 Check Okay, I'll come back off the break You see this is recording. Okay Okay, so we were looking at the first guide post. We look at some examples how the word of God You know teaches us different things in our life Okay, you look at an exciting example about marriage All of you young people here So, you know, when you come to a season in your life, you know, you have to settle down you have to get married Okay Some of you think should I get married or not? Okay, is it God's will to get married or not? Okay, so then you're praying and you know, but God has already revealed it in his Will his will in his word. Okay Yes, God wants each one of you to get married unless he tells Some people specifically or no, okay But the rest of us we all know it's God's will for us to get married and how do we know it's written in God's word Okay, Genesis chapter 2 was 24. What does it say? Yes, so, you know, man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife and they shall become One flesh then the next question is okay, I know God wants me to get married, but who do I marry now? That's a big question mark. Okay, so who do you marry? So what is the criteria so what things that you know? Who's a guy? What kind of person does God want me to marry? So there's a word of God Answer us on that. Yes. The word of God has answers for every situation Every question that we have in life the word of God has answers for that. Okay, second Corinthians 16 was 14 and 15 says do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers Why? What fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? Okay now, you know You know, for example, you fall in love with somebody and You come to know that that person is not born again. It's just You know, once in a while church going person goes on good Friday or Easter or Christmas You know, he believes that is a God and that's Jesus, but you know, he's not born again Yeah, but you're madly in love with this person. Oh, you suddenly realize that this person is an atheist He doesn't believe in the existence of God Oh, you know, he's the person is a Hindu or from another faith. Okay And then you're praying and saying God show me. This is your will and you're not hearing from God. Why? They're not hearing from God. Why? Because it's already revealed in this word that it's not his will says do not be yoked together with unbelievers Okay, but you're saying oh, I'm gonna do a great thing. You know, if I'm gonna marry this unbeliever I'm going to you know, bring him or her to the faith so I'm bringing somebody to the faith God should be happy about it, you know, and You know, you you say, okay, I mean, I'm sure God was gonna work I'm bringing somebody to the to the faith But you never know the person can really come to the faith or not you can change your fate It happened to Solomon right with all his thousand wives worshipping all the different Gods and goddesses so called he started worshipping them and building temples for them and you know You know Burning incense and sacrifices to them such a sad state of a man who was worshipping God and so much in love with God So they can lead you astray. Okay, you you're so confident You're going to bring them to Christian faith, but they can also lead you astray So then you know, you think of going to your pastor and and you know You want to because your pastor has to solemnize the wedding so you go and you're just praying God Let him not let him not ask the question whether the person is a believer or not And then, you know, the question comes Say no pastor, but you know He's there. He's wanting to know the you know, he's willing to accept price or she's willing to accept price She's a wonderful girl. She's over. He's a wonderful boy But passes saying he's a he's not a believer See and so you're asking why cannot I marry a? Unbeliever Amos chapter 3 verse 3 says Can two walk together unless they are in agreement? Right. I'm sure you have You you your best friend is somebody who's who agrees with you on most things as somebody who's totally Disagreeing with you arguing with you fighting with you. I'm sure the person will not be your best friend, right? so in you know God's word has Answers for every situation every thought every question that we have let's look for the another example about divorce Okay Now you marry somebody you're in love with somebody You marry that person and then you begin to Realize that you both are not on the same things most of the time you're fighting You can't stay together and you are ready to go for a divorce and then you're praying God is your will or you know You marry somebody who your parents asked you to marry and then you know you're in this workplace and there's somebody who You're working along with this person agrees with you this person's very nice to you very loving to you You know you get along with this person very well, and you're suddenly thinking hey You know, I'm not getting along with my husband. He's totally contrary different to who I want as an husband Here is this man in my office. You know, he's exactly the person who I want to You know wanted to marry, you know has all the qualities So why not divorce my husband and get married to this man Okay, so is it God's will to divorce? No, because the word of God says in Malachi chapter 2 was 16 God says I hate divorce. He hates Divorce the divorce is not an option Okay, divorce is not an option And so also in every other thing whether it's adultery whether it's lying whether it's cheating Getting dishonest gain whatever You know looking at things that are displeasing unholy Indulging in addictive behaviors all of that each and every area of our life God's word Instructs us it trains us in righteousness so we need to know God's word to know how to live in righteousness to know what is right and wrong and to You know to know how to walk in this ways, okay Look at Psalm 23 verse 3. It says he leads me in the parts of Righteousness God will never lead you in the parts of unrighteousness Okay, sometimes we say, you know We can justify our actions, okay and say You know Maybe I married a man who was my parents got me married to an unbeliever to a person who's who's not born again And now I started going to church, you know, and I and I have accepted Christ with my savior Lord and savior, but my husband is not he doesn't come along with me to church to prayer meetings He's not interested about God and you still going to church You start volunteering in church and then you meet this man or you meet this woman who's you know Stokely sold out for God who's doing everything for God and you become very friendly with that person and And then it slowly moves on to you know, you both of them both of you are start beginning to fall in love with each other So you can justify your action and say I can divorce my husband because now I am born again He's not born again Okay, he's not following the Lord, but I am following the Lord and I want somebody to come with me to church Somebody to involve with me just like this man or this woman who is in church Who does everything who sold out for God who loves God? So I think it's okay. I think it's logical for me to divorce my husband and to marry because I'm marrying somebody who's born again And we are going to together build God's kingdom. We're together serving God. Imagine what an impact we can make So all of these things, you know lies that we can fill our Minds with and the devil is saying, okay, you can do it. It's okay. Everybody is doing it. You also can do it Right, like everywhere in your class is Cheating or copying the test. You can also do it, right? Everyone is having an Relationship even before they get married. They're doing a whole lot of things outside marriage. It's okay for you to do it It's acceptable But we need to really go back to God's word because God's word is our Standard we need that's why you said we need to renew our God's Our mind daily with God's word because we need to replace the lies with the truth of God's word advice Satan can subtly bring in things and you know, he can He can you know, lead us even when we are in the ministry Right many men and women of God have fallen because of extramarital Relationships or because of money issues, you know, not being accountable Say anyway, I'm serving God. This is my church You can I can do anything with the money that I get, you know But we're accountable to God for even that money that comes it's tight money. It's God's money It's not my money if because I run the church, but it's God's money. I need to use it in a way that's honorable I'm accountable to people who are giving that That tight money even the time that we spend, you know, we're accountable to God for the time that we Spend did you know that we're going to give stand before God not only for judgment for our sins, but also for the The way we spend that time. It's written in the Gospels. We're going to be accountable to God for the time that we Spend okay, so doesn't mean that I'm in ministry. I can do whatever I want, you know But even in ministry I'm accountable to the way I spend my time even your secular job You know, you have eight hours You can't just sit busy thing that I'm looking at your screen looking at the news today Looking at the videos look you're shopping on online While you are at work. No That's not honoring God That's not honoring God with your time because those eight hours you're accountable to that office who's paying you, right? You need to spend that time in an honoring way and God is watching you what you're doing in those eight hours So if we are not if God's word is not filling our hearts and minds, you know Then we can be led astray in doing things that dishonor God. So the first thing is You know, the the first principle is recognize the general teaching and instruction on God's word God's word is our Standard, okay. The second one is recognize the seeds in your life Okay, recognize the seeds in your life now the word of God is You know compared to a Seed okay Luke chapter 8 verse 11 says the seed is the word of God when Jesus talks about the parable Of the sea the soar in Mark chapter 4 verse 26 and 32 and Luke chapter 8 as well in Luke chapter 8 Was 11 it says that God's word is compared to a Seat in John chapter 12 as well John chapter 12. I think it was verse 24, you know unless The wheat falls down to the ground and dies. It cannot bear fruit Okay, so here God is comparing his life and the life of his people. So the seed also is Compared to life now. What else is seed compared to in the word of God? Compared to life. It's compared to God's word. What else? Okay, your faith as a mustard seed. Thank you. Tell us ma what else Offering money. Yes, money is also compared to a seed where you invest in you Bear fruit. It's like, you know, you would put it in the To use and it bears fruit for you. Yes multiplies. What else? No The kingdom of God remember the parables the kingdom of God is like a soul with we're went to So seeds mark chapter 4 verse 26 to 32 and Jesus said the kingdom of God is As if a man should scatter seed on the ground Okay. Yes, Prabhu says the offspring seed seed of man offspring. Thank you, Prabhu Yes Okay So the kingdom of God is also likened to a seed now What is the meaning of kingdom of God? Kingdom of God is where is any place? Where is the kingdom of God? It's here. It's now The kingdom of God is also in your heart Okay, it's also in a geographical area. It's also in a place, but it's also in your heart The kingdom of God is basically God's rule God's reign his dominion his government his authority In your life and also in a certain geographical Place, okay, so the kingdom of God functions or operates according to the seed principle Okay in mark chapter 4 Which is given in page number 16 of the PDF copy mark chapter 4 versus 26 to 32 there are two Parables here and both these parables Retreats to us or repeats to us that the kingdom of God is like a Seed, okay, so the kingdom of God is like a man who went out to scatter seeds on the ground Okay, and also in verse 31. It says It's like a mustard seed which is sown on the ground. It's just small Smaller than all the seeds but when it's sown It's grown it grows up and it's greater than all the Herbs because it shoots out branches and the birds of the air come in nest under its Shade so what does it mean here? Okay, and we also see that God actually follows this seed principle in our In the way he functions as well. Now if you take a seed it looks lifeless Okay, it looks dead But if you take the seed and put it in the ground, okay, and water it and give it good manure. What happens? It germinates its sprouts. It becomes a plant it grows into a tree It gives fruits or it gives flowers. Whatever, okay So many of the things that God does in our lives. He follows this pattern or principle of Working, okay. Now the seed looks dead. It looks lifeless, but the seed has life. It has Potential okay, it has life. It has potential when it's watered. It's nurtured. It gives us what we Desire it bears fruit. So many of the things that God does in in our life follows this pattern Okay, now God initiates things in your life. Please listen carefully God initiates things in your life And sometimes it's like a seed. Okay, something very small. It's very significant It's lifeless, but it is full of life It has the potential when you are able to when it does it have life and when does it have potential When you're able to recognize it when you're able to build on it when you're able to nurture it We're able to grow that into something to be a blessing to many people. Okay, so Now God wants to do great and mighty things in and through his kingdom as well Through your life. He wants to extend this kingdom. He wants to build this kingdom and he also uses the seed principle to operate To establish his kingdom that means you know God when he begins something Awesome mighty great and powerful. He wants that to begin in his kingdom It doesn't come with great fun fair. It doesn't come with gate pump and show it doesn't come with, you know Very spectacular way, but it comes like a seed becomes very small It comes very insignificant very humble But even in that seed, you know God is looking at a great awesome mighty plan that he wants to birth that he wants to Initiate in and through your life or in his kingdom here on earth So don't look for you know, sometimes we are waiting for God to do great mighty spectacular Things but sometimes it comes in a very small quiet humble beginning But it carries the potential to do something great and tremendous Okay, all of men and women of God who started they didn't start Big they didn't start with the church 5,000 members they started a church with few members, but it grew to 5,000 it grew to 10,000 so also God releases seeds in your life Seeds of his kingdom into your life or even seeds of Spiritual destiny into your life. So what are these seeds? How do you know these seeds it can be? Opportunities the opportunities that God brings in your life or God puts in your life Maybe the seed now that God has planted in your life is the opportunity to study in a Bible college Or it can be you know, it is a special opportunity that you have it can also be a seed can also be Special people, you know, God can bring in special people who influence your life Who move you who shape you to bring about God's destiny to bring about God's plan in your life It can also be dreams You know a dream that God put in your life I I was quite odd at how God spoke to Sri Radha when she was sharing God told her in her dream that she needs to go to Bible college and she goes to she has to go to all people's church Bible College in Bangalore, she did not know our people's church And she did not know it was in Bangalore But how will she come to know it? It was You know to the seed of the the way God operate to the seed principle He showed it to her in her dream. So he gave her this opportunity to this to this dream So, you know, God could have put a dream in your life with a very an ambition in your life very early as you You know as you began your life as well It can also be words words of prophecy that people have spoken of her life I think couple of you when you shared your own testimonies on when is there you said you shared that, you know People spoke over my life that you would be doing God's ministry or you'll be in Bible college I think even see that you also mentioned that right people spoke over your life Yes, okay, and that kind of changes the course of your life. So these are the seed principles Let's look at some biblical examples examples Joseph What was the seed in Joseph's life? Dreams right when he was young. He saw the sun moon and the stars bowing down to him So the sun is his father the moon is his mother and the stars the 12 stars are his brothers and he also sees, you know He's in the center of these sheaves, you know that they have gathered and all the sheaves are bowing down to him So his brothers realize that you know, are we going to bow down to you? You're the youngest You know, how can we bow down to you? But that was a seed God was showing him through his dream You know that You know that he is he's having something great and some plans For him in the future where his parents are going to bow down to him Where his brothers are going down to going to bow down to him The next example is about Moses, you know, Moses supernaturally God arranged for him Yeah, but supernaturally arranged for Moses, you know to to be found by the princess In the water in the River Nile. He was taken as her own son. He was trained In the, you know, the wisdom of Egyptians. He was trained to be the next Pharaoh he was trained to be the prince. So that was the seed in Moses's life But the Bible tells us that in Acts chapter 7 was 22 Moses was mighty in word and That means he was trained in the knowledge in the wisdom and also trained to be a leader and Moses realized when he was in the palace that he His calling was not to be an Egyptian, but he was actually a Israelite and a Hebrew and he realized that he God has brought him in that position to deliver his People and he acts on it But he acts on it at the wrong time in the wrong place in the wrong way and it delayed of more 40 year period of God, you know Delivering his people out of Egypt, okay, let's look at another example Esther. What was the seed in Esther's life? Anybody knows? What was the seed in Esther's life that God used? Queen Esther Beautiful. Yes, it's a beauty Thank God you something as worthy as beauty to as a see to bring about this plan and will yes You know, it was because of the beauty that of all the the women in In Persia that you know, she was chosen and of all the women were bought the beautiful woman The king chose her as a queen. Okay, and when she had to go and tell the king You know to save her people She fast and prays for three days and all the people fast and pray for three days And she dresses up beautifully and she goes to the inner court where the king is and you cannot go there without the king's permission And I'm looking calls you and if the king doesn't such as a skeptic then you are taken away and you're killed because you're there Without the king's permission and when the king looks at Esther he looks at her Beauty and it's a beauty that brings him brings her inside his presence and she's able to you know deliver her people from From the Hamans Evil plot. Okay. What about Paul? What is the seed in Paul's life? Paul was a great evangelist a great missionary. He wrote many episodes. How did he get all this knowledge? He was cooled under the most Wise man of his day the wisest teacher and one of them was Gamaliel and so he knew the Old Testament scriptures very well He was so well versed in the Old Testament and that was a seed that God used to you know For for Paul to further his Kingdom okay, so we see that you know in your own life see what are the seeds God has So I'm giving you some example I want you to think because looking at your seeds can also show you, you know What is God's plan and purpose for your life write it down take those seeds very very Seriously, and you know a warning is no just like God uses seeds To show to reveal his plan and purpose for our lives the enemy can also saw weed seeds Remember when the you know the the farmer went and so the enemy came and saw weed seeds and the weeds came up But the farmer did not pull out the weeds because it would destroy the plant. So There are many Seeds that the enemy can sow in our lives which can choke and destroy God's seeds for our life. So we need to be very careful because what are some of the weed seeds now? Some of the weed seeds can be our parents, you know our parents Divorce you know when the parents go to divorce it has a huge impact on the lives of Children okay, sometimes parents speak negative things you're constantly hearing of parents speaking negative things Okay, so that can be a weed which can destroy your life for some of us can be abused You know child abuse, many of you are beaten up by your parents. You're not taking care by your parents some of us Children gone or even as grown-ups we go to sexual abuse You know it leaves a dent in your car in your emotional part and these are seeds weed seeds that the devil sows in or Addictions or passions, you know and we need to get out of it, you know, whatever is our past, you know We need to ask God to shut those doors in our life You know we need to apply the blood of the lamb seal those doors in the blood of the lamb and you know say Satan You have no access because you know Satan can use those things against us to hinder us from knowing or you know from Pursuing the seeds that God has for us seeds of you know that will build help us build his kingdom and Also will fulfill our spiritual destiny, so we need to uproot those seeds We need to get out of it others. It will hinder the work of God in our lives. Okay, so that is the seed principle The next one is Recognize the steering within okay, we'll we'll spend some time in questions if you have any questions You can ask another class Recognize the steering within Okay, now the example given here is about Nehemiah now Nehemiah was you know a Jew he was in You know taken, you know when the Babylonians came and destroyed Jerusalem. He was taken as captive now He is as a cup bearer to the Persian king and You know one of the brothers go back to Jerusalem and they come back and you know Nehemiah asked him about the city of Jerusalem and when he hears that the walls of Jerusalem are broken down and the gates are burned down You know what happens to Nehemiah? He's so grieved. He's so broken You know, he starts a weeping and mourning for many days and he spends time fasting and praying okay, and then we see that he goes back to Jerusalem with permission from the king and he receives, you know all the Material required to raise up the wall of Jerusalem. He goes back and he builds that wall of Jerusalem in spite of all the difficulties and in spite of all the hindrances he goes and builds the wall of Jerusalem now, you know this You know many people would have heard when all these people came back from Jerusalem. They would have all heard, you know the walls of Jerusalem are broken down the gates are broken down, but none of them felt You know when he grieved about it or sad about it But for Nehemiah, it was not just something that he was emotionally stirred up grieved or saddened about But something is stirring in his heart that's stirring in his heart Actually led him to go back to Jerusalem Leave his job get permission to go back and to build a wall of Jerusalem and to build it in spite of all the difficulties and the hindrances that He faced and he says in Nehemiah chapter 2 was 12 That God put this in his heart so the steering in his heart was from God so now there are many things that God wants to do here on this earth And how does he reveal his plan to us or his heart to us is through a Steering now the steering is not something that is very emotional like changes like the weather, you know It's uh, you know, so it's very bright and suddenly it will get gloomy and then dark rain clouds and it'll start raining It's not like that emotional sneering is not like that or stirring that we are talking about here Is not like that. Okay. I'll give you an example now somebody comes to your church or comes to the bible college And they're presenting about a street children and your heart is very stirred and you start crying You see this children, you know in the streets how they're abused how they have no family How they have no homes. They're eating from the dustbins. You're very moved. You're crying. You're so sad, but you know When you go away go back and go out from this place, you know, you're eating your snack or you You're thinking of again hungry. I want to eat something and then I'm feeling tired I go back and you go and sleep and then you continue with your Daily life and you forget about All that was presented all the emotional steering But the steering that we're talking about which is the guidepost here which god uses To reveal his plan and for personal life is something is not emotional that Will you will forget about but it's a constant steering You know when you're working when you're doing your house chores Or when you're reading a book when you're reading the bible it keeps coming back It keeps coming back it keeps coming back and it you know when you're sleeping when you're eating It's a constant desire. I have to do something about it. I have to do something about it and you go and That is the steering in your heart, which is from god Which god is using as one of the guideposts to show you what is your his plan and purpose for your life, okay, I'll give an example for my own life, you know, um I never knew I would be in children's ministry Okay, but when I was in bible college, they put me in children's ministry for my weekend, you know, we have weekend ministry I was in children's ministry During the week I was in they put me in children's ministry Now I said I you know when I was in my final year. I wanted to write my thesis I wanted to work with drug addicts and alcoholics So I wrote my thesis on that and I went and did my internship for seven months in kolkata But even when I was working with drug addicts and alcoholics god Put me with children. They picked up from howler platform. Uh, I also ministered to street children I also ministered to children of you know, commercial sex workers of prostitutes So it's all god taking me back again to children. Okay, and then I wanted to go back after bible college and minister to drug addicts and alcoholics And you know the person where I ministered to in kolkata He told me you go back home rest for some time pray about it and come back and god never took me back And ever since you know 2000 I graduated from bible college. I've been in children's ministry and children's ministry not just In church based children's ministry, but it is for towards school children So even when I was in kolkata, I was to minister in in a school Teaching scripture then I went after bible college. I went to meso rum back up in the northeast There also I was ministering to children In school and you know as teaching scripture and when god got me back to buying road, you know, he Took me to a place where I was actually Working in a place of it was a family ministry. I was not married I was just you know, handling all their programs for them arranging all their programs And suddenly one day my boss tells me hey, you're good with children Why don't you start a project to children and back again with school children? So we wrote this whole project we initiated this project We wrote the curriculum and we started the school ministry, you know This ministry in schools among children teaching scripture Okay, and then after that, you know, I had to leave that place And and go and you know for what that happened in april And I ministered there for five to six years and in june when school started I was very hard broken I said god schools have started. I need to go back to schools and minister and here am I, you know, um I don't have any place to go. I can't go because I'm not part of any project And this keeps stirring in my heart, you know, and god knows the seed that he's sown He will provide the way and god is telling me, you know apply in all people's church And when I went to all people's church portal, I see that there is No position for children's ministry and no position for school ministry and god is telling me apply And I'm saying god there's no way, you know, all the opportunities that I don't fit in So for married people, it's for life groups and blah blah. I don't fit him in anything So I go for the interview and they ask me which position you're applied I'll be the first pool going for the interview saying I'm not applied in any I don't fit in any of these positions and god is saying apply God is saying go for the interview. I applied. They call me for interview and I'm really scared I don't want them to ask me the question which force you are you applying for I mean, which is an obvious question, right? And you won't believe it. I go to the interview and it's the first interview where they had all the pastors sitting And none of them asked me which position you applied for in APC They asked me all the questions and then pastor says, you know, we have an opening in schools to start School ministry I was just quiet downfounded and pastor said, are you willing to take it? I just was too shocked Beyond words. I just sat down there. I just kept looking at me and he said, uh, will you take up that position? And I'm just looking at him and he says, will you take up that position? And I'm just looking at him and then I said, yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah He didn't know what I was going through and when I was walking back, I was just, you know crying and saying god god You know our passion. Actually, it's not my passion. It's god's tearing You know when god steers that you never rest. You never sleep. You never do things until you are You know, uh, doing what god has asked you to do and you know, I started catalyst. I wrote the curriculum We started it in schools. We were doing around 82 classes in a week. You are going to different schools We were teaching 82 74 periods in a week to school children scripture to all the children You know and suddenly we stopped in 2018 2019. We stopped and broke my heart You know, I kind of lost my passion. It really broke my heart But then, you know, uh, I came and I took a six month break and I was crying out to god again God, I want to go back to schools. That is where my passion is that is where the Steering is when I came back after the six month break uh pastor said, you know, um, there are too many things on your plate So, you know, you can get back to doing catalyst and again, I had my eyes were filled with tears I never told him, but you see the seed principle how it operates It's something that god is stirring in your heart. You don't have to do anything about it You just have to be passionate about god will do everything that is required for that. Okay We also look at act chapter 17 where paul goes to athens And he has he sees the idols and is stirring in his heart for you know for god For him to preach to the Gentiles about the true and living God, okay Now notice that the steering comes in your inner Heart, okay Where you feel that provocation where you feel that compelling And it is god putting his plans his purpose in your inner heart Okay, so and is moving you into action to doing something about it Let's look at the couple of scriptures in the old testament. Okay, some 109 39 was 13 Uh, the summer says and some 139 was 13 god formed my inner inward parts Now the inward parts is basically talking if you translate that in the in the Hebrews It means kidney But the same word which is used in the other places in the old testament Refers to your soul, you know your heart your will your emotions your passions your desires your thoughts your feelings Now god works in your passions your desires your thoughts and your feelings That is where he saw the sea that is where he stirs you up That is where he counsels you That is where he is giving you his revealing you his plans and his And his purposes for your life, okay Because this is formed by god Okay, your inward parts is formed by god and that is where god is will be Instructing you and counseling you. How do we know this some chapter 16 was seven. This is not in your notes some chapter 16 was seven He says, you know god counsels us in our heart Again, the hebrew word there when you translate this kidney Which again means your soul your passions your desires your thoughts your feelings So, uh, where does god instruct us? In our inner heart In our passions in our desires our thoughts our feelings because everything comes out from our inward part are in Inward part Okay, uh heart Proverbs chapter 20 was 27 Proverbs chapter 20 was 27. This all all of these references are not there in your notes. I'm just giving it to you It says a spirit of man is a lamp of god Who searches what is in the inner depth surface? So what is a lamp of god? The spirit of man Okay, this is spirit of man is the lamp of god So I want you to keep this thought in your mind that the spirit of man is a lamp of god and let's look at some 18 was 28 Some 18 was 28 says you will like You will light my lamp Okay, so what is the what is the lamp of god? The spirit of man So here we see that god lights our lamp which means god gives us Uh illumination that means he gives us wisdom. He gives us understanding where In the in our spirit man Are you understanding what i'm saying? Yes, no Are you understanding or no? Okay, we're looking at you know, where is the steering that god is going to bring in in our lives? It's in our Inner uh in our inner parts the inner parts in the bible actually means when you translate it it means kidney okay, but In the old testament in various places The inward parts par ts the inward parts of your body is basically referring to your soul, which is your mind will and Emotions your mind will and emotions is where your passions come your desires come your thoughts come your feelings come Okay, and god works In and through that how do we know that god counts us in our Inward parts What is our inward parts our heart our soul? Okay, where our passions desires all generate Psalm 16 was seven god says that he instructs us he gives us counsel in our inward parts, okay Um Psalm 18 as our proverbs 20 verse 27 says the spirit of man is a lamp of God the spirit of man is a lamp of god lamp. That's what what does the lamp do? It brings brightness. It brings it gives light So where is where can we find light or where can we find wisdom and understanding? No, when you burn the lamp or you put on the light it shows us everything in the room So where do we get our wisdom and understanding the word of god says the spirit of man So where is the spirit of man? Inside us, okay pro and the psalms 18 was 28 says Um that you know psalms 18 was 28 says that god will light the lamp Of man Okay, god will bring light in the lamp of man. So what is the lamp of man? The spirit of man, okay, and he says that that he will give us understanding in our inward Being, okay, and the last verse it says job chapter 32 was eight job chapter 32 Was eight says there is a spirit in man Okay, there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the almighty gives him understanding Okay, so the spirit of man is what? The lamp of god, okay, and the lamp of god is where? Inside us, okay, and it says you're the inspiration of the almighty gives us understanding which means all of these verses are basically saying that god gives us counsel understanding wisdom He instructs us in our inward parts in our hearts Okay in our minds in our wills emotions desires god counsels us and instructs us So you need to give attention to your Desires you need to give attention to your thoughts to your feelings to what you're feeling now suddenly some of you will be you know some of you feel A burden for those who are sick That means that is a seed or a stirring within a god and using youtube minister to Sick people to be a sick evangelist to be an evangelist to the sick people some of you god is stirring you for people who are Alcoholics or drug addicts or to single women, you know broken women from From broken homes, you know god is stirring up your heart It's not something that you feel bad about but constantly there is a move and where is god giving you all the counsel and understanding understanding in your Spirit man in your in your heart in your inward part and that is where he will give you the counsel He will give you understanding He will lead you and guide you to what to do about the stirring that he is giving in your heart how to You know, uh go about doing it. So when god stirred me it was in my Heart every time I felt okay. I'm not there in the school. There was an emotional stirring There was crying and and god was telling me you know He will open the doors and god was telling me how I need to Do catalyst how you know, I wrote the curriculum god gave me the wisdom to write the curriculum He gives me the wisdom. What are the things you need to implement implement even as you know, um, I I run catalysts This apc school out there So all that council wisdom understanding god is giving it as they're giving to us and it's in our desire passions that he uses To instruct council to give us understanding and to give us wisdom. So if you have a passion No god can use that that can be a stirring. I hope you're understanding what I'm saying Okay, but when we when you have a passion you need to have the wisdom from god to Follow through Okay, not just saying okay god told me to start a big church in um in um In uh like uh my meso ram He said just go to meso ram and I start a big church. No, what do I do? I pray about it You know, I wait for god's leading. I I Understand and see which city or which place in meso ram god wants me to go and start church So you can have a passion, but you need god's wisdom to Pursue it to follow through it to bring that Plan purpose desire that's stirring that seed of god into reality to be a blessing to people's life, okay Okay, uh, we'll stop here. We'll um, we'll Look at the other seed principles in the in the later classes. We just have five more minutes. So anyone has any questions Uh krisha says what is the right way to use a seed of money? When we start a church Okay, uh What is the right way to use the seed of money when we start a church? Is that from day one, you know, uh maintain accounts of um, you know, um How much tides come in how much offerings come in what was spent for uh For what thing even if you're buying tea coffee snacks For everything maintain accounts from the very very beginning Okay, and make that available and Be transparent about your accounts to the church members So they know that You know, you're accountable to the money that they're giving to the tides they're giving I think that is one thing that pastor ashish has done from the very first day when he started All people's church everything was accounted for everything is very transparent So even now, you know, the end of the year all the church members receive an account statement of everything that this money that has generated come in how it was spent What is the balance so anyone and anyone can raise up? questions and also You know be very transparent with the government in terms of managing your accounts In terms of income tax Be transparent You know, so the government also knows that here is a church that follows the laws of the land They're accountable. They're transparent. They're neat in what they are doing. I hope I answered your question krisha Okay, anyone has any questions Yes I mean You can have many steerings in your heart. Um Yes, but then again, you need to um ask God that's what he will give you the counsel and understanding to see which one you can pursue Uh, you know, or sometimes the all the steerings can also, you know Be connected to just one thing Okay, for example, um I had a steering had I loved children when I was a kid I Young person. I love children. So any child lost in church, you say find selena and you'll find the child Okay, and at when I wasn't grade 12, I started teaching in in children's in sunday school Um, but I never knew that I'm going to become a children's pastor one day I'm going to be full-time ministry ministering to children, which I never knew But just there was just this love for son and whenever I heard here any child crying It really steers up my heart, you know, it's a birdie. So that different different things love for children When they're crying I have a burden for them For those children who are lost see I have a burden for children But but not for specifically for children in the in church in in in, you know, the christian circle I have a burden for children in schools for non-christian. How will they know the gospel? How will they the sun so Children is a broad term, but then it's narrow down to ministering to specific specifically children in schools And not to teens in college You know, so there can be many steerings, but It'll all come to boil down to one focus thing which god wants you to focus on And you know, stir you up towards that then you know, lead you towards that Can we recognize the burden? Yes, we can recognize the burden because that's what he and I am. I have felt he felt very Burdened that the walls of the city had broken down and the gates were burned down So it can also be a burden that A steering in your heart can become a burden that that's why you know a steering How you know it's just an emotional steering or it's a steering from god is when It becomes such a burden that you have to go and do something about it Okay, you have to go and do something about it because it's a burden You have to light in your burden. You have to do something about it You go ahead and do it and then you know that steering is not just emotional from you But it is from god and god wants is using that as a seed in your life Uh to fulfill his plan and purpose and to bring about his kingdom. Did I answer your question? Prabhu? Did I answer your question rin? Yes You can answer your question Prabhu any more questions? No more questions We're able to understand Okay So I want you to think about what is the seeds in your life Okay, and also think about what god is steering you because to that you will be able to understand god's Plan and purpose for your life. Okay, so please Read the pdf and if you want you can go back and listen to the The videos they will be posted on the Google classroom And you can ask diana ma'am to add you all to the google classrooms because you will anyway be doing your Assessments and your tests through google classrooms. Okay. Thank you all for joining class. I'll have to rush to the next class Have a blessed day and a blessed and a refreshing weekend and see you all next week Thank you, krisha