 So we see here, the verse before that talks about ministering, being hospitable, we're looking at 1 Peter 4 and verse 11. So the verse before that talks about being hospitable to one another without grumbling and ministering the gift to one another. So it talks about whatever God has put in our heart to really share that, to steward that well. Okay, and in the same vein, Peter says, if anyone speaks, if anyone speaks or communicates or proclaims, we can say whatever, let them speak as the oracles of God. So we've seen this before, that let them speak as an oracle of God in the sense what is in the heart of God, let them be a mouthpiece for God, a spokesperson for God. So which means that which requires for us to really seek God, it requires for us to really seek him and pursue him and know what's in his heart. So we know that it cannot be a casual seeking, it cannot be a very superficial kind of relationship. So while we journey through time, in a sense, which is a fancy way of saying that while we spend, as we go on in ministry, as we continue to minister and in through the years, it is possible that we come to a place of, okay, there's something happening and so I minister. There's an event, I'm going to minister, there's a Sunday service and I minister, and I need to do it, let me do it. But here we see that if I need to minister, Peter's exhortation is that you minister as the oracles of God, you minister as a spokesperson for God, minister, let him speak with the ability which God provides. So which means that I need to seek him, I need to pursue him, I need to receive from him and receive what's in his heart and the ability, the power aspect of it, the anointing aspect of it. So that also, I seek him, I pursue and I receive from him and I minister with the ability that he gives and the end result of this is that God will be glorified. So we are called to this and maybe never get jaded, maybe never get complacent in this area, but let us minister as the oracles of God and there's nothing more satisfying, accelerating, exciting as we when we do this. So let's pray and let's say God, I want to be this, I want to be your spokesperson, I want to speak as the oracle of God. Father, we thank you Lord, we thank you that you called us to this, invited us to this, and it's a privilege for us Lord to speak as if you would speak in that place God, to minister or as you would minister in that place Father God and so we thank you that you've called us to this, to speak as the oracles of God and Master to this end we commit ourselves Lord into your mighty hands God, to do what it takes Father God, in the natural God, to do what it takes O God in the spiritual Lord, Master that we might ask Lord minister with the ability that you have given us God. Your ability God is limitless Lord and it's far beyond Lord what we can even imagine and Master we ask O God for an impartation Lord of that ability in us Lord and I just pray today for those of us who are all of us here in this class and I just pray for each one of us O God that utterance will be given O God that we each one of us O God will be ministering as the oracles of God Lord that we would seek to know you God that we would pursue you God with all our hearts and mind and soul and strength of Father God and Lord seek to know what's in your heart of Father God and even as you reveal these to us Father God by your spirit maybe be careful to treasure these Lord maybe be careful to esteem these Father God and yeah maybe be careful to steward O God these things for Father God revelation and truth and everything God in the best way possible Father God. Yes Master we thank you that you will do this in our lives and we commit ourselves Lord to journey with you Father God to walk with you to see this Lord God work out in our lives each and every time we minister God we thank you Lord in Jesus' matchless name we pray amen amen okay so last class you know we've been looking at some of the keys to effective preaching like and so we've been looking at some of the practical things and so we we saw you know how humor will help humor will actually help us in various ways it'll help us to bridge some you know difficult things it'll help us to bridge all those you know gaps and and also difficult content you know it'll it'll put the audience at ease right and to help them to relax especially when you know some difficult things some convicting things some hard things have been communicated like it helps to do that as well the smart humor does that as well so we saw that the word of caution was that that let humor be in you know like a spice and not the main thing okay otherwise there's no well there's no seriousness and whatever truth we declare also seems to be watered down right people if it's something very something of a significant nature something that is serious then it's not received in that with that seriousness right okay so use it you know be discerning in the use of humor okay the next thing we saw was that we need to plan on a good level of content per minute so in other words we're saying that you plan out your the message in such a way that there is time for each and every section there is time for each and every point okay so some of these things which which hinder us from actually delivering in the right way or completing even the message is when we are repetitive okay when we repeat things over and over again right so some some things we say over and over again repetition is good to some extent right how does it help it helps in memory it helps to highlight the importance of things right so repetition helps in those ways it helps people to retain fine but then if you are going to repeat it for the sake of you know repeating then it's going to fill up it's going to take time it's going to steal time right so be careful of repetition be careful of losing the audience attention of the audience be careful of that because repetition tends to do that when people also would feel you know why is this person saying this over and over again you know I've got it I've already got it and it might come as a very patronizing thing you know like okay as you would talk to a child right over and over and over again and instructing a child over and so they might feel it's very very patronizing they might feel as you know condescending manner right so to avoid all that you know you you think of it okay have I said it too many times let me just stop here move on okay and plan different sections how much time can I give this how much time can I give the other thing well this is certainly a time a difficult concept or maybe something that is new something that requires a bit of explaining so I'm going to spend so much time and some things are simple some things need not be you know explain just mention keep going okay when it comes to again delivering content and planning your time well we need to be thoroughly prepared you know that goes without saying that we need to know the content you know we can't be not prepared certain things and we can't postpone certain things and okay I'll do it later I'll do it later and then suddenly realize oh I didn't even you know I didn't even go through this I didn't even you know prepare this well I should have read this I should have you know all these things come and then you get getting all tensed up right anxious so prepare thoroughly so that you can be relaxed but also preparing thoroughly also leaves us or gives us the freedom to to make some spontaneous you know take some spontaneous route okay so since you know the content and you prepared it well it also enables you to speak certain things maybe not there in the outline but you sense the lot speaking these things and it gives you that freedom to do that as well okay okay then some practical things about notes well if you're going to write down word for word okay what would happen is that you normally you know you would feel tempted to glance at the notes over and over again right so if you've written down okay like maybe initially we can write down okay hello how are you you know everything word for word apparently like in some in some scenarios it would work you know I've I've read that Joel Osteen you know in in his early days of the TV ministry like after he took over from his father he used he used to write down each and everything right because it was television and it was very time bound he had to you know convey certain things within those whatever three minutes four minutes whatever be the time frame right it was it was short and and so he he actually wrote down word for word you know line for line what is it that he needed to convey so that he can actually do that he knows that okay he can time it he can say it and it can be conveyed in that manner well that would happen in certain contexts right but that doesn't have to be so all the time especially when it's let's say you know you call to speak somewhere and you have sufficient time like 30 minutes 40 minutes whatever and so if you have a verbatim sermon outline the temptation is to just be locked into that right and you don't want to take your eyes off that so instead of communicating with the audience you know you're constantly looking into the notes and you're reading out it's good content and you're you know you're prepared well but having that kind of a notes really you know if you if you're not careful you'll be locked into it you know you need to make a you need to make a conscious choice not to do that say okay these are some things I understood it or I've you know prepared this I've written this down and yeah so so that I can prepare it well these are some things that I need to speak these are some points but I'm going to now communicate that with the audience and I'm going to speak that now I'm going to preach that now I'm going I'm not going to be looking into my notes all the time okay I'm going to glance at it when I'm done with this point I'm going to look at the other point so I know this is the flow of things that I want to give you I don't want to miss out on anything right so so that's those are some things that we need to do so that we don't get locked into a content or locked into the what we have written down as the sermon notes okay okay and some sometimes you know people say 20 minutes is what right now you know people say that 20 minutes is what people can actually give attention 20 minutes now that's a short span which means that every 20 minutes if you're going to be speaking for let's say one hour okay so every 20 minutes there needs to be a shift there needs to be a transition okay so people can if they're going to give attention only for 20 minutes then we need to have some kind of a shift in transition and so that people can I mean be attentive okay like you know in the notes there is this quote the mind can only absorb what the seat can endure in the sense physically you know if a person can is comfortable you know let's say 20 minutes 30 minutes that's it otherwise you know they start shifting fidgeting and now you know what we've noticed is with social media with you know all these instagram and everything the that has come down even now you know the attention span is so reduced like I remember you know sharing a video with my daughter and I asked her okay she said that I think it was fairly I don't know it was just maybe 10 minutes long and and she was done you know I think within two three minutes she was done so I asked her you know how did you finish it she said I just forwarded I just forwarded it to where the way it was and then and that's it done so people are very very you know impatient they just want to you know get to the end finish it so we're living in such a time you know and you guys we're addressing such audiences you know with such such a short span I'm not saying that everyone is like that but we have such folks in the audience and more and more you know as more and more people start using these media you know things they will be they will be the tendencies to scroll up you know scroll to the next one scroll scroll to the next story right skip to the next part so so be mindful of that and so when you speak you know people might be there physically but they are there emotionally and you know mentally right ask yourself that okay the next one the next key to effective preaching is a voice okay is my voice loud enough okay is my voice comfortably loud right it should not be painfully loud right if it's painfully loud especially with the PA and everything if I'm going to be shouting you know screaming I know that you know that is a style or you know a characteristic way of preaching you know in some cultures which is accepted norm in some in some cultures as well so which is it's okay but it should if people cannot endure that for a long time right so it has to be okay maybe certain things you are proclaiming preaching you are you know emphasizing go ahead do it but then be mindful of the fact that people cannot endure that if you're going to be uncomfortably loud all the time people are going to tune off okay there's only so much they can take in right so be loud enough come be comfortably loud so that the furthest person in the hall the furthest person sitting in the you know in the congregation the audience can hear comfortably okay so anyway every audience every every place now we know we have a PA we have a mic and loud speakers and so on so so that they can hear comfortably loud enough right okay then the other thing is also I think what we were looking at earlier like John Paul mentioned last class was about the rate of speech the rate of speech is it's too slow is it too fast if it's too slow people are going to again nod off sleep sometimes you know doze off and also lose track right but if it's going to be very fast then again the same thing happens right they're not able to grasp what did he say that oh he's already moved on you know what what are they what is he saying next it's already moved on to the ring so it's very fast and also if it is going to be too rapid and fast the words that we use the sentences that we use are not going to be clear so well the rate of speech and also the clarity of the words and also the tone okay so that's another important thing I think I mentioned right one example where I preached a message on a Sunday and then after soon after that this person came and said that gave a feedback you know the content was good you know I really enjoyed the message the content was good faster but then your tone is very very monotonous right it's the same tone right throughout so there's no up or down no variation so he was actually at that time I think he was teaching some soft skills and all that so he said you know I find that very very very boring the tone and also I find that I'm not able to you know I sometimes doze off and he was brave brave enough and bold enough to you know just say that I need to tell the pastor this I need to tell him that and and and thank god he did that right so I couldn't at least you know I even though and I have a tendency to go into a monotone every time I'm reminded of that and say okay is there variation in my voice right does it go up and does it come down where it needs to right where it needs to so that it doesn't sound artificial but at the same time wherever there's an emphasis am I you know changing the tone am I changing the pitch am I you know what is my volume and what is my speed the speed at which I speak all that okay so something about language is use words that are clear and use words that are simple which communicate the message emphasize certain words if need be and when we are speaking we can use repetition right to emphasize certain things we can use a pause right so you're making a statement saying that um because where I'm just reading you know you are a chosen generation you are a chosen generation so there's a pause after you are chosen generation so we could say it without a pause and okay you are a chosen generation you are a chosen generation but what is the difference when you add the pause anyone when you say okay let's say the first example you are a chosen generation you are a chosen generation so what's the difference sorry it's clearer okay okay so jeffina says it's clearer anyone else anyone else what is the difference it gives the audience to think on that word it chosen generation right yeah so it kind of emphasizes those words and the audience gets to think about that okay you are and then it's like okay I am a chosen you know and you think on that word okay chosen and generation and you're thinking about these words these words kind of stand out it's like you have a highlighter in the notes and then you you highlight you know or you highlight the verse in the bible you underline something it's like that right so you you're highlighting it you're focusing on that and and it changes the the whole you know communication of that thought right so you are a chosen generation this emphasis this clarity there's also focus right so this word so so it kind of it you know this is a small thing it's a practical thing but it goes a long way in communication of the truth right so so maybe we might think oh am I just manipulating things right well it's a fine line okay if I'm using these abilities if I'm using these practical things it's a fine line you know if your motive if your heart is is clear right if your motive is okay I need to communicate this this message the meaning and there's a thought in this in the best way possible okay now it's not like I want them to think in a certain way or I want them to behave in a certain way you know I want them to do this and because of that I'm just going to put in all this emotion and do it no the truth itself causes you you know for all these emotions to come out and you're just not holding back you're just you know communicating that right so you yourself as a as a person as a messenger right and and carrying that message your and it's it's your personality your your emotions and everything are intertwined with that okay which is fine okay so so the thing is this are we emphasizing you know are we emphasizing the words are we and also you know we're going to look at the next one which is what about gestures right what about gestures you know I think in our in-person class one of these years we you know the previous years we did this exercise okay like we just grouped up into two by two and each person had to speak to the other person and without using any hand gestures no hand gestures no face gestures but they had to talk for some time okay they had to talk about something that they were very interested in something that you know so their favorite dish or something like that and they had to talk about that and they had to you know emote that but without using face gestures without using you know hand gestures they had to do that it's very difficult right very difficult to do it so it comes naturally for us to to any kind of gestures but the thing is this you know when you're in front of a audience you kind of feel inhibited you want to put your hand out and you want to lift your hands maybe then you're feeling inhibited oh you know it's like oh I'm in front of this large group so sometimes right we feel inhibited and you don't want to do all that okay so the thing is you know these gestures also help these gestures also help communicate in a powerful way to to preach in an effective manner okay so so that doesn't mean that you're doing some you know what do you call you doing some over the top gestures or you're just you know doing some gesture or gesturing excessively now that can be a that can be a you know a point where people are not able to have any distraction and people are not able to concentrate so with that let's let's look at you know some gestures okay and posture okay and see what what is it that's really the choir one thing is this that if we if we hunch over or slump or you know maybe there's a podium and then you're just you know leaning over the podium then it it doesn't really convey that you're serious about something that we are you know going to speak about whatever we message we have it doesn't convey that okay so it comes across as too relaxed right and not really something not really something that exudes you know that this is a serious thing this is something that that I'd like you to listen right that has a congregation that we'd like you to take notice of and it's it's overtly relaxed and and it's like taking things for granted right so our gestures or body language should be something that actually translates or communicates confidence and it's something that enhances whatever we are saying it should go hand in hand right our gestures can enhance like they say that the bigger the audience you know let's say you're speaking to thousands of people let's say there are 2000 people the bigger the audience is you naturally need to have some big gestures right um the smaller the audience you don't like if it's like say 2000 people and and you're speaking to them it's like if you want to say something you can throw your hands out you know welcome everyone you know it makes a big impact kind of big audience big congregation how are how's everyone doing but if it's if it's you know two people or three people you know sitting and then you're doing that it comes as something that is excessive right so use gestures that are appropriate for the size of the congregation and for the for the nature of content as well right so these are some practical things also be careful that you're not doing anything that is distracting okay so suppose I I keep fidgeting with my button okay or I keep you know let's say I have a pen here and I keep removing it putting it or if I just put my hands in my pocket and I do something with it if I'm fidgeting then it becomes something that people are noticing they are not paying attention to I'm sure all of us did that right in college or school we noted down you know that that teacher who was fidgeting that teacher who would say repeat certain things and I know my daughter did that you know in a in a notebook she write down okay this teacher said this so many times in this class okay she said this so many times she did this gesture so many times people start doing that instead of actually taking notes instead of actually you know paying attention to the content so so then you don't want that right so fidgeting maybe some kind of a mannerism maybe somebody can give feedback okay or maybe you can just record yourself you know put your phone somewhere there and just record it and use that as something to reflect upon and also something to change you know something you can always it'll be very very very useful right very useful sometimes when I we don't realize it because because in our minds we think that okay we're doing everything okay we're thinking about the content we're thinking about especially when it comes to you know recording something we think that okay everything is fine but then you you hear yourself and you realize oh there are so many things I wish I you know I didn't do that or there's so much of mannerisms that are part of me that I didn't notice right so so do that right why are we looking at all this big picture right it is so that we can communicate effectively because the message of the content is is worth communicating effectively the truth that we are called or it's a it's a privilege for us to communicate it's worth communicating effectively so are we looking at it in the in in the correct context okay it's not to make us look great it's not to call attention to ourselves it is not to make us feel special or in any way okay so so let's look at it in the right way right context the reason we are looking at it we are studying this and we want to put it in practice is because we want to communicate effectively and we are communicating a message that is worth communicating effectively right that is worth you know causing all distractions to cease right okay okay so what about facial expressions you know for some of us are we're naturally very expressive naturally you know we frown we we smile we you know some of us are like that but some of us it's it's a deadpan expression right you don't emote too much even in our you know usual conversation like I know I've spoken to some people who are like so serious throughout and so you wondering did I say anything wrong you know because they're not used to you know smiling or you know they're very serious even when they say something funny you know they're just so serious and you're wondering like you know so so I understand that like oh sometimes it's cultural you know I remember once speaking to a congregation and and this congregation you know I found it difficult because every time I look at someone and you know eye contact they would look away right so I look at someone and I'm saying because I want to respond right so you you want want to realize you want you want to kind of observe and see is it making sense you know are people interested or you know are they finding it difficult to understand so you're looking at people you know are they nodding are they so every time I look at people they would turn away through their expression they so no eye contact right so so I'm wondering you know what is happening every time and I then I realize okay culturally they if you need if you're looking at them you know eye to eye that means that you know if looking at a person of authority eye to eye that means that you're you know you're kind of rebelling you're not showing respect and so if it's a person of authority they would not normally they lower their eye you know it's an act of humility lowering the eye and you know talking but I was I found it very difficult right so maybe you know this kind of a gesture you know maybe if you're from that kind of a culture and then you're not looking into the eyes of the person to whom you're speaking and you're you know maybe lowering your eyes you're not contacting you know you're not making eye contact then it's it's not really you know good communication right so you know so so I understand okay maybe some cultures we're not really expressive maybe we don't meet I we don't make eye contact right all that but put all that aside right when it comes to this way because it's a message worth communicating it's a message where all hindrances are taken up especially when you're ministering you know multicultural and you're coming from that culture but you're ministering to another culture and you need to be mindful of that right okay so okay some practical things you know like if you feel that something is hindering okay if you feel that okay there's a table there is a chair something you know physical environment which which is not really allowing you free access to the to the congregation you know probably you can request that to be moved you know maybe it's a podium and you don't want it right in front but you want it on the side you feel that you can do that another thing is to actually move away you know you we keep our notes or Bible and phones and everything on the podium and we move away and speak to the congregation so it's not as if we are hiding behind a podium or you know allowing that to so what happens is when we are moving away we are actually saying that okay I'm open I'm accessible and I'm sharing this and I've got nothing to hide you know it's all comes through when we do that okay so we can we can learn from this we can always you know kind of progressively improve in this area we can do that right also I think when it comes to gestures when it comes to body language we can also think about clothing right appropriately addressed for the occasion well if it is going to be just get to know okay what kind of dress code is appropriate right as a speaker well if it's a suit and tie kind of thing go formally dressed okay if it is a informal thing where people are people don't mind people come in you know jeans and t-shirt or then you go appropriately appropriately dressed because showing up in a you know suit and tie and that kind of an audience would be may not be appropriate right so I remember once we had a guest speaker and church and so he came dressed up in suit and tie right so and he was telling me and in church we don't normally do that like everybody's casual is some guys walking in shorts and so all that so he was feeling very over dressed and then he was telling me thank god you know god sends a fuma praise god that day was graduation Sunday so and all the students were in their graduation gowns and you know caps then he said oh praise god I was really saved by this otherwise I would have stuck out as one you know as a sore thumb as someone who is overly dressed but praise god for this at least you know now I can take off my jacket and you know this I'll be okay so so that you know just to find out what is appropriate and yeah so okay oh this is earlier okay okay okay I just noticed this sorry okay okay then the next thing is okay this is quite useful and I think it's very important for those of us who are probably starting off you know you just you're a beginner to public speaking or a beginner to ministering and publicly in gatherings don't disqualify yourself okay maybe it's your first time or maybe it's your fifth time don't disqualify yourself you know what do we mean by that you know many of us yeah we some of us have this tendency to say okay you know I'm not a great speaker and I'm not a orator but I'm just so and so and I've come to share okay you don't need to do that right or you might say okay this is my first time so I please kindly you know excuse me I apologize for any whatever errors or things like that you know I'm not an expert on this subject and we don't need to do that right because we're actually you know lessening our impact on the on the congregation and also we are reducing our own confidence level you imagine you're just going and there and then saying this and then you have a very important message you know a message that really is impactful it's a it's a god-given word and just imagine the impact of that right so so you don't need to do that avoid all these things right and and just go with confidence and share whatever needs to be shared right don't discount yourself okay so those are some ways by which we discount ourselves we we talk about our lack of experience we talk about our lack of maturity we talk about our lack of expertise in an area lack of knowledge in something and we don't need to do that the audience also is not really interested in knowing all that right you can just go ahead and share what needs to be shared and with God-given confidence and knowing fully well that he is communicating to the you know the Holy Spirit is confirming the truth that you've spoken you're declaring he's confirming it and so there's no need to apologize for some things just go ahead and do it in confidence right with with God's confidence knowing that you're a spokesperson you know that verse that we see that we read just now you know before we started that you're ministering as oracles of God oracle of God so you're speaking you're there on his behalf and you're there as a spokesperson for the kingdom of God for the king of the kingdom right so do that with all boldness we're not saying be arrogant you know looking down condescending manner sometimes that's the other extreme okay all of you just sit up and listen all they have to say we have a very important message now you better listen right and you know kind of bossing around and it happens in certain rural settings I've seen it right so people are so they're just treating them like children these are adults and you're bossing over them don't do that right remember that you're it's a privilege to be the shepherd of the sheep and you know first Peter chapter five this is what it says shepherd the flock of God which is among you serving as overseers not by compulsion but willingly not for dishonest gain but eagerly not as being lords over those entrusted to you but being examples to the flock okay first Peter chapter five verse two so have that you know art have that heart when we minister okay right and it's good for us to include ourselves okay so we're looking at you know not disqualifying ourselves and also we're looking at the other end of the spectrum which is the other end of that particular thing line of thinking which is where you know we fault on err on the other side where we are too authoritative and too aggressive and arrogant sometimes we come across as arrogance now don't err on that side also right but include yourself right include yourself so what do we mean by that you know the message that you're sharing you know are we using words like we let us let us give up or let us move here let us do this or is it only you need to do you need to do that you better you know you better you know give up these things right well I know that there is a place for that you know God is saying you need to do this like maybe it's a message for you know it's a message for that congregation it's a prophetic let's say a prophetic word it maybe it's a prophetic rebuke right so there's a place for that but we can speak the truth in love and we can speak the truth gracefully in a gracious manner right so be mindful of that okay and include ourselves let's include ourselves in the message instead of saying I want y'all to do this you know let us do this why don't we lift our voices and give a shout of praise you know why don't we do this why don't we lift our hands you know so include yourself okay don't exclude yourself and say okay us and them kind of a mentality you know me and you include yourself you're a fellow believer you're a fellow you know you know learner together fellow disciple so do that communicate that okay so without putting yourself down right you're saying that I am learning along with you I have this message I'm boldly sharing that with you okay so we us very important right and there are places where we need to use you you need to do this you need to do this you need you should not do this use it but just make sure that it's appropriate right okay again be sensitive when it comes to you know people in the audience who are maybe not of the same world view as yours not they're not Christians they're not believers and you know this like I shared we were doing this series on faith and science and I realized that you know I should not mock people of you know if they're going to be believing in these things you know it seems ridiculous it seems illogical to believe in certain things you know to not believe in create a God do not believe in you know somebody with so much of intelligence and design it seems very illogical but I should not end up mocking you know we should not end up mocking putting down that person right so yes the truth is that maybe the person is worshiping something or considering something is steaming something which is not the truth but don't put down that person right so yeah speak the truth speak the truth and love okay okay okay any any any doubts or anything that you might want to add or any practically let's say challenges that you have you know faced that you might want to share when it comes to preaching when it comes to you know presenting something yeah personally I think for me the challenge was I used to repeat you know these things these words like I used to say you know that was one phase of my life I say you know this you know that you know and you know that that became a kind of a behavior practice and a stubborn habit which I had to drop intentionally and also yeah some things like that you know so so get some feedback don't be close to feedback so people can sometimes it comes in a very harsh manner it comes in a very you know it comes from a place of criticism sometimes harsh criticism not constructive criticism but it's okay if there's some you know some truth to it receive that it's it's always great to receive that okay okay so I guess we'll stop here and then we'll continue with certain other things that will help us to be effective also I think we'll just pick up from where we left off when it came to some spontaneous preaching so I think we had John Paul we had okay some questions chat okay what about when a pastor gives an example of somebody or about his own life like any incident do you want to make a most sermon is it possible to pass making up stories oh okay okay no I think if if a person makes up something see you can do this you know you can say it like this you know let's say there was there's a person named John and you're just talking about an imaginary thing that's fine you know but but if you're let's say if John goes there and does this so everybody knows that it's a hypothetical thing right but if you're saying okay I met this guy called John I know about this John who did this and that's completely false then you're not being authentic when you're not being truthful like it's okay to talk about like even this Sunday I shared about you know again John about little John who was very very very hyperactive and who was running around in school and the teacher pulled him and made him sit it's a completely hypothetical thing you know sit down and say John sit down and John sat down but then John said teacher I'm sitting on the outside but on the inside I'm still standing and running around hey there was a completely hypothetical thing but everybody knew that right so I'm not saying you know I met this boy called John so that would be that would be untrue and that would be inauthentic we should avoid that yeah is that okay Rosalind any other questions fine right okay so we'll stop here and then we'll continue next class thank you so much God bless you guys bye