 earlier also, 2 Peter 3 and verse 18, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So this is something that never stops this kind of growing. It's there for, I guess, all eternity, but definitely on this side of eternity, this exhortation for the church comes from Peter. Grow in the grace of God. Grow in the gifts, go in the favor, the unmerited favor, grow in the divine virtue, character and the empowerment that grace talks, all that graces, and knowledge of the Lord, Jesus Christ. So grow in understanding of the Lord, grow in the knowledge of God, grow in the experiential knowledge of God, not just you get to know Him. And we know the great Greek word that is used there is gnosis, which means that knowledge or information, and it is knowledge by experience. So grow in that, which is our exhortation. So let's pray towards that. Let's pray and ask the Lord, if you feel that okay at any point, that you feel limited or feel that you've reached a place, plateau, and feel that you need to go, grow further or grow further, just ask the Lord, whatever is a blocker, whatever is a barrier, a hindrance, or it will be taken away, it will be moved away, whatever is maybe something, the posture of my heart or something that is hindering, let it be taken away and let me grow in the grace, let me grow in the knowledge. Let's pray. Father, we thank you Lord that this is your desire for us, each of us God that we continuously grow, because there is so much more of God to who you are, and you are infinite. And so God, the learning is limitless, understanding is limitless God. And this is your desire that we grow in the grace and we grow in the knowledge of you. And Lord, we thank you that our Spirit is capable of receiving that because you have created us in your own image. So God, today we just come and we just ask you in all humility God that whatever is there as a hindrance Lord, give us the wisdom to put it aside, give us the understanding to just cast it away, anything that's a barrier, let it be broken down in the mighty name of Jesus. If there's a barrier emotionally, let it be just taken away in the name of Jesus. If there is a wrong understanding, something that is limiting maybe something like a shame or condemnation, let it be taken away in the mighty name of Jesus. And Lord, we thank you for the liberty that we have in the Spirit, each one of us God. Thank you that you, Lord, where your Spirit is, there is freedom, Lord. And we thank you that you've called us to this freedom, Lord. And I just pray, Father God, that each one of us will just thrive in this freedom, oh God. And Lord, even as we are rooted, Lord, in you, Master, that we will just draw from you, oh God, and we will bear fruits worthy of, Lord, accepting, oh God, and bear fruits, oh God, that glorify you, God. Yes, Master, we thank you. We thank you, Lord. And I just pray for each one here, and I pray that each one of us God will continue to grow, continue to come to maturity, Lord, and reflect your glory, Lord, reflect your character in and through our lives, Lord. And I ask, oh God, let the river flow, let the river of the Spirit of God flow through us, Lord. Yes, Lord, as a mighty river, God, flowing through us, Lord, touching other lives, Lord. Yes, Father God, we thank you. And to this end, we commit ourselves into your mighty hands. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, welcome back, all those who joined us just now. Yeah, I'm sorry, we couldn't meet last class. I had to, you know, kind of re-schedulate or post, I mean, cancel that class. Anyway, today, we are continuing to look at the principles that we have, we looked at the principles that God has put in His Word, the principles that God has already placed for divinely-enabled success. Okay, what are these principles that I can look at? What is that already God has, you know, kind of set in place in His Word that I can learn and that I can, and I can start to implement that in my own life, right? So what are those things? So we looked at that. So we see, we looked at, I think, two. One is to put God first, right? And the Lord Jesus saying, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. They're talking about all the other things that will be added to you, right? And we looked at other verses also. And second thing that we saw was that we need to be doing what God wants us to be doing. Okay. In the sense, God has perfect knowledge, perfect understanding of people, place, circumstances, timing, everything. So when God leads us to do certain things, or even He gives us the strategy, when He gives us a plan, when He gives us where He says, okay, you go here and do this, now it is with the understanding that it will result, it will have divinely-enabled consequences. Divinely, when the divinely-inspired methods come to us, and you know that it will have divinely-enabled consequences, right? So the results will be one of success and growth and in the plan and the purpose of God, right? So for us to really joyfully and wholeheartedly pursue that what God wants us to be doing. So that was the second time, second thing that we saw. Okay. So today, let's continue with the other principles that God has put in, as kept for us in His Word. Okay. So we're going to look at, let me just share the screen. So we're going to look at third one, which is to practice righteousness. Okay. To practice righteousness, to do what's right in God's eyes, which is in line with His nature, which is righteousness. So every time we, I mean, generally when we do the right thing, right? We are reflecting the nature of God. Okay. We are, in fact, doing, or we are stepping in and doing what God would do, being right. Okay. Doing the right thing. Okay. So when we say righteousness, we're talking about the very nature of God, which is the opposite of sin or unrighteousness. So for us to practice righteousness, make it part of our life, to live in this manner, is to position our lives for the will of God to happen, which is good, which is right, which is beneficial for us as believers. Right. So we're going to the scripture that we've seen many times, that we've read many times, which is Psalm 1. Okay. Psalm 1 and verses 1 to 4, it talks about the person who's happy or blessed. Okay. Bless is the man. And it talks about who walks not, who stands not, who sits not. Okay. Walking, standing, and who does not sit, talking about different postures, talking about, you know, basically it's talking about a person who does not do these things, who does not consider, who does not follow, who, who's, what, what does he not consider? What does he not follow? What does he not, you know, act in line with? Well, it's the council of the ungodly. Right. A council of the ungodly meaning and, and, you know, it's coming from an ungodly source, it'll result in an ungodly consequence, you know, it'll have an ungodly fruit. Now that is what we're talking about. Right. Who does not walk in the council, does not stand in the path of sinners, meaning, hey, this is the lifestyle of a person who may be rebelling against God in all ignorance. We don't know, you know, whatever, knowingly, unknowingly, who does not know God. Now that's the lifestyle. You know, it's a path of sinner. Okay. A series of steps that person takes over and over again. This is his life, his or her life. So who stands not in the path, right? Who does not consider, who does not walk that path, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. Okay. Like he's not sitting to consider, he's not, you know, sitting with and making decisions and about in that environment of people who are scornful, who are laughing, looking down at others and maybe God, God's values, you know, all that sits not in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord. Okay. So that's the beautiful thing that he does not do this, all these other things he does not consider, he's does not walk in, he does not even weigh the, the, the, the principles and the, and the counsel of the ungodly, but, but his delight. Okay. And that word there, Hebrew word there, which means that his pleasure, his desire, and he, something that he considers to be very valuable, pleasant, right? His delight is in the law of the Lord. Okay. So, so that's, that's such a person. He's, he's delighting in the law of the Lord, and he meditates day and night. Okay. So, so he's, so this person is not considering unrighteousness, is not, you know, giving it any importance, does not even kind of rationalize, justify, you know, it's not struggling with that. He's, his deal, because his delight, his great desire, what gives him, you know, what gives him desire, what gives him pleasure even, is the law of the Lord. And, and he meditates in it. He's thinking deeply. He's, his mind is occupied with the law of the Lord. So, you see that law of the Lord is good. The word of God is pure. It's righteous. It's holy. Right. So, that is what occupies his mind. That is what occupies his heart. So, he's giving it great thought, he's giving it great value, he's establing it. And so, what comes in his action and maybe his, you know, all that we thought of, all that we looked at, you know, the council, the path, his lifestyle, and, and whatever he gives importance to make the decisions, right, this, the, what the seat talks about, you know. So, all that flows out of his or her involvement, you know, deep thought, deep thinking and thinking over and over again about the truth of God's word. That is what occupies the thinking, the imagination, and therefore the speech and the action and everything follows through. Okay. So, he's, he or she is just living that life. Okay. And verse three talks about the consequence. Okay. So, verse one talked about what the person does not do. Verse two talks about what the person does. Verse three talks about the outcome of that says he shall be or she shall be like a tree. Okay. And like a tree that's planted by rivers of water. So, there is source, there's continuous supply, and it brings forth its fruit in season. So, there is, you know, the productivity, whatever needs to be produced out of, you know, a life, you know, because you're putting in effort, you're putting in labor, and you're doing certain things. So, there is an outcome, a productive outcome, a good outcome, you know, fruit in its season, a timely outcome, right. And whose leaf also shall not wither and whatever he does shall prosper. So, there's no question of, you know, there's no question of things being ineffective or things coming down to a place of failure, because the source, the supply and everything, or they're continually drawing from is different. It's a different source. It's a righteous source. It's the word of God and the presence of God, the principles of God, right. So, that's the kind of outcome that God intends for a person who does not consider all these things, who considers deeply the word, the law, meditates on it, thinks deeply about it day and night, right. So, it's not a continuous thing. It's not just a one-time thing. It's not a weekly once kind of a thing. It's not a Sunday thing. And the outcome is this, right. So, it's God, you know, we've been looking at, okay, God's heart for his people to prosper, to, you know, it's all good things. And even in what seems to be, you know, an outcome of bad choices, he reverses it. He turns around it because he's a redeemer, right. That's his heart. So, we see this is the end for those who practice, righteous. So, this is the principle which is there. So, many times we hold back from practicing righteousness because it seems so long-gone. There seems to be a shortcut which seems to give immediate results. Well, it might not be the right thing to do, but it's definitely, seems to save on time. It seems to benefit me, you know, in the, in the short term, right. And maybe, you know, it'll just stay, right. So, we, many times we opt for that, right. Say, okay, this is, seems good. It doesn't seem to be that unrighteous. You know, we have our own scale, our own evaluation measure. It doesn't seem to be that bad. It seems okay. Well, we compare and say, okay, that person does it, that pastor does it, that believer does it. So, maybe it's not so bad after all, you know, maybe I can also get into it, but, but this is the principle that God has for us. Okay. So, many times, even though it seems like an attractive option, what God intends for us, desires for us is to, is to go by his word, is to go by his leading. And because this is the end that he intends for us. It's a long term. It's not a short term thing. It's long term. It's talking about fruit and season. And we know that there is, you know, there takes time to bear fruit, right. And it's, it's drawing, it's an ever ending supply. It's drawing from the rivers and rivers of water and says, okay, this is what the end that I intend. So, so there here's a principle, practice righteousness, right. Okay. So, the same thing we see in Psalm 112 as well. Psalm 112, maybe a few verses, let's read that, let's read through. Okay. Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly, sorry, who delights greatly in his commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches will be in his house and his righteousness in yours forever. Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness. He is gracious and full of compassion and righteous. A good man deals graciously and lends. He will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he will never be shaken. The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance. He will not be afraid of evil tidings. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established. He will not be afraid until he sees desire upon his enemies. He is dispersed abroad. He is given to the poor. His righteousness in yours forever. His horn will be exalted with honor. And then verse 10 talks about what will happen through the wicked and so on. The wicked will see it and be grieved. And, and yeah. So the thing is this, you know, again, blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who delights greatly in his commandments. And it's, and it talks about the descendants of the next generation and the present generation. It talks about, so relationally, it talks about materially, right, and, and so much more, right. And also talks about the, excuse me, and talks about the generosity of such a person and he's dealing graciously, he's lends, he gives, and he says that, you know, he's not afraid of evil things, evil tidings. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Now, our heart being steadfast, trusting the Lord comes from a place of delighting in the Lord and delighting in his commandments in his ways. So it's, it's wonderful. So this is, this is something that is promised by God, right. So every time we are tempted to compromise, right, tempted to do, maybe bend here a little, bend that a little and compromise. We can remind ourselves, you know, this is what, this is the end that is intended by God. This is what God wants for a person who delights in him, delights in his ways. Another verse, Psalm 92 and verse 12, right. The righteous shall flourish, okay. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree. He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. And, you know, it goes, talks about how those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age. They shall be fresh and flourishing to declare that the Lord is upright. He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness. The righteous shall flourish. One who wants, the righteous of course talks about the ones who have a right standing with God, the one who live in righteousness, doing the right thing. And how do we know what is the right thing or what is our reference point? It is the word of God, right, is the precepts, the principles and the presence of God being led by the Spirit of God. So that's our reference point to what is right. And so the righteous shall flourish, okay. So we've heard, okay, many will be the afflictions of the righteous, the righteous man will fall down. But we see that even in that there is a turning around. Though he falls, the Lord will lift him up, the Lord will raise him up. So here are some things for us to consider when it comes to prosperity, when it comes to thriving, when it comes to success and increase, practicing righteousness. Yes, it is challenging because it's good to talk about it in class, it's good to talk about it in church. But in the world, when we come to those circumstances and situations where we need to take a stand and act righteously, that is where we need the strength of God. And that is where we need to tell ourselves, we need to make a decision. Even before we come to that place, just like Daniel did, right, Daniel said, okay, he purposed in his heart that we will not devoid of filename's food. Even before he came to that sunburst, even as he came to that crossroad, he purposed in his heart. So also today as you're looking at God for us, this is the principle that he has in his word. So we can think about it and say, okay, God, whatever the consequence, we know that you have good in your intended for us. Your intention is good. You want the best for us. And so God, I will do the right thing. Like no matter what, I will do the right thing. So that is the decision that we can make. Okay, let's move on to the next one. Okay, so the thing is diligent work. Okay, so God did not exclude work in this whole process of giving us success and growth. So it's not an unspiritual thing to to work and expect good results. Sometimes when we come to the, you know, when we come to faith in God and say we, we think that okay, to be a person of faith means that, well, I don't need to do these things. Or maybe we have an understanding, wrong understanding that, well, since grace of God is free, then, you know, these things must happen. If I, you know, when it's grace, then these, it's opposite of work. So, you know, why should I work? Why should I put an effort? I don't want to strive. We have that kind of a mentality, but would we see that, you know, when Paul talks about the grace that was given to him, see, he received the grace of God, the favor of God, the enablement of God, and he, that did not spare him or he did not hold back from putting in the effort. What was, what was required, you know, in his travel and his ministering and he talks about so many things in Second Corinthians, like, you know, he went there, he endured these things, and he did it for the sake of the gospel. I think when we look at Second Corinthians chapter 11, right, maybe from verse 22 onwards, he talks about a whole lot of things that he went through for the sake of the gospel. Now, that talks about, you know, his decision, his desire to just go ahead and do two certain things, right, to minister. So, we see that, well, God gives us grace, but he expects us, this grace should energize us, right, the anointing of God, the spirit of God upon us should really inspire us and he does that, right, he just moves in us, moves upon us so that we move, you know, in line with this, with his leading to do the works, to do the works. That's the complete picture, right, and we know that fate without works is dead. So, work, I mean, look at it, we see that God intends for us to work and he blesses our work. Okay, so, let's look at Second Chronicles, okay, 31, okay, 31, 21, and every work that he began in the service of the house of God in the law and in the commandment to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. Okay, he's talking about, I think it's talking about Hezkaya, right, yeah. So, it brings in many reforms and everything and this is how it summed up, okay, in every work that he began in the service of the house of God in the law and in the commandment to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, so he prospered. Okay, wholehearted, without holding back, he did it and so he prospered. And you know, a couple of other scriptures which talk about what kind of outlook that we should have when it comes to work, when it comes to doing things, right, that we've seen in Colossians chapter 3, Colossians 3 verse 17, whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God the Father through him. So, that's the outlook, that's the perspective. Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, word, deed, everything. Verse 23, and whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not unto men. Okay, and you know, Colossians 322 talks about not doing things just mere eye service. Okay, mere eye service means if I, if people are watching me, then I put in a certain quality of work but if people are not watching me or if there is no overseer, there are no, you know, nobody telling me how we do this, do that, then I put in a different quality of work, like a different effort, which is far less than what is expected, right? That's what it's. Bond servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye service as men please us. So, with eye service meaning, okay, as long as people are watching, I'm doing it and I just want to please that person. Okay, but it says here, but in sincere, don't do that, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God, sincerity of heart, fearing God. So, God is never against work and this is what he wants us to do. Everything that we put our hands to, he's saying, okay, God is my ultimate boss. I might have earthly bosses and people are there overseeing the work, but I'm going to look beyond that and I'm going to do something that is, this work is as unto the Lord. Okay, and so we see the, again, the end result of it. He did it. It's okay, I did it, he did it with all his heart and so he prospered. Okay, so when we work diligently, when we do things diligently, there is always fruitfulness in all labor. I think Proverbs 10 and verse 4 he who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. Okay, chapter 11 and verse 16. Okay, sorry, chapter 11 verse 16 talks about the gracious woman retains honor and the ruthless man retains riches. I'm sorry, I think I just missed out that reference. Okay, so yeah, sorry, verse 18, if you go down to wicked man does deceptive work. I'm sorry, that's verse 18, right? Proverbs 11, verse 18. The wicked man does deceptive work, but he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward as righteousness leads to life. So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death. Okay, so like contrasting righteousness and unrighteousness and deceptive work and doing works of righteousness. So this is what we, you know, God has laid out, he has put it as a principle, as a preset. And this is something that is there. So when we ignore these principles, and, and when we suffer the consequence, you know, we cannot blame God, right? So God has already placed it. And he's saying, you know, my children, you know, my sons, my daughters, I want you to pursue this, let this be part of your life. You do this. And I, my desire is that you, that you enjoy, or you receive the end result of it. Okay, that's God's desire. And so diligent work. Okay, so then the third thing for today, I mean, the fifth point really is to have faith in God, to use the principles of faith, like to have faith in Him, to have trust in Him, and use the principles of faith. Okay, so let's look at a few scriptures here, Matthew 9 and verse 29. So the Lord Jesus, this is when, when He heals the blind, blind men. Okay, so let's read from verse 28 onwards. And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him and Jesus said to them, do you believe that I am able to do this? So they said to Him, yes, Lord, then He touched their eyes, saying, according to your faith, let it be to you. And their eyes were opened and Jesus certainly warned them saying, see that, no one knows it. Okay, so here's something that God is, you know, the Lord is asking them, you know, do you believe? Okay, do you believe? What is it that He's asking them, if they will believe in, if they believe in His ability? Okay, if they believe in His supernatural ability to cause things to change in their body? Okay, and the same would, you know, would apply even in situations regarding maybe finances, maybe some, some areas of lack, maybe areas of, you know, continued failure. So the Lord would ask that question, you know, do you believe that I'm able to do this? You know, do you believe that I'm able to, you know, bring about a change? Do you believe that I'm able to turn around the situation? Do you believe that I'm able to lift you up and prosper you and bring you a good success? Do you believe that? Right? So, so this, you know, if you look at this, you see that there is no question about the willingness of the Lord. Okay, there is no, there is no question about the willingness of God. He's not asking, you know, do you believe or do you know that it is my will? Do you believe that I'm willing to do this? Do you believe that it is my will for you? Oh, He doesn't ask that. He's just asking them, do you believe in my ability to do that? Right? So with the will of God, or the willingness of God to come and change that situation is, it's a given, right? He is saying that I am willing. And in another place also, when the blind, when the father asks the, asks the Lord Jesus, he comes to him on behalf of his son and he asks, you know, Lord, let my, oh that my son will be made well and the Lord asks, you know, do you believe if you are willing? He says, you know, if you are willing, Lord, I think it's in verse eight. Sorry, this is, it's about the leper, sorry, is in chapter eight, sorry, chapter eight. And the leper came and worshiped him saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. Right? And the Lord put out in hand, put out his hand and touched him saying, I am willing, be cleansed. Okay. So, so here was this question about the willingness of God. And you say, you know, I, if you read through the gospels, you see that the Lord saying, I will come, I will heal the same chapter, chapter eight and verse seven, the Lord Jesus said to him, I will, which means that, you know, this is my decision, this is my, this is my choice, you know, I will come and heal him. So, so here, you know, again, coming back to chapter nine, verse 28, we see that the Lord asking, do you believe that I'm able? So, so the faith of that, of those two men is the response, the faith responses, yes, Lord, and we believe that you are able. Okay. So when they extended their faith, then the Lord's response to their, you know, faithful response is that according to your faith, let it be to you. Right. So the Lord again, this is what he has put in the scripture, you know, as a principle, you know, according to your faith, let it be to you. So when we reach out to him in faith, when we have faith in his ability, right, to turn around the situation, when he have faith in his ability to come through in circumstances, then the Lord says, you know, according to your faith. So many times what hinders our faith in God is our, maybe a wrong understanding or even our ignorance about the will of God. Right. So sometimes we, I'm sure you learned in faith class that we hold back saying, okay, what if it's not the will of God, right, then we need to find out what is the will of God, what is the heart of God and his word is his will. So the word, we look at the word, we come to know about his will, his ways of the will of God and his heart, you know, his nature, his character again points to his will. Right. So when we know the will of God, then we can be absolutely sure. We can just stand on faith and say, God, this is your heart. And therefore, I'm standing wholeheartedly in faith. Yes, I believe. And we can respond in different ways. You know, we can say, okay, God, I'm fearful, God, help my unbelief. Right. Build my faith, God, and God gives us the resources to build this, build faith in us, right, the word of God brings faith, meditating, declaring, we're going to look at declaring God's faith, God's word next. So meditating on the word of God, standing in the word of God, speaking the word of God brings faith or praying in the spirit, like we see in, is it three John two, or is it in Jude? Just give me a minute. Yeah, Jude, verse 20, right, chapter one, verse 20, right, building up your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. So we know that praying in the spirit brings edification, right. So when we when we in faith, when we ask him in faith, when we declare in faith, right, we see the end that is again intended by God. Let's look at a couple of other verses as well. Okay, so Psalm 75 verse six, exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south, but God is a judge, he puts down one and exalts another. It's a God exalts. God brings down God exalts and exaltation comes from him. Okay, so when we have faith in the one who exalts, when we have faith in him, and when we are doing the things that, you know, walking in righteousness, etc., but having faith in him, having faith in his ability to exalt, having faith in his ability to lift us up, right, that this is who he is. And let's look at the other verse also second chronicles 20. Okay, so about King Jehoshaphat and here it is. So they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa and as they went out, Jehoshaphat's students said, hear me, O Judah, and your inhabitants of Jerusalem, believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established. Believe his prophets and you shall prosper. So he's talking about, you know, believing in the Lord, faith in what God does and who he is. Believing in his word, when he says believe his prophets, it's the prophetic ministry, is the now word of God which a true prophet would bring. So believing in that, so basically it's his word, it's his ways and it's who he is and in the prophetic words that God brings to us and the end result is that you shall prosper. Okay, it shall be well with you, you shall prosper. Okay, so we see this that it involves belief, it involves believing, it involves having faith. So closely tied to that is the next one which is to speak God's word of prosperity over our lives. So it comes from the heart of believing. The speaking is not a formula, right? It's not repeating over and over again till it becomes a reality. Okay, it comes from a place of belief. The foundation is the relationship, the intimacy with Jesus. Okay, so when you take that out then there is an abuse of speaking the word. It becomes like a name it and claim it and all those things and well there has been abuse of it in the church and people have been hurt by it and people have been deceived by it and all kinds of things. But we see that it's a very important principle that has been laid out and it's got its root in intimacy with the Lord. It's got a root in intimacy. It's got its foundation in relationship. So it's not some mindless chant. It's not some mantra that you know you chant it over and over again. But it comes from a place of relationship with the Lord. It comes from a place of intimacy and that is what births faith, right? Intimacy with the Lord. Coming to that close association with his heart and with his nature and ways and esteeming his word and receiving his word talks about intimacy and that's what produces faith and from that place of faith when we speak the word, when we speak God intended purposes, right? We're not speaking assumptions. We're not declaring this you know something presumptuous but we are declaring God intended plans and purposes in various situations, right? Over family, over our own lives. Then that is a principle that God has laid out. You know we look at let's say Mark 11 and verse 23, right? It says 22 onwards Jesus answered and said to him have faith in God for assuredly I say to you whoever says to this mountain but he starts by prefacing by saying have faith in God, right? And whoever says to this mountain be removed and be cast into the sea and does not doubt in his heart but believes that those things he says will be done he will have what he says, right? So he's having faith in God, faith which comes from acknowledging his word, esteeming his word, faith which comes from all the other things that we see like walking with him and receiving his word and receiving knowing and understanding his heart and will and purpose everything. You speak to the mountain and when you don't doubt and when you believe that those things that you say will be done, you will. So this is also another principle that God has laid down. So we have many such, many such scripture, right? In the instruction which God gives Joshua after Moses is not there. I mean Moses is dead and gives Joshua. What does he say? You know this book of law shall not depart from your mouth. So you're saying telling Joshua, you know don't fear, be bold, be courageous. This book of law shall not depart from your mouth, you know, but which means that you speak it Joshua, speak it over your life, speak those things that I've laid down. This book of law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it, think about it and you shall be careful to observe all that is written in it and then you will have a prosperous, you will make your way prosperous and you will have good success. You see again the heart of God. Okay this is what I want for you. I want you to do this. These things that I've laid down and it involves speaking words of faith coming from a place. Again I want to say you know it coming from a place of relationship, coming from a place of intimacy and faith in God. One last verse is Probes 18 and verses 20 and 21, a man's stomach shall be filled, shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, from the produce of his lips, he shall be filled. Verse 21, death and life are in the power of the tongue. Death and life, look at that. Extreme things. Death, life tied to something which is common, which is the power of the tongue. Which means it can go either way based on how we use it. And those who love it will eat its fruit. What are the consequence that I love? What are the consequence that I want? I didn't read that verse intentionally in the beginning because we need to, you know I'm sure that you've learned a lot about faith, about confession of faith, but the thing is this that it's when you say faith itself, like the principle of faith, you're talking about relationship with God. Okay never forget that. We're talking about walking with God. We're talking about esteeming God. We're talking about valuing his word and we're talking about intimacy. Now that is what when we say about faith. Okay, so this confession comes from that place of faith. Okay, so we'll stop here. I know we're taking time going through this but yeah, so we'll stop here and hopefully, you know, it'll change the way we think about God, about his success that he intends for us and his plans and purposes, right? Okay, so you have a great week, great weekend. God bless you. Meet again this week. Bye bye. Thank you, Buster. Right, see you. Bye bye.