 Okay, good morning. Good morning, Georgia, Anita, Paul, and Lailama. Thank you for joining class on time this morning. We'll begin. Can I ask Paul to lead us in prayer, please? Okay, let's have ourself and pray. Father in the name of Jesus, we thank you for again bringing us this morning to class. We thank you for your Holy Spirit that guides us always. We thank you for having kept us. Father, as we are going to hear your word, give us the spirit of wisdom and understanding. May all what we are going to learn give us knowledge that will change the lives of the people. We cover the teacher with the blood of Jesus Christ. Let the words he's going to speak be the words that comes from you and let it be inbuilt in us. We pray for stable network throughout the session. We pray and declare all this in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Thank you, Paul. Welcome. So last class, before we ended last class, we were looking at chapter 4 in the book, Kingdom Builders. We were looking at chapter 4, the nature of a God-given vision. And we saw that a God-given vision is a command from God It's something that, you know, how God leads us and guides us in the purpose, the plans, the vision he has for us. It can be a simple steering in our hearts. He just does up our hearts through something like we read about Nehemiah, how he was stirred up in his heart when he heard about the broken walls of Jerusalem. And it was not just an emotional steering where you feel sad about something for a day or for that moment or a week or a month, but something that stirs up your heart till you take action, you do something about it, you see God's plan and purpose fulfilled in your life. And also we saw that, you know, God-given vision has a specific time, a appointed time for its initiation and for its execution. So we looked at the Kronos time and Chairos time. God works in the Kronos time and the Chairos time. So the Kronos time is a time when basically the Greek word Kronos, we get the English word chronology, you know, where God, the Kronos time or the Kronos season is a time when God is revealing his plan, his vision to us and how we go, how he goes about preparing us for it, how we organize things, plan, execute things and the Chairos season or the Chairos moment is the fullness of time of the God-appointed time when God will bring about whatever he has envisioned for you, what he has planned and purpose for you. And we saw two examples that of Joseph's life and how Joseph, you know, from the time he got the dream when he was a young boy, he had to wait till 30 years, you know, which is the Kronos time. And, you know, after 30 years was a Chairos moment when he saw the fulfillment of his dream. Another example we saw was in Genesis chapter three where God says, you know, that the seed of the woman will destroy the seed of serpent. And so we see that it took 4,000 years so that those were the Kronos moments and then at the fullness of time, the right time God brought about his son, which is a Chairos moment. Okay, so God works in these two time frames, the Kronos and the Chairos seasons of the timeframe. And so we also saw that, you know, God, when he gives us a vision, he just does some entrusted to us and leaves, but he prepares us so that we can, you know, we can be enabled, we can be, you know, equipped enough to fulfill his plan, purpose, the vision that he has for life, okay? You know, and we also saw that God given vision may differ from our expectation, you know, the way God sees it, foreplans it, you know, can be very different from how we envision we see it, we look at the life of Joseph and how, you know, we can plan things in a certain way, we can envision things in a certain way, but also how God brings about his plan and purpose. Also, we looked at in chapter three, the Mary miracle, you know, Mary and Joseph would have thought they would have, you know, when they go to Bethlehem, they would find it in easily the place to stay, but that was not the case. You know, sometimes we envision things in a certain way, but God has something else in mind which he brings about, which he orchestrates in our lives, okay? Then we saw that the kairos moment for the God given vision can get delayed, you know, when we do things in our own carnal nature or our fleshly nature, the example we saw was of Moses, okay? So we stopped there last week. We'll continue from page number 47 where we're going to be looking at, we'll continue looking at chapter four, a God given vision, sorry, 42, where we're looking at a God given vision is, may not be understood by everyone. So page number 42, a God given vision may not be understood by everyone now. The example given there is in Acts chapter seven versus 23 to 25, we looked at it last Wednesday, you know, it's basically saying how when Moses was 40 years old, it came in his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. He knew, you know, why God had raised him up though he was a Hebrew, why God raised him up in Pharaoh's palace and what was his calling, what was God's vision for his life, what was God's plan for his life. And we see that, you know, when he goes to meet his brethren, visit his brethren, he sees one of the Israelites being beaten up or oppressed by the Egyptian and what does he do? He tries to stop them, but in his fit of rage, you know, he destroys or kills the Egyptian because he had this whole, he had already known that God had called him, you know, to deliver his people out of slavery, out of bondage. So he kills the Egyptian. And in verse 25 of Acts chapter seven, it says, for he's supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver him by his hands, but they did not understand. So Moses knew his calling, what his plan and vision for his life was. He thought that, you know, by killing the Egyptian, by helping the, his own Hebrew brother, you know, they would understand that God has finally raised up a deliverer, but they failed to understand. Another example that we can look at is the life of the Apostle Paul, you know, when Paul had the powerful encounter on the road to Damascus, which changed his life. And, you know, Jesus had personally encountered him and, you know, given this, given him this great calling for ministry, but yet in the beginning few years of his ministry, you know, we see that many of them from the church did not accept him. They were still very suspicious of him and they kept away from Paul thinking that maybe he's just pretending or he's acting and, you know, he'll know everything about them and then finally he'll persecute them and throw them in prison. So because of this, you know, Paul had to spend a lot of time alone. He had to stand by himself, you know, just holding on to the vision that he, God has given him and strengthening himself in the Lord, okay? We also see that, you know, when people don't understand a God-given vision that God has given to you, we need to hold on to it, you know, there are times when we would, we can share what God has laid upon our heart, what God got calling upon our lives, what is his vision. But there are times when we need to, you know, hold back, we need to know what is the right time to share with whom and the right people with whom to share so that we can take forward God's vision. So let's look at an example in Galatians chapter one verses 15 and 16. Can somebody read that please? Galatians chapter one verses 15 and 16. Galatians chapter one verses 15 and 16. Even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then we pleased to him to reveal his son to me so that I would proclaim the good news about Jesus to the Gentiles. Yes, can continue. When this happened, I did not rush out to consult with any human being. Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away into Arabia and later I returned to the city of Damascus. Thank you, Jeffina. So here we see that, you know, God is, you know, just after his pause and counter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, we see that also Jesus revealing to him that he's going to preach or he's going to be an apostle among the Gentiles. And Paul says very clearly that he did not immediately confer or share this with other people, flesh and blood, which is other people. But then he went away quietly to Arabia. And we know that the first 17 years of Paul were the silent years of Paul. And we see that, you know, during the 17 years he received much revelation, which he preaches and which he writes about in his epistles, which we read even today. But, you know, he did not share about his calling among the Gentiles. He did not share it with the people who trusted in him and also he did not go up to Jerusalem and share it with the apostles. So there are times when, you know, God would show us when is the right time that we need to share the vision that he's given us, you know, with whom. So he will send the right people, you know, and also sending the right people into our vision is also a confirmation what God has spoken to us. And over time we see that God would give us more clarity, guidance, direction and wisdom that is required to carry out the vision. May God may also send, you know, some people to counsel us, guide us, show us how to go about executing it practically. The vision that God has laid upon our hearts. And we must be receptive to what God is speaking into our lives, what he's showing in our lives through various people that he sends our way. But we also need to be very careful, you know, who we invite into the vision that God has given to us because there are some people who can come in and destroy God's vision. They can make things difficult for us. So we need discernment, we need God's wisdom and even in that area God can lead us and guide us. Okay. A God given vision with face demonic opposition. So we look at Nehemiah chapter 2 verses 18 to 20. So can somebody please read Nehemiah chapter 2 verses 18 to 20 please. Nehemiah chapter 2 verses 18 to 20. And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me and also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. So they said, let us rise up and build. Then they said their hands to this good work. But when Sun Ballad, the Horonite, Tobiah, the Ammonite official, and Geshem, the Arab, heard of it. They laughed at us and despised us and said, what is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king? So I answered them and said to them, the God of heaven himself will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem. Thank you, Rosalind. So here we see Nehemiah after staring in his heart about the condition of the walls that surround Jerusalem, the city of Jerusalem. He just doesn't fast and pray and mourn about it, but that's something that he gets into action. He talks to the king. The king gives him a letter, gives him support and help of materials, also gives him people as security to lead him to Jerusalem. And when he goes to Jerusalem, we see that when he goes there, we read last week that he does not reveal what God has put in his heart. So he just keeps it quiet. But then after that, he reveals it to the people and the people are encouraged and they take on the vision that is basically God just speaking to them, steering their heart. And the people readily bought Nehemiah's vision and of building the walls of Jerusalem in spite of the threat, in spite of the problems that they would face. And so they say, let's rise up and build. So they start planning to build and that's when we see that some of the Arabs and the Amorites, the Amonites, they kind of bring disturbance in the work, opposition. But we see that in spite of all that they tried to do, Nehemiah was steadfast in what God had called him, God had given him the grace, the victory. So we see that these people tried many times, these Arabs, San Bala, Tobiah, Gisham, how they mocked him, they opposed him, they wrote letters to the king, they tried to stop the work. But in spite of that, Nehemiah was still steadfast to what God had called him, why he went there and the people also supported him and they continued the work. So we see that when God gives us a vision to execute a plan and purpose, it might not be easy. We will face a lot of demonic opposition that will come in very subtle ways, very simple ways which will not catch our attention. So we'll just look at a few ways in how demonic opposition can come, it can come through distraction. There can be other things that try to pull away your time and attention and your energy. It can be your family, it can be your spouse, it can be your children, it can be something with your home. It can also be some distraction with some other project that is there which you can earn with money and you think that money can be put into fulfilling God's vision. But all of these distractions are actually very subtle, it comes very subtly and very deceptively and we need to take note of it because these distractions can break our focus and result in wasted time and energy. And some of these distractions can be good things, can be important things and so we don't think or see them as distraction but we need to be very mindful of it and if we are constantly walking in the spirit, we are constantly focused on what God is asking us to do, asking Him for leading and guidance, He will show us the distractions that we are getting entangled in. Demonic opposition can also come as a diversion. It can just be a small diversion but it can begin very small but then it can later on become like a huge gap or a distance from what God has called us to do so it's important to constantly check ourselves to see if we are in line with what God has called us to do and we need to realign our vision to what God has called us and stay aligned to His leading. It can also come, demonic opposition can also come as an internal dispute or a strife, you know, strife can be very destructive. It can be an internal strife just with members in the team or it can also be with the leadership that is there. Just these small disputes, these strife can actually distract us, can sap us of our energy and our time. It can be also a diversion so we need to be careful that we don't get entangled in any kind of strife or dispute or quarrel. Just leave all those things to the Lord. He will take care because there will be people who come in who will try to bring about dispute and strife but I've always seen that, you know, when we are busying ourselves in just doing what God has called us to do, you know, and we know that these, you know, these demonic oppositions is coming to strife we don't get caught up in that, I never get caught up in that because it's going to take a lot of my time, my energy, drainage and my emotion my feelings, my mindset. I just say, God, I can't handle this. I just have so much to do. I just want to take care of it and I want you to handle it and believe me, God just beautifully just handles it, takes care of it. You know, sometimes without me doing anything I can just see the people, the person leave or the leadership take them into accountability and do what is necessary or sometimes God can just teach them or, you know, can through you can also, you know, build up that relationship with them. They'll be able to see what you are doing, why you're doing things. God would give them that clarity and whatever hatred and anger that they have against you, you know, will just be put off. Demonic opposition can also come as discouragement. We all face challenges, sufferings, discouragements in various ways. Sometimes it can be through even our own family member, our spouse, our children. Sometimes it can be with the people in our team. But, you know, we need to learn to encourage ourselves in God and press on. And that is what, you know, David did. You know, remember David when he went to do some exploits with the 400 men that he had and when they came back to the place where, you know, where their wives and their children were, where they were living, they see everything burnt down, all of their cattle taken away, their wives and their children are all taken away. And, you know, they're so discouraged that these 400 men along with David, you know, they cried their wheat, they moaned their heart out. And the 400 men were so disappointed and so discouraged, you know, they are planning amongst themselves to, you know, actually kill David. And David hears about it. And what does David do? He does not go and, you know, speak to them. He does not try to make them understand, hey, guys, I was with you. I've also lost my wives and my children. I've lost everything that I have. Don't you think I'm also disappointed and sad and broken just like you are? But we see that the Bible says, you know, David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. Okay. It's a very powerful and very beautiful verse. It says David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. So when we face discouragements, you know, it's important for us to strengthen ourselves in the Lord our God and not run from pillar to post, from person to person, trying to explain ourselves. God will do that. All we need to do is just strengthen ourselves in the Lord our God. Okay. A God given vision is always bigger than the individual. You know, God's vision is his plans for us is big. It's nothing too small. And why is God's vision big that he gives us? Anyone can share. Okay. Why do you think God gives us a big vision? Any thoughts on that? Are you all there in class? Everybody? Why does God give us a big vision? God trusts us. Okay. Thank you, Rosalind. God trusts us. Zellothory says that so that we can work together to build this kingdom. Yes. Yes, Jafeera. Because God is big and his plans for us are always more than what we expect and imagine. So he just gives that vision to let us know how big he is and how great his plans are. Thank you. Thank you for that thought, for the answer. You know, God's vision is big. Yes, because we serve a big God. He has big things in mind for us and store for us. He trusts us also with, you know, by giving us something big. And also, yes, you know, the vision is big because God does not want us to do it all by ourselves. It's not I, me, myself who runs the whole vision, but it is other people that God brings into our vision, you know, who help us. And in the course of time, they also learn how to fulfill God's vision. They find their calling, they find their talents, they find, you know, they learn ways in how to run God's vision, how to fulfill it, how to do ministry. So an example that we can look at is Nehemiah chapter 2, verses 12 and 17 to 18. We already looked at Nehemiah chapter 2, verse 12, you know, when Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem, he, you know, he wakes up in the night, he takes a few men along with him to inspect the walls of Jerusalem. And he does this at night because there were many people around who would suspect what he's doing and try to, you know, bring about hindrances in his plan. So he goes around at night and he does not tell these men or he does not tell anyone what God has put in his heart to do. But later on, we read that, you know, he does reveal what he wants to do to the people and the people are ready and they say, let's rise up and build. Okay, so we see that, you know, for the short time, he does not reveal the vision, but later on he's, you know, he does reveal it and the people are ready to build, you know, the walls of Jerusalem. Also, we read in the book of Acts in several places. We see that, you know, Paul, whenever he ends his episodes, he always, or when he begins his episodes, he always talks about, he shares greetings. He says, you know, my fellow workers or fellow prisoners, fellow partners, you know, fellow work fellow, your fellow, fellow servants in the Lord, you know, send you their greetings and he writes, mentions all of their names. So we see that it's Paul is actually basically saying that it's not me who's doing the work of the Lord all alone, but I have all of these people who are there to support me or helping me. And so here also we see in the book of Nehemiah, that Nehemiah, you know, he does not envision to do this building of this wall all by himself, but he reveals it to people and the people by his idea, they catch a hold of this vision and they step in and they, you know, help in building the walls of Jerusalem. In spite of the problems and difficulties and the hindrances, they finish the task. Okay. So, you know, sometimes when we have a God given vision, we don't want to allow people into that vision, you know, but we always need to know that God's vision is always bigger than each one of us, which means that we cannot handle it and do everything by ourselves. God has not created us to be, you know, created us as individual beings. He created us to be in companionship, to work along with others, to be interdependent, to be dependent on others, you know, and God himself will connect us with the right people who can step into our vision and help us see it fulfilled. So we need to, when God gives us a vision, we need to know who are the right people we get in. So we need to pray about the people who come in, you know, we need to see people who have a right attitude, you know, who have a good relationship with God. And, you know, when we speak to them, actually when we pray, God shows us who are the people. Like for example, you know, and it's handling the Children's Church at ABC, we need a teacher, so I would always ask God, you know, God show me who you want me to go and ask if they would, you know, join Children's Church, there would be ministers at Children's Church, and God would just put names in my heart or he would just show me the face of the person and I would just pray and say, God, you just stirred up their hearts, you speak to them. And when I go and speak to them, you know, they are willing and they have, you know, many of them are still part of Children's Church even today. So, you know, God would stir their hearts up and we need to celebrate such people, we need to thank them. But there are some people who we share with, they might not take a hold of our vision, they might not be interested, they might not come alongside with us, you know, we don't have to get upset, we don't have to get irritated or angry. But, you know, it's basically because God does not want them to be involved in what we are doing as some other planet purpose and we just need to let go. Those who come in, step into our vision, you know, we treat them nicely, we don't boss over them, we're good to them, and you know, we carry out what God has laid upon our hearts. Okay. Choosing the wrong kind of people into our vision can destroy what God wants to birth in and through our hearts. The next point God given vision is other people find and fulfill their lives calling by participating in our God given vision. So why does God bring in other people into our vision is basically like I said, you know, when they come in, they can also receive their call, they can know what their talents are, their gifting areas are, they can see it or God must be calling them. They don't understand, now when they are participating in your vision, in your calling, you know, they would take hold of what God has called them to be. They can take hold of their gifting, their talents and see where God has, you know, what God has in store for them. But even as people step into our vision, you know, we have to have their interest in mind, you know, see their areas of gifting, their talents, their areas of expertise and use that. And if they are, you know, wanting to step out, they're wanting to go and start their own, do their own vision, fulfill their own calling, don't be upset, don't be angry with them, you know, just bless them, let them go so that they can, you know, fulfill God's calling, you know, that God has on their lives. Okay. Dreams and visions are given to the body of Christ and our interlinked, we need to understand that even though God gives us a specific vision to carry out a specific plan and purpose for our lives, it's always in the context of the body of Christ. It is there to build the body of Christ. It is there to extend the kingdom of God. Remember, we are not building our kingdom. We're building God's kingdom. So it is to extend God's kingdom here on earth and it is through the body of Christ. It is through the church. And we cannot fulfill our calling outside the body of Christ. You know, we are called to work in the body of Christ. Like it says in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 16. Can somebody please lead Ephesians chapter 4 verse 16, please. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 16. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly as each part does its own special work. It helps the other parts grow so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. Thank you, Jefina. Amen to this verse because we see that here that, you know, God is giving us specific visions, you know, to help the body of Christ, you know, so that the body of Christ can grow. The body of Christ can be edified and the body of Christ can be edified in love even as each one of us do our part. So even though our visions are very different from each other, you know, we are this whole body that is joined together just like our hands, our legs, our different parts of the different organs of our body, you know, all joined together to work as one whole, to work. Even though we have different, each body part has different, different functions, all work together for the wholeness of the body in the same way. You know, each one of us have different callings, different visions that God is giving to us, but it is in the context of the body of Christ and whatever we do is going to cause growth in the body of Christ and it's going to edify the body of Christ and build the body of Christ in love. Okay? So even as you go about your life and you want to become a kingdom builder, you know, you are interested in building God's kingdom, ask God to give you not just a vision, a plan to show you the plan and vision for your life, but ask God to give you a big heart, okay, to accommodate his big vision that he gives you because, you know, a small heart has only room for I, me, myself. It has no room to accommodate other people. It has no room to accommodate, to see what God is calling us to do in the light of the whole body of Christ, to build up the church. So, you know, for us to do that, it requires a big heart. So I start to give you not just a big vision, but a big heart because a small heart is a place where, you know, there is insecurity, there's jealousy, there's selfish ambition, self-centeredness, competition. And, you know, all of these things cannot help us, can be a hindrance from us to, you know, fulfilling God's vision for our lives because all of this comes out of a carnal nature. And we know that, you know, out of our fleshly carnal nature, we cannot build the kingdom of God like one stand long and hence we need to work in the spiritful nature which is, you know, which portrays itself through the gifts of the spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. And so if the fruits of the spirit have to be manifested in our lives, we need to have a big heart where it's not just me, but it's everybody else. It's thinking about everybody else and accommodating others into our vision and seeing how our vision can, you know, build the kingdom of God. Okay, so that is chapter four. Anyone has any questions about God-given vision? Anyone's already received your, you know, God's vision for your life and you're going about doing it? Anyone here? You can just raise up your hand. You can see it, or you can just type it in the chat section. Anyone here already knows what God's vision for your life is? Okay, you're going about doing it. Okay, thank you, Japeena. Anyone else? Thank you, Anita. Thank you, Subashish. Thank you, Abhubhavikar and Selotholi. Okay, good. Rosalind. And so I hope these lessons are really helping you. For those of you who are still trying to find out what God's vision for your life versus plan and purpose, you know, you're learning all this in advance and I'm sure this is going to help you. Anyone has any questions in lesson four? When is the right time? Sorry, can you elaborate on your question, please? When is the right time to share the vision? Good question. When is the right time to share the vision? Basically, maybe you could, you know, ask God, the Holy Spirit, to the inner witness of the Holy Spirit or the inner voice of the audible voice, the Holy Spirit can just lead you to know when is the right time to share the vision. Also important to know who to share the vision with. So maybe if you meet like-minded people who are, you know, following the same vision that God has placed in your heart and you see them as mature Christian believers, you could, you know, pray and ask God and if you find the peace of God in your heart, there's no restlessness, there's no agitation, then you could go ahead and share. You could even ask God, when is the right time? Who do you want me to share with? God will show you, God will bring people. He will orchestrate situations, people in your life and they will bring, they will come in and then you can share it with them. Yeah. So it's basically just depending on the Lord. Of course, God, you can use your mind as well because God has given us our mental faculties to use and if we are, you know, having a renewed mind, a renewed mind that is walking in the ways and the thoughts of God, then the renewed mind is always in agreement with what the Spirit is telling us, guiding us and leading us. They both work together, the renewed mind and the leading of the Holy Spirit. So they work in agreement. So sometimes, you know, your mind can also tell you, okay, this is the right time, you can go and share this person, you can feel a steering in your heart or prompting, just the leading to do it, you know, maybe peace, joy in your heart can sense all of that and then you can go and share with the person. Okay, thank you for the question, Rosalind. Discouragements at the time of sharing, will it delay the vision? Sorry, discouragements. You mean discouragements at the time of sharing, will it delay the vision? Yes, ma'am, yes ma'am, at the time of sharing. Okay, when you're sharing with people and you're discouraged with their responses, will it delay the vision? Is that what you're saying, Rosalind? Yes ma'am, yes. Okay, yeah, like I just said, you know, when, you know, you're sharing with somebody and you are hoping that, you know, this person is doing something that, you know, basically already involved, you want to step in and do, and they have been there many years, you're discouraged with the response that you get from them. You know, it's not going to delay the vision, but, you know, it's basically God showing you in one way, hey, this is not the right person that I want to be involved in your vision. You know, if they're going to step in, they're going to, you know, then going to delay things for you. Okay, they're going to take you off into, distract you into doing things in a different way than what God has really purposed in your heart. So, there can be people who are doing the same thing, for example, Children's Ministry, there can be people who are working different areas with Children's Ministry, but maybe what God has called you to do is more specific in one specific area. You know, so, you know that, you have that clarity, it's important to get guidance, but also if people who come in from their own expertise, they'll say, hey, you know, this is how I was doing this, I was working these kind of children, this is what you need to do, then they can, you know, sidetrack you and you can go totally off what God is calling you to do. So, it's important that, you know, specifically what God has called you to do and people who come in are specifically doing what God has laid on your heart, but yes, you know, if they are not willing to step in, now don't be angry, don't be disappointed and discouraged because, you know, that's a sign that God is showing I don't want this person to be involved in the vision and it's not going to delay things, but if you get the wrong people inside, it can delay things, yes. Did that help? Okay. Okay, anyone has any questions? How do we identify God's vision for our lives? Yes, you did this course last year, you know, fulfilling God's vision or God's call for your life and, you know, receiving God's guidance. To that you learned how to know God's vision for your life. So, I would encourage you, Isaac, to go back and read the nine guideposts that are there in fulfilling God's purpose for your life, you know, and, you know, through stirring in the heart, through the times and seasons, God orchestrating things for your life, you know, through all of these things, you know, God can, or through his word when you're reading, he can reveal the vision that he has for you. Basically, sometimes God might be speaking to us, but we are not in a position where we're hearing from him, so we need to, you know, tune ourselves, align our will to God's will, and, you know, we can hear from him, he can reveal it to us. So, I just basically like you to read through that publication, fulfilling God's purpose for your life. It very beautifully, very clearly explains to us how to receive, how to identify God's calling, his purpose for our life, and also, you know, the other book that you studied in your first year, you know, receiving God's guidance for your life. It's basically to the nine guideposts, the guide, the principles that we is mentioned in fulfilling God's purpose for your life and how God leads us and guides us. Okay. Does that help, Isaac? Yes, ma'am, thank you. Yeah, that's the whole course in itself. Anyone else has any other questions? Well, basically, Isaac, you can just ask God, you know, please, I want to do what you envision for me, what you plan and purpose for me, just get in tune with God, align yourself to God, build up your relationship with God, strengthen it, hear from the Holy Spirit and say, God, show me what you want me to do. Prepare me and show me and God would reveal his vision and plan for your life. Okay. Any other questions? Okay. If not, we'll move on to chapter 5. Okay. Anyone knows this song, We Have a Vision? I really don't know this song. Anyone knows it? What is it? Jake sings it during our shift. Anyone? Okay. If nobody knows it when you skip that song, I think if John Paul was here, is John Paul here in class today? Okay. Don't think he's in the class. Okay. Can we move on to chapter 5, please? Is that okay? Okay. Let's move on to chapter 5. In chapter 5, we're basically looking at the Kingdom Builder's lifestyle. We looked at Kingdom lifestyle in the previous book that we looked at the Kingdom of God. But we look at it in a little more detail here. As Kingdom Builders, we are so involved in doing. It's just doing, doing, doing. We become like Martha, busy ourselves, being busy bodies, doing what God has called us to do because it seems endless. But we're so preoccupied with that. But God is more interested in us being like Mary, where we're sitting at his feet, just hearing from him, listening to what he has to say. God is not so much interested in how much we do for him. He's more interested in our personal lives. He's a character in our walk with him in the way we live our lives, in the way we do life. So that is what he's more interested in. So in this chapter, we are basically going to be looking at the Kingdom Builder's life or how we are to live our life. And we're going to look at three main areas, godly character, spiritual maturity and stewardship. Okay. Is godly character important in Kingdom Building? What are your thoughts? Yes, Rosalind. Can I have your hand up? Is godly character important in Kingdom Building? Yes, it's important. Thank you, Zealoturi. Yes, that's very important. Yes, it's very oh, it's very important. Yes, it is very, very, very important. Why is godly character important? Why is godly character important? I don't think we can build the Kingdom without character. If we are not built in ourselves, how can we build the Kingdom of God? Okay, thank you. Anyone else? Everything is built on one's character. Yes. You know, our gifts can take us to various places. You know, the gift thing that God has given you, the talents. But if you don't have the right character, you know, it cannot hold you in that place. It cannot hold you in that position. So your gifts can take you where your character can't keep you. So it's the same. You can have excellent gifting. You can be an excellently skilled gifted person. But if you don't have the character, you know, a place that can hold you even though you have the best gifting. So we'll come back after the break and we'll look at Chapter 5. You can take your break and come back and I'll see you after the break. Thank you, everyone.