 Mama, I think you have been muted. Thank you. Sorry, good morning and good morning to all those who've joined into the online class as well as to those who've joined us in through the eLearning platform. We hope and pray that through these lessons, through what we're learning, through this course enriches you, blesses you, and most of all brings about healing to your inner man and you get equipped to also help those outside of you. OK, so let's start with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you once again for bringing each one of us here to your presence. Thank you, God, for showing us who we are in you. Lord, even as we study and learn and discover a specific lesson today of the problems of our soul and what could those causes be, I pray that you will keep us open to hear from you. Lord, we pray that the Holy Spirit will illuminate areas in our lives that need healing, that need repentance, that need renewing. Lord, we submit ourselves to you and we pray that Holy Spirit, as you gently lead us through, God, that you will do your work in us. May we live lives that are abundant as you have promised, not just physically and spiritually, but also emotionally. We look forward, Lord, to being whole and one, Lord, with you in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen. OK, so welcome. Those of you who've joined in, I think I do see a couple of new students here. So welcome to those who have joined in for the first time. We're glad that you could make it here. You know, we started this topic on emotional wholeness in a wholeness. And last week, we began to look at what the soul is about, what comprises of the soul. We took some time to understand certain terms that is usually used in scripture about, you know, the terms like the heart or the mind or the soul. And we kind of looked at what were some of those differences. We started briefly looking at what were some of the sicknesses of the soul. And we looked at how there were some problems that were related to the soul. So today, for those of you who'd like to follow through in the textbook, I'm on page seven and we are on chapter two. We will be looking at this chapter, this class as well as the next, because you know, there is so much of depth in it and so much for us to also learn and practically make use of apply in our lives. So I've just divided this over two classes so that we can take a little bit of time, maybe answer a couple of questions here, a few testimonies as we go through this lesson on the causes of these problems. So we saw the last time that a man is a tripartite being, we have a body, we have a soul as well as a spirit. Our focus is more on the soul part of us as beings. We saw that the soul has the mind, the will and the emotions. When we looked at the diagram, we did see that the soul has the conscious part of us where we make our decisions, we have our thoughts, and there is also the unconscious part of it where we hold certain beliefs, certain attitudes that really affect the way that we function. Some key things that we also did see was that the problems in the soul can affect us in our spirits and it can affect us in our bodies. So our focus generally is looked into maybe our bodies and our spirits, but as we saw in scripture that God wants us to prosper in every area of our lives, so even in the soul, even in the function of our imagination, of our thoughts, anything that is associated with our mind is something that God wants to make whole and God wants to set right and completely free in the way that we live our lives. So we did look at some problems related to the soul and today we are going to be looking at what causes some of these problems. They may be manifested in different life situations or life behaviors or emotional responses like anger or bitterness or despair, but what is it that really causes these problems and that's what we are going to spend time looking at. And maybe for those of you who have also taken Christian counseling, some part of this lesson, we will find how we can apply this even in that course. So do pay attention because this is just like I always say, this is not just academic related, this definitely is something that we can practically learn for our own lives. So looking at the first point, again to reiterate, I'm on page seven of the textbook and if you can turn to that, we could just follow along, but there will be some additional diagrams notes that I've put up which I shall display it for you, put it up in a presentation so we have a good fair idea. So the first cause or the first issue that brings about problems of the soul and a very important area is in the realm of our thinking or in the realm of our thoughts. So we all know that we are thinking beings. In any point of our day or our situations or whatever you're doing, whether you are conscious or not of it, you are thinking. There are thousands and thousands of thoughts that run in your mind. And if I'm right, I think research talks about that we almost in a day we have as close to 20, 25,000 thoughts that's running in our head. So in a span of 24 hours, you have so many number of thoughts that's running in through your head. So these thoughts can be things like even when we're sitting in the class, there is thoughts of, okay, how many people are there here today? Oh, there are just few of us here. Or what is this person wearing? Or what is in that background? Or why is that picture there? You know, our minds are so filled with information that we receive from the outside. You remember we spoke about how the body is out of, because of its senses, it receives the information into our minds or into our souls and then it begins to get processed in the realm of our soul. So our thoughts, we think thoughts throughout the day. Like I said, whether you're conscious of it or whether you're unconscious, whether you have no clue, there are thoughts that are being displayed in your mind. I'd like to just show this diagram to you to just help you understand. I hope you can see this. Are you able to see the diagram? No, you can see it now. Okay, all right, great. So just quickly, just to give you a flow chart for us to understand what really happens or how do these things of our thoughts and our feelings and all come about. So in every point of our lives, at any turn, there are different situations that take place in us. So this is a situation. The class that we are having is a situation. Or let's say you're walking outside the street, you observe a new shop. That's a situation. Or you're going to work and you meet a new person. That is a situation. Or maybe you're in your home, you're making a meal and let's say there are no onions or there's no tomatoes and that becomes a situation. So anything that you are faced with is an event or a situation. And it is presented as it is. A lot of things happen in and around us. So there are situations that take place. So we can talk about different kinds of situations. It doesn't have to be negative or positive, but there are different kinds of situations that happen. Now these situations has the potential to create certain thoughts in us. So no matter what the situation is, there is a thought that immediately gets processed. The situation becomes interpreted. So something happens and the situation is interpreted in our minds. So let's look at, suppose you're in your kitchen and you're cooking and you don't have onions and you're interpreting that thing. Maybe the thoughts, okay, what would the thoughts be if there are no onions in your kitchen? This is just for us to interact. Okay, these are not exam questions and answers. So what would certain thoughts be if you don't have onions in your kitchen? I will think of something that some recipe which does not need onions so that the food can be good. Okay, good, good. So then it's okay, let me figure out a recipe that I don't need onions. Okay, all right. Or who else? What else would you all think? Now that's one kind of thought. What are the other thoughts that you would think? Come on students, this is to interact. Okay, so then I've got to go probably buy from a nearby shop. Excellent, okay, good. So these are thoughts that run in, right? So when there is a lack in a situation, you're looking at what you can do. So you interpret your situation in a way that there creates a thought. Now this thought has the potential to create an emotion. Okay, so like Avni said, okay maybe she will try looking at a recipe which does not have onions. So then there is the emotion that comes up. It's a sense of curiosity. Okay, what else can, you know, let me look for something. It is a sense of interest. There is a sense of excitement that comes about. Okay, and now for those of us who may have had the thoughts of you know, I need to go buy some onions. You know, the emotion may come up depending on what you feel about going to the shop. So I'm, you know, I'm lazy. I don't feel like doing it, you know, there's a sense of disinterest or people who like to go to a shop and say, okay, great, if I can also go pick up other things and there's a sense of excitement. So or there can be frustration, right, that now there's so much work to do, get done and how am I going to get to that shop. So do you see that the thought has the potential to bring about a certain emotion. And these emotions affect the way that we behave. This, the feeling that occurs because of those thoughts makes you respond in action. Okay. So now I've given you an extremely very, very simple example. But let's look at maybe more serious example that really often kind of affects the way that we think about ourselves. Okay, so let's look at a situation. Maybe there's a situation in which maybe you've been, you've been, you did badly at a, you know, you got some test results. Okay, suppose you're a student or, or, you know, you've done a presentation or something like that, the situation comes, you've got your marks, okay, and out of 20, you just got five marks. All right. So that's a situation that happens. Now, that situation is interpreted. And what could the general thoughts be that come as a result of that situation? Could you all tell, could you all, you know, I'm sure each of us have faced this situation, right, having bad marks. So would you like to tell me what would the thought be if you found that you had failed in a specific presentation or a work related thing or an exam or what, what would your immediate thoughts be? You can put it up on the chat. The first thought would be, oh my goodness, what will other people think about me now? Okay, all right. Okay, my, everyone's going to think I'm stupid. Everyone's going to think that I'm dumb. Okay, feelings like I'm undone. Can I get it redone? Can I get it redone? Can I get it redone? Okay, so that's probably a thought. Okay, so Samuel says maybe you'll probably think of something, oh gosh, I did really badly right now. Let me figure out how I'm going to do better. Okay, that's, that's possibly a thought. There are also different kinds of thoughts. Really, is this a mistake? Okay, maybe my teacher made a mistake. I think, you know, she, she's been really nasty the way that she's given marks. Susan says it's okay, but next time I will try. Okay, nobody has, nobody would have negative thoughts. I didn't see any kind of thoughts that have come that are negative. Any negative thoughts? What could possible? Thinking that we could have done better. Sorry, come again. I didn't hear that. Okay, maybe the teacher doesn't like me. Okay, or there could even be thoughts like, you know, I'm stupid. I, I can't do things well. I'm incapable. I'm, you know, good for nothing. I never get things right. Yes. Are these the thoughts that also come in? Yeah, so, so the way that you interpret a situation is the way that thoughts begin to get displayed in your mind. And often we are not aware about the kind of interpretation or the kind of thoughts that we attach to situations. So depending on the thoughts that have come by is what your emotion will, will be. So let's take some of those examples that we said. So one person said, you know, it's okay, let me, let me try again. So the emotion there is one of maybe a sense of a go get, you know, I need to go get this. I need to solve this out. You know, I need to get a little bit more diligent in what I do. So there is a sense of expectation that comes about. Okay, let's say, so someone said, what if the teacher doesn't like me? Maybe there's a sense of paranoia or a sense of doubt or a sense of criticism that, that, that maybe is comes like an emotional response, or someone who has thoughts of, let's say negativity that, you know, I'm good for nothing. I, I'm not able to manage this. I, I'm, I'm stupid. I'm, I'm unable. I'm incapable begins to feel a sense of frustration begins to feel a sense of sadness of dejection of hopelessness, a sense of low self worth. So do you see that, depending on the way that we interpret our thoughts, the way, the kind of thoughts that we engage in, the kind of thinking that we engage in, it has a role to play in the way that we feel and later in the way that we behave. So for those, those thoughts that come negative, where we are, where we feel we are incapable or we are good for nothing, what would the behavior be? How would the behavior manifest? What, what, what would happen? It's a question. What do you think could happen? Will not study at all again. Okay. You may just, you may decide, you don't want to continue the course. You may leave the course halfway, right? Or, you know, you just tell yourself, no matter, even if I study, it doesn't matter. So I'm not going to study. This is how my life is going to be. I'm going to be a failure. So what's the point, right? But let's say for those, for those kind of thoughts that says, maybe there's, there's something I didn't put in my effort completely, maybe I should, you know, give it another try will respond in, in, in that sense. Okay. So this is something that we need to be aware of, that a wrong thought is something that can create those emotions that actually send, tends to captivate our souls or tends to put or bring us to a place of emotional concerns or emotional difficulties. And that in turn leads us to a wrong kind of an action. So this is something, what, what happens over time is when we continue to think the same way, we begin to believe what we think, it becomes like a belief system inside of us. If you remember in the last class, we spoke about how, you know, in the soul, we do also have the unconscious part of it that is our beliefs and our attitudes. How does that get built? How does it become our core beliefs is when we repeatedly think the same thing over and over and over and over again, it becomes cemented like a belief system inside of us. So like, like an example, like a thought that, let's say, you know, maybe you've gone for a couple of interviews and have been rejected each time. All right. And that's a situation. So the thought is, maybe God doesn't love me. He doesn't, I'm not his child. He doesn't care. And that thought leads to a sense of feeling unwanted, unaccepted, unloved. And it leads to a behavior of being isolated, of just feeding into the self, to the poor self-esteem. And this continues. The more that you keep thinking about this, okay, God does not love me. He doesn't want to have good for me. He doesn't care about me. It becomes like a strong mindset. It becomes like a belief system within us. Okay. Just want to bring before you this diagram also just to really help you to help you to understand this, you know, that there is a strong correlation between these three. So the thoughts is what we think. Okay. And this affects how you feel. And this affects how we behave. And similarly, the emotions is how you feel. And it affects what you think and what how you behave. And your behavior is what you do or how you act, which again, in turn, affects your feeling and affects your thinking. Okay. So these interact one with another over situations. And this is something that we've got to be aware of and understand that throughout our, you know, our weak stage, we are processing thoughts. And if we don't filter these thoughts, using God's word, we are bound to bring to our souls a lot of wrong ideas and beliefs and thoughts, which are completely away from what God has called us to do. Okay. And also remember, this, it's just not of the, it's just not something that we ourselves may be doing. It's also something that Satan attempts to do. The one thing that Satan can do is to fill us, is to accuse us with lies and accuse us with things that are deceptive. Okay. And we see scripture in so many scriptures and these scriptures are there in your notes, where he is called the deceiver and the father of lies. Revelation 12 9 says that he's called the devil and Satan who deceives the whole world. He's after asked to give us a wrong picture about who we are in Christ. You know, that's his best weapon to continue to deceive you against what has been said about you in God's word. What does God's word say about you? God's word says you can do all things through Christ. God's word says that you are precious. God's word says that you are made in the image of God. God's word says that he has given you all wisdom. He is the treasure of wisdom and knowledge and that we have the wisdom of God. So scripture is replete with things that helps us see that we are the way God sees us to be. We are who God calls us to be and not what our situation may demand of us, not what others have spoken about us, not what we say about ourselves and not at all what Satan throws back at us because that's his scheme. Just like in 2 Corinthians 11 3 it says, the serpent deceived by his craftiness so the mind may be corrupted. So that's what he does. To deceive us so our mind becomes corrupted and it's lies that he pours out. He is a liar and the father of it. He's also called the accuser. He's called the tempter and he's waiting to see how we can be intimidated you know like that roaring line where we can be intimidated by the deceptions and the lies that are being thrown to us. So that becomes the biggest weapons against the believer and how is this? I mean he doesn't come to you in your year and whisper to you and say hey this is Satan, this is what I want to say. No, it is presented to you in the form of your thoughts, in the form of your imaginations, in the form of your understanding, in the form of your self-talk in your own mind and that's what begins to create this place of wrong thoughts. And what are we called to do? We are called to be able to protect our minds from this and just understanding this really helps us to be careful about what we engage in, what are the thoughts that we engage in especially when there is a situation. I just want to give you just an example for us to understand this. So let's say you know two people Mike and Tony, I hope there aren't any Mike and Tony's here okay. If there is even if that's a pet name it's not in reference to anybody here okay. It's just a random Mike and Tony, all right. So let's say Mike and Tony are working in an organization and they receive some feedback about the work. So it's the same situation but we're looking at two different people and how they respond okay. So Mike when he receives the feedback about work the thought that comes to him is if I was smarter this wouldn't have happened to me all right. That's Mike's thought and what follows is an emotion of sadness maybe negative about how he's going to perform in his future okay. And what is his behavior? He develops a very negative opinion about himself and doesn't make those adjustments to his work because he believes he is the problem all right. So do you see that just by the thought that either he's engaged in himself or he's allowed the enemy to deceive him it has come to a place of saying you know this is me I'm the problem. Whereas Tony, Tony says I must have underestimated the kind of effort this job needed I must be more prepared okay. So the emotion that comes is he's disappointed but he's motivated about his future work and behavior. So although he's not happy about his performance it doesn't affect who he is because he knows that there is a plan there is a purpose for his life and so he makes a plan to prepare better in future okay. So this just to give you that example to help you see that the way that we think or the way the kind of thoughts that we engage in really matter in the way that we create problems for our soul all right. Okay I want to quickly stop here and any thoughts or any questions on this this part of it because this is a very very significant cause of problems that come in our souls because we are thinking beings we're always in the process of thinking you know someone just is to say something to us and we've immediately gone on on a mode of thoughts and interpretation and then that becomes like a like a painful painful thing. So a lot of emotional problems arises as a result of the interpretation of our situation the way that we think it and the way that we open ourselves into the the imaginations and the deceptions of the enemy okay. Any thoughts any questions here I'll just briefly stop for a couple of minutes to hear from you all. Yes Rupa. Yes Rupa. I just wanted to share a small learning about this thought life ma'am. I think we learned so many management but as a Christian thought management is the most important thing I think because unless we understand the source of the thoughts we get and we learn to interpret and perceive the thought we are getting and try to delete it or accept it at that level instead of just giving our lives over to those thoughts many times we are captivated by the thoughts and our lives are wrecked because of those thoughts because I have I already shared with you when I because I have lost my mother when I was very young I had this insecurity deep insecurity that something will happen to my father and he will die that thought has captivated me and I used to get hallucinations and I was really in that bondage in that fear in that to tell you the truth it's like it's prison where I would not have come out I was there for almost 12 years in that place I was praying I was reading the Bible but I never knew how to get out of it I think this was a tormenting those thoughts used to torment me like anything so in that process when I really sought the Lord God has given me taught me so many things how to overcome it how to understand that these thoughts are not from God and there are three sources that we get he is the counselor and he gives you thoughts which we are edifying building you up strengthening you encouraging you and correcting you not condemning you whereas these thoughts are which are really harming me captivating me stealing my joy stealing my peace with God so when I started realizing it I started in trusting in God and praising and trusting in his word and his promises for me slowly I was delivered from those fears and I really thank God for liberating me and bringing me from that stage from that time on there's so many other thoughts which are at many times that they came into my life and wanted to captivate me but because of this learning process has given me the grace to identify those thoughts and in you time overcome them I just wanted to share it thank you ma'am thank you Rupa thank you so much yes and I'm sure each of us have a story like this so I would you know this isn't an assignment but then for all of us who are on the call if you can take some time you know to be able to put this learning in practice think of a situation that creates a thought that is negative for you and attempt to chart what happens you know when I have that negative thought is this the emotion that's coming about and this is the way that I behave you know if you can draw that or if you can you know somehow be able to represent that it will be so useful for you because the next time you engage in that it really helps to change the course of that okay all right I'm just going to answer a few questions I think Anita has asked why is it that I see more potential and negative than positive okay so I think it has a lot to do with the way that we you know the the primary focus in which we view life okay so if you you see life through the eyes of hope and the eyes of what God has for us at all times you will begin to see that your thoughts begin to change more positively but then whenever if we're looking at it through the focus or the lens of of pessimism and you know destruction and doom we tend to have more negative kind of thoughts okay and as remember Satan also has a part to play in this anytime you know let's say especially maybe you've fallen into some kind of a sin right that is the thought of okay you know when you believe and you say okay the Lord Jesus has taken away my sin I am cleansed in Jesus name okay that is immediately a lie and a deception that follows that says you being a believer I mean you've sinned you've done this some 150 times you do you think God will God will forgive you what is that those are deceptive thoughts right those are those are lies that the enemy brings so to be able to discern that what is deception and what can come from within us because if if we have a general outlook to life that is hopeful and that is that we find in purpose we will find that our thoughts become more positive but if not it becomes a lot more negative okay Prabhakar your questions how do we undo the thoughts that have caused deep impact it is to one is it is number one is to recognize it to become aware of it and as I am speaking I'm sure that even you are aware of the negative thoughts that you replay in your mind and that's why I asked you do this exercise especially that one or two thoughts that keep you captivated right put it down write it down and every time you are faced with that similar thought remember it there is a there is a automatic pattern that will follow that emotion and behavior it automatically follows but it takes you to be aware and takes you to take like you know it says in 2 Corinthians 10 verse 5 I'm just going to read out that verse 2 Corinthians 10 verse 5 it says for the weapons of our warfare not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God so that you bring every thought into captivity in the obedience of Christ so what are you doing when you recognize that there are these negative thoughts that keep that has made a serious impact on you recognize it and bring it to captivity to the obedience of Christ so what are you doing you're pulling it down and you're placing it there and saying you know this is not what God has said about me God has said this about me okay if I if I keep saying maybe I'm a failure I'm good for nothing God has said that I can do all things through Christ who who who who strengthens me or if it says or if it says you know the Lord doesn't love me or the Lord does not care about me I would in turn I would put scriptures the Lord perfects everything that concerns me the Lord the Lord is my fortress he is my shield he's the one who counsels me he's the one who gives me wisdom so when you do know that yes there could have been deep impacts that have been that have been made but like I said you know as we keep thinking the belief system becomes stronger and stronger the wall becomes stronger and stronger so the way to break it as we will be looking at in chapters later is through the word of God is to is that is your weapon to because it's living and active and it pierces through every joint in marrow so the more that you keep meditating on that word the more that you speak that word confess that word through your mouth you will begin to see some of those walls breaking so even if you if that's why I said you know take time to to examine your thoughts and write those down whatever have been those negative thoughts are write that down and bring scripture that will dispute all of those negative thoughts that you'd bring in you'd see that as you keep doing it faithfully day in day out you know you keep doing it faith comes from hearing the word of God so as you keep saying it faith is going to build and those things are going to crumble everything that has made that deep emotional wounds will begin to heal because his word is like the balm it's the balm of Gilead that will bring about a restoration and a wholeness okay so don't don't come to a place okay I've the the damage is all done no God has given you that weapon and we are to use that weapon to to impact those thoughts that seem to have emotionally hurt us okay I hope Prabhakar I've been able to answer that all right and any questions I don't think so so I think we'll we'll we'll go forward okay so the the next part of it or another cause that we that creates the problems in our souls is the words that we use okay the way that we speak so one is the way that we think the next is the way that we speak and our words can you know has so much of power in it our words has has a lot of strength either to bless or either to curse now this is not just for for for anything outside of us but it also is is to us you know Proverbs 18 21 I think it's a verse that we really we keep speaking over and over again it says death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit so what whatever comes out from your lips okay is what is the fruit that it will bear so you have the power to say things that either bring death or either bring life and the words that we speak can definitely affect the way that affect our souls so I think some examples that we you know that that I want to bring up is the way that we say things to ourselves you know and many of this becomes like those unconscious patterns that we don't even realize that we have been there like you know someone maybe when you're looking into the mirror for those who may be feeling dissatisfied with the way that they physically appear right you look at the mirror and say oh I hate this hair or I hate this or you know I wish I was taller or I wish I was fairer see these are these are words that you profess on yourself or maybe you're looking at yourself and your abilities and and maybe saying things like you know I amount to nothing I don't think I will crack this job or I don't think I will be able to do a good job of this so the words that we speak to ourselves the words that we we generate from our mouths the things that we have spoken to ourselves and even things that others have spoken over us over time we begin to believe it we begin it becomes a part of us it becomes a part of our thinking and it becomes part of our emotional problems okay so if you look at scripture there are a couple of verses that are there where it talks about in Sam 64 verse three it says who sharpened their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows bitter words okay so bitterness in the way that bitterness resentment sadness doom all of that when we speak has a way to to cause destruction okay again Proverbs 12 it says there is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword but the tongue of the wise promotes health so what we speak in wisdom is something that will promote health again Proverbs 16 24 says pleasant words are like a honeycomb sweetness to the soul and health to the bones so the more that we speak of of God's word to us you will find that the soul there is healing in the soul and there is healing in the bones alright so what we speak over ourselves or what we have heard others speak about is is something that creates problems to our soul so one of the things is um and and some of this um and I'm sure a lot of us relate to this you know what people have spoken over us while we were children while we were young alright becomes like a pattern in our lives so as you recollect maybe significant people in your life out of the ignorance of their hearts could have said something to you you know making comments about your physical appearance making comments about your abilities making comments about the kind of person you are that hits into the soul you know and brings like a wrong thinking pattern so what are we called to do in times like this is to have the wisdom to reject and reject what is not um the in obedience to what God's word says and to receive what is what the word of God says so all the promises of God's word apply to you and me okay so our what we are doing is to either rejecting that which is not in line or in alignment with God's word or receiving what God's word says so you need be we should be conscious and determined to counteract this impact of these negative words you know it's one thing to dwell you know what the word dwell means to dwell means to stay so when someone says something to you you have two choices one is to dwell that is you know stay in there you make it your home you make it your house stay in there enjoy the negativity feel sad about it have a pity party on it that is dwelling or you counteract it that is you are there to fight you are being in the offensive and you are actually fighting what has come to you so we need to have that ability to counteract those negative words that either we are saying to ourselves or what people speak and say what God has said and what does God say that that God has given us an identity in him that we are only what he says here we are we will only be what he has called us to be we will accomplish only that which he has called us to accomplish so we are his right and to be able to counteract that to counter it whenever we recognize that we are attending to use those words within ourselves or when others have have also apologies but when others also have continue to do that to us okay so two we've looked at two areas is one is the wrong thoughts and secondly is our wrong words okay any questions up here we have around two minutes and I think we can just take any questions we have before we move on to the next point in our next class any questions I hope this is clear because this is this is vital for our understanding of our emotional wholeness what we think and what we say how long does it take to change your mindset I wish we could give it a time frame but we are to keep renewing our minds we are called to renew our minds so it is I would say it is a lifelong exercise that we continue to renew our minds you know it's like this when let's take let's take a very common example you know when a burglar tries to make its way into a house what does the burglar do the burglar begins to look at how many of the centuries or the guards are around all right so he will he will observe for a few days to see how many people are standing in guard when he sees it for a couple of days he says okay you know I won't loot this house I'll go loot some other but there is a time that he's going to come back to see if the watchman is in place or not if the watchman is in place you know he will scoot but if it isn't that's when he will attack and I think renewing and changing that is very similar that we've got to continue continue in the word of God continue to build ourselves in the word of God because anytime we could you know put our guards down is when the enemy form tries to find you know a little place for to throw in those deceptions so it's an exercise I believe is something that we need to continue keep doing and it is and as we do it we may itself not know the transformation that we experience within within ourselves but then as you faithfully keep doing it that's something that you know that you will see the fruit to and maybe I'll just give you an example so some things that I did initially struggle with you know as a young young as a youth I struggled with with a specific thought in my mind about who I was up until the time the scripture made new meaning to me I had read the scripture over and over and over again but it made new meaning to me uh one fine day when I was just reading scripture and it is Romans 8 to 1 it says there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus and I began to say I said why would I condemn myself when this is what scripture says that there is it a condemnation for me when I'm in Christ Jesus God doesn't condemn me I don't care whoever condemns me there isn't anyone there isn't God who condemns me so why should I do it on my own and every time you know there were those condemning self-loathing thoughts that came in I would repeat the scripture I would just repeat it because I kept it written you know in a very key place in my room and I kept looking at it over and over and over again so anytime now if you wake me up from my sleep and you know there is a self-loathing thought that's the first thing that will come up because I kept I kept I I began to understand that without the word of God that kind of a mindset cannot be changed that kind of a deep emotional struggle or a view of myself wouldn't change unless and until I spoke the word of God over and over again so keep doing it and I think the more that you do it the more stronger you become in your inner man all right okay good we'll we'll stop for a break I it's 10 52 on my clock we will return at 11 2 so grab a cup of coffee and come back