Name another podcast like this.  We're gonna do it how you want boss talk. Yeah, everybody on It's a unique hustle check check check. This is unique house is your boy E ceo, and I'm here with the lovely amazing official Mr. Mako, what's going on? None of them they walk on man. Hey y'all don't forget to like subscribe follow us on all social media platforms Including we're now recently just started doing patreon. So y'all definitely got to tap in it only costs a little bit of some time change So, you know y'all got that real real easy, but if y'all want to see a full-length interviews That's the only place you're gonna see that for a while. So we just trying to prepare y'all for this Okay, so y'all tap in man. Hold up man. We got a guy here today y'all. You don't need no introduction, man I last seen him. It was some stuff came out about soldier boy and all kind of stuff And I try to call on like hey, man. Hey, hey, hey come on boss. He's like man not right now, you know I'm too chill for that. I'm not gonna be speaking right now on that It's your boy DJ ices in the building.  I'm doing good message working. All right. Yeah, always as always. I was very very Impressed with your last interview man and just the knowledge that you were able to convey, you know that day and for our listeners to be able to Hear that I knew it was gonna be something maybe you don't see it You know right like now like I could drop that video Anytime that interview and people are gonna be able to learn from it. So thank you for that for sure man. Yeah What'd you think about it? No, it was a really dope interview like you're so correct because I love the fact You're dropping jewels and a lot of people the things that you said in that interview a lot of people didn't know And I hope that they hit you up in your inbox or you know, try to get further information from you You know, I'm not sure if anybody did hit you up after that People reach out. Okay. That's good. I was good. Wow helping out people.  What what what you've been up to man. That's where I started off Man getting ready to go to the Grammys. Yeah, a few people go into the Grammys I've been getting a little call saying I could even get in that thing This people got me on this and everything else, but I don't feel like I'm gonna just jump up and go right now I think I'm gonna go this why so You know, I mean for me, it's once in a have you been before? Oh, no, not at all. This will be your first time Okay, that's no sure. We got six clients nominated So you got six climb now tell us how that works. You see I like to break down and who all were who are the clients So we have Israel who's actually from Arlington the DFW area. He produced wait for you. Okay with future dragon tombs Then we have a jikai. He did luckiest man with Chris Brown They have Marco Lins and Brooke Beats. They're from Russia. I'm a Russian client. They did Big time on DJ Khaled's album. Okay, and then we have Makalo. He did Arcana Angel It's a Latin got nominated for a Latin Grammy. Awesome. Wow Congratulations, man. That's big Like like did you ever think when you first start producing beats that you would be in this? Circle like this. Not at all. I thought I would just be a producer and a DJ I was just trying to figure my figure my way out here in the DFW area and making beats Big Mike gorilla 323 back here. Shout out big Mike gorilla 323. Yeah for sure He's a head a and R2 the head a and R 88 back in the building again shout out the crew is here. We already know how you come with it It's very very structured You know what I'm saying very thought out ain't nothing being done shooting from the hip like a lot of these cats But I gotta say respect big ups So all right, so that I brought up about soldier man I was looking at a blog and I've seen your name come across and it said that soldier boy had said something about You know you or something about your work. What was that all about explain to me? What the heck? I was watching so he dropped so job like three songs and He didn't clear them with my clients. So we just took we took him down and you know, he was mad about that, you know Can't speak too much on it, but you know, we're definitely about to get paid Okay, so it's still not back up here. Oh, no, we the well the songs they're off. They're completely like taking down Yeah, right until they paste but why would somebody as big as he is do something like that He's been in the business a long time where he should know better Unfortunately the music industry is really predatory. So, you know, if you don't have people acting in good faith all the time You know people use your stuff in in our case. I manage a lot of loop makers I do manage producers too, but people use people's loops. They don't reach out to clear them and they make they make money off these kids like today 88 took down the song and The label had made $60,000 In six months off one of our clients loops.  So you So you only take down songs that are Reach a certain amount month monetarily wise. What's that threshold that you be like, okay? Now we need to try That's a great question So how we base it we just base it basically off of our client We let them know that like if it's not over like 500,000 streams, it's not really like profitable But if they want all of their money some people do You know, we'll still go take it down but let them know like it's not gonna be as profitable Yeah, cuz y'all see that they're using it and you're watching it So you're watching to see if it get momentum and start growing they like, okay Now we can you know try to do something about it because it don't make no sense You contact the label if it's not doing good, right? No, they still want they still I'm gonna make me take We don't even contact the label Yeah, because the labels are the one making the money off of all that I cleared stuff So we take it down and then you pursue, you know, we take it down then the labels reach out and Though we need to put this back up. I'll let them know they need to pay our client in advance masters And publishing to that's crazy. So you don't have to reach out. They reach out to you That's a smart way of doing it. Yeah, cuz you got the leverage now and they want this It's a usually a major song so they want it back up So that's true. They'll do whatever they want to do So, but did you ever have anybody who didn't want to make it right and it become like a lawsuit or? No, because at the end of the day is business in court. You have to like prove that you legit Legitimate That you own it But the longest case we had we just closed out it took a year and a half, okay This Latin artist named L alpha the song called 4k had it like over 500 million streams Wow And we took the song down, but it took a year and a half to like do all the negotiations Yeah, we got it like why they drag it out when they know that is it they gonna lose anyway like why no man Some people are just crazy like that. They need it. They want the money, but you know the thing to me That's so baffling is that Say, okay, you manage all these different people. How do you really see all of these things? Because they make millions or thousands and thousands of songs a day and they put them out there How do you catch every single one when someone uses it? so a lot of our clients they have people who like follow them and Like use the like younger producers so Younger producers are reach out. They'll hear something. They'll be like, hey This this artist use this and then they'll send it to me or we have like this technology We use we can upload loops into containers digital on the internet And we can scan them worldwide and it'll tell us who's using our client stuff see that that's good And then we can like you said from there like filter out the views which ones we want to go after And then claim those yeah, cuz that's the crazy thing about it cuz I'm like I know y'all have a lot and I would always wonder because this is this goes for every artist because I know that you have other artists who steal other people's music worldwide not only in the US and Redo it do different things. I'm like, how can they find out that these people are doing this thing Till it it get big and blow up and back. Isn't that your song isn't that your beat isn't that right? It's just like Katy Perry. She just got sued by the they use some gospel gospel bands music and They won like ten five ten million dollars They've been doing that forever and I don't think it's ever gonna stop mm-hmm But that's why a one music is here So that's what we do but then it's smart and not because that if I'm Unknown artists, right?   It's really like the managers Oh, okay, like the artist is producer who like mess it up, you know for that artist and you know Whoever's loop they're using at the time or whatever got most of the time the artists don't even know No, not at all, but the producer who made the song definitely knows Play the melody on the piano. Oh No, I'm saying got you So when you Okay, so when you go to the Grammys and you said and you got to have a tux on You know, I need to really go up in that thing. I really want to show them Connections a lot of network.  You know, so so I mean that's that's the part where y'all drinking it I never been so I'm pretty sure y'all gonna be drinking up there and having a good time Oh, yeah for sure. We're gonna be in a skybox with Sony. See what I'm saying. Yeah Yeah, don't try to don't don't tell everything but we know it's gonna have a good time So so who are the people that you like when you first get there? You got a link with certain people they invite y'all they sent out a list to everybody. Well, how does that work? so the song the songwriters they'll get like a Grammy invitation and Then you know, they'll set up all their information get sent their ticket in our case My client he's with all my clients are nominated. They're with beat stars and Sony So I know on the third we have like a beat stars dinner Link with some music executives up until Grammy's on the six so Wow, so are you You looking to win that thing? Yeah, for sure. It would be great to win But even just to be there as a blessing, right? Yeah, the experience. Mm-hmm. I'm just I'm going I'm definitely going this time.  You're gonna have that nomination coming up every year So how excited was you little babies album is on it's only me. That's all What how did how did that even happen?  She's a female engineer. She actually just got nominated for female engineer the year so shout out to her But send beats to the engineers artists get on the beats do the engineers. That's how that placement came about Wow, and and how many people you got out of the country now? I don't know if she asked you that while I was 50 I have 57 clients 57 client could last time you didn't have that many. No, I had 14 57 more than what made it what made it grow like like that a lot of people need help a lot of people got their music stolen from them and Then my goal my goal with this business is to like scale the business, you know, so I make it bigger I'm about to partner up next week. I saw my deal with Nick Jarjor I'm just scale my business up to more producers and try to do something the music industry that hasn't been seen before so We got 50 plaques this year so 50 They ain't 50 plaques. Yeah, I'll I'll just not just pay them work hard work. Maybe a little dirt We did a gorilla in a little dirt to a gorilla in a quick We did three on a little dirt's new album that just came out and be a young boy young and ace Hope much of Kodak a bunch of other artists too and all of these are through the loop said me and you talk about always using those loops All do except for Israel Israel actually played the bass line that was sampled on way for you. Wow. Yeah, they took it off the genius Video he's in the background with sonic major cash pages producer from here That's them in the background if you pull up the Tim's genius live. That's them on the guitars in the background. Wow, that's crazy, man Do you think there's this? You think that that it's gonna grow some more. How many do you see it doing this year? People that'll come under that umbrella now that I got some help for sure. I'm trying to get to like a hundred Come to a hundred. Is it easy to maintain and deal with? Yeah, yeah, for sure. You just gotta stay organized stay on top everything answer everything in real time and Be good. Yeah That's the whole game because when you think about it. It's it's crazy to me how You know this music industry over time when it first came out It was hand-to-hand tangible there were things that people could do they could you could sell this and buy that and it Was hand-to-hand and people knew they would count the album the sales the it wasn't streaming at the time Y'all were young y'all didn't know nothing about this right. We had cassettes. We had eight tracks. We had we yeah, we had vinyls We had things right and as we were doing our thing You know people were basically having a good time. I don't think it was it's thought out as you guys are doing now It wasn't as widespread. Right people was making organic music with instruments That basically they picked up But now but they see back in the day they used to just get work for hires Correct. See I still mess with them type of people the people who make the loops the instrumentalists That's who were protected. I was impressed with double a he came on here. Double a double a is a double a is a He produced for NBA young boys with and he came he flew in and came on boss talk and he also produced for Kodak black But the one thing I liked about him when he came is he came here to perform and Everybody that was with him play the instrument And I thought that was live. Yeah, that's fire You know I'm saying cuz you don't really see people doing like that anymore, right? And that's what that's what kind of makes Israel so special right now like Sony really loves him. He can play literally every instrument in the room That's it kind of like when you can do that Because a lot of people can't do that now I kind of like takes over the music room because people are just so impressed with that, you know If you can play the instrument lay down chords and different progressions, you know for the artist Well, I do it one of the dopest things that I see man in the Dallas area for because we're in Dallas You see you see different producers My boy 80 80 cent behind you, you know, I'm saying shout out and Ziggy made it and all these different things he for sure. Ziggy made it You know just some dope Purdue he produced tracks for Big X as well.  Yeah, he actually placed that beat in that session. How long is that session? You were the one that he was talking about when he called and said you've seen the episode. Yeah When he said And you called him and told him that he was fit to jump on it. That's hard man. That's crazy Like Wow, you guys are dope man and young as hell, you know So that's that's the part that I really like that you guys are young and you know You guys are getting traction and getting to travel and getting to go to the Grammys, you know saying this is hard Man, very hard. What about like how does it like even if you get nominated? He could go as far as do they still do the MTV Awards and all that I know they have the AMAs. Yeah, the AMA is yeah, we want to AMA this year. Y'all did wait for you wait for you And DJ Khaled DJ Khaled. So do you ever meet these people? Are you just straight business a straight business straight drop? Use my client stuff. They reach out to me to clear the business I make sure we can get the highest like fees possible and make sure everything is cool So you to be their team though, right? You to be their lawyers or they team that reach out to you guys, right? Yeah, for sure. Wow. Yeah, all negotiation business negotiations You know asking for budgets, so, you know, it's funny I think when you touched on this a little bit last time like when you came on the show It was like you basically a lot of times don't get to connect with these people until it's too late So when you connect with them most of the time, it's in It's a it's really pretty much to say. Hey guys, you got to pay for this. You can't take it Right. We got it. We have a conflict and now we got it. It's usually a conflict Yeah, are you able to spin it around to a positive at any time with these guys? I always always bridge gap with the relationship so we can keep working with them because like all my clients are dope, bro I know you okay So but you gotta think about it if you come in you take something down that I got a million views of 30 million views on you take it down. Who is this dude man? What is he doing? What did you tell I don't know about a loop? I'm an artist. I don't know none about no loop What did you talk about bro? I bought this beat right from I bought this from such a such, right? Yeah, but he used to loop am I on it is this way it's going down? I know yeah, it's gonna come most of the artists is not really that in tune like that. No, not at all but their teams So every time an artist makes a song in a major label puts out the song It's a sample form and a lot of producers choose to skip over that sample form So, you know, it's really on them But have artists like that's why a soldier boy anybody would be upset because they don't know what the hell you talking about a lot of him is different because he do beats Soldier boy, I don't know man. He him is different because he do beats But he do beats so he knows yeah, he definitely knows So he's basically just doing it because he think he can just take some well He can take advantage of these kids overseas.  It's it's crazy. I'm trying to tell you What's the worst case you've seen you haven't even do it the worst you've seen today today was a record We just took down this big German record has a Big Jeremy, it's a German record, right? It's like the biggest artists in Germany. Okay, they made the song made over 200k.  He's gonna wonder why his son why I got taken down Yeah, for sure And we have like copyright declarations like on the date that my producers made these loops and different things like that So it's literally no way around it And if you don't want to pay then we can go to litigations and litigations in the US can range It's it starts at a hundred and ninety thousand. So how do you find a loop? How do you how do you know how to is there some piece of equipment? Is there some how do we talked about earlier? Okay, I'm sorry. Yeah, we I missed it cuz I had but the detector. What is the detector? What do y'all got? We're partnered with this Chinese company site And we I can't give them the name away the NDA, but we use them to run loops and they'll return They'll scan the loops and return all the songs that have used my clients loops and we'll go Get those songs you have to pay them. They have to pay us. No, you have to pay them for finding those for using them Oh, yeah, but it's like penny is on the dollar. Okay, but it seems like you figured out how to get a ROI out of this situation For sure for sure. So all companies don't have that Luxury to have that to do that with so how does all the company mean? That company that Chinese company, but you're not given the name So are there other companies like that who do that for other? Artists to make sure that you talk about that company or my company that company I believe so we've researched it. It's like two or three more companies like okay, so there's not many it's like a They use it as a service, right? Yeah, okay, cuz I was just wondering what do everybody else use to find out to make sure okay She's am really everybody here and they'll use like she's am different things accurate is that? It's it's okay It's still misses some the stuff the program that we use it still misses some sometime But you know, it's all about just trying to get what you can get and then you know The rest of it will come to you friends like that big record somebody that knew him hurt it That's really the main the main way is for people to let y'all know. Yeah, it'll be big records. So people to hear it. Yeah Future's out. I never the song wait for you. Yeah Just give me a spiel on how you guys was even how did that even happen for us with your clients? Israel called me one day He's like, hey, bro.  It doesn't have that bass like the progressions in the notes It doesn't have that Bassline in way for you. It has Israel's baseline. So they sent the track outs from the genius live version over to ATL Jacob in the FNZ Art at ATL Jacob actually because FNZ made the sample And they put his bass on that's the bass line you hear throughout way for you. Wow. Yeah, so we reached out You know, we kind of had to be stiff with him and let him know like hey If you guys don't like a standard agreement, then you know what to move forward with other Other ways to handle it. So and they was able to come compensate. Yeah, for sure And Israel's Israel's like his own boss. We have a unique business situation You know, he I'm kind of like a consultant. I help him out. Yeah, so that's how that came about So just to get into the music a little bit because I know you be DJing and everything So you got your ears to the street like crazy Like when you think about the Dallas area and and and who do you see that you're liking the music that comes from? Whoever in this Dallas market that you're you're proud to be affiliated with the that makes you proud to be here in the Dallas area Right. So what artist that I'm affiliated with not even affiliated with that your ears are affiliated with But you you heard a sound that you liked. Yeah, big extra plug for sure big a chase. Am I saying the right Jace? Jace. Yeah, Jace. We did I8 for Jace. He's from Nice from for a warfare. Yeah, okay. Thanks. Oh 12 gauge, of course free free 12 gauge Who else?  Yeah Bro Sama Straight up rose some out east Texas man. Get the big shot out. Yeah, Rose. I must hope you like rose some He was on here. He flipped out on here. I gotta check that. I 16 16. He went hard for a minute Yeah, and in chanting to in chanting man I hadn't had on this show, but I definitely would like to get on the show at cash page cash page I was just talking about her today. These are people that that I really think are dope, you know Her album is fire. You like it. It just came out of here recently didn't it? And you listen to the whole album. Yeah, well, did you have any work on that one? No, not at all Sonic had a lot of work on that sonics my guy, so okay, that's hard. I love Sonic's work. He's a great great producer. Wow Yeah, Mackay Yeah, they going in That's gonna be that's gonna be live. So 2023 who y'all think is gonna be who gonna break loose and Basically out of the artist Let's get the prediction right now. DJ Isis prediction on who's gonna be the hottest artist to come out of Dallas in 2023 gonna show up big Can it could be more than one or just one artist? It gotta be two one artist Just cuz I know it was about to happen Jace. Oh Oh Jace say you have some inside of view on it for sure. He's He with the right people Jase So I need to get him on Boston for sure send him over here Yeah, I think he's like he's just not 88. He's not moving around because he's on house arrest Oh, you're on house arrest I need to go over there with the with the mics and talk to him or what? Yeah, you should pull up on it But it why I need to do I need to be strapped to when I see it What are you doing Now he about to pop off for this year, but he on house arrest How are you gonna? That's all I do cuz I just gotta look at certain things like His his page. He doesn't really have anything.  Okay. I mean the label paid us Timely for the beat they paid Ziggy and they paid my client On time and the label he signed to like it's a really good label. Okay. Yeah, for sure. Wow So you think you so you say check Jace?  That was the first name you said But why I meant to ask you why big X was the first name on the tip of your tongue why big X? Yes Just cuz it's all like organic Everybody when you actually buy it's it's big X is always big X. Yeah, he could really rap for sure And he has like a great team bond. So Wow big extra plug shout out. I'm gonna call it buddy, but it be only to he can rap But it's a deep voice. Yeah, he works hard works a lot. You know I'm saying so I'm gonna be looking though We don't see if somebody I don't know you might have you might have somebody come out of you know if I asked you this last year that Wasn't glow real last year that had one of the biggest songs Yeah But if I'd asked you you wouldn't never say it go real Nobody nobody would ever even say it now. We got her about to be her next biggest song. We got that for sure So that's see what I'm saying crazy. So that's what I'm saying You might have a breakout artist that'll just shut down your list. Whatever you thought. Yeah, if the right hit come The internet can't even contain it Like it we got placements with him, so we'll see I'm curious about something if glory and big X got on a song together. Do you think that'd be a hard song? Yeah, for sure the production would have to be like fire though and it would work because Big X rap song like Memphis tight beats, so I'm just thinking about both of their voices. Yeah It'll go Okay, they should make it like the club record or something.  I see man DJ ice man 88 man and give me his name one more time because I don't mess it up You're really really 323. He taught me how to make beats taught me everything. I know for sure already man Hey, man. Thank you guys for coming on the show We're gonna do it again and again again.  You've gone a year. Wasn't he baby? And gone a year. I'll come just do six million come back. Yeah, you come back. You see where I'm at now Because we're working I'm talking about maybe in three if you win the Grammy or something You should be coming back in about a month. Oh, yeah, we'll come back then you pull up be like we wanted We wanted to take pictures. I can pop them up and everything for sure man. I got you. So you got me Yeah, so you be seeing Ziggy on here. You be seeing all the shows Ziggy pulls up He gonna call me takes me. Yeah, I'm here. Let's do it.  What about yours? Is this your first interview? Second That's hard still hey, man. Thank you guys for coming on the show. We love you DJ ice man Hey, man, and it's always gonna be respect Appreciate you for always picking up when I call. It's a real genuine relationship and it's been another great segment See how I break it down now.


Good morning and welcome to class sorry for the slight delay. I was not able to join into the class It was not just allowing me to join So I had to we tried different ways and then finally have to shut down and restart and then it worked Thank God. So apologize for the delay will begin Can I ask one of you to please lead us in prayer? Please anyone anyone like to lead us in prayer? Father in heaven, we thank you for this wonderful day and for this wonderful moment We thank you for the gift of life that you've given to us Lord. We still thank you For the lay for the lesson we are going to have we pray that we are blessed that we also bless our teacher We still thank those who have not yet come to also come in the name of their Lord We do pray that we take we learn a lot But that's going to help us to our last assessment in the name of the Father and Son the Holy Spirit we have prayed Amen. Amen Thank you, Loubega. Just give me a minute, please so On Monday, we began studying Romans chapter 15 and We Stopped at was 21 We basically were looking at versus 14 221 where we were looking at Paul to sharing some of his own personal thoughts and He talks about the grace of God that was upon his life and why is he mentioning about the grace of God in versus 15 to 21 is because he's saying that you know, he's been so confident and bold in Writing to them and telling them, you know, how they need to relate with each other how they need to treat each other how they need to serve each other and He says that, you know, he's using this boldness Because of the grace of God in his life or over his Life and he's mentioning this because you know, he's not Been there to roam before he is not mentored the church. He's not started the church He's no spiritual leader over the church is at Rome He's no has no, you know, spiritual leadership authority over them because he's not founded the church But he's saying he's using this boldness to write to them About all of these matters and how they need to relate with each other need to treat each other Serve each other is because of the grace of God in his Life and he says that, you know, the grace of God in his life has made him to be a minister to the Gentiles again and Because of the grace of God over his life. He says he's able to teach the gospel from Jerusalem to Ilocrum Ilocrum is modern-day Albania And he's able to proclaim the gospel In all of these places where the gospel has some of those places where the gospel has not been Reached he has taken the gospel there and he's done it through the power of the Holy Spirit And he's done it with boldness because the grace of God that has been Given to him and so he's saying that because of the grace of God in his life he is able to do what he's doing and he's doing it boldly and He says that he's able to do it boldly because and he's able to Admonish the churches he's able to tell them what they need to do what they shouldn't do how they need to live their Christian life What are the things that need to put in order in the church? It's because he says that I have you know Not only have the grace of God over my life, but he says that I've also proved that grace Okay, so he's it's important that we prove the grace of God over our lives So one thing that we can learn from Was it 15 to 21? In Romans chapter 15 is that you know, we have the grace of God over our lives the grace of God and the gifts of God is given to us to Equip us to empower us to fulfill a specific function or calling that God is given to us in the body of Christ, okay, so grace we know is divine enablement divine character and divine favor, okay, so Paul is saying that he has received this grace and this grace has equipped him To take the gospel where it has not been You know Established before that's why he says that I established the work where it has not been done before and it's I don't build on someone else's Foundation because he says since the grace of God to preach the gospel where it has not been preached Before and he says that even as this grace of God is over my life You know, I'm able to prove it because you are able to see the work that I have done, okay How is he able to prove it is because he says that you know He's proved the grace of God over his life because the Gentiles have come to accept the gospel Right from Jerusalem to Ilocrum wherever he's preached and he's preached the gospel with mighty science miracles and wonders Which has led the Gentiles to obedience of Jesus Christ and also he has established the work of God He has established believers is established churches in a place where there has no one Health has gone before and worked up or preached the gospel Dead and so he says that you know because of all of the grace that is in his life is being able to establish the work of God and So we learned two things from you know this passage that we need to know the grace of God over life and we And we we can once we know the grace of God in our life. We need to prove it How do we prove it? You know, we prove it by you know by moving in that grace So what do I mean when I say that we move in the grace? It means that you know How we exercising it know how we are practicing the grace in the way that we live In the way that we go about doing ministry You know the way that we pray for others the way that we minister to others the way that we preach and teach the gospel You know to others is a way that we are actually moving in the grace and we are actually Proving the grace of God over our lives. So when people See our life and our ministry, you know, they're able to see the grace of God the favor of God the character of God The divine enablement of God over our lives And the calling that he has Given to us. So the first thing that we can learn is to know the grace of God in your life By proving it and secondly, but when you know the grace you can move in it boldly Okay, so you can move boldly to do what God has called you to do to accomplish what God has Called you to do and the task that he has Set you apart to do and he says because he has proved the grace of his life, you know and The believers at various places Are able to see the life and the ministry of Paul It says because of this On or based on this I'm able to write all of these things to do for you to practice and follow and to take into consideration and Do it because it is what, you know, because the grace of God that is over my Life, okay. Otherwise people can question Paul's authority.  He's not even come and met us. He doesn't even know us as a church He doesn't know as believers, you know, so Paul look at how very How beautifully he, you know talks about the grace of God of his life and using that to Tell them, hey, this is the reason why I'm writing to you and and this is the boldness that I'm using You know to tell you how to live your lives It's not just because I'm asking you to do it But I have practiced it myself and I'm able to do it because of the grace of God over my life and I just love the way Paul is such a good you know Not only good in how he Ministers how he goes about doing the building the kingdom of God his life his testimony But also such a wonderful writer, you know, it's the amazing writing skills and of course it is the holy spirit that is Imparting to him and you know getting him to write all of these things and so such powerful truths that We can learn from Paul's writing and what the holy spirit is imparting through him again So he says, you know, I have gone about teaching and teaching the gospel where Not where Christ was named that means Paul did not want to build on another man's foundation Rather, he wanted to do You know a pioneering work for the Lord Not because Of pride Why do you think Paul did not build on somebody else's foundation or why do you think he went And started the work where nobody else was willing to go Why do you think Paul went where no one else was Going and ministering any thoughts Maybe he was led by the Holy Spirit Okay, thank you. Lou Begiel was led by the Holy Spirit Master he was called to Do this like pioneer ministry Okay, he was called to be an apostle to be a pioneer Okay, we also see that when he was in Jerusalem What happened to him when he was preaching? There was a lot of mistrust with people there and we see how they Took him through a basket. So maybe he feared saying Let me go there. Let's say And his passion also has a lot a lot to pray To pray. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Thank you Lou Begiel Uh, I'll just share my thoughts. I'm not sure if I'm right but then Because he was called for the Gentiles also might be one of the reason because we see people they first only reached the Jews And out of that Paul Paul he started this reaching out to the Gentiles and he explained why he's reaching out to gentle And how God is moving Maybe that might be one of the reason because he's laying the foundation for the Gentiles. That's what I feel like Okay, thank you all for your inputs Yes, maybe because there was so much to do on the frontiers, you know, so much doing the borders the boundaries the borderline you know Just to go where no one was going So that they can reach the unreached. Okay So that was a good You know initiative of Paul and he says but as it is written so Paul saw his pioneering heart as obedience to the Scriptures fulfilling, you know, the passage that he quotes from the Old Testament in verse 21 Says but as it is written to whom he was not announced they shall see and those who have not heard shall Understand so Paul is saying that he's going where No one has gone before and he's beginning a work where no one has built on is also because You know, he's doing it in obedience to scripture. He's fulfilling You know, uh, what is quoted in the Old Testament and he Quotes from, uh, you know, he quotes scripture passage in verse So we know that you know, Paul was a learned man. He was well-wised in the Torah and the Old Testament so Maybe also that was another reason and the Holy Spirit also guiding him and leading him To go to the frontiers, okay We'll move on to verses 22 to 33 Where Paul is sharing some of his travel plans before that anyone has any questions So like y'all to focus on, you know, know, what is the grace of God over your life?  Know the grace and the gifts and you know, not just know your grace and gifts move in the grace, you know By exercising practicing it in your living in your life in your ministry And prove the grace of God over your life and even as you do that, you know move in boldness Even as God gives you the boldest, okay We'll move on to verses 22 to 33 if no one has any questions any doubts any thoughts you'll like to share Okay, if not, we will again Someone read verses 22 to 33 please for us For this reason, I also have been much hindered from coming to you But now No longer having a place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come to you Whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you for I hope to see you on my journey and to be hoped On my way there by you If first I may enjoy your company for a while But now I'm going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints for it pleased those from Macedonia And Achiria to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem it pleased them indeed and They are their debtors For if the Gentiles have been partakers of these spiritual things their duties also to minister to them in material things therefore When I have Performed this and I have sealed to them this fruit. I shall go by the way of you to Spain But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in fullness of blessing Of the gospel of Christ Now I beg you brethren Through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit That you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me That I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe and that My service to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints that I may not come to you with That I may come to you with joy by the will of God and May be refreshed together with you for the Lord for the God of peace be with you all amen Thank you. Lou Bega So here Paul is sharing his travel plans. It was his 22 to 33 and he says in was 22 for this reason. I also have been much hindered from coming to you So do you think Paul wanted to visit the church at Rome? Was he desirous was he eager to visit the church at Rome? What do you think Or is or is or is yes, you know Maybe because Rome was you know a big city well known Establish city and he's heard so much about the the believers there. I think he was his great desire to Visit or meet the believers at Rome, but he says For this reason, I've also been much hindered from coming to you. So what's the reason? So it's this reason. I've also been much hindered What is the reason and what has hindered him from, you know visiting the church at Rome? Because Yes, uh, jeffina. Thank you smart. He says look at the previous verse Uh, I said for this reason means, you know, Paul is basically Continuing what he's writing. So he's saying for this reason means he's saying that you know, uh, The worst 20 where it says and so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel Not by christ was named unless I should build on another man's foundation So he says I'm going to places where you know, the word has not been preached before not building on somebody else's foundation And he says, you know, this has what has hindered me or for this reason, you know I've not been able to come in visit you because there's so many places that you know I need to go and preach the gospel where no one has gone before okay, so Paul is writing this letter from Corinth Towards his third missionary journey and he plans to go to Jerusalem Because he has collected some money for some churches in Akiah and Macedonia Uh, you know, he's collected from the money from the churches in Akiah and Macedonia to take it to the churches at Jerusalem because the church is a Jerusalem, you know The the people at Jerusalem were facing a famine And so there must have been lack there. Surely there was lack there And so he wants to provide for them And so he's collected some money from the churches in Akiah and Macedonia And he's planning to go first to Jerusalem to meet the needs of the believers there Then he plans to go to Spain and on his way to Spain. He plans to stop at Rome, okay And he has this assurance that when he comes to Rome He says in verse 29. What does he say in verse 29? What is the assurance that he has? When he comes to Rome In verse 29, what does he say? What's 29 It says he shall come to them in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ, okay So a very important phrase from this phrase or this verse, you know comes the term full gospel You know, there are churches who are called the full gospel churches And why is why are they called as a full gospel churches? Any idea? Or what does Paul mean when he talks? I shall come to you in the fullness Of the blessings of the gospel of Christ. So why are these churches named as full gospel churches? Any thoughts any ideas? I can give an example of a local full gospel church that I know and what they speak of themselves They say that they have both faith And miracles that the Holy Spirit works in them. Thank you Absolutely, right. Thank you. Lou Bega. Yes, you know So Paul is saying that when he comes to minister to them, you know, he will share the fullness the blessing of the gospel of Christ Which means or you know, uh, you know The the the full gospel church is when they share the gospel of Jesus Christ They're not only talking about The gospel that brings about forgiveness of sins But also the gospel of Jesus Christ that brings healing to the bodies and deliverance from every demonic power Which means, uh, you know, just not just preaching the word teaching the word that brings about reconciliation and forgiveness of sins but also You know Plowing in science miracles and wonders the gospel that brings about healing to the mind to the soul And also deliverance from demonic powers. Okay Worcester, he says you strive together with me in prayers to god for me so, you know Paul is at Corinth and the believers that he is writing to are at home And he says I wanted to strive with me in Prayer, okay Though they are in different places Yet, you know They can come alongside to pray for each other So, you know, we can strive together with other believers Even if they are in different parts of the city different parts of the nation different parts of the world You know come alongside with other people And we can lend them our spiritual strength even as we pray with them um Sorry for the background noise. There's some work construction work going on Just in the in the neighboring compound So, you know, um, we can lend our spiritual strength as we pray with them Even though we are in different places, but we can still come together in agreement In prayer when we strive to Gather, okay. What's the meaning of strive together when Paul says strive together with me? What does he mean? The greek word basically means, you know, the greek little translation means agonized together Okay, so it basically means to struggle in partnership with To struggle in company with to strive to strive along with so, you know, um, you know, just Engage in battling in in in fighting and just praying Along with the other So, you know, um from this same word strive Comes the root word for the word agony Which you know is used of jesus when he was in great anguish in prayer in the garden of gethsemane And when jesus asks his disciples to strive along with him or that means to agonize with him in prayer So basically saying hey, you know, i'm struggling So, you know partner with me in my struggle company me with my with me in my struggle come along with me in my Struggle so jesus asking his disciples to agonize with him in prayer But we see that they failed, you know to pray along with him. They were so sleepy. They fell asleep You know, they failed at that most important part of jesus's life to strive along with him to agonize along with him um, and you know, but we learn a lesson from this that Even when, you know, other brothers and sisters are going through challenges. They're facing difficulties, you know When you pray for them, you're actually striving along with them You're with them in the struggle partnering with them in company with them, you know together with them in their battle And when you are striving with them agonizing with them in prayer You're basically you stepped into the fight along with them. So their fight is your fight, you know Their conflict is your conflict. You are in this conflict along with them And you know, even as they are battling it all out. You are there along with them in partnership in company with them Basically their strength is enforced Because you're praying along with them and this is how we can come alongside each other and reinforce each other So sometimes we think hey, what? What what is going to happen if I'm just going to pray for somebody who's far away and they're going to the struggle? I've heard you'll pray for the spread request pray for that prayer request You're basically striving along with them. You're there with them in the fight to step to them Step into the fight along with them in the conflict with them and it it does You know miracles it does wonders their strength is being enforced and You are alongside with them And you're alongside with each other Reinforcing each other strengthening each other and building each other And so paul, you know Is saying strive together with me in prayers to god for Me so when apostle paul himself, you know is asking the church Hey, you know, please come along with me strive along with me in prayer Surely, you know, you and I also need to do that as Well, okay, we need to strive together with others in Prayer and what is he asking for them to pray along with him? Um, you know, he knows that even as he goes to jr. Muslim You know those in judia those do not believe are going to Cause an uproar. They're going to You know persecute him. They're going to cause him harm and danger He knows the impending danger that is looming large over him And so, you know, he wants the brothers and sisters in christ to pray With him along with him And step Into the battle or the fight that and the conflict that he is Going That's going on in his life or he's going to face to be alongside with him to strengthen him. Okay was 31 That I may be delivered from those in judia would not believe that my service for jr. Muslim may be acceptable to the saints so Paul knew that the church in jr. Muslim was a very was very conservative and sometimes, you know They saw men as like paul or they regarded men like paul to be, you know, some dangerous innovators, uh, you know people who are Uh dangerous leaders or reformers or people who are visionaries Or developers and so for this reason he asked the church at room to pray that his service for the people at jr. Muslim may be acceptable to the States because basically the believers At jr. Muslim the church is jr. Muslim a jews and he's An apostle to the gentiles and so, you know, there's a lot of things that Um, that was that they did not, uh, you know agree with paul. But so paul is saying, you know pray for Me but we see that even as paul goes to jr. Muslim. He's captured there by the jews and for two years he's imprisoned in syria and You know, he finally appeals to Caesar and then he is taken to rom as a prisoner So he eventually ends up in rom Not as a free man, but as a prisoner and even as he's brought in rom Uh, you know, he's under house arrest which allows him A little freedom for people to come and meet and talk and to preach and to teach You know, not as a free man, but you know, even though he's in chains He's still able to believe minister to the believers at Rome so you see that, you know, paul had this great Desire to go and meet the believers at rom But you know all the plans had changed but he eventually ended up in rom But you see irrespective of the way that he landed in rom as a prisoner It did not deter him or did not stop him from ministering and preaching and teaching or breaking his heart You see that he still uses the opportunity to Minister to the saints to the believers There so we do not know Something that we can learn from this is we do not know You know what tomorrow holds And what are the things that we're going to face but you know, whatever we face We can use as opportunities to still Fulfill the calling that god has in our lives, okay So all of the circumstances were different. He was able to minister to the believers, okay, and then he Ends this part of his letter or the he says now the god of peace be with you all Amen, this is not the end of his letter though You know, but paul concludes this part of the letter here by you know, his personal You know blessings that he's given he's saying the god of peace be with you all but You know, he goes on to to talk about various things and then he Finally ends his letter with his personal greetings in roman's chapter 16. Okay So that is roman's chapter 15 for us any thoughts anything that you like to share Anything that you all didn't understand you want me to explain again any queries any questions you'll have No, okay. If there are no queries or questions, then we'll move on to chapter 16 This is final greetings and farewell. Okay Okay, we'll read verses We'll read chapter 16 There are 27 verses so If all of you can read Five of you can read You know five or six verses it can help Yeah So who like to begin from verse one roman chapter 16 I commend you comment to you fee be our sister who is a servant of the church in kinkreah And that you may receive her in the lord in a manner worthy of the saints And assist her in whatever business she has need of you For indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also greet priscilla and akula Jesus who wrist their own necks for my life To whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles likewise greet the church That is in their house greet my beloved epinatus Who is the first fruits of akhaya into christ greet medi who labored labored much for us Greet andronicus and junia my countrymen and my fellow prisoners Who are of not among the apostles who also were in christ before me? Even thank you paul can someone else continue reading from verse eight If it amplifies my beloved in the lord greet Urbanus our fellow worker in christ and stack is my beloved greed Appeal is approved in christ greet those who are of the household of Aristotelus greet Herodion my countrymen greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the lord greet Triphena and Try for try for south who have labored in the lord greet the beloved purses who labored much in the lord greet rufus chosen in the lord and his mother in mind greet asyncritus Flegon hermus Petrovis hermus and the brethren who are with them greet from philologous and julia Narius and his sister and olympus and all the saints who are with them Greet one another with a holy kiss the churches of christ greet you Amen amen Thank you roslyn can someone else continue reading from verse seven 17 I I Now I urge you brother ends not this Not these who cause division and offenses Contrary to the doctrine which we learned Which you learned and avoid them for those who are such do not serve our lord jesus christ, but They are only buried and by smooth words and flatten flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple For your obedience has become known to all therefore I'm glad on your behalf, but I want you to be wise in what is good and simple concerning evil And god of peace will crush certain under your feet shortly the grace of your lord jesus christ be with you Amen Timothy my fellow worker and lucius jason and So see Micah kinsman greet you I Who wrote this episode greet you in the lord amen Amen Thank you, lupega To finish we have to This human versus We need to read some more verses right lupega. You read to us I read up to verse 22 22 yes Can somebody read from verses 23 towards 27, please That is my post and the post of the full church Greece you erupt us the treasure Treasure of the city greets you and quarters a brother the grace of our lord jesus christ be with you all amen Now to him who is able to establish you According to my gospel and the preaching of jesus christ According to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began Now but now made manifest And by the prophetic scriptures Made known to all nations According to the commandment of the everlasting god for the obedience to the faith to god alone wise We glory through jesus christ forever amen Amen Thank you subashis When we read this passage, you know What is what impressed you in this passage? Romans chapter 16 There's so many names It's like a tongue twister, but what impresses you? It shows that the the work of the gospel is teamwork not individual work Amen, yes So the work of the gospel God has You know given our specific functions and those functions are all Link interlinked with each other because we are one body in christ You know we are all different parts and we have one head And so it's important for us to A partner with each other You know come and even as we partner we compliment each other in Building the kingdom of god and not come we should not compete with each other You know most of the time as ministers we compete with each other rather than Compliment each other and coming together to build god's kingdom um Another thing is that you know we need to be mindful that it's even if god has called us to given us specific visions specific functions in the body of christ specific ministries, you know, um You know to set up a church or to set up a christian ministry organization, whatever It is not just about our vision. It's not about just my church But it is how You know I can use the vision that god has given me the calling that god has given me to enhance or build the kingdom of god, so We look at our calling our vision our function the broader framework of building the kingdom of god Because we are part of the kingdom of god We're here to be stewards of the kingdom of god and we are here to build the kingdom of god So we see that Paul is even though he's a great apostle. He's pioneered so much so many churches. He's established so many churches written so many You know Letters, you know Ministered to so many people men got so many men and women He's actually, you know all of his letters. He closes off with greetings Mentioning people Just to show that hey, it's a teamwork. It's not just I me my self and I think it's a very important lesson to for us to learn that you know Christian ministry is not just my My business my work what god is entrusted to me But how I can use that to partner with others And also how I can build the kingdom of god and what god has called me and entrusted me with okay, so Here we see that, you know, what is very impressive um Was also that Paul Is recognizing people right? He's recognizing people. He's thanking them. Do you think it was easy for them to write out all of these names? What do you think in those days was easy to write? in Paul's time Jefina says is to remember the names itself is difficult the people in your team You know, do you think it was easy for them to write all of these names? Uh, or write these scripts? No, why? Jefina says in those days there's no computer. There's no pen.  They had to put into Basically write out. So if Paul is taking the The pain and the effort to mention so many names It just means that he has people in his heart You know, that is so important Uh, another thing we need to remember is kingdom building or Ministry is not about, you know, how many books you wrote how many places you preach how many churches you established Um, you know your degrees the fame their name Uh, you know, all of that is not going to impress god It's it's it's it's writing into the hearts and lives of people. So when we have people in our hearts, you know Uh We can serve them better. We can serve them with the love of god and you know And when we have people in our hearts, we can actually write into their hearts That means we can take the liberty to speak into their lives We can take the liberty to preach and teach and admonish and correct and rebuke and train them in righteousness and holiness like paul Is using the boldness and the liberty that's because he has people in his heart And when we have people in our heart god will give us the permission and god will give us the right to write into people's heart To speak into people's heart So that is another very important thing that we need we can learn from Paul that he had people in his heart and so god gave him the liberty the freedom the right to Speak into their lives to write into their lives or the decree over their lives and to admonish them teach them and to train them in righteousness and holiness some of these truths we've already learned in The minister's foundation class in the first year and also in the kingdom of god and kingdom Builders so even as we go about doing ministry. Let's be mindful of these things. Let us know the grace of god You know, let us move in the grace of god. Let us practice the grace and move boldly Let us know that we're here to build the kingdom of god And even as we do that we are here to minister to people And have people in your heart so that god can give you the freedom and the liberty to speak over people And to write into their hearts. Okay, we'll stop here We'll finish chapter 16 on monday, which will be our last class I posted the assessment Um Yesterday, sorry for the delay. I've mentioned the reason I've stated the reason that so you can submit your assessment by next Thursday Thank you all have a blessed weekend and I will see you on monday


Welcome back to the channel, today we will be talking about the namespaces and custom routes in our REST API The reason is that classic press already by default gives you particular endpoints that are taken up by the software for example the OM bed and the WP version 2 and version 1 are namespaces already taken So when you go to the WordPress.org developer subdomain you find that in the REST API handbook you are given ideas of how to actually go about modifying and making your own custom endpoints and we see given some sample code of how to basically start our own route by adding custom by adding the latest post title or author and that's what we are going to just jump on and that's what we are going to use to springboard into our own idea So they give a very good explanation of what namespaces are, what routes are, what endpoints are So this is stuff that you can read and make yourself aware So you get a good explanation of what namespaces are, what endpoints are, what routes are and the arguments that are needed and it's good for you to get yourself acquainted with this information Now it would be a terrible idea for you to play around in SM namespaces assuming that classic press decides to make some changes in its system that would end up breaking your data or it would end up breaking your site So the best idea actually is for you to create your own namespaces and to create your own routes and that's what we are going to be looking at today So I'm just scrolling through and looking at the namespaces that are already existing and that are already taken up So by default this is a, we usually have our domain then we have the WP-JSON which is already by default how you add and make your own custom endpoints So when you look at the different namespaces like OMBED However if we go into the default WP version 2 which came from WordPress you find that this is where actually most of the data comes from and actually if we run this and add posts to this and hit enter we start seeing how our posts come up, our default posts come up with the different GUID, the slags and titles and everything actually comes on point So what we are going to do is we are going to create our own namespace that we are going to shoot our data from So what we are going to do is we are going to be watching this namespace area and then we shall look at the routes of what we do as we continue to code our for our custom endpoints on our REST API So what we'll do is we'll dive into our editor I've created a file called LabCustomEndpoints and I've basically put the starter files and details that are needed If you don't know what these are you should be able to watch the first video I did about the must use plugin So the next thing we are going to do is we are going to use a hook called addAction and what we are going to do is terminate it here So we'll need to use the REST API init hook and what it's going to take in is we are going to add a function that we shall call getDistricts and we shall denote it with our own name so we shall call it lab getDistricts and what we are going to do is create this function down here in our page We now need to use the default registerRESTROOTS function that is in ClassicPress and it takes three parameters One is the nameplace that we are going to be working with and I'm not going to interfere with that the default WordPress REST API name spaces that are already taken up by WP slash V2 So I'm going to create my own and I'll call it maps and the next thing that I'm going to do is I need to add the next requirement or argument that is passed in this particular function which is adding a route name route is actually the right name so we'll have our name space called map and then we'll have our route called district so lastly we're going to put our last argument we're going to put our last argument which is an array and that takes in a couple of things it takes in first of all the method and we know that all APIs, especially REST APIs all APIs in general take about a number of methods we have the get method that returns information just for the user and then we have the post which sends information to the server then we have update, delete and so on which can be used to exchange lots of information so we're going to be giving information to our user so we'll use the get and then the next thing that it takes in is that it's going to require a callback and this callback is basically a simple function that will input information on our route on our end point so I'm just going to give it a function which I'll call getDistrictInformation and this is the function it's of that we're going to use so we'll write a function for it here and then inside it we're going to use the default method of REST and SUA response which makes sure that our particular end point is actually getting some information so what we'll do is we're going to call this API works just to shout out something and this has to be returned so that there is information on our end point so what we're going to do is now is going to go to our browser and we're going to reload actually you get to see that our namespaces before were just two but now we have a new namespace here called map and so when we go when we go into our routes here, when we go into our routes we actually see that there are a number of things to pick from so we have the default ombed1, 2 and then we have our namespace of map showing up here it has a method of get and it has a number of methods in there and then finally we come to the namespace of map districts that has get and then it has also a method a route of map districts so when I click this we actually get to see what's on our end point and we actually have our API works here and in its raw form it's just a particular text so what I'm going to do now is I'm going to query for the terms of our districts and then I'm going to shoot them on this end point and so we're going to jump in and see how that looks like so now what we're going to do is we're going to pass in here a variable which I'm going to call details and basically it's just going to be an array of information now for what we need our details first of all we're going to register it as an array so we'll say it's equal to an empty array this is the old world doing PHP for an array however you can be more than about it depending on your server and just use those brackets to show that it's an empty array now what we'll do next is we're going to get our terms and we'll just say terms is equal to getTerms which is a default word term method and this method takes in an argument it takes in the arguments so you pass in an array and then you of course pass in that you want to query for the taxonomy that is called district remember that when we're registering when we're registering our post taxonomy we had district as our so you pass in district and then you also choose to say that one whole districts to be returned whether they have any content in them or not we can hide even if it says this person is empty so we hide and say this should be false hide empty should be false so we say this should be false and then we save that so the next thing that happens our content if it ends our content so we'll say for each term that is returned so for each terms as term we're now just going to look over our result what we're going to do is say let's get details we're going to push in an array of information and basics we're going to pass in what we know is a name and then for that name we're going to pass in the term and then in we know in each term something is going to come back we know that we're going to get a name as part of that term so you can actually get this information by looking up by looking that up in your browser so you can look up how to google terms so you can actually look that up and then you find that information you can actually look up how to find terms and return the names that come and then the next thing that I want to do is I also just want to pass an id just for right now and then I know when I pass this id I'm going to just get the term and then in that particular I just want the term id so the term id is actually just coming from my query of the terms when I save this here it should be equal to so once we save this and then just come back here to our here and refresh this page we actually realize that we have two pieces of information coming back in from here so if I run back into our plugin into our admin dashboard here and we go to villages and go to districts we're going to find that we have two pieces of information here so let me just add another district which I'll call Arua Arua is not anything so I'll just save this district so we have a new district folder Arua here and whenever we add anything new for our clients or the people using our API they will be automatically added with this information that I can even have someone who has no technical knowledge on how to update so having made our new districts come in here the next thing that I'm going to work on is actually the other items like the sub counties so I'm going to go through the same thing you can try to also make your counties under the namespace of map add county or district or whatever it is so that the next time we meet we're actually being on the same page if you like this video please give it a thumbs up or subscribe to our channel and make sure you click on that bell icon just doing this update enjoy the rest of your day calling bye bye


As-Salam-Alaikum. Welcome to virtual university. I am Surya Yash of Imir, your tutor for English. This course has been designed to improve your proficiency in English. A reading package with exercises and activities accompanies this course. You will be assessed from time to time and you will be assessed through a variety of means. You will be assessed through quizzes, assignments, a term exam and a final exam. The weightage is 15 percent for quizzes, assignments 15 percent, midterm exam will carry 30 percent and your final exam will carry 40 percent. Today's lesson is in two parts. In the first part, we will talk about the dictionary. The dictionary, its uses and how to use a dictionary. And in the second part, you will hear a very interesting story and we will ask you questions based on that story. Now you have all seen a dictionary and you would like to know what is a dictionary. Well, a dictionary as we all know is a book, a book that lists the words of the language. It lists them and records the words of a language. It is not only a record, it is also, it also spells, tells you how to pronounce words, it defines words, it explains words and it also tells you the uses of words. Now, there are many dictionaries. You will find a dictionary of scientific terms. You will find a dictionary which is, which will tell you about music. You will find a dictionary about art. You as students of English, your concern is with a language dictionary. There are many dictionaries. There is the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary and there is the Webster's Dictionary, two very famous dictionaries. And in this lesson, we will be telling you about how to use these dictionaries. There are many things that a dictionary will tell you. I shall just count nine of those things that a dictionary will tell you. Number one, if you want to consult the spellings, you should, the dictionary will tell you. The next thing is the pronunciation, how words are pronounced. The third is the grammar part. If you want to know what part of speech a word belongs to, the dictionary is the book that you must consult. Then a dictionary will tell you the origin of a word, the history of the word. Then it will tell you the meanings, the explanations, the definitions and it will also tell you how the word is used by the speakers of that language. You will also find synonyms, words with similar meanings, words which have opposite meanings, all these you will find in the dictionary. You will also find foreign words and expressions and if you want some general information, it will also be in your dictionary. The first thing that I will tell you about in detail are spellings. Now many students of English find English spelling very confusing. So what do we do about it? The simplest thing is consult your dictionary, but it will only help you if you know how to consult your dictionary. You will find that most dictionaries carry either at the beginning of the dictionary or at the end a page where the rules of spelling are given. All you have to do is at least once in a lifetime. You can open that page and look at the rules. There are not very many rules, not more than six or seven rules. If you go through those rules, you will find that you may not require consulting the dictionary again and again if you go through the rules. Now you will find that there are different spellings. Americans spell certain words in a different way. British spelling is different. Well let me tell you both spellings are correct. You as a student should stick to one spelling. If you prefer the American spelling then be consistent. Whenever you use that word use that spelling. If you prefer the British spelling then you use the British spelling. All you have to do is be consistent.  On the screen you will find these words given and just see how they are spelled. Your dictionary will clarify for you. It will have the word AAM for American, BR for British. It will tell you which is the British spelling and which is the American spelling. Now that is the first use of your dictionary. Second use of a dictionary is that it will tell you, help you in pronouncing the words of English. English pronunciations are very confusing. But if you know how to use the dictionary you will find that it will no longer be a problem for you. Now that is only if you know how to use the dictionary. All dictionaries, language dictionaries carry a table of pronunciation either at the beginning or at the end. You must go through this. I shall not talk about it in detail today. But in our next lesson we will be talking about pronunciation. So you just wait for the next lesson. The third use of the dictionary is that it clarifies for learners what part of speech the word you are looking up belongs to. Whether the word is commonly used as a noun or a pronoun or a verb. The dictionary will even tell you if it is a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. Whether it is an adjective, an adverb, conjunction or preposition. Now the third thing that a dictionary will tell you is the part of speech. The word that you are looking up what part of speech it belongs to. All dictionaries indicate what part of speech a word belongs to. Whether the word is a noun or a verb it will even tell you whether it is a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. Whether it is an adjective or an adverb, conjunction, article or preposition.  Your dictionary when you consult a dictionary you must look at there is a page where it mentions all the abbreviations that are used in that dictionary. So if you go through that page where the abbreviations are listed you will have no problem looking at looking up the part of speech. You will find they are always in italics. Now the fourth thing that you will find your dictionary tells you is the origin of words. Now this is a very interesting area. Fascinating those of you who want to know how words have developed. Now there is a very large body of words in English that have come from other languages. Well not all dictionaries list the origin of words. The technical word for this is etymology. Modern dictionaries, language dictionaries usually do not. But if you have got an old dictionary in the house you will notice that it will give you the origin of the word whether it is from French or German, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, it is all given over there. It is only for those who are interested in finding out the origin and development of words. The fourth thing that you will find in a dictionary and this is the most important of all is the meaning. All dictionaries, language dictionaries give you the meaning of the word. Now there are some words for which meanings are given. For others you will find definitions are given and for some explanations are given and this is the most important information about a word. Now when you look up a dictionary for its meaning, be careful that you do not run away after looking at one meaning. Some words have more than one meaning and the dictionary lists all those meanings. They are numbered. Most words have more than one meaning. In fact we would say shades of meaning. You look up the word bank in your dictionary and you will find that it is listed in three or four numbers. Now you as a learner you must look up, look at all the other words so that you get an idea which word, which meaning is the one that you require. Maybe you just look at the first meaning and you close your dictionary. Maybe that is not the meaning that you require.  Look for the meaning that best suits the context in which the word that you are looking up is used. You will find many many words in English. They have more than one meaning. I will just give you one example. Take the word spring. Now if you look at the dictionary you will find that spring is used as a noun. The word spring can mean season, the season of spring when the flowers are out. The word spring is also used for water that comes out of the ground. That again is a noun. And you will find that the word spring is again used as a noun for that steel wire that is usually you will find in beds and in cushions and sofas. It is a spring. All three are nouns. All three different meanings. And yet there is another word. There is another meaning of the word spring and that is spring as a verb when you jump on something. For instance the cat springs at you. So what I am trying to point out to you is that do not close the dictionary after looking at one meaning. Go down the list and you will learn to find that words they might have the same form, the same spelling. But they function, they have different meanings. They function in different ways in a sentence. Now the fifth use of a dictionary on your screens you will find exercises dealing with meanings. But I shall move on to the another use, another very important use of the dictionary. The dictionary as I said earlier tells you how the speakers of the language use words. Now you are sitting here miles away from England and America. How would you know that the speakers use a word? The dictionary is the place to go to. You will find that your dictionary it will tell you the usage of words and phrases, idioms, proverbs of the language they are all listed in your dictionary. Your dictionary will also tell you the limitations of the use of the word. For instance take the word look. The word look is used in so many different ways. It is used as look up. These are two word verbs look up, look into, look at, look down. These are the idioms of the language. How would you know that the way they are used? So look at the dictionary and you will notice that it is all given there. Some dictionaries illustrate the meaning by using them in sentences. Now you will find that special labels have been designed to tell you the usage of the word. If a word is no longer in current use, it is a word that belongs to let us say Shakespeare's time. The dictionary will tell you the abbreviation is archaic. The word is archaic and it will the word will carry A R C H in brackets and it will tell you that this use of the word is no longer current. It is no longer in current use. It is an archaic use of the word or you will find there are other labels which tell you the use of the word. For instance you will find a word that is used only in poetry. The dictionary will tell you in where the word is listed. It will tell you in brackets that it is poetic or if a word is used in a derogatory in a bad way. The dictionary will tell you that it is not a polite word. If it is a slang word, the dictionary will tell you. So that is why earlier on I told you that you must read the list of abbreviations. If you look at the abbreviations they will tell you all these labels will be listed over there. The dictionary will also tell you whether a word is formal or informal. All these uses you will find in a dictionary. Now on your screen you will see a few exercises. I shall just read out one or two sentences for you. You will see three sentences and they tell you how those words are used. For instance it says Professor Widdowson held forth for over an hour about the need of communication language teaching, communicative language teaching. Now the word held forth there is a special label for this word, for this use of the words. Number two, I don't get how you found the answer. Now the use of the word get, this is a special use. It is colloquial. That is it is used in spoken English. Another example, my roommate is pretty hard up these days. Now the word hard up that is an idiom. How would you know the meaning? So your dictionary gives all these things. All you have to do is consult your dictionary whenever you are in trouble. Whenever you want to find out a word go to your dictionary. Another example, you have heard the word guys, the word cool. Now they are used in different ways. Your dictionary will tell you that cool means not hot, not warm. It will also tell you that cool is an informal word. It can also mean, it can also be used in a slang way. The word ok. Will it be ok if I met you at the library about 8? Now what does ok mean over here? The dictionary will tell you that it is colloquial. That is it is used in spoken language and it means alright. Now the 6th use of the dictionary is that a dictionary will tell you the synonyms and antonyms of words. Synonyms are words that are similar in meaning and antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning. Now not all dictionaries list these. In the good old days dictionaries carried this information as well. But now frequently you do not find this in most dictionaries. The next thing that you will find in your dictionary is foreign words. Most language dictionaries carry foreign words and phrases. Either they are listed in the main entries or you will find them listed in a separate section at the end of the dictionary. Words like kudeta etc. vice versa. These are all words, foreign words and your dictionary is sure to have them. If a priori yes that is a difficult word one does not come across every day. But if you do all you have to do is look up your dictionary and you will find the meaning given over there. And the last thing that your dictionary will tell you is some general information. Now in the past most dictionaries carried general information. This was information about people important personages, names of rivers, towns, cities or big events. But language dictionaries nowadays do not carry such information. They may have tables of conversion tables, weights and measures, names of prominent English names. You will find all these listed in a separate section not in the main entries of the dictionary. Now these were, I talked about nine uses of the dictionary. I just told you about the nine uses of a dictionary. Some of the things that you can do with a dictionary. Now I shall tell you how to use a dictionary. Now the time that you spend on learning what a dictionary contains and how it should be used will save up time later, will save up much of your time later. If you know how to use a dictionary it will save you a lot of time later on. Now the first thing is that you must know your alphabet, the order of the English alphabet. Because all entries in the dictionary are arranged in alphabetical order. Now and the words are arranged according to the first letter. When words begin with the same letter they are arranged according to the second letter. And if both the first and the second letter are the same, are the same words. If both the first and the second letters are the same words, the same words are arranged according to the third letter. Now I will just show you a dictionary. You must learn to use the dictionary in such a way that you do not spend time looking, turning over the pages because a lot of people do not know how to use the dictionary. And they spend time flipping through the pages going back and forth and not finding the word that they want to. Now when you are looking for a word, first thing just thumb through, thumb through the pages quickly, just go through them like this. Look only at the guide words. Now what are guide words? Guide words are those words that you will find at the top of the page. Pick up any dictionary and you will find that the word that is given, the words that are given at the top of the page on your left hand side here and you will find a word given on the right hand side. There you will always find them in bold letters. They are called the guide words. They are meant to guide you to the word that you are looking for. You will notice that the word on the top, on the left hand side is the first word, is the first entry on this side, on the left side of the page. And the word on the right hand side, when you are looking for a word in the dictionary, you should look only at the guide words. The guide words are the words on the top of the page. These are words given right at the top, on the left hand side and one on the right hand side. And you will notice that they are always in bold letters. The word that is given on the left hand side is the first entry on that page. The word given on the right hand side is the last entry on that page. And this will help you find the word that you are looking for. If it is not on that page, turn the page and go ahead look down on the next page. Now in today's lesson, you learnt two things. The first was the different uses of the dictionary. What are the things that you can learn from a dictionary? And the other thing that you learnt about a dictionary was how to use the dictionary, how you can find words quickly. Now, let me just recap for you. Go over what we have done today. As students of English, you need to know how to use a dictionary. You should think of your dictionary as a tool. It is a tool that you can use. It is something that will make you an independent learner. You do not have to wait for your teacher or for someone else to come and tell you. All you have to do is consult your dictionary and you can learn a lot about the English language. It will tell you, if you know how to use it correctly, you will discover the full potential of the language. And it will make you an independent learner. And I would say that you should treat it like a friend and you will find that it is a friend. It will help you in learning English. Now, with that we come to the end of the first part of our lesson. Now we are moving to the second part of the lesson and I hope you will enjoy this part.  You will listen to a folk tale from North America. The story is about a natural event, raven and the coming of daylight by Gail Robinson and Douglas Hill. When the earth was very young, it was dark and cold like a winter's night through all the years' seasons. Gull was the custodian of daylight and he kept it locked tight in a cedar box beneath his wing. Now being custodian, Gull felt very important and he was not going to lose his position by letting daylight out of the box. He is too vain, screeched owl at a meeting of the people upon meeting hill. We can never travel in this darkness to our homes in the south, cried Robin. Her breast was bleached of color for lack of light. They decided to have a meeting and Gull agreed to come to the meeting. But it was clear when he came that he was not going to change his mind or listen to what raven said. He had come only because it made him feel even more important to have raven pleading with him. I was made custodian of daylight in the beginning of things said Gull. I am to keep daylight safe and I will keep it safe. And he curved his wing tighter around the cedar box. Raven had run out of words to make Gull see the people's need for light. He thought angrily to himself, I wish this Gull would step on a large thorn. No sooner had he shaped his thought then Gull cried out, Scream my foot. A thorn cousin asked raven innocently, let me see, I will take it out for you. But of course it was so dark that he could not see the thorn to remove it. I must have light to take out the thorn said raven. Light never said Gull. Then the thorn will remain said Gull. Gull complained and hopped on one foot and wept. And he finally opened his cedar box a crack. A crack so tiny, so narrow that out glanced a shaft of light, no brighter than a single star. Raven put his hand to Gull's foot. Then pretended not to see the thorn. Instead he pushed it in deeper. Scream cried Gull my foot. More light, more light shouted raven. And the lid of the box rose a further crack so that light gleamed forth like a winter moon. Then raven reached again for the thorn and pushed it even further into the soft flesh of Gull's foot. More light roared raven. Scree, scree, scree screamed Gull. And in his pain he flung off the lid of the cedar box. Like a molten fish the sun slithered out from the box and light and warmth blazed out over the world. Nor was it ever to be recaptured. No matter how loudly or how sadly, Gull called to it to return to its safe hiding place beneath his wing. You have heard the story, now you answer the questions on the story. I shall read them out, I shall read them out twice. Let the one which you think is the most, the one that expresses the main idea of the story. What is the story about? Is the story about A, the removal of the thorn from Ravensfoot, B, the meeting of birds and animals upon meeting hill, C, the release of daylight over the earth, D, the capture of daylight in the Cedar box. Now out of these four, which statement expresses the main idea of the story? Well it is statement C, the release of daylight over the earth. The next question is, I shall read out eight statements, eight statements and you on a piece of paper just write true, if you think the statement is true or F write T, if you think the statement is exactly as the story, as it was in the story or F if it is false, not as given in the story. A, Raven and Gull are birds, B, Gull and Raven are related, C, Raven felt important being custodian of daylight, D, daylight was kept under a wing, E, Raven pushed a thorn into Gull's foot, F, Gull at once opened the box for Raven to see the thorn, G, the sun slipped out of the box, H, Gail Robinson is the author of the story. Now which ones are true statements and which ones are false? Well statement A, Raven and Gull are birds, did you know that Raven is a bird that belongs to the crow family, it is a black bird and Gull is also a bird, you must have seen C Gulls, you must have read about C Gulls and Gulls, they are birds, so Raven and Gull are birds that is a true statement. The other one was Gull and Raven are related, in the story it says that Gull and Raven were cousins, so this statement is also true, statement C, Raven felt important being custodian of daylight, this is false, because it was Gull who was custodian of daylight, statement D daylight was kept under a wing, false, because daylight was kept in a Cedar box which Gull kept under its wing, so it was in a box not in a wing, the next statement Raven pushed a thorn into Gull's foot, no Raven didn't push it, he just thought that if only Gull had a thorn in his foot, he thought of it and it so happened that Gull got a thorn in its foot, the next statement Gull at once opened the box, no Gull did not, he did not open it at once and the next sentence the sun slipped out of the box, that is a true statement, because the sun do you remember I said the sun slithered out like molten fish, so statement A, B and G are true, the last statement Gail Robinson is the author of the tale, no that is not true either, because it is Gail Robinson and Douglas Hill, there are two authors of this tale, now that is the end of lesson one, hope you enjoyed the story, it is an interesting story, because what does the story tell you, the story is an attempt at explaining a natural phenomena, it explains to you how daylight came to the earth, this is a folk tale, a folk myth, people in the villages always create little stories to explain natural events, natural phenomena and as I said earlier, it is an ancient myth, an ancient myth which contains a magical or religious ideas, it is an attempt by mankind to understand their surroundings and give meaning to life, thank you, Allah Hafiz, see you next time.