 Okay, so problem seven is my son keep my words and Treasure my commandments within you keep my commands and live And my law as the apple of your eye Okay, bind them on your fingers write them on the tablets of your heart Say to wisdom you are my sister and call understanding your nearest kin that they keep you From the immortal woman from the seductress who flatters with her words, okay? So we see the importance of keeping the word of God Okay, our words of wisdom which come from the word of God Just keep my words. What does it mean to keep it means to? To treasure it it means to to obey it means to It means to make sure that you're holding on to it Okay, that's what keep is it know you if I you saying I kept it Which means that you're careful about it, and you're not letting go of it Right, so that's keep so the same versus treasure my commands within you So which means you're keeping it as something very very precious you're treating it as a treasure as something which is precious as something of great value as something that is not common right, so you're keeping it you're treasuring it and And As and he says and my law as the apple of your eye, you know and Apple of your eye, you know again this analogy is like if somebody You know if comes to hit you hit you I you immediately cover it, right? so you You keep God's word as the apple of your eye as his law as apple of your eye And it says, you know bind them on your fingers write them on the tablets of your heart meaning, you know Wherever you can or whatever possible method you want to use You make sure that you're reminded of God's word that you're reminded of this law That you're reminded of the standards of God's word and the reason is this the whole chapter if you read no It's about it's about protection protection from harm protection from and and typically just talking about immorality and you know protection from temptation and so on and I'm sure that it applies to all other, you know areas for us to make the right choice for us to You know prevent us from making the wrong choices and for that This should be my my engagement with the word of God So I should treasure it. I should make sure that I'm reminded of the word of God, so it means that I you know word of God is very central to my life To one's life, right? It needs to be central. You know our life needs to be word centric a whole Everything everything is guided by the word of God Our standard is derived from the word of God And we treasure the word of God. We value the word of God Estimate very highly, right? So when we do that, that is a sure shot protection against making bad choices right and and Falling down and it talks about, you know the consequence of that and it's really, you know, not a pretty picture and you look at that right, so that's the thing right so as Ministers as communicators of God's word You know if we would do this It will do well, right? So let's just pray and say Lord, you know change my heart about your word Change my heart about other, you know the way I treat your word And how I esteem your word, you know, may I learn to treasure it may I learn to honor your word God? truly it is my Protection in this word, right? Let's pray Father God, we just want to thank you for these words that we just read and we thank you for the instruction there Lord, I pray that you give us a grace and that we will obey it Lord Wholeheartedly fully, oh God that we may learn to keep your word in our hearts that we may learn to treasure your words Your commands in our hearts Father God that we may learn Oh God to be reminded Lord of your commands of your words Lord at all times Father God For truly Lord your word is our protection Lord from all forms of temptation and Really, it's a shield. Oh God shield of faith Comes from the faith that is generated from your word God. We thank you and master. We pray that As believers as communicators as spokesperson of the truth. Oh God that you've called us to be that this will be our Our engagement with your word Father God because this would be how we treat your word Father God We thank you we give you all the praise and all the glory at this time in Jesus matches name We pray a man a man Okay, awesome. So last class we've been we've been looking at Sermon preparation right sermon construction and I hope you filled in that Page let me just go there quickly Okay, okay Okay, so sermon titles topics and titles. Okay, so the link is there And it's in that Google sheet. You just have to click on that sheet go there and Okay, so three people have filled in Others you can fill in Okay Right, okay Wonderful, so you think about it and it'll be good if you can think think about this over the weekend and fill it up Okay, so let me I hope you know where to find that sheet, right? It's there in the Stream it has come as a prompt as an assignment. So you fill that out. Let me just show you that tab So you click on that link and you'll go there so this is what you see So your name you enter your name there and then the southern topic and the title Okay, so hope all of us understood the difference between the The topic and the title Right, so so one topic is the subject But broadly speaking it's like the subject that you're going to be talking about and the title brings a lot more focus to what is the message about Okay, so that's the difference so Okay, so Rosalind is asking After filling when to upload the video of the sermon, okay, so I'll again put out a prompt and you'll have sufficient time to You know like record the video of the sermon and then put it up Okay, so so we'll go through this whole thing of sermon construction We'll go through some important aspects of it and we'll also so you can actually keep adding to it So what I will suggest is you can you know, maybe open a word doc or or you know Even in your notebook you can keep adding you know as we learn as we get inside so you can keep adding to the outline and And then you know you can further refine it and keep it ready and then You can you know, I'll put up. Okay. What is the time that is required timeline that is required You'll have sufficient time to record it and then upload it. Okay, so I can see Yeah, takes a sermon would be how Yeah, so actually what I've said is it can be either Textual or a topical So a text of sermon, you know The topic the the the topic and the title would be the same Same in the sense, you know, let's say for example What is John Paul put okay John Paul has said importance of eternal life. What is it? And where does it take us? And then sermon title is the way the God kind of life now for John Paul it can either be a Topical sermon where he's talking about the you know, so I got kind of life or it can be a textual sermon He can actually pick up a text and say, okay, the whole sermon is based on that text. So that's fine Okay, sermon duration Sermon duration. Let me just think about it. I think we have about 12 of us here right now today's class students So I just need to think I think maybe we can look at five minutes Or maybe ten minutes Maximum, so it's gonna be a short time ten minutes, which means maybe Five people can Four people can actually comfortably present and then you know, they So once they do that I'll also think, you know, whether we need to upload a video upload it because if the more the people I think it's gonna be difficult to present in class. So it makes sense to upload the video So let me just think about it and let you know, right? Okay, I hope that's okay, Rosalind. Yeah, okay. Okay, so today let's so we looked at the topic We looked at the title and we also looked at what all goes into the title, you know, that's where we stopped last class We looked at the fact that the title is You know, it can serve as an advertisement to the message. It can actually stir up the curiosity of the of the of the person and It actually provides a good tone for the message. Okay, and We also saw that because of today's technology and the way technologies use it'll be it'll be good if we can come up with a very good title, which actually intrigues the the one who is surfing the net who is looking at different social media and Also something that accompanies a very arresting graphic a very Arresting picture visual That would also help. Okay. So the visuals would actually not be off-putting in the sense it should not turn off the person but actually in a Kind of stir up the curiosity and say, okay, let me just check what this message is about. So it would help. Okay So we looked at the guidelines And the last one we saw about the title was that it it can be in the form of a question, right? And it can be a question a phrase and So that would be helpful. Okay Let's move on the next one is in the sermon there is this If you say, okay, there are parts of the sermon the next one could be the introduction, okay Like I'm sure most of you would have I mean you it comes to you naturally, but we just addressing it so that You know for those of us who have not really used to it You know, this can be one thing which they learn and put to practice. So So you prepare the heart and mind of the people to secure the interest of the people With the introduction so introductions are very short You know span of time it could be maybe three minutes. It could be maybe two minutes Maximum of five maybe So it prepares the audience. So whatever you say during the introduction it prepares the audience for the message It is it is important, but it's important that it It also should not be very lengthy Okay, the introduction goes on and on and on people are thinking Okay, when is he going to start the message and finally, you know, maybe after 15 minutes, okay So today's message is about and you already lost the you know audience they're like, oh So all that you spoke just now was not the message. Oh wow now It's going to be another lengthy message. So, you know, so keep it Keep it short. I need not be long. Okay So when you start an introduction if it is highly impactful People stay stay with you stay on to here. Okay So it's important that those opening comments, you know, what you're going to be speaking what you're going to be sharing It's it can be very very simple, of course But it can actually help people to stay on help people Prepare their hearts to receive Prepare their minds be receptive To what you have to say, right? So the introduction Okay So the good introduction will introduce the main theme of the sermon. Okay, so last Sunday, we looked at You know, we've been looking at the series faith and science In in in all the APC locations So it was about faith and science and the and the and the topic or the title for the message was can Science explain it all does science have Have it to explain all the things and all the answers the signs have all the answers to the life big question So so that is what we were looking at. So the introduction you know, we just talked about what science does what faith does and The signs have all the answers a very short introduction and then we went into the body of the message, right? They the impact of the introduction can even Have an impact on the The end of the message in the sense how people are receiving it Okay, towards the end are they staying on till the end are they in a place to receive? All that will depend on the introduction. Okay, so It will really help to prepare well We're gonna look at, you know, the end also Many times we prepare the introduction well, but then we the closing the conclusion Sometimes we just leave it, right? We just kind of trail off So what I've also learned by experience is that the conclusion needs to be thought of conclusion needs to be played through and You know, what are you going to do with it? Ask God, how do you want me to finish? Right. So that's also important. Okay, so To use all so you can use creativity you can use variations You can use illustrations You can use quotations personal experience You know, I'm sure you've heard some people start by saying, you know, as I was preparing as I was in prayer Some people start that way or as I was on the way to the church or some people start with humor Okay, with a joke with a good joke and that also helps people relax Maybe people are all, you know, kind of stressed out or they're preoccupied with different things. You can also start with a Good joke, but the problem is if the joke falls you know, if people do not get the joke and They don't laugh then it's going to be double the effort to recover from that place And get back onto the message. So you should be aware of that, you know As a speaker, are you Are you, you know, comfortable Making jokes like how do you, you know, normally in your everyday conversations? Do you are you okay making jokes or is it something very very foreign to you? Right something that you're not comfortable with then think twice You do have to do something that you're comfortable with don't get into that territory of you know Humor at all For the start. Okay. So it can even be poems. It can even be short stories. It can be the text of the sermon itself Okay, these are some suggestions, you know Let me just see if I have a poem That one of the speakers I know noted it down because it's very interesting and And he has many Poems like this about God's word Okay, about the word of God and he shares that during his okay here it is Okay, so he has that You know any every each of his messages. So let me just read it out to you. Okay, so it's called My precious old book and it's by dr. Chris Nyanakan Let me read that out. Okay, this is how it goes though the cover be torn and its pages be worn and Places bear tears traces of tears Yet more precious than gold is this book worn and old that can shatter and scatter my fears as I prayerfully look in this precious old book many treasures and pleasures. I see Many promises of love from my father above who is nearest and dearest to me This book is a guide is a friend by my side. It will lighten and brighten my day And each promise I find soothes and gladdens my mind as I preach it and teach it each day To this book I will cling of its worth. I will sing Though many crosses and losses be mine for I cannot despair Those surrounded by care while possessing this blessing divine Okay So I've heard like two three He's got two three of the same thing and then he actually He's a brilliant orator. So he actually says it by heart. Okay, he doesn't have notes I mean notes for this particular thing here because he has notes for the outline, but this he just Goes out from his heart and it's a very, you know, you can't help but hang on to every word It's very moving. It's about the word of God and what the word of God means to him and and so on like so Something like this like you could have an anecdote you can have a and and try it out Okay, so you make a note of it. Okay in your outline introduction. Okay, how are you going to start? You know you saying you're talking going to talk about The love of God Are you just going to say today I'm going to talk about the love of God Are you going to think creatively and introduce the love of God? Yeah, right talk about it. So think about it pray about it. It doesn't have to sound Artificial Okay, it needs to be natural It doesn't have to sound Very gimmicky, you know what I mean like like a gimmick like a trick thing and so When it sounds very gimmicky when it sounds very contrived, you know The audience sometimes feels very insulted, you know, it's like a what is this person trying to do? You know, they're not kind of respect me. This feels they feel a little uncomfortable insulted. So So you don't have to do that It depends again about the You know, who's the audience that you're addressing who are you addressing, right? If it's a young Young group. It's a youth group. You can just basically start with an activity. Okay, everybody stand up Right or everybody try touching your toes something like that. You can start with an activity And that'll that'll go well and hopefully you're tying that activity to the you know, whatever you're sharing. So It just flows together. Okay Sometimes Reintroductly comments are required. Okay. So for example, maybe you're a guest speaker in a place You know, sometimes you if that is the case you would have to You know acknowledge Who was invited? Maybe thank very quickly and also, you know, I'm sure you heard, you know, I bring greetings from such-and-such a church You know, there's a traditional, you know thing that you heard I bring greetings from my home church It's they say so maybe some pre-introductory thing maybe an introduction about yourself You know, you're a total stranger to the audience. So It'll help if you say something about yourself. I'm so-and-so. I'm doing this and maybe the person who introduced you Just introduced your name and said, okay, this person is from this place and he's going to be sharing or she's going to be sharing the word so you might have to Introduce yourself say a little more about yourself. So that would be a pre-introductory You know that face, right stage where you share something say make some comments Thank people acknowledge and then you go on with a message Okay Everybody okay with that, right? Fine. So you make a note of it. You've got the title. You've got the thing and you think about okay How am I going to present this now? Okay? Okay, then we have the proposition. Okay now Before we get into it. I just want to say this is a guideline Okay, this is a guideline now. It has all these parts. This is a guideline and It'll help if you have this But not necessary Okay, so Definitely the title the introduction those things are mandatory Okay, now what we're going to look at are some things which will give shape to the outline will give shape to your message So it'll help. Okay, so it's not like chapter inverse. I need to have a message like this It's not like that. You know, this is the proposition. So what is the proposition? It's a declaration about the subject. This is what we want to discuss. This is what we want to look at This is what we're going to cover in the next 30 minutes and so on. It's it's just one statement about the Main theme. Okay, so You know post the introduction you could just say make a note today. We're gonna look at five things That move the heart of God Something like that, you know today you're gonna look at five things. We're gonna look at six things you know that are Detestable to God's heart or something like that, you know the the main theme Of what the message is so it's like a it's a proposal. It's a proposition that covers that Okay, so it's the big idea. What is this whole message about? It's this so when you make that proposition It would cover that right, okay? So here are some guidelines, okay? So this is this big idea which you're talking about which you're Stating it covers the entire concept of the sermon. So the thing is to think out. Okay, what is it? That I am actually presenting it's very difficult actually to you know to Summarize everything, you know to come compress everything in one sentence. It takes time And what is it that you're going to cover in this in this message, you know, for example, okay? I'll just take some Example from here. Okay, let's say Destroying the foundation. Okay, that's a sermon now pick and then youth and violence is the sermon title which Isaac has put down so so in one line I Need to be able to You know summarize and say today we're going to look at This this this about the young people in our generation What moves them the environment that you know Etc. I'm just saying what moves them into violence? What triggers that? How can we? you know help and how do we contribute to that with our indifference whatever and What is the solution? We're going to look at that and you need to kind of it'll help if you can word it in the right way Put it in a way so that it covers everything and then people Okay, I'm curious now. I need to be looking at I need to I want to know more about this right sorry, so So it gives the big idea. Okay, then the sermon is the Explanation interpretation application That you draw from this idea Okay, so whatever you want to share What are you going to be giving? From then on right is is going to be the the fleshing out of it the descriptors of it Okay, so let's look at two essential elements in the statement of an idea. Okay, one is a subject Which answer the question what am I talking about? Simply put Okay, so for us to come to that proposition put together the proposition this question would help us Okay, what am I talking about? Okay, and the second question is what exactly am I going to say? About what I'm talking about. Okay, you get it So first one is what am I talking about? Okay, you present that what exactly am I going to say about what I'm talking about? so this will help us form that you know the big idea and And state the proposition. Okay Now the second one is it's connected Now we've stated the proposition. We have stated the big idea now we need to move on to To the sermon, you know actual sermon to the outline of the sermon so Normally, you know, we would say something like something to transition from here to there Okay, which could be maybe a question. Okay And I'll know, you know, so you can ask a question. So what is it? That really causes this problem and you go into that, right? So it could be a transitional Sentence. Okay, again, it's a guideline It's something that you can use So you can say, you know, why does This happen in our times. Why is it that more and more? You know homes are breaking down. Why is it that this problem is there in society today? right something like that and You know what when you know, you can use those into the interrogative words why what how when where think about that and use it as a transition sentence from Transition to transition into the outline Right. Okay. So there's an example here Like for example, let's say the title is an exemplary ministry and it's from on this one is to Talks about okay, this is how it one one needs to be Etc. The servant God servant of God has to need is have asked to have this qualities, etc So the proposition could be this the big idea is this The servant of God has an exemplary pattern or an example for his ministry in the word Okay, so if you need an example if you need a pattern, it is right there in the word You're holding it in your hands then an intruding interrogative sentence that can be Or the transitional sentence could be what are the characteristics of this pattern? What are the characteristics and where can we find them and then you go into that? So the transitional sentences according to one person on is to now these are you know, this is things that we do naturally, right? We don't Think about this too much. But the reason that we are looking into it is that You know, sometimes we miss out on it Okay, sometimes what happens is we we could miss out on it and it will help okay Is my message having that it'll help to think okay How do I transition there because it helped it helped the listener because we're taking the listener on a journey We're taking the audience on a journey and it'll help them to make that transition transition quicker And we're doing all this because we don't want anything to hinder the listener from the city Okay, we're just removing all the roadblocks. We're making sure that it's all smooth So the impact is is high impact is better right strong. Okay So then we go on to the outline of the sermon. Okay, so the outline What are some of the The main thoughts so the outline has some main points outline could have some sub points to those main points So it's good to get those get that out the outline organized Okay, so So how does one do it? You know, many people have different methods Some people just keep writing down Okay, okay as I pray as I meditate I get this thought I write it down Okay, as I pray as I meditate. Okay, there's some new revelation about this I you know, you write it down and then you categorize it. Okay Put it together. That's one thing. It's a bit chaotic right, but That also is fine Or it's very structured right from the start. Okay, you're thinking Lord, okay God what next what next or next? What are those five things that I need to share? Okay? I have only one thing here as a main point Are there anything? Can I share anything more about this this main thing that I've shared? Maybe three more things that I can share within that main point. What is it Lord? You know, you're waiting you're asking God and then you're reading and then you if you okay This is something that I need to share So you could have n number of main points and also sub points, right? So be mindful of the time here when you're putting together Just be mindful of the time that is been given to you For example, if it's I like let's take ten minutes that we're going to consider for our assignment Presentation so you need to be really clear what you want to speak on because some of the difficult messages are When you have those three minutes four minutes and what is that one thing? What is that? What are the two things that you want to talk about and you have one hour? It's like you can you can talk about whether this You know what you had for breakfast everything and then you can still you know share But then when you have limited time because whatever you're saying has to be impactful It has to be that one thing or those three things that you want to talk about, right? So be mindful of that so For example this ten minutes thing so you be mindful of that. What are those things about the title? What is it that I I just I can't talk about everything? It's practically impossible I can't talk about everything that people need to know about the subject but today. What can I emphasize? What is this? What is it that God wants me to you know highlight or emphasize underline these three things? So that it's just come to that, right? Okay, so an outline helps us organize our thoughts gives it definite structure and so There is a logical sequence Okay, when you have an outline now, I've you know, I've heard people without an outline also, right? And I've been blessed really completely blessed because each point is some random point I don't know if you've heard you know any message like that each point is it's like they're taking a walk You're good taking a walk in the garden and then suddenly they say hey look at that bird. Have you seen that bird? Okay, come let's go further. Look at that tree. Have you seen that tree? You know, it's like a journey of discovery, you know, it's like you're just walking in the garden walking along with them and then it's one point after another point one revelation after another revelation and And and then the walk comes to an end and you're blessed with a lot of revelation, you know, you're edified in the spirit It's like wow, I've received so much today Right, so it can happen that way also But You need to be careful, you know Because it can also people can also go away saying what I know that person said a lot of nice things But what did he actually say nothing is you know staying because we did not use any methods To help people retain that, right? What they said what you said so Keep the attention an outline helps us to keep our attention focus on the message on the passage of scripture Helps us to communicate it and also serves the dominant big idea. Okay, so the outline is the blueprint It's like the blueprint like when you're building something Constructing maybe a house or a hall or something you have a blueprint. Okay. This is where the window goes. This is where the doors go This is where This room particular room is this weather, you know, so it's a blueprint it shows you exactly where things are and it gives a clear picture and You know, so so it helps you as a speaker to communicate things well It it helps you to flow from one place to another to another place When you have the outline So also the thing is that To be open Right to be flexible To the prompting of the Holy Spirit, you know, you have the outline so the outline should not be so You know, at least in our minds, you know Our the way we look at the outline should not be so watertight That there's no place for There's no place for God, you know, it's so structured. It's so the thing that is it God You know, if you want to say anything else, I'm sorry, you'll have to wait till next time You know, it cannot be so Inflexible and rigid. Okay, so you give some space. Okay, God What is it, you know, you have the freedom, you know, they have received everything from him, right? Even everything all the thoughts and all the points and everything. So he has a freedom and the Lord will surprise sometimes so He has a freedom to do that move and shift things around and sometimes, you know, the emphasis on is on the third point You're just staying there, but you feel the anointing you feel The presence of God so strong in that one particular thing. Okay And maybe you can move on faster the other points, but the third point is where you feel that God is actually doing a work Right in the audience and he's really emphasizing and bringing it home to the audience And so you stay don't fight stay and maybe you just might have to mention the other points But but the discern it well It's not like you like that third point so much or you like, you know That story that you always wanted to share about that third point so much that you're hanging in there, right? You know, it's because, you know, you you really feel that God wants you to stay there and you know spend time on that point, right? Okay, so main points sub points. We looked at that. It helps to present the truth systematically logically So here's the thing, you know never arrange an outline and Then try to get a passage and try to get a topic and then, you know somehow push and pull them It tricked into that right stretch it into that, okay Some more practical things Outline is like the skeleton of the sermon. It helps you to it gives shape It gives structure to the whole body of the message, right? Unity order and progress it should exhibit So The thing is it should help us To line up all the points on the subject and give us that continuity Okay Originality is this is good when you're outlining You know, you will there are in nowadays, you know, you see there's so many outlines so many message Outlines and then, you know, even in our example we shared, right? There are many examples that we have seen so far about the message but you you know, it's up to us to really wait on God and It's not like we cannot look at other Messages and and learn from borrow from, you know other messages learn from other messages and And maybe the Lord wants to share some of that as well But but really you be sure you you wait and see, okay God, what is it that you want me to like share, right? Okay, so that is about the the outline The outline that we are going to put together as the message Okay, so you have points you have some points As they are in the outline. Okay, so we've looked at the topic. We've looked at the title We've looked at the proposition the big idea you looked at the transitional or the interrogative Sentence that helps us to transition from the big idea from the proposition to the outline of the message Okay So in the message now as we are talking about a main point or any sub point It is good. It is helpful if we can help illustrate it Okay, so when we say illustration it is to bring focus or bring Explanation Make it clear Whatever statement that you're making okay, so you you give maybe a life example for example, and then use you state a life example, you know, I mean you state Maybe an anecdote maybe a story to bring home that particular point Okay, maybe an observation. Okay, this is what I saw and and then it relates to that particular point and you're explaining it So illustration is just a picture, you know, when you say illustrate, it's a picture It's a you see something and it's it's clear and An illustration tool should help us in that. Okay So the thing here are some guidelines for illustrations also, okay Illustrations should explain and clarify the truth Okay, so if illustration is a good story But it's not really explaining the truth Then we should drop it It just remains a nice story, but it's in no way connected to the truth. Sometimes that happens, right? We we just think oh, maybe I should just share the story and then you share the story and then you're wondering oh now I don't see the connection, right And the audience is also wondering where is the connection we share the story Where is the connection between the story and the point? You know, maybe it had something But the audience is also confused. So it should help Illustrate the truth. That's the point of using So it should help nail down of truth impressively illustrations also help our memory. Okay, the Lord Jesus used illustrations, right? What kind of illustrations did he use? Anyone to share about certain truths. He used illustrations Sorry Yeah, absolutely. That's the first thing that so he used parables and you know that a parable is a Earthly story which carries a heavenly meaning. Okay, so the parable of the lost coin The parable of the lost son or the prodigal son, so it carries a very very You know a strong spiritual truth. What is that truth? Something is lost someone is going in search of that which is lost and When they when the someone finds that which is lost there is great rejoicing Okay, and When we when we look at how the Lord Jesus starts by these parables He's talking about the father's heart And so people are asking you know, why does this person spend time with Sinus? Why is he spending time with you know, don't he doesn't he know that they are all sinners? Why is he spending time and so in response to that? Whatever they were thinking in their hearts the Lord Jesus gives this parable the lost coin the lost sheep the lost son and He's talking about that. This is the father's heart the father wants to go in search of that which is lost and There's great rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who depends So I'm sure Like how we remember the truth today None of them would have forgotten till they're dying day Every time they every saw a coin Maybe the every time they saw you know, they are always reminded of this truth And so also the parable of the soul every parable, you know, it carries you can vividly picture it so going sewing You can picture it right so Illustration should actually help aid in that. Okay, so It should clearly illustrate the truth. Okay, illustration can present the truth without veering the listeners. So that's the beauty, right? So I remember, you know, we're going for some of these short-term Bible colleges and There the people were not really useful sitting and learning and so Especially post lunch session We lunge it's hot And everybody's like, you know dosing off So every time there is a story you can see that everybody's eyes are wide open They're all listening there. They want to know what is the saying what happens to this guy? But every time we go back to the notes everybody's, you know back to their dosing off So the thing is this that It actually helps Helps present certain truth and it gets the attention of the person and they're not veeried by it Like you're not veeried by some of the concepts. Let's say you're talking about a concept of you know, maybe you're talking about What should I say okay laying on of hands or maybe you're talking about ministry and kingdom principles and all that it helps to have certain Anecdotes or something that they can relate to In order to understand the concept, right? So illustration it should it will help Make the point without bearing. Okay Illustration should be understandable. It should make sense. Otherwise, there's no point Illustration should be appropriate to the theme right it should be convincing that you can't say something just for the sake of You know having those those kind of situations It should be real and convincing at the end All right, and it should be used at the right place at the right time. No That's very very important. Okay. Is it used in the right place in the Sperman and at the right time. Okay Fine, so we'll stop here. We look at there's there are some more, you know points about Illustrations, which I think are very useful for some of us, you know who I who really want to share stories You know, I have that kind of a thing. So I need to be careful. I I've made some mistakes here in this area. So I need to be careful So we're going to look at some more guidelines about illustrations and then and then we'll move on, right? Okay, so those of you who have not yet filled in that sheet. I'm talking to online students You can do that e-learning students. Please present your you know the sermon topic entitled just put it on the discussion Thread right. Okay. Thank you so much. God bless. See you again. Bye. Bye