 It's March 2023. Welcome to the Teen's Cornerstone Connections lesson. This is the second lesson in this series, lesson number 10, winsome and densome. Remember, you're a 10 with tuneful music from the orchestra featuring Kiki on the trumpet, George on the saxophone, Kate on the piano, and myself on the clarinet. Grace will take us through encouraging mission stories from the Eastern Central African Division and the panelists, of course, Sibirah, Brenda, Ashley, and our wonderful Teen teachers. Enjoy. Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week's lesson. But before we get into it, I'm here with yet another mission story. This, again, comes from Ronda. But before we get into it, let me give you some facts on just how missionary work started in Ronda. So, mission work was started by a guy named David L.E. Delphov, who was a young pioneer worker from Belgium. He began the first Adventist work in Ronda shortly after World War I. He was given a 125-acre plot, which was like 11 miles north of the town of Nyanza, on a low ridge known as the Hill of Skulls, which the natives actually believed to be cursed for one reason or the other by their king. But here is where the first foundation was laid for the G-12 mission, and this is where all the mission work in Ronda sprung off and spread towards all parts of the country. Okay, with no further ado, we're going to get into this week's story, and it's called Construction Saves Lives. So, for many years, members of the East Central Africa Division were dreaming to have a medical school built so that they could train doctors and nurses, not just in treating people, but also to spread the love of Jesus to others. Now, with the assistance of a special offering called the Thirteen Sabbath Offering, quite a while back they collected quite enough money to begin the project. So, every day, more than 300 workers would gather to the venue of where the school was supposed to be to begin the construction. But before you could hear any noises of hammers clanging or the buzz of saws, you'd hear something else. You would hear singing and praying. So, what was going on? So, the students at a nearby theology school had decided that we're not going to wait for this school to be complete so that Jesus can be shared to many other people. We can begin before. They're really excited about sharing Jesus' love with others. So, every morning before the construction began, they would come and pray with all the workers. Well, the ones who wanted to anyway. At the beginning, they only had a handful, but as time went on, more and more workers began to come for these worship sessions. And their bosses, the contractors, after seeing that these people are very interested in learning about Jesus and singing and praying, they decided that they're going to give them some time to sing and pray and learn more about Jesus. Now, as time went on, the members of this congregation that used to gather before the construction grew and grew, and the theology students decided that now they're going to get a bit more direct in terms of winning people to Jesus. So, they told them, so now they began telling them about the objectives of this new school that they were building, that it was not just training them to heal people, but it was also guiding them to the master physician that is Jesus Christ. Now, they were very intrigued by this because all they knew is that doctors heal people. They don't exactly preach. And now they wanted to know more about Jesus. And because of this, they started showing up to work earlier than usual so that they could enjoy having these worship sessions together with these theology students. And then, finally, after a long time, the construction of the school, phase one, was complete, and it was inaugurated by the president of Rwanda and the president of the general conference. And then, on that same day, 27 construction workers gave their lives to Christ. And apparently, it was not only the construction workers who were coming for these meetings, other ordinary men and women would come too. Eighteen women and nine men gave their lives to Christ on that same day too. One student named Emil says, think about this. Lives are already being transformed for heaven, and the students have not even arrived to study at the School of Medicine. So, this school, it was opened at, it has space for 35 students currently for phase one, and this 13 Sabbath offering, some of it is going to go there to help in the betterment of the school and also build homes for the teachers who are going to start their work there. So, as you plan to contribute, as you plan to give your offering, please think of sending some money to the school so that the work of Christ may continue there. Welcome, once again, dear viewers, to the teen's cornerstone connection lessons. We are excited to have you here. So, for today, we're going to begin with prayer, and Subira will give us a prayer. Okay, let's pray. Dear Father God, thank you so much for this day. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to come on this Sabbath day to learn more about you. I pray as we go through the lesson today, when some and then some, we may learn important lessons and apply to our lives. So, all the viewers watching and those here today, in Jesus' name, I pray and believe. Amen. Amen. So, on set, I'd like each of the people with me to introduce themselves, starting from my right. My name is Subira Akundi, and I'll be taking you through Sunday and Monday. My name is Brenda Maywa, and I'll be taking you through Sabbath and Wednesday. My name is Ashli Hazan, and I'll be taking you through Tuesday and Thursday, Patriarchs and Prophets. And happy Sabbath, and my name is Brigitte. We are glad to have you here once again. Okay. So, before we start our lesson today, what is our topic for the lesson for this time? When some and then some. When some and then some. It's a very interesting word there, and most of you might be asking yourselves, what does the word winsome mean? Okay. So, according to the dictionary and Google, of course, winsome means having an attractive quality. And then, and then some, you know, it's just, it's still and then some. So, our story today is about Jacob. Now, let me give you a brief background before we get to this story. Abraham was about 140 years old, and remember Isaac, I mean, was about 140 years old, and he'd been given the promise, you know, about his descendants and everything. But now, his son was still single at 40 years. 40 years old is still single. So, Abraham decided to find a wife for his son, Isaac. And that's when he sent his servant, Elia, to go and find a wife for him. And it's, we'll see something that the wife to be did, because we'll see in the story that she was, she was a 10, you know, the winsome part. She was a 10 over 10. But her character was the invincible part of it. We're going to learn more about it. Now, before we get into that, every lesson, we usually have a fundamental belief that we learn out of the 28 fundamental beliefs of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. And our fundamental belief for this lesson is belief number 23. That is marriage and the family. And for teens, you might be wondering, why are we talking about marriage at such a young age? Well, I can tell you why. God is as concerned about how we grow spiritually as teens as much as he's concerned about our social lives. God is very interested in who is your friend, who you keep around, who you fall in love with. Okay? And as Adventists, what we believe is that you need to be in love with someone who you share the same faith with. So that basically means that someone who is an Adventist, a Seventh Day Adventist, to be specific. Okay? Now, I'll give a brief story before we get to the lesson. So there's a clothing retail store, you know, somewhere in the U.S. It's called Nordstrom. It's very famous because its employees are known to go the extra mile for everyone in everything they do. So there's a story that is told of a business guy who he was supposed to travel for a meeting on a Friday. So on Thursday, he goes to the store, buys some suits. I think this guy was Kenyan because, you know, very common with the last-minute shopping and everything. So he went, bought some suits, but they did not fit him well. So he left them so they can be tailored and he can pick them up on Friday morning before he goes for work. Okay? So he comes on Friday morning, the suits are not done, and he has to travel. So he just left the suits, blew across the country. He was moving from New York to Chicago. So he went to Chicago. And once he landed there on Friday evening, he found a package in his hotel room that was delivered. So he opened the package. What does he find there? All three of the suits that he had ordered from the Nordstrom office. But he had three extra expensive silk ties. Then he had a handkerchief put in his coat pocket with a handwritten apology embroidered. Actually it was embroidered into the handkerchief, an apology. We are sorry we did not deliver you suits in time. Please accept this gift as an apology. Now, this is a character that the Lord calls upon us to have, going the extra mile. Okay? And let us see what exactly we told about this going the extra mile. Brenda, there's a very interesting question in the What Do You Think section. Do you mind taking us through it? Yes, thank you. Let's move on to the What Do You Think section where we have a few questions put down for us to answer. So we're told to rank the following attributes from one being the most important and ten being the least important. These are like character attributes or basically character traits. So which ones would you want to find in your partner? So we have kindness, honesty, attractiveness, contentment, optimism, selflessness, courage, self-confidence, humility, and creativity. So one being the most important and ten being the least important. I'll just save my first three, which would be kindness, honesty, and self-confidence. These are the most important to me because I think self-confidence is something that everyone should have developed at some point in their life. And when you're confident about who you are, you know who you are. If you're a child of God and etc., you're able to accept other people the way they are. And kindness is just an amazing character trait I'd like someone who's that close to me to have. And honesty, it's just good to be honest with your partner and be able to be comfortable to tell them whatever is happening in your life. Teacher Jonan or anyone who doesn't like to give us what their opinion is on the section. Okay. These are very interesting questions. Thank you so much, Brenda. I think I would choose optimism and contentment. For optimism, it's always important for all of us to be positive. I mean, we're about to life is short. So we really need to be positive about every single situation. So even if you're feeling sad and lonely, you can still find the best in every single problem or just general situation. With contentment, obviously in this social media age on Instagram, TikTok, you could go and see this beautiful lives that these influencers are living, but it's also so important for you to be happy where you are, because that's true happiness. I mean, you could get the biggest car, the most money in the whole entire world, but you couldn't really be happy. So be content where you're at. Thank you. So for me, I just decided to pick one and that's selflessness. So one of the biggest problems we have on this art is the eye problem. And the eye problem, it's an eye problem which can't be fixed with specs. It's eye problem, like I myself. So if you are selfless, then you've cut out the root to most of the sins, if not all of them. And so it means that this person will be kind to you, they'll be humble, they will love you, all those things will definitely be shown in their lives. True. Okay, Chajunan. Yeah, that's, I think I agree with most of your choices. I think also go for contentment, you know, because being content means you accept yourself as you are. And that makes it easier to accommodate someone else and their feelings and also help them through whatever they might be going through. Right. So very good stuff there. And I think it's time we go to our story, right? Yeah, let's get into it. Okay. Okay, now Abraham was very old and the Lord had blessed him with everything that he could possibly have. So he said to the senior servant in his household, I want you to put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I'm living, but you will go to my country, my own relatives to get a wife for my son Isaac. So the servant left taking with him 10 of his master's camels and then and he prayed, Lord, may it be that when I say to a young woman, please let down your jar that I may have a drink. And she says, drink and I'll water your camels too. Let her be the one you've chosen for my servant Isaac. By this, I will know that you've shown kindness to my master. So, but even before he finished praying, Rebecca came out with her jar lifted on her shoulder. This woman was fine. And she was a virgin. No man had ever slept with her. So she went down to the spring, build up her jar and gave him a drink. Well, of course, the servant was hurrying to her asking, please let down your jar. And she did so after she had given him a drink. She said, I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have had enough to drink. By this, the servant bowed down and worshiped the Lord. Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who was not abandoned by master by giving him kindness, faithfulness shown to my master. So Rebecca and her friends got ready and mounted on the camels and went with the man. So the servants took Rebecca. Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent of his mother, Sarah, and he married Rebecca. So she became his wife and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. Thank you, Subirah, for that brief insight on our story. So for viewers, the story is from Genesis chapter 24, that is what Subirah has given us a synopsis of. And just to bring us into context of what's really happened, in verse four, verse four of chapter 24 of Genesis, the servant puts his hand under the thigh of his master. It's a very strange thing to do nowadays, right? But you know, different traditions, different customs. In those days, that was a great sign of respect. It also meant that the vow that you made with your hand under someone else's thigh means that you're not going to break that vow. So this servant had committed himself to fulfilling what his master had told him to do. Right. And we have our key text from the Monday section from Genesis chapter 24, verse 19. And it says, after she had given him a drink, she said, I'll drink water for your camels too, until they've had enough to drink. So this is really going the extra mile, winsome and then some. So as you pray today, talk to God about your specific hope about your future with your spouse or your partner. And I want to call the viewers and you guys right here, write out a prayer and keep it in a safe place. So when it comes the time for you to get married, you can use it. Do you commit to do so? Totally, totally. Now, moving on, we have a question here on the out of the story section of our lesson. And I'd like to ask Brenda to answer it. So Brenda, the question is, how does this story inform our understanding of modern romance? If you look at the romance in between Isaac and Rebecca and compared to what we see today, you know, Telemundo and stuff, what do you get? What are your insights on it? Good question. I personally think modern romance compared to romance found back in the day. It's a lot more impulsive and it's more of like falling in love very fast and falling out of love faster. So it's something that we have to learn from people in the Bible to learn to be patient. And Rebecca and Isaac's love lasted long because it had God and their parents blessing. So I think that's something we should learn from old romance than modern romance, which is very impulsive and never really lasts as long. So you can basically say easy come, easy go because people just love it first sight with someone on the internet. You like them, she looks nice. You just fall in love and everything. All right. Mr. Bridget, what do you think? I think that one thing that stands out for me is that Abraham really went out, all out to get a wife for Isaac. And in today's marriages, if you look at it, people tend to get spouses on their own without even involving their parents. Like by the time you're even coming to involve the parents, it's gone really deep in. And if they do not approve of it, you just really want to continue and go all the way, you know, disrespecting them. But I think it's an important lesson for us that as we make friendships, as we get into courtships, let us involve our parents. Okay. So question, what are the disadvantages and advantages of arranged marriages? I was actually thinking about the same thing because, you know, in the olden days, they used to arrange marriages. Right now, people just meet, then you go tell your parents later. You did it for like whole year. You just want to get married in the next few months. So Ashley, what do you think? I'd say in arranged marriages, your parents would select someone that they know could align with your faith, someone who they know will be compatible with you, someone they know you can, that it's impossible for you to not love them. Right. So that's one of the advantages of arranged marriages. I'd say the cons may outweigh the pros in this modern society. And one of them would be maybe getting married for fortune. Like that happens a lot these days with arranged marriages. Yeah. What was your other question? Well, that's it. But I really think adding on to what you said, it's super important to recognize that the parents really choose who they think to them is a perfect person. Not specifically to you. I think today in the today's society, adding also Brenda's question, there's a lot of requirements. It's like, okay, you, your religion, what you believe in, what's your gender identity or your hobbies, there's a lot of things to look at. But in this situation, we really just look at one most important virtue of selflessness and going above and beyond for your spouse or just an ordinary person. And you might never know you can find a husband. Yeah, true. And you know, one thing most people fail to understand from their arranged marriages in the olden days is that if your parents found someone for you, it wasn't a must to marry them. If you both do not love each other, they were actually allowed to just separate. Most people will fail to see that. So most people here arrange marriages, they're like, no, it's not a must. But the parents, parents, they're human too. They've been through the same phase you've been through. So they understand you might not necessarily like this person. So they usually give you a choice. I think it would be good if we had the same thing in our age, don't you think? But actually, you could take us through the flashlight. Yeah. And that's from Tuesday. So let us all move to the flashlight. And it says it was a time. Oh, my apologies. It was a time of anxious thought with Eliezer important results not only to his master's household, but to the future generations might follow from the choice he made. And how is he to choose wisely among entire strangers? Remembering the words of Abraham that God would send his angel with him. He prayed earnestly for positive guidance. In the family of his master, he was accustomed to the constant exercise of kindness and hospitality. And he now asked that an act of courtesy might indicate the maiden whom God had chosen. Those are deep words. That's from Patrick's and Prophet's. Can you tell us more about what Ellen White in the street of prophecy talks about this subject of marriage between Isaac and Rebecca? That it was a matter of nearly grave importance because it would determine what would happen for the rest of Abraham's bloodline. And it was left up to this one man, this servant who is sent out to go find someone to marry his son, right? And it's like, you're not given the specifics, it's quite vague. You're told go out and find a wife for my son. There's many mistakes that a person can make in trying to find, but since he was accustomed to courtesy and kindness in the home, he said, maybe if I find someone who's courteous and kind and I bring them into the home, then yeah, there are no clashes that would happen because they're of similar virtue. So that practically means that the environment that someone is accustomed to can dictate the kind of partner you'll get later on in life. I think that's what you're trying to say. Yes. Yeah. And I call matchmaker. Like this person has really big responsibilities in finding this, like you said, the whole genealogy. God's promise is aligning with everything, so he had to be very strategic with it. I know in this society, our friends or people we just spend time with, we always ship them. Always like I ship this person and this person, calling matchmaker. But I think in this lesson, it's important to know that even in our modern lives, God can be our matchmaker. God can put people together and whenever we make a decision to marry someone or get together with someone, we need to consult God. What do you think, teacher Bridget? Absolutely, I agree. And unfortunately, as teens, sometimes we feel like we want to put God so much out of our relationships that we make, whether friendships or whether for love. So it's important, as Subira has said, that to know that God is the matchmaker, the perfect matchmaker for each one of us. True, true, true. I agree with that. And there are some verses here in our lesson today that can kind of give us more insight into what these lessons tell us today. Brenda, probably you can tell us a verse or two that speaks to you. Personally, there are quite many actually that all point towards today's lesson. But the one that stood out to me was Hebrews 13, and I'll read it. On a marriage and God the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband, God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex. That's a heavy verse, that's a heavy verse. But this is something that a lot of people my age don't really understand and they take it really lightly. I feel like it needs to be taught a lot more or deeper because we usually play around with it and say there's no place in the Bible where God says we can't do this. He only talks about adultery and adultery is about marriage. So people from my age going upwards are basically taking curves around marriage. They're like, oh, I'm not going to get married. So I think this is a really deep verse that needs to be talked about more. True, true. I second that with Proverbs chapter 18 verse 22 and it says, he who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. So definitely in this society, people don't really want to get married. If you have the contents, you love each other and engage in certain acts, then it's technically a marriage but not going through the ceremony. It's super important because here this verse tells us that God approves of it and the people who engage in marriage, this wonderful unity receive favor from the Lord. I agree with that. And I could say that in our day and age, a couple of surveys that have been done, they show that most young people, the first time they learned about relationships and sex, it doesn't even from their parents or the church. It doesn't the internet. And these are things as Christians can just screw up with the way God meant the relationships and love and marriage to be like. And that's what we find most of us in church actually have a very not clear picture of what marriage and love really entails in a Christian way. Mr. Breset, what do you think? So the verse that speaks to me is Colossians chapter 3 verse 23 and 24, that whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord and not for human beings. Since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward, it is the Lord Christ you are serving. So even from last week's lesson, we learned about being hospitable, both at home in the church, basically to each and every person. Being hospitable is what made Rebecca be chosen as the wife. And she went the extra mile, you know, winsome and then some, she went on ahead to give drink to the camels. So we're encouraged as young people, as teens, if you're given a duty, don't just cook, cook and wash the dishes. If you're given assignments, don't just do the assignment, do the assignment and read ahead. And there's a special blessing for you. True, true. I agree with that. Reminds me of a quote a friend of mine once told me, when you're doing something, always give 100% unless you're donating blood. I mean, keep everything. But the Lord causes to excellence. God, when he puts us in a place, he knows we can go the extra mile. And that's what he causes to do. Rebecca, it was customary for them. I mean, this case had such good mannerisms that I think we should be practicing today. In those days, if you had a guest in your house, imagine they used to feed them from their jar. So it was something that Rebecca was expected to do. When she met Eliezer, the servant, she was supposed to actually give him a drink, which she did, but then she went the extra mile and then some and watered the camels, which she wasn't supposed to do, but she did it. And that earned her a place amongst the lineage of one of the greatest nations on earth and the lineage into the birth of the Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, and there's a verse for that. Actually, what verse sticks out to you? I would have to say of first Corinthians, oh no. Yes, first Corinthians 7.36. Actually, the one that stood out to me was actually Matthew 5 verses 39 to 41. And it says, if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. This just emphasizes on selflessness, which today people might contribute a little like the way the teacher said. When you're giving, you give 100 percent, but people in this current society would give 70 percent and wouldn't do the remaining 30 until they're asked to. I'd like to direct us to, you can write this down for those who cannot access it right now. In the book The Adventist Home by Ellen White, page 44, she says, great care should be taken by the Christian youth in the formation of friendships and the choice of companions. Friends, the friends you keep, the people who you keep around you can either make or break it. And even we're told again in scripture and in the spirit of prophecy that we should develop the character that you want to have later on in life as early as now. For relationships amongst young people, there are those virtues that you want in someone. You want someone to be honest, you want someone to be selfless. You need to have the same qualities. You cannot attract something you're not. Okay? If you're selfless, you have to find someone who's selfless. If you find someone who's selfish, you're going to clash. Okay? But these characters have to be developed at home. So the earlier you get them, the better. There is no better place to develop a better character for your future than at home. Because your parents are there to guide you. They can tell you, yes, you're doing the right thing, but you can do it a little bit better like this. They have been through this. They understand. And before we even got on stage, actually you're telling me some very interesting thing about decision-making in teenagers. Yeah. Actually, that comes from developing a sense of consciousness and thinking about consequences of your actions, which people start to develop at the age of six, and it later gets better when you're around 13. But scientifically it's shown that the prefrontal cortex of the brain doesn't fully develop until you're like mid-20s, late-20s. And it's around one of the last places to develop. So you're unable to do fully critical thinking, make great decisions, or think about the consequences of your actions until you have aged appropriately. Yeah, that's interesting. As teenagers, we tend to think that we know everything. Okay, I used to think I'm not a teenager right now, but I was younger. I would make decisions be like, I know this is right. No one can change me from my course. But even science says it, the decisions we make when we're below 25, we may not fully think about the consequences or the impacts of what we're doing. And we can even learn from Jacob. Isaac, the guy was 40 years old, and his dad was still looking for a wife for him. Some of us at 20, going to decide where we're going to live, what we're going to eat, where we're going to stay, the friends are going to choose. We need to trust our parents as teenagers. Even as young, as old as I am, not that old anyway, I still trust my parents. When you get older, you'll realize that your parents start becoming your closest of friends. Did you ever agree with me on this? Absolutely. In the coming time, you just sit with your dad or your mom, you're just having stories in your life. Why didn't we do this when I was younger? Parents have a lot of insight, and you need to take advantage of that. We'll learn from them as much as we can. Tell us something. Right. So we have read of us from Proverbs, chapter 18, verse 22, and it says that he who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. And the opposite is true. She who finds a husband also finds something good, right? And one thing that we are learning from this lesson is that true love is a high and holy principle. As we've said, it's not something that is impulsive, and it's not something which when you're tested, it will just die out. So that's one thing that we've learnt. So I'd like to ask one more question even before we close. What are the aspects of this lesson? What aspects from this lesson have been particularly helpful for you today? Or what lessons have you picked from today's lesson? Maybe Ashley would go first. I can say I've picked up on first off obedience. The obedience of first off the servant, he was told go and find my son a wife, and he went. And secondly, Isaac, he obeyed his father throughout his life, and also when his father chose a wife for him. The second thing I'd take from this is the act of selflessness, which we can continue to learn from various Bible characters. Brenda? The biggest lesson I think I have learned from this is patience, because it says that when they described Rebecca, when the servant first saw her, there were three main things they said. She was beautiful, and she was a virgin. And the last thing was the character in which she showed. It's just like the topic of the lesson, when some, then some. It was beautiful plus her character. And I think when we're patient to wait for God to show us all the direction he wants us to take, he adds for us more than we already had. So be patient, and I think it'll just come to you without you. You don't have to go look, looking for it. It'll come to you by itself. Give us the insight, Subir. I think the biggest lesson is definitely prayer. Prayer works, especially when it comes to things like love and waiting for someone to marry or even our girlfriend or boyfriend. We don't really consult God as much because it's a sensitive topic. I think there's a lot of things, grubby things involved with it, but it's super important to pray. And even before he finished praying, God had already answered his prayer. Like Rebecca came out, and like you said, the beautiful descriptions, she was a virgin, and God really answers our prayers. So even right now, I know some teachers have even started praying, started praying when there were teens. We couldn't even start praying right now for our future wonderful husband, whether he's tall or dark, handsome, whatever qualities that we want. Be specific and pray. Amen. Amen. I like that. We see from Elias's prayer, he was very specific. He wanted someone to come out, give him water, and give water to the camels. And that's exactly what happened. God answers our prayers specifically. As much as God is all knowing, he knows what we want, he wants us to ask it out ourselves. You know, be specific in what you say. And also I can say, when God plays much maker, he's never wrong. Your God had arranged for this marriage way before when Abraham wanted to arrange for it. And when you commit your plans to God, he's going to bring them to fusion, always does. You just have to trust him, be specific about it. Okay? Yeah. Unless there's someone else who has something else to add on our lesson today. I'd just like to say that it's important to involve God in all your aspects of life. You know, sometimes we think that we just meet God in church or when we have problems. But from today's reading, we realize that God is interested in all aspects of our lives. Also in things as important as marriage, because as we'll see later, marriage is one of the things that, you know, will continue into eternity. So that is one of the important lessons. And definitely adding on to that, further insight gives us insight on this. Telling us that making sure that when we're choosing the people we're marrying or people we're associating with, will this union or will this marriage help me heavenward? And will it increase my love for God? So whoever you're spending time with, make sure you ask these deep questions to yourself. Before you get into something, you might not want to. Man, I like that. Very close. I'd like to add something connecting to what I said earlier. The verse for the Sabbath section is Colossians 3, 23, and 24. And he talks about whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord. Basically, it reminds me of a verse. My mom always tells me whoever shall not work, shall not eat. So you cannot live your life just knowing that at the age, God will bring the husband, God will bring the wife. You actually have to work to improve yourself before you can expect God to be anyone or whatever it is you want in your life. You have to put in the work. Ashley, any insight? That well must have been a paid actor, because it was bringing people together. It was the second matchmaker. Because like, first off, it's how Isaac was able to get with Rebecca, right? And later on in the story, spoilers, Jacob met his future wife at that well. Most likely it's actually the same well. Because we'll see in the later stories Jacob also had to move from his place to go find a wife in the same place where his dad got a wife. So that well, I think I should go there the single people here. Anyway, thank you so much for staying with us for our lesson today. And I'd like to give you a challenge. As we've learned from our lesson today, be specific in your prayers, whatever you ask for, ask for it in confidence that the good Lord will give it on to you. And secondly, the Lord is interested in your social relationship as much as any other aspect of your life. So commit your friends to the Lord, commit your girlfriends, your boyfriends, the friends you keep around, all those people who you socialize with, commit them to the Lord and He's going to help you throw it. And whether you got a boo or a bae, God's love is here to stay. Now I'd like Ashley to pray with us as we come to a close. Let's bow our heads for a word of prayer. Yeah, heavenly Lord, we come before you at the end of this lesson discussion with a prayer of thanksgiving for letting us gather here together to talk, to discuss and to share our insight on your holy word and everything surrounding it. We've given our different opinions and as we shared them, we've discovered new things, we've learned new things. And I pray that all who get out of this will have left with something near in their hearts, with a pair in their hearts for a good partner of, for selflessness, for obedience, and that they may not condition themselves to act selfishly or to have a limit to how selfless they are. With nothing more to add, I pray that your Holy Spirit may daily intercede and intervene in areas not mentioned. This is my prayer in Jesus.