 Okay. Hi, morning everyone. Morning. Okay, we'll just start by reading one verse, which the Lord Jesus speaking to the scribes and Pharisees, okay. This is in Matthew 15 and verse 8. It says, these people drawn near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, right? He's talking to the people who are there. They draw near to me with their mouth, honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And I'm also, so that is Matthew 18 by, right? It's a 158, yeah, 158. Then one more verse, which is Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 1. Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away, right? Both these verses talk about some kind of distance, right? Matthew 158 talks about a distance where, you know, their heart is not there. They are drawing near with their mouth, it says, which means that they're saying the right thing. And, you know, speaking the right things, like saying the, I mean, we're singing the right songs, saying the right words, but the Lord knows that the heart is far away, which means there is some kind of distance. And Hebrews chapter 2 verse 1 also talks about, you know, giving earnest heed to the things that we have heard, meaning whatever word that we have received, the word we have heard, lest we drift away. Again, it talks about distance, you know, going far away. And this going far away from the heart of God is something that this drift actually is something that we don't realize, right? It just happens over a period of time. It's not a, the word drift itself, it means that it's not an overnight thing. You know, you get up in the morning and it's like, you suddenly realize that, no, it's a thing which happens over a period of time, day by day by day. And it's because of a series of decisions, choices that we have made, which takes us away from the heart of God, you know, that closeness that we experience is not there, that intimacy is not there. And then suddenly we realize that my heart is very distant from God. It's not like, you know, I've, one has lived in major sin or sinful lifestyle or whatever. But there has been a drift because things have been, you know, heart is really indifferent to the things of God, right? So, so this is just to guard ourselves from it. So how do we do that? Because Hebrews 2 says, give earnest heed to the things that you heard, give earnest heed, meaning, you know, latch on, hold on, give it importance, whatever, you know, word that we have received. And also, the thing is to have a close walk with God to keep our heart tender with Him. You know, just like any human relationship, how do you, you know, how do you maintain that friendship with someone, you know, you, there is communication, right? There is openness, there is trust, transparency, right? And, and also, you know, you, you are making sure that you don't want to, you know, wantedly, willingly hurt, or, you know, all that is there. So it goes into our relationship with the Lord as well, you know, the same dynamics, the same things work. So, so just wanted us to just think about that and also pray on those lines, right? Let's, let's pray. Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you for this exhortation for these words, Lord, that you have declared, Lord, to people around saying that, yeah, it is possible to draw near with the right words and maybe even the right songs and maybe even the right prayers, but our hearts being far away. Lord, it is possible to drift away, God. And, and if we do not, if you're not careful, we don't give earnest heed to the things that we have heard, Lord. So, Master, we pray that for each one of us, Lord, that we would give the earnest heed, that we would be careful, that we would be diligent, Lord, that we would be sharp in our spirit, Lord. Yes, Holy Spirit, we just ask, Lord, that you would, that you would make us sharp in the spirit, that we will not be passive, God, that we will not be inactive, that we will not be passive, but Lord, really, Lord, we just dedicate, consecrate our minds, Lord. Consecrate our hearts, Lord, our thoughts, everything to you, Jesus, that we might walk in step with you. And, Lord, what a privilege it is that the God of heaven and earth has invited us for this close walk, that the God of heaven and earth has invited us, the one who is infinitely holy has invited us for this close communion. And, Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you for this awesome privilege, Lord. And, Master, we pray that we'll be careful to, Lord, draw near with our hearts. So, we just commit ourselves into your mighty hands. And, Lord, if there needs to be healing, let there be healing, Lord. I pray it will be healing, Lord. If there needs to be brokenness in our hearts, God, the hard things, oh, God, parts of our life, Lord, which need to be broken, God, Spirit of God, I pray that you would do so. Let the hammer of your word, Father God, Lord, break the Lord into pieces, the things that are hardened, oh, Father God. And I just pray that our hearts will be tender towards you, that our years will be open, Lord, and sensitive to what you're saying, Master. And I just pray that we'll be, Lord, diligent doers of your word, Father God, even as we walk with you. We thank you, Lord. We give you all the praise. We give you all the glory. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So, I just wanted to share that I just made a Google sheet where you can write, I mean, enter your sermon topic and title. So, whatever you want to preach on, whatever you want to prepare on. So, it's come to that time of the year. So, you can prepare, like, based on what we've been learning, right, to prepare. So, it'll be a 10 minutes sermon. So, you can start preparing. So, what I'll do is I'll put the thing in the stream, the link in the stream, and you can do that. E-learning students, if you're watching this video, you can actually prepare. And you don't have to share the title with me. You can actually prepare it yourself and put it on the discussion page, right? Okay. Okay. We'll start with where we left off last class, which is, okay. So, we will be saying that we were looking at different forms of delivery, right? So, it can be preached in a conventional, traditional way, but also different ways of, you know, sharing the Word of God. So, the Word of God is powerful. The message is authentic, real, and it's not diluted in any way because we are presenting it in a different form. Okay. So, maybe making it, what is the idea of presenting it in a different form, right? Like, maybe singing it or enacting it, we're making it really relevant to the audience, right? So, we looked at some forms where the whole message is sung, you know, in a rural setting, in a village setting. Why is it done? Because it's, that's something that they are used to, something that they are, they are receptive to. And, you know, maybe if it's preaching, they might get tired in half an hour, but, you know, if it's, if it's something is sung, they might sit and watch for, you know, maybe two hours, three hours, whatever. So, that's the idea. So, make it relevant. So, the message, we, it's, it's not in any way diluted, or we need to make sure that it's not diluted, right, compromised in any way. Okay. So, different forms of delivery. So, you know, three basic ways. One is when we look at preaching, like we're looking at, you know, methods where we declare, where we say, say it, or verbally communicate the message, it can be preaching. Preaching is, it's more of an exhortation, it's an encouragement, it's a motivation. And the term preaching really means to declare, announce it, right? You're heralding, announcing it. So, that is what it is. So, the preacher announces, the preacher declares, the preacher message, you know, is to motivate people to action, right? It is to encourage people. It's to really lift up people from where they are to where they should be. So, and it's in, you know, typically, if you look at, okay, let me just share the screen. Typically, if you look at the style of the preacher, it's very lively. It's, because it's declarative. Typically, you know, there's a lot of energy, etc. And it's more of, okay, what I need to do, if this is what you do it, more of application, okay, rather than getting into the nuts and bolts of it, you know, rather than going into what or how, you know, the how could be there. But rather than, you know, why, what explanation of it. Okay, so it is like, okay, you need to stop living in sin. It can be, you know, a declaration like that. You need to stop what you're doing, you know, come to Jesus. It can be, you know, like a very broad category, you know, come to Jesus, he will take care, right? Of course, you know, you can go into some details, but it's some amount of detail, that's it, right? So, I mean, the typical stereotype is that it's more forceful, it's more energetic, it's more lively, etc. But need not be so, you know, people can't preach in a very, in a calm manner also, right? So, typically, it's like that, okay. Whereas when it comes to teaching, we get into the details of it, right? So, well, for example, if you're talking about, you know, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you know, a teacher would go into the details, you know, when did it happen, what is the meaning of the word baptism, you know, and why does the Holy Spirit want to baptize and going to the nuts and bolts of it, you know, to reason out to, you know, to get into the details of it, you know, how many times did it happen in the Bible, how historical background to it and why it's relevant for today and all those things, right? So, that would be a teaching, a teacher. So, naturally, it is going to be a little more, the pace of the teaching is going to be slower, right? It's going to get into the details. It could be even interactive, right? Interactive in the terms of people asking questions and answers and so on, right? So, the real objective is that there should be full understanding of the particular subject, right? What we are talking about. There should be understanding, okay? And see, there's value in both preaching as well as teaching, right? There is value in both. Well, some messages need to be just, or sometimes, it just needs to be proclaimed, declared. People know already. It's not like people don't know the nuts and bolts of it, you know, why and how and etc. People know it, but there is reluctance to step into it for whatever reason, right? It could be discouragement. It could be, you know, maybe some kind of a sin, whatever, they, you know, they're stuck in it. So, there's no, there's no walk in it. There's no actual walk in the truth, right? So, that time the preaching is to just to shake people up and to encourage them, motivate them to step into what they already know to be the truth, right? So, there's, you know, you see that's the objective of it. Sometimes, it is ignorance, right? Or lack of understanding, where it's like Paul saying, right? One could think swellly says, rather than I don't, I don't want you to be ignorant regarding special gifts, I do not want you to be ignorant and then goes into the, you know, details of explaining things, right? So, it could be to bring understanding. So, when the truth is exposed, the Holy Spirit brings revelation, right? To the hearts and when there's revelation in our hearts and understanding is there in our minds, then there is, we are convicted, right? Our heart takes a grip of it and there's motivation to walk in it. You know, we want to step into it. See, this is for me and I can walk in it with that understanding. So, that's the, you know, the whole objective of teaching, sorry, to bring understanding and that understanding because of the revelation of the Holy Spirit, you know, changes, completely transforms our lives, right? So, that's the thing, you know, whether it's understanding of how to walk in faith, you know, right? So, both have their value, both have their place and we need both and that's why, you know, the five-fold ministry talks about, you know, the teachers, teaching gift, which is there, to bring understanding to the body of Christ, to equip the body of Christ, so that there's edifying of the body, right? That's what Ephesians 4 talks about, right? Okay, so, when we prepare the message, okay, so we can ask the Lord, we can pray and ask the Lord, Lord, what do you want me to do, right? Okay, this is the topic but what do you want me to share? How do you want me to share? You know, do you want me to get into a teaching, you know, in the depths of it or should it be just a proclamation, declaration of it, right? You know, sometimes we, you know, we naturally default to, like for example, in early days, I would just naturally default to a teaching mode, right? Any message? Hebrew, Greek, okay, understand, what is, this is what the word means, you know. I remember, I think people must have been tired. Early days, I thank God that we are so patient, right? If it's something on peace, okay, what is the meaning of peace? Old Testament, Shalom, New Testament, you know, there's all these words, Irene and all that. So, a simple message like peace of God, you know, getting into that. So, that's the, because that's what I drew value from in the early days. So, I would naturally default to that, right? And then I realized, hey, that's not really helping, you know, different audiences, like, like recently went to Balota Bazar, right? So, typical village, you know, folks, very sincere, full of faith. And it's not really helping to do that. It's unnecessary to go into the Hebrew and Greek, right? You just say what it means and then go into it. So, then over a period of time, I realized that, hey, you, one needs to just ask the Lord, okay, what is it? How do you want to do it, right? So, we can ask the Lord, Lord, you know, of course, you have an understanding of the audience, who's going to be listening, and then you ask the Lord, okay, God, what do you want me to do? The other thing is also, certain parts of the message we can actually teach. And certain parts of the message, you can actually proclaim, declare. Now, that is also something that we need to be sensitive to, okay, with this section, it needs to be explained a little in depth. The other section, it just needs to be, you know, the people just need to be exhausted, right? So, we can be sensitive to that. And yeah, so, we can do that, right? And of course, the other thing, third one is to prophesy. It's an inspired message, full and full, it's a prophetic word. And, you know, a prophetic message, like how we said, you know, how can a message be delivered? It can be delivered in a message, it can be delivered, you know, it can be a prophetic word, just a word, like a word of knowledge in the message, or it can be a prophetic song, it can be prophetic prayer, prophetic action, etc. Right? So, this can be done as we are prophesying. Prophetic action is like how, like, if you look in the book of Acts, Agabus, prophet Agabus, he comes to Paul and he says, he removes Paul's belt and ties his hand and says, okay, this is what the Lord says, the owner of the belt, this is what he's going to face when he goes back to Jerusalem. So, it's a prophetic act, right? I remember once when we, there's one prophet who came to APC and Sunday morning he was sharing and then he did a, you know, a prophetic act in the sense he called Pastor and called Amy forward and then he made them stand back to back with their hands, right hand lifted up, you know, with a sword, like a, like carrying a sword kind of thing. And then he says, you know, this is how the Lord wants you to function, you know, you're carrying the sword and you're looking in this direction and you're carrying a sword and you're looking in that direction, you're watching out for each other, you know, as a husband and wife, this is what, and whichever direction you turn, you know, the other one is covering for you. So, it was a very powerful image and saying, okay, I need to do this, you know, because there are certain areas I'm blind to but the other person, you know, is open to that, is able to see that, see those things and being alert and so on. So, that's a prophetic act, yeah. It's really trying to enact what you see in the Spirit, what the Lord is, the message that he's putting, yeah, yeah. Okay, so we have all these forms of delivering, okay. So, even in the sermon that you're preparing, you can be mindful of that, okay, do I teach, do I, of course, we have only 10 minutes, right. So, there's only so much you can do, maybe three points, that's it. So, you can bear accordingly, right. Okay, let's look at the next chapter, which is ministering God's word, expecting fruit, okay. Expecting fruit, meaning expecting a result, the fruit of it. Now you preach, okay, what is it or even before preaching, what is it that you can expect? Is there an expectation, okay, based on what we are, what word, what message that we are sharing or are we just preoccupied with, I just want to share and get done with, you know, maybe that could be there initially saying, okay, I don't want to, you know, I want to remember all that and I want to, I don't want to forget, I don't want to miss out on anything or I want to, you know, deliver it, I don't want to, you know, make any mistakes, I don't want to stumble on anything, deliver it in a proper way, you know, that could be there, okay. But we need to go beyond that and really have the expectation that God's word will bear fruit, okay, because it's the truth that he's put in your heart to share, so it will bear fruit, okay. So, what is it that we can expect? Okay, obviously, change, right, God's word brings about change, right, because God's word is powerful, Hebrews 412 talks about that, that he's powerful, alive, right, sharper than any two-edged sword, right, dividing to the spirit and soul and thoughts of the heart intense, incense of the heart, you know, everything. So, God's word is also likened to the word or the seed that is sown, Mark chapter 4 talks about that, when it is sown, it brings about fruit, 30, 60, 100, right. So, let's not, you know, anyway disqualify ourselves or underestimate the power of God's word, right, because God's word will bring about fruit, okay. And the Lord Himself, you know, says in, I think it's Isaiah 55, right, let's just read that out, yeah. So, 55 and Isaiah 55 and verse 10, right, for as the rain comes down and snow from heaven and do not return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth, it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. So, that is the intent with which God's word is released, okay. Now it is twofold, one is that's the potential of the word that is released, okay. That's the rena word that comes, that is the potential, it's carrying intrinsic power, it's carrying intrinsic, you know, ability and so on. So, the Lord is saying, you know, it shall fulfill, but what is the other side of it, that it needs to be received, right. It needs to be received with faith, right, because what I've got talks about the fact that it did not profit them because it was not received with faith. We need to understand both, you know, it's not like it's automatic, okay. I just shoot out some verses and then, you know, okay, it's going to bear fruit, no, it has to be received with faith, okay, that's the other part of it, okay. So, yeah, so we can expect change, change in what? Change in, you know, all realms as a person, like spirit, soul and body, change that, you know, when it talks about the spirit, their spirits are refreshed, there's faith rising up and it's in the spirit man, right, all that is in the spirit. What about the soul, the mind, right, the thoughts are being cleared, the thoughts are, maybe they're able to focus better, you know, what God brings about that change, change in the body, like physically, there is healing and wholeness and, you know, all that we can expect, okay. You also expect growth in spiritual maturity, okay. So, the word of God does that, you know, it edifies the person, okay. What is edifying? It means, actually the word means being built up. In other words, it means constructive spiritual progress. So, there's progress, right. And what brings spiritual maturity is the word of God, like the person receives it and understands it and puts it to use and there is spiritual maturity, spiritual growth, right. And so, again, it depends on how the person receives it, but we can expect that. We can go with the, you know, we can go with the expectation, yes, Lord, ministering the word, may they receive it, may they walk in it and we can expect spiritual maturity, okay. And helping people to walk in victory in all areas of life, helping them to possess their inheritance, you know, that's another main thing, you know. For example, you know, like messages like on identity and the call of God and the gifts of God and what God has done for us on the cross and what is made available for us through the Holy Spirit, you know. So, that's, so the Holy Spirit actually helps us to know what we have actually received, our inheritance, right. And to be able to teach that, to be able to bring understanding in that area, we can expect that, you know, people will actually just blossom, flourish, thrive and they realize that, hey, their eyes being open and saying, this is who I am, this is what I have, this is what God has done, so it's not, I'm not without hope, I can actually, you know, I have these resources, right. I have this authority and it's wonderful to see that people rising up an authority, rising up with an identity and saying, this is who I am, so I can actually do this, right. So, to helping people do that, so you look at the scope of this, right, we can expect that. So, every time you, your call, you're invited to share or you can expect that saying, okay, God's word is going to do this, right. And I'm going to speak as the oracles of God, okay. So, that doesn't mean that you have to, you know, put on an act, you know, put on a drama, you know, just be yourself, right, just be yourself, right, and then deliver the word, communicate the word, right. If it is your style to be dramatic, be dramatic, you know, if it is your style to be excited and, you know, fine, go ahead, but let it, you be authentic, you be you and share, right. Okay, what other fruit can we expect? We can expect that the Lord will confirm the sharing of the word, you know, that's something, that's a beautiful thing. So, that's the difference between, you know, just passing on information and communicating the word of God, okay. For example, we see in Hebrews again, Hebrews 2 and verse 4, okay. It talks about the salvation that was preached, the message of the gospel and it says here in verse 4, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders with various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his own will. Okay, it's talking about, you know, how can we escape if he neglect such a salvation, this gospel, right. So, he's saying that this was how it was preached by the Lord, by the, by Jesus and confirmed to us that confirmation comes by the Holy Spirit, you know, that is something to expect, that God, see, that's a beautiful thing. When we are communicating, when we are sharing, the Holy Spirit is also doing that, right. The Holy Spirit is also speaking, okay. And he's speaking more fluently than you and I could. He's speaking, you know, without any mistakes, a lot of clarity in the hearts of people as we depend on him. So, that's great reassurance for us. It's like, okay, God, I have my limitations, but, you know, to the ability, to the, you know, to the level of my ability, I will share, but I know that you are having a parallel conversation, right, with the people. And that's great reassurance for us. So, it's not just you, you don't have to go with that pressure, oh, what will I do? And the Holy Spirit is speaking. And the Holy Spirit is confirming the Word, confirming the message, right, with signs, wonders, miracles. And the other beautiful thing is, is very presence, right. When we hear an anointed Word, people experience the presence of God, presence of the Holy Spirit. They know something is different. He's witnessing to their hearts. He's taking that Word and he's confirming it to their hearts, witnessing to their hearts. And, and I think that is something that no human being can do, right. We can reason, we can argue, we can say, but then he's bringing about that witness in their hearts, right. Okay. Okay, I think the next thing we looked at it, why can we expect food? Of course, God's Word is designed in such a way to produce, right. And the Holy Spirit, He brings change. He confirms it. Okay. So, what do we need to do in order to make sure that this happens? What should I do? What should I not do? Okay. So, the first thing is that to be purposeful, to be intentional, okay. To talk about things that God has put in your heart, you either notice that, okay, something needs to be addressed, you know, to talk about it, to share that and God puts that Word in your heart, you share it out, okay. Don't hold back, don't withhold, share it with grace, share it firmly, you know, speak the truth in love, okay. And then, make it relevant to the people, you know, this is the application part, right. So, make it relevant to the people, to your audience, okay. The Word of God is applicable to all different kinds of people, different walks of life, whatever profession, etc. But make it relevant, okay. Like, like just recently, I was talking to the, you know, this, this kind of audience, right, all villages and everything. And the thing is, you know, we don't realize it, but our background is okay, urban, most, most cases, right. So, you immediately thinking of, okay, a working professional. And I was talking about, you know, spending time with Jesus, so immediately, all the examples are working professional, you know, you get up, you go to work, you come back, but I realize that that's not the scene here. Like, people are working, but it's a different, you know, different kind of work, maybe they're working in the fields, maybe they're working at home, and there are a lot of things to be done, you know, cooking, cleaning, and all that. So, needed to slow down, you know, kind of rework that and make it relevant, you know, spending time with the Lord, you know, how can you do that? Then again, one more thing was, I realized that, hey, I'm saying, you know, read the word, read the word, read the word, but people cannot read. People cannot read and write, right. Which means they need to listen to the word. That's most of them. 80% I saw that they didn't have the Bible in their hands. I could see only, you know, a few people. So, that's another challenge, okay. So, kind of, you know, you just need to make it relevant in such a way, say, okay, maybe one person in the household can read at a certain time and the others can listen, or, you know, you have it on, like, people have smartphones, you know, you make it available, listen to the word on YouTube, or some other thing. So, things like that, right. So, when you make it relevant, then we know that, okay, people are receiving it. So, when they receive it, then there is food because, you know, it's received with faith, okay. It's like just like in Mark chapter 4, we saw that parable, like some of it falls by the wayside. And the Lord Jesus says that, okay, this is the word which is not really understood and it's not bearing fruit, okay. And you package it in a good way, you shared it, etc. But it's not being received, it's not understood and the enemies takes it, right. And so, the thing is to, that is the, you know, the responsibility of the preacher, the one who is sharing the word, okay. And thirdly, of course, pray for the audience, you know, pray that there'll be no distraction, pray that they'll be able to receive it, you know, pray that their hearts are prepared, etc., right. So, that's something that we can do. Any questions here about expecting fruit? Nothing? Like, as from expecting fruit. So, it's not only dependent on ourselves, right, because we can do all the things that we need to do, but at the end, it depends on the person who receives it. Yeah, that is one factor. The person who's receiving it, are they receiving it in faith, are they putting it into practice? And recently, I was having this question, like, like, many people were coming and listening to the word and who are sharing the word, they were doing their best, they were doing it. But most of the times, when I know of some people from my church, they come, they listen to the word. But when they go back, like, like, when they are in the church, they receive the word, they are like, yeah, that is very powerful. I'm gonna change that. But after it's the lifestyle of same, but I didn't see the power of the sermon that was preached working in their life or transforming them. So, how we can take it, is it the mistake of with the person who was preaching or he was just preaching to make them, you know, get goosebumps, something like that. Or it's something to work with the congregations. So, that's the thing. You preach, you declare it, when everybody's happy, you know, and there's a witness in their heart, you know, why are they responding? It's not like, why are they, you know, like, in most cases, you know, why, why am I excited? I know this is truth. And I know this is the possibility. I know this, I can change. I know I can walk like that. So, I'm excited. I'm saying, wow, the minute I step out, you know, I'm going to do that. I step out. And the environment, I realize it's the same. I go into, you know, maybe the home, the challenges, everything. And in me, there is no, you know, there is no strategy, right? There's no strategy to actually do the word. I'm just, I'm saying, oh, I want to do it. Yes, I want to live like that. But I'm, I don't have the, you know, why people fail, you know, this is what I don't have the strategy. I don't have the steps. I don't have the understanding. Nor do I have the discipleship, the support, right? So that's, that's the other part of it, you know, where we have, that's why the application part is very important. Okay, hey, when you go back, you're going to face that mountain. But there's strength inside of you. And but this is what you need to do, you know, the reality of it. Yeah, you will, you're going to feel tomorrow morning, when you wake up, you're going to feel like blah, right? Sunday was good, Monday morning is like, you know, you're going to feel like that, just prepare them. This is, this is what you can expect, but don't give up, you know, get back in. These are certain things that you need to do. So yeah, so it works both ways, you know, sometimes even with all that, people still slip. People say, okay, because it's, they're not, I don't know, they're not putting into practice, whatever it works for. So the thing is this, you know, it's a process, discipleship, you know, is a process. So the quicker people, you know, change or, you know, receive and implement and walk in it, we see transformation, right? And, you know, the more lethargic I am in putting the word to practice, then, you know, change is going to be slow, the more challenges I'm going to face. So that's the thing. When we, when we see the second point, connect the spiritual and natural, keep your preaching and teaching relevant to the lives of the people. So when we take these things in villages, if we come in, we take a repentance or something, any subject, like teaching them like in with parables and examples only they can understand. Like some of the people will say, people who don't know how to preach the word of God, who don't have the subject, they'll preach these examples, and they'll preach like they'll, I mean, they'll preach in discussing like that manner in a way, in like in type of stories. See, how have you, how have you told now, you went to this mission trip? They may not know what's the Hebrew meanings, what the reference is, what it actually means. Like, like how do you see this, we can, we can preach like that and with stories, if we are taking a one verse to make them understand, I'll narrate a story to them, to make them understand only. That doesn't mean I'm only yeah, yeah. So definitely we need to, you know, make it relevant with parables and stories and real life examples. But the thing is not at the cost of not presenting the truth. You know, so the thing is, you know, I need to present the truth saying, okay, this is what God's word is, you know, this is what prayer is, this is what, you know, reading the word can do and present that very clearly. And in order for them to, you know, to receive, to apply it, you, you share, you know, how can it be, how can it be actually done, how can it be actually carried out, you know, kind of thing. So that's the thing. So the thing is, many times what people do is tell them a story. But the truth of why the story is being told, you know, that is not very clear, right? So that has to be, there has been no compromise on that. That is the thing. So yeah. There is a comment or statement like in most of the pastors, the people who can do healing they, they can't preach the word of God. If they, if the other time of sharing the word, they'll only talk about only the prosperity. They won't tell the word actually, but how we can see that. People who, who can preach very well, very powerful in, in subject and they won't share any prosperity gospel, any of this healing. Maybe they're not emphasizing the signs and wonders and, you know, that kind of a thing. Yeah, it's possible that that happens. Yeah. I think, you know, as, as, as people who are sharing the word, we also grow over a period of time, right? So we also, we start by, okay, maybe just explaining things and stopping, making sure that, okay, I say some things without any mistake and then stopping there. But then you also grow and you also grow into, you know, expecting supernatural, expecting the confirmation of God's word, et cetera. So you also grow and one has to, you know, if you look at the entirety of God's word, one has to grow in all aspects, all those aspects and emphasize all that, you know, and the time of ministry is the time when you can actually invite the Spirit of God, the power of God, you know, so one can do that. Also, when you, when you said, okay, some people just do, just talk about thing, you know, it can be certain messages or certain meetings where they are just sharing. Let's say one evening, we're just talking about the power of God to be manifest. That's it. What's that? We're just talking about the power of God to be manifest. That's it. It's not a, you know, it's not a teaching moment. Just saying, hey, I'm expecting. That's it. You know, it can be that maybe, maybe it's just that for an evening. So you can take like this pastor, like you have a, you have a, you, you got this from God, which you can preach very good. And some other pastor can do, do healings and miracles. So what people will do is, like, if I want to listen to the word of God in deep bundle, I'll come to you. If I want miracles and then I'll go to the church. According to the menu, I go, I choose. Yeah. The thing is, you see, from the preacher's perspective, the Lord is our example. He preached, he taught, he healed. So he taught, you know, and the same way, you know, we see the New Testament church, they, because they preach, they taught, Paul also taught. So which means that, you know, the, when you look at the five full ministry, I might be an apostle, I might be a prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher, but I invite the power of God to do whatever, you know, for a teacher, you know, I invite the power of God to give greater understanding, wisdom, knowledge, but also, you know, the other aspects of it, healing, science and all this. So I don't have to restrict God. Maybe, you know, for some person is like, you know, God uses in a particular way. It is true. But that doesn't, I don't have to stop, withhold myself. Many times, I put a limit on myself saying, okay, this is what this, what God's calling is this, maybe he's called to be an evangelist, maybe he's called to be a pastor, but that should not stop me from pursuing. So I desire, now pursue, not chapter four, the kind of measure that you use is what he's going to fill. So that doesn't, I don't have to stop myself or put a limit in pursuing the presence of God, pursuing the power of God. So that's the thing. So that is from the perspective of the preacher. But it is true, like, since God uses in different ways, like people go, okay, this person is a specialist in this while going to see this person, God uses in this way. So I want to, that's, that's fine, I think. But as I think as, as preachers, we can be open, expand our scope and say, God, you know, whatever you're using me this way, I'm sharing it, but I want to expect your power to be present, to be manifest in the preaching teaching. And it might not happen all the time, you know, God might move you in a certain way or in a particular thing, it can be an encouraged message, encouraging message, and then that's fine, you just leave after that, right? But maybe somewhere, sometimes it's just a message that God wants you to minister right from what, you know, just, you're just praying, prophesying, you know, praying over people and calling out words of knowledge. And that's all that you're doing. And in the end, you pray and close maybe, you know, so exactly. Oh, I see. Okay, I didn't, okay. He got healed. Oh, okay. Wow. Yeah. So, okay. So yeah, it's about leading people to respond. Okay. So what is it that you want people to respond to? Right? It based on the message, right? If it is a, if it is a salvation message, of course, we want people to respond to receiving the message, inviting Jesus, right, into their hearts, those who haven't, haven't, of course. So it depends on the message. What is it that you want people to respond to? Okay. So, so it's always good to, you know, minister on those lines or close with the ministry time, where you're giving an opportunity for people to respond to the message that was shared, whatever it is, you know, there could be, in other words, there is a call to action. Right? Call to action. Call to action to work on it. Maybe there are some things that need to be done. Maybe there's some things to be given up and we're doing it in the presence of God, where the Holy Spirit is there to help, help them decide, help people, you know, give strength to the decisions that they're making. So that's the best time. You know, they've received the word, there's faith in their hearts. Invite people to respond. Okay. So don't close without that. Okay. And what is the, you know, as you lean in and you depend on the Holy Spirit, what is the Lord leading you to do? You know, is he, be sensitive, you know, as you're praying, be sensitive. Is there any word of knowledge that he's giving? Is there any prophetic word? What is the Lord showing? Right? What is he, well, maybe there's some emphasis, the Lord just wants to wait. Right? Maybe quietly just wait to receive. You know, maybe receive his comfort, receive his strength. What, you know, that, so the response can vary. There is no set way, you know, formula. Right? You are being led by the Spirit of God and inviting people to respond. Okay. And yeah, okay, we'll stop here and we'll also look at, you know, different ways to get people to respond. Okay. We'll look at it in tomorrow's class. Right? Yeah. So you can, you know, okay, Nishan was asking about when to fill in that thing. You can do it. You can think about it. Yeah, yeah, keep, yeah. Once you decide, once you choose, okay, this is the sermon topic that I want to prepare my sermon on and this can be the title of it. Just put your name and fill it. I'll put the link for the sheet. You have to present in class. So that is later. So we'll just finish some more theory, some more of the notes and then you can, you can prepare and present in class. So when you're presenting in class, what you can do is probably we can put the camera on you or you can log in. You logged in and do it. Okay. So we can do that. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Thank you. All right. God bless.