 that means that let your innermost being, everything that involves your emotion, your rational, your imagination, everything, let it keep my commands. So that's God's will for us that the word of God, the instruction in God's word, it's not an option first of all. So it's not an option to either remember, forget, be convenient, pick and choose. No, it's not that. We ought to remember. But the other part is also that you let your heart, your emotions, everything within you keep meaning. First of all, you obey and the word keep means to guard. To guard it, let it not be stolen. You guard it, let it establish you, let it, you protect it, you nurture it because the word of God has power. The word of God has life. The word of God is alive. The word of God is what brings us, changes us from the inside out when we respond. So let your heart keep my commands. So just mind it of that and let's pray and let's just tell the Lord, Lord, I want to keep your word. I esteem your word, your word is precious, what you've spoken, what you've, you know, the written word of God, what you're prompting me in our hearts in my heart. It's so precious. I want to keep it from my heart. Let's, each of us, let's just pray and just tell the Lord that, Lord, I want to keep your word. I want my heart. Let my heart keep your word. Father, even as we come before you today, Lord, it's as in response to your instruction, Lord, we want to treasure your words in our hearts, Lord. We want to keep it, Lord, nurture it, protect it, ensure that we don't lose it, or whatever you're speaking over us, Lord. We want to ensure that we don't lose it, God. We want to ensure that it's protected, Lord, because the very reason that you've said, God, that your heart keep, God, it's possible for us to lose track. It's possible for us to be careless with it, to neglect your word, Master. And, Lord, what you have quickened to our heart, may we be careful to keep it protected and may we be careful to treasure it, Lord, esteem it highly as something precious. And may your word change us, may your word convict us, may your word refresh us, Lord, and may a word impart life to us in all those areas that we consider to be barren or consider to be challenging. Lord, today, God, may your word release life may your word release life, oh God, because your word is eternal. It is not temporal, God. May the truth of your word, God, lead us into freedom and liberty, God, even today, God. We thank you. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Okay. So, seems like we're meeting after a very long time. In between 26 we, and the first time also was after a very long time. Anyway, so let's pick up from where we left. So, we're looking at, just to give a quick recap, we are looking at finances and how you saw in the first class, how God, there's a lot of teaching. The Lord Jesus taught a lot more on finances than on anything else, on money. And in the Gospels, you see a lot more teaching on money. And we looked at the importance of having the right attitude towards money, having the right attitudes towards finances. And that will actually liberate us, that will actually change our perspective of everything, how we do ministry, how we do life. It'll be actually life changing. And this is a very important subject. We saw this topic of money and how we handle it because we need it to function in the natural world. We need it. And God is not against money. God is not holding back, withholding money, but money can have a hold on us if we are not careful. So, we need to rightly handle money rather than money having a grip on us. So, we looked at what are the good attitudes to have about money? What is the mindset to have about money? And we also looked at some of the wrong attitudes that we could possibly have, wrong attitude about money. And we looked at a couple of those. One was covetousness and greed, because it's very easy to want more, more and more and go beyond what we actually need. And we need to actually have a distinction or difference between what is a want and what is our need. So, covetousness and greed is a wrong attitude to have about money. We looked at some scriptures and we also looked at competition in the sense, we compare and we want to compete in the area of money. And just because we are called to ministry or we are called to be men and women of God, it does not insulate us from this worldly or fleshly way of thinking and doing, thinking and behavior, acting. So, competition, comparing and saying, I want to be better. The person has this. I want this. I want to have more of that. I want to be better than this person in this area. Then the third one we saw was false spirituality. It can be about abundance, where we come to a conclusion and say, this person is really blessed of God and must be doing well spiritually because of the abundance or the opposite of it. Also, this person does not have any material possession and so must be a very great man or woman of God. Both are wrong. So, God does not measure spiritual maturity or even spirituality with this kind of a measurement by the things that we have. So, we looked at that. Okay. So today, let's look at another aspect of it, of money and how to have the, how not to have this attitude. It's a wrong attitude to have. See, when we money does give a sense of security, what does the word security mean? What? Protection, assurance. Like sometimes we, let's say we're going out to a hotel or somewhere. We normally check in our wallet. We make sure that the person is taken. Just pat the guys who just pat the pocket and say, okay, where I take it. Nowadays, of course, you have it on your phone. You can actually use Google Pay or whatever, phone pay, but you normally make sure that it's there. Just reassuring factor. So money does give that sense of reassurance, but the fact is the one who gives, the giver is the one in whom we should have our trust, not on what we have. Because scripture says that money can be here today and gone tomorrow. It can, it need not be there always, but the fact is the one who is eternal, the one who is a source of all wealth, he is with us. So our faith and our trust should not be in the material position, but be in the giver. So what is a false sense of security if I put my trust in money? If I put my trust in the riches, say, okay, this is my future is secure because I have so much in the back. We can do this, this and this, which is true. And when you're saying that, because I have so much, I can actually do it. Now that's a false sense of security. But the thing is this, we need to understand, okay, let's look at 1 Timothy 6 and verse 17. 1 Timothy 6, 17, command those who are rich in this present age. So this is Paul telling Timothy command. So which means it's not an option, command is, we have to do it. Command those who are rich in this present age. What is he commanding? Not to be haughty means not to be proud. Not to trust in uncertain riches. Okay, two things, not to be proud, not to trust in uncertain riches, not to be haughty because of material possessions. So I have this, this, this and I live here, I have this, not to be proud because of it. Not to put your trust in uncertain riches. Okay, saying the riches have this characteristic of being uncertain. So not to put your trust in uncertain riches. Look at the last part, but in the living God. Okay, so our pride should not be in material possessions. Now that's a wrong attitude to have. Nor should I have my trust, put my trust in these riches because they are, they are uncertain. So how, why should I trust in something that is uncertain? Right? So for example, we'll never do that with another human being. In the sense if a person is cannot keep their word, we cannot put our trust in that person. We cannot, we will not say, okay, I'm going to trust this person with great responsibility because that person cannot keep their word. They say one thing, they do one thing, another thing altogether. We will not trust. I'm not sure whether this person will actually come up or this person says that at this particular time, they'll be there, but I don't know if I can trust. Let's say you have some guests coming and at the railway station, this is the time the train comes and you won't send such a person to pick them up. Okay, what if they say I slept and I couldn't go? And they tell you one hour later, I could not go or I had something else I could not go. Uncertain. So you will not put your trust in something that's uncertain. So if you're putting your trust in riches, now they have this quality of being uncertain. So do not put your trust in that. What is the other part? It says, but you put your trust in the living God. Look at that last part, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. God's heart is what is a generous heart. So it says that God is the one who gives us richly all things to enjoy. So God is not the one who's holding back. God is not the one who does not want us to enjoy or make use of material things. He's the one who gives richly, which means generously all things to enjoy. So our heart, so we could make the mistake and say, okay, God does not want me to have things. God does not want me to enjoy. I have to go through life in pain, in misery, in, you know, with a long face. That's not it. It says here, God is not the one who's withholding. He's the one who gives us richly all things to enjoy. So what is my heart posture? God, I'm going to put my trust in you. I'm not going to put my trust in these things which are uncertain. These are material things. These are uncertain. So I'm not going to put my trust in these things, but in you who's the living God, you give me all things to enjoy. Okay, so that's the perspective we should have about money. Let's look at another scripture, Matthew 6, 19 to 21. Do not lay up for yourselves, treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves, treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal, for where your treasure is, where your heart will be also. Okay, so he's calling these material things as treasure. Okay, so treasure is something of great value or what we consider a great value. Okay, we might say, you know, I treasure these memories. I treasure these memories of all that, you know, of this particular visit. I treasure these memories. What does that mean? That means that you value it very highly. You esteem it very highly. You know, it's like something precious. Okay, so you say I treasure it. So where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Okay, so if you're going to treasure and value material things and they're going to be so much part of, you know, what your heart is captured with, there your heart will be also, you know, you're going to be there, you're going to be your thoughts will be there, your everything, your energy and everything is going to be there. Right. So he's saying, do not lay up for yourselves. So does that mean that you should not work? Does that mean that because work is going to be blessed with the return, you know, or does that mean you cannot be in business? Does that mean you cannot invest? What do you think? Huh? What do you think? Sorry? Yeah. Okay. Anyone else? Yeah. We should honor God. Okay, we should honor God, see him as our provider, the one who blesses. Okay. Yeah. We should not make them as our treasures. We should not make the treasures our treasure. Okay, that's a nice interesting way. Anyone online? Okay. So the context is Matthew chapter six, right? Matthew chapter six, the Lord is talking about worry. Okay. And verse 25 onwards. And he's also, you know, before we go into verse 25, he's also talking about no one can serve to masters. So it's, it's something that you are serving. It's something that you're giving yourselves to. And he's saying no one can serve to masters. And that's how he starts talking about money and worrying about providing for ourselves, worrying about legitimate necessities. Okay. So he says, during the course of that conversation and the teaching, the Lord Jesus says, your father knows that you have need of these things. Okay. So your father knows that you have need. What are those things? You know, what shall I eat? What shall I drink? What shall I put on clothes? The father knows that, which means that these are legitimate needs. My father, heavenly father, the Lord is saying, heavenly father knows that you have need of these things. Right. But what he's saying is do not worry about that. Because when you're worrying, your mind is always on what you are worrying. Your mind is always preoccupied with that. Right. So he's saying, do not worry. So in the course of that, he says, you know, this, right, your life is more than clothing and all that. So when we look at, we go further down to, sorry, up, sorry, 1921. And where he says, do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where these are breaking as seeds. So in that, that is the context of the whole message. So it doesn't mean that we should not work, we should not save, we should not invest. But is that something that is capturing your heart? Right. Or is that something that you're worried about, preoccupied about all the time? So it's a very fine line. And even the previous verse that we saw, 1 Timothy, chapter 6, it's a very, very fine line. You know, do not put your trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who richly gives us all things to enjoy. So he's the one who's richly giving. So it's not about, it's not about the money at all, but where my heart is with regard to the money. Okay. So if my heart is right, if I'm going to put my trust in God, then money cannot have a hold on me. I will be able to direct it. I'll be an instrument, just like how God has called us to be instruments of righteousness where he can do what he wants us to do in sharing the gospel and going and ministering to people. The same thing he can do with money as well. He knows that, okay, this guy is like a tube where I can just allow riches to flow through that tube and direct it wherever, channel it wherever I want to give. So many examples that we see throughout history and also in contemporary times, we see that people not being captured by money, but allowing God to let money flow through their hands. Right? Extremely wealthy, God really blessed them with riches, maybe their business, but they use that to actually further the kingdom of God, further the cause of the kingdom. So if God sees that, okay, your heart is really captured by money and wealth, now he's not going to pour into your life the very thing that is going to destroy you. Right? You'll say, okay, this is going to destroy my son. This is going to destroy my daughter. Now why should I do that? So he's going to wait till that adjustment is made, that alignment is made and then he can say, okay, I can trust him. I can trust her. I can trust her to go here, go there and everywhere and I don't want to destroy this person's life, but really I love this person to be an instrument that I can bless other lives. Right? Okay, yeah, Sean. In Ecclesia Astrosa. Okay. Yeah. So can you just give me an exact verse, Ecclesia Astrosa? Can you just read it out please? Yeah. So here, you know, all these verses actually talk about, again, it talks about, you know, he who loves silver will never be satisfied, you know, or he who loves abundance, he's not going to be satisfied with that abundance. So the thing is the, you know, again, goes back to the same thing. Where is your heart? You know, you can have greed, you can covet things and you can have more and more of it, but that's not going to bring in fulfillment because these are material things and these are not going to actually, that's a negative aspect of money. You know, these are not going to fulfill you and bring you to that place of saying, okay, I'm satisfied, it'll never happen. So, and also that was the sleep of a laboring man asleep, whether he eats a little or much with the abundance of the rich. Again, you know, we're going to look at that other verse where the rich man who actually says, okay, I'm going to build bonds, I'm going to do this, but then, you know, he doesn't know that his future is actually very limited, right? So if your heart is in it, in that abundance, you're constantly thinking about, okay, you know, will I lose it? Will I, you know, whereas if your heart is in the giver, you know, if my trust is in the giver, that I will not be, of course, I will steward it well. So the difference between stewarding it and, and be preoccupying, you know, so I will steward it well, but I will not allow that to capture me. Yeah, so that's the thing. Okay, so Jack in has a question. Is it really difficult for a rich man or a woman to know and understand the things of God? We see Jesus himself saying it is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. We read about, yeah, and also seen the few men and women of God, the attitudes change once they are blessed materially. Previously, I've seen them God fearing with a broken humble spirit. This is my personal thought and question. So, so Jack in, yeah, so, so the difficulty is this, you know, for a person of great riches, for a person of great wealth, when, when their heart is again captured by that rather than God himself, you know, like, see, I know you might be aware of these kind of people who probably, their things shifted when they came into riches, you know, the whole thing changed, but that's not the ideal thing, right? So riches have that, you know, hold our influence, but that's why the Lord really warns us not to have that kind of a, you know, trust in the riches. So, you know, history is also full of people who, who have not allowed money to take a hold of them. So, you know, people of great wealth for them, you know, we're going to look at typing a little later on the subject, but you see that they, they don't type 110, but they're actually, it's more, it's like 50% or maybe 64% or even more, because they know where their source is, right? So they, and their purpose is that God has given me the ability to get wealth, and I'm going to use it for the cause of God's kingdom, right? God has blessed me so much in order to be a blessing. So, so Paul writes, right? Paul says that he who steals should steal no longer, but work labor with the hands so that he might give to one who has need. So what does that mean? That means that in all labor, there is reward. So you're going to receive the benefit of laboring, but it's not, it's to take care of your needs, but you can actually bless someone with it. So if you have that mindset, then it's going to be very liberating and you're going to be a blessing in God's hands to other people, right? Okay, so it's like, so your question is, is it really difficult for a rich man or woman to know and understand the things of God? Well, the answer is no. It's not because of the abundance of riches, but your association with, association with it, if you're attached to riches, then it's, everything is going to cloud. It's like a work of the flesh. If you're kindly minded, then you cannot please God, nor can you understand the things of God. So it's the same thing, which is applied here, okay, right? Okay, yeah, if you want to, sorry? Yeah, yeah, it's difficult, difficult because your heart is pulling you in a different direction, yeah, yeah, okay, so can a pastor invest or do business? Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, so the question, okay, the question here is from Anandis, okay, can a pastor invest or run a business or have other sources of income, right? So that's the thing, so can he do that? Or should the pastor just depend on the tithes and offerings which come? Okay, so that's the thing. So the thing is, okay, so it's, there's no one answer. The thing is to ask, okay, God, what do you want me to do? It goes back to that, right? What do you call me to do? What are some things that you put in me? Okay, so if God says, okay, so that's, which is what happened in the case of Paul. So Paul had a tent making skill and because of which he provided for the ministry and the ministry team, that's what we see, right? So that does not mean that he did not take offerings, he did, people gave and he used that as well, but in certain cases, he would not take, he says, guys, I did not take from you, I didn't want to burden you, because I just wanted to do the work of my hands, so, no. See, the thing is this, okay, let's say, okay, so Anand's question is, okay, I'm getting tithes and offerings, now can I use that money to invest? Okay, so the thing is this, from the tithes and offerings, what is, let's say, it varies again, depending on the size of the church. I think you'll learn more in church administration about this in, I think next semester also. So, but the thing is this, like from the tithes and offerings that you're getting, okay, so how much of it is your salary? Okay, let's say if it's a small church, okay, tithes and offerings you get and that's all you have to live. Everything is what you use for, maybe the rent, maybe your, the church rent or saying, you know, all the expenses of running the ministry is from that, so you just use that, but if from that tithes and offerings, there is some amount of money which is yours, okay, which is like for your personal use, you do what you want with that, right, you want to give it to people, you want to invest in something, you want to buy some land, that is yours, but if it's the entire tithes and offerings coming in and the church's policy is some amount is to the pastor, some amount is used for this, then you need to get the okay, you know, from the thing, but I would say don't even go there, what is your personal tithing, you use it, right, so and also the topic of okay, can a pastor, you know, run a business, we know the answer is yes, you know, you can, you can do that. I know a pastor who was in Nagpur, who was actually, who was doing catering business, okay, there also you need to be careful, you have people in church getting married and all, then you say, okay, you take my business, you know, you can put emotional pressure, you know, I'm solemnizing my wedding, you know, I can't, I provide the thing, you should not do that, you know, so there's a danger in that, but he had this catering business, okay, because he had no other thing, church was also I think kind of small, not much, so running the software business, am I sorry, catering business, but the thing is this, you know, so is that taking you away from the primary vision that God has given you, right, what is the thing that he's asked you to do, it goes back to that, if somewhere that vision is getting diluted and you're all about, you know, building the next catering thing, and then you're not really involved in, you know, then you need to take a call, okay, some more thoughts from Nina, a little more on the treasures in heaven, that's what we have to store apart from seeking his kingdom, not to focus on earthly treasures is understandable, okay, so what are these treasures in heaven, lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven, I really, I'm not too sure, you know, of course we see that God wants to reward us, and there is a reward for every believer, but what is it, I really, maybe I can just look into it, you can also check and see what are these treasures in heaven that, yeah, I'm not too sure about the details of that, yeah, okay, sorry, what worries, not to worry, right, I don't understand your question, sorry, not really, you know, if you're looking at verse 19, do not lay up for yourselves treasure honor, it's talking about material things, not really about worry, but further down he says, don't worry about these legitimate needs that you have, these are legitimate things, Father knows, don't worry about it, so that's like 25 onwards, he's talking about worry, so, yeah, okay, so yeah, any further questions or thoughts, okay, let's look at, you know, look chapter 12, verse 16, he spoke a parable to them saying, the ground of a rich man yielded plentifully, and he thought within himself, saying, what shall I do since I have no room to store my crops, there's a great situation to be in for the businessman, so he said, I will do this, I'll pull down my barns, build grater, and I'll store all my crops and my goods, right, this is also good, right, it's what any rational businessman would do, and I will say to my soul, soul, you have many goods laid up for many years, take your ease, eat, drink, and be married, so the initial things that he thought were all very practical, this is what anybody would do, you know, anybody who's in business is there for the profit, is there for the growth, nobody's there for the loss, right, so till verse 18, it makes sense, verse 19, he says, you know, so you have many goods laid up for many years, so what is he doing there, what is he telling himself, what do you learn from that, yeah, he's basing his future on what he has gathered so far, right, his security, his surety is, I have so much in my barn, okay, so you just take it easy, relax, eat, be, eat, you know, marry, enjoy, so then God says, full the night, your soul be required of you, then whose will those things be which you have provided, so is he who lays a treasure for himself, look at that other part of the verse, and is not rich towards God, okay, so here's a selfish thing and on top of that, we see based on his response to whatever wealth he has got, his trust is in that, his confidence is that, confidence from a future is, hey, I've got so much, so that is all there is, right, so a lot of saying, you know, that is so short lived and it's going to be, it's going to be, you know, required of you, your life is required of you, your soul is required of you, and whose things will those be, okay, so you think about that, right, so you are not thinking in terms of eternity, right, and your trust is in the wrong place, okay, so Chaya you are saying, what are you, Matthew 633 is what, yeah, okay, just reiterating that seek first the kingdom priority, yeah, okay, okay, let's look at another verse, okay, so all this we are looking at, it is about security and the reason we are dwelling on it is to really know the difference, okay, we are looking at all these verses, we're looking at all this, really to know that God's heart is not for you to not have riches, okay, sometimes that's the thing, no, say I met recently a friend who was saying, you know, I'm glad that you are, you know, you are in ministry and not going in the ways of the world, okay, what that friend meant was the fact that you're not working anywhere else and you're working for the church or you're doing ministry, but really working elsewhere is not the way of the world, really not, because God would want you to be there, God would want you to be in, you know, to be in politics, to be in governance, you know, whatever, so the thing is not, the problem is not, you know, us having riches, God does not have a problem with that, but God really doesn't want those riches to destroy us, so where your heart, where is your heart? Okay, we need to be really, really sure, we need to be really, really convinced about this, because, you know, we, if we go into ministry and full-time, so-called full-time ministry, oh, you know, we need to be sure, we need to be clear that God is not, God is giving this so that I can use it, I don't need to, you know, have this, I need to protect myself from this having a hold on me, okay, so we need to have the attitude, okay, whether it's great riches or whether, you know, there's nothing at all, my trust will continue to be in God, okay, and I'm going to be willing vessel that God uses, okay, okay, one more verse, 1 John chapter 2 verses 15 and 16, okay, do not love the world or the things in the world, if anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world, okay, so question again, okay, how can I not love the world? John 3.16 says, God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, okay, so we understand it as He goes on to clarify, right, for all that is in the world, which means He's talking about the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, okay, and money can actually contribute or even fuel these things, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, right, imposition and power and status and so on, money can actually fuel that, so all that is in the world, He's talking about the world system, He's talking about the lusts of these things, this is not of the Father, right, if you're going to have your love for this, then the love of the Father is not in Him, right, so again, it's a thing, you know, how can I have money and not be in love with it, right, how can I use money and not be held back by it, that's a great place to come to, right, like growing up, see we didn't have much money, okay, so I think I shared with you, right, my mother said, when I asked for the pencil box that my friend had in the class, said we are not rich people, so I always grew up saying, okay, we're not rich, I didn't have the wrong attitude towards money, but the thing is, I would hold on tightly, okay, now if there was any, I'll try to stretch it, if there was this thing, I'll use it for this, that and the other and really hold tightly to it, right, then I got married, then my wife also went through a similar background, like they didn't have much growing up, but surprisingly her attitude was, just give it, it's fine, okay, so I remember you're newly married and walking, and Brigade wrote, this was in winter, so I had actually bought a woolen cap for her, okay, so woolen cap and for her and saying, it's a gift, now this is, we got married in December, end of December, I'm talking about January, okay, when it's still cold and we are walking and then saying, so I just gave her this gift and she had that and then she, as we were walking, we saw a mother and a child, so child, it was very cold and then that, they didn't have proper warm clothing and so immediately she took the cap and put it on the child, okay, for me it was like, how can you do that, it was my gift to you and how can you do that, how can you just take it, in an instant she just saw the need, she took it and then put it and, it was nothing, she said, yeah, it was a gift, I'm not worried, it's not like I value your love any less or anything, but the fact is that there was a need, I'm just going to give it, so that's the difference, for me, at that point in time, I was holding on and I was like, no, this is mine, this is it, but the fact is that, yeah, so God had to actually take me through a series of events and incidents to really free me from that and say, I'm the provider, don't be caught up by my provision, I've given you something, don't just make an idol out of it, don't treasure it, make an idol out of it, I'm the one you need to trust, I can give you more of it, just give it away, right, so there are many examples, probably we look at one such thing that happened in our life also, yeah, so don't love the world, all the things in the world, this is the context, okay, okay, let's move on to, yeah, let's look at the last scripture that is listed there in the notes, sorry, Jeremiah chapter 9, 23 to 24, thus says the Lord, let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches, but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord exercising loving kindness, judgment and righteousness in the earth, for in these I delight, okay, so the Lord is saying, okay, you might have these attributes, you might have wisdom, you might have strength, you might have riches, nothing wrong, but don't take just pride in it or don't glory in it, okay, but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, okay, so which means more than wisdom, more than our physical abilities, skill, talent, strength and our possessions, what we need to treasure and esteem very highly is that I know God and he knows me, our relationship with him is to be treasured above all else, our heart is really to be captured by, that he needs to be capturing our heart, we need to allow him to capture our heart, right, more than anything else, right, okay, so any thoughts here, any questions here, okay, so it is a challenging thing, right, this is completely opposite of what the world would believe and this could be completely, you know, opposite of even some, unfortunately ministries or, you know, people of God would be living their life, right, it could be, but we need to make that alignment early on, we need to, you know, really make that alignment safe, my heart is sold out for you, for your purposes, let nothing, we talk about okay people, we talk about, you know, let nothing capture my heart, let nothing come into place, right, okay, so next class we look at biblical prosperity and then we look at some very, very interesting, you know, incidents, we're going to look at some people in the Bible, many times we look at these personalities, we think they were poor, okay, or actually if you look at their lives, the kind of things, because in this one line Bible states, they had many possessions, they had flocks, they had this, if you actually translated to today's language, you would see that they were wealthy people, okay, so that will also change our mindset and, you know, the fact that we need to be humble, keep a focus on God, right, okay, so we'll stop here and we'll catch up next class, thank you, God bless, thank you all my students, bye-bye.