 Welcome back everyone. We were in James chapter 4 and I see that Srupa, you have raised your hand. Sister, you had something to share. Ma'am, wrong touch ma'am, sorry. Oh okay, no problem, no problem. That's alright. So yes, we were talking about submitting to God, then resisting the devil and we also talked about the importance of living our Christian life in such a way that we are aware of mistakes, errors, things in our lives which are not aligned to God and so James is calling us to repentance and this is something that must be a part of our lives because it's like living your life in transparency with God and that's a powerful thing. So he invites us, he says okay, walk in this way, walk in humility, humble yourselves in the sight of God and God is faithful, he will lift you up. Now moving on to the next section here, let's read verse 11 and 12 of chapter 4. Any volunteers? Can I read? Okay, I'll let both of you decide, Asha and Avni. Go on Asha, Asha you read, Asha you read. Okay, we haven't reached the decision. Congratulations. Okay fine, thank you. He will speak evil of one another. He will speak evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evils of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you're not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one law giver who is able to say and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? Yes, thank you Asha. As it's quite self-explanatory, he is telling the believers not to speak evil of one another. Remember the power of the tongue that he talked of earlier. So now he's saying don't speak evil, he who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. So does this mean that we can't have a judgment or let's say we can't determine whether something is right or wrong in what a Christian brother is doing. That's not the point, that's not what he's saying. Of course we will be able to assess and understand whether somebody is right or wrong. And there are certain settings in which one has to make decisions, isn't it? And that setting would be the work situation where let's say believers are working together and one is a boss and others are employees. Now in those circumstances, it is really key that situations are assessed, situations are analysed, conclusions are drawn and if there is a requirement, even correction must be administered. So in those settings to bring up this scripture and say that oh the Bible says don't judge your brother, don't judge your brother. It won't be applicable because the context is different. So yes we can have an opinion about whether something is right or wrong and in the settings where Christians are working under each other, it is important to have an honest opinion and also bring correction when required. So we are not being prevented from judging matters with honesty. That's not the point but this is something like us judging a brother when we don't have the authority to do that or when we're being too quick to judge somebody. So in those situations is what James is actually stating this and he's saying but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. So when there is no authority to judge and instruct one person and then we are doing it, that's when James is saying look it's not appropriate and he says that ultimately the judge is God and so we must fear him and he's the one who is able to save and to destroy. So he's the ultimate judge. So who are we to pass judgments on our brothers and sisters? Now the other flip side of this is flattery, right? Like where we don't ever evaluate situations honestly, we let things go because we want to be in the good books of everyone. Now that is an other extreme error that one can get into. So both of these quick judging and flattering people, we must avoid these and rather than that, when we are in that position of authority, honest assessment, honest evaluation and honest constructive criticism is a good thing to actually do. And James is not preventing us from doing that. Now coming to the next section here versus 13 to 17. Could somebody please go ahead and read this, maybe Ammi since the last time. Okay, thank you. Yes, yes. 13 to 17. Come now you who say today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit. Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that. But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it to him, it is sin. Amen. Amen. Thank you Ammi. So this section, the essence of the section is depend on God. Don't run ahead of God. That's the point. So when people make plans without knowing the purpose of God, the mind of God, the intentions of God, right? What happens is like what James said earlier, we ask Amis, we ask for our own pleasures and those prayers don't get answered. Similarly, when we plan, we say today, tomorrow, we will go here, we will go there, we will do these things, we will do business, we will make a profit. Now, if it is coming from a place of depending on ourselves and not on God, then such plans, you know, he's saying don't make such plans because he's talking about the uncertainty of life. He's saying, see, we don't even know what will happen tomorrow. And he uses this analogy which is used in the Old Testament quite a bit in the Psalms where our life is a vapor that it is, it is temporal. It's here and then it's gone in no time. So when life is uncertain, when life is short, you know, depending on ourselves, we are making all these grand plans for our future without depending on God. And that is not, you know, Christian thing to do. That's not a biblical thing to do. But instead, he points them to depending on God. So we can make plans, but as long as it's coming from the right place of depending on God. So in verse 15, he teaches them, he tells them, look, instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that. So the context is, depend on God and make plans. Don't make your own plans. Now, using this passage to say that, oh, planning is not correct. One shouldn't plan because the Bible says that life is so uncertain. That again is erroneous simply because planning is scriptural. Now in the book of Proverbs, we read that one needs to ponder the path of their feet. Again, Proverbs 6 verses 6 through 8. So God is saying, think about the future, plan for the future. It's not unbiblical. Similarly, there are passages that say that one needs to have foresight. Look way ahead into the future and see, you know, whether you need a plan B, plan C. So having foresight is encouraged in scripture, Proverbs 22 verse 3. So this passage is not asking us to, you know, live life by the moment. That's definitely not what this passage is telling us to do. We have to look at what the rest of scripture says. Planning is a good thing. But here, planning with self-dependence, that is the issue that James is pointing to. And he says, no, depend on God. If it is God's will, you will be able to do it. Then you make your grand plans, go ahead and do those things. So depend on God, mainly that's the point. Now verse 16 and 17, he says, but now you boast in your arrogance, all such posting is evil. Therefore to him who knows to do good and does not do it to him, it is sin. He's simply again pointing us to depending on God and by the grace of God, step up if there are opportunities and do what God is pointing to. And even if we don't do that, he's telling us, look, it would be sin. If you're able to do something and you're not doing it, that's also sin. So with that, we come to the end of chapter four here. If there is anything that you want to discuss, we could do that right now. We will soon move ahead with chapter five. Yes. Okay. It seemed like someone, yes, Sasha. Is that a question you have? Yes, faster. James four were six to 10. We talked about the first communication was first point. And the second one, what is the second point? Sorry, I think I lost track. Yes. So James four, six to 10, no? Yes faster. Yes. So one is about the importance of humility and how when we have humility, we will be further empowered by God. That's the first point. Second is spiritual warfare where the best position for us to overcome the devil is one is be submitted to God and also resist him or go against him. So spiritual warfare, the second one. Third one is intimacy. We're drawn here to God. He will draw near to you. And the fourth is to have a, to be, to have a heart which is repentant. So that's the fourth, fourth point. At least four key points over there. Thank you faster. Yeah, no problem. Okay, let's move on then. Let's move to James chapter five. Could somebody please read from verse one to verse six. James chapter five was one, two, three. Now listen, you reach people weep and will because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has brought it and marks have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. A corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Christopher, could you go on till verse six, please? Oh, sorry. Okay. Look, the wages you fail to pay the workers who mold your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the years of the Lord Almighty. You have looked on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourself, yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one who was not opposing you. Thank you, Christopher. So James is addressing the rich. Remember, even earlier he talked about treating everyone equal in the church. And he gave that example. If a rich man comes with many rings, then, you know, how are you going to treat him? And a poor man comes. So you should treat everyone equal. The reason why he is talking about this is the church had all kinds of people. There were rich people. There were also poor people. Now he states over here that the rich, right? And from what he is saying, it seems like they have exploited the poor. So who is he addressing? Is he addressing anyone who is rich in general? No. He is addressing the exploitative rich. So that we have to understand. Why are we saying that? Because to have wealth, to be rich, even in the world, it's not an ungodly thing. Because we know from scripture that God is the one who blessed Abraham. You know, he made him very wealthy, right? And you have many other people that we can talk about. And like even David, that he was truly blessed. So you find that wealth and riches are a blessing from the Lord. So James is not contradicting that. He's not saying that in order for us to work with the Lord, we have to be economically poor and only then God will be pleased with us. If we understand it that way, then we are taking these scriptures out of context. So what is the context from verse 1 to 6 when we read in continuation? It's very clear that he's talking to the exploitative rich. They've become rich by exploiting others. So what are some points that he's making here from verses 1 to 3? He is helping us know that riches are temporal, right? So he says, your riches are corrupted. Corrupted is also that they were not gained in the right way. And so that's why the term corrupted there. They're not blessed riches. He is saying that garments are not eaten, which refers to the... Again, what they have gained is not blessed. So when something is not blessed, it's not going to stay forever. So that's the point he's making. It's temporal. It's come and it will go away. And he's saying your gold and silver are corroded. Earlier he said corrupted, now he's saying corroded. And this corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. So the riches which were gained through exploitation He's helping us know that they are not going to last forever. Now, when riches are gained through righteous means, we know the Bible says that they are a blessing, right? Those things will stay on with us. It even says about a righteous man that he will leave behind an inheritance for his children's children. So blessings will last. They will endure when you get it the righteous way. But when it is ill-gotten gain, there are terms like corrupted, corroded. But God is saying, you aren't going to last. And there's a warning in there for those who exploit from verse 4 onwards. He says indeed the wages of the labourers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out and the cries of the reapers have reached the years of the Lord of Sabbath. So when there is injustice, something beautiful for us to notice here is the prayers of the exploited reach God. That's what this verse is saying. Do we remember when the Israelites were in Egypt and they were ill-treated by the Egyptians? The cries of the people reached the years of the Lord. So when there is injustice, we may ask the question, where is God? Does God see? Does God notice? Here our passage is telling us that God is not like he doesn't understand what's going on. He hears the cries of the exploited, those who are experiencing injustice. It says that there are people who have not received their wages and things have been kept back from them by fraud. Their cries are reaching the years of and it introduces God here as the Lord of Sabbath. So we must understand here, it doesn't say the Lord of the Sabbath because there is a reference to the Lord of the Sabbath in the New Testament but it's not saying the Lord of the Sabbath. It says the Lord of Sabbath. So the Lord of Sabbath in the Hebrew is the Lord of hosts or the Lord of the armies. Which armies are we talking about? The angels, the heavenly armies. And so what James is saying is, it's a warning. The cries about injustice directly reach God and this God is a God of vengeance. He will work on behalf of those who are being exploited. So he's warning the exploitative rich that don't think God is not taking notice and he's also the God of the armies. He knows what to do. There is vengeance. He will take vengeance against injustice. So verse 5, you have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury. You have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just. He does not resist you. So these things are going on and maybe the exploitative rich thought that it's fine, we can just enjoy our lives. Things are going to go on the same way and we will have a beautiful life but he is warning them and he's saying, look, just because you're in your pleasure right now doesn't mean that God is going to keep quiet about these matters. Okay, now let's move ahead. Let's go to the next section here. Yes, yes, please. Yes, Pastor Nasi. I would like to ask a question. Yes. I'm one who hates injustice but at the same time where do we strike a balance in the sense where we see injustice in the world and we want to fight for the rights of the people. How do we balance not going overboard but still maintaining our stance because there is a possibility for we as Christians just to be quiet when we see injustice in the land and feel that it doesn't have anything to do with us and I think to a great extent sometimes the church is always laid back when there are times of opportunities we could have capitalized on to establish the stance of God, the gospel in the eyes of many things that happen in our society. But I think my main question is how do we ensure that, you know, in terms of fighting injustice and fighting for those who are weak in society we do not lose our, we don't lose our identity in the midst of all this. We don't end up being caught up with the social injustice but rather fighting the cause in truth and, you know, in light of our Christian, our call to being Christians. Yes, say it's a, you know, it's a very important question that we need to ask ourselves as Christians. So as you have pointed out, there is a, there is a wise way of addressing matters of injustice. So I would say that when we notice injustice begin with prayer and as we cry out to the Lord and as we ask Him for wisdom, the wisdom that James is talking about over here, right, the kind of, the God kind of wisdom which is pure, peaceable, gentle, right. So that wisdom will help us take the necessary steps is what I would say. So we need to ask God for that kind of wisdom to be able to do something about the injustice because there is a right timing, there is a right manner, there are, you know, the right people in the positions of influence that we must work through them sometimes and that would be the best way to address these matters. So really wisdom is the key. So pray for wisdom and with wisdom step out at the right time and one challenge which you also pointed out is that, you know, sometimes what happens to the church or the body of believers is we, yes, we have to, you know, injustice affects us and we want to do something about it. But in doing that, we may lose our primary cause and that is the spiritual, you know, cause that we have as the body of Christ where we are here to be strong in the world, to be strong in the work of the spirit. But what has happened is believers have gone, you know, with missions against injustice and it's become a social movement. It's become a social movement and it no longer is what the church should be, right. So the work of the church has gotten, if I may use the word, you know, diluted, when I say diluted, I simply mean forgetting the main cause of the church, preaching the word and all that and then just becoming just, you know, like a social justice movement and losing our main purpose. That has also happened and that's a danger. And so wisely, I'm sure there will be people in the church whom God will raise up, whom we can empower, encourage and lead in these acts of justice. But as a church body, we should not lose our focus. Does that help, say, does it make sense? It does. It does. Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Yes, thank you. Thank you. And even as we trace back to some of the great justice movements in the world, we would see that prayer and believing people driving it was the cause for those movements to be successful, right. So anyway, I will just leave it at that for now. Now moving ahead, we are at the next section versus 7 through 12 of Chapter 5. Can somebody please read it? Be patient brothers and sisters until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm because the Lord's coming is near. Don't crumble against one another brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The judge is standing at the door. Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple yes or no. Otherwise, you will be condemned. Thank you, Christopher. So what we see in this portion is, he's speaking to the oppressed. He spoke to the oppressors and again, you know, it's very interesting that the oppressed and the oppressor are part of the same family of believers. Now he's speaking to the oppressed and he's saying, be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and the latter rain. So he is encouraging those who are waiting for God's justice or waiting for the fulfillment of God's promises. And he says that we must endure, we need patience and gives us this analogy of a farmer who is waiting. He sows but he waits for a season for the crop to grow and then, you know, the fruit to fruit or whatever, the grain to actually emerge. And there is a timeline, isn't it? It doesn't happen overnight. It doesn't happen tomorrow. And that is the same concept that he's helping us learn here. And he says it's going to take some time and therefore we must be patient for God to move on our behalf. And he says also be patient, establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord is at hand. So it's like a reminder that ultimately, you know, our Saviour will come, our Deliverer will come, our King will come. Just be patient. Just be patient. Trust him, right? Have your hearts stabilized. Don't be anxious. Oh, what's happening? I don't have anyone. Where is the justice? Don't get anxious. We have a Deliverer. We have a God. We have a King who is for us. And then he also tells those who are going through oppression or difficulties. He tells them to have a good attitude in the midst of challenges because what happens when we go through challenges, the automatic thing is to get, you know, very cynical to lose faith, to speak our doubts. So we lose our stability as believers when we are going through tough times. But instead of that, he shows us the right way of enduring any form of challenge. And in this case, oppression. So what does he tell them? He tells them, do not, first of all, be patient. Then the next thing he says is do not murmur. Okay, do not murmur. So that is to say that, okay, don't grumble. What is this? But God, you said, but these things are happening. We have the tendency to grumble or murmur. And so he says, please don't do that and persevere till the end trusting God. And he brings to us the example of this man called Joe who was greatly afflicted, afflicted from every side. But we know that his testimony is such that he never let God down. No matter what happened to him, he did not let God down with his words or his faith. And so he tells the people, look at Joe, he went through so much, but he was able to hold on to his faith. Why can't we be like Joe? Why can't we be such people? Because ultimately we know our God, isn't it? Everything boils down to our relationship with God and our knowledge of God. And we already know that our God is very compassionate, he's very merciful and he's faithful. Things will turn out for the better. And so hold on, trust in the Lord, maintain a good attitude. And finally, over there in verse 12, he states, he says, do not swear by heaven or by earth. So is he saying that one must not make an oath? Is that his point? Not really. Because we know that even in Hebrews we read that God made an oath. So making an oath, determining to do something for the Lord, there's nothing wrong with that. But if we look at the context of James's times, it is said that religious people made compromising oaths. They would have their own clauses, they would lie for their own benefit. So there was that whole way of making an oath which he's addressing in this particular verse. So he's not saying don't make an oath, but he's saying when you make an oath, be true to it. Let your heart be true to the oath that you make. And that's why he's saying let your yes be yes, let your no be no. Because they would say one thing and deceivingly or in hypocrisy, do something else. And they would have explanations for that. And that is a matter that he's actually talking about over here. Alright, so if you're fine, if you're good with that, then we can proceed to the last section here. Anything to talk about in the earlier section? Okay, let's go to verse 13 to 18. Verse 13 to 18. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church. And let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of the righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with nature like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain. And he did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. So over here, there are instructions for people who are going through different things, different seasons in their journey with the Lord. He's saying, if somebody is suffering, what should that person do? Pray, seek the Lord, ask for God's intervention. He says, if there is somebody who is cheerful, it happens, right? The same church, same time, but one is doing so great, another is going through a difficult phase in their lives. So he's giving an instruction to each one. And so if one is cheerful, he says, let him sing psalms. If there's anyone sick, what should that person do? Call for the elders of the church and have them pray over him. Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. So he is asking anyone who is sick to ask for prayer. So here, coming to the part where he says, if there's anyone sick, let them ask for the elders of the church. Why is he asking for the elders of the church? When we look at verse 15, it says, and the prayer of faith will save the sick and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. So the reason why the elders of the church are here in the picture is because they can pray a prayer of faith. That is important. Now, in our context, we are not able to call an elder of the church to come home. See, as long as somebody is praying the prayer of faith, that prayer of faith will save the sick. And the Lord will raise him up. So the important thing is the prayer of faith. And hopefully, the elders of the church will pray the prayer of faith. One more key thing that we see here is they are being asked to anoint with oil. Why oil? Simple. Simple. When we pray with oil or any substance, we know that the power and the presence of the Lord is released through this act. That's the only simple reason why this is done. It's not that oil has magical powers or any other substance has magical powers. No, we can relate to this because of things that have happened in the book of Acts that substances were used to release the power and the presence of God. So oil here is just a substance which is used to release the power and the presence of God upon the sick person. And also take authority, pray with oil, anoint with oil in the name of the Lord. So in the name of the Lord is what? Authority. We are praying a prayer of faith. We are releasing the power and the presence of God. We are speaking by authority. Then we can expect God to heal that person. So that's what he's saying. Now coming to the next section here. Let's confess your trespasses one to another. Again, in relating to brethren or believers. And we could even say in the context of sickness, sometimes there are open doors because we haven't dealt with matters. We haven't asked the Lord for forgiveness. So even in that situation, he's saying, yes, it's possible to confess trespasses one to another. And that also will accelerate God's healing. Now because of this particular scripture, you know, confessing of sins, people put a lot of emphasis on that. So how should sin be confessed? We know that now that there is only one mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ. We don't need any other mediators to whom we must confess our sins. Any human beings or any saints, it's not required. In fact, here it says confess to one another. So being a believer, you're confessing to another believer, which is okay, which is fine. You don't really need somebody at another level to share your sins as a confession. So this is not what it has been made out in the Christian circles sometimes. It's a very simple admitting one's sin that James is talking about. And when we do that in a wise way, healing comes, even in relationships, healing comes. Okay, yes, say. So Pastor, correct me if I'm wrong. What James is referring to mainly there is faults. Not necessarily confessing all your past sins to people in the church. More or less basically like if you fault one another and then you just... Is that the context James is coming from? Because like you said, this has been... Permit me to use the word bastardized in the sense that people feel that starting again from the Catholic church where they feel you must go and confess to a father and then some people feel that you must tell somebody about what you have done before you are free. So I don't know, is this a context of you faulted somebody and then you just go back to the person to kind of reconcile in that sense. I don't know if you can correct me if I'm wrong. Yes, so to come to a conclusion on confession, we look at all of scripture. Jesus is the mediator and we pray to the Lord Jesus. So automatically confession is happening as we pray, as we keep short accounts with the Lord. And if you look at what Apostle John wrote, 1 John chapter 1 verses 7 through 9, there also he says confess your sins. We confess our sins, the Lord is faithful to forgive us. So confession primarily is to the Lord, which is understood. Now if required, only if required confess your sins one to another. Now it's not a must, it's not a should and must. You have to tell if you made a mistake, you have to tell a believer. That's not correct because primarily we are called to pray and we're already doing it, we are confessing our sins to the Lord. So it's settled in that manner but there could be times like in this special context when he's talking about sickness or not always, not always we know that there are many factors for someone being sick. But in the event of there being an unconfessed sin, he's saying you please confess because it will bring your healing speedily. So I would say if required confess to one another, we should not impose it on all believers all the time and say you have to talk about your sins to other believers. You know what, sometimes that creates more trouble because the other person that you're sharing your problems with may not have the wisdom to keep it to themselves or give you the right advice. So what just happened, we made a mess of everything by telling anyone about what we have done. Okay, so does that help say? Perfect answer. Thank you Pastor. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Thank you so much. So that's about confession. Five more minutes to go and then just trying to finish chapter five here. So yeah, confession, he dealt with that. Now prayer, he's talking about prayer also. In prayer, he says effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Now we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. So every believer can use these scriptures. When we are walking right with the Lord, then what happens? He says effective, fervent prayer. What is effective, fervent prayer? Effective prayer comes from the Greek word energy or it means active. It means to be mighty in or you're going after something, you're not letting go of it. So that is effective, right? Effective. Then earnest prayer, earnest we know when we are sort of persevering in prayer, right? When we are persevering in prayer. So we are going with energy and we are persevering, we are persistent in prayer. When we pray in this way, he says there's going to be a result through the prayer, avails much. And then he talks about the prayer of Elijah. He tells us look, Elijah was not special. He was also a human being, but what did he do? He prayed earnestly. That was what made things work. And he gives that example there about how when he prayed, it did not rain. And then he prayed, it rained. But also when Elijah prayed, if you remember, he had a promise of God, but he prayed seven times. So there is that earnestness, that perseverance in Elijah's prayer. When he did it the right way with energy and with perseverance, things happened. So he's telling us the same thing. Come on. Now, why is he talking about this in the context? Somewhere when healing is being spoken of, he's talking about effective and earnest prayer. Because you see manifestation of healing also, sometimes it's quick, sometimes it takes a while. But he's encouraging the believers and he's saying, don't give up. The prayer of faith will heal the sick. But the effective earnest prayer of the righteous man avails much. Meaning keep praying, don't stop praying. Elijah prayed, Elijah prayed persistently and it happened. So when you don't give up, you can also see the outcome of prayer. And then finally, the last section here, I'll just go to that versus 19 and 20. He says, brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins. So when he's talking about persistent prayer, two things are somewhere connected. One is healing. One is praying for somebody who has wandered away. Both these prayers sometimes take a while. And if we are not careful, we can entertain discouragement and he doesn't want the believers to be discouraged. He says, look, when you're praying for healing, when you're praying for somebody who has gone far away from God, don't stop, don't stop. We will see the outcome. We will see the intervention of God. So be like Elijah, continually pray with energy, pray with persistence and God will do the work in their lives. So with that, I stop. We are done with James. We'll pick up 1st Peter 1 in the next class, which is next Tuesday. Next Tuesday, same time. So could somebody please pray as we wrap up today's sessions. Shall I pray now? Yes, yes, Amni. Father God, we are so thankful to you for your words of truth that lead us, sanctifiers, Father, and strengthen us, Father. Lord, help us. Help us whatever we have learned that we may apply it in our lives, be blessed in it, be strengthened in it. Father, walk by it and see your mighty hand moving in every situation, Father, for we know that you have given us these words and these words are spirit and these words are life. Amni, thank you for this time when we have learned, Father, and we bless each one who is going to hear this and be blessed in it. We bless the pastor and we bless you for all the good things you are doing in our lives and through our lives. We give you glory. We give you honor and praise for who you are and how you lead us. In Jesus' name, we pray and ask amen. Amen. Thank you, Amni, and thank you, everyone. Really grateful that you made it up and we could have this class today. God bless you. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Asha. God bless. Bye, everybody.