 Okay. Yeah, so welcome back. We are learning about the keys for answered prayer, the steps that we need to take. We said that firstly, we should pray with a clear conscience. Secondly, we have to ask in the name of Jesus. So if we are asking outside of the authority of the name of Jesus, those prayers will not be answered. Now, coming to the third and very important point here is pray according to God's will. Pray according to God's will. So 1 John 5 verses 14 through 15, we've already seen when we ask him, you know, according to his will, he hears us. So we've seen this passage earlier and when he hears us, it's as good as God answering the prayer. If God is receiving a prayer, that means that he will answer a prayer. So we need to pray according to the will of God. So understanding his will is what is very key. Again, in John chapter 15, we said how, you know, we are told to abide in the Word and the Word abides in us. And as we pray from that place of the Word abiding in us, we will have our prayers answered because what happens when the Word is fully within me, I know, you know, what God's will about a certain matter is. So I will pray according to the will of God and therefore I will have answered prayers. So why do we have a lot of rejects in our praying? Maybe we are not understanding God's will regarding, you know, all those prayer points. So when we understand God's will, it's more likely that those prayers will be effective or if you want to use terms like successful, answered, so on and so forth. So understand the will of God. Is it possible to know the will of God? Is it possible? You know, about many prayers that fall under this category in general, it is possible. And also Paul in the book of Colossians, he says this, he prays for the Colossians that, you know, you may know the will of God and you may walk according to God's purposes. So he's praying that for the Colossian Church. So that only goes to tell us that to the extent that we require here on earth, it is possible for us to know the will of God. So we can know the will of God. How to know the will of God? How to know the will of God? Through his word. Okay. That's, that's correct. So whenever there is, let's say a request in my mind, I need to know the word of God, you know, regarding that request, does it fit into, you know, or is it in alignment with the word of God? I hope that I'm not asking anything outside of the will of God. Right. All other points are in place. Our conscience is clear. We're asking in the name of Jesus. In addition to those things, is this in the will of God or not? So if I pray, let's say, Lord, your kingdom come using a very broad prayer, your kingdom come. Okay. In my life, um, Lord, you rule and reign in my life. Lord, you know, I surrender my life to you. So these are all prayers which are very much aligned to the will of God, the purpose of God. So immediately I know that, yes, God has heard my prayer. So very broad things that I'm telling you, even if you say, God, lead me in the path of righteousness. Psalm 23 already says, he leads us in the paths of righteousness for his namesake. So God will give me good direction. Holy Spirit will only give me good direction. Right. So all these matters we see in God's word that, uh, God's will is revealed. It's just a matter of, if you use the term research, you know, scripture, search the scriptures. What does the Bible say about this? Is it a godly thing or not? Uh, so once you have done that, you know, work of searching the scriptures, you come to a place of confidence where you feel, okay, this sounds like this is what God wants. So let me go ahead. Let me pray for this. So that is how we pray in the will of God. First is you have to understand the will of God, the way Paul prayed for the Colossians, the Colossians 1, 9 and 10. Help me Lord to know your will in every area of my life. Yeah. Then search the scriptures, come to a place of understanding and then you begin to pray it. Now, is it possible that there are certain, um, you know, decisions or aspects which you wouldn't know the specifics about when you're praying? I'll give you one example. Should I buy a white car or a black car? Which is God's will for me? Same model, which car shall I buy? What if I buy black and it's not God's will? And if I buy or, you know, the other way around, how do I know which one to buy? I'm giving you a very silly example, but you get what I'm saying. So sometimes there are these specifics or in practical life, you have job offers from two very good companies, Microsoft, um, you know, Facebook, which one to choose? Both have similar pay packages, you know, all the benefits and I'm going to anyway, you know, excel in my career, whether I take one or the other, which one shall I choose? God's word says, okay, you know, whatever you find, work with all diligence. So broadly, both are fitting in the word of God, but which company to choose? What do you think in these matters where there are these specifics where you, I cannot tell you, okay, turn to Genesis chapter three, a verse, whatever, that will tell you which company to choose. There's no scripture and verse. How do you find out we love God? How would you pray in such a situation? Okay, ask God to give us a sign. Okay, all right. Okay, so, right. So all of you have the answer actually, you're just not able to like put it together. Basically, the leading of the Holy Spirit. Okay, because the Holy Spirit doesn't like Holy Spirit very much works in line with the word of God. So he will prompt you according to God's will. Let's say both the companies are good for you, but as I pray, first Corinthians chapter, I'll tell you the passage, first Corinthians chapter two versus nine through nine and 10 and then verse 16. Basically, what it says is, I has not seen, your has not heard, mind has not conceived the things that God has prepared for those who love him. But then later on it goes to tell us, but it has been revealed by the Holy Spirit. So there are these unknown things, which we have not perceived, but the Holy Spirit has revealed them to us. So even those, you know, you use all these terms, the hidden things, secret things, can I know what decision to make? It's possible to know. So if I'm praying and let's say I'm praying in the spirit, I say, God, you need to show me. I might just, as Nina said, come to a place of peace in my heart where God is saying, take Microsoft. Why? Because scriptures tell us God knows the end from the beginning. So what is going to happen later to the company? What is going to happen later to my career, my future? God knows the end from the beginning. So he knows and there is a very good reason why he is leading me in that direction. You get it? So even by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, we are able to tell. Right? What is the will of God? We can know. We can know. Now if somebody asks us to explain, we may or may not be able to explain. Why are you choosing Microsoft? Why can't you choose Facebook? Both are very good companies, isn't that? I just know. Sometimes the answer is like that. I just know I have to take Microsoft. But why? I can't tell you why. You get what I'm saying? So go by the word of God and the Holy Spirit will work along in line with the word of God. He will not tell us to do anything which is opposite. But sometimes, even if we don't have the specifics in the word, then we pray in the Holy Spirit. You know, we know. Holy Spirit will confirm to us, give us the peace and say, go with this. And we just go with that. So that's how you know the will of God. You know the will of God by the word. The word should dwell richly in us. Secondly, by the leading of the Holy Spirit. And once you know these things, you are in a strong place of faith. Then, you know, as it was pointed out to us, we must pray without doubt. So knowing the will of God will bring us to a place of confidence. Okay, you got it? I mean, there are so many such experiences, which I know each of us will have in our own lives. But one very particular experience for me was when I had to do my master's program. Okay. And the same thing happened. It's a prayer of asking and receiving. Right from when I joined my bachelor's, I was praying, okay, God, show me what should I do, my master's program, show me the way. But in a very unusual way. And after a long period of prayer and waiting, God opened the doors for a certain program. Okay. So I had in this way, whatever I'm teaching you know, I have like experienced it and practiced it. So I prayed through in the name of Jesus, I asked God, Lord, give me this course, this and that. But I had a couple of options. Okay. So among the options, there was one particular university which was a little more expensive than the other universities. So others were asking me, why are you doing this? You'll get the same certificate, even if you go to the, you know, a little cheaper university or something. It's okay. You know, you, it's the same thing. Why do you only want to go to this particular university? But I can't explain to you. After the times of prayer, I just, even when I was clicking the names of the universities where I want to apply, while I was applying, I knew this is the thing. This is the university I want to go to. And the funniest thing happened. I got an acceptance from all other universities except that one. And you know, my family and people were like, oh, don't feel bad. I know you, you know, God has better plans for you, this and that. So I was like, no, no, no, just wait, just wait. And it was so beautiful just before the time closes. Right. They give you a time to give your statement of purpose and all that. So I had just enough time and all of a sudden this university also sent me an offer letter and they said, would you like to join this university? And I was like, I told you, this is the place that, you know, God has for me and now I'm going to go there. But the way you come to that place of knowing is you really have to journey with God. Okay. I'm the Holy Spirit. Yes, word is there. Many, you know, general things we can find out from the word of God. But when it comes to these specifics, how to know if it is God's will or not. And I would also say, you know, God gave me many confirmations also. That's how I knew that this is going to happen no matter what. And I prayed for that and it actually worked out. So in this way, first thing to do is to figure out what is God's will for me. So first you figure it out, then you, you know, go ahead and do all your asking and, you know, speaking it in the name of Jesus and all, it'll happen. But it's important for us to first recognize the will of God. Okay. I think we understood, you know, this third point. So pray according to God's revealed will revealed will. Where do you find God's revealed will YouTube? Where do you find God's revealed will the word of God. So you have to go to the Bible and in addition to that, the Holy Spirit, right? The work of the Holy Spirit. Great. Next. Next, pray with a strong desire. Pray with a strong desire. There are some scriptures here and we will go through them Mark 11 24. Okay. So whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them. So you first of all need to come to a place of wanting something in order for you to ask. If you don't want it, then why do you, why would you ask? So there is a determination and a will, isn't it? That I want this God. So whatever things you want, you, you believe, you ask for it and God will give it to you. There are other passages that, okay, we'll just read it. Matthew 15 28. Okay. So a mother who is asking for, you know, the deliverance of her child. Jesus uploads that woman, right? And what was the desire of that woman? Healing of her child, right? Holiness of her child. So that was her desire. So there is a will. There is a desire for something. And when we approach God with that desire, he does it for us. Okay. And that's the same case. I think last few sessions, we talked about that Ken night woman also with the great fit. She came to Jesus. She had a desire and that desire was my child has to be delivered. So have a strong desire. What do you want? Is it healing in your, in your body, healing in your mind? What is it that you want? You want success in your work? You want God's grace to increase in your ministry? You want financial favor from God? You know, what do you want? First of all, we have to be specific. Okay. So be specific on what exactly your needs are. Now again, people say, how can you be specific? We don't know what God's will is. Go back to the previous point that we talked about. First, understand what the revealed will of God is. Then you will have a strong desire. Okay. And there are, you know, many examples, you know, I don't know if you've read the book, The Fourth Dimension by Yonge Cho. He writes about how he prayed to God so specifically. He even used to tell God, God, I want a cycle. I want this model, this color, like this. And then, you know, the story goes that he was in, he was only praying about it and a lady came and, you know, she felt God led her to contribute towards that cycle. He actually got that very cycle. So he says that you need to know what you want and then you need to have the strong desire to ask God for it and say, God, I want it, I need it. If you don't help me, then how will I do it? So have a strong desire, be specific and have a strong desire. And the same a testimony of Yonge Cho, he also shares about how when he prayed, God gave him, you know, some number in his mind, something like, you know, at different points in his ministry, God gave him different numbers in his mind. Once God gave him, I think it was 3000. Okay, 3000, I know 300. But in his church, there were only some three people and he used to pray with a strong desire. He had something like a tent. So he would go around the tent and pray, pray, pray and say, God, you told me that, you know, there'll be whatever 300 people. And I think later when he prayed, once he got 300, God put 3000 in his mind and then he started praying for 3000. There'll be 3000 people in the church and it increased to 3000. So he talks about how when you establish what God wants you to do, you can kind of go after it with a very strong desire and say, God, you said in your word, this is what it is. And I'm praying, I need to see this happen. Let your kingdom come. So you can be very specific. And I remember this thing about strong desire. And, you know, it'll also tie into the next point, which is to believe and have a conviction that, you know, God is actually going to do it for us. Okay, so let me jump to the next point then. I think, you know, we've understood, right, praying with a strong desire. So we can only pray with a strong desire if we've established the revealed will of God, okay? And we, more or less like we've come to a specific request and we're saying, God, I have to see this move. And I'm just going to start praying about this. And I know you're going to make a way. That is why sometimes it helps to have prayer points, because what are those prayer points? You've come to that place of understanding. This is what God wants for me. So I need to pray this through till it happens. Next, pray with faith, believing that you have received what you prayed. I know I skipped two scriptures there, but you could go back and read it yourselves. Pray with faith, believing that you have received what you prayed for just now. We saw in Mark 11, 24 itself, the same scripture, whatever things you ask for, believe that you receive, right? Then you will have them. So what is, one is you're asking. Second is you have to believe. So earlier what was told that we should not doubt in our hearts. How can we come to the place where we don't doubt? Tell me. Okay, we know God's nature, okay? See, God, when he gives us a promise, okay? You call it a promise in the case of Abraham, or as I've been saying, revealed will of God. So even I went after the word, I spent time, you know, praying and having the work of the Holy Spirit in my life. So I have come to a place where I kind of know, you know, this is what God wants for me or this is the promise which God has made for me, made to me. Then it actually becomes easier because what has happened in the journey of recognizing that promise or recognizing, you know, what is God's revealed will is, your doubts will actually kind of go away. You get what I'm saying? So having no doubts, sometimes it's not an event. Sometimes it's a process, okay? For example, healing. By the stripes of Jesus, I'm healed. For me also, you could say this, like, coming from a science background, sometimes I really wonder, do these supernatural things happen? You know, how can you prove it evidence? How can you, you know, so you have all these questions? Oh, yeah, they say this, but maybe you can explain it scientifically in some other. So I had my own doubts about whether the supernatural, like healing and, you know, miracles, whether they are real or not. But studying the Word of God, right, over a long period of time and understanding that something like healing is in the atonement. When we talk about Jesus and the cross, very easily, we are able to receive forgiveness. Oh, Jesus died for your sins, repent, be baptized, okay? We are able to receive forgiveness so easily because we have understood that the cross means my forgiveness. But when you study the Word, you also recognize the cross means my healing, okay? So what's happening? The more you spend time in the Word of God, personally for me in this area of healing, it's been a journey with a lot of questions, doubts, confusion, but you are coming to a place of faith where at some point, because now I got a hold of the will of God, it's easier to pray. So when I'm praying for somebody's healing, I'm, you know, it's not like, are you sure? Do you think, you know, this is something God has provided for? There's no doubt because there are so many scriptures that talk about God as our healer. He wants to see us well in our physical body, in our soul, right in every area of our lives. So while establishing the will of God, sometimes we make a journey and, you know, those doubts are removed, okay? That's when we are able to pray a believing prayer because we've come to believe it now. I know that this is what God wants and I'm going to pray it through in the name of Jesus. So that is how we can pray a prayer of believing. Matthew 21, 22. Can somebody read that scripture also please? Okay. So all the things that you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive. So first step before receiving is believing. We have to believe and James 1 says, he who asks for wisdom, let him not doubt. If he doubts and he will not receive it. So what is faith? Faith is, you know, doubt removed. But as I told you, it can happen in a moment. We can believe in a moment. For example, salvation. For most of us, it was, you know, even though it could have taken a couple of days or a journey, when we heard the gospel preached, we just believed. How did you believe? Did you work on it? Did you read, you know, a lot of scriptures? Did you research before you said yes to Jesus? Not really. For most of us, it's not like that. For most of us, it's like, okay, we heard the salvation message. There was a call, invitation. We responded. Right. So sometimes faith is like that in a moment. Okay. And there's also something known as the gift of faith. God gives the gift of faith. In moments, things happen. We don't have to go through the entire process of receiving the faith. But the normal root is faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So you're spending time in God's word, building our faith. Okay. Then as James says, let him not doubt. Our doubts go away. Then when we ask believing without doubts, what happens? We receive it. Okay. Even when it comes to the prayer of faith, remember, we studied that in the kinds of prayers, prayer of faith. If anyone sick among you, let him call for the elders. What should they do? They'll come anoint with oil. The prayer of faith will heal the sick. Faith is very important to receive from God. Without faith, it is impossible to receive from God. So then we're talking about asking and receiving. What is in between believing? So believe and you will have it. Believe that you receive it and you will have it. Right? So we have to come to a place of faith in what God wants us to have. So what is faith? Faith is like a conviction. It's like an inner certainty. Like how I just said, I know. I know is not a presumptuous no. Sometimes we can be presumptuous, meaning we don't think properly. Just randomly we say I know. That's not the faith we are talking about. Real faith is a conviction based on the word of God empowered by the spirit of God. So coming from God and his empowering, we are able to believe that yes, this will happen. So just 2021. So after the lockdown, you all know all the institutions closed down their physical classes. And similarly here, we had a batch which was running in March 2022. But abruptly, you know, the message came COVID is spreading, please, all educational institutions have to be closed. So then we had to send our students back home. So they all went back. But you know, by God's grace, there was this idea of completing their subjects online. So we did it via Zoom. We continued the classes. We finished the classes for them. And in 2021, right, Pastor had written a mail to us and said, Okay, now what we're going to do is we are going to have classes opened up to international students. Okay, and he had mentioned a number of countries. He had mentioned that I want all of us staff believe with me and you put a number there, something like 200 countries or something that we should have students from so many countries. The first time I saw that mail, I was like, are you serious? You know, because we went from closing physical classes. And in our classes, we generally have, you know, Indian students from inside. But I'm sure, you know, God has given him that request in his mind. This is what prayer of asking and receiving. So he had written to us saying, this is what we're going to open it up to international students. And it's going to be launched on this state. IT team is working on this, this, this something and all. And believe with me, I am praying for so many countries join me prayer of agreement in doing it. I'm sure he already came from a place of faith. Okay. And he was clear that these many kinds so specific. And so I was like, wow, this is the prayer of asking and believing. So, okay, I also prayed about my felt like, okay, I have a reference to this, I can resonate with this prayer request. Let me also pray. So the amazing thing is, I think, I don't know the exact numbers, but whatever number pastor quoted there, we had at least the first time people enrolled, you know, we had people from those many and more number of countries. And it was amazing to see that why would people who are sitting in and I remember in that batch, we had people from New Zealand, we had people from Australia, we had people from, you know, Canada, some of them are still continuing, some of them are still in our third year batch. Now, they are in the third year batch. But I could have like, I could have never come up with a prayer request, like, oh, we thought, you know, we are sitting at home and just managing our existing students, but we're going international. Okay. You know, but this is how God works. And how do you go from a place of not having faith to having faith and then receiving the answer to that prayer? So, you know, when you see examples like this, I just shared with you about Yongeecho, how he prayed for his church. And every time it seems, God would give him a number, pray for 300, pray for 3000, pray and he would pray and he'll touch that number. He'll ask God, okay, God, what's the next number? What's the next number? So, we have to journey with God firstly to a place of faith. Then when you ask believing, you will receive it. But don't condemn yourself if you don't have the faith at get go. Okay, no problem. Faith will come. How will it come? What's the source? The Word of God, feed on the Word of God. When you begin to feed on the Word of God, faith will build up. Once faith builds up, then you pray, things will start to happen. Right? So, this is how, you know, God works and God works. Your source in certain things, it's very specific. You could just ask God for very specific things and you receive the answer for it and everyone around will be like, how did it happen? It is possible. It's a prayer of asking and receiving. We can receive if you're asking in the will of God. So, if you believe, you will receive. And as far as we are concerned, you know, when we pray a prayer of faith, it's done. Isn't it? When you pray a prayer of faith, it is actually done. Because God is the one who initiated that request in a sense and we are convinced that God wants to do it. We are just doing our part of, you know, praying, releasing the authority. We are co-laboring with God, remember? And within us, we know, hey, it's a matter of time. It's already done. God is going to open this door. God is going to make things happen. Okay. So, one more thing which we want to add to this is, or maybe two things, faith is not passive. Sometimes what happens? We ask God and we just, you know, don't do anything after that. You see, God told me he's going to do this. And, you know, if it's going to happen, it'll happen. God will make it happen. I don't have to do anything about it. But you see, even in the book of James, he talks about faith with works. Faith that works. So, what is co-laboring? Co-laboring is, okay, let's imagine, you know, you have a roommate and you cook in your hostel. Okay. Thankfully, that's not the case right now. But if you were to cook in your hostel and you tell your friend, hey, you make the roti, I'll make the sabji. Okay. And your friend makes the roti. You don't make the sabji. What'll happen? How will that dinner experience be? Not very pleasant. It's incomplete. In the same way, you know, sometimes we say, faith, faith, faith. God, you said, you do it, you do it. God is like, yeah, but don't you think you should also do what you need to be doing? For example, let's say, you know, my church needs to have 300 people. I am praying, yes, but I have to preach the word. I have to see the power of God demonstrated in people's lives. I have to build them up in the faith. I have to care for the people. I have to go to outreaches. There's a lot of hard work overnight. It's not going to just like, you know, crop up. I have to do my part. God will do his part. So based on the faith, I take the action. If I really believe that my church is going to grow, I'm working hard to see it happen. So faith is not passive. We say, oh, okay, God has a ministry for me in the arts 10 years from now. What are you doing about it now? Isn't it? Are you building your skills? Are you disciplining yourself to spend more time with your artwork? How are you using that as an outreach? How are you? So there are so many things you can do right now with your anointing, with your skill, with the grace, the equipping which God has given you. 10 years down the line will come. Promise will be fulfilled. Isaac will be born. Don't worry about that. God will do it. But you got to do what you got to do now. And faith is action. Faith is not like God will do. I'll take a nap. No, we have to co-labor, co-labor with God, do your part. God will do his part. One of the other ways in which we are actually using our faith is through speaking. Through speaking. How do we, how does this work? You see in Mark 11, 20, 23, 24, that particular passage, when Jesus made that statement, you know, whatever you ask, you know, you believe and you will have it. He was actually sharing some deep truths about, you know, faith and releasing that faith. There is a victory that Jesus spoke to and the victory dried up. The next day the disciples noticed the victory. That's when he gave them that lesson and he said that, you know, you should work with your faith. Because what did the faith of Jesus do? The victory obeyed the command of Jesus. He cursed the victory and it dried up. But how did Jesus release his faith towards which he spoke? So he cursed the victory, it says. And then he told his believers, you can even speak to the mountain. So what is this speaking to the mountain? Releasing our faith. So somehow I told you, right, that we live, there is this whole spiritual dynamics. Why is it that our words have so much of weight and authority? We don't know. But what the scriptures encourage us to do is, if you have faith, you got to speak it out. So even Abraham, Abraham, Romans chapter four, you know, we see that against all odds, Abraham believed God and all. And then you go on to see he gave glory to God. When did he give glory to God? While he was waiting. So giving glory to God or just saying, God, thank you. You are going to bless me with this ministry. God, thank you. You have already met all my needs because you are Jehovah Jairah. God, thank you. Because you have provided for my needs through a new job. God is showing you his will. And once you know that, even when you are praying, you can release words of faith and say, I know that it's done. So God, I'm thanking you. Instead of saying what? Why is it not happening? I can't believe God, you're taking so long. What are these words? These words are showing that I'm actually not believing. Because whatever I believe, whether I like it or not, just comes out of my mouth. Okay, so the words that we speak, our declaration is a way of releasing our faith. So speak words of faith. When you come to that place in your heart where you say, no, this is it. This God's word is true. Speak words of faith. Just say, okay, healing is in the atonement. He sent his word. He healed my diseases. By the stripes of Jesus, I'm healed. What am I doing? My faith is being released through my words. Okay, so that is the way in which faith is demonstrated. Faith definitely involves action and it must also be released through declaration. Now, point six here. This shows us that one must persevere with faith. Okay, so we have the example here of a friend in Luke 11, where a friend comes and he says, give me something to eat like in the night. Just because he was persistent, the neighbor gave him something to eat. And Luke 18 is a woman who goes up to the ruler and she asks for favor. Because she was coming again and again, he's a wicked ruler. He yields to her persistence. So Jesus taught a lesson from there and said, even if unwilling people can respond because of persistence, think about this. How much more God who is willing? So there's a contrast. God is not unwilling. If you ask for what is in his plan for you, he won't be like, okay, you know, ask harder. I won't give it to you. God doesn't do things like that. He's so willing. He's saying, I want to give it to you. I was just waiting for you to ask. So when we ask in the will of God, we receive it. But there are some prayers as we discussed earlier. Maybe it's not the right timing. Maybe it is, there are other factors in it. Like for example, we pray for revival, right? We pray for revival in our nation. Why hasn't it happened? There are some prayers like this. Maybe there are many other components to it where we are praying, we are pursuing, and we are moving towards it. So there are certain prayers which take time. It doesn't mean those prayers are a failure, but we need to persist. Okay? So persistence is not nagging. God is already willing to do his will for us. But there are prayers which we need to be persistent about and that only shows our, you know, confidence in God when we keep asking for the same things. Finally, continue with Thanksgiving. So Philippine says, you know, make your request known to God with Thanksgiving. So I asked God and like Abraham, I begin to thank God and say, God, thank you. Remember, that's what Jesus said when he stood in front of Lazarus' tomb. He said, God, I thank you because you hear me. So even the prayer of asking and receiving, we conclude with Thanksgiving. So we give thanks to God. Alright, so some questions here quickly which I will look at. One question is, if I have prayed and asked once for something, is it correct if I keep on asking God for the same thing over and over again? So again, it depends on how you have asked. If you have followed what we just talked about, if you've asked according to the reveal of God, in the name of Jesus, and you know, you have student faith, you've asked believing, then the kind of prayer that you would pray even in persistence is a prayer of Thanksgiving. God, I thank you. You know, you've done it. You've done. So it really depends. If you have not yet come to that place of faith, believing God, then yes, you have to still persist because you yourself are not yet believing. Okay, but if you have prayed a prayer of faith, then your prayer of persistence is more like Thanksgiving till you see the manifestation of that prayer. So it's not about right or wrong. Can I pray for the same request? You know, many times, it depends on how you've prayed, what you are praying for and all that. But praying with unbelief repeatedly, that is not correct. Even if you pray many days, that is of no use. Okay, so pray a prayer of faith. Sometimes you can just pray a prayer of faith and that's done. You don't really have to repeat it over and over again. Okay, so does God always give whatever we ask? Remember, we said, we clarified that 21, 22, whatever you you know, desire, whatever you ask, believing you shall receive that whatever simply means, according to the revealed will of God. So if you ask a miss, obviously we will not receive it. What if I do not know God's will about a matter? So if we don't know God's will about a matter, as we said earlier, it is our responsibility to search it out. Okay, so study the word, try to find out what is God's will? That is the first one. Now after having done that, if you're still in a place where you're confused, you're like, I have no idea. There are these two options in front of me. Both look equally good. I feel like the Holy Spirit is giving me witness for both of these. Then use what we learned earlier. It's called the prayer of consecration. You say, God, I just surrender. I yield to you. You do what is best for me. You just open the right door for me. So surrender would be the way to respond if we are still unclear about a matter. Okay, so yes, how should we ask for God's confirmation? We can just say God, you know, help me show me reveal to me and you know, I'm sure God will respond. Sometimes when we speak what we want in faith, the devil tries to create obstacles, how to overcome that. So that will always be there. You see, we know that the devil is that enemy who comes against us. Right? So what we studied just now, persistence, don't give up. Even if the enemy is trying to distract us, don't give up. Okay, I'll just take a question. We have two minutes left. So go ahead. Yeah, sure. So we need to focus and we have to take responsibility, right? Personally to focus on, you know, whatever it is that that is the right thing to do. Okay, regarding that matter. All right. So, okay, good. So I think, you know, we've got the key points. Okay, one last question that's accommodated. Yeah, so see if you have deep desire and strong faith, but faith will come from that place of knowing the will of God, right? Isn't it? So this is more like, it's not faith. You're saying if it's not God's will and you still want it, right? So I wouldn't call that faith. Okay, it's just your inclination, like you, you really want it. So I would say that you continue to pray about that matter, continue to seek counsel till you come to a place where you can certainly say that God is leading me in this way. That's why I'm going, right? So you need to make that journey. There's no other, you know, there's no detox. Okay, so I hope it helps. We can talk more later maybe. All right. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you everyone for your engagement. We shall just pray and close. Okay, let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this time of learning. We pray that Lord, you'll continue to minister to us Lord through your word and by your Holy Spirit. We commit ourselves to you in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen. All right. So see you all. Bye. Bye to the online students as well. Our next month, we will have our assignments. So please keep that in mind. Okay. Bye for now.