 All right, good morning everyone. Welcome to another session. Let's just begin this time with the word of prayer. Charles, can you lead us in prayer, please? Go ahead, Kennedy. Father, I commit to your servant, first time I'm your father, I pray for blessing of your life, Father Jehovah, and it's really not as if you're not a father of Jehovah, and that you cannot just be heard from the Jehovah Jehovah. I say that it is something hard to call in our lives, Father, it is change of father, for your own and for the Father's power of your Father Jehovah. I pray and thank you, Father Jehovah. I pray for blessing of your life, Father Jehovah, and it is not as if you are not a father of Jehovah, I pray for blessing of your life, Father Jehovah, and it is not as if you are not a father of Jehovah, I pray for blessing of your life, Father Jehovah. I pray that the night may not be so bright, amen. Amen, amen. Amen. Thank you, Kennedy, for leading us in prayer. OK, before we go ahead. Hi, Jim! So let's just look at what we did. Yes, Charles. I think your network is a bit low. Your voice is breaking. Yes, we'll begin with the class gels and request you to pray. It's alright. Kennedy has prayed. So let's pick up from where we stopped yesterday. Yesterday we came to a close of chapter 7. We looked at the glory of God. We looked at how the glory of God brings so many things into our midst, the power of God, the presence, the goodness of God. And we looked at the example of Moses where he had the encounter with God himself. And then last class we looked at understanding the manifestations of the presence of God. So what we've studied in the Holy Spirit class. The Holy Spirit is like fire. His presence is like rain, like light. And His presence brings goodness, mercy. And His presence is like a voice. His presence causes signs and wonders. And so even as we are praying for revival and we are praying for an outpouring, a move of God among us, we learn that it's very important not to judge people or not to condemn or critique people for the way that they are manifesting the presence of God in their life because we learn that God is able to touch not only our spirit but also our soul and our body. And so we must be open to what the Holy Spirit is doing. And even as we are open, we must remember that we should not manufacture our own kind of ideologies. And sometimes God may minister to us in a different way compared to the others. So we should not judge people saying, okay, maybe this is how it is or this is how the Holy Spirit is. No, God can work in his own way. So these are just practical things, practical points that as a church, we must be aware of this. Now the reason we are talking about this is because it should not be that we're praying for revival, God is manifesting himself in different ways. And just because of our differences, there should not be a hindrance to the move of God. So we wrapped up on chapter 7. Let's pick up chapter 8. Now a few of this, maybe a few points may be repeated, but we want to learn in this chapter about the pursuit of revival. We are praying for revival, but we also have to pursue for revival. Pursue is to strain on, to take it to continue till you see it come to pass. So we learned last class and last chapter that revival is a move of God and we cannot manufacture it, but what we can do is prepare for it and pray for revival. And so in this chapter, we want to just provide some tips and some ways to help us, you know, press in for revival, to help us press in for the move of God. So let's look at a few points here. First one, pursuing after God, pursuing the Lord Jesus Christ, pursuing His presence. Jeremiah 29, 13, that's what it says, and you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. So Jeremiah, God is talking to the prophet Jeremiah and he's telling the Israelites. Now remember that Jerusalem is on the brink of another siege from the Babylonians. They are on the brink of disaster, right? And God is reminding the people that through the prophet Jeremiah that if you seek me and you search for me with all your heart, you will find me, right? So it's so true. Even as we have seen throughout history, you know, people who have engaged in prayer have earnestly seeked God and earnestly they have prayed and searched for God during their times of difficulties and we saw that God answered them. The glory of God fell upon them. God ministered to them. So remember that even as we pursue God, it's not that God is holding Himself back. He's not, you know, hiding and He's saying, okay, you know, let Him ask for some more and then I will decide no. God is a God who always responds to hunger, right? He's not that He's making Himself inaccessible. It's not that way. But He looks for those who are searching for Him, who are earnestly seeking Him. And when we do that, He's a God who answers and He's a God who will reveal His presence, His glory in our midst. So very important, pursue Him in prayer, pursue Him in worship, pursue the works of the Holy Spirit, pursue the anointing of the Holy Spirit, right? Now, as we are all in ministry, one of the very, very important points in life, especially in ministry, we must remember that I always keep telling this verse to myself, Zechariah 4-6. It's not by might, it's not by power, but it's by the Holy Spirit. So our ministry, our life should be birthed out of this pursuit that we have for God, a pursuit of His presence, right? So it should be that, in a way that every day we wake up, we say, God, speak to me today in your own special way. Maybe yesterday God spoke to us in this way, this way God speak to us in a different way, maybe through the word or through worship or even as I go about doing my studies or as I'm preparing and maybe I'm at home just doing the household chores, speak to me, Lord. If we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us, right? So we are to pursue God, pursue Him to, you know, the word pursue is to run and catch, right? To run after, right? You can get a picture of, you know, maybe a wrong example, but it makes sense. You see, if a thief or a robber is running away, you know, from the police and the police are after Him, right? What are they doing? They are after Him, you know, you may have seen these high-speed pursuits that happen, where they probably they have robbed something, taken the car and then they've dashed on to the highway and they're in hot pursuit, meaning the police are just after Him. There's nothing else on their mind. They're not thinking about what's there for lunch, what's there for dinner or they're not thinking about their family, nothing. Their mind is focused to get this person. It's a pursuit after Him. Maybe, sorry, maybe a wrong analogy, but just trying to bring that picture that we are to be in pursuit after God, day after day. One of the best examples is 1 Kings chapter 18. Now Elijah, God has called Elijah and, yes Charles, do you want to say something? Okay, so the best example, a good example is Elijah, where God is speaking, called Elijah. There's King Ahab and Jezebel who have completely destroyed the nation of Israel. They have brought in idol worship, immorality and now Elijah is there and it hasn't rained for about three years now. God has stopped the rain on the people. Now we know that if there's no rain, there's no fruit, there's no fruit, there's no income, there's no rain, there's no labor, there's no fruit, there's no income. And now the nation of Israel is going through a major calamity. God stopped the rain for three years and now Elijah is there and it's so wonderful. Before that, God puts him in the mountain and there he's been fed by the ravens. What does he do there? He's pursuing after God. He's praying and he's saying, God, let this nation be restored. Restore your people. Let this not be the end. Let this not be something that King Ahab and Jezebel are building on your land. You're a covenant keeping God. He's praying in that mountain and then at the right time God brought him out and then he meets with Ahab. We know the story. They go up to the Mount Carmel and Elijah alone versus 800 prophets of Baal and Asherod and the God that answers by fire is a true and the living God and God answered him. Then he goes back to the mountain and he knew that if we pursue God, now that their hearts are changed. If we pursue God, God will answer our prayers and he will open up the heavens and bring rain. So what did he do? He went back to the mountain and he began to pray. Now Elijah knew that God is going to do it. He knew that God is going to open up the heavens because people have turned away from their sin. They've repented. But here's something interesting Elijah did. He went back. He knelt down and he prayed. Elijah didn't say, okay, I won 800 against one, me alone and I won. And so that was a wonderful victory. So let's go home, let's rest, take a break, relax. Now he went back and he said, now we've got to pray for rain. Pray that God blesses his people. And so he begins to pray. We know the story. It's about six times he sends his servant, go and check if the rain has come. And then the seventh time they saw the hand, you know, the cloud in the size of a fist. So what are we getting at? Even in our greatest victories, pursue God. Even in our greatest failures, pursue God. That pursuit for God should never stop. We may have seen the wonderful miracles in our life. We may have not seen it yet and we're praying for it. Continue to pursue God. That's what Elijah did. He saw the great victories, right? But he knew that there requires, there needs to be prayer. Picture this. What if Elijah went back? He said, okay, I've done my part. Right now, let somebody else pray for rain. I've done my part. Maybe they wouldn't have been rained still because God is seeking those who pursue after him. He answers those who are hungry for him. So our pursuit for God should be a constant thing in our life. Even in our old age or young age, no matter what our age is, our pursuit should be constantly for God. Second one, stir up yourself and lay a hold of God. Paul writes to Timothy. He says, stir up, fan into flame, a passion for his name. So basically he's telling Timothy, Timothy, even as you do ministry, even as you go ahead and look at the different aspects of the church and Ephesus, your posturing this church, many people, the church is growing, as you keep doing ministry, there may be a time when you may get drained out, you may get tired. Here's the thing. Timothy, fan into flame, a passion for his name. Stir up. Ask the Spirit of God to stir up and fan into flame, the passion for his name. Let's read this. Isaiah chapter 62 verse 1 to 7. It's in your notes, page 93. Isaiah 62, 1 to 7. Yes, can one of us please read that? Isaiah 62 verses 1 to 7. Isaiah 62, 1 to 7. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my peace. And for Jerusalem's sake, I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and as salvation as a lamp that burns. The Gentiles shall see your righteousness and all things your glory. You should be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will name. You will also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no longer be termed forsaken. No shall your land any more be termed desolate. But you shall be called Hepheba and your land Bula. For the Lord delights in you and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. I have set watchmen on your walls for Jerusalem. They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who made mention of the Lord do not keep silent and give him no rest till he establishes and till he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Christopher. So, let's paint a picture now. Here, the prophet Isaiah is talking to the Israelites and he's telling them, now be passionate about God even though you are in captivity. It looks like nothing's going right your way. Don't lose that passion for God. Don't lose the whole, don't lose that knowing of who God is. And so, he's encouraging the Israelites and he's telling them so many verses. He says, you shall no longer be termed forsaken. Your land should not be desolate. You should be called Hepheba. Your land Bula. The Lord delights in you. Your land should be married. You will rejoice as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride. And so, he's telling them, do not be at rest. Continue to stir up your heart. Now, we know that in Isaiah chapter 60, he says, he's telling them, hey, the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Though darkness has covered the earth, dark, thick darkness, the sky, the Lord has risen upon you. And so, Isaiah, he's bringing that whole feeling of passion for God into the hearts of people. He knew that just probably a year later, the Assyrians, sorry, the Babylonians are going to come and attack Israel and they're going to be taken into captivity. He knew it. But what is he saying? He's saying, nevertheless, nevertheless, we will see Zion restored. We will see our nation being restored. So, what is Isaiah doing? It's so powerful. He knows what's going to happen next. He knows that, you know, there's going to be a siege. The Babylonians are going to come. They're going to overpower, overthrow the nation of Israel. He knows it. But he's looking beyond that. And he's saying, hey, even if they come and they overpower, we are in captivity. This is the promise of the Lord, right, that he will, you know, he will never leave us. We will rejoice. He will bring joy in our midst. He will establish us in all of this. So, what is, what is Isaiah doing? He is reminding the people that it is, even through the difficulties, even through what is ahead, the challenges that are ahead, even though there's going to be difficulties ahead, take hold of God. Stir up your heart. Remember who God is. Remember what he has done for the nation of Israel. Remember that we were in captivity. Remember the way he has blessed us. Remember that the things that we're going through is not because of God, but it's because of we have sinned against God. And that is why we're going through this. But yet through our sin, God is compassionate. He's gracious. He will hear our prayers. So, it's so powerful, right? Isaiah is encouraging the believe, the Jews, the Israelites, don't go dry in your heart. Don't go dry in your spirit. Stir up your heart so that God can, you know, reveal his glory into our midst, right? Now picture this. Imagine the, you know, how Isaiah would be feeling. Maybe when God spoke to him, he would have said, God, but you know, in a year or so, the Babylonians are going to come. They're going to destroy us. They're going to take us into captivity. How can I declare this prophecy? But Isaiah doesn't do that. He says, no. The bigger picture is God has called us. And so we are to stir up our hearts for the things of God. Take a hold of him, right? I like that verse. Take hold of who God is, right? Maybe some of us in our lives, we're going through different challenges. Take hold of who God is in your life, right? I'll give you this other example in Genesis 32. It's a wonderful story. You should read the story of Jacob. It's such a powerful story. Born with the name Jacob, a deceiver and he was true to his name at a young age. He deceived his own father. He deceived Esau. His father asked him, what is your name? He says, my name is Esau and he takes the blessings from his father. And then many years later, Jacob is running away from Esau, right? Now, God is still blessed Esau, but Jacob is running away. And now, his earthly father asks him the same question. What is, sorry, his heavenly father asks him the same question, which is, what is your name? This time he says, my name is Jacob. Genesis 32, you know, he wrestles with God. What does he say? He said, God, I am not going to let you go until you bless me. Was Jacob blessed already? Yes, he was. He was just fearful that, you know, Esau is going to come and kill him. That's all he was fearful of. But he was already blessed. God blessed him, right? Later on, we see that he had thousands of servants and hundreds of camels and orcs and land and he was blessed. What is he saying there? Genesis 32, he's saying, God, I will not let you go until you bless me. He took hold of who God is. Yes, God, I made a mistake. I said something wrong. Yes, I was true to my name being a deceiver, but now God is saying, you are no longer a deceiver. Your name shall be called Israel. And out of that, out of you shall come, shall carry forward the descendants of Abraham. It's such a powerful thing. Jacob did not go and, you know, just say, okay, I'm done. You know, Esau is anyway coming after me. He's going to kill me. And, you know, he didn't do anything. He didn't say that. He took hold of who God is. He said, God, I know who you are. I want you to bless me. Bless me that I may be used. And so we as believers can take hold of who God is. Take hold of who he is. Hold on to him. You know, yesterday we were having our family prayers and we were very tired and said, okay, anyways, we have to, you know, we have this habit, we have to pray before we sleep. And so got the kids around. We got to pray. And we just sort of, okay, you know, half an hour, we'll just sing a few songs, read the word, and we usually wrap up in an hour. And so yesterday we, you know, we just began to pray while singing songs and we read the word. And the moment we began to pray, there was this, you know, I was preparing for this also. And there was a sense of, no, take hold of God in our heart, in my heart especially. I said, okay, God, I'll take hold of you. Well, don't let you go. Because there's so much that's happening around in this world. And we will be so lost without you. And so this whole sense of, you know, dependence on God, wanting to know him, wanting to pursue him. And, you know, we realized that we just kept praying and praying and praying. And, you know, we spent a couple of hours just being there in God's presence, just drawing from him. And it's a wonderful time. It went way past midnight, but it was a time where we felt so refreshed in our spirit, because we pursue after him. So I want to encourage each one of us, pursue, go after, stir up in your heart. Sometimes we may get bored reading the Bible, or we may get bored listening to the same old gospel songs. Stir up your heart. Don't give up. When you read the word, say, God, stir my heart that the Holy Spirit will minister to me, even as I read this word. Don't let, you know, especially when things get monotonous, you get that feeling. Shake it off. Say, God, stir me, stir my spirit. Fan into flame. A passion for your name. Third one, the heart condition for revival praying. The first one we saw is pursuing him. Second one is to stir up yourself, take hold of God. Third one, heart condition for revival praying. We know that reformation is aligning to truth, removing what is wrong. That's what Martin Luther did in his 95 thesis. Revival begins with personal transformation. I remember this. Revival begins with me first. So if we look at all the revivals that happen, it was because the person who prayed for revival, it started with that person in their heart, in their minds. They felt, hey, God, there's so much that I have to do. There's so much, so many things that I have to change. So revival starts off within us. And then when it starts within us, it begins to spread to the others. Revival begins with us. Sometimes we may think, okay, maybe because of this, maybe because of that, we're not seeing a move of God, or maybe that is not right. This is not right. Maybe we're not praying the right prayer points, or maybe we haven't spent enough time. Yes, all that is a part of it. But remember, revival begins with us. And our pouring of God begins from us. So for example, you're in the church, you're maybe a ministry leader, you're maybe even a pastor, or an evangelist, whatever God has called you to be. That feeling of revival, that outpouring, the move of God begins when we, ourselves, are first desperate and our heart condition is right before God. Remember in the Old Testament, David, if you read through the whole story of how Saul became king and how he, God called him, Saul's story also is kind of one, it is, you know, God tells Saul, Samuel, go and anoint Saul. And there's a verse there which says that in Saul's heart, he himself thought he was no good. Right? And Samuel reminds him of that. Things were going good in the nation of Israel. He was, he was a good king. Initially, he won many battles. But somewhere in between, his heart was not right. That's when, you know, God told him, God told Samuel, tell Saul, even as he, after he kills the Moabites, so not to bring anything, no animals, nothing, kill everything and come back. But Saul disobeyed. He, he brought animals and he said, oh, this is for the slaughter to offer to our God. And then Samuel comes to profit and he says, obedience is better than sacrifice. And, you know, at that moment, his Saul's heart itself was not, you know, it was not in line with God's heart. Our heart condition is very important. Why did, why did God love David so much? You know, he committed, if you look at Proverbs and you look at even before that, sexual immorality was something very serious. God despised it. He said, you know, sexual, morality, I will despise it. I hate it. I reject it even through Exodus, Exodus and numbers. When the Israelites came out, they were, you know, the whole event where they had put their tents and they were camping in a place and, you know, the Israelites were taking Moabite and Canaanite women and engaging with them. And God was really, you know, ready to pour down his vengeance upon them because it is something that he does not accept. He cannot accept sexual immorality. But sure, David has committed that heinous crime. Why didn't he do anything to David? It's not that God was showing favoritism, but David prayed this way. He says, God, search my heart. I always, I always tell people, the first time I read that, I thought to myself, this is a dangerous prayer. Imagine we are praying, God, search my heart. Now, if we give God the option to search our heart and he's going to dig deep into our heart and he will know what we think about others. He will know what's happening in our deepest secrets of our heart. Sometimes we don't want anyone to know. It's good. We'll just keep it to ourselves. But here, David says, God, search my heart. He was a man. Even though he sinned, he was, his heart was right before God. His heart was, God, I have sinned. I deserve whatever punishment you give me. And he went and he prayed and he wept. And then we see that he lost his son. He again wept, but he stood back and he said, okay, God, even through these challenges, even through these difficulties, even through my failures, I want my heart to be aligned with you. So, God loved that. It's a very important lesson that we can learn. As we do ministry, let our heart be true to God. It may be a small ministry, maybe a big ministry. It's the heart that matters. He searches our heart. He knows our heart. Remember the Lord Jesus, even when he's ministering in the Book of John, he's ministering to his disciples and the thousands of people who are coming. What did Jesus say in the Book of John? It's very clear. He says he knew their heart. He knew what they were thinking. He knew every heart that they were thinking in their heart. He knew that they didn't believe he's the Messiah. That was not something new for him. Jesus knew it, yet he was compassionate. So, our heart needs to be right before God. Revival starts from inside. Remember Peter? Jesus died. He resurrected. He's gone. And Peter says, oh, I don't think I want to do this. I just go back to my other job, go back to fishing. And all of a sudden, after the Lord Jesus met with him, the resurrected Jesus, and Jesus gives him the commission, you lead the church, take care of my sheep. There was a revival inside his own heart. His heart condition changed. All this while, he was in guilt. Oh, I betrayed him. I denied him. By that moment, when God, the Lord Jesus, gave him that commission, his heart was changed. His heart was restored back. This is first love for the Lord Jesus. And we see that later on, he stood there in front of the people in Jerusalem, in front of the temple, and he preached his first sermon, leading 3,000 people added into the church. It was his heart. There was a revival inside. His heart condition changed. Everything changed. And so, when we are pursuing him, when we are pursuing for intimacy with God, we are to check our heart. Check our motives. Is our motives right? Now, here are few of the heart conditions that we must maintain. Now, we know that our heart condition is very important. So, how should our heart be when we are praying for revival? First and very, very, very important is a heart that is humble. The Lord, the word the Scripture says, God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to those who are humble. He opposes the proud. The moment we are proud, the word there is opposes. He doesn't reject the proud, but he opposes that. He is not for it. A humble heart is willing to accept the responsibility for wrongdoing, for failures. A humble heart is willing to surrender and yield to God's will. Right? Now, for example, God may tell us, okay, I want you to go and minister to these people, these people, or I want you to go to this city or that city, another city, and do a work there. If we are not humble in our hearts, we may not accept that. You may say, God, no, I want to be here. This is where I was born. This is where I brought up. So, I will do the ministry here itself. Now, God won't reject you and say, okay, you will never be a pastor or you'll never be an event. No, but since our heart was not humbled before God, we have not obeyed what God wanted us to do. He has not rejected us yet because of our pride, there will be a hindrance to a move of God in our midst. A humble heart is a heart that surrenders to His will. Right? So, a humility. Now, many people look at humility and say, you know, to be meek and the Lord Jesus was humble, but He was also, He also walked in authority. Right? So, it doesn't mean being humble is just to, you know, agree to everything what people say. No, we humble. Now, heart, I mean, our heart is humbled before God, but we also do what God has called us to do in authority and dominion and power and strength. Humility is the most powerful tool that we can use. Right? A humble heart is always dependent on God and not on our personal efforts. Right? So, even as we're praying for revival, we're not saying, oh, I prayed six hours a day. That's why revival, that's why I see an outpouring of God. No. Thank God, it is because of you. It is because of your presence. It is because of your spirit. It's not about us. Right? God has given us gifts and talents. Some of us can preach, some can lead worship, some are good teachers of the world, some are scholars, good apologetics, some write songs, come up with melody to the songs and God has given all of us different tools, but we are to be humble before God and say, God, it's not about me. It's not about what I have achieved, but it's about you in my life. The moment we humble ourselves, especially when we look around nowadays, it's a sad thing when we see Christendom especially. We see these great men of God and there's so much of, not all of them, not putting a umbrella and saying, all of them are that way, but we see that it's so pompous and so, it looks more like a show. And sometimes it's important to remember that this whole ministry it's not about us. The focus sometimes turns towards us, but our ministry, humble heart, leads people to Jesus. One of the greatest example is John the Baptist. Wonderful example, powerfully used by God. He's got his disciples there. He's raised up leaders. Everyone is saying, oh, John the Baptist, wonderful man, John the Baptist. Oh, he's going and baptizing people and no one can go against him. He's got some people around him. Now, when he sees Jesus, what does he say? Behold, the Son of Man takes away the Son of the world. And then what does he tell his disciples? His disciples ask him, hey, John, now what's happening? They're all saying about this man Jesus. He's got more followers than you. What is John the Baptist say? It's not me. He is the Messiah. You go to him. Was John the Baptist not worried about his fan following and his disciples? He was not. It didn't worry him a bit. He says, I'm not worthy to even untie his sandals. John the Baptist was willing to just let go of everything. He says, don't follow me. I am pointing to him. Please go to him. Go to the Messiah. And it showed that he was such a humble man. But was he walking in authority? Yes. Moses too, humble man, walked in authority. So as believers, we have to have that balance. The moment we don't humble ourselves, we saw the example of King Saul. He thought, you know, King Saul, he himself knew. Samuel reminds him and says, King Saul, there was a time when you thought very low about your own self. But God took you and from nowhere, you are nobody. You are nothing. You were just a little boy who's working around here in the land of Kish. You don't deserve to be on paper. You don't deserve to be the king of Israel. But God took you because you knew nothing and you were a humble man. Right? God tells Samuel says that. He says, there was a time when you looked at yourself as a very small person. You were very humble before. So God took you and made you the king of Israel. Now after becoming the king of Israel, you have disobeyed God and, you know, you have gone against God. Now you think that you have done the greatest thing. And so God rejects him asking. So remember that even as we do ministry, our beginnings are small. It's humble. Even as we grow big, stay humble. The more we stay humble, they say, God, it's about you. Right? And I have, you know, there are plenty of situations where there are times when, you know, in ministry, you will have people against you, people talking and all of that. Many times I felt like, you know, just telling them, you know, this is what the Word of God says. Why are you? But I realized that, you know, it's better to just keep quiet. It's okay to, you know, there are times we have to keep quiet. There are times we have to speak up. Many a times I just kept quiet and I said, okay, God, you leave, you do it. You have called me. It's your ministry. If I've done something wrong, forgive me. But if it's not something that I've done wrong, you look after this. You solve this whole problem. Many a times because of being silent and because of just letting go, they themselves have come and said, you know, Pastor, you know, I was upset. I shouldn't have said this. This is something wrong I did. Please forgive me and all of that. And we just go back to forgive them, continue the ministry. What would have happened if, you know, I had said, no, actually, this is what happened. He did this. He did that. It should have just gotten worse. Right? So learn to walk in humility. Second Chronicle 714 says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven. I will forgive their sin and I will heal their land. If my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves, the moment we humble ourselves is only when we will be able to repent of our sins. Right? If we don't humble ourselves, we will not be willing to repent for our sins, but we will justify the wrong that we did. Right? God calls us to humble ourselves and turn from our wicked ways. Right? And then when we seek Him, He will answer our prayers. He promises to hear us. He promises to forgive our sins. He promises to heal our land. Right? So we will stop here. We'll pick up from the second point again from next week. And right. Yes. Thank you for the comments here from Rupa. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Manohar. He must increase. I must decrease. Very true. Right. So we'll wrap up here. Any thoughts? Any questions? Anything you'd like to add? So I'm looking at our notes. We have another chapter after this. So we'll probably need about four more classes, and then we may be able to finish our portions. Just a gentle reminder that our midterm semester as exams has been posted on the Classwork tab. Please go ahead and finish that, complete it, and post it back in the Classwork tab so we can mark you for the same. Okay. Right. Shall we close in prayer? Any thoughts? Anyone have any questions? If not, we can close in prayer. Yes. Go ahead, Rupa. Yes. Rupa, we can't hear you. I don't know if it's only me. Your voice is very low, and I think she's trying something. Anybody else has any thoughts? Any questions about your test exams? Okay. I think we're running out of time too. So shall we just close and pray? Maybe, Mrs. Rupa, maybe we can take your question next week. Sorry about this because I think we don't have time. So let's just close in prayer. Yes. Could one of us please lead us in prayer? Maybe, Mr. Manohar, can you please lead us? Closing prayer, please. Well, Father, we thank you, Lord, for this morning. Thank you, Lord, for teaching us about the revival and what we have to prepare ourselves for the revival, Father. Lord, help us, Father, for granted this humble heart before you, Lord. Lord, we may desire your presence more and more, and humble ourselves, Father, in all our Lord, whatever we achieve in your kingdom, Father, we may give glory unto you, Lord, unto you and you alone, so that as John Baptist said, you must increase and I must decrease. Lord, help us, Lord, that this may be our motto in the ministry, Lord. We may give all glory unto you who got very humble ourselves. We know that you come in there with your mighty presence among us, Lord. You prepare us, Lord. Lord, give us direction to our life and you teach us and instruct us in the right way, whom to speak, how to do the ministry, and how to humble ourselves more and more. Thank you, Lord, for the wonderful teaching we have received this day. Lord, this teaching we have received, Lord. It may remain in us throughout our whole life, Father. Lord, being steadfast, being firm on this, on this truth, Lord, on this truth of humility, Lord, we may do the ministry in this world, so that our ministry will be pleasing unto you. Lord, when you see what we do for you, Lord, it may please your heart. Oh, God, our ministry may rise before you as a sweet swelling aroma unto you, Lord. Lord, help us, every one of us, to minister thus in our lives and to glorify our name. And you are Him alone, whatever we do in this world. And we may greatly be used, Father, for bringing many people into Thy kingdom. We thank you for hearing us. Bless the pastor, Lord. Lord, use your mighty in the ministry. Grant him more and more power, so that powerfully he may do their ministry in this world for which you have called him. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Mr. Manohar. Thank you, everyone. Have a wonderful week ahead. We will meet next week. God bless you. God bless.