 Alright, so the recording has started. Can you lead us in prayer? Yes ma'am. Yeah, please go ahead. Father, we come to the throne of grace. Thank you for this day you have given us a lot. Not as we are going to learn from your word Lord, about everything Lord. Lord, you have given us a lot. The students which we are having a lot. The teacher, everything we pray in Jesus name Lord. The world is doing a lot whatever their day seems. We are here learning about your word Lord. Whatever we are learning it should be added to your kingdom Lord and it should not be wasted but it should be used and it should help us in equipping for your work or Lord. In Jesus name we pray Amen. Amen, thank you. Thank you Siddh Keno. So we have been learning from chapter 11 in our notes which talks about exercising this authority and dominion. So one thing is to know that we have authority and dominion and another thing is to apply it. And in the last class we looked at various ways in which we can employ or use the spiritual authority which we have. So we were talking about being defensive, protecting ourselves from the attack of the evil one. Because you know here in the world we are constantly open to the works of the enemy. So how can you defend? Then the next thing was how can we offend the enemy? So while talking about that we said that we have the authority to rebuke, command, cast out if there are demon spirits that have taken occupation into a person, an unbeliever or influenced a believer by demonizing them. Then we can actually cast out those spirits. That's something offensive which we do. We can destroy because Jesus has already destroyed through the cross the works of the enemy. Now we can claim it, we can declare what has already been done. And that way what we are doing is we are letting loose the power of God. And we have seen how the anointing ultimately is what will destroy the work of the evil one. While we are ministering all these things become so helpful. We can also remove the influence or the bondage that is upon people's lives. So these are all active ways, offensive ways if you want to call it in going after the enemy and stopping him. We can overcome and prevail. So overcome and prevail is more like getting the enemy under you. And it could take a fight, it could take a wrestle for a while against the devil. But finally you have him under you. How do you do that? You do that in various ways. We can pray, we can declare God's word, we can stand on the promises of God's word, do the right thing. So in many different ways we are going after the devil, we are fighting him out thoroughly and then we subdue him. So in this way we bring that enemy under. Also we talked about how to use the authority, you know the keys of the kingdom Jesus that I have given you. And you can bind and lose. So God himself, Jesus himself gave us some ways or methods that we can use. So binding would be like tying the hands of the devil. And we also said how we can bind but that does not exempt us from being wise and being practical. So we can bind the enemy but then maybe there are issues that we have to be dealt with also. We could simply say, oh I am in a lot of lack, okay I am going to bind the spirits of lack or I am going to bind the spirits of poverty. But then what are we going to do about it in the long run? Maybe there are some decisions that we have to make about our spending or we have to take up some steps to increase our income, something like that. So basically binding is not like a permanent solution. Yes, we have stopped the influence of the enemy but then we employ whatever steps need to be employed. Then lose would be to set free. So while using the authority of the kingdom of God, we can set people free. We said that woman who was bound up and shriveled the command that Jesus gave, woman thou art lost. So once the demon spirit was cast out, she straightened up. So losing people from bondages. Now we can see around us, people are bound by so many things, isn't it? People are bound by addiction, people are bound by some sort of oppressive thought patterns, people are bound by lusts, people are bound by fear, insecurity. So there can be many things which now have a demonic hold over people's lives. So then when we lose them from it, now people could ask us the question, who gives you the authority to lose? Well, Jesus is the one, isn't it? He said in Matthew 16 verses 18 and 19, he said, I give you the keys of the kingdom. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound heaven, whatever you lose on earth will be lost in heaven. I will build my church gates of hell will not prevail against it. So Jesus has given us the authority and we can go and set people free from the oppression of the enemies. So these are all ways in which we can use. Okay, I know I have authority. What is the use? Have you ever seen a traffic police, you know, wear the uniform, sit in the police station? Okay, but if that person is assigned to, you know, a certain road, unless the person goes there and does what they need to do. Blow the whistle or raise your hands, stop the flow of traffic, direct the traffic, you got to do something. Now, if you're not doing that, how do you see the flow of authority? Authority is there, authority is in the pocket, but, you know, we got to use it. So when we are especially ministering to people, we've seen how we can actually come on, buy, lose, cast out, overcome, remove, destroy all these things we can apply. So how do we know what to do in a given situation? We have to be led by the spirit of God. Okay, be led by God's spirit and you will know, okay, this is going on. Okay, fine, you know, let me do this. And yeah, you either allow, you disallow, you stop the enemy from doing what he is doing or, you know, pull down some stronghold. You see that, okay, these things in the mind, I pull it down in the name of Jesus. So do whatever you need to do to bring a freedom there. Okay, so that's how it really works. So which one should I use in this situation, that situation? We would really need to trust God and be discerning. All right. So, yeah, I would request people, I mean, if it's not required to not have the videos on please. So I can see one person's videos on. So if you could kindly switch it off. Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you for your cooperation. Yeah, we will move forward. Yeah, so now what are the other ways we also said prayer, right? So prayer is something very briefly we discussed last time where we can pray. We can pray general prayers over our family. We can say, okay, God, thank you for your protection. Again, that is defense. So we can pray that way. Or we can, we've discussed about this prophetic prayers, right? Prophetic prayers are when God's spirit puts it on our hearts to cover somebody with prayer. And you know, the most unlikely things happen. I'm sure you can also testify to it. It suddenly think of someone and you start praying for that person. And then that person actually tells you, oh, this happened. Good that you were praying for me because I needed it. So what is that prophetic prophetic is in the now. So now what is on God's heart, what God is thinking, he reveals it to us. And there is a need at that particular time when you pray for the person. So that is being led by the spirit or in other words praying prophetic prayer. So even by you could be praying like general prayers, which is also using our authority. But we could also pray prophetic prayers, which can be more specific. Right. And when we pray for people, sometimes, you know, bondages break. Sometimes the spirit of heaviness is lifted. I don't know if you've had that experience there. Like sometimes when people have prayed for me, I've experienced healing. I still remember I was quite sick at one point. And I think I don't know if I was studying or working at that time, but I was quite sick for many days in my room. I was sick. It was like fevers were continuing. And there was this one elderly uncle who lives around our home. Many people know him and he would just go to different houses and pray. So he is just like a simple ordinary elderly uncle who comes home and visits. So he had come over to my place and my parents told him that I'm sick and this fever was continuing for a while. So he asked them, can I just go and pray for her? And they said, yeah, you can pray. So he came and prayed and I can't forget that, you know, the fever just lifted, just lifted. And I was fine the next day I had to go out for some work and I was, you know, still weak. But I knew that the fever had gone because of the prayer. So something about the prayer that he prayed. So we don't underestimate the power that, you know, prayer carries. We could pray for somebody and things could shift, things could lift, right? Attacks can be broken. So many things can happen through a word of prayer. And sometimes maybe you have prayed for people and they've told you that, oh, when you prayed, you know, I came in with all this disturbing thoughts. But when you prayed, peace filled my heart. Oh, maybe there was an attack on the mind of that person, fear, intimidation, anxiety. But through prayer, what have we done? You know, we have taken authority and we have released the dominion of God on that person. And, you know, it's like replacing the kingdom of darkness with the kingdom of God. What is kingdom of God? Love, joy, peace, patience, righteousness, all this is part of the kingdom of God. So now that attack is broken. And here you have, you know, a delivery of the good things of the kingdom. So prayer, prayer, prayer can be your regular general prayer. You may follow a pattern. And, you know, we've talked about that, isn't it? We will pray for our family. We will pray for the church. We will pray for the city. So through all this, we are exercising our dominion. And more specifically, God can reveal what is taking place or what kind of an attack the enemy is planning. So we've seen that in the book of Amos. God revealed to Amos and Amos started praying in line with that. And, you know, he was able to stop the work of darkness. So prayer, intercession. And here the specific example given in our notes is when Jesus prayed, Jesus prayed for Peter and said, okay, you know, Peter, you are going to undergo an attack, but I prayed for you. What it also does is it protects the person. It gives strength to the individual. So, you know, they are able to come out of the attack that the enemy puts upon them. So we can use through authority and dominion through our prayers. Now righteous actions. This is what I wanted to start with today. So righteous actions is a part of our Amma. And we see that, you know, when we do what is right, it will close the doors for the enemy. So even if he wants to create trouble or, you know, bring in an attack, you would notice that there's no way he can do it. Because here is a child of God who is covered in righteousness. So some examples were corruption. So in a given place, if there is corruption, but we as children of God, when we are walking with integrity, the enemy cannot attack us. So we are using our authority by doing the right thing. So let's take, for example, in a given workplace setting, there's a lot of gossip. There's a lot of slander. But you speak the truth. You speak the truth in love and people know that you are not the kind who will, you know, speak against others unnecessarily and all that. So then what happens? Because of that righteous way of living, righteous way of doing life in the workplace, you could say there's protection, the press plate of righteousness. That is protection against you. Enemies trying to attack but cannot reach you. So it becomes a protective covering. So in this manner, we can be protected. Okay, what about right, you know, like fairness and justice? Esther is a classic example, right? The book of Esther, where we see that there's a man, Haman, he's trying to plot against a righteous man, Mordecai. And he does his part and everything is sort of planned, plotted, ready to take down the righteous man. But what happens, you know, God comes for Mordecai's rescue and the tables turn overnight. But how did it happen, you know, not through manipulation, not through human influence, not through all those things, but even the plot of the devil got destroyed because of the righteous action of, you know, his people through their dependence. We also see in the book of Esther how people prayed, they fasted, they depended on God. So the righteous actions in the midst of some unrighteous things that are going on. Maybe what we are doing is opposite to what the people are doing. But that's the whole point. When we are going opposite to it, you know, we are creating a protection against ourselves. And thus we have taken authority and the enemy, we will walk in victory. The enemy cannot put us into failure and defeat. Now, sometimes, sometimes restitution also helps. Restitution is correcting oneself. Maybe in, I'm just giving an example, in a family setting, let's say the father has been very rude, very, you know, accusatory. He has been very, you know, destructive with his words towards his children. Now, once the children grow up and maybe, you know, the father is now born again, he understands, okay, I should never have done that. It has caused a lot of damage. Maybe it keeps coming up in the relationship with his children. Now, if he steps up and he apologizes or says, okay, you know, I should never have done that. What I did was wrong. The way I spoke was wrong. So, you know, I take it back. No, but you are actually, you know, a good child or, you know, you will prosper in your life. They changed what they are saying. They are sorry for what they did. And now they are making up for it, you know, by turning around and doing the right thing that would be like a restitution in a simple example. Okay, but you see, restitution can also be at other levels, like in a community if a certain section of the community has been treated poorly. Sometimes there are, you know, people in the society, they are called untouchables or so many things are there. But then when people come into Christ, they realize that these gradations don't exist in Christ Jesus. So, one may want to make restitution like Zacchaeus and not this is not really giving back money or anything, but in terms of the attitude in terms of taking a righteous stand. So, one may say, okay, you know, we have ill treated this particular set of people and we are so sorry. We will do something to make their lives better. So maybe, you know, they are given jobs or something is done practically to show the change of heart. They are blessed with some resources. They are blessed with houses. So, at a community level also, when we do that, maybe in certain cities, some crimes have been done against children or women. And people make restitution for it and say, God, we are so wrong. We were so wrong. It should never have happened. So, you know, here we are, we repent and we make a change. That is restitution, even for past wrong. And, you know, sometimes the restitution for past wrongs will close open doors and that's how it helps. So, we can take authority through our righteous action. And then what happens? You know, going forward, the hold that the enemy had on the family or the set of, you know, on that community or the city, he loses it. And thereby, you know, we are able to continue victoriously. So that's also a way of expressing our righteousness and forgiveness and reconciliation. You know, this is also very, very helpful. So, many a time, the enemy can play havoc because of unforgiveness, unforgiveness. Again, all these settings, unforgiveness in the church, unforgiveness in families, unforgiveness among communities. So, then what happens, you know, that there is bitterness, hostility, anger, jealousy, envy. So many works of the flesh have an opportunity to thrive when people are not ready to forgive. But let's say once we learn, somebody learns, OK, this is what it means to be born again. This is what it means to forgive. We have wrong people. So what happens? You know, we turn a change of heart and then we go ahead and say, OK, I'm going to walk in forgiveness. So it's like a shut door on the devil. So now the enemy wanted to totally build up on our unforgiveness and create all kinds of other problems. But now it's a shut door and he can't do it. So these are all ways in which we can take authority and also it brings so much healing when we walk in righteousness. So know that this is warfare, walking in righteousness in the midst of opposing circumstances is warfare. Walking in righteousness as a restitution for past wrongs and, you know, wrong attitudes, we make changes. That is also warfare and the enemy cannot, you know, he can't just seep in in some way or the other. So we can keep these things in mind and take our spiritual authority in this way. OK, so and class, please feel free to stop me at any point. You want to share something from your own life or experience. Please feel free to do that. I'm just continuing because, you know, I need to cover the content here, but we are open for interactions. OK, part of agreement. That's also a way in which we can take authority. It's Jesus who said that there are two or more agreeing, touching any one thing, I will do it for you. So when you agree and you pray, God will do it for us. So there is power in agreement. So then what we can do is when we are seeing the enemy, you know, have an oppression on somebody and we say, OK, come on, you know, let's join together, let's pray, let's pray for this person. There is more power released into that situation and that person experiences freedom, maybe a family situation where, you know, the enemy is trying to do something. So how about husband and wife and that's where having the same kind of a heart in faith really makes a difference because both of them can agree and say, OK, we are going to trust God. We are going to have faith in God for, you know, this attack to be broken or this breakthrough to come. So two of them are agreeing and they are praying. So what happens, you know, the power of God is released. Now the flip side also can be true where there is disagreement, quarrel, you know, bitterness, envy, jealousy. Where is the agreement? And so that becomes a very conducive environment for the enemy to slowly creep in. So instead agreement, create agreement, even in the family setting where there is unity. We've seen that Psalm 133, God commands a blessing, but where there is no unity, what happens? Enemy can slowly come in different ways. So maybe as a family, having times of prayer together and it's not just physical together. You know, sometimes we understand that, you know, we can be together, but hearts can be so, it can be poles apart. But that's not the point. It's more of hearts being united and saying, yes, we want to see this breakthrough. We want to see this healing. We want to see this deliverance. We want to see this increase. You know, we want to see this blessing. So when hearts are joined together and we're saying, God, you bring revival in our city, hearts are joined. That's important. So then what happens? Then the power is released the way Jesus spoke, right, in Matthew 18, 1820. And then again, Matthew 16, 18 and 19, where we use our authority that in agreement, we are able to see the release of God's power. So power of agreement. Now, some of us might wonder, isn't it good enough for just one person to minister, one person to pray and God can still work? Isn't it? That's true. You know, if there is a situation where we cannot get together with people, it's fine. We can still as a single person, you know, see God's glory. When we see Jesus send out his disciples, do you notice that usually he sent out, send them out two by two because there is value in agreement. So it's good to get together with other believers and, you know, pray things through. So let's say, if we are praying for our church, or we are praying for our city. So if there are some points that, you know, one person comes up with and says, OK, these are the things which we are praying for. How about, you know, we all join our hearts together and pray for this. Surely there will be a breakthrough. So and when it comes to praying for our city and our region, you know, we've had these instances right across the globe where people have gathered in large numbers. They've gathered in auditoriums and, you know, they've all cried out to God for their city, for their country. We've talked about, you know, revivals that have broken forth. How did, you know, such mighty outpouring of God take place? Agreement. People's hearts were united and they said, God, we want you to do this for us. And then authority, dominion, we are releasing it. That kingdom come and it's being released upon us. So that's the way in which we can engage this power of agreement to see God's victory. So moving on, the next topic here is leveraging angelic assistance. So what is angelic assistance? Again, we have touched on this earlier. So if I want to use my authority, there can be certain instances where I say, okay, God, you know, we want your angels to step in. We've seen the responsibility of angels. They protect, they can, they can serve like guardians, the angel of the Lord and camps around. So they can serve as guardians of protection. We've seen that angels can bring messages from God. So maybe we are praying for the city and we're saying like, okay, God, we've seen that, you know, your angels have brought your word and people have had encounters with the kingdom of heaven. So we pray that, you know, let, let angels come and minister to people. And for all you know, you know, you might start hearing testimonies of visitations of, you know, angels and of angels bringing the word of God to people and things like that. So see, basically they have these roles and when we go by God's word and we say, God, we've seen this in your word and your word says this, you know, we speak that forth and we know that Psalm 103 verse 20, basically it says that angels hear the word of God, they act on the word of God. So we are releasing the word and that's why declarations also are powerful because when we make declarations in line with the word of God, you know, the Lord is the king of the nations. So what happens in a way you are activating angelic help by declaring the word. So the angels, it's like, you know, they are empowered by the word, that's their energy, that's their instruction, that's their command, and they will start acting on it. Okay, so we can speak the word and we would see angels get into position either as messengers or guardians or warring angels. You know, we've seen certain passages in 2 Kings 19, 2 Chronicles 32, there were angels who went out and destroyed the enemy. So today is that possible? Can angels be seen in a physical war destroying, you know, enemy soldiers? Yeah, possible. We've seen that in scripture, there are these way of the category of war, warring angels. So when we pray, you know, and also we've seen, you know, word of God is one thing that will activate angelic support. So we are taking dominion on a given situation or even prayer. So do you recall when Daniel prayed? When Daniel prayed, you had the Prince of Persia and the Prince of Greece, you know, they were fighting. Was that Michael? Yeah, I forget the name of the angel. It's an archangel, primary main angel, and there was a battle, right? But excuse me, what was the empowering or maybe the permission that this angel had? It was through the prayers of Daniel. Okay, so when we pray also, we can, sometimes people use the term like activate the ministry of angels. Simple, basically it means when we speak the word, angels will take charge. When we pray, angels will take charge. Okay, so and when they take charge, what happens? Their responsibility, we have seen that in Hebrews 1 verse 14. They're here to aid or help the heirs of salvation or we who are the recipients of salvation, they're supposed to help us. Okay, so they help us in seeing God's kingdom manifest. So there are, you know, all these ways in which we can take authority. So do pray and, you know, ask for angelic help. I think for me, for a long time, I never even prayed such a prayer that, oh God, you know, send forth your angels. Till such a time when I understood, oh, okay, it's something like this is also available in scripture, then why not? Lord, as I do the ministry and many of you are in ministry, you know, serving people. So you could pray and say, Lord, you know, we pray for your host of angels to come protect God, bring your message, ministry, minister to the people, things like that. So we could, we could pray and God will send forth his angels. Okay, so that also is something we can experience. Then of course, when it comes to taking authority, very, very important is to understand authority gateways, authority gateways. So by that, what we are saying is in a setting, in a given setting, there is a structure that God has assigned and the authority usually flows in that way. And we can't crisscross, we can't, you know, trespass against this God given authority structure. So what are these authority gateways? In a family, we see that, you know, in a family and a marriage, it would be the husband who is set as the head over the wife and also the head or the person responsible, you know, for the family as well. And we see particularly that husband is a spiritual head of the family. So that's the manner in which the authority flows. Now, when we want to see God work, you know, we have to also go with the set structure in the family. Now, a third person, somebody outside of this structure, I can't intercept and say that, okay, you know, I will take charge and God is going to turn the situation around. Yes, to a certain extent, yes, we could, you know, use our prayer and declaration of God's word and, you know, all that defense, offense, pull down, destroy, remove, we can do that. But nothing like what the head of that household can do. Right. So the greatest influences with the father of the house, husband of the house. So when they take position, when they take position, you know, it's like you can see the kingdom of God being manifest in the household. Let's say, you know, the father is praying, the husband is praying, the husband is, you know, giving instruction based on God's word to the family, stirring the family in the path of righteousness. There'll be a great blessing in the household. So what are we saying? You know, we're talking about taking authority, taking charge, ruling, reigning, dominion. So correct authority structure, you will have a blessing, you will see progress, you will see growth. Now, let's say in some situations, maybe for some reason, you know, the person is very ill or demise of the husband. There are different situations, isn't it? In those situations, the next person takes charge. So maybe the wife has taken charge, leading the household and all that, but can still exercise authority over the family. Right. So that becomes the gateway through which the authority flows. Now an external person cannot come and interrupt. Okay. Now that would also include a person with spiritual leadership. Let's say I'm a pastor and I am ministering to a couple. Okay. Now as a minister, I can teach people from God's word and I can, you know, guide them, give them inputs, pray for them, take authority. I can do all that, but I cannot control and ensure that they do what I'm telling them to do. So, you know, if I'm trying to exercise control, that's more like manipulation. Ultimately, it has to, the authorities to flow in their way, you know, husband, wife, children, that's how it will flow. I, even if I'm a spiritual leader, you know, I cannot take the position of, okay, husband's not making decision. I will make the decision. You all do it. It will not, you know, you can't expect authority to flow like that because then we are actually disrupting. Okay. So we are very mindful. Okay. This is the way God has created the family, husband, wife, you know, then the children influence. So now let's say I'm ministering to the children. I can't go and tell them something secretly. You know, okay, you do this or you do that and you make a decision, you leave your home, you go study there, you go, you know, work there. Now, if I do that and the parents realize that, oh, we are not having a say on the decision of our child. You know, somebody else is coming in and instructing them that's very wrong. We can't do that. We have to let the authority flow the way God has planned it, even if we are in spiritual leadership, we can't interrupt. And so that is why, even when we are counseling children, young children or, you know, those who are minors, generally it's helpful to say, okay, bring your parents, let them also be there. They should be able to listen and judge what I'm saying as a leader or a pastor. I can't, you know, in isolation, try to counsel the child because child is very young. Child cannot make a decision for himself or herself. That is why God has given parental authority. Okay. So it has to flow like that. So whatever I'm instructing, it should be in submission to the parents and the parents can say, huh, yes, pastor, what you're saying is correct. Yes, you know, your child, you do like that. That's all these things. But if we try to disrupt and I'm, I'm subtracting parental instruction and I'm going in between and I'm saying, no, you have to do it. I'm the pastor. You have to do it. It's not correct. Okay. So authority domain shouldn't be flowing like that. We are not respecting the authority gateway. So even when we are ministering, let's remember that. Yes. So when it comes to family, the influence God is given for the parents over the children. And then again, you know, the husband over the wife and the children and the spouses over one another and the parents, you know, over everyone who's part of the family, we have to preserve that, respect it and then, you know, do our praying and are, you know, pulling down or whatever, instructing people. So that's how we do it. Okay. Now coming to the church, when we look at the church, you know, it's very clear in scripture, the references are given. So I'm not like, you know, taking us through each and every reference there, but Hebrews 13 is the reference given Hebrews 13 verse seven and 17, where we see that the leadership, you know, the pastor like you, when you follow your pastor and their guidance, like be honoring of that and make it difficult for them to to shepherd you and instructions like that are given. So the pastor is the head of the local church. Okay. Now authority will flow in that way. So there is great blessing when a pastor takes their position, they pray over their people, they instruct their people, they lead their people, you know, there's great blessing, great increase will come upon the local body. Now if they fail to do it, then, you know, there is the results of that. Maybe there is other things can creep into the church. So that should never happen. So pastor should take their position. Then when it comes to instructing God's people, again, you know, take for example, somebody else comes in a pastor of another church comes and they start instructing the people and maybe even instructing the people against their own pastor. These are all wrong things. God has established the authority structure in a certain way. So when I want to see the dominion of God's word, his spirit, minister to the people, I should respect the governing authority in that local church. So let's say we are invited as a pastor, invited as a minister to a certain local church. We are going there and they gave us permission to share the word. Okay. Saturday, Sunday, you minister the word. But when I'm ministering the word, I have to be respectful of the authority structure of that church. So already there is a pastor and that pastor is instructing these people. So I should not say anything or do anything which will disrupt his work, which maybe this pastor has put in for years. We may not understand what that pastor has been through, but we respect it. So I will not randomly instruct people, you do this, you start this group or you go off to another city. So when I'm doing things like that, how can I expect the kingdom to flow through that ministry? What I am doing is I am cutting off the structure which God has already maintained through their pastor. So that would be disruptive. I think you're getting the picture. So I won't go into details of this. So honor the structure and flow with the structure. So what is a better way? So if I sense, okay pastor, I feel like you need to start another location or a group, prayer group, live group. Good way for me to do it is I submit it to the pastor. So I'll talk to the pastor and I'll say, pastor, this is what I sense. What do you think? Do you want me to share it to the congregation now or do you want to do it later? Then the pastor might say, no, no, you know, brother, sister, don't share now. Let me also pray about it and maybe after you are gone, it's a genuine word from God, a genuine instruction from God, but they apply it later. That's fine. Or when we are giving instructions to individuals in the church, you know, how long you're working for this ministry, God is calling you to greener pastures and he's calling you to a global ministry. So you go, leave this, you know, you go somewhere. But what is happening over here for all these years, this pastor was, you know, the one who was grooming this individual. We have come, we have disrupted everything. That's not right. So we have to submit it to the pastor. Maybe a better way is to submit it. Now I was praying pastor and I sense like this for such and such an individual. I wanted to let you know how you know this person better, you counsel them, you guide them. That pastor may say, okay, brother, you only share no problem. Then you do it. Otherwise, you know, getting in between there and creating all this confusion. You know, we can't expect ruling and reigning and you know, dominion of God's kingdom if we do things in a haphazard way. So respect the family structure, respect the local church, God has positioned a pastor there, God has positioned elders there. So going and disrupting all that, that's not right. Then government leaders, officials head over the people. So we are told you honor the officials, you pray for them. So we do that instead of grumbling about government leaders and putting them down, openly putting them down. So, you know, in doing all those things, we will actually lack authority and dominion. But if we do it the right way, we, yeah, things may not be perfect in our city and our nation. We as a church, we are called to back up our leaders in prayer. We are called to back up our leaders with, you know, the prophetic prayers through maybe counsel or wisdom from the elders of the church. So we are doing our part to bless all the time. We are doing our part to bless the nation, bless the regions. So when we are sincere, right, and in doing it the right way, more authority will flow, you know, demonic powers, their influences will be broken, they will be evicted from that, you know, that region. So there'll be great tremendous victory that we will see in our, whether it is families in our church or in the congregation in the local church body or in a region. So things like that. So we just have to be very mindful of this is the way in which God is flowing the structure. I will follow it. I will flow along with it and then God would bless it. Okay, so a couple of insights here, which are given for somebody who is in a position of authority, maybe you are the husband or you are the pastor of your local church or a leader. So what to do? Exercise your spiritual authority. Exercise your spiritual authority on behalf of the people. So prayer. Remember, we said how beautifully one of the roles of a leader is prayer. So Moses, he always prayed for his people and that brought, you know, good direction, blessing and God's protection over the people. So leadership, one of our main, main roles is prayer for your people. Exercise your spiritual authority. So we can also come and we say, okay, it's a time when people are losing their jobs, but Lord, we claim and we say our people are blessed. You are opening doors for them. They are being fruitful and famine. So as a pastor, when I'm declaring this over my church congregation, what happens? Blessings flow, authority flow. Similarly, you know, a father, husband, you pray over your family, you take that spiritual authority, exercise it also. Be very careful because whatever we do, even the wrong things that we do, it could affect the people under us. So let's say a pastor is in unrepentant sin. What happens is an open door. It's even an open door for the congregation now, not just for that individual and their family, but the whole congregation is open to the attack of the devil. So unrepentant sin. So we have to be very careful that we close every door. Okay. And especially because we are in authority and through our life, the enemy should not be able to touch anyone. So it's a position of authority, but also position of responsibility. So remember that always remember that God has given me authority. I have to be careful. I have to do the right thing because it is not just going to touch me, but it is also, you know, a place from where others can be affected. Okay. So I'll stop here. It is 1049. I hope you're learning something, class. Is it beneficial? Some response. I really thrive on your response. No response is very difficult. Thank you for your teaching. It's very beneficial and helpful. Okay. Thank you so much. Yeah. Thank you for, you know, speaking that and I can see your comments on the chat. So thank you, everyone. So glad you're learning something. Let's go for a break. We'll come back, pick up from where we stop. Okay. So yeah, see you soon. See you in 10 minutes. Thank you.