 over 10, I have written down from the text, trying for instance, like you and me and all the guys in the class, we were also given talents. These are opportunities. Those are God-given gifts that were given to us. Maybe you have more than I got, but I should move what I have best, so that when the king comes back for the audit, I'm ready to give accountability. So I don't want to speak with my entire team here, but that's what I want. So you're just going to be talking about the parable and also the parable of the talents. So basically, you're sharing from that. Okay, that's good, clear. Thank you. And God has saved us so that our responsibility is to save others. Okay, fine. Then, okay, so we're just going through each of your seven titles just to understand what it's about. Okay, so Elisha is Elisha here. Today's class, no, I don't see Elisha. Okay, then Georgia on stewardship, interesting titles, Stewarding Your Rebound. So yeah, I just see it here, Stewarding Your Bounds Back. So let's say because of the pandemic, you lost your zeal or passion for the things of God, you're now in the position to rebound. And with rebounding, you need to manage and maintain it. So talking about ways to manage the bounce back. Okay, interesting. Thank you. Okay, then we have Enoch. So Enoch, I thought I saw Enoch. Yeah, so would you like to share your thoughts on this topic? Yeah, just go ahead. Good morning everybody. Yeah, my topic said wasted grace. And the title is, the title is Wasted Life. Right. I want us to, I want to go through, so the Bible passage there, second quality, chapter six, from one and two. If we go through that, will we see very well that, please, somebody in the, there's Bible there, I'm trying to prepare for work, so I left my bag in the city room. No worries. So that's fine. We just, we're not going in depth. So second quality and six, you said versus one and two, right? Okay. So from that text, you'd like to share about, yeah, so I see this. Okay, so can you just share some insight on the title, Wasted Life. So what exactly is it? Now, waste is a sinful in every realm. Waste is a sinful in every realm. The more precious the commodity being wasted, the more sinful the waste. The waste of energy has become more serious because of the energy shortage. Now any life that is not producing, the reason why it was made is a sinful is waste life. Many of us today, many people today have wasted the grace of God upon their lives because they are not doing what God asked them to do. They are not being in work of God. God, the deposit, there is no life that God has not deposited something in to make the kingdom to grow or to expand the kingdom. But because of the worldly things, because of love of the pleasure, that grace has been wasted. And like I said, if grace of God upon a man's life is wasted, the life of that fellow is wasted. It can be accountable to it. So wish you all know that the grace, God has given us grace and wish you also walk towards that grace. Thank you. Nice. Wonderful. So it's an inspirational, motivational message about turning back from wasting lives. And so I guess it's also about purpose and pursuing a purpose and so on. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Let's see who else is next. So Anita is Aradna saying about persecution. Okay. So Aradna, you can also enter it on the Google sheet, please, about the topic and the title. So I don't know whether I guess persecution is the topic and whatever title that you decide, you can put that in the Google sheet as well, both the topic and the title. Okay. So next we have Zalitoli ministering deliverance, how to cast off demons like Jesus. Okay. So yeah, I mean, it's pretty straightforward. But yeah, just go ahead and share with us, Zalitoli, what exactly you would like to address in your message. Basically, I just want to talk about the biblical approach how to cast out demons, like what I've seen over the years in my studies that, you know, there are so many or wrong traditions, wrong belief regarding casting out demons like, like some, you see some tricks or some superstitious belief. But just based on the word of God, how to cast out demons just like Jesus. Yeah. Okay. So again, I just wanted to remind you about the time factor here. I want to be mindful of that because there's a lot we can share about deliverance and, you know, about, I mean, the reasons of, you know, the degrees of, you know, demonization and all that. So you just need to really think about if there's a lot of content, of course, you know, you just need to think about what can I share, what can I not share, and what will be helpful, you know, in 10 minutes, right? So you could just work on that. Great. So Rosalind is about fear and how perfect law casts out fear. Is Rosalind there? Yeah. Rosalind, you would like to say a few words about the direction in which I'm sorry, we're not able to hear you. Question or? Yeah, it's very clear. Yes. Yeah. Please go ahead. Sorry, question. I'll be sharing from first John 418. We all at some given point, we battle with this fear thing. And there is a sudden fear, inbuilt fear. So working on it. And I'll be sharing it from first John 418, how God's love, how we can be dependent on God's love, not, you know, it's not like how much we love God, but the confidence in knowing how much God loves us. That will help us to battle with our fears. It can be inbuilt or it can be sudden fear, like, you know, sudden or anything. And then we can, like David, we can like golly say, like, though I walk through the valleys of death, I will fear not fear. So how to deal with fear, whether it's unrealistic or even, you know, it's reasonable. It's got its reasons. So how to deal with fear. And then this scripture, this text, is from where you'll be sharing. Okay. Understood. Okay. Thank you. Right. Right. So then, Jeffina, you are unique. Okay. The process, his will, good future. Can you just explain that? It's a special purpose. I guess you're talking about God's purpose. So but I just wanted to know what aspect of it. Go ahead, Jeffina. Yes. So there's a verse in Second Timothy, where it talks about in a large hall, there is also gold and silver in Second Timothy chapter 2, verse 20. So sometimes we use the golden vessels and sometimes we use the gold vessels, but everything is used for the master is used. So I just want to explain it on like how we are, no matter where we are, we are here to follow the purpose that God has given for us. And yeah, just about his will and in the end it says, prepare to do any good work. So there is a preparation. There is a process that you need to go through. Okay. Fine. So it's Second Timothy, right? Okay. I think Okay. I saw. Okay. Here it's chapter 2, verse 20. Second Timothy. Right, right. Okay. I'll just change it here. Here it says First Timothy. So I'll just hit on the sheet. Okay. Got that. Okay. So Anita is about being salt and light in the world and the title is the only way to live. So I guess it's about, so Anita here. Yeah. Anita, could you go ahead and share? Yeah. Yes, pastor. It's about how to live a life of being salt and light to this world and how to influence other people around you. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So how to do that? So I guess we'll be also talking about different scenarios like if you're, you know, in this kind of environment, how to do that, or will be a general, irrespective of whatever environment you are in, and these are some things that you can do to influence. Anyway, think about it. Yeah. And work on that. Okay. Wonderful. So, yeah. So the bigger you can actually put in your, you know, enter it in the Google Sheet, that'll be helpful. So we know, and also Aradhana, you know, you can enter it there, please. So you have 10 minutes. Just think about that. And also one more thing that I want to share was that you can also, you know, to help things to be clearer, you can also prepare a PowerPoint presentation as part of the presentation of PowerPoint. I think that will be helpful to be, you know, precise and succinct because it's 10 minutes. But I'll leave it to you. I think the PowerPoint presentation would be great if you can prepare that as well. Okay. That's good. Okay. So let's pick up from where we stopped last session. So we were looking at this whole aspect of constructing a sermon and putting together an outline. And we were looking at different aspects of it. We started by looking at the title. We started, and then we moved on to, you know, the introduction, how it should be, and also then we looked at the proposition, the statement and which is a big idea. And, you know, in a way, what you all share today is really the big idea. You know, if you actually think through and if you want to, you know, you can refine that in one statement, okay, this is what, you know, the next 10 minutes are going to be. So you can actually work on that. And then we looked at the transition statement and then we looked at, you know, how the sermon can have the main points and the sub points. So I guess, you know, okay, the question, when to present, again, it will be much later. It will be end of the term Rosalind, like it will be in, I guess it will be in November. Yes, we are in September, one more month to go and then it will be in November. Right. So I'll put up the dates. So we know, you know, there are about now 10, 12. So it will be about 10 people presenting every class. Yeah, so we'll, I'll put up the date. Right. Okay. So out of the sermon, we looked at that, we looked at all, yeah, I think this is where we stopped, we were looking at illustrations. Right. So when we're looking at the points or main points, given the 10 minutes, so you choose, you know, how many points should it have? What are those main and these, when you have these main divisions, it helps, right, it helps, you know, it helps to kind of demarcate, okay, that this is one line of thought, this is one point, and we are now moving on to the next point. And it's all leading to the main topic. And it will really help the listener to, to understand, it helped in a logical manner. Right. Sorry, I just see this question. Isaac, how to do PowerPoint presentation? Can I use another method like Google Docs? Well, actually, it's very simple. You can, I mean, it's, you can learn in a couple of days, actually, PowerPoint, and you can convert it into a, you know, a PDF, you can save it as a PDF. That's what I do, even for the marriage and family. It's a PowerPoint, which is saved as a, as a PDF, just like your notes. And each page is actually a screen. So you can, I mean, if you have time, right, from now to November, so you think, you think about it, you can use Google Docs, but I feel that this will be much better. If you are good using Google Docs, also, you can actually convert it into a PDF, that will be better. Right. So whatever works for you. And yeah, so yeah, you don't have to use a PowerPoint. Like I use something which is converted into a PDF. So that's, it's always, you know, it's useful. It's user friendly, actually, when you're sharing the screen. So you can, you can also do the same thing, Isaac. Yeah. Okay. So, so while we, we were looking at illustrations and how illustrations help, you know, help bring that point clearly, how explain the point, what we are stating, the truth that we are explaining, and how illustrations actually help, help clarify those things. Right. And just like how the Lord used parables, it is a wonderful way of communicating a very important spiritual truth. And the Lord, you know, there's so many parables, which you may have been learning in the ministry of the evangelist, pastor, and teacher. Right. And so many parables on so many different topics, about finances, about the kingdom, about, you know, the what we looked at, the lost, and so on. So these really help. Okay. So I think we stopped at, we've been looking at parables, if you're following in the notes, and we looked at some of these points, which are helpful guidelines for illustrations. So don't, some of these don'ts, you know, don't use an illustration just because it is good, and it is your favorite illustration. Right. It will illustrate your point, you know, just because it is a good story, but just because it's maybe a humorous anecdote, don't consider using it unless it actually has a connection to the truth that is being shared. Right. So that was one thing that we, I think that was the last thing that you saw. So continuing on, you know, there are several, yeah, we also saw that some illustrations may not be appropriate to some places, some audiences, so be discriminating, and they're discerning. Yeah, there are several sources of illustrations. Okay. So our own life, testimony, our own, the instances that have happened in our lives, you know, that's, that's a good place. And that'll be very, very authentic in, you know, very real, because that's happened in your life. You can say, okay, this is what happened. And this is something that is happening. And this is how God dealt with me, etc. You could share that. But also, you know, we need to be mindful that this is how God dealt with you for this particular situation. And this may not be, you know, true for the other person, or it may not, you know, God may deal in a totally different way. Right. For the other person. So it'll be, it'll be helpful if you can mention that as well. Okay. So you might say, okay, it took me six years to come out of this particular stronghold. Okay. So in six, for six years, I struggled for six years, you know, I, I did all this, you know, I put the word, I confess the word, declare the word, and so on. And it took me this much of time to come out of it. It took me six months and God restored me. Now, this may not be the same case. There may be other factors involved, you know, in these six years, like maybe, you know, you went back, there was a backsliding involved, there are other factors, which are, you know, there, which may not be the case for the other person. So, so it'll be good, even when we're sharing testimonies, maybe we're sharing testimonies of other people, right? How God dealt with them, how they, you know, they encountered God and encountered the truth, et cetera. So you could just, you know, mention that, okay, this is what happened. And the important thing, the truth is that God, the way God intervened. Okay. And, and that's the thing. Well, the actual thing of the time frame and the process, it could vary, because it could vary based on the response, my response to God, it could vary based on different other factors. So, so you could just mention that when we are talking about or mentioning testimonies, right? Our testimony, testimonies of others as well. Well, testimonies are very, very, very exciting to hear the build up person's faith and so on. But it'll be good to be discerning and say, okay, you know, well, God would deal with your life, deal in your life. The details may not be the same, the process may not be the same, right? It'll be helpful for the listener to know that, to understand that. Okay, do not repeat the same illustration before the same audience. Well, you know, that happens, right? When you're, if you're ministering in the church, and Sunday after Sunday, you're ministering. And so, if you're using the same illustration, they switch off, people switch off. Well, I've heard this so many times, why is pastor, you know, mentioning the same thing, why is he bringing up the same thing? And so, it gets people disinterested and does the opposite of what the illustration is supposed to do, right? So, they've heard the story so many times and while it's powerful and while it's true and it's all that, but because of the fact that it has been repeated over and over again, people's attention starts to fall, right? So, do not repeat for the, you know, the illustration. We use something else or don't use illustration at all for that particular thing, right? For that particular point that you want to drive home. Okay, try to collect and write down a file illustrations for a property review. That's a good practice. If it can be, you know, if you can, if you're working on a laptop, you know, just open a folder, maybe on different topics, you want illustrations, you've got illustrations. You share that, you know, you, maybe about your own life, maybe about something that you heard, maybe about some testimony that you heard, you know, you can always keep an inventory of that and file that and it'll be very, very useful. It'll come in very handy. Okay, here, you know, again, AP Gibbs quotes Henry Ward be just sevenfold purpose of illustration. Okay, what are they? They help assist the argument that you're presenting. They help the hearer to remember, definitely. They stimulate the imagination. So when you're sharing a story, you know, people are not just focusing on the words and if you're actually explaining and narrating that incident, people are able to actually visualize. They, they place themselves in that situation. I very vividly remember, where, you know, this always comes back to my mind. This was in class. I think it was in, yeah, standard one, you know, first grade, just out of kindergarten and first grade. And I remember this history teacher. It was an evening, you know, it was the last class before we school ended for that day. And the history teacher, you know, he's actually talking about Hindu mythology. And she was narrating a story from there. And the first time I'm hearing that story. And, and she was so good. She was talking about certain, you know, details of it. And the entire story of that. And, you know, of a whole class, all of us youngsters, you know, children. So we could be just immersed in that story. You know, we could just imagine everything happening just before our eyes. As if it was, you know, it was in virtual reality. You were just there watching everything happen. And, and that stayed with me for years, even today. Right. So, so a good story, a good illustration, it stimulates the imagination. Right. So they're able to picture, visualize. And so it becomes the truth becomes so real, so part of their lives. Right. The illustration also helps in resting the audience. Right. Maybe you're dealing with some difficult concepts, maybe you're dealing or sharing some, you know, difficult things for the mind to comprehend, for the mind to relate to comprehend, understand, right. And, and you're sharing these concepts. So an illustration helps rest. So here's a story, which is actually drawing and relating to the truth. And you're not just describing the abstract things about the truth anymore, but here's a life, you know, an instance, you're here's a story, here's an instance, here's the testimony, and it helps the mind to rest and to just, you know, absorb the story. And at the end of the story, all these connections are made to the truth are the concepts that you were, you had shared a little earlier. Okay. And they provide for various classes of heroes. That's the best thing. You know, it could be, you know, different classes, different categories in terms of demographic, in terms of, you know, in terms of age, in terms of their upbringing, their backgrounds, whatever, you know, the illustration helps, the appropriate illustration helps. Okay. And, and also, this is a, this is a, the sixth one is a very important one. They help bridge the difficult places. Right. So there are some difficult things that you're sharing. And an illustration helps as a bridge from something to, from a concept to really understanding it. It helps bridge that. So it helps bridge the difficult places and also enforces the truth. Okay. So illustration is very important, very useful. At the same time, if we are using illustration after illustration, after illustration, you know, it takes, it actually steals our time. Okay. So we need to be mindful of that. And because an illustration, you know, it takes time, right? You cannot just state certain things and just move away. An illustration, you know, you can state the truth, you can state the facts, you can make statements of truth. But an illustration is, you're going into some detail, maybe it's about a person's life, maybe about, it's about an instance, incident that happened, you know, like, for example, you know, when I was sharing about, about that Sunday morning experience or Sunday afternoon experience, you know, post-church, going to the place, going to the restaurant or trying to figure out what, now I cannot rush that. I had to take time to talk about, okay, what each one could have been thinking, what each one was feeling and what, you know, what are disappoint, it does take time to talk about it, right? So just imagine for each and every point being made, if there are illustrations, it's going to be, it's going to take some time, okay? And you need to be mindful, if you're going to be just using illustration after illustration, right? And there are certain places where you don't have to, like, you don't have to be under pressure to use an illustration. And because we have learned that, okay, an illustration helps in these places, it rests the mind, it helps bridge, it helps reinforce the truth, and so on. So you, you can choose, okay, maybe this is a, you know, here's a different, yeah, here's a good place to use an illustration, right? Here's a thing, I just sense that the Spirit of God is, you know, just emphasizing this truth for this audience, you know, it's just emphasizing, maybe there's a need there for this audience, for this particular, for this particular truth, for this Sunday or for this meeting, you know, this truth really needs to be emphasized here, emphasized here, and I just feel it in my spirit that God is, you know, this is a weight of God's presence on this. So, yeah, let me just use an illustration. So, and the Holy Spirit will just eliminate that illustration as well, right? And could have people's attention to the truth that is being shared, okay? So, so the main job for us as communicators of the truth is, of course, to communicate the text, the main message, don't be distracted away from it, to just talk about stories and end with stories, right? So, so don't get distracted halfway and go somewhere and don't find your way back, you know, to the outline. Sometimes, please just do that, right? Just go and then, oh, they never come back to the main flow of the message and that's just in somewhere. So, you know, don't do that. Okay, so let's look at the next part of the next aspect of the sermon outline, which is the application. Okay, so application is the process by which the truth of what was proclaimed, the truth that you shared, it becomes relevant in a person's life. Why? Why should it become relevant? So, here's an opportunity for the person to apply the truth. Okay, so this is, here's how I can apply the truth of the gifts of the Spirit. Here's how I can apply the truth of what I heard about what I learned about faith. Here's how I can apply the truth of what I learned about, like some one of you shared and about being salt and light. Okay, the Lord has called me to be salt and light, but here's how I can apply this truth in my own life. Okay, so the application is about putting to use, it's about walking it out, is about working it out in my life. Okay, so it becomes very, very relevant. Like somebody said, okay, I hear, I forget. Okay, I see, I remember. I do, and it stays. I do, and it stays with me forever. So, this is a doing part, not just the hearing part. So, James talks about, James 1 talks about how we should not be a forgetful hearer, but the doer of the work, doer of the Word of God. So, here's an opportunity for the hearer to actually do it. Okay, so let's look at something about application. So, application is to make the text alive in contemporary life. So, the truth is eternal. Now, truth is, you know, you go through different seasons, you know, maybe the truth was of what is being shared here, you know, the life of that time, the culture of that time, and the challenges of that time, there could be some things in common, and it could be very, very different as well. But since truth transcends time and culture, and all that, you know, here we are today in modern time, you know, looking at this eternal truth. So, while we consider the eternal truth, and it makes this whole text of this truth, or this truth come alive, even in my life situation, in today's time, with all this technology, in today's time, with all these new challenges, this truth holds good. And the way I apply it, I get to experience the reality of it. I get to experience the power of putting that truth to practice, right? So, in relating the sermon to basic human problems, basic human needs, human challenges, then, you know, I'm able to apply. Okay, so these are some principles that we are looking at. So, while we are considering stating some applications, or methods of applying the truth, here are some things that to consider, right? So, when I relate the sermon to basic human challenges, okay, these are the challenges of today. You know, we could be talking about, you know, maybe 15, 20 years ago, or maybe 30 years ago, we would not have been talking about social media, right? The way, the format it is in today, or we won't be talking about, you know, when it comes to parenting, we won't be talking about, you know, limiting screen time to children, or making screen time, exposure, you know, to all this digital screen and pictures and movies and everything. Making it non-existent, right? Till they are not, you know, not allowing access to that, till they are of a certain age, right? While it seems like, okay, I can just put that and they'll be fine. You know, they'll be glued to the screen while I do my stuff, but doctors actually say that it is very harmful for them, you know, at that age to be looking at just moving images without processing things, you know, so it's not really good for them. So, they say screen time should be very limited in growing children, right? So, things like that, so technology has changed, but the fact is that, okay, by relating the truth to the problems of today, 30 years back, we would not have related that. But now, you know, we need to relate to what are the challenges, what are the problems of today? So, when we do that, now, that's the way of making that truth relevant so that I can apply it, right? Okay, determine what is normal for today, you know, what is the ground reality, which means that I need to understand what is happening. What is happening in society? What is the problem of, you know, by and large, right? Specifics will differ, but by and large, what is the problem of, you know, a person of this particular age? What are the challenges that they are going through? You know, if it's a senior person, you know, what is it that they are going through? Yes, you know, they've maybe they're in the 70s or 80s or, you know, older and certain things they are, you know, unable to do, right? Maybe the lack of mobility or mobility is reduced, maybe the strength is reduced, maybe, you know, technology around them has changed so much and they're not able to relate to it, right? Making us payment for a certain bill, you know, now, technology requires that you know certain things about email and using your phones to make payment, then maybe, you know, those are some challenges, right? So, it helps for us to know that, right? So, determine what is normal for today's society, know what is happening, or know what is happening in today's society, right? It helps us to bring the truth and enable the person to apply the truth in their lives, right? Okay. Make the application specific or definite because that is when you can take that step, okay? Because if it's unclear, then the step to be taken is also unclear and if it's not clear, I will not take that step, right? If it's left unclear, if it's left indecisive, then how can I apply it? How can I take that step? How can I follow that instruction? But if it is clear, for example, you know, when it comes to prayer, like, we're studying about prayer and then you look at the life of Daniel and you see that, okay, Daniel had a specific time and a specific place when he prayed. Every day he would open the windows, that place, specific place, specific time, switcher talks about that, he would face Jerusalem, he would pray, okay? So, that principle, okay, we can apply it, okay? Specific time, specific place. So, what is your time? Is it 6am in the morning? Is it 1130pm? Do you have a specific place for it, right? Or do you just leave it to wherever, whenever? It's not going to happen. So, do you have a specific place? Can you find a specific place? Can you arrive at a specific place? And can you arrive at a specific time? Say, every day, this time, nothing much happens, so I'm going to dedicate that to prayer. So, things like that, if we would give, if we would, you know, as a principle, allow the person to think and say, okay, what are some specifics here, right? Then, the step taken will also be specific and definitive, where the person says, okay, I need to find a specific time and specific place, okay, done. This is what it is. So, now, I'm going to play the truth. In that specific time and specific place, I can enter into prayer, I can spend this time in prayer and have a consistent prayer life, right? So, these would be ways by which some principles of application. Okay. Yeah, I think that's all we have time for today. Okay. So, next class, on Thursday, we will look at the time for the application and then we'll look at conclusion and so on. And then we'll move into the presentation part of it, right? Okay. So, we'll stop here. Thank you so much. God bless.