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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen Thank you very much and welcome for joining us in the side event Which has been organized by the permanent mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt And we are very glad to welcome in our midst the minister Excellency dr. Gadda Wali minister of social solidarity of Egypt We have with us on the panel Miss Helker representing the director general of the IOM Ambassador Ken Okinawa deputy permanent representative of the mission of Japan and Last but not least miss Basma al-sayed as a representative of the World Youth Forum so welcome to all the Panelists at the high table and to yourselves Today we are going to have this discussion on the African youth and sustainable development as We are all aware We've had for several years now and a focus and an emphasis on the importance of youth Particularly in Africa because we are an extremely youthful continent as The moderator for this afternoon session. I wish to share with you also some of the Programs that the African Union and the member states of the African Union have also embarked upon to Address the challenges that our youth are facing these days I am assuming that you've all had The opportunity of looking at the concept note Which was circulated and it quite correctly identifies a number of key challenges Now if we look at Africa's agenda 2063 the Africa we want Aspirations six states an Africa whose development is people driven relying on the potential of African people especially its woman and youth and Caring for children The AU has developed several youth development policies and programs at Continental level aimed at ensuring that the continent benefits from its demographic dividend the policies Include the African youth charter The youth decade plan of action and the Malabo decision on youth empowerment Empowerment all of which are implemented through various African Union agenda 2063 programs The African youth charter protects young people from discrimination and ensures freedom of movement speech Association religion ownership of property and other human rights while committing to promoting youth participation throughout society The youth decade plan of action focuses on five key priority areas Education and skills development youth employment and entrepreneurship governance peace and security youth health and sexual reproductive health rights Agriculture climate change and the environment The Malabo declaration on creating employment for accelerating youth development and employment for sustainable development Commits AU members to create safe Decent and competitive employment opportunities. I might add that the African Union also has a youth volunteer call as a Continental development program which recruits Youth volunteers to work in all 54 countries across Africa in November last year the chairperson of the African Union Commission His Excellency Musa Faki Muhammad appointed Miss Aya Chibi as the special envoy on youth with a mandate to serve as a representative of and Advocate for the voices and interests of African youth to the relevant African Union decision-making bodies Advocating for implementation of the African youth charter the demographic dividend roadmap and agenda 2063 having Mentioned in brief what the African Union is doing in this regard It is my pleasure to invite her Excellency Dr. Gadda Wally to share with us what the Arab Republic of Egypt is doing in this regard and how we are looking at addressing some of the challenges Thank you very much minister the floor is yours. Thank you ambassador Ladies and gentlemen distinguished ambassadors and delegates dear friends It is my great pleasure to participate in this side event on African youth and Sustainable development a topic which we already touched upon briefly in this morning session Like the rest of Africa Egypt boasts a youth population that exceeds 50% of the country's total population making it one of the most youthful countries in the world and Also, like the rest of Africa Egypt is heavily invested in Empowering its youth and giving them the tools to create a better tomorrow There's no doubt that lack of quality education in adequate investment and lack of economic opportunities Are among the most important drivers that compel young people to leave their homes and search for prosperity elsewhere Studies have shown that the main driver for migration among African youth is Indeed the lack of employment opportunities followed by the quest for education As the vast majority of migrants from and within Africa are aged between 16 and 34 It is absolutely essential to empower young people to fully participate in their societies It is also essential to guarantee that young people migrate in conditions of freedom Dignity and safety allowing them to contribute to economic and social development both within their countries of origin and in the countries of destination The global compact for safe orderly and regular migration GCM which is strongly rooted in the SDGs recognizes this reality and Establishes as one of its aims to mitigate the adverse drivers of structural factors that hinder people from building and maintaining Sustainable livelihoods in their countries of origin and so compel them to seek a future elsewhere the GCM therefore Recognizes that without investing in sustainable development and creating opportunities in countries of origin People and especially youth will continue to move out of desperation rather than choice Investing in achieving the SDGs is also necessary to unleash the full potential of youth to achieve Sustainable development and harness the benefits of migration for all Objective two of the GCM spells out a commitment to implement agenda 2030 Echoing in part SDG 8 which calls for among other things the promotion of development oriented policies to support decent job creation and Entrepreneurship as well as encourage the formalization and growth of micro small and medium-sized enterprises Including through access to financial services and financial inclusion Objective two of GCM also echoes SDG for our inclusive education for all Calling for the development of human capital through increased investment in education Vocational training and skills development programs and partnerships with a view to reducing youth unemployment and avoiding brain drain We must work on endowing our youth with labor market relevant skills and ensure equal opportunities for young women and men and here I really need to Explain that Egypt has embarked on a massive reform of its educational system both a regular education and vocational education It's a new reform that is moving us in the new era and took in us in the future and equipping our youth with The state of the art knowledge and skills that they need It equally reflects SDG for on poverty eradication Central to which is the scaling up of social protection programs in order to leave no one behind These same goals and values are reflected in the African Union's agenda 2063 which seeks to achieve Africa structural transformation in the social economic environmental and technological fields Ladies and gentlemen central to achieving the objectives of agenda 2030 and agenda 2063 is the sharing of best practices and lessons learned between African countries and Strengthening international cooperation and partnerships in line with the spirit of the GCM It is within this context that I would like to share Egypt's experience in the area of social and economic development With particular focus on the empowerment of youth this morning I mentioned Egypt's initiatives in the area of youth engagement a topic that will be addressed in more detail by other speakers on this panel In the area of economic and social reform Egypt has embarked on an ambitious reform program that includes a number of development initiatives Egypt's 2030 vision seeks to achieve inclusive economic and social development in line with agenda 2030 and agenda 2063 Through the four pillars of economic development social justice environment and knowledge and innovation in the area of employment generation Egypt is working tirelessly to create more jobs and better jobs a comprehensive economic reform program and employment generation strategy has led to a sharp drop in the unemployment rate to 7.5 percent. This is the lowest rate since 2003 Realizing the centrality of private sector job creation for the country's future Egypt has endeavored in cooperation with the international partners such as the World Bank to create a business environment That is conducive to private sector development Economic empowerment of youth also requires planning ahead to harness the potential of new technologies as a driver of development in The area of innovation technology and entrepreneurship Egypt established the first regional center for entrepreneurship with the aim of providing support for startups and skills training for young people It also established the Fikretak-Shirketak idea is your company incubation center providing support and training for young entrepreneurs Simultaneously in order to make sure the job growth can keep up with the growing working age population Egypt is working on providing access to finance for its young people To establish micro small and medium enterprises Recognized worldwide as a principal engine for economic growth today MSMEs generate almost 75 percent of employment in the private sector Through a number of partners such as the international labor organization Egypt is bringing such access to finance to a number of government rates Including to rural economy in order to make sure that no one is left behind In another endeavor to leave no one behind the Ministry of Social Solidarity Launched the takeful and Karama programs. It's a conditional cash transfer program Which was launched in 2015 to support the country's extreme poor address inequalities between rural and urban areas and assist The most vulnerable through providing cash transfer to approximately 2.2 million Egyptian families in those 2.2 million Egyptian families that are 9 million individuals and this is added to the previous number of a million Individuals already receiving cash transfer So the total number of families receiving cash transfers in Egypt is 3.2 million Egyptian families below the poverty line Ladies and gentlemen the other side of the coin is the complex and multifaceted relationship between migration and sustainable development is the recognition of the development benefits of youth migration Egypt has been a strong advocate of the need for a holistic and comprehensive approach to migration That views it as a positive phenomenon which can contribute to international development However, harnessing such benefits and opportunities for youth requires robust evidence-based migration policies and the creation of regular Pathways that ensure safe decent and orderly migration SDG target 10.7 Recognizes the need for comprehensive policy frameworks that promote regular and decent migration and thus leverage its positive development impact for all Migration migrant youth can introduce important benefits to their countries of destination such as skills labor investment and cultural diversity Simultaneously, they significantly benefit their countries of origin through the transfer of knowledge skills and financial resources In order to be able to harness the potential of youth to implement the SDGs in Africa a number of challenges need to be addressed Implementing the SDGs require the provision of adequate resources Including through ODA FDI public and private resources There's also a need to reduce the transaction costs of migrant remittances in line of agenda 2030 and expand Scholarships available to African countries We must do more to encourage partnership between stakeholders to respond to various challenges confronting development in Africa Such as peace and security trade obstacles and the impacts of climate change African development also requires the provision of technical and financial Assistance to African countries to help them create holistic legal and political migration management systems One major partner for both Egypt and the broader African continent has been Japan which has invested in education Infrastructure economic and social development as the recent Tokyo international conference on African development has recently showed We hope the same good practices can be emulated by other international partners to upscale development efforts in Africa There's also a need to build upon and adequately implement existing frameworks such as the joint valetta action plan launched by the EU and EU heads of state in 2015 under the action plan the leaders made commitments in five pillars namely the development aspects of migration and addressing root causes including economic development promoting regular pathways for migration Return and reintegration of migrants combating trafficking and irregular migration Protection and asylum it is absolutely necessary to implement the valetta action plan in a comprehensive manner That gives equal weight to all five domains Africa also needs to forge increased international partnerships and capitalized on existing frameworks to better manage migration The global compact for migration and its associated capacity building mechanism and multi-partner trust funds Is an important development in this regard? It must be implemented with due regard to the 360 degree approach and with equal importance given to the five cluster areas of Promoting an evidence-based migration discourse protecting the safety of migrants combating irregular migration facilitating regular migration and improving integration of migrants Migration management requires a whole of society and a whole of government approach that brings together Different stakeholders in order to make sure it acts as a transformative force for societies to achieve sustainable development Mr. Moderator and colleagues on the panel. I wished to continue and spend the rest of the session with you I was very keen to attend and be with you today However, I have a plane that I have to catch so I will be keeping an eye on his excellency the ambassador in Egypt So whenever given the instructions to leave I will have to excuse myself. Thank you very much, and I wish you a very successful discussion Thank you very much indeed. Honorable minister as you were delivering your your statement It struck me as to how many other countries in Africa have similar approaches because it applies to almost all of us on the continent and If we all pursue this matter would a great amount of vigor and determination We can make a difference in the lives of our youth you have touched upon a lot of very critical factors in your address and I think we will be able to hear from our colleague ambassador Okinawa what His perspective would be coming from a partner country to Africa Attempting to assist us out of this predicament. We have but let me Reassure you that Ambassador Yusuf is a very influential person. He can delay planes from departing from Geneva if the need arises So we leave it in his hands Ambassador Okinawa if you would please Thank you, Ambassador Bramdale. I like to thank minister Wally for kind words to Japan and also for hosting this event, which is very important Distinguished delegates ladies and gentlemen Japan hosted the seventh meeting of Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TCAD 7, in end of August this year the meeting was attended or co-chaired by President LCC of Egypt as chair of AU and also Prime Minister Abe of Japan with the attendance of 53 countries including 42 heads of state from African continent The theme of the of the meeting was advancing Africa's development through people technology and innovation And so all these elements are related to today's event The declaration adopted at the meeting stressed the importance of private sector development digital transformation youth and women entrepreneurship It also Mentioned how to deal with a regular migration The linkages between the private sector Connectivity technology and innovation was also mentioned because technology most of the technology is Used in the private sector for generating growth It also committed to education at all stages and I do feel that the Education is not only for a certain age People at a certain age, but I think for all stages as they are And also for people who are the latest stage in life The science technology engineering and mathematics were identified as key driver for achieving AU agenda 2063 and STGs and I do think Egypt is taking the same approach to tackling this challenge If you if you need to be minister, you know, I hope I'm not keeping you from going to the airport I'll just I'll just continue if I may Regarding the migration and the space persons The declaration supported a long-term development approach and durable solutions To strengthen the self-reliance and release the zillions of displaced population and also host communities This is an approach that we fully support Because that durable solutions is not only I guess one time support to these people that the This the vulnerable Displaced population also host communities need to be equipped or empowered to be able to lead Self-reliance and also livelihoods and so that they are able to make decisions for themselves One project that Japan funded recently In Sierra Leone is the IOM project Which aims at reducing The risk of irregular migration through employment promotion and entrepreneurship support for the young people We supported The young people who came I guess from the rural areas to find work in the cities But there are there is a high rate of unemployment The project provides training to such young people and the Juice manufacturing company in the capital And also provide a business skills training As well as to educate them about the dangers of human trafficking We hope that the truth more than 2,000 people who will be trained through this project will be able to be self-reliant Possibly start a new business and find better lives in in wherever they are aside from the well this kind of International organization projects that we fund at Ticat 7 Japan announced the Strengthening of the existing initiative for the youth It's called the African business education initiative for youth and the Deviation is abey initiative which happens to be abey happens to be the name of our prime minister for short This is a very unique initiative in which African young people are accepted to Japanese graduate schools for Technical Education and mostly in technology related areas and they also do interns at Japanese companies Which already have some kind of business with Africa? Through this program the African youth Learned the not only the technology and know-how but also the work ethics in Japan and the business culture in Japan and through this they also I think if they would like if they want they are also I Introduced to Japanese companies who are encouraged to employ them in their operations in Africa the interesting thing is that the intern through the internship and the studies they are able to I guess finds Skills and solutions to the problems that Africa face today such as a waste management in which the Japanese company is investing in a high temperature incinerator in Kenya and The Kenyan youth was learning about how the high temperature incinerator and waste management can solve environmental problems in the country We also have for example a program on Education on using satellite imagery and also geographical information systems to anticipate the droughts and floods or promote agriculture and Also exploration of natural resources on the ground Japan pledge to implement Training for 3,000 people in the next six years We have already accepted Quite a few in the during the last six years under this initiative Another thing that we another initiative that I like to mention is that we pledge to train 140,000 people I think mostly young people to To provide high-level engineering education through the schools that we have supported in Africa I'll just finish by mentioning that we also have an initiative to promote science and Mathematic education in Africa From 2016 to 2019 we Training 20,000 teachers for mathematics and science the in this science and technology area Egypt and Japan is have a sim Corporating in the Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology Which is based in Cairo and Alexandria We have trained 25,000 highly skilled people in science and technology including artificial intelligence and I think this kind of activity shows that Africa can take advantage of the innovative technology that is available So that they do not have to I think they can be Competing with other countries. Thank you very much Thank you very much for giving us that succinct overview and synopsis of how the partnership between Africa and Japan is working To empower the youth Certainly It's music to our ears because in 2017 it may be recalled that the African Union theme for the year was Harnessing the demographic dividend through investment in youth and so we all appreciate the value of our youth the change that they can bring about and What we need to facilitate their entry into mainstream mainstream economy into society To create for them the space where they can Move in and make a difference to society and take us forward as the future leaders Having said that I shall now call upon Miss Basma al-sayed as a representative of the youth To share with us the youth's perspective on some of these very critical issues Thank you very much, and thanks to I am for giving us the space to speak today I'm Basma. I'm representing the World Youth Forum Let me first give you a quick brief about the World Youth Forum before taking you to our how the World Youth Forum is Contributing to African youth and sustainable developments is the title of our session today. So first Back in 2016 President CC had a vision of empowering youth and giving us the chance to Explore and to give us the tools To be present better in our country. So he announced 2016 as the year of youth and Launched the first presidential leadership program, which I'm personally a graduate of the first batch of that program The program basically was there to give us skills over the course of nine months With a lot of side activities that included us visiting the parliament visiting different ministries and getting an insight of what's really happening inside the government and Through the PLP was the ideation and the boring of the youth conferences Which like I think we we have more than 10 conferences that happened since 2016 and We as a group of young graduates of the presidential leadership program the first batch came up with the idea of having an international conference where youth from around the world can come to Egypt and we can discuss and Come up with ideas of how we can make our countries better and how we can contribute to our countries And that was when that we first had the first World Youth Forum back in 2017 We had a lot of people young people coming from all over the world And we found that we have established a very good network a very strong network with a lot of nationalities a lot of young people from the age range of 18 to 30 years old and In 2000 after the conference in 2017 We found out that a lot of people met in the conference and they started up their own startups or projects Which means that they got to meet through the World Youth Forum and that's how they got to know each other and they actually started Having their own businesses through the World Youth Forum network. So in 2018 we wanted to shed light more on the ecosystem of startups and how Not only Egypt, but the region is focusing a lot of us on startups And they know that it's a solution or it's a key to a better economic system in the region So we start up some we started something called the startup vein, which was basically a Stage for startups and good case practices to come and tell us their stories and how they overcome different challenges that startups face around the world not only in Egypt or not only in Africa and We had a lot of startups come and showcase their projects And it was actually a huge success to the extent that at the end of the conference the president announced That he asked the World Youth Forum as an entity to start Building and establishing a regional hub to support startups and that's how we got the idea of the World Youth Forum labs and it was announced in March 2019 We started the World Youth Forum labs and we had what we started by supporting the first startup It's an application that is more of trying to be a better or a more advanced version of LinkedIn So we started the World Youth Forum labs and basically it's a Start a startups hub For all start supporting all startups from around the world We try to connect youth to youth as mentioned we have a huge network So youth who have different ideas and can work together so we connect youth to youth We could next use to government and that's our edge because we have a huge support from the government and the from and from the President so we try to overcome the challenges that you that startups face By by giving them the opportunity to talk to the different ministries for example and We connect youth to investors So we we will be holding like for example at the end of this year with the third World Youth Forum We're going to be holding different Networking sessions to allow the startups to get to meet investors and potential VCs for example And finally we connect youth to The government I mentioned the government youth to funding as well. So if they have the option to get to Meet with different banks for instance that have different Supporting programs for startups. They we offer them the network to connect through that Not only that we like talking about our topic here in the session on African youth So for example, we also had the African plp or the African presidential leadership program Which is a version of the plp, but specifically focusing on African nations. We had one Batch graduated already from that program. It's basically giving them the skills to be able to be Better like government leaders or work within their governments better If we talk about migration and creating draw when we always when we talk about migration and how to bet to have to control or harness into Irregular migration. It's basically give youth good job opportunities or give them the space to create their own Self-employment opportunities and they'll be satisfied where they are and they won't move out of their countries So basically creating job opportunities that would result in a decent life Making migration to youth an option and not a necessity So this will also help on the long run achieving the development of African nations as well as achieving the 2063 agenda of Africa the African Union So that's basically what the world youth forum does what WIF labs aim to do and would be happy to To answer any questions later on after we finish if you have thank you. Thank you very much Basma We are heartened when we hear the youth being so constructive and forward-looking Of course the opportunity has to present itself for our youth to then Seize the opportunity in order to maximize on its benefits What is clear and I think all of us can agree with that is that if our youth are given the skills the education the Technological know-how if they are innovative if they have access to finance and if they are allowed the space in Which to develop then the last thing on their mind is going to be to leave their country of birth All youth I'm assuming Patriotic they want to remain in the countries and leave only Out of choice when they are made offers They cannot refuse but not in desperation because they have no other choice and so they choose to Leave the country of birth whether it's through regular or irregular means But sustainable development and the youth is certainly a topic that is going to be with us for a long time to come and as we still have a few minutes I would like to Open the floor for any observations comments contributions Or even questions. I I know that many of Africa's partners are present in the room all of whom have been reliable and Resourceful in working with Africa on youth development Sustainable development issues. So if any of you would like to Take the floor, please feel free to do so your excellency Libya Thank You Your Excellency, and thank you very much for moderating this important session certainly the presentations are very enlightening and We would like to thank the Panelists for their presentations and certainly the role that Japan Continues to play as being a positive force to the African challenges And I congratulate Mrs. Sayed that's my say it for her success and wish her continued success her and the many thousands of African youth that Would be a thriving force for leading the continent out of the current challenges I think all we heard is is great elements that lead to success Coming from Libya I think you will understand that I would like to share and shed another important element that would be very important to the Drivers that you had mentioned Mr. Moderator in in and the ability for youth to look forward to a positive future and Unfortunately in Libya today those elements while they're important they're the Necessary pillars for a driving force for a positive future But there is one other element that regrettably Libyans cannot look forward to this future today Because of the instability that we have in Libya peace is needed We must have Peace in order to have stability to be able to look forward To affording our youth the chance like other youths around the world to thrive and Capitalize on these other pillars that you had just mentioned And we look forward to the world community To be strong enough to take a position For supporting peace in Libya Supporting the stop of war in a country that cannot afford To go through what it's going through today It's not only affecting Libyans and since we are here under the IOM emblem Many other thousands of brothers and sisters of Africa that are passing through Libya in Seeking their aspirations whether wherever that may be and usually that is Often the case to be in the northern shores of the Mediterranean. They're also faced with Very troubling times under the current war situation in Libya so I hope that the international community can be a little bit more forceful and standing for peace in Libya and Putting a stop to the current It's turmoil that we are enduring. Thank you very much. Thank you, Excellency. I think that call resonates with all of us and it's a very valid and legitimate Appeal that you make Far too many migrants far too many youth have had to sacrifice and pay the ultimate price for wars that they did not bring upon themselves and it's really unfortunate that Many of the people who are fleeing today Actually doing so from conflict Is there any other request for the floor any of the panelists like to say something Additional. No, thank you, Ambassador. No, I just want to say that the I think Education is very important for any country but for for Japan We attach importance to education in any situation Including humanitarian and also the distaste persons because we know from our experience and our history that Human resources is the most important resource for a country and then also the youth are the future of future generations and this is a very fundamental position that The Japanese government has taken I think and it's a point that the Prime Minister always makes and and the Import this is an important period because it is the young people who are embracing more the new technological change and the younger younger generation are more bit better able to absorb Technology and and so in that sense, I think it's extremely important that the technological innovations and education in such Areas are available to the youth and and they will provide and they can come up with solutions for the situation that they're in and That's why we attach importance to cooperation in the area of innovative technology accepting young people from Africa and also Trying to promote Japanese company hiring them and then have activities in Africa. Thank you very much Thank you I think I just Have a very small note is that We're lucky that we've been We had a government and a president that believed in youth So he gave us the chance as you were saying if we have a chance and have on a personity We won't we will seize that so once we are given these chances We definitely will not just let it go but we'll seize that and that's what happened with the world youth forum And I completely agree that it starts with education and even the WIF labs that came from a world youth forum came from a Program that only taught youth some skills so the presidential leadership program and I honestly believe that Entrepreneurship education is extremely important nowadays because none of us like and I'm not speaking of all youth But like a huge percentage of youth do not really want to work in a job or like a normal job instead We want to have our own space to create To to innovate so self-employment is something that I think we should really Encourage youth to to have and to promote better Thank you very much indeed Well, I Shall Safely say that seeing there are no other requests for the floor That this event is drawing to a close I would like to on behalf of the Mission the permanent mission of Egypt Who organized the side event to thank you all for being with us to? Thank in particular the panelists who were with the with us sharing their views and ideas and To say that we shall meet again on another occasion. Thank you very much


Hello, everybody. Andrea Trowsky here with Dental L Tutoring. So let's talk about your internship or your externship. You know, depending on where you live, you might have to do that either before your program or after your program. So I remember I had to do my internship that they had called it for my dental assisting class. So I took the dental assisting program and then I needed a certain number of hours to do the dental assisting in an office. And I do remember I needed, I don't remember the exact amount of hours, but I had to work in a dental office free of charge and just learn as much as I could for about a month. I remember working Monday to Thursday because they were not open on Fridays. And it was full day, so it was nine to five. And that's just kind of what you had to do in order to graduate, okay? And it is such a good idea especially if you've never worked in a dental office before, it does help to have that. And it just makes you a lot more comfortable as well when you do start to work in the office. Because even I remember, you know, learning from the textbook is one thing, learning from your teachers, learning from your classmates, learning, you know, taking the test, taking the exam, all of that. But as soon as you actually are hands-on, learning something in the office, it's so much more, I guess, useful for you. Trust me, I didn't realize as silly as this may sound, but I did not realize how much I did not know until I took my internship. And let me just kind of talk to you guys about that a little bit. So depending on the office where you are, it might be a little bit different. Excuse me. But what I did was I just asked the dentist that I had had since I was a kid. I just simply said to her at one of my cleanings, I said, hey, I'm in the dental assisting program. I'm almost done. I need to find an office that will allow me to just kind of watch them, learn. You may have to sign a couple of things, you know, to make sure that you feel confident that I could do dental assisting outside the office. And she was awesome. She was like, yeah, sure, that sounds perfect. I know other students in my class, they had to ask the school to find a place for them for whatever reason, because some offices just don't have the time to sit there and train you. But how I see it is it's kind of like free labor in a way because they don't have to pay you. You can't do the actual duties per se, you know, because you're not an actual dental assistant, but you can help by cleaning the lab, by setting up the room, you know, cleaning up the room, things like that. So how I see it is it's good for the offices to help you out and they don't have to pay you and you do learn so much. But anyway, so I remember, you know, you don't know what to expect. So my first day, I was nervous. I didn't know what to do.  I was just happy to just sit there and watch because you don't know what to expect. If you've never worked in an office before, you don't know anything, right? Like you learn things in school, but you don't know what things look like even, right? So I remember my first day, I was just comfortable to just sit and watch. So I do remember they had a dental assistant who was in charge of the sterilizing area. So she sort of showed me around first because the dental assistants and the dental hygienists have patients, right? So they can't actually stop what they're doing to show you. But if they have somebody who's in charge of this sterilizing, they have more time. So she was able to show me, you know, how they put dirty instruments through, how to set up the rooms with the clean ones, how to clean up the rooms after patients. So like she was awesome. She was able to show me all of that. Plus I could ask plenty of questions too. So I remember seeing, you know, trays for cleanings, trays for a composite filling, you know, let's say trays for extractions, trays for just all kinds of things. And I remember saying to her like, oh, like, can you explain to me all of these trays and what the instruments are? Because I did learn them in school, but it would just help, you know, for you to teach them to me. So she was awesome. Like she taught me so much. I remembered helping her set up the rooms for the assistants and hygienists, clean up the rooms after that, especially if they were behind. I remember seating patients as well. I remembered filing charts. Like it was just really, really helpful. And then after you're done all of that, you start to work in an office and you're like, okay, this actually isn't as nerve wracking as I thought it would be because now you have experience. So I've probably watched for a day or two. So not a lot. So if you're planning to just watch for a month, that won't happen. And if that's all you want to do, then this probably isn't the position for you, you know, ask questions, you guys. You might be nervous. You might be not sure, but ask questions. Do not be afraid to ask questions and you're not learning anything by simply watching. Okay. I totally understand you wanting to watch the first day, maybe the second day, but then that's it. You have to get in there. I remembered actually assisting the dentist probably after three days or four days. I was nervous. Okay, you guys, I was nervous. I remember exactly. I was assisting her with a composite procedure. And one of the things that she said to me was you are doing excellent, but you passed the instruments too slowly. You know, you have to take it, pass it and put it in my hand. Not like really, really slow, right? But if she hadn't have told me that, I wouldn't have known. So I was like, oh my gosh, okay, awesome. Thank you. So then from there, I was passing them. It was easy. It was no problem. So she did help me so much. I remembered for teaching me how to mix certain things how to rinse, you know, properly. She would show me how to hold the suction a certain way. She was so, so helpful. And I learned a lot from them. Plus every assistant will have something else to say. You know, every assistant will be able to teach you something else. Even now, we have students come in, not often because we are a busy practice, but we do have students come in maybe twice a year. And you can tell the ones that want to learn and the ones that are just sitting there doing nothing.   You don't ask questions, you know, things like that. Obviously, please show up on time. Make sure your uniforms, you know, ironed. It looks nice. Don't be late, obviously. You know, just help out as much as you can and don't stand around and do nothing. You know, the dentist might say something to you like, okay, for this procedure, it's kind of complicated. You might not learn a lot from this. See if anybody else needs your, you know, help, right? That's fine. Ask the other assistants. Ask the hygienists. Ask anybody if they need your help. Don't just stand around and do nothing because you're not helping anybody and you're not helping yourself either, you know, because it's a good idea to learn. Even depending on the office where you are, they might have, all of their charts might be on the computer. They might be paper. They might be a combination. Ask for help. Have them show you how all of that works. So when you are actually in an office, you're a lot more confident because it does help to be confident. There is nothing worse than being nervous, being anxious and not being confident, but your first time, of course, in an office you will be feeling all of that and that's normal, but your internship is amazing. So make, I guess, the most use out of it. For hygiene, I didn't have to do that. I don't know if it was just because my school, you didn't have to do that, but I was kind of glad that I didn't have to because I was a dental assistant first, like I would really learn anything and I did work in the same office too, but I guess depending on where you live and which school you're going to, you might do an internship for your dental hygiene, but I find it's just mainly for assisting.  You will learn so much, honestly. After your time, you'll think to yourself, oh my God, I learned so much in that time. More than I felt I learned in my entire school program. That's what I said. I felt I knew nothing almost and then having to actually be hands-on was huge, especially for taking impressions. May I add that was amazing to just kind of see how it's supposed to be done because it's nice to see everything, how it's supposed to be done in the office. Ask questions and every assistant, every hygienist, every dentist will offer you different tips. So don't be afraid to ask, okay? So I hope this helped. If you guys have another idea for another video, let me know because I love to read all of your comments, questions and feedback. So please just let me know and I will see you guys in the next one. Thank you so much for watching.


Okay, good Recording is on Welcome. Good morning everyone to the course BC 214 developing the human spirit and We're going to get into our lesson today. Just want to request somebody to please Pray with a class and we will get started could somebody Pray with all of us, please and we'll start I'll price Let's pray holy father. We thank you again this morning blood. We thank you for this opportunity lot to To have this union lot to learn about our human spirit to how it can be developed lots to so that we can function to into to the fullness of what you've designed as to To become and to live We pray for that the Holy Spirit to be with us will prepare heart Also prepare and use past as she's in the best way that you can look In your mind, we pray all this in the mind name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen All right, thank you Maggie and good morning everybody. Thank you for connecting to the class so last week we focused on Practical ways by which We can develop the human spirit how we can strengthen Our spirit just as we develop our mind and our body In the scriptures God has given to us ways or instructions on what we should be doing For our human spirit. I'm just gonna quickly review that and then we're going to go into the next chapter which is For us to look at how the human spirit affects The soul and the body the condition of the human spirit How that affects our soul, which is the emotional part of us the mind the will the emotions and How it affects also the body the physical part of us is very interesting that we see the connection Between all of this because that will actually motivate us To work on developing a strong inner person When we realize that our understanding from the scriptures that you know if our spirit is doing well It's gonna help us do well In our soul and also in our physical body because there's a strong connection We will see that today. That's the goal now of the class lecture today.  Hopefully by just Giving a few insights on you know how the human spirit is affected By words we speak and Something else that God reveals to us considered human spirit So that show us how to take care of Spirit so let me go ahead please and share the PDF and Let's quickly review So we have seen I'm just quickly reading this is Chapter lesson number two where we said we have primarily spirit beings. We went through this and this is Lesson number three, which we did last week Where we looked at seven ways to develop the born again human spirit Fellowship with God through worship prayer and the word having times of quietness and communion Feeding on God's word through meditation the confession of the confession of the word of God praying in tongues Exercising our spiritual faculties Offered greatest love them is all of the exercise of our spiritual factories, of course must be done in love and Also receiving spiritually through other people. So we went through this last week today what I want us to cover is to see from scripture how The condition of our spirit affects the soul our mind will in emotions and the body and Therefore, you know, like we said earlier it also in its some way if it is what people call of a person or personality The condition of spirit as it is expressed through our soul and body people see or here's a person of the quiet spirit Here's a person with very confidence. He's very confident person. He is a person who's very courageous Yes, you know and so on they see the expressions of the personality but is actually coming out of the condition of the human spirit and So what we are going to learn is of course for our own personal benefit But also we can use it to help other people Because when we help them develop their born again human spirit, you know, then we can help them Overcome Challenges that they would face in their soul and in their body Really, so a week, you know by helping believers strengthen themselves in their spirit. We're actually helping them overcome Things that they would face in their emotional life and even in their physical body And also through various challenges and adversities that they may face in life so What I want to just go through is and I've tried and I've put this in an alphabetical order And it's not, you know, it's just for convenience. There is no particular importance in this But I've just looked through the Bible and Where the Bible is talking about different Conditions different expressions Different experiences of the spirit and then in many of these verses You also see a connection of how it is being expressed through the soul or through the body Or through what happens through in the physical So I just want to quickly go through it and you can definitely take time later on to, you know Study any of these things that any of these expressions or conditions that might be of interest to you So we read and I'm just gonna go through this fast because the list is quite long and I hope to finish this lesson today so There is, you know, what talks about what we see in scripture the anguish Of the spirit and this is an exodus that the people of our under hard bondage labor. So the spirit was really crushed see and Job going through his, you know difficulties in life He expresses that you know, he says, I'm the anguish of my spirit and and bitterness of my soul So that's the condition of his inner person and his soul is greatly distressed You can also see as Job is going through all of this that You know, he's talking about turning his spirit against God That means he's this is really, you know, how hard that is angry with God and therefore, you know That's being expressed by the words he speaks Then just generally being angry in your spirit. So That means your spirit is in that place where you're upset angry and then that is expressed through, you know, what we say and do You can also feel bound in your spirit and interestingly This we will see this later and again, we'll see this again another chapter where Paul says I feel bound in my spirit or restrained or constrained that means I don't feel free about what I'm doing, you know I'm feeling uncomfortable In my spirit and this actually was this feeling was actually put in there by the Holy Spirit as we will see But in this chapter we just focusing on, you know, what does he feeling in the spirit? He feels bound, restrained, constrained and uneasy in his spirit Then we see a number of scriptures that talk about a broken and a contrite spirit, you know, my spirit is broken But you notice that When the spirit is broken There is a whole sense of despair In this case example I'm not saying it's always that way, but you can see the connection here So it says my spirit is broken and then he says, you know, I'm ready to die.  So as long as we can keep the spirit up in faith It's going to help them fight over whatever they're going through There are other expressions of being broken The bible talks about a broken heart, a contrite spirit and the Lord is near to them So this is more of a sense of brokenness in terms of being dependent on God Independence and God, you know, it's it's not about me I don't have you know, it's not about my abilities, but God I come to you completely dependent. So that in that sense broken But there's another sense also of how You know a broken spirit Can become Can rob a person of Cheerfulness and you know, therefore keep them in a place of sorrow or despair Or what we would sometimes even say is depression, you know, you see this and problems the contrast between a merry heart That results in a very cheerful countenance versus sorrow That's coming out of a broken spirit And then that merry heart does good like medicine. I mean, it's really good for the body But a broken spirit dries up the bones. It actually affects the physical body You know drying up the bones is terrible. You know, it's the bone marrow is the place where all the red blood cells are You know, uh continuously produced for the body and so it's like, you know, it's it's just going down into a place of death I notice from 18 says The spirit of man will sustain him in sickness So, you know, it's kind of expect to what Job himself was experiencing But a broken spirit in the sense of a wounded spirit, you know, uh, we're not talking about Broken as in what we saw in Psalms, which is about dependence on God. Here we're talking about somebody's wound that is hurt crushed you know, then That means he's given he doesn't have anything to sustain him through his sickness his difficulty So we're seeing the connection here very clearly between the condition of the heart to the demeanor of the person To the health physical health of the person You know and then being able to be sustained through difficulty Right, so we look at it. If you look at it in a positive sense You know, if we can maintain the joy in our heart the strength in our heart we can You know go through Challenges and it's going to do good like medicine We also read about the spirit of heaviness and now this Often, you know in modern expressions, we would say spirit of depression And of course it weighs in on the spirit of the person Causing them to be burdened to feel heavy to feel, you know Under pressure, you know, like something heavy on them And that's what's called the spirit of heaviness. So that is pushing them down But then God brings relief by the anointing and causing them because the people to have the garment of praise So we could have, you know, a spirit that's weighed it down burdened crushed Under heaviness or we would say depressed We also see uh Being of a calm spirit that means it's a being agitated angered your spirit can stay calm And that expresses itself through, um, you know Using words in a very knowledgeable way and understanding way you in an innovative judicious way Because you're of a calm spirit Your spirit can be compelled That means there's a sense of Urgence say that something, you know, you want to express That, you know, you could feel Urged on the inside of you And you know that also is can also come from the holy spirit in your spirit urging you to say Do certain things You can be uh, Caleb was called to be of a different spirit. That means, you know, you don't have to be Part of the pack You can Be different. You can be daring. You don't have to give in to the peer pressure or so on so forth and Caleb is an example That where he would God says, you know, he was of a different spirit um We can have a heart a spirit that is hungry and thirsting seeking after God So, um, he has he was talking about, you know, seeking God with his spirit a spirit that is longing desiring and seeking after God We also see that there can be error Uh in our spirit. That means the spirit can be caught up in error um in our knowing or understanding our perception so on so forth We can err in spirit But then of course God can bring us into a place of understanding and learning correctly Coming into a place where we are corrected We see as in Daniel's case He was a man of an excellent spirit We see that mentioned to us Twice here in Daniel He was of an excellent spirit and then if you look up over that word excellent means It's talking about being outstanding. It's being very special. It's being something surpassing Than the others. So that's coming from from his inner person, you know He was a man of excellent spirit something that just made him stand out Now become, you know surpassing all the others around him And that comes through of course in how people perceive or see this person Faithfulness or unfaithfulness again can be seen something that's born in the spirit We can be Faithful to God Faithful to other people keeping secrets Being faithful to in marriage Malachi 2 talks about dealing treacherously or unfaithfully With with a spouse so God says take heed to your spirit That you do not deal treacherously or unfaithfully So you see that even the the posture of being faithful Either to God two friends or in a covenant marriage covenant relationship Is something comes out of the spirit, you know, and if the spirit is shaken And gives place to all You know, whatever causes unfaithfulness then we could even depart from God or depart from human relationships Or from covenant relationship So see that We can be fervent In spirit that means very passionate very jealous, you know burning with zeal We see that here. So passion and zeal and you know Being fervent is something that comes out of the spirit. It's not just an emotional thing, you know An emotional thing can be like, yeah, I'm so excited. I Enjoyed the thing but to be consistently fervent consistently red hot on fire Well, where does that come from? It comes from your spirit. It's a posture of the human spirit Uh, we also see that the human spirit you can you can grieve in your spirit. That means there's something that causes you to To grave to feel sorrowful in the spirit, um, which you know can often lead to Lead to positive Responses as in Uh Being moved to seek God because you're grieved about something you're you're you're you're you're Let's say you're upset about something but you are Moved in a very positive way Right. So we also find that Jesus was He sighed deeply in his spirit or when he came to the grave of Lazarus he groaned in his spirit. So there's this kneeling of grieving or sorrow or sighing or groaning in your spirit But it is moving you in a very positive way to do something either to seek God and prayer like Hannah did or Daniel did or Jesus when he was before Lazarus to him, you know, he he moved he said or did things that That that gave expression to what he felt now in his spirit Now of course the heart can be hardened the spirit can be hardened And we see that also that means it's almost like becoming calloused and unfeeling toward God or toward the things of God and and You see here that often it's pride or some some other form of sin that Causes a heart to be hardened towards God Sometimes people can be hardened because of pride Sometimes they can be hardened because of a lust for other things That says, you know, I don't want anything to with God because I want to have my own way and You know, the heart can be very calloused towards God indifferent and stubborn against God In a positive way the spirit can be you can have a humble meek spirit You're walking with meekness before God or the opposite of that would be a hotty spirit So hotteness or humility is also an expression of the spirit at What what somebody has it carries in their spirit that attitude in the spirit the posture of the human spirit And so you find that many many times in scripture humble spirit And and in God, you know, God looks for that. He's drawn to somebody who is of a humble contrite poor In spirit. So when you talk about being poor in spirit it's really talking about somebody who Is in that place of humility before God saying what I have nothing I possess nothing But in you I find everything So that place of humility Are being poor in spirit We also see You know being hasty in spirit. So, you know The spirit is moved into hasty action Impatience as opposed to being patient We as we will see in the next yeah, I think the next chapter when we talk about it to our next week The Holy Spirit moving upon us Can cause different feelings In our spirit and here's just one example where When the Holy Spirit is moving upon Ezekiel He was so Moved in his spirit He talks about and he puts it in these words. He says I went in bitterness In the heat of my spirit. So Now it's like, you know, what exactly is that bitterness and the heat of my spirit and We could just say that he must have been so Stirred or agitated about the condition of the people in the land because you know they Cover telling him look Ezekiel. I made you a watchman And I want you to speak my words now these people they may not even hear you They may not you know pay attention to what you're saying. So When Ezekiel is receiving that kind of a commission He is You know, he he feels the stuff. He feels stirred And so he's using these words bitterness heat And as the Lord is moving on him and giving him his commission and the Holy Spirit is moving on it We could also receive inspiration in the spirit We see here There's a spirit in man the breath of the Almighty so you can feel the breath of the Almighty In your spirit or in other words, it's inspiration of God in your spirit Or he gives wisdom In the hidden part that's in your spirit. He imparts wisdom You could also make diligent search In your spirit, that means your spirit is Investigating it's searching God I I I need to understand I want to know What is the secret? What is the meaning? Is you're you're making diligent search in your spirit And and the psalm is saying you know even at night. He's meditating is pondering Why because the spirit is searching out something And that that is going after so you can have a spirit and you can have that happening in your spirit um Your spirit can feel overwhelmed Over and just saying god, this is just too much for me and and and and uh That can you know, of course cause us to go to god Uh, and sometimes this or being feeling of overwhelmed is just because of all the things that are happening around us People setting a snare for us can be overwhelmed because of the situations we are going through And uh, it may feel us Make us feel distressed So when you're feeling overwhelmed, it's we're talking about just feeling faint feeble right and In some some he says my spirit fails within me. It's like I want to give up feeling weak inside me Sometimes we can feel that way And that's when we need to encourage ourselves or strengthen ourselves In god when we feel overwhelmed or weak or faint Because of what we're going through just like how the psalmist is expressing We can be patient in spirit. You know, that means you're being tenacious Enduring not willing to give up You're holding on You can perceive in your spirit. We will talk more about this when we talk about the The functions of the spirit you can perceive when your spirit is able to see things Your spirit can be Where there is purity clear clear spirit Your spirit can be revived It can be refreshed And Yeah So that can happen you can spirit can feel that you know, so we go to you know A charge service or a fellowship meeting And you're refreshed, you know Either through the word through the fellowship to the worship just others being around you So that can also happen You can have joy in your spirit joy in god because you can rejoice in your spirit Your spirit can be and this is something very important. We need to be aware of your spirit Can be the ruling factor that the Governing factor in you as a person, right?  So sometimes if you feel very, you know stirred up It's the lord that it could be the lord Stirring you up in you to do something in terms. That's how the lord leads us. You see You feel stirred about something and you go and do it And or you could you know, the here we see it's Paul the spirit he felt provoked in a spirit Uh, it's comparable to the lord stirring up king cyrus or zero bubble, you know There's something he's like an agitation inside you, but it's a good agitation. Not a bad one But the lord is agitating stirring you up. Say, hey, you need to do this Is basically moving you into action about something We can be strengthened in our spirit And that's our goal. We can become strong in our spirit and you know, strengthened With my true spirit in the inner man. So that that's part so we we oh, sorry There's not a construction upstairs They're doing construction upstairs. I'm just going to move to another place Uh, because uh, you can't hear me with the noise rates. It's you can do you hear the noise being picked up in the make? It's clear buster. We don't hear the are you hearing the noise now? No, no, no, no, no, no, no You're not hearing the noise So far it has been clear buster Oh Okay, great. Great. I mean, are you hearing any noise right now? No noise. Okay, then I will continue speaking Now I thought you could hear the noise. So this is a good setup Some people are doing renovation work nearby. So I thought you It was disturbing you. Okay, so I'm just going to continue and I see some questions in the chat. So I will um Come back and answer those questions, but let me just continue but I'll just finish the content and then I'll maybe another 10 minutes and come back to it So let me go back to sharing the pdf You all with me so far Yes, buster. Okay. Okay, great All right, so I just have a little bit more and then I'll I'll finish this lesson and then I'll take up questions So we can see Uh in scripture here that we can become strong in spirit Uh, so that's what we want to do right in the other lesson we spoke about In the earlier lesson lesson number three We spoke on how to make our spirit strong so And we see you know in the case of jesus and in the case of john The baptist And in the case of the believer in Ephesians 3 16. Oh, just become strong become strengthened in your spirit Uh, the spirit can be disturbed Because of various things in this case, you know Uh the It was interesting pharaoh Nebuchadnezzar, uh, you know, they had dreams They couldn't figure out what was going on And he says my spirit is disturbed my spirit is anxious the spirit is troubled Um, uh, even the lord jesus was troubled You know when he when he knew that somebody was going to betray him And uh, paul also says, you know, I had no rest in my spirit Uh when he was concerned about the people um in uh in I think at at current so We see that, you know, this can also be there in our spirit our spirit within us can be troubled Disturbed about certain things and of course, you know, if that's happening then It shows up in, you know, the rest of our emotions and actions We are disturbed in our spirit Uh because of certain external things Now, you know, god can also Make us willing in our spirit So, uh, like we said earlier Uh You know, god can move in our hearts here We see that People's heart was stirred. This is something similar was to what we have seen The effect of their heart being stirred was The spirit became willing to do what to offer to make offerings to bring, you know, things to god And uh, this is beautiful a beautiful example, you know, where God wanted moses to, you know, get things together to build a tabernacle But moses didn't have to go out there and force the people He didn't have to, you know, try to, uh, you know Course them to give What happened is bowed stirred their hearts And the people they became willing in the spirit And they brought things and that's just a beautiful thing beautiful thing to see and, you know, as You know, when the lord leads us to do things, that's how it should happen But on the other hand Here's another example in Matthew 26 where the spirit was willing But somehow in this particular case of the disciples of Jesus The weakness of the flesh Overpowered the willingness of the spirit. So that means the spirit was not strong enough Even though the spirit was willing to Was willing to pray It wasn't strong enough at that moment The flesh was weak. Now, I don't know, you know, whether the weakness of the flesh was just their tiredness or They're, you know, being unwilling to pray But yeah, what actually happened was Jesus was able to pray where his disciples Failed to watch with him and that time when he really needed them most So what we have done here is we've kind of, you know, we just listed in In an alphabetical order Various conditions of the human spirit, you know, and you can go through this List again and just wonder about it Think about it and say, you know, hey We can feel all this We can experience all this And the human spirit can be in all of these different Conditions that we have seen listed in scripture And therefore it's going to affect the soul And it's going to affect the body The actions and so on so forth Just a few more thoughts before I close off this lesson So our goal is That to maintain a strong healthy wholesome human spirit and I want to I want to challenge each of us to do that You know, because like we saw there that the human spirit can have many different dispositions The human spirit can be in different conditions But if we are careful To make sure that our human spirit is strong healthy wholesome By doing the right things now we talk about the seven practices. So If we do that intentionally take care of our human spirit just as we take our mind in our body Then over time Even though our outward man is perishing that was yeah, we all grow old You know over time The outward man is growing older But the inner man is being renewed You know, the inward man is being kept in good shape Or being strong Even though the physical body of course is We're in turn growing old So our goal is to keep the inward man renewed. I keep the inward man in a good strong wholesome healthy shape so that Through the through time, even though outward man perishes the inward man is kept strong And we can serve God well until the end of our days um a very important thing I want to just Place before us here To understand the how the words words affect the human spirit, you know uh A wholesome tongue is a tree of life But cross 15 four says but perverseness and it breaks the spirit.  Can you speak wholesome words? It is a tree of life Our tree of life is you know, as we see in scripture revelation 22 It is what brings healing and longevity or eternal life, you know So if you speak wholesome words It is a tree of life for you and for others, of course Because your words affect you your words also affect others But Perverseness in it that means if It's not straight. You're not speaking wholesome words What can it do? It can break the spirit. So think about it My words my tongue My words can be a tree of life to me and to other people Or my words can break the spirit. You can break my own spirit Or that means it can crush and hurt And it can crush and hurt other people So words Are very crucial now. We have also seen in all of these scriptures circumstances situations Can crush the spirit can overwhelm the spirit we've seen that i'm not i'm not you know forgetting that But i'm just highlighting how important words are For our own self and when we speak to other people You know, and so if we'd make a deliberate choice To keep our words wholesome It's going to be a tree of life for us and it's going to be a tree of life a tree of life To other people who hear what we say. Okay, keep that in mind Lastly, I think it's very interesting to see this.  It's a womb It's a ground. It's tables with things can be written on You know by the spirit and so on and um, I think we just you know We will look at this again next week I don't want to rush through this But it's really interesting that god is saying your human spirit is like a house And in fact if you look at these verses It's telling us that wrong things want to come and inhabit this house, but we have to guard the house It's like a lamp god uses god uses the spirit It's a place of deposit. What do you put in the deposit will eventually come out It's a spring. I mean this is from where this is the place from which Everything that affects your life comes out of It's a womb. It's a place from where you give birth It's a ground. So it's a place where you sow and reap It's a place where you can write things on And it will be returned for eternity. I mean for the rest of your life So it's good to think about this and and you know because then it tells it shows us how important the human spirit is And therefore how it's going to influence Our human experience. So we will pick up on this next week I want to keep the last few minutes to answer questions. So we will just pause here. Let me look at the chat And uh, uh, let me let me just try to answer the questions Um Okay, so the first question I see here is some three command Can the spirit of heaviness be demon the answer is yes so The actual spirit causing heaviness or causing depression. That's demon. So we call it a spirit of depression But uh, what we also or what I was trying to emphasize on my z61 was That that heaviness can come upon our human spirit Right, uh, we feel heavy So I'm not saying that that evil spirits is is has come into our our spirit. No But the human spirit feels weighed down You know feels depressed And uh So that's the Disposition or the feeling or the condition of the human spirit But to answer your question. Yes, there is a spirit a demonic spirit Of heaviness that can cause heaviness Okay, so usually when we're dealing with people And I'm not saying all depressions are because of spirit of heaviness But in many cases when we're dealing with depression We deal with the spirit of heaviness as the spirit of depression Okay Next question is from bet Several times in the bible it says God hardened his heart like pharaoh king salt king. So how does that work with freedom of choice? Uh, often it says something like I will harden this heart so that he will not or will not do something against God's people. Yeah, so that's an interesting thing to consider and I think the apostle paul addresses that in roman's chapter Let me see it's nine ten or Roman's chapter nine uh Yeah Yeah, so paul the apostle addresses this uh in roman's chapter nine and uh That's about yeah Yeah, so he talks about he talks about Uh, he mentions pharaoh also in roman's nine Uh in in in addressing this so And here's my understanding of this, right? Uh that when you think about when you think of think of all of these people I mean god says I will harden their hearts Uh, it is not It has to be understood consistent with the rest of scripture. So any interpretation of The specific has to be done taking into account The whole general and uh, uh, revelation of scripture that means when I want to interpret what god did with pharaoh or with king salt or you know with jacob and he saw or any any other any other situation It has to be interpreted in the light of the rest of scripture so In the light in the light of the entirety of scripture and There is human will And god never controls human will he can influence like we saw he can stir up he can you know, uh move he can Uh make you know cause to make willing in that sense by stirring up or moving or so on influencing and you know, you know inspiring in a positive way But the end result is that Sorry, the the individual is still in a place where they can choose to obey or choose to disobey God will inspire god will move god will stir up God will you know try to urge Uh, but the individual has to make that choice. So same thing Uh, when it comes to hard and it comes to the case of hardening. It's not that Uh, the individual does not have a choice Pharaoh chose to harden his heart as he saw god work And so that's the correct way to understand it. That's how I would see it or I would explain it that the hardening of heart the position of coming saying I'm going to be against god Is the individual's choice That is not imposed by god So for example Because and and this is very important. So for example, you know, think about judas the person in the bible god foretold or for near The judas was going to betray jesus But can judas stand before god and say god? You made me betray jesus so that the world could be saved So I deserve the best place in heaven Because if I had not done that The world could not be saved Can judas present that as an argument to god? You know literally if we go by you know, uh, that position saying god dictated their choice Then judas has a great case before god God you forced me to betray jesus the world could be saved Therefore it was not my fault. You made me do it. Therefore I need the best place in heaven or I deserve the best place in heaven or If judas did it as an act of his own free will Then he will bear the consequence of his choice So which one of the two would be most logical? definitely the second one that is judas made the choice god foreknew and spoke about him But it was judas who made the final choice to betray jesus for 30 pieces of silver and so Understanding the hardening of ferro's heart and so on we have to understand it as ferro made the choice or whoever you know So even jacob and iso even before the two were born and paul deals with this in roman's nine. He says Even before jacob and iso made were born god said jacob i have loved iso i have hated now How can the god speak like that? Well, that is because he foreknew what they will do He spoke about Spoke about things ahead of time based on their choice. They will make but the choice they made was entirely their choice not dictated by god God spoke of it ahead of time, but they made their choice so Isar didn't opt for a bowl of porridge And sell his birthright because god made him do it. No, he made the choice In hebrus 12 brings it out But god knowing about that in advance said i love jacob. I hate iso because iso sold his birthright for a bowl of porridge So everything has to be understood in the light of the rest of scripture and we understand that you know god doesn't Dictate human will he does try to influence he dies does try to move us But he doesn't override. Yes. I hope that's clear to you and answers your question, but Can I just Ask because it says I will Harden his heart so that the eye will shows kind of like something active um so like when we think of ferro we or Okay, the devil was you know, he was under the devil's influence, but can we Infer when god says I will harden his heart. Okay. He still had a freedom of choice, but god influenced his you know, maybe by bringing different Experiences to into his life or whatever influenced him to go in To make choices of hardening his heart. Can we think of it like that because the eye will Is a very active Kind of a way of saying something So if we just think oh god just allowed the devil to make his heart, you know, allow the devil to influence him um To have a hard heart then that's not being active. That's being passive but These passages that talk about different people who've had hearts hardened It's it comes across as god being active in that process Whether or not they even have a free choice, which okay, we all agree they did but Was god active in Bringing that about That's a different sort of thing. I'm thinking about Yeah, I understand it my and You know, we need to think about this a little bit more um, but my one thought that comes to my mind in response to that is Uh, would god in effect be working against himself? right by doing that Would he be self-confidently? that is I want ferro to let my people go but Uh, you know, so what would be the most logical thing god should influence ferro to do Should he influence ferro to become willing and let the lettuce people go Or should the influence ferro To say no, I don't want to let my people go. What would be the most logical thing? I'm thinking logically. I'm thinking aloud here. I mean, it's a very good question We need to spend some time on it Um, but as I I'm thinking about your question Uh, what would be the most logical thing would god work against himself? I want to get my people out, but I'm going to make this man Say no Or I want to get my people out. So I'm going to make this man say yes Now, how should I influence it? and uh Of course, I'm going to show my power. Of course. I'm going to do great things there, you know, the red sea had to be parted anyway Uh, the miracles had to take place So what would be? You know most logical Uh Yeah, I don't I don't want to answer the question right away. I think we just need to give it a little bit of time So let's take some time to think about it um Another another instance, I guess We can think about maybe is um When um Nehemiah prayed Um, and the king's heart was I guess we could say softened Towards nehemiah rebuilding the temple um And the king actually gave him all that he needed and sent him on his way with resources and everything So that's kind of maybe what you're saying. Why would god work against himself when there is a You know a different way, but I I just find that I will is very active So What what does that actually mean? You know when he says I will harden their heart Yeah, okay. All right, so um, just give me uh seven days We will bring this question up again next class And let me think about this And uh, I will come back with an answer. Hopefully it's Addressed this this aspect of the question, you know, what the active part Yeah, so let me just think about it a bit Okay, I I see Yeah, first in uh in line with the beth's question that uh, if we highlight uh, if we ponder on the words is from roman's 124 Like 22 23 24 where god says They have god has given them to their desires fleshly desires Because like their hearts were not turning. They know What is right, but they are not turning their hearts from their sin So eventually god gives them to those Seems like that. So Yeah Good. Good. Yeah. So that phrase god gave them up. I I see just it's three repeated three times in roman septum one You know god gave them up god gave them up god gave them up. So uh He just let them go into those things. Okay good okay, um You know a we are out of time, but There is a question from kennedy. There's a question Christopher Yeah, so christopher that those references we will pick up next glass from, you know, the last spot We will pick it up next week And Okay kennedy vagabond Okay, the answer answer your question vagabond spirit Yeah, it doesn't even sound right. So it cannot be from god. Um, yeah, so I'm not sure in what context Okay, so what's people to Say I see your hand raised up, but you need to go for a break Oh, okay. I'll I'll be very quick I was just thinking maybe to be for next class the clarity between the on the verse of god hating Isso And loving jaco, I don't know is it could it be that that verses talking about nations? The nation of isra and the nation of iso Or is it talking about preference and I'll make my reference to What jesus said about hating our parents, right? Basically what jesus was saying there was that we should Choose god above our loved ones Appearance, I don't know if you remember scripture. So I'm just wondering Could it be that it was he's talking about a nation? Or was he talking about preference that he chooses jake the children of isra above the nation of iso Because I've struggled in a way to accept that god actually hated Jacob I'm sorry iso my apologies hated iso, you know even before he was born and loved Jacob jaco before he was born and which In some in some circles of christianity. We talk about pre determination if I'm correct You know where god determines things before and he just goes contrary to everything that we know About god, you know if indeed they're actually people destined for hell, you know That argument supports that notion or that idea. So I differ from that So I don't know if we can get more clarity on that verse God loves iso and lord loves jacob and hates iso. Is it nation is talking about or preference? You know, I don't know I will just need more clarity on that, please Mm-hmm. Yeah, so I was referring to romans chapter 9 verse 12 and 13 And and and so what I was saying was she god God knew their choices And god is speaking with reference to the choices they will make not necessarily as them as individuals as individuals They are people there is jacob. There is iso Um, but iso was going to or he was going to sell his birthright Uh for the sake of uh, just a meal And then he was 12 brings that out saying don't be like that And so when god was saying, you know, I love jacob. I hate iso Uh, he's really speaking about what iso is expressing. That means I'm selling something spiritual so important for the sake of something fleshly And that's where you know, so for example when god hates sin So we understand it. He's talking about the sin the work the rather than the sinner himself So in that sense, so that's how, you know, I I tried to explain that You know, when god says I love jacob.  It's with the reference to the choice they make Uh, and not necessarily as them as people, you know God loves every person. We know that he loves jacob. He loves iso as people But he's speaking in terms of what their actions represent And the consequences of what happened And so that's what I was trying to say And so he was 12 tells us not to do that not to be like iso Where we sell The spiritual for the sake of the fleshly Thank you Okay, so We Um So what we'll do is if there are more questions, we will pick this up next week And I think next next you have to make this course a two to our course Uh, because there's there's a lot of good questions. But anyway, um, we'll do our best this semester We will continue this Next week, uh, I will have to come back with an answer for bet And also, um, any other questions we have we will pick up for the last section of chapter four We'll talk about the analogies mentioned there And then we will get get into the next chapter where we talk about The spiritual experiences of the human spirit. So it's very interesting when you look in the bible What kind of spiritual experiences the human spirit has You know, what would what we see in scripture because We should open up our spirit to have those kind of spiritual Experiences, okay So let's go for a break. I know we're already over But maybe in about five to ten minutes, uh, we can join the next class. Okay Thank you so much. I'm going to just close off here and we will I'll we'll meet you in the next class Okay Thank you. God bless Thank you posture. Thank you everyone. Thank you