 Good morning everyone and welcome to the last class this course for the semester last week I mean on Monday we had special class so we were looking at chapter nine money and we saw that money is one of the challenges that you know all of us face in every sphere of life but if our weakness is money and you know is one area where Satan can easily tempt us and target us and bring our downfall so you know many men and women of God have you know fallen have lost their sense of purpose and calling integrity in their ministry one area is money what do you think is the other area what are the two main challenges in Christian ministry that any men and women face and where there is a downfall fellowship one is money second is women yes for men it's women for for women it is men it's it's either adultery extramarital affair so these are the two areas where we need to keep on God one is money and the next chapter we'll be looking at is women and for those of us who are women it's it's men so we need to look at this very very seriously guard ourselves protect ourselves and do everything that is needed so that if these are one of our weak points or areas you know Satan can easily target us okay so we started looking at at the area of finances or money we are looking at some of the areas where we need to hold ourselves accountable integrity what over our lives our lives so we spoke of various areas we'll just look at a few more and then we'll continue on the other thing is in Christian ministry you know we always look for funds right whether other churches maybe it's a village churches that are looking for you know support from churches in the city or there are churches in the city or organizations in our city that's looking for funding and it's okay you know sometimes we can ask for for funding but you know we believe that India has is a rich country right we have wealth resources within our country to support one another in the Christian organizations churches to support other Christian ministries but also we there are times when we would need you know extra help financial help but in when you're looking for help there is some areas where you have to you know be honest and you know you know not cheat or people who are supporting you one area is you know it's often seen that when you ask for support for a specific project you know you can ask two or three sponsors to sponsor you so sometimes if one sponsor is just a sponsoring half of it then you can look for somebody who's always sponsored the rest of it so it's okay but sometimes you know you get full sponsorship from one or two donor but then you still keep on asking other donors who you'll have about three or four people who maybe are supporting you giving you full sponsorship or full support and that way you are cheating the organization right so suppose if one organization is giving you full support should you look for support from other organizations as well to support you or other people to support you know because you've already received the full support but what some Christian organizations and churches do is even though they get full support for one specific project from one's donor or one's sponsor they also you know if others are willing to support they get finances from God so that is cheating that is theft you know and that is not what is you know what God would defy or cost that is not being the honest and transparent and having integrity the area of finances so you know in the area of finances we need to be clean transparent and honest you know with those who are providing financial support okay the next thing we need to do is you know sometimes when we're getting funds for a specific project we can use that funds maybe the fund the project is running on a very low budget okay and you put extra money so what do you do sometimes sometimes you use that money for something else right for some other project but if you want to use it for some other project you think it's right to use it for some other projects one donor is suppose one donor is giving you finances to raise a vital college okay and you have extra surplus amount of money so you want to start you just say maybe want to start a small orphanage okay can you use this money into that orphanage yes no yes no yes if you want to use it then you have to pass the donors permission once you have get the donors permission there is something else you need to do you need to also get legal permission see you can't use funds that are coming for one project you can can't use it it's illegal you'll have to even get legal permission to do that so you can't divert the funds as and how you want you need to get a donor's function the donor says okay then you'll have to be accountable and transparent to him the way that you're using that money how much you're using for you know Bible college how much you're using for the orphanage but sometimes you know you're getting money for just say you started an orphanage okay and also you want you know you have your sense of calling to be an evangelist okay so you're running an orphanage and also you have a calling to be an evangelist so you use that can you use that money which you receive from your donor for running an orphanage can you use it for evangelistic purposes for evangelistic crusades can you use it for your evangelistic crusades oh sometimes you can justify saying you know in the evangelistic crusades the orphanage children actually were passed they were actually singing in the choir so it's actually the involvement of the orphanage so it's part of the orphanage you can't say that right you can't use that funds that person for the orphanage for the evangelistic crusades if you want to use it you have to get the donors permission also get the legal permission and it's if you're doing that without getting legal permission and the donors permission then what you're doing is basically wrong you can't justify by saying that I'm doing the evangelistic crusade but even in my evangelistic crusades I'm having all of the children you know sing in the choir that is not right okay so we need to be transparent and we need what is ethically and morally right okay the next thing is don't rob overseas ministers you know there are many overseas people in various you know organizations churches they want to come and minister in Asia so they look at India they want to come and have crusades or they want to have a you know music festival they want to have a you know a seminar on different topics and many of our Indian ministers or so-called Christian organizations they're very willing to you know organize the whole show okay but in the in the process of organizing that whole show you know they kind of you know don't present the actual costs now suppose the whole cost for hiring a sound system can be about two or three lakhs they will say it's about four or four or five and they were justified saying anyway you know when they're coming from the US so it's dollars I mean you know you convert that currency in Indian money it's 80 rupees one dollar is 80 rupees so you know they are not going to be spending so much so even if you put extra cost you know or charge them not the actual cost extra cost then you know we can keep that money to run our own ministry organization or after they go we can do follow up with them now what do you think is that right to do so we need to present the actual cost to them and if you want to do a follow-up of the evangelistic crusade or the music ministry or whatever they have done then you can say you know we like to do a follow-up is it okay with you and then you know then they'll say it's fine you can just let us know the expenses you know present expenses but in most in many cases it's very sad that you know usually you know christian ministries christian organizations who organize events for overseas teachers and ministers and christian organizations they usually exploit them and cheat them and that is wrong okay so when we do that you know we become a liar and a thief and that's not what god wants us to uh to look at what Paul tells us uh wants us in philippine chapter three versus 18 and 19 can somebody read philippine chapter three versus 18 and 19 please it's given an italics or you can read from your bible your notes we are on the point to not bribe what funds from one project to another without donors permission or sorry do not drop overseas ministers okay one of you please read for many for many walk of whom i have told you often and now tell you even we think that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ whose end is destruction whose government is their building and whose glory is in their shape who set their mind on our yes so you look at what Paul is saying you know those who are greedy are looking for money to feed their own belly means you know their own kind and nature their own fleshly nature and they're setting their minds on earthly things what happens to such people they are enemies of the cross of Christ and what is the end of such people destruction okay and the other thing we need to hold ourselves accountable or you have integrity or guard ourselves when we are handling finances when it comes to ministry is don't mix the money or the income that comes in through ministry for personal business okay so baby you know who are you started a church and you know the church is not you know running well you need more finances so you're thinking okay if i have to do so many things if i want to start a bible college if i want to start an orphanage or if i want to start a school and i need to have more finances and from the type of money and what people are giving you know this is not going to surprise i need more money so why don't i do a small business start a small business so to start a small business you say anyway i'm going to you know i will use the type of money the finances of the church and anyway i'm going to use it to multiply and when i'm going to start a bible college or an orphanage it's all part of this church related ministry so it's okay for me to use you know the type of money what do you think is that the right way of thinking no no it's not the right way of thinking what if you uh you know if you use that money the type money and you start an orphanage or it's not a bible college and you know it does not it does not work you know it does not flourish you know you have to close it down then what happens is you know you have wasted the money and people who have given us type you know given into the work of the lord of you know given the money as offering in the church it would be very cheated let down disappointed you know so it's it's important that even if the members agree you have to manage the finances you're starting an orphanage separately bible college separately and what type money comes in separately okay some ministers what they do is they invest the money that comes aside and offering they put it in some in different investments so that we can multiply and they say you know uh this is what Jesus taught us in the terrible that we have to multiply the money he's looking for multiplication he's looking for us to uh you know uh be productive in what he's given to us but that is in the area of our talents and the gifts that he's given to us and also being good stored of the resources but you know if you're going to invest what if that investment fails that investment policy fails what if it doesn't come through what if it does not multiply then you know the the church members are very disappointed people can leave the church they can be cheated uh they can be let down and some people even you know um uh they go away from God just because of you know a small mistake that the minister or the man or woman of God has done so we need to be very careful in that area you know if the Lord is leading you to start a school or you to start a university or college or some you know bible college or the training ministry whatever it's important that you handle the management the management and the finances should be separate from the church related accounts and the minister okay the other thing we need to do is be careful when you enter into a business venture with different members in your church our member in your church you're a good friend of them you know they're starting a business and you think it's a good business and you also want to invest if you want to invest you do that separately from the church you don't use the church like money you lose your own finances to invest in the business but if you're investing in the business you need to be very careful because sometimes what happens if the business fails then you know what happens with relationships the relationships go south right you you'll get disappointed with each other you get angry with each other and uh what happens is the other person can leave the church or he can be in the church and cause a division and talk about about the minister of God the pastor and say because the pastor I lost my money I lost my business because the person are not willing to see their own faults and their own mistakes they're not taking it upon themselves so if you want to get into a business venture with somebody in the ministry in your church in your organization then you need to be very very clear you know clear about it you need to be very careful what you're entering into what you're doing it what you're doing and do it with the spirits and guides okay the next thing we need to remember is the house of God is not a place to do business okay remember what Jesus did in Luke in Matthew chapter 21 verses 12 to 14 when he came to the temple what did Jesus do when he came to the temple what did he see lose the mic yeah the people were selling uh you know uh the outer courts which was a place for the Gentiles you know they were using the outer court as a market place okay and they were they were justifying themselves you know people are traveling all away from such far distances they come to Jerusalem they don't have the time to go to the market or to carry their animal for sacrifice so when they come it's just easy accessible in the Gentile court but Jesus was very angry the first reason was because the Gentile court now if there is a market happening the Gentile courts how will the Gentiles worship oh how can they concentrate with all the noise and the dust and the confusion so you know they were treating the Gentiles you know they were not valuing them that they are coming there to worship the second thing uh why do you think Jesus uh you know what did he pray when Jesus saw this what did he do he turned the tables he took a whip and he drove everybody away you know turned the money tables why do we do that why was he so aggressive and angry a God's house is not a house for goodness God's house the house for prayer they were making God's house as a business place okay the other reason why Jesus was so angry with them was because they were actually you know pleasing the people they were actually cheating the people so if a bird for sacrifice was just say 10 rupees I'm just saying it is you know 10 rupees they would charge them 50 rupees or even 20 rupees because they won't know the price they can't bargain with them they can't go to the market you know it's an extra burden for them so they would just buy it and so they were cheating poor people rich people or any people who are coming to sacrifice in the house of God's that was another third reason that why Jesus you know was so angry and he uh you know he reacted uh that group so you know we don't usually make the house of God a business place we don't see people you know selling things but uh you know sometimes we can with um you know with uh some pastors they record their messages and the tapes now that they just spend about 25 rupees if they charge 50 rupees it's okay you know sometimes they can charge 200 rupees 250 you know uh uh you know suppose a book just cost them about the total cost of the book to say cost them about 150 or 200 rupees of print they want to make a business they have 100 rupees 300 rupees they can charge they'll charge like 500 or 600 and they post to members to buy a copy everyone has to buy a copy and that is basically cheating yes you can make a little you know margin of what you're selling but don't make the house of God a place of merchandise of business where you are selling and where you're cheating people and you're taking extra from uh there okay uh another important area or when it comes to the aspect of money is we need to guard ourselves against now when we enter into ministry you know uh you know we'll enter in a very pure heart very clean we're satisfied with what money we're getting but as time goes on you know we want more finances you know we're not satisfied with what offerings we receive type speakers see so we demand from people they demand people to give and sometimes people don't like to go to church I have I have heard people because every Sunday when we go pastor we talk about you know we remind us about giving for the building fund just now we give care for the building fund for the renovation of the church now they want to build a uh a hall for that now again you have to give money uh and so you know we don't want to go to that church we just go to some other church still this whole building project is over and then you know maybe if you want we can go back so people get fed up you know giving giving you know they always have to be giving this constantly being told from the pulpit you know to give uh they're asked to give and you know when people when we do that uh you know it's that's not you know sure a good uh doesn't portray something good about you uh it just portrays uh you know that the church of God the house of God of the place where you know you constantly have to give you're all asked you'll just have to contribute all the time and people are really frustrated because you know even in the world they have to pay so much of money for everything prices are rising you know faces rising for their children their door of demands and coming to church where they're coming to worship God where they want to just receive and be blessed and be encouraged and renewed in the spirit again you know so people get frustrated uh just present it to them and leave it don't keep going behind them asking them posting them to give uh so you know sometimes you're so concerned about money you know we can get into a place where we can come greedy that we're demanding an expecting huge offering or the we want to get more and sometimes we are also asking for more because the the basically the minister wants to live a very lavish next thing you know wants to build a bigger house or buy a car or you know uh you know uh have a lavish lifestyle and that is wrong can't do that at the expense of you know type money and what people are giving to the house of God I remember I was in this uh it just before I joined APC I was part of this Christian organization where we started a project for um you know um teams in schools okay so we had to raise funds and it was two of us were leading this project and we had to raise fund and one thing I paid to do is ask money from anybody even if I don't have money I would never ask my dad or my mom I mean I don't like stretching out my hand to anybody and that is something I just can't I don't like uh and you know here I have to raise money and ask people just something very difficult for me so what I used to do is I just used to get email IDs of people who can sponsor I would just send them an email send them all the details show them what our project is give them the brochure everything send the link of the brochure that is it I will not follow up with the whatsapp message or that and there was no whatsapp or not I'll not follow up the phone call or the but I need them I will never ask them uh so that you know when they when they see me the next time I don't want them to run away from me say oh she's coming she's going to ask me about hello can we contribute and never ask anybody never talk about money but what I do is I just pray I say god I just sending this email this letter just speak that person and just you know um you know steal their hearts to give and just miraculously god who's to miraculously provide for us the exact amount that we need for that project and I feel like you know uh I know that you know god is not raised as up to be beggars to ask people uh this is his uh his field is that his people uh we are just towards you know he is um you know he owns the cat room a thousand fields he owns all the finances the riches the wealth you know if it is truly his work we just need to trust him to provide and he will just provide from nowhere and from anywhere okay so don't stretch out your hands and ask people for money that's one area where we will let down our guard where we then satan can tempt us and you know we don't give a good taste for the field or people will not like what we are saying or what we are do okay um the last thing that we can do is you know to keep ourselves how can we guard ourselves from the love of money or guard ourselves going away into greed and being led astray into all kinds of temptations and finally being a downfall of our own lives are calling our ministry one area is you know to keep ourselves accountable with the money that we have you know keep our finances transparent in apc you know the finances are so transparent at the end of the year the four years expenses are made available to the members anyone at any point of time can question can raise up things they can go look at what money is coming what has been you know what expenditure has taken place in different ministry areas how much has been spent why so much has been spent people can ask and you know there is the finances are very very transparent that is what we need to do second thing is we need to guard ourselves you know the word of God you know keep our hearts and minds accountable to God ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse us to keep a check on us the other way that you know we can guard ourselves against greed is contribute you know give into other people's lives give into other people's ministry you you know give into you see a minister of battle struggling you know to pay his children's fees or to run this church or they don't have a PA system or a guitar or a drum set or a keyboard you can just contribute money or you can just buy and give or you can you know contribute towards some you know program mission program that they have so you can contribute to different mission organizations so when you give you don't become like a lake sometimes you can become a lake or you can be a river okay a lake is you know just getting water dumping so you're just constantly wanting money so when you're wanting money you know there is more greed you expecting more and then when you're expecting more into you can you know slowly go into areas where you can fall into temptation you know greed can set in so what you need to do is don't be a lake where you're just constantly wanting money more and more and more and what happens to a lake when just water is coming in and there's no outlet of water what happens it gets contaminated it becomes stagnant you know and it gets dirty no one is not useful but then be a river you know what is coming in but also water is there's an outflow of water okay so be a river that brings life to others that enriches others builds up others and supports others so when you are becoming a river you know you're giving and you're also fulfilling what you know is the biblical you know what the Bible teaches us the Bible teaches us give and it will be given to you okay give and it will be given to you sometimes we don't want to give out thinking if you give out what will we do for our own ministries but when we give we will experience an inflow from God God will exist okay so there are some of those things that need to be mindful areas that you need to be mindful about the area of money where it's one should have many men and women of God have ordered many churches have been destroyed ministries have been destroyed so we need to hold ourselves you know keep God in your say in that area of finances and money and keep ourselves accountable to the people that we are serving and you are on the street under us and be transparent even to the government in terms of filing our income tax and be transparent so that the government officials can take a look at our money and you know we'll not we'll not say that what we're doing is not right ethically and not right okay any questions regarding chapter nine money any questions no questions you're also very careful when you are counting the you're offering offering money and money you know sometimes satan can please you attempt us to an extent that you can slowly you know pocket some of that money and put it into our own pockets because that when it's not you know fully accounted even counting the money but slowly slip it into our pockets or into our banks and it has happened it's a temptation where you know it's an area where satan exists right and we need to be very careful yes can you please take the mic even the mic please thank you I heard from many pastors they used to say it like for tithes it is okay to use the tithes for their personal work okay good question many pastors use the tithe money for their own personal work right what do you think can you use the tithe money that comes in you're the pastor of a church to run that church an independent church or you know you're also under a mainline church but then it's an independent church at your running can you use the tithe money for your own you know expenses your own clothes okay we can use the money that is allotted to us by the church you know the church has to have a small committee if there is no committee you have to organize you have to make a committee especially in the area of finances that you're accountable to that okay and you have people account for the tithe money that is coming tithe money that is coming in is accountable counted and so you have to show the expenses how you you know what is the expenditure for that money that is coming and you know there are some certain amount is allocated for pastors rent their children's school fees for their petrol for their travel and all of that but if you want to take apart from that you want to take extra see you you the church has given you one scooter but you want a car you sell a second hand car can you buy the second hand car the tithe money to need that car then you have to get the permission of the church wins not just the committee but the church members put it across the church members ask them if it's okay because it's their money is their tithe money but actually the tithe money that comes in is not bought by our own car it is actually for the ministry of the church to use that to minister to the maybe you know the the orphanages or you know poor people or you know start some small project where you can use that money so that is to build a kingdom of God and money is not for personal gifts and that can become a temptation and sometimes we can justify it and the pastor I am working hard so you know I'm going out sometimes for houses visit hospital visits at night it's raining I need a car you need a car pray God would be you know lead somebody to give you a car I remember you know being in ministry once you know we lost one of the you know instruments and I'm the leader and it was I had given it the instrument for you know you know I asked somebody who's working under me to take care of it to bring it and take it and go the person has forgotten left and gone and then realize that it's lost but as a minister as a leader you know I can't blame her and tell her you have to buy it I have to take account of I have to be accountable so what I did was you know I I told the head of the organization that I will buy that you know instrument that is cost it cost a lot of money and I didn't have finances I just pray you know I just pray I said God I don't have I'm not going to ask anybody can't ask anybody it's not right but you just somehow this boy for me okay and in just three days I had two people from the team who were ministering by the team they just sent me an email and you know saying we would like to contribute something to to buy that so I I shared that email with the leader and then when the leader said okay all three of us ruled in that money and bought bought that you know instrument so God knows he just provides okay but we are very accountable to go out for the money that that comes in as tight money because it's God's money use it for building the church and for the kingdom of God yes can take the mic please all my students have a question Samuel that question is it okay to take money from people when we pray for them and they will give it to us as an offering yes it's okay to take it as a gift to say thank you sometimes when you when I sense I don't receive like that but then you know when you sense that that that family itself is going to a need then you can just say I would like to thank you for this gift but then I would like to just give it back and you can use it you know to pay maybe your child's fees or whatever I would just like to give it back to you like to just bless it and give it back to you or sometimes you can take that money if it's a rich person you know they have and they're giving out of the abundance you can take it and maybe you have a need you can use it but if you you know you don't like anything you got as blessed you you can take it and maybe bless somebody else who is in but that's not right for us to demand saying you know I'm coming from hospital visit you have to keep thousand rupees ready you know for the visit and for the petrol charges that's not right yes for one minute sorry Vince did that help Samuel did I answer your question okay select the meeting okay he's the only whole and soul leader okay yes it is it is right he can he can make a budget and say so much for house rent so much for children's fees so much is my salary and some some churches I know they pay even for gas and electricity bill and phone bill and petrol this is the thing presented to the church okay with it it's fine or even if you're using it because you are the leader with the only leader who are the only pastor in the church in music but at the end of the year you can you know present to the church this is what types came in this is what offerings came in this is what donations came in this is the expenditure that means for various things of the church and this is expenditure for the pastor and if anyone can raise up and say this is too much you know because this bill that bill is too much and all that they can question you don't feel don't get angry don't you know say you have no right they have the right to ask and it's also good for us to be accountable and that is one sense where we can keep ourselves in garden check and you're making a transfer and anyone can question us we have the bills everything to show them you know and so there that is where we are holding ourselves accountable we are having accountability and it will help us later on in ministry as the good thing to do yes yes and keep all the bills everything so you can present yes any other questions yes yes they can use that money that comes in and also it's important for our pastor to teach you know teach regarding how the priest in the old testament they received from the offering it was God who gave them the you know the right to take what was brought in as offering what was given to the priests so we need to teach them and educate them on that the other thing is also you know village pastors they can they have this problem but they can also you know get support from you know other mainline churches or they can also do some part-time job but you know I was in Mizoram for a year up northeast Mizoram and very simple people not much of business and this and that they basically they grow their own vegetables everything is so expensive so you know but you know those people that's every sunday they'll bring one handful of rice and you know they're collecting that rice and they're actually supporting mishiris who go out of Mizoram and work in other places in India just to get their own their perspective and just imagine how God would bless that that work hey they themselves are not rich they can't bring money they're not only they're just giving hand the handful of rice you know and their handful of rice is helping them to support mishiris across India and also some of them who go overseas so that's why I said you know our country is not for even villages just get them started show them how they can build on the resources that are available and you know they can do very well okay any other questions anyone else ah yes Vimal and finally I got your name by the end of the semester yeah keep your mic close please yeah thank you so in north there is so many pastors and I saw my job is growing and there is a pastors but they used to do if you want to meet them you have to put a point on your video call yes it's totally wrong uh do we judge them we know what they're doing is wrong uh so we've already in one sense we've judged but we don't judge them in the sense of no we leave the judgment to God but what we can do is just pray for them God will open their eyes to see the truth they will know the truth and somehow they will not do this they'll be there to minister and serve people their eyes will be open to how Jesus ministered here on the earth and they will you know that they will be broken free from that bondage and strong yeah that's a sad thing there's even people who are in major leadership positions even in the city of Bangalore who are misusing church funds you know mishiris who have come thousands years back with the hard-earned money just selling property and there's no one raising up and requesting them so it is important when we see something wrong we pray about it we take two or three elders go and speak to them and help them you see the truth and you know correct them in a loving way we need to do that yes that's what we learned right last class in fellowship we need to do that fellowship is not just saying hi hello and knowing the other Christian ministers but fellowship is also you know sharing our hearts and venturing people and the point where when they they make a mistake the other leaders can go and you know correct them in a loving in a loving way which will help them to help restore them but if they're not willing then like Paul says you need them to say it right not that they will be judged and condemned and be destroyed but at least they'll come to a census and know the wrong that they're doing okay any other questions no okay we move to the the next important area is women this this lesson is basically addressed to men but also for us women you know family we can also think and we can also learn so you know the main challenge that anyone faces in Christian ministry or two main areas is money and women or for women it is men okay where we can get into a wrong relationship adultery and it can become a downfall divide the church bring a downfall of our ministry our reputation our calling and all that that is one of this women is also a big challenge in ministry money and women you know it's a temptation that spares no man okay whether they are rich poor whether they're greatly anointed many years in ministry 40 years in ministry this can even be a area where they can be a downfall they can be very prayerful anointed you know whatever but these two areas we need to keep ourselves in check and in God okay you know Samson the Bible okay Samson he had a calling he had anointing okay he was called to be a leader a deliberate he was anointed by God and how did he lose his anointing how what what what about his downfall his love for women okay basically his love for women and him constantly sleeping in the lap of the line up okay was it an overnight downfall no it was it happened gradually and consistently okay but he did not heed to things you know and it came to a point where you know it caused him to compromise on his weakness and that brought his downfall in a very area that he was empowered to walk in his calling or what God called him to be and it did not happen overnight it happened you know over a period of time and we know that Samson was finally blinded right when the Philistines caught him it blinded pulled out his eyes gorged out his eyes but before he was you know blinded physically he was already blinded because of you know his love for women and you know he thought his strength is anointing with last call ever but he did not realize that he could bring his downfall and you know God withdrew from him and what a sad ending for this judge this leader who God had raised so we need to be careful because you know these temptations that come these moral failures in the area of women or money does not come overnight okay so even now you need to guard yourself against it so how do you guard yourself against it so even when you're talking or relating to women whether in the workplace or in Bible college or in church you know don't be flirting you know we can be talking and joking and always being around women and we call them sisters but you know they're totally only with women already concentrating only looking at them you know that is one area where we are building up on our weakness okay I'm not saying don't talk men don't talk women and women don't talk men but if you constantly find yourself even be women we're constantly finding ourselves talking and joking and relating only with men going only around with men then that's a weakness where we can bring our downfall okay so you know the other thing that we need to do is when we look at posters you know suddenly when you're walking on the street you look at a poster and it's showing a woman that is glad very you know very very less clothes a lot of skin is showing you know suddenly when you look at it we can turn away our gaze our focus but if you continue focusing on that you know giving into lustful thoughts lustful sinful passions that brings in you know builds up a sequence or a movie that can just keep playing in our mind that is also an area where we can you know giving into our weakness where Satan can tempt us and we can you know our thoughts become odd actions our actions become odd habits our habits become odd character okay so we need to be very very careful about it so just a thought that comes in something that you look for biography you know or always you're looking at women or always looking at men you're very excited or you know you know how always some people be women always hugging men or holding their hands or you know men doing the same thing that is you know building your area of weakness and Satan can easily get so it's a time it's like a small trap you know that Satan can bring in and you can you know can see your mind first it happens as a thought that comes in your mind you think that it is harmless okay I just think she looks beautiful she looks very gorgeous she looks very nice so just the thought it's okay it's harmless but you know when you keep thinking about it it needs to acting then we indulge in pornography we indulge in flirting with other women or other men and then soon these thoughts become suggestions where it becomes much more stronger and becomes like an argument or reasoning that get convinced you know we we can do something about it we need to act on it and that's when you know we can do things that is outside the boundaries that God has set for us and can be very devastating for our lives and for the other person as well so you know slowly our thoughts, imaginations and our reasoning becomes adaptive when we are blinded by the truth and our conscience also becomes dead in that area so you know all that we stood for our values our morals can just come to a downfall because sometimes we think we can take control of our will you know but we need to be very careful in that area you cannot you know sometimes you can just give in to your will without even you knowing things can just happen okay so you need to be very very careful and keep your boundaries draw your lines know where you you should not step outside your lines boundaries that God has set for your steps okay sometimes when we you know we can look at you men and look at beautiful women is it true to look at a beautiful woman and say oh wow she looks so beautiful she dresses so well I really like to look at her is it wrong to say that it's not wrong to look at my beauty it's not wrong for us men to look at women to look at men and to admire and say oh you look handsome but no but taking it to the next level what is the next level we will go for our break and then we'll come back and so we'll take our break now and we'll come back