 Right. I just thought it'd be good, you know, we've been discussing some real, real issues and thank you, Rupa, for that scripture, Philippians 1-9. It talks about love, talks about knowledge, talks about this discernment, you know, that love may abound more and more with knowledge and all discernment. I think that's something that we need, that all of us need. So praise God for that, that we can make this our prayer. So thank you. I just thought, you know, maybe we could take some time, maybe about five minutes right away. And this is also something that I learned from the workshop. So I just thought it's a good exercise to do. I'm just putting that statement here. Okay, it says, in my relationship with, okay, you can put the name of the person, maybe it's a colleague. I would say, you know, maybe, you know, if those of you are working, maybe you can put the name of a colleague or a boss, you know. You know, to say, I want to be a servant leader. Okay, so let me just read the sentence, like, in my relationship with Dash, I want to be a servant leader by taking the following action or actions. So you could think of several different settings. Maybe if you're a student in a college or university, you know, you could think of, okay, in my relationship and think of difficult people. Don't, you know, exclude difficult people. I think it'd be good if you can have one difficult person, you know. So you can just write three, you know, pick three people and say, in my relationship with, it could be a spouse, your spouse, you know, if you can write the name of your spouse and say, I want to be a servant leader by taking the following action, following actions, you know, say, okay, this is what I want to do. It could be, you know, it could be your children, right? Children, maybe are difficult, maybe they are rebellious, maybe they are, I don't know, whatever, you know, they are going through issues. But, you know, have you thought of serving your children, you know, maybe simple things like, I don't know, you know, it could be different things like how to serve them better by taking the following action. So let's take five minutes to think of different people, maybe a colleague, maybe a family member, maybe, you know, maybe a fellow student, someone and say, maybe you're in-laws, right? Think of some difficult scenarios and say, okay, I want to be a servant leader by taking the following action, okay? I'm not going to ask you what those actions are and so you don't have to worry, right? So you can just go ahead and write, okay? So let's take five minutes, maybe it's, yeah, it's now 11-4, maybe 11-9, something I'll come back, okay? I hope it's going fine. You can try and be, you know, as specific as possible, right? So that it's clear for you, it'll be helpful if you're specific. Okay. So, I mean, you can, if you've not completed, you can, you know, go ahead and complete it. But I was just looking at, you know, work-wise, like ministry-wise, what I can do to serve. And some of the things involved, some tasks that I have to do in order to empower people, in order to facilitate people to do, to be even, you know, to do things even better, you know, for them to minister even, you know, even in a successful manner, and also relationally, that to improve things, to get in touch, to be in touch, so something, something on those lines. And also with family, right? To, it was, I think one of the things that I got was to encourage, right? So how to encourage. And so some specifics also on those lines, like spiritually, and also something like, and also it involved writing down, especially specifically, what would you do? What would I do? What should I do? And then also, when it came to leisure, or some just fun things, you know, what I could do, you know, maybe it's not like, one of the things that, you know, I listed down, it's not, it's not something that I would volunteer to do, or I would love to do, but yeah, but I just felt that, okay, I would do it, you know, I need to do this, okay. Then also about, yeah, extended family, some of those things that maybe that was, you know, delaying or going slow on, some specifics I didn't know. So, yeah, hopefully you, you also, you know, wrote down certain things. And, and don't worry, you know, your intentions are good. Now, you may, you know, you might have in the back of your mind, you know, like, how is it going to be received? How is it going to be, you know, will it be reciprocated? Will it be received? Well, don't worry about that. So, you go ahead and do it anyway, that your intentions are clear, you want to serve. And, and yeah, one thing that I realized was as I was listing down, I realized that I, of course, it involves my choice. I need to intentionally do it and, you know, maybe sacrifice certain things and, and also take initiative, etc. But also, I, you know, I need to really draw from the Holy Spirit. I draw strength from the Holy Spirit in order to do this. Some of these things are, you know, it comes naturally, temperamentally, I'm okay, and I'll just flow with it. But some things, you know, certain things of the flesh need to die, you know, in myself. So I would need the leading of the Holy Spirit so that I can, you know, like we see in Romans 8, if by the Spirit we put to death the deeds of the body, you know, I'm not talking about, you know, some great sinful acts or something, but, you know, just intentions, motives, choices, right? But we can put to death those things so that we can be released to carry out and serve better. And so, yeah, so those are some things, some of the things that I jotted down. Yeah, Abraham, you've shared, brave man, okay, in my relationship with the Lord's army, okay, I want to be a servant leader by taking the following actions, loving them, not counting their weaknesses against them, teaching them to obey the standards in Scripture, seeing them as people who are willing and trying their best to serve the Lord, wonderful. Yeah, so you can, yeah, so you can even, you know, go further, you know, how do I love them? Of course, it starts with, you know, praying for them and saying, okay, I'm going to, you know, I'm going to demonstrate love for them, I'm going to, you know, in my heart, right? I'm going to love them, but, you know, and not really, I think you've put it rightly, not counting their weaknesses. So if I see limitations, if I see weaknesses, I'm going to say, okay, I'm going to love them anyway. So that's, that's wonderful. And also, you can think of, you know, what would demonstrate that love? Is it words? Is it action? How can I demonstrate that love? Yeah, looking for those teachable moments, maybe formal teaching sessions, maybe informal, you know, teachable moments when you're doing stuff with them, right? So that would help as well. Seeing them as people who are willing and trying their best, yeah. Wonderful. Thank you. Thanks, Abraham. So, so let's do it, right? Let's, let's go ahead and carry it out. Okay. Okay. So let's move on. We are moving on to looking at those, to look at those seven insights. Okay. So the first thing that we see, let me just share the screen, first thing that we see is that the Lord Jesus was very clear about his purpose. Okay. The reason he came, what he was supposed to be doing. And I think you see it right from the start. And right from the start, when he, as a young child, he was at the temple and when the parents asked him, you know, don't you care that, you know, we were, we were, we were scared, we were afraid and where you were. And he said, you know, I must be in my father's house, right? I must be about my father's business and father's house. So he was right from that age, we see that, that sense of purpose and why he, he was there being very, very strong. And, and, and this is something that as a leader that, or as leaders that we can, we can pray, we can, you know, ask the Lord and also intentionally, you know, grasp that because the Lord can put it in our hearts and there can be a description of it, you know, in a formal setting. Okay, this is what you need to do, et cetera. But with our hearts, we really need to grasp it, right? And, and maybe even remind ourselves over and over again and renew our minds over and over again to the purpose. You know, sometimes, you know, we can get distracted, we can slow down. And because that picture is not very clear, right? Our actions can be, you know, misplaced or our actions may not come with great effort because that purpose is not clear in our minds. Or it's not, you know, it's something is hiding that or something is slowing us down, right? So as a leader, the Lord Jesus knew his purpose, right? He's very clear. And it included some not so nice things, right? Some very exciting things, breaking down the works of the enemy, you know, destroying the works of the enemy, being filled with the spirit, communicating the good news of the kingdom, right? Prophecying, you know, you know, here's a man without guile, some signs and wonders, supernatural things. Peter, go, you know, drop that fishing hook, you will get a fish. It'll be carrying a coin in its mouth. The wonderful things. Or Peter, you know, put your nets on the other side and the net breaking, boatload sinking kind of, boat sinking kind of a load of fish. Exciting, wonderful things. But also it included, you know, some not so exciting, what we would typically term as exciting, facing persecution, right? Facing ridicule, being wrongly accused, right? People not being understood, right? And also the purpose of the mission to die on the cross, carrying the sins of the whole world and the consequence of it, you know, a sinless person carrying that. And so we see that it included all that, right? But the purpose was very clear, okay? In the words of the Lord Jesus, we see it in John chapter 12 and verse 27, you know, now my soul is troubled, but what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose, I came to this hour, right? So you're saying, but for this purpose, I came to this hour, this hour. Obviously, you know, when you look at, let's just read that, John chapter 12, verse 27, you see that, yeah. So it happens, if you look at verse 23, sorry, Jesus answered them saying, the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Okay? So he's talking about this timeframe, it's now, it's nearing now. It's becoming nearer, closer to what is going to happen. So he's saying the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. And he's talking about the grain of wheat falling to the ground, dying and producing much grain. And he's sharing all that. And even as he's sharing, you know, the soul is troubled, you know, the mind, the will, everything is, you know, it's troubled, there's a turmoil, there's a tumult. And he's, you know, he's been frank about it, his things. Soul is troubled, but what shall I say? This is the purpose. Right? So he was very, very clear about his purpose, the purpose for which he came. Now we know that now Jesus did what he did, being empowered by the Holy Spirit. Right? Now before we make that statement saying, okay, that was Jesus, but this is me. Right? That was, that was the Son of God, but this is me. The scripture is very clear. Right? When we look at the Book of Acts, we see that he went about doing good, destroying the works of the enemy, and he did it empowered by the Holy Spirit. And the Lord Jesus Himself said, the works that I do, you will do also because I go to my Father. And the key being, going to my Father was that he would send the Holy Spirit, that we would not be alone, that he would be with us, that he would empower us, anoint us, fill us to walk in the path of our Lord, right? Path of our Lord. So, so he is very clear, very sure and very clear. Okay, Matthew 16 was 21 to 23. From that time, Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised the third day. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, Far be it from your Lord, this shall not happen to you. But he turned and said to Peter, get behind me Satan, you are an offense to me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men. Okay, so, you know, but it's really interesting to see that Matthew 16, I think you would have studied this earlier as well, Matthew 16. And when we read from chapter verse 13 onwards, so this is verse 21, but when we read from verse 13 onwards, we see that the Lord Jesus asks a question, who do men say that I am, I the Son of Man am? And, and they said, you know, John the Baptist, some said Elijah, some Jeremiah, and then the Lord, you know, kind of is very specific. He said, who do you say that I am? And Simon Peter answers, you are Christ, the Son of the living God. And the Lord says, verse 17, blessed are you, Simon, bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven, he has revealed this to you. This revelation has come to you from the Father, blessed are you, wonderful. And I also say to you that you are Peter, right, and on this rock, you suffer as you are, you are Peter. And on this rock, I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not prevail, shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom, the authority, and so on, right. So all this happens just before this thing where he rebukes Peter and he says, he rebukes Peter and he says, you know, get behind me Satan. So it's amazing that the Lord by the Spirit could discern what was revealed by the Father regarding his purpose, regarding his identity and purpose and so on. And what was, what was the work of the enemy, what was the influence of the enemy, right. Within, you know, within minutes, right, and he had he used a strong language, you know, he says, get behind me Satan, you are an offense to me. So he knew that what was, you know, for we do not fight against flesh and blood and but against powers and principality. So he knew what was actually influencing Peter, who was influencing Peter to make that pronouncement, right. And turn Peter and said, you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men. So purpose so powerful, knowing it is very empowering. Knowing it will enable us to, to put our back, you know, our efforts and everything to, to just pursue, pursue that, right. It will, it will walk, will keep us awake at night, it will, what will make us wake up early. So we, we know that, you know, we have resources and time is a resource, our abilities, you know, another resource, and of course, you know, material resources and all that, we have resources. But if we do not understand the purpose, if we do not come to a place of clarity in our purpose, then our efforts will be, you know, a waste in these resources, whether it's time, whether it's our abilities, you know, being put to good use, whether it's material resources and, and so on, right. So, so we need to know what our purpose is, right. The question I think we would ask is, you know, I'm at a stage where I do not know what my call is, right. I'm at a stage where I do not know, okay, what does God call me for? Maybe some of us could be, you know, saying that, stating that, I don't know. Well, that's fine, right. But right now, in the, in the stage of life, season of life that you are in, and whatever that you're doing right now, whether it's equipping, whether it's, you know, getting trained for something, we have, you have certain responsibilities, and with that comes the purpose, okay. You know, I need to fulfill these things. You know, I have, you know, it could be very simple, I've enrolled in this, and I need to fulfill this, I need to give my all towards this. I don't want to coast through this, float through this, right. So, so that's a very strong thing, that's a very strong, you know, purpose. So, you know, just to clarify, okay, what do we call as purpose, okay, a couple of things that we can look at. I'm just putting it in the chat. I will also read it out. Okay, so purpose, when you say purpose, we're saying the reason for which something is done, or created, or for which something exists, okay. So, clarity in that, okay, it could be just one thing, okay, I'm going to do this, and this is why. The why, you know, if it's clear, and then the actions for what we need to do will be clear as well, will be fruitful, you know, the effort put in will be good, will be productive, okay. So, purpose, so let's be clear about what our purpose, you know, maybe in tasks that we need to do, and one thing that we see is that the Lord is, you know, taking us through seasons, seasons of equipping, seasons of developing, season, and a season of commissioning, and we go through the seasons right through, and we step into the call, and there is a growing in that as well, and we mature in that, and we grow in that, right, as a, like we see, you know, the path of a believer, one is a believer, and then learns to follow the Lord, becomes a, you know, disciple of the Lord, you know, following his, following his teaching, following the person, and then goes on to be a minister, because you discover the call of God, you discover the things of God, you discover the gifts, you know, all the things that you begin to serve, you know, when you say minister, we're just serving in different ways, maybe it's a pulpit ministry, maybe it's a five-fold ministry, maybe it's something to do in the body of Christ, as a, you know, a membership gift, and so we are serving, so we are ministering, and during the course of that, the Lord, you know, continues to put things in us, take things out of us, that we begin to be, you know, we come to a place of being fathers and mothers, right, we come to a place of raising up sons and daughters, raising up leaders, who can again do the same thing, right, so we go through that, we go through that path, and it continues our whole life as, you know, on the side of eternity, as believers, right, so as, as followers of the Lord Jesus, so, so that continues, so, so the Lord takes us through that, so whatever season we are in, the thing is to be, to have a strong grip on, okay, what is the Lord doing in my life, and can I give myself wholeheartedly to the things that he's doing in my life, and, and of course, what is the why behind what he's doing, right, so, and the Lord is more than willing to show us, reveal to us, just want to remind us again from 1 Corinthians chapter 2, and verse, verse 10, right, or maybe verses 9 and 10, so, as it is written, of course, the context is about the revelation of the gospel, and the revelation and speaking the hidden things, the mysteries of God, but the context is that, but, but this is the functioning of the role of the Holy Spirit, right, it says, as it is written, I has not seen, nor hear, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love him, okay, the plans, the purposes of God, verse 10, but God has revealed them, so God has prepared them, God has revealed them through, revealed them to us, through his spirit, for the spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God, for what man knows the things of man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him, even so no one knows the things of God, except the spirit of God, so, so this is something that we see, the spirit of God revealing the plans, the purposes of God, okay, so, so we seek, we walk in, in what is immediate, and we continue to seek and have a strong grip on, on the purposes of God, right, for our lives, okay, so the thing is this, you know, it's not just about us personally, but it's also about where the Lord places us, and the lives that are connected to our lives, right, we said, you know, leadership is an influence for good, to, to help others, right, to, to direct others, to help others, and to help others achieve the goals, right, so the thing is this, so since there are other lives, you know, maybe in a formal setting, it could be, you know, maybe you're leading a team, and maybe in an organization, but informally also, you see that, you know, you are an influencer for good, you are a leader, like we said, you know, each one of us, the Lord has placed people in our lives who are connected to us, who are looking, looking up to us, right, to whom we are spokespersons of, you know, hope, and, and so on, right, so since we are connected to others, we are leading others, and we need to be strong enough in the purpose, the collective purpose for this particular reason, right, you know, if you look at the Lord Jesus, his words, he's talking about the Pharisees, okay, so Matthew chapter 15 and verse 14 says, let them alone, they are blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch, right, so he's talking about the Pharisees and he's saying, they are blind leaders of the blind, so if you are not clear, if you're not seeing where we are going, and if you're not seeing by faith even, then the destinies of others, we are, we are leading them to another place where they're not meant to go, so this is something that we need to be, we need to be clear about, we need to have a strong grip on, just like the Lord had a strong grip on the purpose, okay, so, yeah, so that's something that we need to be mindful of, because the Lord led by example, strong about his purpose, that we see is that the Lord was selfless, okay, he, like, we see that in Matthew 20, we see that Lord saying, you know, that you need to be a servant, you need to serve, and here, you know, another scripture is that the, the Lord Jesus himself said that the Son of Man did not come to serve, did not come to be served, but to serve, right, and to give his life a ransom for many was 28, right, so we see that, you know, we are called to be selfless, you know, so in every action, in other words, you know, in every action, in every, every step that we are taking, everything that we're doing, if we are going to ask that question, you know, what's in it for me, you know, how do I get to gain by this, in what way will I benefit from this, then we are missing the point, right, look at Philippians 2, verses 3 and 5, 3 to 5, you know, it put things in perspective, and there is also a certain wholeness which comes, right, it's not skewed to one, one side, it brings that balance and wholeness, okay, let's read that verse, Philippians 2, verses 3 to 5, let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself, verse 4, let each of you look out, not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, and we know, talks about how he being in the, he being God himself, he did not consider robbery to be equal with God, but, you know, he, he, he took off all that and took on the form of a born servant and came down, and we see that, right, let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus, but so the verse 4 says, you know, let each of you look out, not only for his own interests, of course, you know, there are some legitimate interests or legitimate things for, for us personally, right, that we need to maybe fulfill, that we need to, you know, these are legitimate things, right, and so there's nothing wrong in pursuing that, there's nothing wrong in getting that done, so he says, not only, you know, look out not only for your interests, but also, so there is a not only and there is a but also, right, so, so what follows after that, those phrases is very important, so not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others, so that's, that brings that and many times, you know, there is a conflict, conflict between, you know, between the not only and what follows not only and what follows but also, right, there could be a conflict of, in that, but those are the times when we choose and we choose to sacrifice, right, not only for our own interests, but also for the interests of others, okay, so in the, in the path of the Lord, to be a leader, to be selfless and many times it, you know, the work that we do, the role that we are in calls for that, right, to be selfless, where many times we need to put aside our own interests and say, okay, this is better, for the group, this is better for the team and therefore, let's do it, you know, and can we go ahead and do that, right, okay, any thoughts on these two, if you, if you'd like to share some examples of, you know, clarity of purpose, helping you or maybe when the purpose was not clear, how it really did not help you, okay, and the second thing being selfless, you know, how easy was it, how difficult was it, how practical was it, right, and yeah, any thoughts on that? You can go ahead. Let's talk about purpose first. Purpose. Sir, a small part. Yeah, Rupa, go ahead please. Regarding the purpose, when we see the modeling of our Lord Jesus Christ, we see those disciples completely lost about the purpose and vision of the Lord Jesus Christ. They were completely on different track for most of the time and it was a great challenge for a servant leader to align and to make them realize the real purpose and also not the real, not only realizing but passing on that purpose to them, that they were owned it as their own and gave them, gave their all as Jesus has given his all to us. It's a very great, challenging thing I think. It's very challenging. It's learning. Thank you, sir. So any real life example, I just wanted to, you know, share this, I mean, it's a simple example, but for me, it made a big difference. Like, you know, we started the, I think it was in 2005, 2006 when we introduced, you know, cell groups or life groups as a model for the church and, you know, when we did so, we spent some time studying about it, learning about it and so on. And then we, you know, kind of introduced it. But what happened was personally, for me, you know, I had a different picture in my mind, right? We're going to talk about vision, you know, a little later. But, you know, I had a different picture, a different picture of the model itself. It was a wrong understanding. So therefore, the purpose of that particular, you know, the reason for which we are actually introducing that life group ministry, it was actually lost out on me, you know, despite several sessions, teaching sessions, I had something else in mind. And so when we went ahead and actually did it, you know, it, I don't think we, I personally did it, right? And it took a couple of, you know, a couple of, I would say, situations when, you know, we had, you know, we were discussing and then, then Pastor was sharing and then, then suddenly, the lights came on, you know, he's pointing us back to, hey, this is what, this is the model, this is why we are doing. And then the why became even clearer. Oh, yes. Okay, this is the why. And that is, you know, that's the reason we are doing it in this way. You know, when we, when if you think of life group, small groups, you know, there were many things, right? You can have like, like a house group meeting where, you know, 40 people, 50 people come and you could have like a mini church service, you could have Bible studies, or you could have it like a discipleship model, which is what, which is what, you know, APC was doing and APC is continuing to do a discipleship one where people are connected to the church, people in the life group connected to the church. And it's, it's a, it's a discipleship model, which means that people are learning to follow the Lord Jesus, learning, under, you know, learning scripture, understanding, and, and following together, making that journey together and helping one another, sharpening one another, et cetera. Right. But they're all connected to the big picture. They're connected to the vision of the church, connected to the church spiritually. And, you know, so it was a very simple thing. But then I realized that not understanding the why actually led to a couple of situations, a couple of embarrassing situations. So, so that just that clarity in purpose brought a big change, brought a big change in, in, in our own life group, brought a big change in the way we would, you know, the way we would appoint leaders and start life groups and so on. So, so that helped us. And from, from my side, you know, I could just think of that, this one thing about the purpose. Right. Yeah. Any others, maybe a work situation, maybe something to do with the call of God. So Pastor, just wanted to add that when we are defining the purpose, the moral aspect that should be added into it is very important. Because, for example, in a, in a scenario, like, let us say, you are running an audit firm, and you are signing confidentiality clauses saying that your accounts will not be revealed to others. But offline, if you get to know about a financial fraud, and, but that is not presented to you in the input records that are given to you, how would you handle that? Or, or even if it comes to a scenario like you are working with two clients, and one client, the financial account seems to be clean in your records, but the other client is a banker who is giving a loan and then they think that it is clean, but they come to know that it's not right. But you cannot reveal it to the person, person because you have signed a confidentiality clause. So the moral aspects are always superseded the rest of the laws that you define. Like, you know, sometimes you may have to break the confidentiality clause keeping the morality in perspective. So you need to always see, assess the situation on a picture, like, you know, for the same reason that, you know, you have all the corrupt money saved in world banks because there is a clause that, you know, whatever comes in and out, it doesn't get revealed. It's beyond bureaucracy. So when we are defining a purpose, it's very important that we stay aligned to be morally right because there could be a lot of firms that are defining the purposes which, which can be beyond what is morally right. Right. Yeah. So true. Yeah. Yeah. And praise God, you know, the Lord, I just think, you know, if you think of God being omnipotent, all-knowing, present everywhere, and him being so infinitely holy, you know, where can he find such a combination? And, you know, when, when he gives, you know, when he sets out a plan and he says, you know, these are the plans I have for you, these are the thoughts I have for you. And when he backs it up by saying, okay, these are plans to prosper you and not to harm you, right, we can, we can see that 100% right, because it comes with holiness. It comes with truth. It comes with righteousness and so on. So, you know, we can, we can take it. Right. So, so in terms of the call of God and, you know, we look at it, you know, the call of God and the purpose that comes upon our lives individually connected to the call. Thank God, you know, it has all that, you know, the model goodness and righteousness and it's, it's holy and praise God for that. Right. Yeah. But, you know, in a secular setting, yes, we need to have that. And I also know that, you know, in a counseling situation, like we always say, you know, that there is a confidentiality clause which is signed, but then the clause also adds that, you know, if there is a danger to life and if there is any danger or harm done, you know, a situation which, which results in, you know, harm, harm to one's life, you know, the person who's actually signing the clause, then the, the, you know, the client or not the client, sorry, the one who's actually counseling has the, you know, has goes beyond that and breaks the clause because it's some actions are resulting in the, in the, you know, danger to life of the person who's being counseled. Right. So, yeah. Okay. So, Sam, start with the why by Simon Sinek. Yeah, a good book. That's true. I've read some videos. I've not read the book, but I've watched a couple of videos. Yeah, very interesting. The why, clarity in the why, normally, you know, the what is, has a lot of details, right, the working of it, the outworking of it. We will have to, it involves skill, it involves learning some things. And so it's, it seems, you know, it seems very attractive, the what, you know, this is what it is. But then, the why, which might be very, very simple. It can be just one thing, one idea, one concept, the why actually powers the whole thing. Right. So the purpose, life's purpose, you know, when, when we get, when we, when we just grasp it, right, it just powers our life. You know, you look at all the disciples and the kind of life transformation they had. One, of course, because of the main thing, they were empowered by the spirit, they were filled with the spirit, and the spirit giving them, showing them, you know, this very thing that we read, what I has not seen, what you have not heard, not what has entered into the heart of man, you know, giving that revelation of life purpose, completely, radically changed their lives. These, I'm just looking at the life of Peter, completely changed, completely changed them. Look at Paul, completely changed. One who was persecuting now is going, just doing the, you know, the very opposite thing, preaching the faith that he persecuted, and doing so, going through, you know, many, many sacrifices, going through many dangers and very difficult situations for him personally, but at the same time, you know, pressing on. And it's, it's amazing. And so maybe just close with this, we just have a, yeah, we're almost done. Close with this scripture. Yeah. Paul, it isn't, sorry, it isn't Philippians chapter three verse 12, right? So he says, not that I have already attained or am already perfected, but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Okay. So he knows where, which state he is in, which level of maturity is in, but he just makes this, you know, I press on, I press on, I go forward, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. So that is very clear. He knows that he's not reached. He's not, he knows that he's not attained, but the reason for which Christ has laid hold of him, well, that's very clear now, right? And he says that I may lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me. Verse 13, brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the price of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. You know, some amazing revelation, truth, inspiration, you know, coming from these three verses saying, I lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me, I, you know, I forgetting those things that are behind, I reach forward to those things which are ahead, I press on, I press toward the goal. So this is what the why does to a person. And as believers, it's more than just the why, right? It's the work of God's Spirit, and not just an event, but every day, every moment we have the Spirit of God, you know, we have the opportunity to be filled with the Spirit and the why, if it is unclear, if it has been, you know, shrouded because of various things, maybe because of sin, maybe because of regret, maybe because of pain, we have an opportunity to come clean and, you know, to have a strong firm grip on it so that we can also press on, right? Okay, I think we need to pray. I know it's three minutes beyond the thing, but we just need to pray. So let me just quickly pray. Father, we thank you, God, that you have laid hold of us, Father God, with a reason which is good, your plans, your thoughts, for which we have laid hold of us. And Lord, I pray that we will lay hold of that, for which you lay hold of that, of us, oh God. And that plan, that purpose, God, that we will, Lord, have a strong firm grip on it, God, and no matter what comes, no matter what storms, no matter what tries to pry it away from that, Lord, from us, God, I pray that God, we will just hold on. And Spirit of God, I thank you that you are with us, empowering us, embalming us, God. And like we read in the beginning, God, you are with us, standing next to us, empowering us, encouraging us so that the message, the life message, might be fully preached through our words, through our actions, God. And Father God, I pray that, yeah, I pray, let there be a clearing, let there be a clarity, let there be focus in each one of our lives. And for whatever reason, things are not clear, I pray, let there be healing, let there be breaking of bondages, of chains, yeah, if there's inroads that the enemy has made into our lives through any of the means, I just, you know, I just call it, I just stop it in the name of Jesus. And yeah, I just pray for the reversal of that God. We thank you, we give you all the praise, we give you all the glory of this time. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Awesome. Okay, guys, have a great week. I'm sorry, great weekend. We relax, refresh, we'll catch up again next week. Okay, yeah, God bless. See you guys.