 Yeah, the recording should start now Yeah, the recording has started good. So let's go back. We just saw such an amazing rescue of Peter while the people are praying then you know such a similar rescue There's an example That you know, I have read about and this is from the life of Sadhu Sundar Singh Who ministered in Tibet? That apparently once he was caught like this and then you know, he was he was also thrown Not in a prison, but in a well where Other Offenders had been thrown and the well was closed and it was a scary situation because in the well you had They would throw the people and close it So you had like, you know bones and corpses of people In the well and you just kind of had to wait for your death in it but the story goes something like he saw a rope being put through and with a Loop okay, where he could keep his foot because apparently he was not able to hold the rope in a strong way But somehow he had fallen and injured his hand So there was a loop where he could put his foot and he could hold on to the rope and somebody pulled the rope up and he came out of the well and you know, he was rescued from the well and then when he just got off and he turned around to say Thank you to whoever rescued him apparently there was nobody. Okay, and that's what the story says and He went back where they had caught him preaching, you know, same way how usually Peter We find that you know the angel first time it the once he was rescued He's commanded to go back to the same place and preach. So he goes back to the same place So Sadhu Sundar Singh went back to the same place to preach and the officials who had imprisoned him Or thrown him in the well They are surprised they bring him to The the the main person the main authority and that authority is furious and he was wondering who is who was so careless You know to to leave the keys Without In an unsafe way that people could open the well and get this man out of the well and the authority was furious But it seems, you know, there was there was the key which had access to the well It was actually on the belt of that same authority. So The key was with the person himself They understood that it was not a human being who rescued this man But it was a supernatural rescue because he was with the authorities and how did he come out? You know same day Peter where the chains broke and the iron gate opened, you know, it's amazing We don't even know how such a thing can happen No wonder the believers who were praying they were astonished because they knew that this was such a difficult task But God Supernaturally was able to rescue Peter and bring him out. So let us see, you know, what continues to happen Now so now Peter is rescued and the believers have received an answer to their prayer And we have understood That and Peter has escaped and he departed and went to another place so now you don't really read about him anymore actually because this scene is going to shift the focus is going to go more towards Paul and You know Paul's missionary journeys About Peter and his ministry. It's kind of, you know, this is as much as we read in the Bible So Peter has escaped. Okay. God caused Peter to escape from Herod Then what happens next? Okay, obviously, there is a lot of turmoil in the city How could you know the Soldiers explain themselves to Herod. So then you find that there was a Great confusion among the soldiers As to how this man Peter actually escaped Then Herod, okay, when he tried to search for Peter, he also could not find him So it says that he checked with the guards and he commanded that the guards be put to death. So that's how they would Treat the guards who let a prisoner escape. How unfortunate, isn't it? So no wonder the soldiers were so scared because they knew they are going to die The prisoner has escaped. Now the only thing that can take place is their Execution so the soldiers or the guards were put to death and Then you know, we find that Herod, okay, Herod becomes very very angry. He becomes very angry and he goes to Yeah, just a moment. I'll just read this for us. I think that'll be clear Okay. Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sedon But they came to him with one accord and having made blasters the Kings personal aid their friend They asked for peace Because their country was supplied with food by the Kings country. So we have Herod here who kind of deals with the situation and he goes okay to visit Another place and he stays there and at that time, you know, we have Herod He's going to make a speech and he comes to You know the people of Tyre and Sedon he's actually angry with them because of the way, you know, they they had Made blasters a person the Kings personal aid their friend and he was not happy with them at all Okay, so King Herod he set a day. He he kind of you know, prepared himself for a speech Okay, and he sat on the throne and he wanted to kind of address these people. So that is his agenda And now he dealt with Peter's death situation. He's gone to another place and over there To a People who made him angry. He just wants to kind of you know, address them So we'll see what exactly happens. So Obviously, you know looking at the way Herod is behaving throughout. He's trying to please the Jews He's trying to please the other officials. He's very like a political person And he seems to enjoy Fame and glory and appreciation of people. So He's getting ready to make a speech and we are told here that he is dressed very well, okay I read in royal apparel and you know people who Have kind of analyzed. You know, what kind of clothes had it would have worn Impressive clothes. They say it's something like, you know, with With precious precious metal Shiny clothes, you know that those kind of clothes he would have worn and he wanted to make a speech and you know how You also have crowds that that feed or enable this kind of a personality So the people, you know, when he's going to make a speech, they start shouting You know giving positive feedback to the to the orator to the speaker to the king and the people are shouting back and saying Oh, this is not a voice of a God and This this is a voice of a God and not a man You know how, you know, they kind of play together with with those who like fame, right? So they're also saying you're not a man. It's it's like you're like God. Look at the glory Okay, Herod is come in his magnificence. He has come You know in shining clothes, the people are also praising him just like God. What happens at that time, you know something very Very scary takes place. We read that the angel of the Lord strikes Herod Okay, what is Herod trying to do? You know, it's like if you look back at the Old Testament a very proud ruler Nebuchadnezzar He's so proud that he's exalting himself To be equal with God or You know, even thinking of himself greater than God then God humbles him Okay, so he goes through that phase where God kind of brings him to his knees and then yes, you know, he comes back Being reverent to the God of Daniel and Here something very similar the heart of Herod is corrupted Okay, and we know from scripture that pride is something that God hates God hates it and Herod is in a position where just like his His Grandfather what did his grandfather do? No, his grandfather was ready to to kill Jesus and and we know that I think it was his uncle who For the sake, you know of For the sake of Herodias, okay, he was will he beheaded John the Baptist so he's coming from a family of Kings and rulers who walked in pride who wanted to do things for their own Convenience, okay, who wanted to do things which are pleasurable for themselves Okay, so an attitude of pride before God and this man He's standing up and you know, he is like oh the whole kingdom is for me. I have everybody's Okay, everybody is glorifying me. He's in that place of pride and he's standing To make a speech and look at this, you know, God sees that pride And scriptures tell us problems as pride goes before a fall and in the case of Herod Over here. It was the very end of his life. You know God God Obviously was so upset and angry with Herod that He sent an angel and it was judgment on Herod So while he's just kind of glory in himself. What happens an angel comes strikes him Why? because Herod did not give God the glory. So you see glory belongs to God glory does not belong to man When man tries to take God's glory. What happens? He can't handle it man cannot handle it the angels truck Herod Herod died on the spot. What was the end of you know a glorious king? He was eaten by worms and he died So we can imagine that you know, he would have I don't know in medical terms What happened to her it he was just standing on the stage, you know making his speech enjoying his his faith among the people suddenly He fell and then you know his death was followed by the Kind of You know his body decaying and worms eating up his body. It's such a sad end for a Glorious king, but what brought about this end, you know The Bible teaches us that God hates pride and pride is what brought such a great Destruction in the life of King Herod So that is something that we must be careful about now After the death of Herod, you know throughout what are we seeing? There are some positive events like the Church of Antioch is doing very well and we read More people were added to the church. We read also of challenging times where the The disciples were persecuted the Apostles were persecuted What do we read even after that the church was growing the church was continuing to be a blessed community So after Herod died What do we read in verse 24, but the word of God grew and multiplied so no matter what is happening around The the believers among the believers God's word is growing and multiplying remember we started studying about the book of Acts And we gave one description and said it's like the wildfire forest fire with spreads Okay, no matter what and similarly the word of God nothing is able to stop the word of God the council the king The authorities so many people are trying to stop the work of God But the way Gamaliel said he said if this is God we cannot stop okay, they are not able to stop the word from spreading and multiplied Now I told you there is going to be a change of people on the scene So Peter we have read about his ministry till now. We don't read about this ministry anymore Barnabas and Saul so these are the people whom we are going to read about in the next chapter So Barnabas and Saul they return from Jerusalem So what were they doing in Jerusalem everyone? Do you remember from Antioch? They went to do something. What did they go to do in Jerusalem? Yes, yes, exactly. So they went to provide relief based on what Agabas had prophesied, okay? So now they are returning. That's how we understand this. So they are coming back after giving the aid to the People in Jerusalem, they had fulfilled their ministry meaning they had fulfilled their service of providing relief and they also Remember in Jerusalem when Peter was in prison the prayer was going on in the house of Mary whose Whose son is John Mark, okay, so there is this young person. They have come back from Jerusalem with this person John Mark So obviously he he is a devoted person in his house prayer is going on So seems like a godly individual. So they come back with him and he becomes the assistant of Paul and Barnabas now, let us see after all this what is going to take place in in the Journey so Barnabas and Saul finally they are back in Antioch now we move on to Acts chapter 13 Now Acts chapter 13 is the place from where the missionary journeys of Paul are Starting out. So we will read about some places. Don't get confused or don't get hassled that own new names How are we going to remember the names? So don't worry about that. I will you know once we get into this I will show you some maps and that will kind of clarify, you know the journey that is being made by Paul But for now you kind of just make a note. Oh, okay They are going to this place and the next place and some other place and what is happening in those places, right? That is more important. So you make that we have an understanding of how God is working. So in Acts chapter 13, you know, they are in Antioch in the church and There are you know, there is a team. So this is also another specialty of the church of Antioch It was a well-equipped church. It was a church for one year. God's word was taught to them the prophetic Was released in their midst Okay, and then they also were a church that responded to the needs of the people now There is team ministry going on in the church of Antioch. There are a certain set of certain profits and teachers It says, okay, so how beautiful. So it's a church where you have Leaders you have people flowing in the teaching anointing you have people flowing in the Prophetic anointing there is a list of names that we see there is Barnabas There is Simeon who was called nigger. There is Lucius. Okay, there is many and And there is Saul. So there are five prominent names that we see Barnabas, we already know who that is Saul. We already know Simeon is called as nigger Okay, and in Their times when somebody was called nigger mostly they were they were of African origin also More specifically, maybe, you know darker skin tone. So they would use that term So, you know, we're able to understand that people of different ethnicities were part of the church of Antioch Okay, so it's like a multicultural church even in those times. So today When there are divisions in churches because oh, you're from this ethnic group. I am from the other ethnic group You're from this background. I'm from that background You know, it sounds so unlike the early church because in the church of Antioch you had people from different ethnic groups Also and Simeon was called nigger. So he must have been from Africa And also people speculate and say this Simeon was the one who carried the cross, right? At some point where Jesus was for some help a man called Simeon Had come to help Jesus. So it's probably that same Simeon who from that point onwards was a disciple of Jesus There is the name of a man called Lucius We know we don't know too much about Lucius But many in is said that you know, he grew up with Herod the tetrarch Herod the tetrarch was The one who beheaded John the Baptist. So he grew up with Herod the tetrarch So you see here even in the background of the individual there is a Like a status description of a status so he must have come from a Well-to-do family if you grew up with Herod the tetrarch But he gave himself to God's ministry. So you have people who may have been, you know, wealthy and Not so wealthy we see that Manian was a man who was probably from a very well-to-do background But he's part of the team. So the multicultural team, right the Like diverse abilities, which the leaders had it all makes for a beautiful Teamwork in the Church of Antioch. So you don't see only one pastor. It's not like, you know Hey, there is one pastor for the Church of Antioch and that pastor is doing everything But you see team ministry that is also a beautiful thing that we observe in the Church of Antioch Okay, so what are these people doing? It seems like they had a Way of seeking God and verse 2 they minister to the Lord and Fasted, okay. So see many times we think ministry is only Serving the people It's true. But in the Old Testament or under the Old Covenant, what was the responsibility of the priests the priests? Minister to God and the minister to the people, right? So the minister to God on behalf of the people and the minister to the people on behalf of God We find that one of the responsibilities of Every human being, okay, and in the New Covenant, we know we are all priests and to God. So Ministry to people is important, but we should not Replace ministry to God, right with only ministry to people It is important for us to minister to God or serve God. How do we serve God? You know, we can serve God through our devotion rare time in the word Doing, you know, our spiritual sacrifices Apostle Peter talks about it, you know, our giving to Because of the leading of God we give right so even that is an act of sacrifice that we do So all these spiritual acts to minister to the Lord our praises to the Lord Ministry to God is very important. You know why a lot of You trace back to the burnout of many Spiritual leaders you will go to a place where you know, you will understand that they were not spending time with God Recently recently I was listening to a minister of God, you know talking about such a successful ministry that he had No, he was traveling in a morning. He was preaching in one church by Afternoon he was preaching in another church that evening again He was taking a train and going to another church and preaching so like three four services every Sunday You can imagine what a busy life and that person would have had on Sundays And even midweek know people were calling for conference seminars so many things he was engaged in then One day as he was praying I mean, he was not having enough time of prayer But still you know one day when he was speaking to the Lord God told him, you know what I want you to stop everything because You're not spending any time with me. You're just running around You know, and you're trying to strengthen other people spiritually, but you yourself Do not have sufficient time me. So, you know, he shared his testimony how He was very upset and he had gotten so used to being busy in the ministry that he did not even know how to stop But he said, okay, Lord, if this is what you're asking me to do I'm going to stop doing this and I will take time. So he took a Few months time in his own house. He didn't go any anywhere. He just told everybody I can't come But he only prayed he fasted some days He read the Bible and he said, okay, God, you speak to me. I'm only going to minister to you Right. So you see the early church knew this this basic principle That ministry to God is also equally important if not more important So we have to spend time with God We have to first of all get our grip anchor in the Lord Okay, and then ministry to the people so we find here the leadership of the church of Antioch What were they doing? They were ministering to the Lord. So in the testimony that I was speaking about, you know, that person he's quite a young pastor and In India and now he runs a very like a good dynamic church God called him back right to ministering to the people But it was a season in his life where God taught him that He was doing ministry the wrong way. He had to make sure that every day he also Ministered to the Lord and then ministered to the people. So my point is we must not In fact, we must give the highest priority to ministering to the Lord. Otherwise, what will happen? No input only output burn out Okay, and God does not want us to be in that position. So here Leaders are ministering to the Lord then when we minister to the Lord what happens? They were praying obviously right and also it says they were fasting So that means they were seeking God. When do we fast generally, you know, when we when we are Kind of seeking the Lord about something we are dedicating ourselves to the Lord We want to hear from God. So they were sincerely seeking God So when you minister to God, what happens? God pours back into our lives and God speaks So Holy Spirit said So when you minister to God one of the things we can expect God speaks to us So when they were ministering to the Lord, Holy Spirit gave them direction and told them Separate to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them So God is telling them. Okay. Come on. Now another season of ministry is starting for the Kingdom of God and also for Your leadership and I am going to Pick out two individuals Barnabas and Saul and what I want you to do is till now They were serving in your church, but release them now. You must release them Barnabas and Saul because I have another assignment Okay, so, you know, our life is made up of assignments, right? God keeps leading us. Yes, there is a life vision You know, God calls us for something that he wants us to do but in that journey there can be different assignments So till now what was Barnabas all assignment you preach in Antioch. Come on. You strengthen the church Now time is up The Holy Spirit says, okay, let me direct you next stage Barnabas and Saul I have another responsibility for you. So God speaks to the leadership and tells them You please separate them or you get ready to release them Then after having fasted and prayed, what do they do? They lay hands on them laying hands In the early church, you know, it's a way of commissioning Okay, or blessing the people and kind of, you know Together letting them go releasing them. So they are commissioning the people and also commissioning involves, you know praying and releasing the empowering of God's spirit upon the lives of these individuals and they Commission them and they send them away. So this is where, you know, your commissioning is Noticed. We do this right even in Bible college when generally your course is over. We pray We impart from this work of the spirit over your lives and we say, okay, come on Okay, now your next season where God is calling you to other assignments God is calling you into the purposes which he has for you. We release or in this case Send them away. So Paul and Barnabas. Come on Now you go, you do the work which God has called you to do time up in the church of Antioch So they move on. Now the journey starts. Okay. And how do they know where to go? What to do? The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit said to them, you do this I'm going to give you other tasks now. Now sent by the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit is guiding them They go to the first place that place is called as Seleucia and from there they sail to Cyprus So they're moving on Right, they go to Seleucia. They go to Cyprus. So they are learning how to follow the spirit Okay, following the spirit is how ministry should be done. So they are listening. Oh, okay, God You want us to go to Seleucia? We'll go next go to Cyprus. So they're traveling in this way Now they arrive at a place called Salamis Okay, there they preach God's word and notice that Now the ministry which they have started doing in their travel is mainly for the Jews Okay, because That's what God had called them to do and they did not receive any other instruction See Peter he got an instruction you go to the Gentiles So he went but otherwise you see these leaders mainly ministering to the Jews and those days You know in the synagogue in that synagogue Format of doing things They could just go to a city and go to a synagogue and in the synagogue they will allow any You know a Jewish person knowledgeable person to come and share a word So anybody could go and minister in the synagogue. So that's they took that opportunity So they would go to the synagogues that they'll get an opportunity and then they will preach. Okay Now there is a team that is Ministering we already have a Barnabas and Saul whom God had called and then they are doing the ministry But remember they had brought John with them. So we are being reminded in verse 5 that John Mark is their assistant. So he's helping them in the work which they are doing So three people are on the missionary journey. You have Barnabas Saul and Mark Now they come to a place called pathos. Okay over here Once again, they want to minister they want to preach about God They find a Saucer remember Philip also had met a sorcerer, right? Simeon we saw Simeon in Samaria and He gave his life to Christ. Now, let's see this sorcerer. What kind of a person is he? It's good. Just tell us that he was a false prophet Okay, and he was also a Jew and his name is Bar Jesus He was also known by another name called as Elimas and what was his responsibility? No, he was with a government official or a procuncel and This sorcerer was kind of we don't know, you know Maybe something like a like an advisor or something like a spiritual Overseer for this government official the procuncel His the name of that government official is Sergius Paulus. Okay, Sergius Paulus was an intelligent man and we understand that Sergius Paulus was interested in what Barnabas and Saul were preaching So he called for them. Okay. He said, okay Barnabas and Saul Why don't you come and why don't you tell me what what is this message which you are preaching everywhere? So it seems like Sergius Paulus His heart was soft and it was kind of open to listening about Jesus But The sorcerer remember we said Bar Jesus or Elimas He has some kind of a spiritual authority on this government official and He's trying to stop the official from listening to the gospel and He's understanding. Oh if if You know Paul is here's this message He might turn to the faith. So Resistance spiritual resistance of Elimas can be noticed here Now for the first time, you know, Saul who also is called Paul, you know from verse 8 onwards And you read that it's a Saul who was also called Paul. So what is this difference? Why Saul Paul two names to Saul was the Jewish name of Paul and Paul is the Roman name from now We are going to see more of you know, his Roman name being used both names are applicable. Okay, but in the in the gospel, sorry in the Rest of the writings Paul is is the name that He himself uses even in his writings the epistles. He says Paul an apostle. So Paul is the Roman name So Paul understands. Okay that this sorcerer is trying to stop the official from Responding to the gospel Now if you recall Peter in the case of Ananias and Sapphira By the Holy Spirit Word of knowledge he understood. Why are you lying to the Holy Spirit? Right, that's what he told them he rebuked them and judgment came upon those believers now again By the Holy Spirit Paul is able to understand this sorcerer is Stopping surges Paul is from receiving God's word now, you know, we when we have talked about prayer and intercession But we've talked about believers authority. We said that sometimes, you know, that can be spiritual hindrances Due to which people are not able to understand the gospel or receive the gospel, okay But when we go against those spiritual Barriers, okay, maybe some demonic Interference, you know, we we must engage in spiritual warfare. We pray against those things We bind those things we break those things then the veil on the eyes of the people Comes off and they are able to see and understand and receive the gospel So again in this case, there is a spiritual battle. The official wants to receive the gospel, but the sorcerer elements Who has created some kind of a deceptive barrier spiritual barrier and The official is not able to receive it and Paul sees this in the Through the Holy Spirit Paul understands this. So he looks at Elimus the sorcerer and he says Oh full of all deceit and all fraud you son of the devil You enemy of all Righteousness you will not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord And now indeed the hand of the Lord is upon you and you shall be blind Not seeing the sun for a time. So Paul rebukes and pronounces judgment on the sorcerer And immediately, you know, we need that he became blind Okay, and he was so blind that he needed somebody's help to walk around Same thing happened to similar or let's say similar incident happened in the life of Uh, saw earlier on the road to Damascus. He saw a bright light and he went blind for some time But you know, that was not God's judgment. Okay, but here Sorcerer was judged by God and as judgment he became blind Okay, uh, and when the government official surges Paul is these this he believed it says Okay, because The official sees the power of God. Wow God's power is greater than the dark power The sorcerer must have been Still now Okay to to provide some kind of a spiritual support to the uh to surges Paul is but today Surges Paul has seen a greater power Which is the power of God that the sorcerer was judged and he went blind before Uh, uh, you know In the very presence of surges Paul is so the we are told that the procuncel believed and when he saw What he had been what had been done being astonished at the teaching of the lord. So one more thing we notice that uh The procuncel saw what happened to the sorcerer, but at the same time, you know one more thing that astonished uh, the The uh procuncel was the teaching of the lord. Okay So you see the work of the spirit as well as the word of God both are being ministered the Team here Barnabas Paul and mark john mark. How are they ministering? Just like jesus, you know jesus also He taught he preached, but he also healed he delivered. He demonstrated the work of the spirit So in the same manner we find that this ministry team this missionary team is Going all out Teaching the word as well as demonstrating the power of the spirit So this is what is taking place, you know in the first missionary journey of uh, Paul and Barnabas Now they continue from this place called pathas because you know, they had seen Uh, some fruit in the place called pathas and they move on to berga in pamphilia and at that point Okay, now they have made a kind of a some four places. They have gone Visiting and ministered in those places But when they are just moving forward, you know, we read that this assistant of theirs John mark He goes back to jerusalem. Remember his house is in jerusalem. That's why he's going back to jerusalem. Okay But you know, we do understand that john mark Going back to jerusalem was something that paul was not happy about now. Why did john mark go back to jerusalem? There could have been so many reasons. Maybe there was something urgent Right that uh, he needed to attend to at home or uh, you know, there could have been Some kind of a fatigue Right, he developed from ministry for a long time. He had gone He had stayed in anti-org and now he's making a missionary journey with paul and barnabas as a young Young missionary Maybe he got exhausted. He thought oh, what is this? It's so tiring going with these people and serving god You know 24 bar seven. I need a break If we don't know whether that was his attitude, uh, but whatever the reason, you know, john mark goes back to jerusalem And that is something, you know, we will see later that paul is not at all happy about that Okay, or maybe maybe john mark got scared They'll take me into dangerous places in the future. Uh, how am I going to handle this? I better escape Right now what was going on in john mark's heart? That we don't know but he went back to jerusalem But only later we will see that he was definitely a man who was interested in ministry No, he was not a lazy person or he was not a uh, you know person lacking passion because much later in the writings of paul You know paul says okay bring to me John mark. He's useful for me in the ministry Okay, so he was definitely a good uh missionary But at this point john's going back to jerusalem was an upsetting matter for paul Okay, but still you notice that The journey is continuing. So, uh, I think I have shared quite a lot of things with the class today You know, we have touched on various events. So let me just take a breather. I'll give a pause and How about you know from whatever you have heard so far you share with me? What is it that impacted you or what are you thinking about? So let's just take some time to kind of discuss a little bit and then we will pray and close for today Yeah, quite a lot Okay, we we saw about the church of antioch how it was doing so well and then we uh, talked about how The leaders went to jerusalem to give aid Then from there we observed how hered tried to persecute the church Peter was imprisoned set free by the angel hered died Okay, and later Paul Barnabas coming back to antioch ministering to god god speaking to them Them going out on a missionary journey with john mark You know going to different places led by the holy spirit and in pathos they minister to a government official also notice How god is touching the lives of people from all sections of society Right jew gentile rich poor everybody in the government not in the government And we also see the judgment of a negative spiritual influence over the life of serges paulis Okay, and then we finally saw how In the middle of the journey john mark. He's taking a break. He's going back to jerusalem So now you tell me anything that uh, you know, you have learned or anything that you are wondering about Let's touch on those points in the next few minutes Is it like a Is it like a story? To us Yeah, great. So one who shares when we pray supernatural Things are taking place How true? Yes true manu. Yeah The early judge saw that Thank you for sharing any any any other insights A prince Help one another physically and spiritually pray for Okay, how they prayed for peter. Yeah Very true. Correct. Yes prince. Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing that aran says That she really wants to have confidence. Okay Yeah, like these people had for god Yeah, amazing. No witnesses How boldly they they traveled they preached Yes, correct aran. That's true Please go on. Yes. Kiran shares God can do miracles miracle Miracle work today life of believers Then they were saying god knows our every situation And he works In much needed times. Yeah true true. They yeah Correct and this is a set of people. They knew how to journey with god And we are learning from their lives. So yes, may the lord continue to strengthen us In our walk with him and maybe also walk, you know in the power of the holy spirit So, uh, let's take this time to close Today, we're just like to request somebody to lead us in a word of prayer And uh, you know, we will Stop for today and then continue in the next class. So anyone please could you lead us in prayer? I'll pray about that Yes. Yes, aran. Let me yeah, let me pray Well, thank you for giving us this so wonderful privilege to study the book of eggs and lord, thank you for Using profanity to be your channel of placing to us and to many lord But whatever we have learned so far lord change us with your word and help us to increase our personal intimacy with you As we represent you lord So lord if any one of us is struggling from um spirit of pride I bind and appeal in your name because nobody to you who increase and it's us who decrease Also So lord as we run this race, let us preach you in glory for you alone So lord, please everyone and I said big grace of the session into your loving him. Amen Amen. Amen. Thank you so much. Thank you aran Thank you everybody for joining god bless you I mean Yeah, take care. Take care. Have a wonderful day. Thank you. Bye. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. God bless