 the prayer. Would anyone like to lead us? Thaisha, are you comfortable? Yes, I can. Yes, please. Thanks. Father, we thank you so much for another class in the prophetic and the apostolic. We thank you so much that we are learning to tap into the apostolic and the prophetic veins. We thank you for your outpouring as we quarter our hearts and listen to your leading as, as, as Pastor Nancy, as your instructor, Father, download from heaven insights, Father, as we divine revelation, as we learn and we hunger for more, Father, develop our hunger for your word and also for the prophetic and the apostolic, Father, we thank you so much direct us, Father, lead and power with us as we go in status in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Thaisha and welcome class. Thank you for connecting on this call. We've been learning about the apostolic and just getting introduced to what it looks like in the New Testament. So we saw how the apostles of the early church had certain functions that were common and it was dependent on the requirements at that time. So we saw them teach God's word. We saw them strengthen local churches, strengthen local churches. We saw them providing church governance, administration to various churches. They also moved in signs, wonders, miracles. They were willing to expand into new territories and then there was also persecution that came against them. So these are all the experiences of the early church apostles. We, we, from there in the New Testament, we begin to look at the names of several people who are called as apostles. We know that, you know, Paul, Peter, the apostles of the Lamb are very significant in the first century church. Later on, you have names like Barnabas, also Andronicus, Junia, Silas, Timothy, Titus, all these names mentioned and they are also called as apostles. So they were ministering in various ways during their given time and season. So characteristics of the apostolic ministry, that's what we're trying to understand and that is why we needed this base from scripture on what the apostolic looks like. So the characteristics of the apostolic ministry, we concluded that there is no set formula that God gives every individual. Each individual is different. The emphasis, you know, on the particular kind of characteristic for any individual will depend on their assignment and that is why we must not box God up and expect that the apostolic will always appear to be, you know, a certain kind. Then we went on to just, you know, explaining the apostolic a little further and we said that we observe that people were sent to communities. People were sent to regions in the New Testament. People were also sent to specific, you know, like a set of people or people groups. So that's how we, when we say territories, it may not refer to physical, geographical locations as such, but it could also mean, for example, you know, I mentioned that God called Paul as an apostle of faith to the Gentiles. So it's a people group and a community. So he went about ministering to this group, excuse me, wherever they were dispersed. So it was a people group that he was primarily, primarily called to. So in the same way, why are we, why are we talking about this? Because as we understand the apostolic in our modern times, we need to recognize that an apostle is not just about a geographical region or a geographical territory, but we'll come to that a little later. Then we also saw how there is a distinct work or a distinct function that each apostle puts in as the Lord leads them. So, you know, Paul wrote about Apollos who he planted in Apollos water, the Corinthian church. So there was a particular function that Paul performed after which he had opened it up for other leaders to come in and take charge. But his intention was to strengthen the church. He never really abandoned the church of Corinth. So he played his role and then he kind of went forward from there. So the apostolic, we would notice that everyone performs their distinct work as per God's assignment. Then God sets open doors and open territories for the gospel. We see, you know, Paul talking about this. He also asks the believers to pray that doors may be open for the ministry. We know that God set aside Paul and Barnabas into the missionary sort of ministry where they were going from city to city establishing the kingdom of God. So open doors and obviously when we are going into new territory, there is always that opening which is required after which comes the, you know, taking over with the truth of the kingdom and, you know, all the other things that would take place. So the opening is very important. So opening new doors, having these doors open, we see this in the New Testament. And similarly, in our times today, we will talk about what open doors really mean. Then we see that the apostles were gifted with supernatural power of God. So they were gifted with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And they ministered with those gifts. We've also seen early on in the book of Acts how great signs and wonders were done through the hands of the apostles. So we find that God ministers or God releases his power in this manner through the apostles. So apostles would also through their life give witness to the supernatural power of God in a very extraordinary way. Then equipped with revelatory gifts of the Spirit. So Paul, you know, is a wonderful example. God gave him revelation to write up, you know, most of the New Testament. And similarly, even today, we can expect revelatory gifts to operate. But then, you know, I already told us that it is not the scriptures are already set in place. So we're not expecting new scriptures or a different interpretation of scriptures. But what we are expecting is the depth of the word, the given truth of God's word. I've heard someone say this, it's like God's word. It's when you every, I mean, just for the sake of our understanding, if you want to take every verse, or even a word in the Bible, let's say salvation, you know, the way we understand it is, it's like a bucket, okay, or even an ocean. It's like an ocean. Just that one truth of God's word, when we first learn about it, the truth is established in our minds, you know, and we know what, what is the right interpretation of that particular word or scripture from the Bible. But as you keep coming back to the same word or the same verse or the same passage, the kind of revelation that God provides is like all the water in the ocean. You could, you can never really exhaust. You can keep going back to that one word salvation throughout, you know, a lifetime and discover something fresh, you know, discover something deeper, discover something, you know, I use the word new very cautiously because we don't mean a new interpretation. That's not what we are referring to. But what we're saying is basically the depth of the revelation keeps increasing and the way God's word is, you know, there's no end to the revelation that it captures. So in today's apostolic, that's what we can expect. We can expect the scriptures are set in their place, but we can expect depth of God's word to be, you know, opened up to the people through those who are anointed with the apostolic anointing. Then equipped with strong leadership and administration capacity. So that is understandable because we've seen the apostles in the book of Acts govern, instruct, guide the local churches and that continued throughout the New Testament. And so this ability of administration, you also see that, you know, this is a gift that God gives. Even administration is part of the grace gifts that God provides. And this is upon the apostolic anointing. And this really means, you know, the word government, if you look it up in 1st Corinthians 1228, it is from the Greek word called kuber, which means to steer, pilot or direct. And, you know, that's what an apostolic leader does, isn't it provides direction provides vision and leads the people because someone has to someone has to talk about the end result, someone has to talk about the goal. And that's when the people can move towards that goal. And so the apostolic has that feature. They will begin to steer people or they will begin to direct people in what God is leading at that given time. Then governmental authority over churches. So this means a capability of leading or a leadership anointing, if you want to call it that way. So once the churches were positioned, you know, we noticed that Paul always had some of the other guidance to give them. You know, he wrote to the Corinthian church, he wrote to them about theological matters, he wrote to them about lifestyle issues, he wrote to them about, you know, community matters, how do you interact with one another? How do you live in a godly community? How do you address sin? So there is a requirement for proper government. Government or the running, the running of the fellowship of believers and not just running, it's more about strengthening because what we are all working towards or the five-fold ministry offices are working towards is the maturing of the people of God for them to come to the perfect man as Ephesians 4.13 says. So in the governing that the apostolic anointing undertakes, their efforts will be towards strengthening, towards growing, maturing the local churches. So that is a feature that we will see. So if you could break that down, you know, how does governing look? We saw that, you know, the apostles in acts, they appointed leaders, so wherever it was required, you know, they put in place leaders so that things will be done in an orderly way and, you know, there will be people to take charge and, you know, lead others under them. So appointing local leadership is a very important role in governance. Also establishing divine order. Divine order would refer to, you know, different aspects of what they would address how worship should be, you know, in a local church. So they would address how community should be. Like if you just take, for example, Peter, you know, Peter writes to some, some of the local churches in his episodes and he talks about honoring government. He talks about honoring leadership. He talks about, you know, honor in the marriage. He talks about being hospitable, being loving, living a life that is more righteous than the, than the, you know, other people around them because, you know, they were the believers in those cities and they had to set an example. They needed to represent the Kingdom of God. So, you know, he addresses all these matters and, you know, this is like the divine order that God is expecting. Christian life, Christian fellowship should be like this. These are the standards. This is how the sin should be addressed. So the standards, the divine standards which are required for the Christian life, the apostles have, you know, a deposit in them to actually look into these matters and deal with these matters and set things in place because that's how, you know, God wants it. Then authority to bring correction. You know, again, we see Paul do this time and again. The example of the Corinthian church is also before us when there is somebody who sins and he is caught up in sexual immorality and Paul had to address it and he actually told the leaders of the church how to deal with this person initially because, you know, this individual was not ready to listen. They had to be very, very strict in their dealings and then once there was repentance, you know, he talks about how this person could be brought back and, you know, that they could express their love to this individual again. So, you know, there is correction that apostles will bring forth and yeah, that's a good thing because, you know, imagine if there was no direct feedback on, you know, the right and the wrong. We would all just keep doing our own things and the churches would be going in their own, you know, sweet direction and we wouldn't really be working towards a goal which is to become more like Jesus but the apostolic anointing has this feature where the apostles are intentional about ensuring the standards of God, the standard of God's word in every aspect of a believer's life and also church life. So, if something is amiss, they will, they will address that they will bring correction. So, that is also something that the apostolic does then responsibility toward and care for the churches. Obviously, we see that a lot in the way Paul talks about different churches. You know, he writes about praying for these churches, you know, and we know that early on the 12 apostles, the Jerusalem leadership, they were very keen on helping people with material needs and, you know, churches that were in need at that time were also helped. In fact, there was an offering which was collected and sent to people in need. So, there's a lot of care. So, you could look at the apostolic anointing and apostles as those who are in oversight over the churches of God, a church and the apostolic is about more churches actually. So, the churches of God and in oversight they ensure that things are done very much in order. So, they take care of the churches. They are also involved in the ministry of the word. So, quite a few apostles that we see in the New Testament, Paul, Peter, John, James, all of these people also taught God's word. So, we see that teaching can be a part of the apostolic anointing. And why are they teaching? Again, the same goal to strengthen the local churches in the things of God. Apostles prayed for the local churches. They imparted and activated spiritual gifts. So, there are several scriptures, every statement that I'm making, there are scriptures based on which I'm making these statements. It's here in our notes. If we were to go through each of these passages, we will not be able to complete our class or our course in time. And that's the reason I'm not getting us to read the verses, but I would encourage you to please go back and look up these verses. And it'll be really helpful to see how we've come to these conclusions. They were involved in reaching the lost, proclaiming the gospel. Again, we know that they sought open doors. Why open doors? So that more people, new people could hear the gospel about the Lord Jesus Christ. And then once they heard, people would be saved. There'll be a community of believers in a particular city. And then they would begin to work on strengthening that body of believers. That's how they function. They were also involved in relating with apostles and elders. So, Paul and Barnabas, it's a good example, the way Barnabas dealt with Paul. And later on, he introduced Paul to the leaders in Jerusalem. We also see how Paul interacted with the leaders in the Church of Ephesus. So, he instructs them before he parts with them. So, the Apostolic has this burden for strengthening the leadership. They want to make sure that leaders are encouraged. Leaders are well-equipped in God's Word. Leaders are sufficiently instructed so that they know how to lead the churches where God has planted them. And the apostles, we talked about persecution earlier. So, there are some references here in our notes that also talk about taking part in the sufferings of apostleship. So, apostleship comes along with sufferings. So, obviously, if someone is leading from the front, they have to be the first ones to take any form of opposition that might rise against the people of God. So, it comes with sufferings. And in the interaction among leadership, the apostles can also be seen like fathers because they have that feature or that tendency. So, Paul, if you again go back to the life of Paul and you consider all the people that he was working with, you'd notice that he was intentional. He was intentional about whom he chose for tasks. And even after they were appointed, he was keen on seeing them flourish to their fullness. So, Timothy is a wonderful example. Timothy, as a young boy in Lystra, he found him there and he took him along on his missionary journeys. But then, later on, we see Paul addressing Timothy as the pastor of a church. And how did that happen? How did Timothy go from being just a believer to discovering the purposes of God for his life, discovering the grace, discovering the anointing and being mentored in those things? Obviously, he needed someone to guide him. And in this case, Paul was there, very much there and Paul fathered Timothy. And that's why he even calls Timothy as my son. So, the apostles have this feature of being fathers and mothers. We are trying to understand what the apostles did in the New Testament. But this is also so that we can understand what is part of the apostolic anointing in itself. Because when we go further, it's not all going to be about the office of the apostle. Similar to the prophetic that we've learned so far. There is an office of the prophet and we know that there is the release of the gifts of revelation and all of that, calling for the Word of God. But the same features are also found in the grace gift of the prophetic. It is seen at a different level in the prophesying believer. But overall, overall, it is a part of the prophetic anointing. So, similarly, we have seen the functions of the apostles in the early church, in the New Testament. Now, these are features that are a part of the apostolic. So, I'm using the word apostolic, which will include the office of the apostle. It will include the apostolic anointing which is upon believers. Again, we can see that not just at the level of the believers, but even at a ministry level, we might find that some ministers are very apostolic, which means they find new territory, they provide leadership to other leaders in the body of Christ. They're not apostles, but their ministry can be very apostolic. So, we're trying to use one term for all these levels of people and all these levels of functioning with the apostolic anointing as just the apostolic. So, that will be very helpful if you remember. So, it's not just about the apostolic office, but it is also about the way believers function. So, I don't see any questions on the chat. Anything that you want to say? Comments? Okay. So, if we are just trying to get a grasp. Okay. Yeah. Samuel has a question, but before Samuel, if Pratik, if you're able to answer, how are you doing? How is your nose? I remember on one of the calls, there was a prophetic word. Good morning, ma'am. Good morning. Yes, ma'am. It's completely alright, ma'am. So, that from that day, again, I felt like after two days, I felt the same thing, but in my spirit, I felt like I should have faith in that, that I have completely received. And the devil may feel that it is not for you, it was not for you and all. And again, I was in faith, ma'am. So, I could receive it, but it's almost been one month. So, I'm completely alright from that. Wow. Wow. Praise God. Praise God. Thank you so much, Pratik, for sharing that. And that's what God's power does. So, we just release and then God takes over from there. Thank you. Yeah. God bless you. And we continue to pray that you'll be strong and healthy. Yeah. Alright. Samuel, please go ahead. Your question. Thank you. Thank you, Prasad. Prasad, I guess I'm trying to understand the reason or the overall purpose of looking at the apostolic, like doing the study on apostles. So, at one level, looking at the apostles of the Bible and looking at their lives and how they function. So, that bit I understand. But I'm also looking at, is the outcome, like one of the expected outcome is it that I think the part that I'm struggling with like modern day apostles. So, do we have modern day apostles? Like can we call people apostles? And so, function-wise, it seems like every believer could be an apostle, function-wise, to take care of the church, to kind of feral God's word and to kind of redeem God's word crazy. But just that the title, I mean, I think at the bit that I'm struggling is like how much of the weightage is on the title? Like in some sense, I don't see a great value of calling, like putting a title like Apostle, so-and-so, Apostle Sam or Apostle this, Apostle. It just becomes a mere title. So, instead of just looking at this whole study of like what can a believer do? And then looking at, you know, okay, Apostles in the thing, they did that, they did this, and we all believers can do this. And this is Apostle work versus, you know, like these are all the things that an apostle does. And if you're doing this, you can be called Apostle. So, I think the bit that I'm struggling with is like people do, people still use titles and is one of the expected outcome of the story, I mean, of this course is that we do this course, we understand this course, and then we reach a place where we think that it's okay to use that title, you know, in front of us. So, I think that's the bit that I'm struggling with. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Sam. So, a couple of questions in what you were saying. So, one question is, like are there apostles today? Can we call people apostles? Answer is yes, because that's how we began both our prophetic topic as well as the apostolic topic where we said that we're living in the times where God is restoring, restoring the five-fold ministry offices and the anointings of the five-fold ministry offices at all levels. So, we're going to see more and more of that happen. So, if we agree with that, obviously, you know, as part of that anointing is also the office. So, can we call people prophet so and so, apostle so and so, yes, okay, based on, but just on the fact that, you know, they are proven as an apostle or a prophet. So, simple answer to that question is yes, very much. So, how does this, why are we learning about this is what you're asking. We're learning about this because God is doing this in our time and we have to pick it up. We have to identify what God is doing through His people, through the church and also understanding the features of a certain anointing helps us function better, helps us support it when we see another person moving in it, okay. So, that is why I need to have the understanding otherwise what happens is I might miss, I might miss or I might misunderstand, you know, if God is releasing it through a certain person. So, I'm just giving one example, okay. So, recently I met with this one lady. She is part of a church, very much planted in the church for many years, faithful believer in the church and all, but then, you know, she has this some apostolic grace over her ministry that, you know, she will talk to somebody and the door will just open and some new opportunity will come up, something unthought of will be possible, you know, suddenly. Like, you know, she comes up with, somehow she connects with people and then they, I mean, I'll just put it in simple words, she meets with pastors at the grassroot level and she has this beautiful ability to connect those pastors with other established pastors in the city and somehow, you know, through that connection, there is a support going on from the established pastors to those new pastors. So, amazing work, amazing work that God is doing through her life. It's all very apostolic. It's all very apostolic. Now, I also know the pastor of this particular church, but the good thing is he understands the apostolic. So, she is encouraged to keep doing these things. It's not looked at as a, look at this person, you know, she's going and I, you need to be within the church, you know, be an usher or be a worship leader or be a media presentation team person or a sound crew person. That is enough. You know, what is this? What are you doing? Trying to understand the needs of, you know, village pastors and all. So, thankfully, he understands the apostolic, he understands this whole thing about, you know, opening new doors, opening new territories for the kingdom of God. It looks very different. It does not look like what we saw in the New Testament, but you see, a pastor can then encourage and say, wow, you're doing a great job. Come on, do this. Now, we'll come to all this later, Sam. And I think then you will know why we're learning about these things. You see, in the modern times, our new territories could be in business. Our new territories could be in media. Our new territories could be, I don't know, you know, music, arts, entertainment, believers going and taking those territories, imparting kingdom principles, kingdom standards, kingdom power in those places. That's very apostolic. Now, if I don't understand that, I would be the first one to stand up and say, hey, what are you all doing? You know, come on, just pack your bags, become a missionary. You have to go to villages and, you know, walk on the streets and give tax. And that's the only way you can be apostolic. Not necessary. We can bring the kingdom in different ways. And so, please bear with me. I do know that the understanding of the apostolic in our minds as a class is only sort of becoming clearer very slowly. Okay. So, yeah, hopefully by the end of this, this course, you will know exactly why we are discussing this. I hope that helps, Sam. Yes, thank you. Okay. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Yeah. If your daughter understands it already, that's amazing. Okay. Yeah. So, thank you. Say, I see your hand raised. I just wanted to make a comment based on all you're saying. In other words, what you're saying is, it's unnecessary that a person could be called to be an apostle, but the apostolic anointing of studying stuff new, like treading into new territories, new areas in life, starting out something for God could be upon a believer. And not necessary that that person is called an apostle, called to be an apostle, but just like the prophetic anointing over a ministry, but not called to be a prophet, basically. That's what you're trying to point out to us. Bang on. That's what I'm saying. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Thank you. So, yes, then when we recognize if somebody is called into the office of a prophet, wonderful. Then that person can be called as an apostle. Nothing wrong with it. If people are called as apostles, but then again, you know, here at APC, we don't really, title is good, title is good, but title is more of a function. So title should not become an identity of an individual. So we kind of keep it that way. So here people even address pastors and leaders by their name, which is okay, which is totally fine. But can somebody in the office of a prophet or an office of an apostle be called prophet apostle? Yes, there is nothing wrong with that. Yeah. So let me leave it at that. Moving on here to the next chapter. Good discussion is moving in the right direction. So shaping of an apostle is what the chapter here talks about. So this is with regard to an individual who is called into the office of an apostle, somebody who's called into the office of an apostle. So it's much more than a believer releasing the apostolic anointing or a person like I mentioned that example of a particular lady. She's not an apostle. She hasn't planted any churches. You know, she doesn't teach God's word. You don't see many of the features of the apostolic that we discussed so far. But yes, there are one or two that seem to be quite strong things like making connections and, you know, finding new opportunities like that and all the time, you know, known her for years and it keeps happening in her life and it's amazing. So there is the release of the apostolic anointing but she's not an apostle. We cannot call her an apostle. But the ones who are called as apostles, we're going to talk a little bit about the process that God uses, you know, to establish them and position them for their ministry. It's very similar to what we talked about for a prophet. You know, a prophet is trained in obscurity. Remember, we said that a prophet is trained in obscurity, a prophet, God works on the character of the prophet because it's very important, you know, integrity, strength of character because the anointing is there and the anointing is pure. But the question here is, is the vessel that carries the anointing pure enough to bring glory to God through the release of that anointing and that is why, you know, God is not in a hurry. You know, we say that a lot here at APC like, God is not in a hurry. He lets people go through the process so that they will be prepared for the ministry that God has for them, you know, through their life. So talking about the apostle, there is a growth and development that one sees. There is the apostolic commissioning. Commissioning is when someone is released into, you know, the work as an apostle, apostolic grace, which is to increase. There is the anointing, but, you know, we can also increase in the grace that comes through that anointing. So that would, in simple terms, it would mean that anointing, we are learning to release that more and more through our lives. Okay, so sometimes we say things like, oh, this person is really, he has grown as a pastor or he has grown as a prophet. So what is happening? You know, there is that anointing, but the application of that anointing, it's becoming smoother, more mature, greater. So, you know, we describe it in all those ways. So the apostolic grace begins to increase on a person's life and then they start doing the apostolic ministry. So then, you know, you might have them planting churches, you might have them teaching the word, you might have them moving in signs, wonders, miracles, you might have them governing churches, you might have them, you know, administrating over churches. So the ministry is quite obvious to see that, oh, wow, look at this, this person through his life, you know, all this is taking place and the body of Christ is so strengthened by it. And from then, you know, we might be comfortable to call that person an apostle. You know, the title usually comes in at the end, once you see the release of the anointing through the individual's life. So one such person in scripture is Apostle Paul. You might have already, you know, learned about his life journey in other courses, but I'm, you know, quickly going to go over it again over here. So as we are aware at age 33, he had an encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and that's when he became a believer, or you know, you want to say he was saved. And then later we see that. But the thing about Paul's life is that at that very time, God told him that he's called as an apostle, to the Gentiles. So he knew his calling. So you could take it as, like he had that awareness that, hey, this is what I need to be doing with my life and this is my life assignment. Then initially, three years, you see Paul spending in the same region, Damascus, Arabia, he starts preaching the gospel. The references are in our notes, you know, Galatians and Acts. So you could look that up. So he goes around preaching, goes around, you know, clarifying the questions that people have. So he was quite clear on salvation and about the fact that Jesus is the Messiah. So he went ahead doing the ministry, but he was not accepted. The reason being, you know, people thought that he was pretending. And so they were scared to accept him as a genuine minister of the gospel. So three years went by in this way. There was also a lot of opposition and his opposers wanted to kill him. So he had to escape at the end of these three years. And we see that for 15 days, he then went to Jerusalem. Over there, he didn't really meet with the apostles as well, because they were also skeptical about, you know, this this persecutor turned preacher. So Peter apparently spent time with Paul. And that was that after which he went to Tarsus, Syria and Silesia. That's the place where he spent 13 years of his life. And then suddenly he comes back on the scene in Acts 11, when Barnabas goes and brings him, he introduces him to the Jerusalem leaders. And then, you know, he is taken to Antioch to help with the ministry there in preaching and teaching. So that's where we see Paul come and start off his ministry. So he is doing this teaching ministry leadership is seen upon his life, because then, you know, they go to, yeah, anyway, won't go into the details. So we see him ministering in the church of Antioch. Then Acts 13 is the place where God's Holy Spirit speaks to the leaders of the church and asks them to set aside Barnabas and Saul for the work of the ministry, which is to go into new territories and preach the gospel. So then from Acts 13, you know, he starts doing this. He goes from city to city and he, you know, preaches the gospel, establishes churches. And then you also see him, you know, going around strengthening the churches that were set up. So all these things are seen in and through Paul's ministry. Now, what we want to emphasize here is you notice that the 13 years where they're not talked about. So what exactly was Paul doing during that time? We have no idea. And later on, you know, three years, he tries to minister and then he is in Antioch. So everything put together for about 17 years, you know, it's not so much of a, you know, Paul is not not even recognized as an apostle. You don't see anybody addressing him as an apostle, not even Barnabas or the leaders in Jerusalem. So you see, again, the, you see anointing there, yes, very much, because on day one, when the encounter happened, that anointing was upon Paul's life. But here he is doing all other things. But what is God trying to do? God is grooming the individual very similar to what we said for a prophet, because one is that we grow in the grace or the capacity of the anointing over our lives. You know, it just gets better as you, you are pursuing it. But on the other hand, God is interested in the character of the person. So, you know, what are the hard knocks that Paul went through? We don't know, but I'm sure he must have been to the school of hard knocks, you know, where God must have shaped his character. He would have shaped the person that he became, that he was capable after 17 years to handle the ministry, because, you know, it wasn't easy. There was persecution everywhere. There was, you know, the preaching of God's word, bringing the right instruction to the churches, appointing leaders, so many things that Paul needed to do. But there was a preparation that God took him through. There were also these silent 13 years, they're called as the silent years of Paul's life, where I'm sure God would have shaped him as required for the purpose of the ministry. So the bottom line is, you know, no matter what the ministry, no matter what the capacity, maybe we're called into the offices or, you know, any other capacity, but God takes us through preparation, training. God is not in a hurry. And so we must cooperate with God for what he wants to release through our lives. Okay, so with that, I will stop right here. We're at the end of the session. Let's pray and close. We will pick up from where we stopped tomorrow. Anyone would like to lead in prayer, please? Okay, who would that be? All right. I know, Sister Rupa, are you okay to pray? Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Father. Thank you for your presence in our midst. Thank you for your teaching this morning, Lord, to understand the post-lip calling and the work they have done as a foundation for the Church. Lord God, we thank and praise you, and thank you for the anointing over our lives that is correcting us, changing us, molding us, and perfecting us. Lord God, we thank and praise you. Thank you, Lord, for the look into prophetic ministry also, Lord God, as we all gather at thigh feet this morning. Thank you for your impartation. Thank you for that, Madam who has taught us, Lord God, blesses all, bind us together with more of your purpose, understanding, and willingness to accomplish your purpose in our lives. Lord, be glorified in our midst in the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you so much, Sister. And thank you, everyone. God bless you. Have a wonderful day. We shall connect tomorrow. See you then. Bye for now. Thank you, Madam. Thank you, Pastor, God bless you.