 The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. And then Proverbs 16 verse 1, Proverbs 16 verse 3 says, Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. I just wanted us to focus on these two verses. The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. Commit your works to the Lord and your thoughts will be established. So we see two things here, man's responsibility and we see God's anointing or God's response. In response to man's responsibility, we see God's response. And the first verse talks about how the preparations of the heart belong to man. So whatever preparations are required for us to be, you know, maybe spiritually prepared for us to hear from God, for us to minister in the right way, the preparation that is required, whatever needs to be done internally, you know, like we go before him with purity of heart, we go before him with diligence and all that belongs to man. But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. The Lord will respond with his wisdom. The Lord will respond with his power and so on. Verse 3, Commit your works to the Lord. So that's the responsibility of man or the human being to commit the works. Okay, whatever works are there, whatever responsibilities are there, whatever tasks are there to commit it to the Lord. And then the promise and the Lord's response is that and your thoughts will be established, made firm, made strong, made secure. So in both these verses we see that, right? We see man's responsibility, God's response. And it's so important to understand that we have a role, we have a responsibility. And the Lord is faithful to come back to us with his response to enable us to establish us for the task that is ahead. The Lord is faithful to do that. But he's also, we must be willing to do our part in preparing ourselves. We must be able to do our part in committing or laying everything before the Lord, right? And that word, commit, again, the Hebrew, which means to roll away. The picture that we have is that of a camel that is fully laden, fully loaded. All kinds of weights, maybe after a journey. I mean, it's just fully, the camel can carry a lot of weight, right? So it's, let's say it's fully packed, loaded. And after a journey it comes back. And the master, the one who owns the camel or the one who rides the camel would give a command. And the camel would actually kneel down and roll that bird and off its back. Kind of roll it up back. So that's the picture that we have of that Hebrew word galal, which means commit, right? So maybe, you know, there are things that are heavy on our hearts and we can commit them to the Lord, commit them to the Lord, roll them off our back and onto the Lord. And what will happen is that our thoughts will be established. Now we need established thoughts in order to have established action, right? So that is what the Lord has promised that if you would just roll on or roll away those tasks, maybe we can do it in prayer, you know, and that's the thing. Or you can just pray and just tell the Lord, Lord, I have this and these are things that are on my mind. These are things that are my responsibilities. We're not, you know, escaping from the responsibility, but we are going to the Lord and saying, Lord, these are things that I have in my hand right now. These are things that I need to do. And the Lord will establish, make firm our thoughts so that our actions are also firm. Okay, let's pray. Okay, Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you, Lord, for these words. We thank you, Lord, that the word says that, Lord, as long as we are faithful, Lord, in cursing you, in taking care of Lord, what we need to do, Father God, what is within our control, God. Lord, we thank you that you're always faithful in your response. We thank you that the preparations of the heart belong to man, Lord, as ministers of God, as servants of the Most High God, the preparations of the heart belong to man, that we will make sure that we don't carry unnecessary weights, that we will make sure that we don't carry unnecessary burdens, that we will make sure, oh God, that our hearts are pure, and Lord, before you, Master, that we don't have any bitterness or offence or any kind of fear, Lord, any remnants of anxiety or oppression, Lord. The preparation that we will come before you in faith, oh God, that we will lay everything aside that needs to be put away, put aside, Lord. And then, Lord, we do that the answer of the tongue comes from you, Father God, the response at every situation, God, the wisdom for every problem to solve the problem, God. That response of the tongue comes from you, Master, we thank you. And Lord, we thank you because your word also says that when we commit, when we roll away, God, our, commit our works to you, Father God, the things that we need to do, the things that we, our responsibilities, or the tasks, oh God, and you will make firm our thoughts, Lord. Right down to the thought level, you will establish it so that our action is strong and firm and are right before you, God. Yes, Master, we pray that we will experience this, Lord, in our own lives, even as we prepare our hearts, even as we commit our works to you. We thank you in Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Okay, just one second, sorry. Right. Okay, so I just wanted to, as we progress, I think we've progressed quite a bit with our research. And so I just wanted to hear from you all, you know, what is happening? What is the, what is the status? Because I think we have a couple of weeks, like maybe 20 days or so, to finish the report and then start preparing for the presentations after that. So we'll take this time to answer any questions, we'll take this time to clarify any doubts that you might have about the project. And yeah, so it just takes this time. So each of you can take some time to share about what the status is. I mean, like you don't have to, if there's work, a lot of work to be done, you know, there's a lot of work to be done. So you don't have to shy away from saying, okay, from being real. So, so just wanted to open up this time. Okay, each of you can share how the work is, how it's heading, what else needs to be done, etc. Okay, yeah. So we'll go first. Anyone, I'm just opening it out to you. Let's go ahead. Prince, would you like to start? Yes, I think everything we find. So I'm doing collecting the data from the two persons, those who are not believers. So I collected that data. And now I'm going to start. I see. Sorry, Prince. So how are you collecting the data, Prince? How are you collecting the information in person meeting? Okay, okay. So now I'm going to start at two persons, those who are believers. So what about the belief system in my own research? Everything that's fine, but one thing is about the paper. I think there's a 25 to 30 pages, but here my own research that will be, I think, 12 or 13 pages only. Okay. The thing is, you know, in that format with that line spacing, etc., it will be, I'm sure it will come to at least 25, you know. I'll try to more explore the things. Correct. And then you can also present some information about like the background of the people, the background in the sense of that community itself. Yeah, that information, the historical background. I'm sure that will be, I mean, that will be useful information as also it will, you know, it will have some, you know, some volume to it. So that is also there. Yeah. So one thing, one more thing is, can I put the picture? Yeah, sure. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. You want to know whether in the report, you can put the picture. Of course, you can put picture in the report. You can, if there are statistical tables, you can put that graphs you can put. So, yeah, you can use all that. Not a problem at all. Right. Okay. Okay. So what I would say is like you, yeah, make it as a Word document and then convert it into a PDF so that they can be no changes to it once you're, you know, fully finished and then can upload the, you know, the document. Right. Okay. Fine. Any, any doubts, Prince? Anything else that you regarding the work? Not yet, but I'm looking for if there is something difficult. Okay. The idea is like you can even shoot a video of the people. Right. In the sense, you can take pictures if they are okay with it. Right. If they are okay with it, you can even take videos of it. Maybe a short clip when they share something so you can use that for the presentation or PowerPoint presentation, you can use this information as well. So that's just a thought, just an idea as you're presenting. You can say, okay, this is the community. This is where they live. This is where they, you know, worship and or if you're saying these are their beliefs, this is what they do. These are the challenges you can actually show pictures and, you know, if it's pictures that you have taken, of course, you don't have to, you know, cite any, give any credits to it. But then if it's a picture that's already been taken by someone, then you'll have to give credit saying, okay, so-and-so has taken the picture. Right. So you can use that. So you can try that also. And it'll be useful information for you. Especially if you're collecting information. You said, you know, personal, what do you call interviews, right? So you're meeting them and then you're talking to them. So you can even record it. You can ask them the question, record it and keep it for your, yeah. You can edit it and use it. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. So, Dave, any updates there from your side? I can't hear you, Dave. So, sorry. I saw that your mic was unmuted, but I couldn't hear you. We couldn't hear you. Maybe if you're, you can type it out as well. I can read it out. Okay. Who else? While we're waiting for Dave, maybe Kandan can share. Kandan, how are things? What is the status? You can hear me, right? Yeah. I want the data I want. I'm typing. But I also want even more data to, yeah. I want to mention even more data. Yeah, I'm contacting the person who's there in the place. So, yeah, through phone call. Through phone call. Okay. So you're, you're not able to travel there. This is good to lose sight, right? Yeah. I'm trying. I don't know. Let's see if it's possible. If I go there, I can take photos and videos. And I'm sure, you know, I'm sure phone call is effective. But if you're, if you're, if you're saying, right, you need more information and especially if it's going to be information that is not on the internet or books or anything. And if you need to meet with the people and collect it, then maybe a face-to-face interview would help, especially because of the nature of, you know, the kind of people that you're that you're researching. Right. So that's why. Okay. Okay, Dave says I'm still on research phase, got some new resources and schedule some interviews. Maybe after a week I'll start writing the actual research paper. Yeah. Absolutely fine. That's good. Okay. So Kiran, you said I'm still waiting or still writing? Okay. So any, can you just give some updates? What, what is the status? What you're doing? Yes, I'm still writing. I called two, three pastors from Rajasthan regarding Rajput and all this. They said they will update some data and all. Then after that I will try to call them and ask what is that challenges they're facing, like setting the cost between them. So you were able to fix an appointment or you're yet to fix appointments? I didn't fix because I didn't have their data on the numbers. The two, three pastors said like they will send some data but still they're not sent. Today I will try after noon and I'll call them again. Some of senior pastors from Rajasthan. I see. Okay. See if, like you can check on the internet. Is that how you got their numbers? The websites. So I got the pastors number from COVID relief project. Okay. Right. So the thing is, see what I would suggest is that you can go on the internet, you can check out the church websites. When you say churches in Rajasthan or maybe some particular denomination you will get. Yes, sir. I got some demon like old churches like denomination and Catholic also, sir, over there is working. Small like surrounded 300 km like surrounded, the AD also over there, AD church. Okay. And these are okay. So, yeah, so you can, I think you just need to do that quickly. Get information because your research also involves giving recommendations on how to do it better. So for that you need to understand what is currently happening. Right. So and also have a like, like the understanding of what is happening currently. Only then will you be able to, you know, suggest that, okay, these are things that are not happening, which are, which can be effective. And so, you know, you can recommend saying, okay, these are some things that can be done because unless you find out that you cannot suggest any recommendations that you need to know for sure this is what is happening in the churches or in the, you know, predominantly in whatever area that you have chosen, the town or the city that you've chosen. If it's the entire state, then again, it's a, it's a big task. So, so just wanted to tell you that there, you know, you need to do it. You cannot delay. Otherwise it'll be a very shallow research. Right. So because all your recommendations will be very, very general and say they can do this. They can, but unless you, you know, get a grip of, okay, this is the problem they have, this is the cultural barriers they have or, you know, things like that, only then will you be able to suggest recommendations. So, yeah, I, so you need to do it every day, Kiran. So, yeah. Okay. Fine. So Thomas, any update from your side, please. You're supposed to have little challenges because the grown-up ministries, they won't pass the information over the phone because time schedule, I guess, and because of their, sorry, because of their short time availability. I contact some of the pastors, they ask us to meet in their church, but currently my situation is quite difficult to go out. So that is why I have taken their ink on the YouTube things and collected the, some of the details of their church or the grown-up things and all. Roughly written, I have to make it as a pie. And last I shared Mania as about the missionary. When I studied about his, I received about the missionary from that pie. So I went through that. I don't know how can I use this here because talking about revival of the Lord, the Holy Spirit. But there is more of the social work, very less of the, you can see, healings are, unable to read those kind of things. They fed, they did the social works and because of the love of God, the social work, so many people accepted Christ. Whether, how can I treat here or not? Any solution possible in this? So the thing is, the work was fruitful, but this is the approach they took and people came to know the Lord. I think you can mention that as well. Definitely you can mention that. Because for them to do this kind of work, it was probably, it was very radical, it was not seen in others and then people came to know the Lord. Just make sure that the, them turning to the Lord was something genuine and not because of the material benefits. Just make sure that you can... Yeah, true. They fed the love of God through that act of kind where in his time, they went poverty and food crisis, where the government can provide the food for the people. That time, he, with the help of the government, in his property and household and with the help of the government, and taking care of the orphans and constructing the hospitals like that work. So definitely the salvation is the work of the Holy Spirit. But I don't know how to conclude this or write and put it in the words that ask the salvation. So you can, you could mention that. This is what, this is something that happened and if it's a widespread thing, you could mention that also. In all these districts, this happened that since there was poverty and since there was a real need and the missionaries saw the need and then they showed the love of Christ in action and which, I mean, you can just find out the process and how it was done from these resources just to see, okay, where the people curious that they came and then they said that, yes, we want to know why you do this and how did it happen? So I think that would help as well. So you could just find out the entire process, what they did, how they did. Maybe there will be a pattern that you can pick up from all that they did. They went to this village, they went to this thing and this is what they did. First they did this, second they did this. And then you see that pattern and you can mention that as well. Any update from those two pastors, information that they had shared, not like Pastor Hari and Pastor Yashwant, anything from their side? Any response? Pastor Yashwant's number, his son's number, whenever I try to contact his number, when I went to their church, actually they are very pretty. Even weekdays, people used to come for council, continue prayer, prayer groups going on prayer and all. It's quite tough to get the time over the phone. So it is better to meet them directly. But I have a pastor's interview on YouTube. So some of the information I collected. They started with all numbers. The delivery is very powerful in the beginning stage and the miracles and things and all. They started like this. They just went to pray, family, next their neighbors, some kind of demonic torture to the person. They prayed for the person, like that the church started the fellowship. Today the church has grown up in a very big way. It will be helpful if you can just fix an appointment with him and he might be able to share some information about other things also. Other things that were not covered in the interview, the YouTube interview, maybe he will be able to share. But definitely you need to fix an appointment and go. If you can do that, that will be great. Pastor, I will try to do. Sorry, excuse me. Thanks for sharing all the updates. I just wanted to encourage you to continue to do this work every day. Especially those of you who are in the information collecting stage, those of you who are in the analysis stage, please speed up the work and do it every day. And then the rest of the time can be spent in putting the information together, presenting it in the best way possible and also preparing for the presentation. You will have to do it in a concise manner, 15 minutes. So the rest of the time can go into that. So we will stop here and we will not be meeting next class, which is 30th. Next Wednesday, we will not be meeting. We will be meeting the first Wednesday in April, which is 6th of April. So we will not meet on the 30th of March. We will meet on the 6th of April. So for the e-learning students, there will not be any video upload on the 30th of March. But you can expect a video upload by the end of 6th of April, evening of 6th of April, India time. Okay, fine. So all the best. Keep up the good work and we will catch up next class. Thank you. Bye-bye. Thank you, sir.