew 17 verses 24 to 27. Okay. So 24 to 27. And then it doesn't talk about how the whole thing ends, right? But I'm sure that by then Peter has had enough experience after that Luke chapter five, what we have seen. So here, he just says, okay, I'll go do it. I take a hook, put it into the sea, catch a fish, open the fish's mouth, coin, and then pay the tax. Right? So again, a supernatural act. So from all these incidents, all these, you know, examples that are there in the word, we see that God is more than willing. God is able and he does not, you know, for him, it's no big thing to bless us materially and financially. Whenever we think of blessing, we, you know, we think of all other things except finances or we might not include finances because of the image that money has, right? Because of the way money is used or because of our own experience of money not being used rightly. So we think, okay, God, when we say blessing of God, it means the presence of God. It means the revelation, understanding of God. Yes, all that is true, right? The knowledge of God, you know, all that is true. But it also means wholesome, you know, when it gives a wholesome picture that materially, financially, also that God wants to bless. Okay? Any questions? Any questions? Yeah, can you use them, right? In all the examples that we've discussed so far in the passages, can we infer that, you know, at first, most of us, just like all these disciples and Elisha and Peter have put their effort, tried and have realized their shortcomings or their failures. And then we look up to God for a breakthrough rather than doing it the other way around. Most of them have put their efforts, they have tried, they have failed, they have understood, okay. And then you look to God. So do we also do that mistake? Well, actually, yeah, in Peter's case, yes, we know. But then when we look at the other, you know, other examples and also the lives of Abraham, Isaac, you know, whom we saw, you see that Lord actually prospers then, right? So yeah, I mean, if, I mean, if our life has been like that in the sense we have not, we have put in our effort, we have not really trusted God. And then we come to a place of really, you know, wholeheartedly trusting Him and believing in Him. Yes, we see the hand of God. But also, you know, when we know the truth and when we apply the truth of God, then we see the power of that, the truth in our lives and experience the truth of God in our lives. So either way, you know, it doesn't matter. Yeah. Okay. Any, any other questions? Okay, so we might have questions. So, so, so if all this is true, you know, why am I not rich, right? We might have, you know, maybe for those of us who maybe have not seen this kind of a blessing, you know, we might, we might think, okay, then why is it not happening in my life? Right? Am I doing something wrong or, you know, I've been praying, I've been asking, you know, what is it? Okay, so we look at that. We're going to look at some principles. We're going to look at, you know, certain things. Well, all these, all these supernatural acts of God talk about God's powerful intervention right there in time, providing for their needs. But we also see other ways and means by which God provides. Okay, so we're going to look at that also. Okay, right. Okay, so let's look at the next topic, which is God's guarantee to prosper His people. Okay, now we looked at some of these examples, and we know that God is a God who blesses, God is a God who, you know, who's supernatural acts, bless and lift people from, you know, from that place of no hope and and desperateness, and He fills them with riches. Okay, now how can you and I be confident? Okay, it's one thing to say, okay, see this happened in their life, but I'm not there. I'm not in similar, you know, it's happened in there. That's their testimony. But what about my life? Right, so how can you and I living today? How can you and I be confident that God wants to bless us? Right, we need to be confident. Only then we can stand in faith. Right, we need to have this solid understanding of God's word. Otherwise, it'll be like, okay, God, if you want to, you do it. Otherwise you don't. We will be in a, you know, in a state of not strong faith, you know, a state of shaky faith. We will waver at the promise of God, something opposite of what Abraham actually did. You know, he did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief. So we don't want unbelief to creep in. We want to be confident. We want to be confident. Can we be confident that it is God's will to prosper us? Okay, right. So let's look at a few scriptures. Yeah, we will have a few minutes more. So Genesis one. Okay, so what we're saying is that it is God's nature to bless. Okay, God's nature. It's part of his, it's part of who God is. Okay, so when we say God's nature, we're saying it's his personality. It's who he is to bless. Okay, so sometimes when we, when we look at certain people, like, okay, it's, it's his nature. It's nature himself. It's nature like that. Like he's always short tempered. His nature is like that. He's generous. His nature is like that. What does that mean? That means this is who he is as a person. This is who he is as a person. Maybe he's a very patient guy. This is his nature. This is who he is. Okay. So when we look at God, we see that it is God's nature to bless. Okay. Genesis one, 27, 28. It says, so God created man in his own image in the image of God he created him, made and female he created them. What does he do? Then God blessed them. Created, blessed. Then God bless them and said to them, be fruitful, multiply, et cetera, et cetera. So we see God creating, we see God blessing. Okay. Just one other verse. James one verse 17. Okay. James chapter one verse 17. You know, these, these scripture, I think we need to really spend time meditating on them, just making it part of our lives. Right. James one 17, it says, every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Okay. Which means that, okay, today I'll bless tomorrow. I will curse. No, that's not God. Right. With whom there is no shadow or variation of turning. Okay. Says every good gift, every perfect gift comes from the father of lights. Okay. So it means when God gives, he gives a good gift. When God gives, he gives a perfect gift. Okay. So, so which means that again, it talks about the nature of God to bless, the nature of God to give something good for his children. Okay. Okay. So we'll stop here and then catch up next class. Thank you.