 Good morning once again and welcome to today's session on the book of Ezra and Nehemiah. So we're going to cover two books today in this session. So before we could begin with our class Can I request one of us to please lead us in prayer? Yes, sir. Please go ahead. Go ahead, sir. Thank you for the time you had with us Lord. We pray for We pray and we thank you as we are going to learn from the book of Ezra and Nehemiah Lord as Ezra and Nehemiah has done Lord the great things for your kingdom for the great thing for the people of Israel Lord, we might be do also something Lord for your kingdom Lord that we might be remembered in the book of life Lord Our name should be written in the book of life. We thank you for the man We thank you for all the students. Thank you for we thank you for the time you have given us Lord The are we are going to spend in your in your present Lord that it should be used as a golden opportunity Lord Whatever we are going to learn Lord. It should be in our heart. We should keep in our mind We should practice it daily Lord. We thank you for the same the thank you for the opportunity you have given us Lord use us make us the vessel that it should be used and Lord break us you are our water Lord. We are your clay. We make us a lot break us Do whatever you want to do with this Lord not our will but your will be done as in heaven Lord in Jesus name We pray amen amen amen Thank you. Thank you said okay So before I could beg in the class I will just share the screen with you on the book Think everyone can see now Okay, so the book of Ezra and Ahamaya I'll be making it very simple the way that we can understand it won't be like too much of battle It won't be about talking about many kings But then very simple very simple in the way that we could understand and I'm sure today's class will be much more interesting than it was Before with regards to the battles and wars and you know people disobeying but here there's something more different There's a passion in this whole book and also we can compare ourself to Ezra and Nehemiah So the author of these books are both Ezra and Nehemiah because Nehemiah wrote much and you know Ezra Took the biography of Nehemiah and he tried to Write in Ezra, but then the author is both in a book of Ezra and For book of Nehemiah, so the compilation was probably completed in about 430 BC in Jerusalem and we see Ezra The word in Hebrew means Ezra in Hebrew Ezra is called as Ezra, which means help perhaps it also means Yahweh's help Ezra and Nehemiah were originally, you know born together as one book Just like how we saw the book of Samuel's a book of kings and then we saw the book of chronicles They were like one single book Ezra and Nehemiah were viewed as one continuous history So Ezra continues the Old Testament narration of the second chronicles from where it was stopped It continues from there by showing how God Fulfills his promise to return his people to the promised land that is after 70 years Of Exile so God is with these people and although their days of you know was Glory seems over But their spiritual heritage remained in them. So God's rich promises have been fulfilled. We see Where did we see Israel's first exodus? From where did Israel return in the first exodus? Egypt from Egypt Yes, so Israel left Egypt and came back to the promised land and now we see the second exodus that is Israelites are returning returning to Babylon They are returning to Babylon Is less impressive than the return from Egypt because Only a remnant chooses to leave Babylon So Ezra relates the story of two returns from Babylon The first led by Zerubb Abel who rebuild the temple We see that in the book of Ezra chapter one to six And the second under the leadership of Ezra himself to rebuild the spiritual condition of the people that we see from chapter seven to chapter ten And then in book of Nehemiah chapter one to seven. We see Nehemiah returning to Israel To build the city walls of Jerusalem. Okay, so And we also see in between the book the first led by Zerubb Abel and the second led by Ezra in between There's about two accounts and in these between these two accounts. There is a gap of about six decades During which Esther lives and rules as a queen in Persia We will also be covering in detail about Esther when we study the book of Esther and today Specifically, we are going to focus on the three key leaders. That is Zerubb Abel Ezra and Nehemiah. These are the three key leaders. We are going to study on so Zerubb Abel Leads a large group of people from Jerusalem back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple Then about 60 years later We see Ezra arrives in Jerusalem to teach the Torah and rebuild the spiritual community among them And after that following him, we see Nehemiah leads a group of israelites to To Jerusalem to rebuild the broken walls so And after these three stories, it is parallel. Okay, this is the time when queen Esther also reigns So let's see chapter one from the book of Ezra The story begins with a degree from the king Cyrus who's mentioned about 30 times in the bible And it is identified as this king Cyrus. He's also known as the Cyrus the great or Cyrus the second or Cyrus the elder who reigned over the Persia between 539 BC to 530 BC and this pagan king is very important in the Jewish history because It was under his rule that Jews were first allowed to return to israel after 70 years of Capitib and this also reminds about the fulfillment of the prophecy which was made by prophet Jeremiah That exiles would one day return back to Jerusalem if one can turn to Jeremiah 29 verse 10 Or I can read this verse because it's only one scripture maybe much later. You all can take turns and read The truth is that you will be in Babylon for 70 years, but then I will come and do all the good things. I have promised I will bring you home back again So this is a clear promise that god made a prophesied through Jeremiah and also in second chronicles Chapter 36 verse 22 to 23. We see that Cyrus Releasing the Jewish people. So now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, you know, he releases It releases a decree to be released now this fulfillment should trigger our hope In many of other prophetic promises that exile was not the end of the story Because you know You know in the last book in the previous book of the chronicles We saw like how the bamb because of the sin of the israelites who who sinned against god and You know worshiping the other other pagan gods and they build the altars and this related You know god's grace or god to move away from them God's grace to move away from them and the other kings came and invaded especially Babylon came and invaded the southern kingdom and the assyrians took over the northern kingdom And when the Babylonians came and invaded the southern kingdom, they completely destroyed the Jerusalem Whatever Solomon built You know the The one of the wonder the temple which was one of the wonder they completely destroyed the temple and they burned it They broke the walls of Jerusalem It led to ruins And now when this king cyrus Sends back the people send them to go build your temple Now we see under the leadership of zehra babel. Okay, zehra babel comes with a set of people Uh, you know to build the temple at Jerusalem we see uh return to This return to uh return to Jerusalem took place in three stages first time They came under the leadership of zehra babel was the governor Okay, he came with few set of Israelites to build to rebuild the temple And uh the under the leadership it was ordered by king cyrus. He came up He came of about 50 000 Jews along with hegai and zekariah And later we see in 458 bc Ezra the scribe to revive the people in uh, you know And to build them spiritually he comes Under the order of king zehsiris the jewish males only they were about 2000 jewish males who came along with ezra to jerusalem And later we see in 444 bc nehemiah a reformer he was also a governor Okay, that is after 100 years. Okay after zehra babel He reigned as a governor and he came to jerusalem to rebuild the walls The gates of the city under the order of king Atta zehris So this is what we see in the book of ezra Okay, now we will talk about zehru babel who came to rebuild the temple and we see that in the book of ezra chapter one verse one I mean chapter one two six we see that zehru babel He came and his name means planted in Babylon he was a leader of the tribe of juda Was part of the first wave of jewish capitol when they returned to jerusalem from babel So the persian king appointed zehru babel as a governor of juda and right away zehru babel began Rebuilding the temple with the help of jeshua the high priest So the first temple was built by home. Let's pop up some quiz here. The first temple was built by who? king solomon King solomon and how many years did he take to build the temple? Okay, king solomon took seven years to build the temple He took seven years and that temple was destroyed by the babilonians and 586 pc We see that when we studied the book of kings and it took zehru babel two years to rebuild only the foundation of the temple and when zehru babel Started with the foundation of the temple. We see in chapter four in the book of ezra chapter four We see the grandchildren of the israelites who were in jerusalem Uh, who were not taken in the exile and who were living in jerusalem. They came Saying to offer help to zehru babel in rebuilding the temple But zehru babel refused to take any help from them and this led to a conflict and because of the conflict the construction was delayed and it resulted in You know and king persia to withdraw the support from the project and for about 17 years The temple work was cost Or it was unfinished for 17 years the work was seized and finally Again god sent the prophets like hega and zekariya to encourage and support zehru babel We see that in chapter five And the work on the second temple resumed back. So it took four years To complete after that after 17 years when they started this work. It took four years to complete it So in 516 bc the temple was completed and it was dedicated with great You know a great honor. So we see ezra who came in With 2000 people he gathered all the israelites and uh the jews and the jews also observed the pass over We see that in uh chapter six zehru babel is never mentioned from here on from here on we see ezra Taking over in connection with the dedication of the ceremonies nor in mentioning again You know after ezra chapter five, we don't see zehru babel for the reason zehru babel's temple is Often referred to simply as the second temple of zehru babel. So the lord was pleased with zehru babel's effort in returning the captives to jerusalem and starting and and started to build the second temple and he re-established the temple worship Uh, yeah, but this uh gods, uh, he did everything with the prompting of god and he was led by god and hey guy and Gave zehru babel a special blessing We see that in the book of hey guy chapter two verse 23 that uh in that day say the lord Of host will I take the ozehru babel my servant the son of sheyethil Said the lord and will make thee a signet for I have chosen the say the lord of host So the second temple was being built and there was a group of jews in jerusalem who were rather disappointed why Yes, they went the the younger generation were very happy to see the new temple built by the older generation the older jews Who happened to see the soloments temple during its dedication? they saw the glory of god descend from heaven there was a There was a cloud of fire on the temple when they saw that glory But that was not the same glory when they dedicated the second temple because The ark of the covenant was not in the temple They have lost it during when babelon invaded the ark of the covenant was taken from the temple and they didn't return it So the temple was built and dedicated without the ark of the covenant And also, um, you know, it was not a solomon built with great again Grand like he had all the resources what he had and you know, there were other kingdoms who came and helped him With silver and gold so he could build the temple much more beautiful, but then siru babel took the help of this king persia to Rebuild the temple with whatever resources that he received. He gave his best to the temple. Okay, so Yes, they were older jews who saw that uh, solomon temple way sad, but in their mind it not even Begin to compare the splendor of solomon's temple with siru babel's temple because Uh, siru babel's temple was in a smaller scale with very few resources, but solomon's temple had housed You know with silver and gold and with many precious stones and more than anything the ark of the covenant was there and god's Presence was there on the temple. The whole temple was filled with the shekaina glory of god But then that then happened in the second dedication of the temple So hey guy prophesied this on the second temple Would one day have a Magnificence of outshine the glory of the first temple. So hey guy words was fulfilled by 500 years later When jesus himself arrived And he walked in siru babel's temple Yes, we all see say that the glory was not there that which was there in the solomon's temple was not there in the siru babel's temple But then hey guy prophesied saying jesus himself will be there and this was fulfilled much later That is 500 years later when jesus was there on the earth. He walked in that temple. He was the shekaina glory The the presence of god god himself. He was there moving in this temple He walked through the codes of the temple which siru babel built. So This was it about uh, siru babel and god honored him god blessed him God gave him the authority god gave him the favor with the kings god gave the favor with the people God supported him with the vision that he impressed in his heart. So with this we will move on to study on Ezra Ezra Ezra chapter seven. Let's turn to chapter seven Ezra was the second of the Three key leaders that we would be discussing who who left babel on for the reconstruction of jerusalem So siru babel reconstructed the temple Nehemiah later we will study. He will be rebuilding the walls of the jerusalem and ezra is restoring the spiritual worship among the people of Jewish people. So ezra was a scribe and priest He was sent with the religious and political power by the king of persia Uh, atasras who led another group of jewish exiles from babel on to jerusalem And ezra want to bring about spiritual and social renewal among the people. So ezra condemned mixed marriages And angry jews to divorce and banish their foreign wives. So what happened when ezra came to Jerusalem he came with a greater expectation He came with a greater expectation Expecting, you know, uh, the uh jews would be in the same way when they left the jerusalem But for his surprise, you know jews had married the pagan women Uh, pagan women and they had they taken up wives from the pagan culture and this frustrated ezra because Because uh, just like what happened to solemn may have may happen or it was happening in this time as well where the the israel men were influenced by these pagan wives to worship the pagan gods and go into the temple of a sacrifice So ezra was frustrated and that's why uh, he condemns this mixed marriages and encourages jews to divorce and banish their foreign wives and again This was not a eden consult god to to release a degree of to proclaim a degree of divorce But then he consulted the leaders in jerusalem He consulted the leaders and with the help of leaders he proclaims this degree of Doers and not everyone took this seriously, but there were very few jerusalem men The jewish men who took it seriously and they divorced their wife and send their wife and children back To their place and you know, they came but not many were for it Yeah, we also see uh ezra taking help from this king Persian king to authorize finance The trip and ezra to teach gods people his law. So he uh, he takes the help of this persian king and then He tries to teach his teaches the book of law the Torah to the jewish men of jewish people And the same king also helped Nehemiah to restore some measure of To restore in rebuilding the wall of jerusalem so Ezra effective ministry includes the teaching of the word of god And initiating reforms restoring the worship in the temple and leading Leading the jewish people in spiritual revival in jerusalem so uh ezra Ezra, uh, you know parade and ask law to change the situation and we also see in this book later that You know, he was so frustrated with the heart of people even in spite of his teaching or In proclaiming this degree not many were reacting to it. So this Uh, was little uh difficult or frustrating to ezra So he cries out to the lord asking to change Asking god to change the situation And he also we see that he blames himself for not being able to change people's heart And we know that we cannot change anyone's heart, but it is god So ezra seeks god to change The people's heart. So he wanted people to know that how important and essential the word of god is and how important It is for us to live our life as per the word of god and nothing should supersede The worship of god. He's bringing the priority in people's heart god should be a priority And he's also asking them obedience is not an option very important and even for us It is obedience is not an option But it is a must the sovereign god looks over and protects his children always the to the one who keeps his promise and providing encouragement through those II sends a word to all the jewish people saying With this plan to interpret the scriptures to them and you know, how he can rebuild each and every one spiritually And we see that god steps in on time to continue His plan and we see god and then intimately involved in the lives of people through Ezra and in Ezra's life as well and Sometimes we see the things around us may be impossible just like how Ezra felt it was impossible to change the jewish people heart because it's been very long these people Were born and grew at the time of exile and they didn't even see the power of god of the glory of god They have not read the Torah. They were not aware what the word of god is their lives were so much We can say polluted with the pagan god pagan culture. So Ezra is coming to restore back the discipline in the jewish people by teaching them the word of god because one thing we should know is You know people only listen to our words. There's no power in when we speak but there's power in the word of god So that's the reason where Ezra time and again teaches Torah to people because that's god's word And that carries power and that has the power to change the person inside out from heart So Ezra puts in all his effort though it is an impossible situation But Ezra does not depend on himself But he depends on god and we see the hand of lord upon Ezra So when he thought people changed people turn back people repented We need to believe that every believer is a living temple Every believer is a living temple. So that's how and we have the holy spirit who dwells in us because that's what the new testament says that we are the temple of the holy spirit and So in the days of Ezra People were evil in their heart But then when he started teaching the world people repented they transformed their hearts were changed And so our goal today should be that to teach the word of god And for us also as an individual as a believer We should know that we are the living temple and we need to be rooted and grounded in the word so that We can teach another Teach others through this word what we learn So With this and this leads us to the next person Nehemiah We change to Nehemiah Okay, before we could Go to Nehemiah. We just see some interesting facts about the Zerubabel's temple It was the second Israel's second temple It was built after the return from Babylon captivity the Jews had been home for 16 years and we see Zerubabel's temple stood for 500 years And this temple exceeded the dimension of Solomon's temple It was much bigger than the Solomon's temple in Magnificence in magnificence and splendor Zerubabel's temple did not compare with Solomon's temple and Zerubabel's temple did not have the arc of the covenant Then we see the work of restoration of Jerusalem went on to 70 years after the temple built The prophets Hagar and Zechariah encouraged the work on the temple and we also see Ezra focused on attention of the degree of cyrus and Hagar stressed the need to rebuild the temple That is when it was the work was paused And Zechariah predicted the rebuilding of the temple in this book. Yeah So here we see the key events the captive return to Jerusalem with Zerubabel The temple work begins the temple work was completed Ezra preparation for ministry Yeah, and during this time Ezra dedicated the temple the finished temple And he also tried to re-establish the spiritual values among the Jews with this we will move on to Nehemiah So who is Nehemiah? We can turn to book of Nehemiah chapter one Nehemiah Who is Nehemiah? We already covered about him Nehemiah was a Kabir of the king? Yes, he was a Kabir Correct Okay So the Hebrew name of Nehemiah was Nehemiah Which means comfort of Yahweh The book is named after its chief character Whose name appears in the opening verse He was a man of patriotism and courage and he was fearless We see that as we study about him We see all these characteristics that he was enthusiastic He was a man of prayer He was a man of hard work One who feared God and sought for God's blessing and the book has been divided into two divisions chapter one to seven we see the reconstruction of the wall and Chapter A to 13 we see the restoration of people So Nehemiah was an Israelite official serving in the Persian government as a Kabirah But much later he was also appointed as a governor of Jerusalem for two terms Nehemiah begins 13 years after the end of Ezra Or 100 years after the return of Zerubabin So the early days of king Arthasiris I am I'm not sure whether I'm spelling it pronouncing it exactly So Nehemiah's brother Ahani, okay So he comes with the delegation of Jews brought to Nehemiah a report concerning the condition of Jerusalem So the city wall lay in ruin and gates were still burnt in condition and this news You know disturbed Nehemiah's heart He grieved When he when he heard this news from his brother And what he did we see in chapter one verse two to 11 we see that you know, he started to fast and pray Fast and pray to God because he is under capital. He's working serving under the king. He cannot do anything much So only the Lord can do things. So he started to pray and when he prayed You see, you know, he was a man of prayer when he prayed God heard his prayer God heard his prayer and God moved king King's heart where the king noticed Nehemiah was sad And you know the long story is shot and you know king inquired and he grants permission To lead a remnant to return to Jerusalem This is the third batch of people third wave of people who were returning to Jerusalem On a particular mission to rebuild the walls and gates of Jerusalem The king even gave them an armed escort And all the resources so that after arriving to Jerusalem, they could start building this project You know, they had a mission So Nehemiah carried out this vision for the city with much integrity and courage Nehemiah continued in his quest to rebuild the Jerusalem wall So God provided all the necessary workers the building began However, during the time of building they were these local people Who who also interrupted the work of Zerubabel and building the temple the same kind of people started to oppose Nehemiah's work So those who Desired to stop the rebuilding, you know, he never gave up They had to fight back and they had to build the city with the armed guards You see everywhere the armed guards were there with the arrow To protect the others to build the wall And you know, it was the record breaking they could complete building the wall within 52 days with the help of They planned, you know, very well leadership planning under Nehemiah If any of us wanted to learn about the leadership skills Our Nehemiah planned how he worked out With the people that he had with him and how he could complete the it is a very big task But he completed in 52 days is much greater because Eden wanted to face the Boss in his work just like how Zerubabel faced in this time while building the temple of God. So he Accumulated the strength he planned. He came up with the strategies and He could build the wall of Jerusalem with a handful of people only he had with him within 52 days So when we read the book of Nehemiah, we see the leadership skill in Nehemiah How we delegated the work, how they planned how they strategized how they went on with this work night and day Very interesting to read and we see God A God's hand on his life here How how he could complete this work and in Nehemiah 8 18 Can we turn to Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 18 Can one of us please read Nehemiah 8 18 He read from the book of the law of God daily From the first day to the last day And they celebrated the feast seven days and on the eighth day There was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance Thank you, John So we see Ezra and Nehemiah combined forces to bring a spiritual renewal among the people They gather all the exiles together for a festival and they read and they thought the Torah That is the God's word to all the people of Israel for seven days continuously And then they celebrated the ancient Feast of tabernacles to remember God's faithfulness from the exodus And the wilderness journey Then they offered a confession of their sins and they vowed themselves to renew the covenant Follow all the commands of Torah and they finished with a great celebration over the temple and the walls of Jerusalem And we are thinking this could be the turning point, but it's not The end was uh, you know, uh, we see that Nehemiah to round the city He finds the people have not been fulfilling the covenant of ours There were certain people who followed the Torah the teaching the change of heart But not everyone were for it And uh, you know when Nehemiah went around the city he found people Not giving the same reverence to the temple to the sacrifices or to the city wall They made the city wall as a marketplace for them So all this was very disheartening for Nehemiah So Zerubabel's work is undone as he find the temple being neglected and the staff's been unqualified people And people be compromising on on the on the word of God, that's the Torah He also noticed for Jewish people to work on a Sabbath is something Uh Unlawful for them And when when they noticed all this, so Nehemiah, he goes on a rampage and you know He starts beating up people because no matter how much they have thought they've said people are not changing so He just goes and he is beating people and he literally pulls the hair of some people and he yells at them and you know And he says and he yells at them saying that obey the command of Torah keep the word of God And we see in the final words are the prayer that God would remember him and he just prays Lord I've done my best whatever I could and he just leaves this prayer Lord. I hope that you will remember me in the last verse Last verse Chapter 13 verse 29 we see remember them. Oh my god because they have defiled the priesthood In the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. Thus I cleanse them of everything pagan I also assigned duties to the priest and the Levites each to his service and to bring the wood offering and the first fruits at appointed things Remember me. Oh my god Oh good He just submits to God's hand Everything he said Lord. I've done my best and now you take care So what do we learn from the personal life of Nehemiah? What do we learn from his life? A man who gives utmost interest to the word of God and discipline Yes So though he had many opposition, but he was faithful and he perceived What God had called him to do He was stirred within him We also see his leadership scale the wisdom of God and him and planning and you know executing this Complete work the complete wall building work to be completed within 52 days And also how to safeguard from the enemy from them not Um, you know overpowering or stopping the work or the vision that he came to Jerusalem for We also see though he was in exile The pagan land we see that he never wavered from his faith If you take up Zirbabel or Ezra or Nehemiah though they were in the pagan land They never wavered in their faith. They trusted in the God the God of Abraham high second Jacob will one day Bring us out one day. Take us out from this exile and we will rebuild the temple. We will rebuild all this Kind of hope was burning within them that led them to step out as a leader But then we also see the Israelites We're living in Jerusalem But they didn't have the fire the passion what these people carry though they were in the pagan land You know, we see these people who were left out, you know from the captive They were not taken away in captive. They were there in the land of Jerusalem, but they you know gave in To the pagan culture. They got married to the they took the pagan girls as their wives And everything they changed and we see when we studied about Ezra He was disheartened. He was frustrated This was not what Ezra expected from the Jews who stayed back in Jerusalem It was actually much shocking for him to see Okay, later and we also see Nehemiah. He was also a prayer warrior He put everything in God's hand He interceded for those people interceded for the king and we see how Lord moved And worked in and through him. He was a man of diligence and perseverance Nehemiah, we also see Nehemiah had a caring heart for people. Yes Because of that care and when he saw people Rebelling against God is when he could not take it. He had to whip them and pull out the hair and yell at them But then it was again to bring the people back to God And then you know by doing that we cannot bring anyone turn their heart It should come from within But then he leaves that to the hand of God That is the right way to do he leaves it to the hand of God and he says Lord I've done what I can do and now you restore your children So this is what we study on Nehemiah and the three key leaders That is Zerubabel Ezra and Nehemiah. So over to class. What was one point what we learned from Zerubabel Ezra and Nehemiah? Can I say? Yes, please I've learned from Nehemiah in particular This is commitments to the call that To the people who was in the temple I also have learned something from How Nehemiah did not want to compromise his calling So he feels he accepts Offends from people who were not committed to the course Many times Many people would want to compromise our calling by offering us in certain ways and unmotivations If you didn't be entangled in those times I also learned the prayer prayer habit of Nehemiah He will not relent on his strength There's even this association with the king I rather he sought the face of God Before he embarked on this on this mission So these are three important lessons that I have learned from Yes. Yes. Thanks Alicia. Thank you. Yes, brother Loubega. Please go ahead Thank you so much. I would have my My contribution in two parts and as far as humans are concerned One is the godly people The godly people should always Understand God's will and they do whatever is possible. Whatever is best out of the situation For instance, when you look at Nehemiah And when you look at Zalba Bel and Ezra, this guy's real understood that they were under a punishment and they never fought back. They just They were willing to work with the ungodly people And putting themselves on the right side of the law in the fallen lander and that is Babylon So that one made them Alive that one kept them alive to fulfill God's purpose that was gonna be that was going to be To take place in the next 70 years Number two is on the side of the ungodly people It does mean that God when God has a purpose He can use any person Either godly or ungodly to in order to put his Plan into action. For instance, he used the kings of the Babylonian government To to to fulfill his purpose So that what was prophesized in the book of Jeremiah that after 70 years of Captivity my people will come back to Jerusalem and that is what I've learned in the books. Thank you Thank you. Thank you, brother Anyone else would like to add on I want to say I want to say one more thing Yes I recognize How Ezra The important rule he allowed the word of God to play in the lives of the people Yes, you also need to The word of God as a foundation of of everything that word of God the written word of God And the personified word of God, which is Jesus Christ And we lay Jesus And is inspired word as the foundation of our lives everything that we set our hearts to do Everything we set our heart to do We will be able to do it to the glory of his name Amen. Thank you. Thank you, brother. Isha Let's pray and close this class Dear god, we thank you. We praise you. We love you We honor you lord We lift up each of us in this class and also later would be attending this class in your hands We pray that lord Just like how Zerubabel Ezra And Nehemiah's art burned for you lord to do your will To do your to fulfill your purpose on this earth lord I pray that you have a call for each of us You have placed a purpose and a vision that is set in each of us lord We pray that lord you will give us that fire of passion to fulfill it or father that we will pursue Despite our Difficulties despite our situation lord, you will give us the grace To endure and pursue what you have called us or father give us a diligence that is needed To do what you have called us to do Thank you lord for your grace That you will pour out on each one of us lord and enable us to carry that fire And to fulfill your call your purpose in this earth Thank you lord. Thank you holy spirit Who dwells in us who will lead us who will teach us who will guide us who will give us The greater wisdom that is needed of father. Thank you lord Jesus Thank you holy spirit for leading us and guiding us and strengthening us in every way of our life In jesus name we pray amen Amen Thank you so much for joining in today's session. I hope it was a blessing to each one Yes Thank you. Good. Bless Good. Bless. Thank you. Good. Bless. Good. Bless Thank you. Good. Bless