 Okay good morning everyone and thank you in-person students for joining class and Karen welcome to class thank you for joining this extra class I'm taking this class because you know we won't be having class on the last Friday that is next week which is November 25th because in-person students are having their Christmas program at Christmas party so I will be missing two hours so I just thought I will take those two hours today and then you know on Friday this coming Friday I'll take two more hours and then we'll finish our portions okay so thank you for joining class and thank you for allowing me to take past the rations two hours okay today we're going to be looking at chapter 7 before we do that can one of you please lead us in prayer please anyone can lead us in prayer thank you Jesus thank you for today thank you for everything you did for us Lord Jesus Lord we submit everything into your hands our mind body and soul Lord help us to learn more things about your word and help us to grow in your wisdom and knowledge thank you Jesus in Jesus name we pray amen amen okay thank you Vimal we'll be looking at chapter 7 this morning okay results Jesus has called us and he's designed us he has created us so that we can bear fruit okay so bearing fruit is very normal and God looks at the fruit that we bear the word of God also you know we see how God teaches us how we can bear a fruit in our Christian walk that we read in second Peter chapter 1 verses 5 to 8 but can something please read John chapter 15 verses 1 and 2 please John 15 1 and 2 wine and my father is the wine dresser every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit he groans that it may bear more fruit thank you so here we see that you know if there is fruitlessness that means when we don't bear fruit what does God do he takes it away okay we will be cut off if we don't bear fruit so this shows that you know God is looking for fruit in our lives in what he has called us to him what he has given to us he wants us to be good stewards he wants us to be faithful he's looking for fruits if you don't bear fruit this word says he you know just cuts us off and also the reward for being fruitful even if you're bearing fruit you know God prunes us what does it mean but that God prunes us means he removes things that are will hinder us from bearing more fruit from continuing to bear fruit you know he removes things that are lifeless in us and so he prunes us means he cuts off all the unnecessary things the things that hinders us the things that are lifeless so that we can bear fruit which means that God keeps working in us so that we can increase in our level of fruitfulness okay and we see in the parable of the talents in Matthew chapter 25 verses 20 and 21 we see that you know God entrusts each one of us with talents he gives us gifts he gives us the calling the vision the resources he calls us into special specific roles and functions in the body of Christ but even as he does that he looks for increase he looks for multiplication you know he wants us to bear fruit in what he has called us to do so he's God is not somebody who does not look for increase or multiplication it's not just the the way of the world but even we see that God looks for increase and for multiplication so we need to be faithful in what he has committed or entrusted to us and we need to you know work hard and multiply and increase in what he has given to us okay we also see that fruit comes only in a season no when we put a seed as opposed we want a mango tree you know and a mango tree to bear mango fruits mangoes or any other you know food that food bearing tree that you want to plant now when you plant the seed it you know it just doesn't grow the next day into a big tree and on third day it doesn't just produce fruit okay it takes sometimes months it takes sometimes years for the tree to you know bear fruit the same way you know in life you know when we go through life and God calls us he gives us a vision or calling you know there is a specific season that we will bear fruit but for that season to for us to see the fruit in our lives you know we need to be faithful we need to be sincere we need to be committed we need to be patiently working hard you know to bear fruit but times you know when when we come to the fruit bearing season and we are not bearing fruit then you know we need to examine or we need to see why we are not bearing fruit so for example you have planted a mango seed you know the plant has grown has grown to a tree and a full grown tree and then are you looking for fruits and if the tree is not bearing fruit then you know there is something wrong then you would do something about it right in the same way you know when we are not bearing fruit when we have worked hard when we are in the place where you know when God has called us to do something we are doing that and we're not seeing fruit you know we need to examine our own life so when how do we examine our own lives what do we do so we have to ask some questions some important questions am I in the right place I mean in the right time where God wants me to be in the right place where God wants me to be or maybe you know have I been negligent I have overlooked things or there's something that is a hindrance or some way that you know I've done things that have been displeasing in God's sight or you know sometimes we also are in the wrong season and we want to bear fruit so we need to see which season am I of life am I in am I in the foundation season where I need to work hard I have to dig I have to plow the ground or am I in a season where you know I have to sow seeds where the digging is over the planning is over the hard work is done I have to sow the seeds or are you in a season where you need to flourish and grow and build on what God has given to you or are you in a season where there's you know where you have to harvest the food so you need to see you know which season are you in whether you are in the right place the right time to bear fruit that God wants you to you know are you doing what God wants you to do miss maybe sometimes you are in the right season to bear food and you're not bearing food then you can ask you know is there something that I have done that is displeasing in God's sight or I've not you know I feel or sense that I am doing God's will I am in the center of God's will but maybe you know you're not being listening to him you've not been doing things in the right way so you need to check on yourself maybe ask the Holy Spirit to lead you guide you show you maybe there is some you know hindrance of your own sins that are coming in the way lack of knowledge maybe you think you're in the right place but that's not where God wants you to be or doing what you you know God wants you to do so you can ask the Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you and then you can move on to the right place and then you know to be you can receive the knowledge of being in the right season and work towards completion of season and come to a food-bearing season and then you will see that you know God will enable you to bear fruit and then you can bear food for his kingdom and also bring glory to his name okay another thing that we need to keep in mind about results is that you know when we are in ministry sometimes we can exaggerate you know what God is doing in and through our lives so for example you know you are a pastor or you know you somebody was an evangelist or a missionary you know or an apostle or teacher you go from place to place and you conduct crusades or meetings and you know you can just when you meet people and they ask you how your ministry is going you can say yes you know when wherever I go and preach there are you know hundreds of people who come and you know when I give all the call hundreds of people accept Jesus Christ as a Lord and Savior you know there's a mighty revival that breaks forth in the city the church or you know hundreds of them you know are healed and saved and delivered so you know that can sometimes be an exaggeration so people will think envision and say okay hundreds of people are coming to know the Lord you know hundreds of people are healed there's a revival that takes place and you say you know every time I have an altar call people are crying mourning weeping you can see deliverance that happening sometimes it can just we're not saying that God is not working in your midst but they can just be you know a couple of them like about one or two or sometimes even 10 or 15 of them but you know the way we exaggerate is we talk in hundreds or thousands or you know the whole stadium is filled when I went for that crusade and things like that so it's important that we don't exaggerate you know what God is doing because you know God is not just interested in all of our reports but he's just interested more in you know our motives why we're doing what we're doing how we're doing it and so you know just say yes you know when I go there are people who are saved he delivered there are people who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior so you know make sure that your reports are appropriate are exact the numbers that you you know reveal or talk or share maybe you're a pastor of a congregation you're invited by another congregation you go minister for a couple of days but when you come back you have an exaggerated account of what happened but it's important to develop a discipline you know of being accurate in our speech and even when you report results so even if you're making a yearly report of your church you know number of people who attended various programs you know make sure that the congregation is actually keeping a count of the number of people who attend various programs the church services also you know make an account of how many people accept Jesus Christ you can do a way like make a way of counting things like this sometimes when we call an altar call there's the ministry team there is the you know the people who are ministering the prayer team sometimes they can become so much more in number than the people who really come forward for you know healing or deliverance or you know accepting Jesus as a Lord and Savior so you know keep an exact count and mention that to people if you don't have an exact count just say you know yes there are a few people who came accepted the Lord's people who are healed and delivered and yes God is moving God is working but don't over exaggerate okay the other thing is acknowledge another man's labor okay can somebody read 2 Corinthians 10 15 Galatians 6 4 and 1 Corinthians 3 5 and 8 can somebody read that please 2 Corinthians 10 15 Galatians 6 4 and 1 Corinthians 3 5 and 8 anyone can read that please 2 Corinthians 10 15 not hosting things beyond measure that is in other men's labors but having hope that is your faith is increased we shall be in in let's why you in in worship Galatians 6 4 but let each one exam examine his own work and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone and not in another 1 Corinthians 3 15 5 who then is it's Paul and who is Apollos what ministers throw whom you believe believed as the Lord gave a gift to the humans and he who waters and each one will receive his own reward according to his own thank you Niklim so here we see that you know not posting for Apollos writing to the church according he says you know don't boast of things beyond measure that is in other men's labors but having hope that as your faith is increased we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our own sphere okay and the other thing that he writes the church at Corinth and you know the church at Corinth there were different people who went and ministered like there was possibly Paul who went and ministered and Apollos and then people you know were causing a division among themselves some people said we belong to Paul we will some people said we belong to Apollos and so Paul is writing and saying you know who is Paul who is Apollos but you know we are all ministers through whom you know God has called us and entrusted each one of us a ministry so he says you know there is someone who plants someone who waters and he says but each one will receive the reward according to his own labor okay so what is Paul basically saying here is that you know sometimes you know God might call us to do a specific give us a specific calling a ministry and we can go to the to that place and begin to minister maybe it's a place that you have to start something new okay so when you have started something new we know it's like we said there are different seasons we looked at this in fulfilling God's purpose for your life there is a foundation season the digging season where you have to work hard you have to plant it's a very difficult season and then you move on to the sowing season and when you take care of the plant so there are different seasons that you know we go through so sometimes you can God can take you to a place where you have to start afresh but there are times when God will take you to places where there's somebody else who's already done the foundation they have worked hard in that place they have built a church or they have started a ministry they have established things they have done things so you are going not in the foundation season not even the sowing season but in the building up season okay so you're going there things have been laid out things have been done you're just going there to build people up there can be times when God can take you to a place to minister where everything is done and it's a time where there is a harvest season so when you go you know people are lives are just touched people are just you know minister to healing and deliverance is happening lives are being transformed people accept Jesus Christ people are ready for missions ready to go out ready to be prayer warriors and do things for the kingdom of God so you can think it's all happening because of you you know wow you know things are just growing multiplying this food you know and so you can think okay everything is happening because of me or because I'm very spiritual or very prayerful but you need to remember that there are people before you who have worked hard and you have to give them the honor that is due so when you are going there and basically in a season where you're harvesting you know just thank God for people who have worked on the foundation season of the sowing season or the building up season you know recognize their work honor them give thanks to God for their lives what they have done what they have contributed you know or don't rob somebody else of the honor that is due to them like Paul says yes you know Paulus came and ministered to you at Corinth I also came and ministered Paul bent in the second missionary journey he spent 18 months there ministered to the church at Corinth so he built them up in the faith and the things of the the word also you know he ministered them through various gifts and they were so zealous they for the gifts of the spirit that everyone you know just desired for those gifts that Paul was flowing in so mightily and you know the church at Corinth was just a powerful church in the sense that they were just flowing in all the gifts of the spirit every time they met one had a word of wisdom knowledge prophecy healing they were speaking in tongues there was interpretation of tongues they were very excited to come to church because everyone wanted to serve each other through the gifts that they were you know to the gifts of spirit and they were they were just ready with all of what God was just giving them what a wisdom knowledge prophecy healing and things like that so the very vibrant church in the sense of you know flowing in the gifts of the spirit and so there was also divisions there were also their own weaknesses that they were facing there were divisions one group was saying we belong to Paul's one group saying we belong to Paulus so Paul is saying you know who's Paul who is a Paulist you know we are just human beings used by God but it's actually God who was working in and through us so it was the fruit that is being born now in the church of Corinth is not because of Paul or a Paulist or you know somebody else but it is because of the Lord Jesus Christ who works in and through each person and you know he's the one who brings about deliverance healing and transformation in the lives of people and also he says that you know all those who work whether it's Paul or Paulus or anybody else you know who worked in God's field in God's kingdom they will receive the reward so you know when when you go and overtake a ministry or in in church you know you're going to lead a team you know just recognize the people the leaders who have worked before give them the honor that is to recognize them for what they have done and honor them okay and also it's important that we give God all the honor because it's not because of us but you know we are just weak vessels it's him who works in and through us so it's his anointing his power the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit is a gift the Holy Spirit that is given to us as grace gifts you know the gifts of the Holy Spirit are grace gifts means that means we don't earn it we don't do anything to achieve it it's just given to us by the grace of God it's a gift of God and so you know without those gifts we cannot do anything without the anointing of God we cannot do anything the power of God being manifested and then through our lives you cannot accomplish anything so it's not us it's the work of the Holy Spirit it's God's work in and through us and we are just you know vessels through whom God is using us to you know to touch the lives of other people so whatever we do you know we need to give glory to God okay so sometimes when we are giving glory to God for what he has done you know maybe we're sharing something that God has done for five minutes maybe three minutes we're just talking no I did this I did that I said this and when I said this you know this person was healed this person was some people move mightily in the Spirit so you know we can talk about for three minutes we or four minutes we can talk about all about me I what I did and then you know we can just say in the end glory to God which can take hardly a minute so you know all the time we've we've not glorified God even though we've given him the glory in the end but all the time we've been glorified ourselves so we need to put away the I me myself and just give God the glory because it's all about him it's he who has worked in and through the lives of people the last thing is to not compare and do not compete with others look at what second Corinthians 1012 says so can one of you please read that second Corinthians 1012 class ourselves class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves but they measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves are not wise thank you so Paul is saying now don't compare don't compete with others you know because when you do that what happens you know you're actually acting foolish you're not being wise okay so when we look for results in our ministry when we look for whether we're bearing fruit or how our ministry is growing we basically compare ourselves with other ministries so for example if i'm doing i have started a children's organization then you know or a youth ministry or i've started a church then to see if my church is growing or the ministry is growing a bearing fruit what do we do we try to compare ourselves with with other pastors and you know when we compare we basically get into a mindset slowly a mindset of competition we begin to not only compare but we then compete we say okay that church is a big church in the city they have so many you know members so i'm also going to work towards that you know getting so many members into my church or you know this church is doing so much of outreaches so even i'm going to do you know and then you kind of measure your fruit by saying okay you know that the biggest church in the city is doing five outreaches i'm doing three outreaches compared to you know one what i did last year so you know i'm bearing fruit i'm growing you know fruit bearing or whether you are you know growing in your ministry or bearing fruit in your ministry is not by comparing and competing with other ministries and other churches how do we know that they're bearing fruit is you know to see the lives of people the lives of people are being transformed people are growing into christ likeness people are growing into being mission minded you know into building God's kingdom you know that is the fruit that you know we are bearing and you know that is the kind of fruit that God is looking for and that He is pleased with so let's not compare or compete with other churches you know we need to be faithful with what God has entrusted us you know and see if we are giving our best if we are growing into what God has called us to do if we are doing the will of God and then you know when we stay focused on all of these things you know being faithful sincere committed you know God will help us surely to bear fruit okay the end of this chapter is a parable given from Matthew chapter 20 verses 1 to 6 where it's a parable of a land owner who owned a vineyard and he wanted laborers to come and work in his vineyard so very early in the morning he goes and he finds some people standing in the marketplace not doing anything he asked them he told them come and work in my vineyard and I will give you one dinaris so some of them are willing they came he started working then he goes out again in the you know the third hour he goes out again he finds some people he says he'll pay them one dinaris he brings them to his vineyard and they begin to work sixth hour he goes finds again some people tells him you pay them a dinaris and they're willing they come and work in the ninth hour you know he again goes out he finds some people he looks he tells them they're willing to work for him he says he'll pay them one dinaris and they come to his vineyard and they start working and then he also goes out and hires about some people in the 11th hour okay which is almost towards the end of the day so we see that you know at the end of the day people start stop working they come stand in the line and they're taking their their wages for their work that they have done for the day and the people who came very early in the morning notice that you know the ones that came the third hour sixth hour ninth hour and even in the towards the end of the day they all receive the same wages as they have received even though they started working from the morning okay so they're very upset and disappointed and they you know they go and meet the owner of the vineyard and they tell the owner of the vineyard you know you what you have done is unfair because the people who worked in the last hour you make them equal to us who have you know born the burden and the heat of the entire day so though you know the owner of the vineyard says you know didn't you agree to work for me for one dinaris and they said yes and so the owner says didn't i pay you that one dinaris they said yes then he says isn't it lawful for me to do what i would want to do with my own money so he says you know i have all the rights i can pay whoever works for me whether they work for me in the morning or they work for me the 11th they come in the last moment and work don't i have the right to you know to give them what i want to give them or pay them what i want to pay them so it's i'm the owner so whatever i spoke to you i was faithful and committed in giving you what you know i spoke so take it and go and then you know jesus ends his parable by saying the first will be last the last will be first and the first will be last for many are called but few are chosen so what is jesus basically trying to teach from this parable he's trying to tell us that it's god who decides who he calls into what ministry okay god calls whoever he wants uh into whichever ministry he wants them to call he appoints like we read in Ephesians chapter four verse 11 the fivefold offices that we find in the body of christ the office of an apostle prophet uh pastor uh evangelist and a teacher you know this fivefold offices god gives it to whoever he uh the lord jesus christ gives it to whoever he wants to give it okay so he calls whoever he wants to call to whichever area of ministry he wants to call them to he calls them and how he blesses them how we anoints them what he wants to do in and through them how great he wants to make them is all the will and the choice of god okay having said that it does not mean that god is partial the word of god says that god is not a partial god he's a just god because that is his nature you cannot go away from his nature but uh you know in his divine sovereign knowledge and will he uh you know he calls whom he wants to call for whatever ministry he wants to call them to and how he blesses them you know it is his own will and his own sovereign will and uh choice but what we need to do is be faithful with what god is entrusted to us committed and sincere and we will bear fruit uh we will receive the reward for our labor okay so this is the end of chapter seven anyone has any questions thank you for joining class brahbo anyone has any questions in person students i hope you had a good night's uh rest all of you were very tired at a busy day on saturday and a busy day yesterday helping out at church volunteering i hope all of you slept well and feel rested yes no no question no question okay thank you rin okay we'll move on to chapter eight uh fellowship okay um you know uh even though we are all um uh you know washed by the same blood of jesus christ uh you know we have one god uh we have one savior uh we have one uh you know uh book that is his word of god to which god speaks to us we have the same word of god we have the same holy spirit uh yet we see that uh you know we there are so many different denominations uh different styles different forms different expressions of worship uh that is there uh but irrespective of all our differences of liturgy the style of worship by expression of worship forms of worship uh we are all one because we are washed in the same blood we have the same holy spirit the same word of god um and we all are part of one body of christ we are part of one kingdom that is the kingdom of god but it's sad that you know um uh even though god has called us uh you know given us different callings different purposes different functions in the body of christ a different vision but you know even if it's though it's different callings different functions different visions but all of us you know whatever god has called us is all for the building of his kingdom and all for the building of the body of christ so even in church some are called to be uh in in a specific local church some of us are called to be a apostle some of us are called to be a prayer warrior helper administrator uh you know teacher pastor you know uh whatever but you know we all different callings different functions but we all you know when we all work together it helps in the smooth functioning of a local church okay and we see that you know it's also very sad that even as we go about fulfilling god's vision call ministry we all seem to work you know isolated we don't want to connect with other ministers pastors if you're a pastor of a church you probably know the other churches in your city the names of the churches you know the names of the pastors but you don't have a close personal connect a personal relationship uh with other pastors or if you you know heading a ministry a christian organization in the city you know maybe you know the other christian organizations the other pastors churches but you are all we are all working in isolation we don't want to connect with each other we don't want to build meaningful relationships even though we come together for a meeting it's all about just sharing ideas it's all about just sharing our thoughts what can be done but it's not about building you know personal connect a personal fellowship a personal relationship with each other and i think that's very very important for us to do because you know as leaders as pastors as people in the ministry you know we need each other to build each other up to mentor each other to correct each other you know when one one leader falls like the others can you know come in guide help instruct you know build that person up and put that person back on their feet but it's sad that you know we don't even know each other we don't want to build any relationships it's scared to build relationship with other pastors connect even though we have a relationship it's just very superficial you know it's hello you know just very on a very superficial level it's not on a very in-depth deep level you know on saturday we had our one of our weekend schools and there was somebody who stood up and just testified in the end she was saying how she and her husband are you know in the ministry serving the Lord how her husband went away from you know into wrong doctrines and you know and how she's going to a very difficult time in our life she just doesn't feel like praying reading the word you know she's ministering but life seems so you know meaningless purposeless and she says there's no one I can go and share with no one who can help me I'm looking for somebody but I can't and it's so sad because you know when we're in a ministry we we're so busy doing ministry that we don't have the time to build a relationship so you know and we think that as ministers we are here to minister to other people but we will not go through any temptations or we will not go to any problems or we will not go to any difficulties but we fail to understand that we are human you know we fail to understand that people also go through problems and difficulties that we need help sometimes even pastors when they go through problems and difficulties they you know put it all behind just focusing on ministry somehow they think you know things will settle down things will work together things will just happen but they never cry out or ask for help and then it sometimes becomes like a volcano that just erupts and then nobody can really do anything and not only the the person's life is destroyed but their ministry is also destroyed so it's important that you know the city white church when you talk about city white church it means that all the churches the local churches in a city you know comprise of the city white church so when you talk about city white church it basically refers to all the local churches in that city okay so it's important for all the local churches in a city to come together you know to be united to be strong you know to know that whatever calling whatever vision that God has given to us it's not just a personal agenda it's not a personal business that we have but it's all in the context of the kingdom of God so we're not just building our own ministries our own churches but we are actually even as we go about doing it we are building the kingdom of God so it's important for us to move from a place of just looking at our own churches our own ministries you know to see how we can build the kingdom of God okay so it's not about my ministry it's not about my name it's not about my church but it's how I can build the kingdom of God it's actually about how we can establish the rule the dominion of God in the hearts and lives of people and how we can work together as so-called pastors or ministers in the city you know to bring about a unity in the body of Christ you know all the pastors all the ministers all the you know believers coming together how we can come together in unity so that the kingdom of God is strengthened you know just imagine if all the churches come together if all the ministries come together you know what strength and power is there in unity when you know when we come together God releases his power is anointing in such a great way that you know whatever the social evils that are happening in our city like this this prostitution this pornography this suicide this lack of job this poverty all of those bondages can be broken because all the churches in the city or the believers in the city are united together they're praying together they're working towards all of these social evils you know the churches that are working towards you know building up the poor orphanages all can come pool in their resources just imagine the power and strength and how the power of God just works in unity you know when there's unity and oneness not only in our ministries or in our local church but in all you know the believers together in a city when there is unity and oneness irrespective of our denominations the power of God can so powerfully be manifested you know we can see the move of God we can see God just delivering people in our city healing people corruption will come to an end you know violence in the cities will come to an end and it has happened in couple of cities where people have come together pray together there's unity the power of God is just so powerfully manifested so you know we have to have a kingdom mindset a kingdom culture a kingdom lifestyle you know always think in terms of kingdom building okay even though God has entrusted you a ministry or a church how can my ministry how can my church build come together with other churches to you know to impact our city to transform our city and to build the kingdom of God so even as we are going about kingdom building you know we also can see how you know if I'm supposed I'm doing a children's ministry I started a Christian organization for children's ministry I can partner with other children's ministers in the city see how we can come together collaborate together you know work together to reach out to children our city minister whether children the schools you know or children the slums how we can minister to them you know some of these workers children laborers daily wages wage laborers how we can all come together pool our resources build an orphanage you know make a school where we can provide education for the less privileged just imagine the impact the kingdom of God can have on the city and when we come together also like this together in unity as as one in as one body of Christ you know the the people in our city will see this unity will see the power of God and you know people's lives to be transformed you know we don't have to go about preaching and teaching people will just feel the power of God in our churches and they will come and they will be ministered to and our city can be transformed with the gospel of Jesus Christ and all of this can happen when only when there is unity and there's oneness and that is what was Jesus's prayer in John chapter 17 when he said father let them be one as we are one so even as you are all preparing to build God's kingdom fulfill God's call remember it's not just about you going in isolation and working somewhere and you know ministering or doing what God has called you to do but partner with others see how you can build the kingdom of God so even as you partner to build God's kingdom of God don't enter to partner with saying okay let me partner with other children's ministers so that I can get some of their resources I can you know I can what I can be benefited from them don't look at how you can be benefited but also look at how you can you know give into other people's life how you can share your resources with others and I think that is what we have done with the APC all of our resources are so free whether it is you know our children's church curriculum whether it is our school outreach ministry whether it's pastors books all are freely available on the internet anyone can go download any church can go download and also use our resources and also we see that you know a pastor is started you know every month we have a fellowship of pastors and leaders in our city so we all meet at you know in a hotel at 8 o'clock where all pastors from various churches ministers leaders in our city come together you know we just meet for a time of worship there's praying we pray for our city pray for our nation then we have breakfast and then you know we take a scripture passage and then we divide into groups and we discuss about that and share so just a time of getting to know each other fellowship with each other seeing what God wants us to do and it's a powerful time so even as a church you know even as pastor writes all of these books about kingdom building how we should be one how we should do things together he's also done things towards you know fulfilling what he has written in this book so it's important for us to build friendships relationships with other ministers partner with them with the ministries give in to other ministers give in to other ministries see how you can share your hearts your success your struggles your challenges pray for one another you know even though there is doctrinal differences we are one because we have the same holy spirit the same one God the same word we are all saved by one cross of Jesus Christ washed by his blood so we can you know come together even as we come together you can learn from each other like we read in Proverbs chapter 27 verse 17 says as iron sharpens iron so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend so you know we can when we have friendships with other leaders in our city you know whether it's older leaders mature we can learn from them they can mentor that us they can when we when we fail when we go through some weaknesses problems challenges in our ministry we have a you know we build a relationship with them we can go we can ask them to guide us lead us some of them can become our mentors you know we can also be people who can mentor younger leaders younger churches you know or if we are a church which is doing well financially we can support other churches just provide for them meet some of their needs help them take care of their ministry show them how to you know start a church build up the church how to do various things so you know it can just be a good learning and reaching experience for each one of us okay the other thing we can learn is be comfortable being a follower following instructions you know sometimes we think we study in the bible college or we are a CDM minister we have been in the ministry five years 10 years three years and then if somebody else is sharing we don't want to sit and listen you know we don't want to we think we know everything we you know why should i be listening to them so but you know it's good to listen from other ministers men and women of god listen to that experience so that you can also learn you can also you know benefit from their life and from their ministry sometimes you know when we go for a crusade or we are invited by some other pastors you know if the past and if there is a person who's leading the service and they says everyone stand up you know we don't want to stand up we don't want to follow instructions we don't want to do what is being told because we think you know we are senior leaders ministers of god we can sometimes become very stubborn unwilling to cooperate follow instructions but you know when we come together we all need to we remember that we're all standing on the same platform you know god looks at all of us as one whether we have been in ministry for 30 years 10 years three years three months god looks at all of us the same way he loves us all the same way we are on the same level so also we need to remind ourselves you know and you know be humble enough to follow instructions be willing humble enough to learn from others and you know you know being honor others honor other men and women of god learn from them and also contribute into the lives of other people and have a kingdom mindset okay we'll stop here anyone has any questions we'll continue with chapter eight after the break anyone has any questions okay no questions Karen are you on the WhatsApp group with or Prabhu or do you have on WhatsApp group of the online students I know the in-person students have okay can you just kind of post that you know I'm taking class because next Friday the in-person students are having their Christmas program and hence I it's in the morning from you know from the morning at 10 I think to 1 p.m and hence I can't take that class so I'm taking Pastor Oceans class so anyone who wants to join can join I of course posted it last evening but only two of you have joined so if you can just do that will be great is that okay Prabhu okay thank you so much okay we'll take a break now and we'll join back after the break okay thank you