 Hey, could somebody please pray with us together as a class and then we will Get started Be nice, would you like to pray? Yeah, it's your pastor. Yeah. Thank you. Let's pray Dear heavenly father, we thank you for this beautiful time and the morning and this new life Father God that you have given us Lord Jesus this morning Lord We choose to praise you master We choose to worship you God for everything that you are doing and you are going to do in our life Father God, thank you father go We submit this day and this time into your mighty and father God as we are Lord Jesus going to Going through the session father go We ask you more of your revelation and wisdom father God and we submit Pastor asses into your mighty and Lord Jesus and all the fellows that we are here Lord Jesus We give you all the praise and honor Lord Jesus and we ask this pray in Jesus mighty name. Amen Amen Thank you. Welcome everyone once again to this class This is our second lecture this week and In this course on holiness and we are Close to completing the second section which is on repentance recovery and restoration So I'm going to just speak up from where we left on the class on Monday I just quickly review a few of the points that we spoke about And then go forward and I hope we can finish this section in the lecture today Going to Share the PDF All right so we were talking about the process of repentance So what we said in our previous lecture or sometimes Repentance is just You know a very short simple Step that we take When we realize we've done something wrong out of alignment with God and we change our thinking and We change our action and we just turn back to God and say Lord. I'm sorry about that And forgive me cleanse me and I changed my thinking about that. I come into alignment with the word of God Sometimes it's as simple as that but sometimes The matter can be very serious in the sense that It's just not a momentary deviation or Deviation from what God wants, but it's a slow drift away From what God wants So a person a believer may have slowly drifted away All right, so it's not just one step out of alignment, but It's a journey that's taken them far away from, you know, what God wants for their lives and In such cases You know repentance can be a process I mean it's it's they need to repent and they need to make the journey of recovery and see restoration in their lives so We must give room for that in our Understanding and also in our journey spiritual journey. That is There may be times in our personal lives or when we are serving other people ministering to other people That we may need to lead them Through this whole journey this whole process of repentance and they made mention of the prodigal son You know, he was fine at home. Everything was going good Then he just decided one day he wants to make a journey And he took all the things all his possessions and he made his journey and he went far far far away from his father's house And until he his whole life was in a mess And when he hit, you know, like we say rock bottom He came to a census And that's when his thinking changed And even though his thinking changed which is which is the first step in repentance He had to make the journey of recovery. That means he had to journey back home and then You know acknowledge his wrong and Then there was restoration And he saw this example also in second Corinthians 7 when paul is dealing with the church in Corinth They know how he corrects them and We kind of broke down this passage just to outline You know these three important stages in this process of repentance He said that During repentance and a person is repenting, you know, we would see these kinds of Things that there has to be diligence them. It's it's got to be a serious thing There's got to be a clearing of ourselves And the eagerness to do what's right This got to be rough or displeasure against sin And there's got to be a degree of shock about in hey, what has happened where I am This is not what I'm supposed to be this should not have happened Something is wrong, right? So they this should be that sense of fear And also a vehement desire Are longing for the holiness of God and seriousness of purpose And then in the in the process of recovery, there's got to be passion for God that's rekindled and revived and renewed And there's also a vindication that is look, I need whatever's wrong. I need to deal with it I need to punish wrongdoing. I need to bring things out In a place where I write what is wrong and then uh Place of restoration and I prove myself clear. That means I there has to be a time when I show that You know, my repentance is genuine I prove myself to be clear and that's when restoration takes place in a person's life So we went up to that and I just want to go forward here now. I've mentioned this earlier under holiness Towards the end of that first section of holiness, but I want to put it here again which is you know, practically What would a repentant and restored lifestyle look like? Now, you know, these are practical matters right so if a person has truly gone to the process of repentance recovery and restoration What should we see in his life and what what what should be taking place in such a person's life? It could be us our our own selves as well as other people that you're ministering to well There has to be a commitment to live with reverence toward God always right so When when we've made this journey Of repentance recovery and restoration. There's got to be a commitment I'm going to live with reverence toward God now all that I'm saying all that we see here Of course applies to even those, you know, who may not have drift drifted away right This is something we all have to practice but I'm putting this in the context of Let's say a person has gone through this whole journey of repentance recovery and restoration What should we emphasize? What should we look for? One is that there's a commitment to live With reverence toward God, you know A holy fear of God so that has to be there Secondly, there has to be vigilance on all sides. That means The person is watchful, you know What were the things that caused him to drift away in the first place? You know, what were the things that he was slack about? That he was not careful about the first time So that that just allowed him to drift away from the will of God in his life He's got to live with vigilance. He's got to be careful of those areas now You know, if it has to do with certain addictive addictions or certain kinds of relationships or Certain areas of weaknesses that has to be vigilance That means he's got to be vigilant alert in those areas And not unnecessarily expose himself To those areas So there's got to be that and and and that practically We live by putting boundaries in all matters The apostle Paul said in 1st Corinthians 9 27 he said, you know, I keep my body in subjection Less when I have preached to others You know, I discipline myself and I keep myself in subjection less when I preach to others I myself should be disqualified so there's that sense of self-discipline and um Keeping those boundaries So, you know, you you put legitimate boundaries in For how you live life Uh In some practical ways, you know, for example Especially in the in the area of Christian ministry, uh, you say, okay, you know, uh, I'm not going to Get too involved in counseling someone Of the opposite gender Right, so of course, you'll have conversations you can talk and all of that but when you're getting into a counseling situation Uh, you don't get too involved, you know, for example, even for me as a pastor If a lady wants to come and meet me. Okay. Yeah, I might meet them once or twice But if that person if that lady needs a lot, you know, a serious help a lot of counseling book I would immediately after my first or two You know meetings and discussion to understand what the situation is I would say, okay, you know, you need to go meet One of our women counselors You know, I don't get into a personal counseling situation With somebody of the opposite gender. So that's a legitimate boundary, you know, so or You never travel alone With somebody of the opposite gender So even if you're going on ministry work anything, you never travel alone. That's a boundary You never do it. You know, you always go as a group or as a team And uh, so that there are lots of you know, people around and all all the time So, uh, these are legitimate boundaries That that that you keep for yourself, you know, so, uh, uh, practically you got to have Boundaries In the same thing in the handling of finances Um, church ministry finance, okay? You know, the other other people will handle it Sure. Um, I may be give approvals. I may approve things But finances are being handled by others not by me Um Things like that. You know, they are legitimate boundaries in all matters So that We make sure that we don't make we don't fall. You don't make mistakes that we don't drift away In these things, right? So I've just given you some examples of uh living with boundaries in all matters um for example um Yeah, so when you're traveling when you're traveling you try to travel as a team Or if it necessitates that you travel alone and sometimes I do travel alone because it's not You know worth Uh, you know taking a team is just maybe a small engagement. Okay Then again over there. I'm very careful. Okay, if I'm staying in a hotel Uh, I don't let anybody come into my room if I have to meet people I will meet them separately if If somebody wants to meet me a room. It's only going to be another man And uh, you know, that's also You're very careful So otherwise you meet in a public place where everybody can see Uh, you're meeting and discussing and so on things like that or you're going to meet as a group Things like that. So, uh, these are all boundaries practical boundaries you put uh, so that You don't want to let things happen wrong things happen Right, so there has to be those things in the life of a person Especially, you know once there has been repentance recovery restoration got to live with these boundaries in all matters Um, also you live with transparency before others who matter to you the example with your own spouse with the ministry team with your pastors and so on that means they need to Uh be able to you know see your life at any time I'm not saying, you know, everybody's going to check everything obviously people are not going to be checking your phone or your Laptop or your you know, what you're doing everything, but there is that openness Uh, there's that sense of transparency That anyone could possibly check. It's not that they are going to keep coming and checking But it is open for anyone to do it Example uh on my phone, you know, I don't have any security lock. It's always open because Anyone can take up my phone. So in the office Um, ma some of our team people may use my phone You know for some work related matters. So I just give my phone. So, you know, so it's open So they will come and pick up my phone and they will use especially the accounting people They come they'll use my phone So there's no lock on my phone They can see if they want to they can read any of my messages at any time Or my phone at home. There's no lock on it. My wife can You know, take my phone anytime see it. Not that she does it But there's no need to do it. It's it's completely open Same thing for my laptop Everyone in my family my wife and my children know my password. There's nothing hidden, you know If they want to they can log in and they can see anything on my laptop. There's there's nothing that I need to hide So It's not that they do it. It's not that they would log in and actually check They know they don't need to there is that trust of course But the point is they can if they want to And there is nothing hidden anywhere. So there's that level of transparency you know that anyone There's nothing being covered up or hidden anywhere And people can see they can check if they want to There's openness Of course, I'm not going to sit down and talk everything to everybody. We don't have time for that But There is that trust and there is that openness And so you live with transparency with people who matter In your life, right um and then of course There has to be living with humility And humility is expressed by your willingness to be accountable, right? The moment I say I am above the law That's a sign of arrogance That's a sign of pride. In other words, if I have the attitude Well, you have to you have to obey the rules. I don't There's a problem Humility says we all obey the same rules, you know, so For example in our in our workplace as a christian as a church organization We all follow the same rules um, you know, we have about I don't know the exact numbers, but it's something like we have about 30 staff and maybe about 35 consultants who are working And then plus we have uh another group of You know 10 translators or some or something like that, you know, I forget. I don't know the exact numbers But all our staff and all our consultants all fill up time sheets including me Right, so we all report our weekly work hours so starting from the senior pastor To every person in the organization all the full-time staff all the consultants We all report our daily work hours in the same hr portal in our timesheet And we all follow the same process, you know to apply for leaves You know, you know, whatever vacation I mean, uh consultants won't have that but staff You know, uh, if you have want to apply for a vacation or whatever, you know, you all follow the same process So the rules apply to everybody including the senior pastor So that means we all live with humility before each other. We all follow the same rules Um, it's it's an accountability starting from the top on we're on the way down So we have to live with humility now some some people may not like that, you know, hey, I'm senior pastor Why should I follow the rules? Well, you have to It's a it's it's it's keeping you humble. It's Keeping you accountable because if you're part of the organization, the rules apply to every person, right? so these are some guidance here for Of course, these are things we follow at all times But I have put this down, especially as a post recovery situation that is Once there has been repentance recovery restoration It's so important to make sure that these things are followed by somebody Otherwise, they're going to fall back Into their old ways if they don't have these safeguards, you know, if they don't are not committed to a life of reverence if they're not being vigilant If they're not living with boundaries Um, if they're not living with the transparency And if they're not living with humility It's highly likely They're going to go back To their old ways. They're going to fall again and they're going to drift away Uh, from the purpose of God from the will of God for their lives So it's so important to put these things in their lives if you're ministering to somebody Or in your own life If you've gone through this process of repentance recovery and restoration Or better still to put these things in your in your life to prevent you from drifting away from The will and purpose of God for your life And so I just wanted to highlight these things here now What about the you know, just trying to understand the importance of repentance um What if a believer Uh does not Uh repent, you know, so um, suppose A believer He is walking with God He does wrong things But he doesn't feel the need It doesn't feel The need to repent or if his repentance is taken very lightly doesn't, you know, think it's important What will happen Hebrews chapter six has a very interesting passage, which I would just like to us to look at in this context Uh, could somebody read this for us, please? Hebrews chapter six versus one through six. It's on your screen I second I read Go ahead, please Hebrews six one to six Therefore leaving the discussion of elementary principles of Christ Let us go on to perfection Not late again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith towards God Of doctrine of baptism of laying of hands of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment And this we will do if God permits For it is impossible for those who are once Enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift And have become partakers of the holy spirit And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come If they fall away to renew them again to repentance Since they crucify again for themselves the son of God and put him to open shame Um, thank you Now think about What the writer is saying in this passage He's talking about somebody who's well established in the elementary principles of Christ. I mean they've got it Right all the basics. They have it they have The foundation of repentance They've they've built they've started right You know, they've laid the foundation of repentance From dead works. They have the faith toward God. They've understood all these things, you know baptism laying of hands resurrection So They've got the basics right. They've got the foundation right But somehow in their journey They fall away They fall away You know, they have they were once enlightened They had revelation They tasted the heavenly gift So salvation and all that God gave and the partakers of the Holy Spirit Experience the work of the Holy Spirit They tasted the good word of God and the powers of the aged God means, you know, all of the Supernatural things You know, so we're having a foretaste of what is to come. So these people Have had a wonderful Christian experience journey They've got the elementary principles They've got the foundation right They've got everything else. They've got everything and yet Something happens in their lives. We don't know it could be one of many things They fall away right, so Think about this It is very likely That this falling away from This wonderful Christian journey, which they have, of course Doesn't happen In one step very rarely very rarely But usually the falling away happens as a slow drifting away from The Christian journey they have they have everything going But slowly they begin to drift And they don't even realize it And many times it happens because of a lack of repentance, you know So one thing they do something wrong That there is, you know, there's no genuine repentance. They just ignore it to keep going Oh, there is goodness. There is grace. I just keep going And then again and again and so it's going to be a slow drifting away until They just become callous or indifferent to all that they actually once experienced and The right of Hebrews is saying it is You know, he's using a very strong word. It is impossible It is impossible to renew them again To repentance. That's very strong. They've become so indifferent to these things that They are crucifying again the Son of God and putting him to open shame It doesn't mean that the Jesus is dying for their sins again. It's just that this time they're putting him to shame It's as good as, you know Bringing that same inflicting that same pain to Jesus Putting him to open shame and they they're not bothered about it That means the heart has become so cold or so hard They don't care that they're actually inflicting pain and shame on the Son of God so what I am saying is If We are not if a believer is not living this Being in it's being watchful To repent and keep short accounts and and stay in this place of continued fellowship with God There's a high possibility of something like this happening Of them just drifting away Until they reach this place where they're totally indifferent To everything they have once experienced and enjoyed and it leads us into this place of you know self-deception and be we just become hard and That's it. He says it's impossible to renew them So I just kind of wrap this section up by saying it's so important for us to Be quick to repent to be quick to repent The moment we know something is wrong immediately God, I'm sorry and if we remain quick to repent We enjoy the positive outcomes. Well, what did we see? We can stay in a place of faith because you said repent and believe so It puts us back in a place where we can believe He said repent and See the kingdom of God or receive the kingdom of God. So It puts us in a place where we can experience the kingdom of God It it it it you know the work of transformation into Christ likeness continues on in our life And we stay in continual fellowship with God And it you know will restore us to where we ought to be and what we ought to enjoy So we need to be in this place of repentance one last thought Is sorry, I think the two things more. Yeah We must also keep in mind collective repentance. So while personal repentance is important It's also important to look at the church body as a whole And there are times when as a church body we need to repent collectively or as a community We see examples of that In the Corinthian church for instance the entire church was was was was you know in division strength and competition The entire Corinthian church was taking sides with people, you know, so they had cliques groups groupisms among them One would say I'm of Paul another word say I'm of Apollos and one would say I'm of Peter And so they needed to repent of that The Corinthian church was No, they were puffed up on behalf of one man against another. So they were finding their identity and individuals and you know You know putting Basically competing sort of, you know against each other So here all these problems we see collectively collective problems that need to be repented of Or the church in Ephesians, they forgot their first love Pergamus and Thyatira They tolerated wrong doctrine Church and sadists, they were engaged in perfect works The church in Laodicea was in self-deception So these are just examples where There could be a need for collective repentance the community together needs to repent God we have fallen And of course the pastor or the leader In charge should lead that community in repentance when he sees that something is amiss Something is wrong, you know, we collectively have missed the mark Then we collectively need to repent Get ourselves in an improper place before God. So anytime you see that especially if you're pasting a church Or leading a group of people and you see like look collectively we've missed something Then bring the church collectively to a place of repentance. It could be as simple as just praying together and saying God We are sorry for the for this thing, you know But that's important because repentance Not only is for at a personal level, but also applies to a collective level So as the leader you watch careful What is going on as everything okay collectively and if we are amiss then pray together And bring things back the last thought that I will share here and then we will Take questions is and look 13 and Jesus speaking to his disciples and I understand this is you know before the cross and before Being born again and all of that but he you know he Okay, let's read this passage because it may not be very familiar could somebody read this for us please Look 13 one two five Look chapter 13 was one to five They were present at that season some who told him about the Galileans Whose blood Pilate had been with their sacrifices And jesus answered and said to them Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans? Because they suffered such things I tell you no, but unless you repent you will all likewise perish Or those 18 on whom the tavern slow arm fell and killed them Do you think that there were worse sinners and all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you no, but unless you repent you will all likewise perish Thank you. So, you know jesus Is Referencing to incidents that happened which his audience were familiar with One was about What the Roman ruler pilot had done to these to a group of Galileans How he killed them and you know, basically they they were They suffered loss of their lives Jesus, you know, why do you think pilot did it to those people? Just those those men who suffered Were they worse than the other men? No It's just not because of that he says What what what he wanted them to what the people this audience to understand is Unless you repent You might have the same end in other words He's standing press upon them. Look, you're alive because you have the So that you could have the opportunity to repent Same thing, you know, the tariff salon fell and killed Those people says, you know, why did those 18 people die? What they've worse than other men? No They didn't have a chance, but you have a chance you're alive And unless you repent You might end up in that same place So another which is saying you're alive. You have the opportunity to repent to turn to god turn to god otherwise You could end up in that same place So it's not that people are bad or worse When you're alive, we need to look at the fact that we have life As an opportunity To repent and get right with god. So look at it that way, you know, uh, so the fact that you're alive You look at it as It's not that i'm alive because i'm better than other people But i'm alive Because now god has given me opportunity to repent and you know be in the right place before him So He closed the section off just by emphasizing the importance of Staying in this place of repentance before god Keeping a heart and mind right before god Which is very important In our journey towards holiness We're gonna take a use the rest of the time we have today for question answers And next week we start the third section, which is overcoming How do you overcome the flesh? the world And the devil right so here these are three things that that are working against the believer Time to keep the believer From journeying into holiness in everyday life The flesh the world The influences of the world And the devil So how do we battle against that successfully so that we can you know perfect holiness? Practically in our lives. We start that out next week. Okay So let's use this time now for questions and question answers And pick up the questions in the chat Okay China Uh, practically, how should we handle repeated offenses? If a person continues doing wrong Arrogant but the arrogance pride that doesn't change we pray for them They repent but the person is still the same. How should we help and deal with the situation? um How should we help them deal with this and then Explain look 17 3 and 4. That's how many times should I forgive my brother? I think Look 17 3 and 4 Yeah, all right, so um if So there are two sides to it One is Your heart towards that person. So if that person is sinning against you Right against us. Let's look 17 3 and 4 of that person is sinning against me Then jesus said I have to forgive 70 times 7 In other words I just keep on forgiving And it is my responsibility To keep my heart clean towards that person No matter how many times they They sin against me or offend me But so that's that's my responsibility now At the same time of course Practically if their offense is harming me Then I need to remove myself from harm's way You know so example If that person is speaking against me or very abusive or Maybe physically abusive or the most hurtful whatever I need to keep my heart clean towards a person. I need to love that person But I need to get myself out of that place I don't need to stay under harm. You know, I don't need to keep receiving hurt From that person. So I remove myself from harm's way. So you don't need to be in that place But at the same time I keep my heart clean towards that person. I don't hold any grudge offense God you give me the capacity to forgive and to love But I've moved myself from harm's way because I don't need to Keep accepting hurt or harm now Whether that person changes that's between That person and God We can pray for them If they give us opportunity we can speak into their lives or if somebody gives it or somebody else Whoever somebody could speak into their lives But their willingness to change is not in our control The only thing that's in our control is Our extending forgiveness and love That's something in our control. So look 1734 says just keep forgiving just love But it doesn't mean I need to I need to tolerate their Unrepentance or their the evil they keep doing right? We don't need to live under that We can move ourselves out of that I hope I answered your question to have if you want to ask anything else you can Yes, thank you so much faster and faster how we will keep away Like I didn't understand how we are going to keep us away from those things because we are continuously getting affected with those things even though we are Just forgiving them and tolerating but we don't see any change and it is affecting us back So how we are going to deal with that situation how we will keep us away from that kind of situation So we have to you know, there's no one answer for every situation, but We have to find something that's practical, right? So typical situation that we would encounter is in a in a marriage relationship. Maybe one of the you know, one of the Partners one of the spouse husband or the wife is very abusive And the other person is on the receiving end of that abuse now As a believer It's okay. You forgive keep your heart clean Just love the person because God still loves the person But you don't have to keep receiving the harm that comes through that abuse whatever form it is Physical or verbal or whatever So then we would say, you know, practically what is possible? Maybe you can go and live in a different home in a different place And maybe maybe with another family member or move out to another place Until this situation changes, you know So we have to find what is practical or is doable in that situation just to protect the person You know, otherwise this individual is going to be hurt in the long run because of the constant abuse So we say you go and live with you know, go live separately live in a place where You're safe You know, whatever's possible, you know And then let this other person who is abusive receive help So that he or she is able to change their ways You know change their behavior and realize that they just can't keep hurting somebody else and expect everything No, they've got to change their ways. They've got to receive help and until that they show Fruits of repentance. They show that, you know, they've come clear Only then can that relationship be restored, right? So marriage is you're not getting married to be abused. You're getting married to to live a life of peace and joy And so, you know, that's the marriage covenant and if that is not maintained then obviously the covenant is being violated And so then you need to protect whoever is being hurt in that relationship Okay, okay. Thank you so much, pastor Next one is Elisha Repentance and faith in Jesus Christ Is the foremost precondition for salvation. Yeah, so Repent and believe so repent and have faith in Jesus Christ is what, you know, will lead us into salvation. That's That's the call to salvation, right? So we're saved by grace through faith But that coming to faith is preceded by repentance us turning towards God Okay, I saw Sri Kumar's hand and That's maybe somebody else also put up the hand. Please ask you questions. Thank you, pastor. No I had a follow-up question What you discussed with Shaya? So anyway, you clarified it. I just wanted to know that how it work work out In a married couple, especially when the husband is more abusive and And and the wife is just waiting and waiting and waiting continuously for the man to change so in that condition or in the vice versa In that condition how how it can be practical? Like you know Like as you said every day you have to you have to forgive and it will not how it can be practical But you clear that thing. Thank you pastor Thank you Say please Yes pastor, just a clarification. So the verse that was brought up about Jesus saying we should forgive seven times 70 times Can you also be explained in the light of? Jesus wasn't really speaking literally That you have to count how many times we'll basically say Have an open heart to forgive as many times as possible But I also get your own part of The situation depending on the situation we need to take ourselves out if it's going to cost us But as much as possible what Jesus was busy says Forgive as many times as you can Am I right to say that sir? Yes. Yes, you're right You're right. So we just have to keep our heart clean that some that is something in our control And that's what we can do And the other person's change in behavior repentance is something they have to work with God. Yeah Okay Good any other questions? all right, so This concludes the second section on repentance recovery and restoration And so keep this focus very clear There's the in a goddess called us to holiness He wants his holiness to be formed in us established in us And part of that holiness being worked in our lives involves us Knowing and understanding the importance of repentance before God and You know being quicker to repent and get right with God So next week as we mentioned we will start off on the third section which is overcoming so practically How do we live an overcoming life so we can walk in holiness? How do we you know deal with temptation? And and the flesh and the world and the devil What are the things God has given to us? I'm to deal with these things. Okay. All right. Did you have a question? Oh Yes, yes. Thank you. I was just thinking about repentance It should be a daily discipline right in a is it like it should be a daily discipline in a person's life and a believer's life and also How can we help young children? to you know Understand this or come to this point of the need for repentance. How to make them understand Hmm So in the believer's life, yeah, it's a daily thing But when I spend we say daily It doesn't mean that we just do it as a ritual But every day we're conscious that If I do something that's out of alignment with God, I need to get back right now there may be Days where there's nothing wrong. I mean, you know, you've walked right to sleep before God and Yeah, so there's nothing to really repent of but so you you're not necessarily repenting of anything but There may be days when Something goes wrong and then you just say God. I'm sorry Right. That was wrong and you get yourself back into God. So keeping short account. So The answer is yes every day. We're conscious that if something goes wrong under quickly get back into The right place for God for little children We can one is we can speak to them Right, we can explain to them. All right, you see That's right This is wrong. You did what was wrong So what you need to do is say sorry like you need to Either say sorry to whoever you're wronged or sorry to God And you need to so we teach them that way And sometimes we Let them also experience I mean, this is a you know, depending on the situation experience the And the effect of See this is the right way. You didn't do it, right? So here's a consequence. You know something happened Which is not what you want And so they understand that The best way is not get back in line. Yeah, so we teach them through simple life lessons You know, um, and especially in teachable moments And something happens. That's the time to teach them, you know and Show them that okay. Here's how you say sorry And here's how you get back, you know, and once you say sorry It's all good. So even as parents When they say sorry, we need to show what restoration looks like That means we don't keep repeating that, you know, the mistake they made for the next two hours. No The moment they say sorry, that means they've shown repentance. We need to let them experience restoration Right, so they understand the whole process repentance recovery restoration They understand it in the simple life lessons and teachable moments So they and as parents we need to show them what it looks like And then they will understand that they value repentance whether it's in towards the parents or that same thing then applies in the relationship with god Mm-hmm. Thank you. Thank you best Yeah All right Times up 9 50 already quickly somebody could pray and we'll dismiss please Anyone could pray Yeah, go ahead Thank you father. Thank you god for this Uh, a wonderful opportunity lord that you're teaching us father all these things that we might have Lord known but never have perceived it well never have understood it well father lord. We thank you for teaching us about this Need for repentance father lord and how it leads to our recovery and restoration father lord help us father be People who keep short accounts lord in our life as well as who are quick to repent lord who are who said boundaries lord who are vigilant lord who Keep things transparent father lord Help us to keep ourselves humble lord before you. We thank you and praise you father for what We have learned we pray that you help us practice it in our lives father We bless past rations and all the students here father lord guide us lord and Teach us lord to walk in a deeper relationship with you all these things We pray in the name of our lord and savior juices Okay, everyone enjoy the rest of your day. Enjoy your classes Thank you. See you again. Thank you. See you again next week. God bless you all Thank you. Thank you Thank you Thank you pastor. Thank you. Thank you. God bless