 says, ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession. The Lord says, ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession. Let's pray along these lines and say, Lord, this is what you promised in your word. And so we ask for the nations, we ask for the people in different nations that they be part of your kingdom, that they be saved, that they experienced salvation, experienced the love of Jesus, nations who are in conflict. Right now we've been reading about Russia and Ukraine and there seems to be some progress in the resolution of the conflict. So I was reading the paper papers just a few minutes back and the headlines talk about some, at least some scope for discussion, scope for talks. So that needless lives need not be put in danger and countless lives need not be put in danger and needless casualties should not happen. So let's pray and ask the Lord to move among the nations. Let's ask for the spirit of God to just move to change the hearts and lives of people. Let there be a sovereign more of God, let there be a sovereign more of the spirit in all these nations. Let's pray. Father, we thank you Lord. We thank you for this word that you said, ask of me. And so Lord, as your children, as your people, we come and Lord, we come asking in faith, Lord. And knowing this is something that is, Lord, this is on your heart, the people, Lord, in different nations, God, those who do not know you yet. And those who are in conflict because of lack of peace, Lord, within themselves, God. And Father God, we ask, Lord, that we pray that Lord, let many come to know you as Lord and Savior. We ask of Father God that Lord, from every tribe, from every language, from every nation, and Lord, I pray God from every geographical nation and even Lord, people, groups, Lord, that many will come to know you as Lord and Savior. Father, we ask for an outpouring of your spirit. Lord, let the river of life flow in these nations. Let the church rise up and take its place. Let all the believers, Lord, rise up and take their place, Lord, as people of influence or God, influencing for the good through their lives and through the intentional sharing of the gospel. Lord, I pray that, Lord, that the lives will be lives of integrity and purity and holiness, Lord, and not of compromise so that people will see a difference and see the love, Lord, and be drawn to you, Father God, and see the fruit of the gospel, Lord, in their own lives, Lord. The fruit of the work of the Spirit in their own lives, God, and be drawn to that, O Master. Lord, we commit these nations into your mighty hands, God, especially pray for the nations that are at war right now, conflict, and the bloodshed happening, violence, Lord, we pray that everything will come to an end, Father God, that you will bring these things to an end, Father God. Let there be peaceful resolution, God. Father, we pray that you'll protect the lives of people, O Master God. Let there be no needless violence, O Father God, and we pray that all this will come to an end, Master. Yes, Lord, we commit this into your mighty hands, even as we declare, God, that you are the Lord of all, that you are the King of kings and Lord of lords, and your kingdom is a kingdom, Lord, which does not have an end, God, and it is eternal, and your kingdom rules over all. And Father, we ask for the rule and reign of your kingdom, Lord, over the nations of the earth, Lord, we thank you. We just ask this in your precious name, amen. Okay, so we hope you guys are doing good. We will continue with where we left off discipleship in small group. We started by looking at the last section, right, that is raising up disciples, reproducing leaders, that is the last section in this course. So what we saw last class was, you know, before just winding up was about church leadership, right, that leadership in the church is very, very key, crucial to the growth of the church, both in terms of numbers and also in terms of, in terms of, you know, the lives being built up, right, when you say a strong church, it does not mean necessarily the number of people there. You know, that is one factor, because that means that the church is reaching out and people are being saved, people are being, yeah, people are being planted in the church. Right, it's one factor. The other thing is also when you say a church is strong, a church is, you know, being a church of influence is also fact that the church is building up the lives of people, right, the lives of people are being built up, the people are being made strong. They are, what we have been studying that they are being, you know, made strong and they do not remain as baby Christians, right, they don't remain as spiritual babes in Christ, but they grow from strength to strength and they, you know, they go from just being believers to being disciples to ministers to leaders. Okay, so we're talking about raising up leaders, okay, so leadership in the church is important. We saw that, you know, leaders are like pillars in the church. So the more leaders that are being raised up, the church will be stronger. Okay, and the more leaders that are raised up, well, we have so many more people to be, you know, spheres of influence, to be able to lead others to make the church strong and to also raise up other leaders. So, you know, when that keeps happening, we see that the church is growing, like people are growing, people are maturing, and people are leading, people are being sons and daughters, people are being mothers and fathers, right, they are raising up another generation and yet another generation in the kingdom of God. Okay, so the thing is to, like someone said, you know, success in ministry depends on how we raise up successors. Okay, so if we do not raise up successors, now what is who's a successor, one who, you know, one who continues the work after, you know, maybe the leaders are gone, one who continues, that's a successor. Right, so if there are no successors to continue the work, then we cannot say that the ministry is successful, you know, because if the current team of leadership is no more, right, passed away, then there is no one else to continue the work, then it means that the ministry was not very successful, right, it was just lasted for some time, you know, and it should actually keep going till the Lord returns, right. So that's the thing, so the leadership must be committed to church, to growing the church. Okay, so like we said, when we say grow the church, it's not just adding people to the church but also adding strength or making people come to a place of maturity who are already in the church. Okay, so both have to go hand in hand, so we cannot just focus on one thing and leave out the other. Okay, so the church leadership should be committed to this aspect, to growing the church. Okay, while there will be many things to do in every area of the ministry, let's say, you know, if it is counseling ministry, I'm sure that the, you know, the leaders there or the people in the team will be focused on bringing Godly counsel and solving, you know, the kind of problems and bringing resolution to the problems that people are facing. That will be the primary thing, but at the same time, they should also be focusing on building up people, right, building up vital people so that is extremely important. It's one of the key things which will enable the church to be strong. Okay, so let's, let me just share the notes and we look at how we can train our cell members to be cell group leaders. Okay, let me just share that. Okay. So step one is developing relationships with the members of the cell group. Now, there could be 10, 12, 15, you know, members in the cell group. So developing relationships in the sense going beyond just knowing, doing their name and what they do, going beyond beyond that, and, you know, developing a relationship, a strong, healthy relationship. You know, it should be healthy relationship in the sense people need to be brought to a place of strength so that they can walk with the Lord on their own. They can come to a place. Now that's a healthy relationship. If the members in a cell group are going to be always dependent on the leader for a lot of things. If you're going to be always depending on the leader, on the cell group leader, you know, then that's an unhealthy relationship. Like if they're going to be taking a lot of cell group leaders time, they're going to be, you know, doing that. Then it's an unhealthy relationship, but they need to be the cell group members need to be growing and come to a place of well standing on their own feet when it comes to spiritual things when it comes to the other aspects of life. They need to do that. So a healthy relationship needs to be there between the cell group leader and of course the cell group members. Okay. Now, the other thing of, you know, having a healthy relationship is also, you know, other aspects of like correction, because we are growing people. So, you know, communication of the truth with love. These are some things that are foundational, right, so which involves maybe, you know, if you see something that is not right, if you see something that is not correct, then obviously there needs to be change. There needs to be, there needs to be correction. If that has not happened, then there is no, then we can't say that, okay, there is a relationship, but it's not a healthy relationship. Where the leaders ignoring this aspect of bringing correction, which will be for the good of the cell number. Okay. So so many other aspects where we can say that the relationship needs to be healthy. Okay. So, so once that is established, then the cell leader can actually point or lead the people lead the cell members towards, you know, when the cell sees that, okay, the members are ready. They've come to a place of maturity to really equip them to train them to be leaders. Okay. So they need to be raised up. They need to be trained in order to be leaders. So that's, you know, it is both a formal and an informal thing. You know, like, you know, it's good to have a formal training where you, you know, when we say formal training, okay, we sit down and we talk about it. We have a set format. We have a set things to talk about maybe the vision of the church, the vision of the cell group ministry, what we should do as a cell group leader, what we should not do as a cell group leader. So to sit down and formally talk about it. Right. And also informal in the sense in the way we, you know, the way we do life itself, you know, maybe in informal settings. So that's one of the things that that the cell group leader is, you know, gets trained just by watching just by observing and also in informal settings. When we say informal sitting, it could be over a meal. It could be over, you know, maybe some other activity which is apart from a cell group meeting. So even in that there is a, there's some way of equipping that's happening to the cell members. So to spend, so it requires time, right, it requires spending time with a cell member. So, so when we invite them, when we invite them over when we invite them to the house and, and, you know, this is apart from a cell group meeting we're talking about, right. So then they will be able to, we will be able to know as a cell group leader, we'll be able to understand more about the cell members and truly see whether they are ready to take up leadership or even to be trained for leadership. Okay, so we understand that. So, so the key thing is to develop, establish a healthy relationship with the cell members only then we'll be able to find out whether they are ready, and we can also ask them can set them on the path for preparing them as several leaders. Okay. Then the second one is to develop ministers out of members. So we say, okay, we have friendship, we have relationship, etc. How do we, you know, how do we develop their heart for ministry is them the opportunities to serve. Okay, maybe it could be in the cell group itself where give them an opportunity to, to maybe lead a cell group meeting to give them an opportunity to maybe facilitate a cell group meeting. You know, maybe it is to lead prayer, to lead worship, to, you know, some, some, some kind of relation, I mean, a responsibility, an opportunity to see, you know, how they are willing, you know, so when we, when we give these opportunities, the, what happens is that people are one, one, one thing that happens is they are, they are, they are exposed to ministry. They're exposed to a level of ministry, which they may not have seen, they are, they may not have stepped into for some people it's new. So give them an opportunity for some people maybe they have, they've done it before. Right. And it could be a way off for them to again keep doing it continue doing it and also to receive additional inputs and corrections and so on. So the thing is, you know, like most people are very comfortable, you know, comfortable to satisfy to just come, attend and go, you will see that for most people, the majority are comfortable, they just want to come attend, not take up any other responsibilities for whatever reason, you know, they have their work, they have their responsibilities at home, and they don't want to commit to anything more than that. Right. So it's very few who are who are actually really passionate and who are saying, Okay, what should I do? What can I do? What can I do more? What more can I do? And these are easy to, you know, identify. And also, they are very willing to do things. So we need to definitely, you know, get them started on these things, like to take them out with us when you're ministering. And maybe we are visiting other cell group members at homes and, and maybe, you know, there is a need for prayer, maybe someone sick, they are willing to come. But then we do notice that most are unwilling in the sense they are comfortable to come attend the meeting and go attend the cell group meeting and go, but beyond that, they don't want to stretch. Okay, so, so it's good to challenge them and say, Okay, why don't you do this? I need you to help me out in this. So, and encourage them and say they might have some fears. No, I actually last time I tried it. It didn't work out. It didn't, you know, it didn't happen the way I wanted it to. So, you know, I don't want to do it again. So they might have a lot of excuses and maybe valid reasons, right? You know, it didn't work. Maybe they were not equipped. So address that. Okay, you know, why don't you try this out and, and give those responsibilities in, in, in small doses and small, less critical responsibilities and as they build strength in that area, then we can give them some more. Right. So what happens is, we need to establish, we need to make sure that people have a heart to minister. Okay, only then we can actually develop. Right. So we give them the opportunities, you expose them to the needs that are there. And, and then, as we slowly, you know, give them the input, then they will be able to come to a place of being developed or wanting to be developed as as ministers. Okay. So we do this. Step three is to make the challenge, right? Get them started on leadership, get them to commit to self-group leadership, challenge them, share with them, and also encourage them, affirm the things that are there in them. Right. So to see that, hey, remember, you, when we went to this, you did this, you ministered in this way, you shared this, it was good. Or you facilitated that life group, the way you handled that, it was good. The way you answered these questions, the way you moved to be, you know, from one thing to the other, the way you involved everyone in the discussion, and the way, you know, you solve that particular problem, you know, that person was going on talking and then you, you made sure that equal time was given to all the others to share. So, you know, that was, that was really good. So you did a good job. So when we affirm what they had done and so for them, they, for them also, they may have realized it, but then they realize, okay, maybe God is doing something in me, God is doing something through me. And He has given me these abilities and I'm growing in these abilities. Yes, I realize that I have a heart for ministry, and therefore let me commit to being developed or, you know, being trained to take up leadership. Right. The thing is, some might be there, who want the leadership, or who want to be self group leaders, saying, give me an opportunity, but they don't have a heart for, for people. Okay. They are very excited about the position. They are very excited about the title. Right. They say, I want to be, I want to be saying, can I be a leader? Can I be, can I do this? They're very excited. They're very interested. But they still don't have a heart for helping people. It's more about what can I do? What can I, you know, what can I, how can I share this? Which is, again, good. The passion and the interest zeal is good. But it's not that people might be helped. It's something like, okay, I want to do this. I want to, you know, share this focus on me. Okay. Maybe they've learned something. Maybe they've learned something new. So it's a very thin line. Right. So we need to develop such people as well. Encourage those people as well. But without giving them, you know, the leadership position, we need to develop them and see that the other aspect of being able to relate to people, being able to have a heart for people. You know, that needs to be developed as well. And then you can, you know, entrust such people with leadership, right, cell group leadership we're talking about. So, yeah, so we do that. And, and then we take them through the cell group leaders training. Okay. So it's good, you know, so here, see, we have, you know, we use this material for the training so that people understand the vision and also, you know, get trained as a leader. And also, to oversee, you know, some of the things that cell group leaders do and go for some time and then they are fine on their own. Right. So, but from time to time, just to keep in touch and so on. So, you know, any other place, any other cell group, you can do the same thing. So the fear of, you know, people breaking away and maybe, you know, bringing in destructive or, you know, even heresies, all that happens because the foundation has not been laid in raising up leaders. Okay. So we just pick them up for, you know, maybe for their talent. We look at outwardly the ability to maybe reach or teach. Maybe they are gifted, anointed in some areas that they are skilled. And then we give them the responsibility, right, without establishing a relationship, without getting to know them. We just see this and then we give them the responsibility. And what happens later is that, you know, they have not really understood the vision. They have not really understood the heart of what cell group ministry is all about. And then it becomes difficult later, you know, whatever we try to bring in and share and say, they see it as a why is this person not allowing me to do my work. Right. But the fact is they have not really understood the vision. The foundation itself is shaky. So, you know, everything that they do, you know, we'll have to constantly correct constantly check. And then they also don't like that. And then you definitely, you know, as a leader, since you brought them in, you also, you know, you're not happy. Right. So, so it doesn't help. So this is, but however, if we lay a foundation and we lay, you know, or share the expectations very clearly, that is, this is what is expected and and also walk with them journey with them. Then this is this becomes a very rewarding ministry, because it is, you know, we have strong leaders who have the same heart and vision and everything is is in place. And they're doing it. Well, they are, whatever they're doing, they want to build up the people. Okay, so yes, here and there, you know, we're all works in progress, we're not perfect people, so there will be certain things with regarding regarding to the method or regarding, you know, wrong motivation and so on, which can be corrected. Right. And that is, that is fine. And they're also in a position to receive correction to, you know, they know the heart of the leader, you know, because you've established that relationship, having spent time and having, you know, shared why you want to do it and and the fact that they understand that, Hey, this is for my good. It's not that this person, he or she is putting me down or wanting to, you know, wanting to restrict my minute, the, you know, the gifts and abilities that God has given me, but really, this person wants me to thrive and flourish. And that is why this person is doing it. So I'm bringing in correction, bringing in feedback. Right. So the person also understands that. Okay, so, so that's the thing. So that is the right way to do it. Okay. That's the correct way to do it. And when we do that, then definitely it'll be very rewarding. The work will be fruitful. Okay. So the fourth thing is to help start the cell group. Okay, well, we have given the training. We have an in the training, they have understood everything. They've shared the information, everything. We need to give them time to, you know, digest that information, right, make it part of their life, make it part of their, you know, the way they minister, etc. Right. But the thing is that we need to walk with them or help them. There needs to be some hand holding as they start. Okay. So how does it, how do we do that? So we maybe we can attend the cell group, you know, some practical things, attend the cell group that they start, help them get started, but not really interfere, you know, see what happens is many times, you know, people say, okay, why don't you come and be part of the cell group and, you know, attend, etc. And what happens is when you go there as a leader, maybe as another cell group leader, they would turn to you and say, okay, why don't you, you know, why don't you share, why don't you lead worship, why don't you, you know, lead the cell group meeting, right. So it is at these times when you say, okay, you know, I've come to be part of it, why don't you lead, you know, because you've already, you know, you've already gone through the training, I'd like you to lead, right. You've seen how I've done it. And now it's, you know, you go ahead, you do it, I'll be there. I'll be there to fill in whenever there's a need. Or I'll be there to help assist if it's required. But you know, you do the main thing, right, you do the work, and I'll just be there to attend, and we'll talk about it later. You know, after cell group, anything, areas of improvement, we'll talk about it later, but you go ahead and you do it. Right. So, so that will, that will be really helpful. And it's beneficial for the, for the new leader. Okay. Okay, so here are some things as a good cell leader does not do everything himself or herself. Okay, a good cell group leader learns to delegate. Right. Give opportunities for others. Okay. While not, you know, the word is abdicate in the sense while not giving up the, the leadership, you know, ability or position, you know, the reason the church has appointed a person as a cell group leader is because they see, you know, you've seen the potential, you've seen the heart, you've seen the maturity and then train them. Now, the thing is, in wanting to delegate, the leader should not, you know, give up that responsibility of cell group leadership. Right. So, and say, okay, the main work that I'm called to do, that also I've delegated. No, you know, there are other things that can be delegated. But the whole the, the leadership aspect ties with the cell group leader. Okay. Okay. So there's the cell group leader makes demands of cell members makes them stretch beyond themselves and and also, you know, go beyond their comfort level, so that they can reach higher goals. Now, that's something that we need to understand. Right. As long as, as we are comfortable as long as we are comfortable in our, you know, in the things that we do, we will never reach beyond, you know, or reach for other things and achieve or accomplish higher goals. As long as we are comfortable in our own and the things that we're doing right now, if you're not trying out new things, if you're not reaching out or reaching for, you know, some, some big goals, right. So you will continue to be doing what we're doing. So, as a cell group leader, we need to be able to encourage, challenge, and also enable people to stretch beyond what is comfortable. Okay. So we need to, of course, lead by example, like Paul says, you know, to Timothy says, you know, be an example, and let your life speak. Right. Be an example in word and faith and in everything in love. Be an example. So, so also when it comes to commitment. Right. So, when you say, okay, I want you to be committed to, to the cell group ministry or, you know, attend the cell group be committed. People need to see commitment in, in our lives first. If we are not committed, if, you know, if we don't show up after we have, you know, let's say we say, okay, if a meeting happens every Friday at this time, and if we show up late, maybe the cell group is meeting in church, or maybe it's a common place. But if we are not committed, if we cancel at the last minute, then people will not be committed themselves. Right. We cannot make a demand on commitment. If people see that we are not committed. Okay, we need to first demonstrate it. Okay. And then, complacency. That's the other word. The commitment is one word that we saw or as attribute aspect that we see needs to be displayed by the cell group leader. The other thing that, that the cell group leader should not have is complacency, complacency is, is, you know, being lazy, cooling down. Right. And there's no fire. It's the opposite of being passionate. Become complacent and, and I'm being too relaxed. You know, it does not mean that one should not be at peace. It does not mean that one should not be content. But if one is becoming lukewarm, like in the work of God in the relationship with God, then that reflects in all areas of life. Right. So a good cell group leader does not tolerate complacency. You know, so the thing is, you know, all these characteristics are very contagious. People see it and it rubs off on them. Right. So if a leader is passionate, if a leader is committed, then those in the cell group will also receive some of that. You know, there's an impartation of that. So they also want to be or they're inspired to be committed. They are encouraged and motivated to, you know, to be passionate. Okay. So these are things that are very, very contagious. So we need to have that right attitude and these attributes in our own lives. You know, this is so true this quote by Oliver Goldsmith. People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Okay. So if you have a good role model, then people are inspired to follow and, and do and, and, and change for the better. Right. Okay. So the next aspect we see is the leader as a coach. Okay. The leader as a coach. So the leader we've seen here is, you know, is equipping is training is raising up others. And one very important aspect of a leader is that of a coach. You know, what is the difference? Or what is the importance of a coach? See, this, some of these thoughts are from this book, leader as coach, very helpful. So you can, you know, you can check this book out. Maybe if you see it online or on Kindle. So the thing is this, you know, why do we, why do we coach people? Okay. So what does a coach do? If you look at a sport, if you look at, you know, a team, a coach always builds the strength in people individually so that the collectively the team is strong. Right. That's what the coach does. The coach enables the team enables in the individuals to keep going for higher goals, right, to keep improving continuously. So the coaches is not satisfied if the person is okay, you know, at one level of capability, you know, they're able to do this. The coach is not satisfied the coach wants to push them to a higher level, because they see, okay, there's great potential to push them to the next level. Right. And so when a coach does that, then there are people who want to be coached, who want to be helped in that manner. Right. So that's what, so coaching is the process of equipping people with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need in order to develop themselves and become even more effective. Right. So the coaches, what do they do? Right. They equip, give people the equipment in order, you know, I equip to with, with what is required for them, you know, with the knowledge, with the expertise, with the resources and the opportunities so that they develop with that. They take that and they develop, they become stronger. Right. So coaches develop people, but not directly, but indirectly by equipping them. Right. Some things to do when we are coaching work one on one. Okay, so these are some things that we've seen already, you know, when we say, okay, build a relationship with cell group members. So this is what a coach does work one on one. You know, there are, there are things that we do collectively when we minister to in a cell group. But also, there are things that we need to do one on one. Right. So maybe you've always been, if you've always been ministering to the group, maybe it's time to step back a little and see, okay, these 12 people who are there. These, you know, these 10 or 12 people who are there now to look at them individually and see, you know, what is it that is that they are strong at? What is it that they need to grow into? What are some of the challenges that they are facing individually? Okay, person A, person B, person C has these challenges, you know, pray about those challenges and God will give those ideas and strategies and, and things that, you know, as a leader, you need to bring into their lives. Right. So it's a, you see that it takes time. It's a lot of hard work. It takes commitment from, from our side, a lot of investment, you know, of time and effort and so on, but it's worth it. Right. So when you look at the team as individuals and say, okay, let me just work one on one. Of course the person needs to be willing. You know, we need to understand that we cannot force these things to happen. Right. But we, we are, we are looking at, we are assuming that yes, everyone in the cell group or most people in the cell group are willing to be trained or willing to be coached. Right. So we have seen your life. They have seen the heart of, they've experienced the heart of God and they've, you know, they've been inspired, they've been motivated. They've come to a place of saying, yeah, I need to grow in order to, you know, help others grow. So, you know, I want to be equipped. I want to be trained in all this. Right. So they've come to that place. So take, make use of those opportunities as a coach, make use of those opportunities there, you know, be alert and aware of those opportunities in order to help people, you know. So say when we say one-on-one moments, coaching moments, it's not like you make people sit down and, you know, give one long lecture or long sermon. It's not that. Right. It's not that you sit down and say, okay, let me, I want you to listen to them. Didn't mean for the next half an hour and then give them one full download of, you know, whatever you learn. No, it's not that. It is, it is to bring in your experience. It is to bring in a point people to the word and share it in a manner that they understand. Maybe there are some problems that needs to be corrected or, I mean, some things, attitude that needs to be corrected. So there is a leaning on God to bring in the right word to that person and being alert to those coachable moments, you know, because people, you know, it's like this. People are not always able or ready to receive. They're not ready to receive. We need to find those moments. There could be some times when they are, you know, when their mind is on something else, maybe they're something, maybe their work, their office, right? Or maybe there is a, you know, problematic child in the family, maybe the spouse, you know, is the problem not saved or, you know, has been abusive, etc. Maybe they fan it for, you know, having some financial things, so financial challenges and then these things are on the top of their mind. And here you are trying to, you know, talking, trying to talk to them about self-group leadership and they're not in a place to receive it, right? So find those moments when they are ready to receive and use those moments and use them well. Take advantage of those opportunities, right? So when we work one-on-one. So maybe sometimes we need to create those moments, right? We need to address the other issues, address the other things and suggest solutions for some of the things that they are facing in order to help them get settled, right? Okay, then the second thing, how does a coach help or some things that we can do when we are coaching is to guide people to learn for themselves, okay? You know, rather than, you know, we showing, we teaching all the time, you know, build some patterns or build some habits or point people to that, so that they can, you know, learn on their own based on what they're seeing in the word, what they're, they can learn on their own. So they're not always depending on others, right? Orchestrate resources and opportunities. Now this could be, you know, maybe you've learned something, you've read something, you've seen something, you watched some video, which was helpful for you spiritually for your growth, share that, share the resources. And also maybe you, you know, you've attended this meeting and you found that to be useful, you know, the speaker and this particular topic and take them along, right? So, so, or invite them, right? So what happens is that you are, you know, we are equipping them to learn, right? And also we are encouraging them and whatever input you're receiving, they are also receiving and then they are growing. Okay, so opportunities also the same way, not just the resources, but opportunities, right? Maybe there's an opportunity for them to serve, opportunity to share, you know, orchestrate that or create those moments for them. Okay, here are some practical things. Okay, two minutes, two more minutes. So we'll share some practical things when it comes to strategies for coaching. Okay, we again go back, the firstly, we can go back to this thing of forging a partnership, meaning we have establishing a relationship. We're establishing a strong relationship of trust, of understanding, of, you know, healthy communication of honor and respect so that people are willing to work. People are willing to, you know, walk with you. Okay, so this is very, very important, right? This is very, very important. It's very crucial because without this, the other things may or may not work, right? Without this strong foundation. So establish that second one is to inspire commitment. Okay, so commitment with some people can be very strong, but for some it can be lacking. So inspire commitment, right? Motivate, inspire commitment, let people see how you are committed and also maybe share stories of commitment and then they will be committed themselves, right? Because leadership requires commitment, right? I'm talking generally about leadership and specifically about self-group ministry. You know, when we were leading self-groups, there's not every time that you will feel like leading a self-group or hosting a self-group. Like sometimes you're tired, you know, you've been doing a lot of other things, you know, emotionally tired, physically tired, it happens, right? But it's those times, it's those moments when you say, okay, I will do it anyway, right? I will do it anyway. I know that it's not my physical strength and ability, depending on God. But emotionally, I don't feel like it, but I will do it anyway. You know, I will host, you know, we've already committed to it. We've said that this is the day, this is the time, let's do it anyway. Okay, so these are ways by which we inspire commitment in others, right? Because commitment is very, very important, okay? Okay, so we'll take a break and we'll come back after the break. Okay.