 you and Lord we choose to make you our one thing. We choose to make you our one desire Lord and yes Lord rising above everything that happens around us. Rising above Lord all the voices rising above Lord all the intimidations and all the threats and all the fears. God we choose to make you our one thing. God we choose to seek you. One thing that we agree with your word we agree with the testimony of psalmist this morning and we say one thing I will I desire of the Lord that I will seek him that I may dwell in the house of the Lord. Yes Lord we choose to do that. We choose to do that. God we choose to do our word right before our eyes. We choose to seek your presence. Lord no matter what happens around us God we choose to seek you. You are our one thing. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Just pray God that even as we make this our choice make this our decision that all the other things Lord that our hearts are not influenced by tend to be influenced by tend to be Lord tend to become complacent or tend to be compromised with God I pray that but everything else will just fall away God even right now Lord just pray that everything else will just fall away everything else that causes lukewarmness everything else that causes us to slip or stumble on everything else or let it just fall away Lord as we seek you with all our heart with all our mind with all our strength yes Lord but everything else God just fade away just fade in the background God hallelujah thank you thank you bless your name Jesus bless you name Jesus bless you name Jesus Lord you be the center you be the focus or you be our one thing God you have preeminence God you take precedence over everything else God you are a one thing God I just want you know I just request you to go ahead and just declare that and say let's yes Lord you are you are my one thing you are my one desire hallelujah thank you thank you Lord thank you Lord yes Lord we pray that our heart be fully occupied Lord with the things that concern you with you our affections will be fully occupied upon you God fully placed on you God and wholeheartedly that we may seek you wholeheartedly that we may but live for you God we thank you thank you Lord we give you all the praise and glory in Jesus matchless name we pray amen amen okay see some okay Harrison is not there okay I see who else was supposed to I think William Harrison Salome whom is class class I think these three apart from them I think Oluwafemi and Nisha evangel in okay no problem I think we'll just cover what we were supposed to you know there are a couple of more things in in the notes that we wanted to cover so we look at that you know last time we went through the notes we were looking at some practical things right that would help us to preach or present what we want to share effectively okay we started with prayer and we looked at a few practical things I think we stopped with gestures gestures and posture gestures and posture sorry so we looked at that so let's continue with that so we know that you know when we share it's good to be expressive it's it's good to be free it's good to you know share from your heart which means that the content of what you're sharing you know you're sure of and you've prayed through and so that your personality comes through you know you're not trying to be someone else you're not trying to speak like someone else but you are yourself you know your originality comes through in the presentation so in all the things that you you've presented in all the presentations I know that that really came through you know some of you are very conversational some of you were you know I think I think Sam was very conversational some of you had a teaching bent so there was a lot of facts and figures and you know you came up with some of you very encouraging and exhortation that came through and and some of you were you know full-on preaching you know declaring proclaiming the truth and you know your your personality came through right in that and and that's absolutely fine right so it was good to see all that so so in in presenting in preaching be free to you know let that come through right in and be free with the way you present with your gestures and expressions and so on right along with that we also wanted to touch upon one thing which is you know dressing appropriately right your outfit should really suit the occasion if it is if you know beforehand that it's going to be a formal occasion then it's good to dress appropriately and and for the occasion right so I remember once we had a guest speaker in church and you know that in church well Sunday morning service be it's it's really you know we don't dress very formally there's definitely no suit and tie but guest speaker I guess he he didn't know about it so he came you know dressed in suit and tie and and and and the and the thing is that day we also had our Bible College graduation right so so he shared he shared saying you know I came like this and dressed in suit and tie and I was as you know I should have done my homework and probably dressed down a bit but then thank God God has a sense of humor you know you had this graduation ceremony and everybody you know with all that the students of course with all the robe and you know the headgear and all that so God really put me at ease you know so just to find out you know what is the occasion and and you know what is the dress code it would really help right so you don't be overly formal at the same time you know not too casual as well you know but just right for the occasion okay point number eight this is you know this is really really important in our own eyes we may not seem very impressive okay maybe it's to something to do with the content or the message that you're sharing it might be a very important message but you don't feel in your heart it's important and you know you we tend to kind of underplay the importance of the message or you know really underplay ourselves saying that we are not qualified saying that we are not experienced we might say we are not prepared well enough or you feel that you know something about the content even right so never do that never say that you're not good enough you're not prepared enough that you're not you know skilled enough not experienced enough never you never you know never do that right just share what you have prepared and just share what God has put in your heart go ahead and do that and and be and be done with that so never ever put yourself down right the other thing that we need to understand is that in our use of you know personal pronouns or in the use of pronouns you know I and we and they and so on well the sometimes we are tempted to to preach down you know just say no you all the time you know God wants you to do this God wants you to repent you should change you should do this and you should not do this and so on you know that and it's good to include ourselves as speakers and if you're a speaker it's good to include yourself and say this is what God would like us to do it's good to include yourself in the in the message so when we say you know I just want to highlight this we and I are usually appropriate in speaking as a fellow learner okay so yes there are times when you know there are we are fellow learners we are walking with joining with the body of Christ so it's good to include ourselves and say we and I I'm learning this I'm sharing this as a fellow learner also we yes we need to use you and address the congregation you know God would want you to do this and see when is the appropriate time because you're there as a God as a spokesperson for God as well and you are there as as a spokesperson and you are representing God and and and being there to share the message that God has put in your heart so yes there are times when we need to use you but be careful that that you don't you know talk down or preach down on people right also okay there's something that I struck out you know when which I thought was not very relevant you know like when you use yourself as an illustration talk about errors and sins rather than victories and I think that's not a fully I should have just edited the doubt you know a bit earlier before I put the notes but the thing is that you can talk about both right you can talk about victories that God has taken us through by his grace and we can also talk about you know our failures and the areas of areas which are still works in progress like we can talk about both right be sensitive to the non-christian and the new Christian believers new believers and non-christian alike so be sensitive to who is there in the congregation right and especially if it's a it's going to be a church kind of a gathering you it is a mix of everyone right it is a mix of people whom they've invited it's a big mix of the non-christian it's a mix of you maybe non-christian or the new believer it depends on the church right the kind of church it is and sometimes the percentage is less or sometimes the percentage of the new believer is more it depends on the the audience or the kind of church but you be aware of that okay now these points 9 and 10 quite important because you know if we if you use this then we kind of lose out on the audience be mindful of jargon be mindful of christianese in the Christian circle we use certain terms and it's become it's become part and parcel of it you know use words like you know glory and hallelujah and we expect to respond and amen and expect to respond and so on nothing wrong but and also you know use certain other terms like justification and sanctification it's good to define these terms and and and you know and use it or use the term and then define it because it will then the audience is with us the congregation is with us right also stay grace oriented which means that you talk about you know especially when it comes to Old Testament examples how God deals with people how God dealt with people it's good to give the complete picture by talking about the cross that gives a complete picture about grace and what happened because of the cross and how God deals with us today because of the cross so you know while we talk about holiness and the need for walking in personal purity and so on you know which is very very important talk about the the grace of God which empowers us to walk in that manner also okay so while addressing that avoid christine is an avoid verbal fact now that's that's also something you know in a in an attempt to be very articulate in an attempt to be in an attempt to sound I don't know in an attempt to you know kind of impress sometimes we use words we and we lose out on the simplicity of what we want to share and so avoid verbal fact you know using many words instead of one are using a very convoluted long sentence instead of a simple one so look at simple ways of communicating the truth and audience will always be with you always be with you follow you through okay so some more thoughts here let's say if it's a if it's a forum where it's an interactive one and that is going to be a question-and-answer session maybe it's a it's a camp it's a retreat and after the session that's going to be you know time of interaction discussion and maybe question answers what is required of us is to be ready with questions additional questions you know if people don't really come up with questions maybe we can ask questions so you we can prepare and be ready with some questions and give answers and probably that will spark a discussion that might even you know stir up some questions from the from the audience right also to be alert when questions are being asked so we don't lose track you know sometimes we are what happens is I mean this has happened to me and I'm just I hear the question first part of it and then I'm already thinking of the answers so we lose the you know the completeness of the question the fullness of the question and and that's important because that gives the context of why the person is asking that question and that gives us the understanding where we need to start in order to answer the question right it's good to get feedback if possible maybe there's a experienced speaker pastor your mentor in the congregation or who has probably heard the message it's good to get feedback maybe it's recorded and it's you know posted online and it's it's good to get feedback it's also good to for us to record ourselves and listen and see where we can change where we can you know some of our presentations and all our presentations are online right so you can always listen and see you know how can I how can I improve you know how could I have communicated this better or how could I have made this you know a little more interesting and so on right so you could always listen to yourself and and improve on that so so it's always it's it's never wrong to get feedback constructive feedback and you know maybe there are some positive things maybe there are some things negative things that are shared and be open to that it'll always help us right okay so when we minister the word has as you know in a church and as a pastor let's say you know you're part of the congregation or you are leading a congregation sorry you're giving spiritual oversight to a congregation so the dynamics of the presentation there are certain things that change when you're that when you're with the congregation journey with the congregation and you know you are you are sharing you're ministering the word here are some things that are helpful okay because of the fact that we are part of that also giving spiritual oversight to this body of believers and you are gathering there frequently maybe Sunday after Sunday or in some places Friday after Friday right so we can actually plan and minister long-term right you can plan for the entire year and which is which is something that we do here which pastor does and you know so you plan for the entire year okay January to December well what are some things that we want to bring in okay where is God leading us as a body as a church so what are some things that we can look at and what is what will also help us is to you know what does fire help me personally is the what you are learning in the local church you know the house of God and the pictures that are there which we see the design that we see for the local church for the body of believers in the word of God itself being the wine and the branch being the pillar of truth being a family being the army and so on so being the house of prayer so you know these are things that we can help develop the church so we can you know look at body and body of Christ to see okay where are we you know in this area where are we in this in this particular thing maybe as a house of prayer where are we you know in terms of prison worship where are we and what is the journey that we need to make what is the insight that we can bring further and develop the church you know what can we do in terms of discipleship what can we do in terms of reaching out and so there is a wholesome growth and maturity and coming to maturity and we develop in all these areas right it could be in the area of maybe family it could be in the area of you know work skills regarding that it could be in the area of you know some some deeper spiritual truth it could be in the way of you know how are we discipling others how are we reaching out to others simply put you know some categories so so we could develop we could think of that and we have the you know we have the privilege of doing that long term right so maybe we can even think of you know this year this is where we want to go as a church next year we can look at something else you know maybe round two of the same thing which is going a little further in deeper which is what you know looking back we've seen that which is what we have done you know maybe you know when we were studying the prophetic and the gifts of the spirit and so on 10 years ago when we address that or even who we are and tries the series that we just finished 10 years ago or 15 years ago when we when we looked at that it was very different from the depth to which we are doing right now and it has been it has been line upon line it has been one level to another level of of you know spiritual depth and understanding right so so we can minister with that in mind so which means we don't have to unload everything on to the congregation at one go because you have you know the rest of the year and you have the years ahead so you can plan and do that right so so which is what we are doing we are taking people along in their spiritual journey and we are building a body so so think of it as a journey think of it as okay we have different kinds of people in different levels of maturity and and you sense that okay this is where the congregation is you know with regard I mean with regard to this particular topic you know we this is the first time talking about it and this is where you feel the congregation is so let's take some time let's spend some time and and and take them along so it might be a little slow journey might be a little slow and but it's okay we're going to revisit again and build again on build further on the foundation right well the other thing is that there will be a need to address challenges problems areas of growth weaknesses things that need to change right because you know we are dealing with people and it just takes two people to not see eye to eye right to have issues to have challenges so more so when we have you know and our body of believers and there there is bound to be there will be challenges interpersonal there will be other challenges as well so so make up your mind to address these as well some of these of course will have to be addressed personally and not necessarily from the pulpit not necessarily from you know as a message but but certain things can be addressed you know from from the pulpit as well maybe it's a challenge that people are going through maybe it's a season where you know everybody is going through a particular you know facing a particular challenge and then you know that can be addressed as well right so we will stay sensitive to the current dealings of God with the church how is God dealing what is God doing in our midst you will be sensitive to that be sensitive to that yes you have the opportunity to repeat and and repeat and over and over again what has been taught but with a greater degree with some newer revelations or maybe something with truths that need to be reiterated and have to be made strong you know you see that well things have not really taken root and and some of the challenges problems faced are because of that and where people are not really taking a hold of that particular truth or something that was shared and therefore we have the opportunity to repeat that so that things are made firm and established share the whole council of God of course not just one aspect you know so that people are presented as mature in in all things like Paul says you know make it he says mirror aim to present people mature in all things and so we can do that and and be practical right we're dealing with the real people real issues real challenges so well the practical application of what we are teaching it's it's good to stay practically know that there is an application side to the truth and share that okay but when we are sharing as a visiting or itinerant minister well 30 minutes or 40 minutes is all we have okay if we don't get invited again that is right so so when we are sharing as a visiting as an itinerant teacher minister so yes if you know in advance that you are coming back later well you can plan a little differently but pray about it and plan a little differently but if it is just a one-time thing then it's it's going to be a word in season right so seeing the Lord and saying Lord what is it that that I can share today to address this body of believers and share that word share that word in season that is applicable to the body right well always respect the local leadership that's another thing we are well we are invited there we are guest speakers respect the local leadership that's the person who has you know who's done the hard work of sowing and watering and and the Lord has given us the privilege to go and and water you know the feet figuratively speaking so respect that respect those who have come there before you respect the work that is done and maybe things are not as it should be you know maybe you feel that way where I come from you know people are more responsive I come from people are more mature well that may be so you know people could be very different but you see that as an opportunity you see that as a need and also you know respect and honor the work that is done and I remember Pastor just sharing that whenever we travel and you know visit other other churches or other other towns and have meetings you know thing is to keep it in mind that we leave the place better and not worse off you know by your ministering by a life example and everything leave the place better than how it was and not worse off right so so this will help respecting the local leadership the local pastors maybe there you don't see eye to eye and a lot of things but just respect and honor them right also don't step outside of your bounds right ministering you know so what are some areas where we could step outside of our boundaries or outside of you know our boundaries really some of things could be you know one of the common thing is time the person says okay you have this so much time to do it to share and sometimes you know some places it's like very very limited right some places they you go they say you know just you decide you take your time you know you tell me when you're done and it's so flexible but some places they this is how they do it you know it's like maybe 15 minutes maybe 20 minutes but honor that respect that and and do that right so well if if you feel a revival coming and the spirit of God stirring up things and always defer back to the leadership and say okay you know do you think we can go another 10 minutes you know not from the mic you're putting that person in a spot but but really you know maybe personally check or maybe a send a note or something check and see can we do this or is it okay to do this is it okay to you know minister than prayer just you can you know check with them and and then do it right so maybe there's a congregation and then they don't they don't necessarily you know talk openly about baptism of the Holy Spirit so there's no need to go there you know get the permission of the local leadership and then do it right so so here are the so these are some things for us to keep in mind as we minister you know there's some material here as an appendix you can just go through that as an add-on you can read through it these are things that we have seen already we can we have already looked through it but some some of these things would be overlaps I'm just not going through it I just want to look at this six laws of dynamic Bible teaching okay I'm just keeping over to that it's page 55 yeah I think somebody raised a hand yes you thank you pastor I have a question which which I personally experienced when you are sharing about this you know when somebody invites you and preaching the things I just want to know that in I took a decision now it's a very old thing but then also I want to be careful whether I did it right or wrong because of the lack of guidance and all so maybe I have done it in my ignorance or you know so I just want to know that whether I did it right or not I got an I got I got an invitation from a pastor actually he's from abroad and he wanted to do some mission work and he wanted to come here and do some ministry in North India but his teachings are not you know he was needed a translator so who can able to translate in Hindi because he was he was he was actually from from from south but he's he was settled in Dubai so that's he wanted to do some ministry in North India because he was not so fluent in Hindi but his teachings were not you know aligned with what what what we are having and he's yes absolutely he's had a church and they they are like you know what to say as you said that they speak against the baptism of the Holy Spirit okay they speak against the prophets of the God they speak against like I know like you know for them every everyone is like you know they see them in a very different way and that was there even they I attended their church because I was in Dubai for some some months so I found that like their teachings are very different like no they they take the scripture and they preach it in a very different way which which really you know which is not at all connected with the the revelation of Christ and all so in that case when he was he asked me that can you help me to you know as it assist him to travel with him in North India and all other part of yes absolutely it's an opportunity for me to to share the gospel but then I thought okay but I felt that no I should not go with him because even though it is a like he's sharing the word of God I have to assist him maybe he will also give me an opportunity to share something but I also have to be I cannot speak something what God is putting in my heart and it will be something it will it can be a mess yeah directly indirectly I said sorry pastor I am I'm very busy I cannot I cannot you know as assist you or help you is that decisions were what I took is it a right thing because that time I have no one to help me and assist me so just in case if in case in future if some opportunities come what I have to do thank you pastor that is yeah absolutely I think the fact that you declined that offer to minister I think it's good because having known upfront that this is this is going to be the content and it's you're not going to be there with one heart and one mind you're not going to be united and you're going to be the you know you're going to be the mouthpiece really and the people are going to listen to you and and and you won't be able to do it wholeheartedly you know they will be there with a divided heart in the sense okay I'm here I've taken it up and I'm just even though you're conveying what he's conveying but and that could be slightly off the truth maybe it's a cessationist thing or whatever so yeah I think you did the right thing yeah sure like I've had first-hand experiences where like we went and shared in a church and because we didn't know that this particular translator was having difficulties with the you know usually the things of the spirit you know that's where normally these differences are and then so is kind of we sense that he was actually sharing a little differently and the person who was actually speaking sharing the word he knew that he knew a little bit of you know the other language so kind of realized that it was it was not going as per plan and so yeah so it was it didn't go well you know so it's it's great if the you know if you know that the translator can also flow in the same manner and yeah and it can be a great blessing like I remember once we went to this place and this translator we went to I think this was in okay we went to Chandigarh and this translator could actually not only translate into the same but he could also sing so he we had a night of worship worship and prayer so he could he could sing and not only could he sing but you know whatever we were singing some of the prophetic worship or spontaneous things that were coming out and declaring he would catch that and he would sing that as well right so so that was it you know we could really flow together and we went there with a lot of fear you know saying hey we don't know Hindi and these are the songs that we know in Hindi so how are we going to you know manage that but then here was this translator and he's absolutely bridged the gap and got put to rest all the fear so first time we could see the effect of a good translator who was flowing with the oneness of heart with the oneness of the same spirit so I think you know that's that is key not only in translation but in ministry you know otherwise there's going to be you know you're not seeing this there's not unity right you're not in one accord and God values that and you're in unity and then winding flows you know you know the psalm wonderful it is for brethren to dwell together in unity it's like the oil flowing from you know from the head to the beard typical picture of the Holy Spirit the anointing yeah thank you boss right okay most welcome okay so I think yeah yeah this is going to take some time so we'll we'll skip that we'll keep it for the next session so we'll stop here and next class we have we have these five people just put that list here maybe you can share it on the group these are folks who are yet to share and you can just remind them hope William Harrison Salome all over family Nisha evangelion I saw Nisha Peter the same as Nisha evangelion yeah yeah Kennedy you want to share something I think hope has an issue he's moved to the other class I'm sorry okay okay okay okay he's on the e-platform I see okay okay okay thank you thank you yeah so is Nisha Nisha Peter are you different from Nisha evangelion is it the same Nisha Nisha Peter okay you can let me know and also blessing I think you you wanted to share but I don't see your sermon topic yet so you can put that up if you decided please put it up on the link okay I'm just going there I don't see your name listed the last one is Harrison number 31 okay can you just quickly tell me what is it that you want to speak on I wanted to speak on God's mercy what's mercy yes okay okay so I'm just enter it here God's mercy okay because that that was not there okay fine so I'll include your name as well so instead of hope you can share so blessing can you can you share the next class which is Wednesday on Wednesday on Wednesday okay pasta yeah okay so we can have Harrison Salome and yourself yeah I share that next class so I just want to request everyone to come prepared you know these these names here so if even if one person can't share the other person can okay so thank you God bless have a great weekend we'll catch up soon bye bye bye so thank you pasta bye bye