 Okay, welcome back. Let me just present the notes. Okay, so verse 10 onwards, and in this I give advice, it is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago, that now you also must complete the doing of it, that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. But a first willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has and not according to what he does not have. Now let's look at a few things here, right? A year had passed since the time of Corinthian believers desired and decided something about giving for the needs of his, for the people in Jerusalem. Yet Paul is saying it's still a desire, a plan, nothing came out of it. Right? Now Paul reminds them that doing what they have begun planning, so it says that verse 11, but now you must also, you also must complete the doing of it, right? There was a desire to bless the church in Jerusalem. That desire was there for a long time, but that desire did not come into action, so it just remained a desire, right? So a year has gone by, Paul is saying, now he's not rebuking them, he's just saying that, listen, you have the desire about giving to the poor in Jerusalem, the believers, but that desire is still a desire, nothing is coming out of it. So Paul is saying, complete what you're doing, meaning complete that desire by putting it into action. So the willingness to give is very good, is something very good. It is the first step, but the second step is that what is that willingness must be put into action. So God accepts what one has and does not expect what one does not have, right? So whatever we have, whatever little we can do, do for God's glory. Now, when we translate this, each one of us, you know, it may not be only giving unto the Lord, it could be something very simple as prayer, right? So we may say, God, I desire to pray every day in the morning for two hours, and I'm just giving an example, right? Two hours in the morning, Lord, four to six a.m., four a.m. to six a.m. So I desire it. Now, if that desire, having the desire is very good, it could be our own desire, it could be the Holy Spirit leading us to do it, but it's good to have that desire. But if that desire remains so, and the whole of 2022 has gone, the whole of 2023 is gone, it just remains a desire. And we say, God, there's no time actually, you know, I come home, I, by the time I get the children ready and get them to sleep and, you know, it's already 10 o'clock, and then after that, I have some work to do, and then it becomes 1130 or 12, and sometimes it goes in midnight. Then by the time I sleep and I wake up, I don't have time. This is my story actually, right? But here's the thing, when we have the willingness to do something, when we desire to do something, we put it into action, or we can give excuses saying no time, God, I don't have time. But God is saying, like I said, what do you have? I don't expect anything that you have to us, for prayer. You have the time, hour to read what it says, I've given you time, how we desire to do things. I said, God, I want to pray more, I want to spend more time in your presence, I want to just grow more in your word. So this desire, God, I wake up at 3 a.m. and pray, you know, to 5 a.m. and 5 a.m. 6 a.m. read, meditate and pray, get the, it's very, so I had this desire, I put down my cell sheet and I said, okay, I want to do this. And it was early, it was late 2021, where January came, January came, 3 a.m. came, 4 a.m. came, nothing happened. Then I said, man, I mean, I have the desire, now what was I doing? I was doing good things, you know, looking after the things at home, two kids, study, still small, to be looked after, small ones to be fed and so many things to do. And then you've got work, content for knowledge, so many things. And children, if you need for that, you can go to the beginning of the year, somewhere, I can go that second week, God, I don't put it in life, I am on you, you make decision and pray even now, it's just have more energy, sometimes 12 a.m., 1 a.m., wake up two hours later, I don't know where I am, but it's difficult, but after that, that desire just grows more and more. And so I thank God that it is by the grace of God that he has helped me through over this entire year, this waking up early, this spending time in his presence. I thank God for those times, even now. And so when we have a desire of willingness, we need to put it into action. Otherwise, the desire will remain a desire, and that desire will stay the same. It can be one year, it can be here, the quarantine believers, it was one year. For the other times, it can be one year, it can be five years, it can go on to 10 years. So desire, put it into action. Yes, first of all, I wanted to just mention to you that maybe there's some problem with the networking, but sometimes your voice is coming across, it's breaking. It's not coming across very clear. So I'm not sure if there is some problem, but is it just my side or is it coming across for the people also? Okay, I think there's a problem with my side itself. Let me just see if we can just get this resolved. Just give me one moment, please. Is it better now? It's still having some problem, there seems to be still some problem. It comes and goes, you know, and then it remains for some time, where it, you know, they're not able to hear your voice at all, actually, it's all breaking up, actually. Okay, let's just see. We've tried using the other internet connection, I'm not really sure why the internet is dropping. Okay, is it somewhat better now? Yes, right now it is better, yeah. Okay, okay. Hopefully this can go through for this entire class. Okay, let me just project the notes again. Okay, so like we were talking, we were saying that whatever desire that we have or God puts in our heart, we need to put it into action. So we see the Corinthian church, they had a desire to give to the church in Jerusalem, but it's been a year, they could not do anything about it. So Paul is saying it's good, but take the step of, take the second step, because God accepts what one has and does not expect what one does not have. It was 13. For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but by an equality that now at this time, your abundance may supply their lack, that their abundance may also supply your lack, that there may be equality, as it is written. He who has gathered much has had nothing left over, and he who had gathered little had no lack. So wonderful here. Paul states the goal of giving to the church is not that the others may have an easy life and we are giving, giving, and then the others have, we go through struggles and the others have an easy life because we're just giving. No. Paul is saying it's both ways, but in an equality that now at this time your abundance, Corinthians, your abundance may supply the lack of Jerusalem. I'm just giving this example, just painting a picture for you. The abundance that you have right now can supply the lack that the church in Jerusalem has and one day God will bless the church in Jerusalem and their blessing or their abundance will supply your lack. So it is not a place to say, okay, you have to give because you have to go through struggles only then they can know. Paul is saying whatever you have, you give it, whatever is your abundance. If you feel that you can give clothes, if you can give money, if you can give maybe raw materials, give it. And one day, that what you give will be given back to you and it's going to be a blessing. The church is the body of Christ. Now all of us do our part in strengthening the body of Christ. Now we know that Paul, when we look at a church, sometimes we feel that we should not talk about money. Yes, but it is true money that we are doing the ministry. So God puts in people's heart to give. So giving is also in line with the Old Testament, Exodus 16, 18. It says, so when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need. Giving is a principle of the Old Testament and that principle continues on even now. But when we give, there's a way to give. In the Old Testament, they gave, but show Jesus turned it around. He says, whatever you have, give it with all your heart. There's going to be blessing in that. Then verse 16 onwards, collection for the Judean saints. Thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus, for he not only accepted the exhortation, but being more diligent, he went to you of his own accord. And we have sent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches. Now we don't know who this brother is. Not only that, but who was also chosen by the churches to travel with us with this gift, which is administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself and to show your ready mind. Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift, which is administered to us, providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved diligent in many ways, but now much more diligent because of their great confidence, which we have in you. If anyone inquires about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker concerning you. Or if our brethren are inquired about, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ. Therefore, show to them and before the church is the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf. Now look at this very important lesson to learn here. Titus, Paul sends Titus along with another believer who seems to have some integrity and character in the churches and throughout all the churches at Corinth. Now we must remember this. Corinth is in Athens. Athens was known as the intellectual capital. So there was also people who are very well off. So remember in Paul goes into Athens and he preaches the council, people in the council accepted Christ. So there were famous people, yet there were people of integrity and character. So maybe these were people who are like leaders in the churches who are taking up the responsibility of helping churches and God has raised up these kind of people in Paul's ministry. Now this unnamed believer was chosen by the churches to travel with the to take this gift to Jerusalem and Paul welcomed this move as it removed any opportunity for Paul, for people to accuse Paul and his team of financial misappropriation. Very important lesson. See, Paul didn't say you send the amount to me, send all the gifts to me. I will take it to Jerusalem. Anyway, I'm going there. He knew he's going to Jerusalem, he's going to Jerusalem. But Paul was very careful. What does he say? Even this happened the second time also in first Corinthians, he says, he sent somebody else go take the gifts. Here again, he's saying there was this unnamed believer with Titus. So there's a team of people who will send the gifts with them. So Paul said, yes, do that. Take the gifts, go and give it to Jerusalem. But let them know that if anyone inquires about Titus, let them know that Titus is in my team and also let them know of all the gifts that have come. Show it to them and let them know that this is what we have and this is what we are giving as a gift to the church. We see that Apostle Paul was accountable to God and he was accountable to man as well. Apostle Paul didn't say, God knows my heart. So I will go give it. God knows my heart. Sometimes we say that God knows my heart. God knows our heart, but even man wants to know our heart. So it's very important that we be right before God and before man. Paul did a brilliant thing. He said, you all take money and go. I'm coming to Jerusalem, but I'll just come empty-handed. The gifts are coming from the team. The money, the gifts, whatever it's coming from the team. I will come there, but I want the church in Jerusalem to know that the believers in Corinth are giving for the ministry. Now in our ministry, each one of us, in what we are doing, there must be transparency. There must be accountability. In that way, nobody can accuse us. And I've mentioned this many times. There are many ministries across the globe, wonderful teaching, wonderful preaching and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but administratively they've done things wrong. What's happened? They've gone to court cases, they've been dragged to the courts, misappropriation of funds, using funds the wrong way, mis-accounting of funds, either the pastor or the leaders in the church have used it the wrong way. So what's happened? The whole ministry goes down, but is the teaching good? Yes. Are many people being blessed? Yes. Is there healing deliverance? Yes, but just because of this area, the entire ministry can go down. So Paul is saying in a very important lesson for us, as he does, be transparent, be accountable, especially when it comes to finances. Let the church go. So for example, you're doing a church camp, within your church, or the youth camp. So you're saying, okay, we're going to raise up funds for the church camp. This is what we need. We need one lakh for the church camp. I'm just giving an example, right? One lakh for the church camp. So church, we're going to raise funds. We're going to keep the next 30 days. You can give online. You can give to the Lord and you can mention, you're giving it to the church camp. Now, people will come and give the amount to you, saying use this for the church camp. What will you do? What must we do? If we say, okay, we take it and say, okay, I'll use it for the church camp. Right? Now, what will happen is later on, the same person may come and say, I gave the money to him. I don't know if he used it for the church camp. So what is the best way to do it? Say, okay, is this for church camp? Okay, put it in a cover, write for church camp, put it in the offering bag. What are you doing? You're being accountable to God. You're being transparent. You're being accountable to God. You're being accountable to man also. So that person knows, hey, I put it in the offering bag and I mentioned for church camp. So later on, they're not going to come and say, I think you used the money. No, right? So it's very important and also be transparent with the church. So after 30 days, let the church know. So we needed 1 lakh. We got 1 lakh, 20,000. So 1 lakh we'll use for the church. 20,000, we can keep it aside for next year's church camp. You're being transparent. Now, you don't have, the wrong thing to say is, I don't have to inform the church. The church knows, no, it's for the church. No, no, no. It's very important to be transparent and accountable to the church. And apostle Paul did both of that. As much as possible, he said, don't involve me. I will give the instructions. I'll give the instructions to you. I will get the things done. But you, whatever, in terms of gifts, everything, I'm being accountable to God. I want to be accountable to man as well. Take this team, go give the money to Jerusalem. I'll come to Jerusalem and I will also let them know that the church in Corinth did this for us. Paul recommends in verse 22 and 24, he recommends his entire team, Titus and that unnamed brother. And he says, and he exhausts the Corinthian church to receive them well and to show their demonstration and evidence of their love to them. Right? So we come to an end of this chapter. And here Paul again, he talks about this whole thing of generosity. He encourages the church to be generous. And he sends Titus and that unnamed believer to Corinth once again. And the reason he sends them is because it was time for them, they were willing to give unto the Lord for the church in Jerusalem. So he sends them there. Now, chapter nine. In chapter nine, Paul continues the subject of giving. Now, as he talks about those, he's sharing certain instructions, right? Verse one to five. Now concerning the ministry, ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you, for I know your willingness about which I boast of you to Macedonia that Achaea was ready a year ago, and your zeal has stood up majority. Yet I sent a brethren, most of you should be in way in this respect. That as I said, be ready. Let if some Macedonians come to me and find you unprepared, we are the aid of this confident post. Therefore, I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go ahead and prepare your generous beforehand, which had previously promised to be the matter of generosity as a matter policy. I'm sending the people in Macedonia also to come and do a quote. Before I come, I am sending Titus and this believer to come. I encourage you that one year back you have decided to give to the church in Jerusalem. So now they will come and encourage you. So you be prepared, give unto the Lord, because if I come with the Macedonians and the other believers and they say, Hey, what is this? The church in Corinth is not ready, not prepared, not willing to give anything. Then what about my boasting? I have boasted about you. I've said that you want to give unto the Lord. You're a good church. The church in Corinth is a wonderful church. So let my boasting be true. So I'm sending this team to prepare you ahead. Paul is sharing about their zeal. And now what he's saying is he's trying to stir them and excite the people like meaning to let them know that remind them that this promise or this thought that the desire that you'll have put out into action. I'm sending some believers to help you with that. He did this so that they might not be unprepared when he visits them. And if some believers from Macedonian churches come and see that they were unprepared, it may be a cause of embarrassment. So look at this. Paul has gone to Macedonia. Remember he visits Corinth. How is the visit in Corinth? It was a very bad visit. What does he say? I was very hurt. And then he goes into Macedonia. But to the Macedonians, what does he say? He's boasting about the church. You see the sign of a leader? Apostle Paul does not say, Oh, don't be like the Corinthian church. See, I just came from there. They're not, they're always doing this. No, no, no. A leader always looks at what a person can be. He looks at what they can be in Christ. Jesus did this beautifully, right? Jesus looked at Peter and he said, he didn't say Peter, you, the betrayer, the fisherman. He didn't say all that. What did Jesus say? Peter, you are the rock. And on this church, on this stone, on this rock, I will build my church. If you lead the church, he looked at what Peter can be. He didn't look at the doubting Thomas and say, Thomas, why did, you know, now I'll have to get somebody else. Already Judas has gone after you have somebody replace you. No, what is it? Thomas, don't doubt. Just put your finger in, see. And then it's wonderful, you know, where Jesus says to Thomas, I am the way, the truth and the life. And Thomas comes to India, a place with so many gods just to proclaim that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. So, as leaders, when we look at people, we must look at what they can become. But just because we look at what they can become doesn't mean we don't correct, we don't rebuke, we don't exalt them. All of that is part of leadership. And we learn more on leadership about all of that. So, a cheerful giver, verse six to nine. But this I say, he who saw sparingly will also reap sparingly. And he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So, let each one give, as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity. For God loves a cheerful giver, and God is able to make all grace abound towards you. That you also, having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work as is written. He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness endures forever. Now, here are a couple of lessons that Paul teaches on giving. How much to give? Here, the question here. How much to give? Giving is like sowing. You sow 100 seeds, you may get 100. You sow 200, you may get 200. We give generously. We will also receive generously, because God is the one who blesses. Now, how to give? We give as we purpose in our heart, as our heart desires. We give cheerfully and not grudgingly, not, oh, I have to give my title, I have to give, no. Give as our heart purposes. And how not to give, not grudgingly, which not give as a matter of necessity or social pressure. But he closes that entire point by saying, our God loves a cheerful giver. So even as we give, we give to ministries, we give to people, we serve to the poor, whatever we're doing, let's give out of a generous heart. If you feel that there's something that's hindering us from giving or we feel that it's becoming a pain, pause. Don't just give this because we have to give, but pause. Go back to God and say, God, help me that I may change my heart attitude. Sometimes the enemy may put thoughts in our minds, especially in terms of giving. He may put thoughts in our mind. Why do you want to give? Why do you want to give? You yourself will need later. So the enemy may bring these thoughts. So you pause in those times of confusion or doubt, pause, pray, reflect, ask God to change your heart, ask the Holy Spirit to minister to you, then give out of what your heart desires. And there there will be blessings. Verse 10 through 15. Now I'm going a little quick because we have a lot of content to cover. So verse 10 to 15. Now, may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food supply and multiply the seed, you have sown and increase the fruit of your righteousness. While you are enriched in everything for all gravity, which causes thanksgiving through us to God, for the administration of the service, not only supplies the needs of the skins, but also is abounding through many thanksgiving to God. Now, God gives in many ways. He supplies seed to the sower so that he may sow and reap a harvest. He supplies bread. He's the one who's capable of supplying more than we can ask, more than we can think or imagine. Now, here's what Paul teaches us about generous giving. 1. People glorifying God for the obedience of other believers to the gospel. People glorifying God for the liberality of others believers. People remembering them affectionately and praying for them. So when we give generously, people will recognize, people will glorify God. Say, God, we thank you for this person, for the obedience of this giving. They glorify God for their liberality. God, thank you that they have given out of liberally for the sake of God's kingdom. And people will remember this and pray for you, affectionately pray and there will be this whole sense of oneness. The greatest generous act is all summed up in John 3.16. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. So even as we give, remember, we give not to please others, but we give to glorify God. So chapter 9 was a very short chapter. Chapter 10 again is a very short chapter. We'll try and just complete chapter 10. And then next class, we can look at 11, 12 and 13. Any questions? Any questions on giving? Yes, Sri Kumar, go ahead. Yeah, thank you, sir. Sir, I just want to know that even though when we know the church as a body of Christ, then why we have to, we are taught to show the offerings or our seed and type to a church where we are planted and not to other places. Because everywhere the gospel is only preached and they are all looking for one goal to serve Jesus. Why it is that we have to show only the seed or our offering to that particular church where we are planted and what is the reason behind it? Thank you, sir. That's a very good question, Sri Kumar. So Pastor has written a book called Divine Order in the Citywide Church and that will give you more details, but just to briefly answer your question. Now we know that God is God of order. He doesn't work arbitrarily, meaning he doesn't work randomly. He's always worked in an order. So when we look at the church, there are certain things that have been set in place. A church is where you and I as believers, we are a sheep, we are being fed. We are being fed the word of God where we have a spiritual covering within the community, within that church. And now here's the thing. Since God has established local churches, it's something that is common even from the time of the Apostle Paul, this was something new. But then over as the ministry continued on, we learned about the local church. The reason is, now if I am being blessed and being fed, I'm growing spiritually, being nurtured and developed in Christ in this local church, it is my responsibility as a way of honoring and blessing the ministry to give unto that ministry. It can be very big ministry. That's the responsibility. Our responsibility is to give to the local church because it's in the local church we are connected. We are receiving from God. It could be through word, worship, serving in the local church. God has planted us there. It's faithful where God has planted us. Now apart from every time, there are offerings and blessings that can best other ministry. For example, if I'm earning, I'm a working professional, I will give my one-tenth to the church as a type because I'm being faithful to the church. I'm doing what God has called me to do. Three, I'm growing in my community and it's happening. I have to be faithful to the church. It's a sign of faithfulness as well. Over the course of time, we may find out, okay, there are ministries around us who are struggling. Maybe ministry is looking after often children, ministries looking after poor on the streets or smaller churches in villages, which they need certain things. Now, out of that abundance, out of the desire that God gives us, we can always bless them. Now, is it all right for me not to give type to the main church saying, okay, this is a church that I go to, but they have enough. So, let me give somebody else who doesn't have anything. Maybe a village church which doesn't have anything. Now, it's a good thought. It's not a sin, but it's not aligned to what God wants to do. So, God wants us to be faithful to our local church and out of the abundance that what God has blessed us with, the desire that he gives us, we bless other ministries and other churches. So, giving to the local church where we are being fed, where we are being growing, where we are maturing in Christ, where we are planted is very important because that's where we are growing. So, there are other things we can do that can be special offerings or special things, special gifts giving unto other ministries. So, Srikumar, the reason is mainly this because, you know, we are planted, we must be faithful to our local church. All right. Yes, Mangi. Thank you, sir. Welcome, Srikumar. Mangi, go ahead. Thank you, Pastor. Just following, just to follow up on Brother Srikumar's question. For example, we are in a community, a church where tired are not needed. For example, a church builder called engineers, pilots, medical doctors, and we, the pastors themselves, they are working pastors. They've got good salaries and good money. They can still take the tithe, but it's not needed. We still need to take tithe or we can just say, oh, we don't need it, and then bless whoever you want to bless. Yeah, that's a very good question, very valid question. Like, even if you look at, you know, there are many churches that have abundance, right? But on the flip side, you look at villages and towns, you have churches that even don't have a projector and they are praying for a projector. Here, we may have five, six projectors and, you know, so all these are practical things. It's a very, very practical, true. But here's the thing. We must look at it this way. Are we giving to the church or are we giving to God? The church may have a big structure. They may have pilots and engineers and the pastor themselves are working and they have enough. But we're not giving to them. We're not giving to the pastor. We're not giving to the, you know, church building or whatever, you know, we're not looking at what, you know, what kind of people are there in the church. Okay, they will give so much. No, so we, what we give, we are giving it unto the Lord. So that will change our mindset because I had this question when I'm very young. I had this question, same question, Maggie, you know, there are many of them in the city, you know, they have abundance. But what about the poor pastors and villages and towns? They don't have anything. But I realized that God brought it to my attention that if I am being fed and learning and maturing and growing to the local church, I'm not giving to the mindset to the church, but I'm giving unto the Lord, honoring what God has done in my life through this church. So my giving is not for the church. Of course, there are certain things like a building fund and, you know, the other things. But my height is unto the Lord. But that will change the mindset. Right. Now, what about this? So the next question that I had was, you know, what about the village churches, the churches there that are struggling who look after them? God is faithful. God will, can he can use us? He can use other people. And God can, you know, put that burden. But for us, we are to see, now, look at the church in Jerusalem. Right. They were also struggling. Right. So the other churches were giving out of their abundance, but they were giving unto the church as well. Later on, Paul talks about tithing as well, not in this letter, but in different letters. I think the letter in Colossians, he talks about a bit of tithing and why is it important to tithe to the local church and the Timothy as well. So what I'm trying to get at is understand when you're giving, you're not giving. Yes, you're giving to the ministry where you're, you know, maturing, but you're giving is to the Lord and the Lord will bless you. Right. So that's a mindset that we have to, you know, and then we can definitely be a blessing. We can pray for other churches that lack. We can, you know, do our bit to raise funds, bless them. So we can do that. But being faithful to the local church is very important. So yes, Christopher, you raised your hand. Yes, Pastor. I just wanted to understand I just wanted to understand when we give a tithe and we feel strongly about, you know, a certain ministry, for example, youth ministry or, you know, children's ministry. And there may be certain reasons for, you know, feeling strongly about it. Can we, can we sort of link it, you know, our tithe with that particular ministry and, you know, sort of indicate in our, in the tithe or through some, through some communication that, you know, we want to provide that tithe to support that particular ministry. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's, that's again, a wonderful question. Yes, Christopher, I feel that you can do that. So for example, you know, there's example, right? There's maybe a church where there's, you know, the pastors writing books and they have booked ministry. So, and you like reading books, you like the fact that the books are, you know, many people. So all you can do, you can, you know, you can give the tithe, you can say, I would like this tithe to go towards the ministry of books. And then you can mention it. If it's something that you're giving online, especially now with many other churches, you know, they have the opportunity to give online or even if it's, you know, a physical cash amount that you're putting in the offering bag, you can mention there that I would like this to go. So the point is, it's going to the ministry, to the local church where you are planted within the local, there are different streams. So you can say, I wanted to go there. Or sometimes, you know, some people have mentioned, I want this to go to the counseling ministry. So those who need counseling, they can, you know, benefit from this amount. Or sometimes, you know, people want to give to the building fund. So it's all right. But it's going within the local church, right? It's a tithe going to the local church. And within the local church, it's going within the ministry of the local church. So you can do that. There's nothing wrong in that. So that's okay. That's not a problem at all. So as I understand, you know, for example, specifically on the APC, and the other churches also, you'll have a generosity fund. So we could be suggest that, you know, it goes to that generosity fund. Is that something that's possible, right? Yes, you can do that. If you're giving to the church, and like in APC, there is a generosity fund, generosity fund, I'm not sure if it's still open. But that was during the time of COVID where people were struggling, people who lost their jobs, or people who couldn't work because of COVID. So if you can mention it, it's towards generosity fund. So what's happening is you're aligning yourself to the local church or giving a tithe to the local church. And if you and you're just saying, okay, I feel that I want to bless this part of the ministry within the church. So yes, you can do that. There's nothing wrong with that. Wonderful. Okay, so we run out of time. What we will do is next week, we have chapter 10, 11, 12 and 13. So we'll complete this chapter 10, 11, 12 and 13. Next week will be our last class and we'll wrap up things. Okay, thank you so much for joining. Have a wonderful week ahead. I'll see you next week. God bless.