 Hey everyone Good morning, I will It's good to be back and continue from what we've been what we stopped from So last week we talked about Aspects of corporate Vision mission and values. We talked about our co-values at ABC and some of the things that we believe at ABC So we will continue from where we stopped as we used to put Nehemiah. We were discussing How Nehemiah, you know, rounded up a team of people. He had the vision He had the strategy. He had a mission and how God enabled him to fulfill that vision, right? of building the walls of Jerusalem and fixing the gates All right, so we'll pick up from there. I'm at Create a culture aligned to your vision and mission. So if you have your notes open, you can go to that point Let's begin with a word of prayer and then we'll get into the class Maybe one of us can lead in prayer any one of us Yeah, let's pray Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. We thank you for this day and we thank you for the beautiful class We are about to have God, we just invite your spirit to lead us throughout the session We pray that as pastor teaches us every single thing We will open our mind and heart and we will understand the truths in you In the word that you have given us and we will put it into practice So we will put it in our practice so that we can help at this To be found in you Jesus help the lost souls to be saved Be with this guidance and help us to understand in Jesus name. I pray Amen. Amen. Thank you Jafina. Right. So last week we stopped in this, right? So let me just backtrack a little And how Nehemiah He had the vision right and the people of Jerusalem. He shared his vision with the people And then the vision was compelling people said, okay sounds like a plan so You know, no, they didn't ask how many people you have under you Can you you know show me a three page write up on how we are going to plan now the vision which was in Nehemiah's heart was compelling to others Right and people was in people who were inspired to join that vision Second there was a mission. What was the mission to reconstruct the walls of Jerusalem? And there was a way that he did it, right? So he said, okay Whoever stays closest to the wall whichever section of the wall you are closest to You go there and do your part of getting the wall fixed, right? Now There were 10 sections. So there were 10 different leaders and none of them they had other You know workers who went about doing their part portion of the wall now. We must remember that These were people who were working, right? They were not like, you know, doing nothing they were working But what they did was during their spare time or during their free time The vision was so strong that they were able to you know Go ahead and continue building the wall And then they had values. What was the main value that they stood by one of the main values was God was on our side We will work together and nothing can stop us Right? So the values that they carried were very strong now During the course of time, there were ups and downs if we read the book of Nehemiah, you know San Balad and all these other people try to Bring off ends try to stop the construction of the wall, but The values that Nehemiah set helped them during those difficult times. Hey, God is on our side We all will work and nothing can stop us because God is with us And the fourth one is culture So people worked together As a community As one strong community So how did it happen Nehemiah set the tone Shaped and preserved a strong culture of work Support generosity and humility. Now, how did he do this by his own personal example? So it was not like Nehemiah was saying, okay, you do this you do this you do this I'll come back after two days and see your progress Nehemiah was there Right. He said, hey, we're all It is my vision But we are all going to work towards it, right? So he he built this sense of One community one unity one goal to build this wall Right. Uh, and then if you read on, right He Nehemiah does so much. There was so much of Generosity that he showed towards the people and people themselves among themselves were generous to each other How because of his personal example and this is a powerful sign of a leader And let's look at a few points there everyone worked so people from all trades all ages men women The priests the goldsmiths the district leaders the lee whites The gatekeepers imagine the priests Can you picture this the priests? You know, they're standing there near the wall. They're You know, doing the work there Now imagine the people of Jerusalem. Oh, man, the priests have come here to help build the wall So imagine the lay people This wasn't so strong that even the lee whites the the ones who are You know the high the rich the poor everyone have come with one purpose to build the wall Like as a powerful powerful picture that we would have seen Imagine the you know, the others who are the example and the others who are trying to stop the construction And they're looking at us. Okay. He's this Nehemiah as rounded up The rich the poor men women probably children as well Right priests and goldsmiths district leaders gatekeepers merchants common people all of them Are helping build the wall Now if the only picture maybe a priest could say hey, I'm not good at this. I don't know how to do this and You know, maybe the the common people or the merchants are saying yeah, I'll show you how to do it Here's what you do. You you put this The cement you put the brick here leave it for some time and you move on to the next each other why because it was one big community Uh, the what is the priest had said? Who are you to tell me? Oh, I know everything from the scriptures. No, nothing Right, uh, there was a sense of unity. Everyone worked And they worked with all their heart and with all their mind with everything that they have like uh There was no half-hearted work. It was not like some of the Stones that they will now if you look at In history how they rebuild the world. It's not like how we have now, right? Neatly layered bricks with exact shapes. They would have just been, you know, big stones or rocks Just put together Probably using cement or you know the hay and The you know those cement which they make with hay Uh, and that's what they probably used. No machinery just hands Uh, everyone worked with all their heart with all their mind. They supported each other um This was a wonderful picture night. So, uh Nehemiah 416 says so it was from that time on That half of my servants worked as a construction While other half held the spears and shields with bows and war armor And the leaders were behind all the house of Judah It's just picture this, right? So Nehemiah's you know, the the people come and tell Nehemiah and Nehemiah We have heard that, you know, they're going to come and attack They're going to stop because now they are fearful that we are, you know, we're continuing on in this building of the wall They're fearful they feel that we are going to finish construction and now they're going to come and attack So you better stop And so they make some false accusations saying they make a false this thing saying the king is upset with you because you have Uh, you know build the war but Nehemiah doesn't believe in all that, right? So what does he say? Okay, if they're going to attack here's what we're going to do If we are thousand people 500 I'm just an example. Okay with the numbers 500 will hold spears and shields and stand right in front of the wall But the construction is happening. So when there's an attack, they'll be able to, you know, Oh fight the attack Right and there are other 500 will continue building the wall Now look at the wisdom that Nehemiah dealt with this whole situation Right Half of them Are standing guard the other half are constructing probably the next day the other half are constructing the wall and the other half are Standing guard with armory now you look at this, right? It's so powerful in leadership, it's not only about you know, uh Achieving things it's about how you go about achieving those things like Rulers were used were urged to be generous Nehemiah said I have let the people borrow money and grain From me So have my companions and those who work for me now. Let's give up all our claims to To repayment cancel all the debts. They owe you money or grain or wine or olive oil And give them back their fields vineyards olive groves and houses right now And here's what the people replied Nehemiah 10 5 was 12 We'll do as you say We'll give the property back and try and not try to collect the debts now. Here's what's happening we must understand that The Jerusalem is in captivity right the Jews the Israelites are taken captive so people started you know The among the Jews they started uh For example, they would say okay, you take this land Piece of land you can do what you want with it, but this is what you have to pay me Right or you take this Belonging that I have this is what you must pay me and this is with interest whatever Right. So during that time During the building of the wall Nehemiah says Let us cancel all the debts Right Now you may have given a land to somebody you are may given them You know, maybe your plantations. You have given them some You know, maybe gold silver whatever you've given them. There are debts Among each other Right Now since we all are working in one team Let us cancel off each other's debts Right. It sounds nice, right? But look at the response of the people We'll do as you say We'll give the property back and not try to collect debts You see Nehemiah's vision Was so embedded into The people the Jews But they were also willing to let go of All of these Monetary benefits they were supposed to receive Even their debts even the things that people owed them. They said, okay cancel debt cancel cleared nothing We're all because we're all working towards the wall. We're all one team. We have a unity. We all Have this one purpose. So forget about all the debts Leave that Let's focus on the wall And so it was really powerful to see that Finally Nehemiah led by example Nehemiah being a leader and being In the government working in the King's palace He refused the rights and benefits of a leader Nehemiah Led by example Here's what he says right Nehemiah 15 Sorry Nehemiah chapter 5 14 through 16 During all the 12 years that I was governor of the land of Judah from the 20th year that Arthur Xerxes Was emperor until his 32nd year Neither my relatives nor I ate the food. I was entitled to have as a governor Every governor who had been in office before me Had been a burden to the people and had demanded 40 silver coins a day for food and wine Even their servants oppressed the people Well, I acted differently because I honored God I put all my energy into rebuilding the wall And did not acquire any property Everyone who worked for me joined in the rebuilding Right so Nehemiah being A governor being in working in the palace He had definitely had a lot of benefits And so he says you that the previous governors Demanded silver coins 40 silver coins a day for food and wine and they also oppressed their servants But here Nehemiah is saying I didn't do any of that. I didn't oppress them. I didn't ask for money I didn't say, okay, you do the work. I'm just be here in the temple and monitor the work No, what did he say? I joined I put all my energy all my efforts and rebuilding the wall And this was why Nehemiah saw success Nehemiah chapter 6 15 and 16 after 52 days of work The entire wall was finished on the 25th day of the month of Elul When our enemies the surrounding nations heard They realized they had lost face Since everyone knew the work had been done with God's help Everyone what the entire wall was built in 52 days and everyone all the enemies Saw the enemy saw that it had been done by God's help So when you And I have a vision You and I have a mission and we Have certain values and we you know get together a team and we begin to work on that vision If we do things the right way with the right attitude knowing that we you know with God on our side our enemies Will realize that God is on our side And God has helped This is not what the Jews are saying they realized They realized the enemies realized that The wall was built because God was on their side because the enemy is new that Nehemiah is no skilled you know Worker or he's no he's not skilled in you know all this Mason work. He's not skilled in all of this He's just a cup bearer And the other people he has in his team were not skilled also They did it together and God was with them So this is a perfect example of a good culture Oh, when you create an organization, we have to create a good culture what we do Initially from the beginning is what matters Of course over time in the organization. We add new things We come up with new ideas new innovations new strategies on reaching out and everything that we have to do but the culture Is something that we as leaders set now, whether it's ministry whether it's business Create a culture Our culture is not just a concept. It is what you do. It is what you live by one of the One of the cultures that we have in ATC is You know, it's a simple thing, but it's powerful Is after you eat or drink something You use a plate You go wash your own plate and wash your own cup Now this was an example set Many many years back we do it ourselves It may not be something very biblical or No, nothing biblical about it, but what is the culture? So as the generations come As the church or as the ministry goes, they'll know Hey, this is the culture If we eat something in the plate, we have to wash it and keep it like many times we you know, we've gone to north India to our conferences and We have all different kinds of pastors meetings and the youth conferences and you know those conferences usually last three to four days and After the lunch break, we are so we have we are you know, so habitual that we after eating we Search for a place to go wash the plate Right. So like this many a times we've gone. We're washing the plate And the people they have nothing. Hey, the pastor is washing the plate. It doesn't have to wash the plate, but It's nothing. It's in our culture. It's embedded in us. It is it is normal. It's nothing wrong Right. So these small things Can add value to your organization Right Another thing that we you know, these are just practical things that some of you think this Always be open to listen to ideas to people Right. So the suggestion may come from anyone, but be open to listen If we may not adapt the suggestion or the immediately but But be open to listen. Everyone's opinion is important Every single person In the church Every person in the congregation is important It doesn't matter You know, how many years you're in the lord or you've been attending apc for either one year or 15 years Everyone's opinion is important because we all are one team So these are certain cultures now It is it's a culture that we have You know, we have from the early days and we try to continue to do this Right. So our culture a culture of leadership and innovation We pave the way We do what has not been done before We take ownership and so sometimes things work. Sometimes things don't work Right. So we take ownership like, you know, this morning we had our Black city pastors meeting We started seven a.m. Right. So we started this after Probably about three years So today we had, you know, we had the teams there and we had, you know, people who could attend by a zoom And it was the first time we were doing this, right? So people could attend by through online as well So new ideas they take ownership of those ideas A culture where people connect, cooperate and collaborate We are a team. We work together as a team when we win, we all win together Right. If something didn't work, we all take responsibility Right and see how we can improve a culture of being transparent and honest We are open and honest in sharing information ideas opinions and learning Being very transparent. So if I feel that, you know, this is something that can be changed within the church I can definitely go up to my senior Leaders and talk to them And it's just my opinion. I'm putting it across putting it across and they may not know adopt that Opinion or they may not immediately put it into action But I have a platform where I can share my thoughts right A culture of equality and respect This is something that we we really emphasize God has made all of us equal So we treat each other equally We respect everyone we everyone is equal Right. It doesn't matter what is our background. It doesn't matter of our language. It doesn't matter Whether we are in the city or if come from a city or come from a rural place or from a village. It doesn't matter Everyone are equal in the eyes of God and we respect everyone right Then a culture of sharing and caring Work is more than a job. We do we participate in others lives. So one thing that we do is we You know, we have life groups. We have Fellowships we just get into The intricate sharing with each other something that we are planning to start This coming year is mentoring right to mentor one another And then a culture of fun and laughter. So it's it's not only, you know, we're doing ministry. So it's we should be You know always strict and always thinking of you know You know, there's no laughter. No, we we do have fun. We do have team outings together We have team fellowships together. We have church camps. We have So many things that are going on right so the culture our culture Will help determine the characteristics of the organization Right the culture helps determine the characteristics of an organization and so This culture can be set in even in your cell groups your even in in your workplace groups in your work in your ministries in your churches In your home your family among your children uh You know these cultures can be set in because always remember when you start we start small Right, and if we don't set those things those the culture from day one Imagine the ministry grows and then you're trying to set in something new Not many people are gonna adapt what they'll say is hey for the past five years. I've been doing this So this is how we will do it right, so We must be willing. We must look ahead in terms of okay. This is what I'm going to do now It's going to affect what is going to happen maybe five years from now 10 years from And again the succeeding generations also the culture is there because we're teaching our next generation as well Right any questions any thoughts feel free to stop me. You can ask questions. You can also post it on the chat I'm just going to keep continuing to teach But if you have questions, please feel free to stop me right Next point history is important Capture it and repeat it Maybe one of us can read judges chapter two Was seven through eleven can one of us read that please Judges two seven through eleven. It's in your It's in your notes history is important capture it repeat it judges chapter seven Sorry judges chapter two was seven through eleven chapter two um So the people served the lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders Who outlived joshua who had seen all the great works of the lord Which he had done for israel now joshua the son of none the son of the lord died when he was 110 years old and they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Harris in the mountains of Ephraim on the north side of mount gosh When all the generation had been gathered to their fathers another generation arose after them Who did not know the lord nor the work which he had done for israel? Is that it or Uh, passio, you're on mute. I believe One more verse the last verse says then the children of israel did evil in the sight of the lord And served the bars now here's one thing. Thank you so much the wheel So here's one thing I want to just point out and highlight It says here When all the generation had been gathered to their fathers Meaning all the generations had passed on they died Another generation rose up After them and they did not know the lord And they did not know the work that god did for them Right. So what is the last verse? It's then the children of israel did evil in the eyes of the lord and serve the bars It's it's interesting. I don't to read this now We don't live in the past, but we are not to forget the past as well Right the lessons we have learned now. What is the mistake the people made here is The after after moses after joshua The generation during joshua's time did not teach the next generation about what moses did About the miracles that god did about who god is and what he did for them for them So basically they had a new generation coming up They had no clue But how great god is About what he how he brought them out of egypt and those wonderful powerful miracles that he performed Nobody knew why nobody knew because nobody told them Right and so what did they do? Okay So nobody there's no god. Okay, we'll we'll Make the idol of a calf and they serve bar Right We must know history to interpret the present and decide for the future It's not only the success, but it's also the failure You know, I think a couple of semesters before we were we were doing revivals visitations and moons of god one of the things that really stood out was You know leaders whom god used so powerfully men and women of faith They created exploits for god's kingdom Yet they failed in their personal lives Now they did great works It was as if you know, they were like 10 of them 10 of them together one Great men and women of god Charles Spurge and William Carey, but there were times they failed in their personal lives They probably failed as parents Right and and and so when we repeat history, it's wonderful to see the success stories But it's also important to see And learn from their failures So that we don't make the same mistake And one of the things personally that I have learned is god can use us To do great things for his kingdom But also remember that god has And trusted a family to us Right when we get married we have children They are ours. It is our responsibility to look after we have no excuse to say oh I was busy doing god's work. I was busy doing my own business To build god's kingdom or busy being a missionary or We can't give all those excuses. Why because They are entrusted to us by god So we must know that history is good Every success must help us to move forward A lack of progress We must look at Other ways to do things strategize change things Tell relevant stories at relevant times right so For example, right Some of the things that I personally do is You know, I I keep telling my son He's seven years old. I keep telling him, you know when I was small I was very shy I wouldn't go on stage Because now he sees me every day every Sunday preaching and you know beating worship So it never occurred to him. So when I told him, you know what? When I was small I was very shy I never went on stage. I would always you know go away from stage. I was very quiet So my son was like really but that uh, you know every day you're on stage every day, you know We're talking from the stage. You're playing the guitar on the stage. You're doing all these things I said, yeah, but you know, so that time what happened was I was very shy And I know I was not confident but then I began to pray and ask god to make me strong to make Bold And you know that you know, it's not my own strength But god gives us the strength to do what we want to do And you know, I usually ended up with this verse Everything that I tried to share I end up with the verse I can do all things through christ's strength and singing and so And so so now he knows that it was not always what it looks like So I keep telling him that then you may find challenges in your life Difficulties but remember that you can do all things through christ when you surrender it to god and god can change it Right Somebody who's very shy never went on stage now god is using for every Sunday. So the same way God can use you right god can use so narrating stories in the At the right time the right opportunity really impact And it goes on to generation after generation Always remember to narrate stories in a positive manner Never narrate a story and say, okay, so, you know, this is what happened. And that's why I'm not doing this It is being positive Right Stories Used Now again another important thing history should not stop us from taking risks Or attending new things So maybe in the past it tried something it didn't work doesn't mean it's not going to work now Right, it can work. You never know right. So it should not stop us Just because we tried something in the past it didn't work out doesn't mean it's not going to work out again Keep trying new things and Don't keep living in the glories of the past Yes, those victories those glories are very important We need it It encourages us it motivates us but see where we are today And maybe we're going to go ahead Right, that's what we want to see Past successes must be left behind Think of it with joys. Thank god about it. But now we need more things The the best example is the great apostle Paul. What does he say? I forget What is in the past but I stream Forward for the things of god So what's he saying? Look at this Apostle Paul could have said hey, I'm done. I'm an old man now. I've done my part Plenty of local churches have been started. I've written a lot of books a lot of material But through the wisdom of god I've been able to write so much Oh, I've done so much All the 12 disciples put together. I've done it alone I've done so much but Apostle Paul doesn't hang his boots and say keep talking about what he did in the past when he says I press on For the goal which I must reach Look at that Look at that mindset, right? He does not Stand on the victories of the past or the glories of the past But he says but he does talk about his the challenges and how he changed Right how those challenges helped him. He talks about the shipwreck and he was beaten by odds and all of this And then he ends it up by saying use grace is sufficient for me Right, so when we talk about the past Oh We learn from it, but we don't stay on the door. These are the past. We want to see what can be done ahead right We must understand how to use history correctly Use it to learn from it to spur us into action But never let us Let history Hold us captive in any way Right So I hope you're getting what I'm saying, right? It's not like you should not share what happened in the past. It's very good to share Shared in a positive manner, but don't stick on to what was what happened in the past And look at what's ahead. So every time you're talking to some people You're as a leader or In your work in your ministry. Don't keep talking about it. This is what happened this way But you need to let your team know. Hey, this is what god did in our in the past This is how he worked and he you know blessed us. I'm so now let's look ahead What is god going to do for us a hell? Right, let us let it spur us into action Now success stories are invigorating cheddar right Proverbs 25 25 As cold water to a weary soul so is good news from From a far country right now when an organization Experiences success share those stories celebrate people celebrate teams celebrate progress uh, let individuals know that they've been uh, you know, they are Oh, let them know let them be recognized appreciated for the contributions that they've made towards the team Doing this will inspire them and invigorate them And again, I I'll share this example. I've written this example here, uh, you know when we Had joined these when I joined the workplace I uh very Many many years ago and we would have these contests right and I remember we would win all these contests because people would just work so hard during that time And after the whole contest would be over. We would talk about that. Oh, man You know, for example, our target was 70 We would reach 120 130 Our targets would points would reach the way above the top But when there's no contest, we'd be struggling to meet 70 Right. So many times, you know, I remember my team leaders and managers and the workplace. They say, hey, you remember the time You know when you know, we had nothing But we worked so hard we reached targets of double of what we are now doing now You know, we can do it if we've done it before we can do it now And so you're sharing these stories to invigorate to inspire right, so it could be anything right, it could be workplace it could be the ministry right It's good to share stories just to help us to You know spur us into action. That's what we want to do Right. So we've come to the end of this chapter Next week what we'll do is we get into chapter five since we have only 10 minutes left I thought we'll start this from next week. This chapter competitive Advantage and strategy now in this chapter, we're going to be talking about a little bit of competition Right now, they're not going to apply competition to Ministry that is going to be focused mainly on the work Right now there is good competition. There is healthy competition. There's unhealthy competition in the workplace Now in ministry, we don't want any kind of competition nor even healthy unhealthy nothing No competition in ministry Right. So if you're in ministry, don't be Don't get worried and say, hey, what is this? They don't know what competition. No, we are one body The road Jesus says kingdom divided in itself will not stand. So now Competition is for the workplace right, so We're going to be talking about the organization level in terms of the workplace How healthy competition is good? Compete we can compete in a fair way in a clean way When we win, it's good. We We celebrate God When we fail, it only helps us to learn from our mistakes and rise up again Right. So next chapter competitive advantage and strategy and I'm sure we can translate You know some things that we learn and strategy We can translate it into ministry, right? And we need strategies especially in the day and age that we are living in in the all the Impression and persecution that's happening. We need strategies And hopefully we can get some ideas and thoughts on this that can help us all in our ministries and in our work All right, so any questions before we close? Any questions any thoughts we'll feed the chef? And we can tell us in friend All right, so maybe yes, go ahead Yeah, just a comment first of all like in case of Nehmaya he was also like if we say Kind of a good leader like a leadership example, right the things that he um, especially the values the value systems like humility generosity um, yeah a lot of strategies that he used over there um, yeah, yeah as you were explaining it, um really thought That yeah, it's he's such a good leadership example as well Because we don't see many leaders like that Yeah, I know it's but yeah, yeah, that's really great Yeah, also just wanted to share regarding as we're talking about the rather uh, like There is a culture of washing the plates and all that I was just reminded of And uh, we had a in in the students ministry. We had an eye his officer. So what he would do is He would wash his own plates Plus he would wash the he would just you know, take the plates of the students You know, he was so humble that uh, he did that so one of So one of my friends, uh, she asked like, uh, how can you be uh, how can you do that? Because we were so amazed like Uh, a person of that uh, stayed here doing this. So yeah, I was just reminded of that. Yeah, I just wanted to Uh, please dad. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much Divya for sharing and yeah Especially these small things, right? Now we don't wash each other's feet and all those that's not required but You know, just leading that life of example, like what Nehemiah did Nehemiah He he worked like being a leader. He didn't have to do it And so it really shows us such a powerful thing, right? Why did people catch the vision? Why did they stay with that vision till the end because they say, hey Uh, this Nehemiah is telling us what to do and he's sitting in the palace and having grape juice every day Uh, and we are struggling here. You know doing all of this thing So for them, they are seeing their leader there Putting their his hands and carrying the rocks He's a governor He doesn't have to do it. Uh, so just like leading by example again The very very powerful way to you know today in our Pastors meeting we were talking about some of the challenges that we're seeing in In ministry and in church in general in church The body of Christ and one of the points that came up was we don't have Examples or models for the next generation to follow And we need to set those examples we need to set So, uh, you know our priorities, right? For the next generation And so yes, it's very powerful those three beliefs, you know, God is on our side We will all work You know, nothing can stop us And of course Nehemiah had plenty of other values that we can see You know In the whole time when he you know, I love what he did after building the walls, right? He says is there a come It's not like they you know after building the walls. They said, okay, man work is done everyone go back Uh My vision is fulfilled My vision is done God you have done it to me nothing. What does he say Ezra come? Ezra come forward and read the scriptures Read what Well read and tell us what God is speaking to us and You don't see him taking the first, you know taking the first place there Is it's okay Ezra's scribe let him read Nehemiah is not there always in the front saying, you know, I should be there as a leader. I should do it It's okay. I really like that aspect. I mean when you read it It's just like it sounds like okay. So what Nehemiah called Ezra, but No, once the work was done sometimes doing our success. We always want to be in front Right But a great leader will always recognize the others who work in the team Ezra was one of that team as well And so it's wonderful. So maybe you can go back in your free time Read this entire portion of Nehemiah from till until he You know the wall is built and you can make your own notes You can you know, just write down things that you learned things that you can apply In your personal life as well Right. So can we just close in prayer and then we'll meet next Monday for our next class. Let's close in prayer Father, we thank you for this time. We thank you for the session and Thank you Lord for your work that we have learned today Lord, we pray that you will enable us empower us Lord to to walk in these values the culture That you have set for us to know that Lord We are your children Whether we are in the workplace, whether we are in the ministry whether in family Lord To honor you to glorify you and everything that we do we thank you for each and every one of us Especially pray for each and every student of God may your blessing be upon them or God even as they study and learn from your word Let the word be like seed soon and good ground Which will bear fruit And multiply for your kingdom. We thank you and praise you In Jesus name we pray Amen Amen Thank you so much everyone. Have a wonderful week ahead. I'll see you on Monday. God bless you God bless Thank you pastor