I'm trying to prepare for media day tomorrow. I'm trying to get all my cameras ready and my gear set up. I'm trying to learn this new tripod I just bought with the Z-Grip. So today's really busy, but I have to get this last drone update out for you guys. Our Patreons had an exclusive drone update just the other day, so a huge thank you to them for being a part of this channel as it continues to grow and helping me grow by donating just a dollar a month. So if you wanna help out and join us on Patreon, the link will be down below. Any support is much appreciated. But nonetheless, Yukon Striker is almost done. And what I mean by that is mostly Frontier Canada. So by the looks of the drone footage and super zoomed in shots, and yes, every time we do zoom in, it does make the shot very blurry. So I know that the shot is blurry, but nonetheless, it looks like there's a lot of rock work going on, which I'm really excited about, I can't wait to see it in person because I would really like to see how this turns out with rock surrounding Yukon Striker. It's almost like they're going for a mountainous look as if you're at the top of a mountain or something. And I can't wait to see how that plays out. The roof is on the storage building there. As you can see, the mess hall is still very much a wood structure as of yesterday, which is a little concerning. The station still has work going on. They are just putting up the Frontier Canada entrance signs, as you just saw in one of our super zoomed in shots. And they are still doing lots of work in the vertical loop area. So definitely a little concerning in terms of Frontier Canada being done by tomorrow. I do not think Frontier Canada will be anywhere close to ready for tomorrow. I do think it'll be ready for opening day. I'm gonna say no to season pass holders day, but it could be about 80%, 90% complete by season pass holders day. But for the full effect, I think Frontier Canada won't be done until opening day. Again, this is coming from a amateur in terms of construction. I do not have any inside information. This is me looking at drone footage and literally making an assumption. So please take whatever I say in terms of what I'm thinking with a huge grain of salt. And let's say tell you that I know for sure. But yeah, this is definitely just a prediction based off of what I'm seeing. So we could see everything done by tomorrow, but it looks like just Yukon Striker will be open tomorrow. I think that they've been focusing on theming around the coaster, especially the station area. That's what it looks like because I'm seeing the landscaping around the turnip and station. I'm seeing little objects in there. I don't know what they could be. I'm guessing little carts or like maybe little old wooden carts. I don't know what used to call them. They look like something tiny. I don't know what it could be. But definitely lots of what looks like white stone. Limestone maybe, I have no idea. But definitely lots of stone I'm seeing piled around Yukon Striker because you can see that bright white in the clips. And what's even more interesting is there's like three queue lines. Again, going up to Yukon Striker. So it looks like maybe they'll have row one, row two, row three, divide it up before you even get onto Yukon Striker, which is really impressive. I can't wait to see how that turns out. But from the super zoomed in shots, I can definitely make that out. Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this really quick update on Yukon Striker. Again, we will be at the park all day tomorrow with all day coverage. So stay tuned on our YouTube channel and our Instagram page for coverage of media day. Thanks for watching guys. Have a good one. Bye.


let's get TBR rig! Every time I try and do an interview to TBR Cluedo, it just ends up being cringe. I should just stop. Hello my friends and welcome back to TBR Cluedo. It is time for our September TBR. If you don't know, this is my TBR game inspired by Super Cluedo. We have different rooms, each connect to a genre, a prompt we pick in that room means I have to read a book of that genre that fits that prompt. It's essentially the idea. And listen, autumn's the starting! Personality wise, I'm a summer girl. Like I've always been a summer girl. I love the sun, I get seasonal factors disorder. But content wise, I'm like YouTube wise and reading wise, I'm very excited for autumn. I feel like I'm just really gonna hit my hot girl era. Do you know what I mean? Like I really feel like that. So she says, wearing this hat. I'm really excited for my TBR in September. I'm really excited for some videos I've got coming up. Life's great. Life's great, you know? I definitely have had a moment where I've said to myself, wow. Let's get into the first roll. Roll number one. Whoa. Person number seven, which is brown. Let's see how many we roll. One out of four. I'm just gonna go one, two, three, four and get the rose prompt. So one of my patrons will be picking something I read this month. The first roll was the rose prompt, which means a patron is gonna pick what I read. When you join my patron, whatever T you are, you get to pick two books off of my physical TBR. So you put into this jar and then when it's a rose prompt, I pick one out and that goes on my TBR. By the way, if you ever want to join my patron, the first of the month, okay, today is the best time to join. If you wanted to join, we've got a movie night this weekend. We've got a final girls book club. I've got a Zoom call with my team Roars. We have a monthly Zoom call and reading sprints every week lesson. We do a lot over there. So if you ever wanted to join, now's your time. But now is the time to pick what I'm gonna be reading. I'm going on holiday for a week in September and I haven't planned what I'm reading yet. So this and one other prompt that we're gonna see later is probably gonna pick what I take with me on holiday. I'm not gonna do like a specific themed vlog when I go on holiday, but I am gonna take books and read and vlog it. So let's see and then we'll see who chose this book. I'm gonna reach in deep and get one. Okay, I don't like it. I get so nervous. Okay, focus on my hands. Okay, let's see what it is. What is that? No filter and other lies. Oh my god. Okay, that's a great holiday one. Let's see who picked that first. Okay, Jordan. Jordan picked it. Did anyone else pick it or is it just Jordan? No, just Jordan. Okay. Oh my god. This is such a good holiday one. I'm so happy. Oh my god. Jesus Christ. Check out the label. Okay, so this is no filter and other lies by Crystal Madonado. I am so happy I'm gonna be reading this because I've been thinking like, when am I gonna get to this like a YA contemporary romance on holiday? I taste the flavour.  There wasn't like Heartstopper or Graphic Novel or something. By the way, how cute are these covers? Gorge. This one sounds really interesting though. It's about our main character who is like an influencer on Instagram, but it's all fake. They're like catfishing and it's about them. I think the story is going to be about them kind of seeking validation through this and then it's going to be about them accepting themselves. Oh yeah, and I think she starts texting someone and they start falling in love but then they get outed as a catfish. I don't know, I just really loved her writing last time, so I am so happy that this is why I ended up being picked. I would either want this or like a thriller or something on holiday. We'll see what the other book ends up being that we're gonna have to read. Yeah, this feels like a great pick. I'm very, very excited. I can just imagine myself on the beach loving this and reading this, so oh great pick Jordan. Next, we have person number six, which is yellow. Let's see how many we roll. Whoa. We have a one in a one. I can do that. I can do that. So let's just go one two, which is number 28, which is a book that you've never seen on Booktube. Roll two was a thriller that I have never seen on Booktube and this one, it's like technically correct. The rules don't apply. I've picked The Neighbour's Secret by Elle Erson Heller. Now I did see people haul this when they maybe got Book of the Month or anything. This was a Book of Month in September last year, so like a year ago.  We all know I'm very good at reading books when they come out, but I didn't see anyone review it. I don't know what anyone's thought of it, so I'm picking it for this. I feel like it fits. I don't know much about this, other than it's very big little eyes, which if you watched my wrap up recently, it was my book club pick a couple months ago and I loved it. I gave it five stars. I was absolutely obsessed. I ate it up. I loved that drama. So I'm very excited to read this this month. I think it's going to be like a fun, quick thriller. There's a book club, but a late night act of vandalism target the woman of the book club in increasingly violent and personal ways. Someone's family died, a tragic accident. Oh, it just sounds so exciting. I've been looking for more books that make me feel like big little lives make me feel, and I'm very, very excited. I just love women being like, you know, I like, I love mums. There's so much untapped potential in reading about mums, like in suburbia that is just like so juicy to me. Oh, the flavors are bursting on my tongue. Roll number three, which is pink, which is number four. Let's see how many we roll. A one or a six. How can I get one of the two non-fictions? Because I can't really go that far. I don't think I'll be able to get too many photos staircase because it takes an extra roll. I have to go one, two, three before I even move. So we need to get one of these non-fictions. So how can I make this work? One, two, three, four, five, six. Oh my god, I did it. Well done me. Number 11, which is, I don't know, let me find it, an e-book or an audiobook. Okay, that's good. That's good for non-fiction. Next roll was a non-fiction that's an e-book or an audiobook. And I had a few that I wanted to pick for this. Actually, let's mention the two that I want to read this month. Both are audiobooks. The first is Wildflower by Drew Barrymore. Okay, listen, when I have read memoirs by strong women, I always give them five stars, right? Jeanette McCurdy's, I just read and gave five stars. Mariah Carey's one of the best audiobooks ever. Like, if you have a slight interest in Mariah Carey, go listen to her memoir but get the audiobook. She like, sings in it. She'll just burst out into song. I'm like, the coming by Michelle Obama. I seem to do, I do love celebrity female memoirs. So when there was that meme, like a month ago, not mean but video of Drew Barrymore like laughing in the rain, I just thought to myself, this is the energy I need in my life. And I've always had a special connection to Drew Barrymore because ever after is one of my favourite films of my childhood. I would watch it like on repeat around my nans. So I have like a special love for her. And you know, she's been through a lot when you think of what her childhood was like. She's been through a lot. So I really want to read her memoir. So I got that on Audible. I also have the audiobook for feminism for the 99%. That's the audiobook for this one's script. And I just feel like I have not been reading enough like feminist nonfiction, like feminist theory that I used to. I used to read a lot of it. So I would also really like to just get to this if I can at some point as well. So I have two picks with technically and I would like to get to both of them if I can because the audiobook for this is only like an hour long. But I'd really like to sit down and just like consume feminist thought at some point if I can. Roll number four. Person number eight, which is blue over here in contemporary. Let's see how many we roll. We have a five and a three. Let's just go one, two, three and get the glasses, which means I scroll on Instagram until I see a book that I own. Right, roll four. I'm a bit nervous now. A little bit nervous. I don't want me to see. Okay, so this is the role that's going to pick the other book I read on holiday. We're going to go on my Instagram and we're going to scroll until we see a book that I own. I have to own it physically. And two, it can't be planned for any other video. So I often have a lot of vlogs planned for the rest of the year. There's some books that I'm reserving for those videos. So I hold the right to reserve some books. Apprehensive, nervous, a bit scared, also weirdly calm, perhaps on the verge of hysteria. It might take us a while. I follow a lot of random stuff. Exhibit a football, rare beauty, no. Okay. Also Instagram is just loads of stuff I don't even follow. Like I don't even follow any of these people. What is going on? And it's all reals. Excuse Gemma Owen, I don't follow you. Like what is happening? Oh, okay. I don't own Wolf Song. Maddie almost got me, but I don't own Wolf Song. Hang on. I'm going to change. Let's do it to following. Let's do my third following. Oh, RF quang, but babble. Hey, I pre-ordered it, but my pre-order has not arrived yet. And I'm reserving that for another video. So we're not reading that. Oh, babbles on there. Marples on there, but I don't own that yet. And it doesn't come out for like half the month. So I'm not going to pick that. Because by the time I go on holiday, it won't be out yet. This is like homophobic, guys. Someone give me a book. Someone give me a book that I own. This is crazy. Oh, okay. Gaze the word. Can I see anything in Tasman's Reel that I own? I can't see anything. I'm like really trying to focus here. Like I'm really like pages. No, I don't own that. Don't own that. Don't own that. I know Tasman loves it. Don't own that. Don't own that. Almost bought that the other day, but don't own it. Nope. Are you yet to have anything? I don't own Stay Awake. I can't see anything there that I own. Okay. Right, you didn't see it. You haven't seen the video yet why I bought this, but I bought it the other day. You'll see it this weekend, but I do my own case. So it was back and we're going to read this on holiday. Do I want to? I guess I'm doing that. Oh my God. This is so good. Oh my God. So watch my holiday vlog if you want to see what I'm going to read. This is the perfect holiday book, though. Let's be honest. Oh yeah. Oh. So if you know me, you'll know. Ta-Jung can read. It's one of my All-Star, All-Star favorite authors where I've read three books from her. They've all been five stars. This, I actually, last night on my reading spirits, my patrons, I read the first chapter of this and I loved it. So I'm just feeling good. This is Carrie Soto's back where a following Carrie Soto who is an ex tennis player, we saw her in Malibu Rising. She played quite a big role in Malibu Rising. I think this takes place about 10 years later in 1994. Basically, another tennis player matches her record for like big titles. So what's the right word? I don't know. Yeah, her record has been broken or like drawn by this other tennis player and she's like, I'm going to come out every time.  So that's what the book is about.  She's the queen. Now I'm very intrigued to see how this book works because Carrie Soto was not likeable in the first book. Like she wasn't in Malibu Rising. I didn't like her. But I could see how I could end up liking her. But this is pretty momentous. God, holiday I'm going to be living my best life reading Carrie Soto.  I love my family. I love my work.  It's a five star prediction. I think I'm going to love it. I should love it. It's Carrie Soto. It's Terry Jenkins read. I loved the first chapter that I read. Like the way that Terry Jenkins read writes just gets me. And I can just imagine myself at the airport reading this book like, oh my God, the fantasy. Are we excited? Because we should be. Roll number five person number four, which is pink. I need to read a lot of fantasy this month and I haven't gotten any yet. Let's see how many we roll. Okay, we've got a five and a two. So when you're a staircase, we can go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Number 18, which is, oh, I don't think we've had this before. A book an audience member didn't like on all my unread books video. So roll five is a super fun one. I don't think I've got this before somehow, but it is a fantasy and it has to be a book that a subscriber said they hated on my all my unread books video. So once a year I do this video and I get people to comment what they loved and what they hated and we need to go to the comments of that video and find a book they hated. Now I actually picked this to be the book club pick. So let's cut back to me the other day, finding the four choices that they're going to have to vote on. Okay, it's late in the evenings and my, you're right by my laptop, which is exporting noisily. So apologies, but this is the one I decided to get my patrons to vote on, which is very exciting. So I'm going to just screen record my laptop and we're going to keep randomly selecting comments from that all my unread books video until we get four fancy books that people hated. Here's the idea. So start raffle and pick random winner. Start. A lot of them are just going to be people saying they, oh hate it, Cersei. Cersei I would say is a fantasy. So that's our first one. Yeah it's like most people are going to be saying they love books. Oh we've got loved it for Cersei there.  Okay. Hated it uprooted in the bone season. Should we pick both of those? I guess. So there are four picks. Okay. Oh my god. Let's see what they vote on. Okay, so all these books are the books that someone hated but we're going to read them for the book club, which bodes well because we like very, very rarely enjoy all the books we read. So the options that I gave them were uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black and Cersei by Madeleine Miller. This is one of the oldest books on my TVR and it was very close between The Bone Season and Cersei but Cersei ended up winning. I'm really excited. I think this is going to be a great book for us to read together. Like I said it's one of the oldest books that I've owned for the longest and not read and I've never read anything from Madeleine Miller. I have not read Song of Achilles or this so yes I'm very excited. All I know is that it's about the Greek goddess Cersei and it's kind of like a retelling of the myths surrounding Cersei and I just feel like this is the perfect book for us to like transition into autumn with. Like September you know it starts becoming autumnal and I just think this is the perfect book to get that vibe going. So I'm so excited to see what we all think of this. If you want to join us you can come join the Patreon, we have discussions on the Discord, we have a live show for it and I do an exclusive reading vlog for it over there so yeah no I'm really really excited. I've heard so many great things about it and I'm very excited to see what I think of Madeleine Miller myself and I feel like it takes me back to like my early days of doing booktube and this was one of the books I was supposed to read and then I never read it. Person number one which is green oh my god thank god. I was gonna have to use a staircase again otherwise let's see how many we roll. We've got a one and a six let's just go one to get number six which is something with white on the cover and then our final roll was another fantasy with white on the cover and for this yeah I'm reading The Burning God but I'm crying. To save you suffer would be lovely darling. I'm currently reading The Dragon Republic I'm about 80 pages into it and then I'm gonna read The Burning God like pretty much straight after. Am I nervous? Yes. Am I excited? Not really. Do I feel sick? Absolutely. Like the vibes aren't good for me honestly I'm very nervous but I'm also excited. It's taken me those 80 pages of The Dragon Republic to like get into it but now I feel like I'm into it and I'm very excited to read more today. I am gonna try and read Final Girls. I'm gonna try and read The Dragon Republic quick enough. Our live show for Final Girls which is August's book club pick. I'm gonna try and read The Dragon Republic quick enough to read Final Girls in between that and The Burning God to give myself a bit of a break because I feel like I need it so that's the goal. I need to get a lot of reading done today if that's gonna happen but yeah then I'm gonna finish off the series and then I feel like it puts me in a good position to maybe read Babel in October. I would love to read Babel in October so that's the plan. So this is our TBR for September plus Wildflower by Drew Barrymore either that or Feminism for 99%. One of those. I'm so excited. Firstly the holiday books. I'm so happy with what's come up. They're like the perfect book street on holiday. I'm excited to read The Neighbor's Secret, excited to read Cersei, excited. I'm just like wow reading is the best thing in the world guys. Aren't we just so lucky to live in a world where books exist? So please let me know what you thought of any of these books down below. I would love to know. Please let me know what you thought of any of them. If you got into the end comment the like brown falling leaves emoji because I'm just like I'm just so excited for autumn. So excited for the videos I'm gonna make. You guys we're living our best lives. Make sure to subscribe if you haven't already. Like the video, comment. Everything like that always helps me out and thank you so much for watching. I'll see you very soon in another video. Bye!


When everything is stripped bare all of the cravings that food is often associated with and the drive That it gives you like when you've cleared out the sugar and caffeine these kinds of things that we can get so addicted to that that Honestly, we use as tethers to pull us through when everything is just just stripped bare and all this left is like the mind and the will And the flesh You find out really who you are inside There's something that we need to discuss collectively about our health like the health of humanity the health of a Health of our bodies of our collective mind and Our collective hearts working together towards something, but I want to start small here today and just talk about the health of our bodies Our bodies are these amazing alchemical machines and the way that they process food is A miracle to behold We're often not aware of the magic of food alchemy the way that things combine together in the stomach and the way that the body Generates flora and fauna In order to process certain things. We also don't recognize Just how much? Some things don't go together We need to understand how food alchemy works And so I have some recommendations just to look into if this is something that you're interested in You will be amazed at what takes place if you learn about Ayurveda and the three Gunas The three Gunas are the three states of reality and they stand for Satva Rajas and Thomas one is an enlightened State one is an active state and one is a heavy Ignorance state these three states apply to food very well as well and so simple foods like rice can be very Satvic and spicy foods can be very active inducing and then fried foods or fast foods or Old-stale foods are like tamasic and they just eat them and you're like I just want to Relax, you know and perhaps there's a time and a place for all of them But that's for each of us to decide for themselves and Ayurveda teaches the magic and science of food alchemy which foods go together well and which foods don't and I just have to bring this up. This is so interesting and so funny I feel like a newborn today like my fast just ended a few days ago and the first few days I Learned a lot about food combining all over again within my body and As of basically this morning one thing I received was it was this it was I felt as though It was like this motherly divine Mother presence kind of come over me and say you are a newborn baby today You have to be very very clear. You're also Reverse aging from like an old man, like I'm I'm Benjamin Buttoning And I'm like I am But then but then I also feel like I just came out of the womb And it's like okay. Well the old man can only eat soft things Warm milk and the baby too needs warm milk. And so for the next three days You're pretty much going to be living on Dairy and I'm like Actually, that sounds kind of fun like what a fun experiment because I Was finding that, you know, just even like starting to mix it. I was like berries, you know, like it was soft things My my dear brother actually made for me. Oh Oh What a soul he made for me a cherished rice pudding, which is what What Tom a Buddha had at the end of his major fast which led to his enlightenment and I Was speaking about it being like I kind of want to make this and my friend was like I don't want to surprise you with it and it's not a surprise now, but don't make it yourself And it was it was So special But as I started mixing in other things They were delicious But the body was like I'm not quite ready for this. I'm in between Being born In one direction and dying in the other And and then crossing back over and then going around this loop and I'm like, oh, okay because you know now like I'm I'm gonna be now on the journey of like Gaining the weight back and but but actually honestly, I'm finding this so interesting that like today I went out and I picked up Some some milks at the store and and I found this is so cool Water buffalo milk like organic water buffalo milk Like what and it says well, what's so special about it? You know the way more calcium 40% more protein 43% less cholesterol. I mean, there's more things about it.  So I went and I got two more I'm gonna save that one for tomorrow All right. Well, I hope that I'm in view here the video that you've actually been watching is also from several days ago and the whole having milk and being reborn and that whole experience is actually complete and I Find myself leveling out in the relationship with food in a just a whole new way and really experiencing life Brand new showing up differently in a way that is hard to describe But I hope that the energy will come across Over the course of time and the content that we create But I wanted to cut myself in because there was a few other pieces that I wanted to share in this video that I didn't feel like I adequately shared the first cut and so the first is this Why did I do it? Why did I do a 40-day fast and the truth is there was actually several reasons for it one was wanting to be closer to God wanting to know God no spirit know this Invisible universal cosmic force on a deeper level, which is why daily meditation and spiritual practices like that and Reading scripture reading different holy books was so significant to me in the last several years I have actually been reading the Bible another reason for this fast was in fact Trying to solve a problem. In fact, this is how the fast first came into my mind Now the truth is For several years, I've often thought that I would do a 40-day water fast because well Jesus Moses and Buddha all claimed or all we understand did these Very long fasts the stories of Moses and Jesus all both I believe say 40 days But Buddha you hear several versions of it one is a 40 day one is a seven year and One I think is a seven day or something like that so Nevertheless the the 40-day thing really stood out to me and there was a part of me that wanted to do it Before I turned 33 I turned 33 this coming May 19th and 33 is a very sacred number in many spiritual traditions. Of course, Jesus went to the cross at 33 There are 33 vertebrae in the spine and it feels like every year You're kind of working your way up this journey that first 33 years And of course, there's 33 degrees in Freemasonry and when you reach the apex of that journey You have attained mastery within that particular school. I felt it You know kind of calling to me this do it before you're 33 kind of thing and so in addition to those ideas I went into prayer and meditation several months ago because there was a Perceived mistake that I felt that I had made and I wanted to correct it and In my prayers and meditation. I was just going Spirit God, how can I solve this problem and I received this loud and clear 40-day fast and I was like, oh It's time must be time and I said when when should I start and I got this really clear just February 13th. I had no idea that it actually lined up with Lent and So the 40 days of Lent which celebrated the Jesus is 40-day fast. I ended up doing Exactly like fasting during that window, which was really cool. The day the fast ended was Palm Sunday and So to celebrate that morning. I actually Mentioned I have been reading the Bible and I was on the book of Revelation I was on the last book and so I woke up in that morning before I had any food or any milk Which was I had always been planning to end fast with milk And of course my friend created that dish for me but but the the first thing that I did was I I got some water and I sat down and I read Out loud the book of Revelation because well, I was just gonna read it But then the opening line says those who read this out loud will be blessed and I was like well I can't turn that down so I I went through that chapter and was complete on it and You know, there were many other reasons for why I decided to do this as well just good All-round reasons like knowing myself knowing what I'm made of knowing what I'm capable of pushing myself beyond The old version of myself and wanting to create a higher expression of who and what Jordan River is and So, you know, I could go on but those were some of the core reasons for why I decided to do this fast now Speaking of the Bible and holy texts now I understand that many people watching this channel probably Might not care about this next part but I think that everyone if you give it the chance that you might find it interesting of course many people watching there are There are new age people there are people who identify as as witches or wicca or in that vein you know occult practitioners there are Christians who watch this channel and people of all different spiritual practices and fates and So I like to try and you know speak to all of them and I don't ever wish to come across as being exclusively just, you know Christian or or Buddhist or Hindu or Anything or just new age, you know, because all of these I find to be Ways of connecting with spirit and there are infinite ways of honoring and connecting the Connecting with the invisible force underlying the fabric of reality, you know, ultimately it comes down to our relationship with Consciousness and and our consciousness and collective consciousness and that which is beyond us and also the earth which I believe I've mentioned earlier in This video and so I'm bringing this up because Along the journey of this fast there was a Question and a fear that I had which was was it right and is it right to talk about this fast? around day 20 I made a post or a video here on YouTube and I talked about what it was That was going on behind the scenes and I mentioned that I was doing this 40-day fast and I had this thought I put a lot of thought into it But there was this fear like doesn't it say Biblically that we shouldn't talk about fasting if we're fasting and That morning the final morning when I was reading the book of Revelation Before I opened up that book. I remember sitting in meditation and just wondering did I Do this horrible wrong thing? Should I really be talking about this and I I got this message of Go to the scripture like go and reread that line again Oh, of course, of course and so I did and and I actually have the book out here and I wanted to share this line because I Realized the answer is no the answer is actually I was I was very in the clear and I there was this huge relief, but I wanted to speak to this because I Know that there are probably some people at least some Christians who might be watching going You're ruining the magic of the fast by talking about it because Jesus says in Matthew 616 and When you fast do not look gloomy like the hypocrites for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others Truly I say to you they have received their reward But when you fast anoint your head and wash your face that your fasting may not be seen by others But by your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you Jesus was speaking to the The nature of what was going on at the time because there's so many stories in the Gospels about The Pharisees who are acting in this very hypocritical way And so they would you know, they would be fasting. It sounds like and they'd be going around outside In public being like oh, look at me. I'm I'm fasting. Oh, look at how pious I am You know and I and I realized oh boy I didn't do that. In fact the place that I was coming from in sharing that I was fasting was This place of I mean, I imagine if Jesus was About to go and do his fast. He probably told his loyal followers. Hey, I'm gonna be gone for the next 40 days in the desert And he just goes off and I thought well, that's kind of where I'm coming from I I don't of course see the beautiful Spirit-verse audience as apostles or anything like that But I was coming from this place of saying look, I want to inform the people who are following me in my work What's going on behind the scenes? This isn't to try and make a big deal out of it I just want to share what's going on going through the fast You know, there was a lot of time that I was working But I also did need to take time for rest and for prayer and meditation and learning and all of these things And so progress was a little bit slower But I think very very necessary in order for me to be able to show up for you like this right now where my heart is now and today I I really want to feel like Giving endlessly like a river To be in service to you and all of mankind and To do my very best to show up in this new way and to give to you so that you may benefit and prosper that all of us may benefit and prosper and Live harmoniously in the world And I hope I'm not gonna sound like a broken record because I might also have said something similar to this in the other clip But I feel even more cohesive today than I did, you know, when I filmed that last one and over the course of this week you know every single day comes with new lessons and new blessings as I continue to Restabilize myself to this New place of being thank you for watching this and much love


Would anyone like to lead us in a word of prayer? Yes, Siddh, can you please? We come to the throne of grace. We thank you for the presence. We thank you for the time you have given us, Lord. We thank you for this day. The hour we are going to spend in the learning of prayer and the insistence, Lord. Lord, thank you for this topic. Thank you for the teacher. Lord, thank you for all the students. Lord, whatever we are going to learn, Lord, let it be, should be spent in the expansion of your kingdom. Lord, whatever we are learning, Lord, let it be used in glorifying your name, Lord. We give glory to you God alone.  Lord, whatever we are doing, Lord, let it be used for your kingdom. We thank you for everything. We thank you for the time you have given us. Lord bless us. Lord protect us, provide us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Sethgenu. So we were looking at praying for the family. And in the last class, we said that we have spiritual influence over the family, depending on our position in the family. If we are, you know, like the head of the household, then there is a certain kind of an influence which comes with that. But any other member as well, you know, as long as we are the believers in the house, there is a spiritual influence. And especially, you know, the husband has spiritual authority so he can minister through prayer over his wife and over his children. The parents have a great spiritual authority over their children so they can pray over their lives.  So these are all things that we looked at and we said that when we pray for people in our household, in our lives, you know, it really strengthens them. God is able to work in line with his promises and God is also able to protect them against any adversity. So we specifically looked at some prayers which can be prayed for a spouse. We then kind of, you know, said that we can pray similar prayers over the lives of children as well. Okay, so this has to do with their spiritual growth. It has to do with their growth and the purposes of God to declare specific words and promises over their lives, their prophetic destiny. You know, and to bless them, to bless their present, bless their future and also get into a spiritual warfare wherever it is necessary. So this is as much as we have touched upon. So today we will continue from there. Just an additional note here about praying for the salvation of family members, praying for those who may have gone away from God. Okay, so we know that in some of our families, this is the situation where maybe a few of us, you know, we are believers, but there are others who are not yet believers. Now, the encouragement is that, you know, we must continue to pray, continue to pray. If you remember, in the book of James, we saw that when we talked about persevering in prayer, we said that there can be two areas where sometimes we struggle being consistent, being constant in our prayers and one would be the area of healing. It may take longer than we have, you know, really expected or in the area of seeing a loved one come back to the Lord, it may take longer. So as an encouragement, you know, James has put those scriptures in there of fervent prayer that we must never give up and we must continue to pray. And when we pray, we will see healing and we will see those who are wayward come back to the Lord. So just a word of encouragement there. So now if there is some such family member who is wayward and rebellious, you know, let's continue to sow the seed of prayer over their lives. I know it's kind of easier when we see positive results because positive results are like a motivation. We pray for something and then when you see that, oh wow, you know, this person is responding, you feel like praying more. But what if you don't see any results? It's kind of hard. And that's where perseverance should come into play and we must hold on and keep praying, keep continuing strong in prayer for these children. Now, there is a scripture in Isaiah 49 verse 25. I'm on page 56 of our notes. It says, But thus says the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away and the prayer of the terrible be delivered.  So it's like God promising and saying, even if there is something very strong, which is holding a wayward. You know, we're just saying children here, but it could be, you know, any other family member. God is a God who is stronger than the, that stronghold and we can trust God to see the release in the life of our loved one and especially children. Because here the scripture, Isaiah 49 verse 25, it's a promise that says, I will save your children. So as a parent, we've talked about praying in the will of God, isn't it? So this is the will of God that he wants to save our children. So we can declare it and we can pray for the person who is away from God. Yeah. So how do we pray for a person who is far away from God or, you know, in their own deception? So some steps, practical steps, we do understand that it is spiritual warfare. Okay. Why isn't an individual ready to accept Christ? And this could be happening for a while. We said earlier that there can be, you know, the evil one trying to prevent them. But at the same time, we also saw how wrong attitudes which we may have can also be preventing our prayers from being heard quickly. Now, as long as we have set our attitudes right, you know, we know that we are coming before the Lord with a clean heart. You know, we have forgiven that person and we are there just to love them and just to see them come back to the Lord. Now, once we have set our attitudes right, you know, we recognize that these external influences over their lives have to be, like, restrained and also removed. Okay. So we engage in spiritual warfare. One of the ways in which we can exercise our authority is by binding, losing. Okay. Or also casting down everything that is working on the life of this particular individual. So in our prayers, we would go against whatever is working in their lives. Okay. So the prayer would look something like, okay, let's say this person who's away from God is a child or a young person in the family. And the young person has gone into, you know, some kind of a deceptive, let's say, a deceptive teaching. Okay. And I'm just saying, like, okay, God doesn't exist. Okay. So for whatever reason, the child keeps saying, no, why are you talking about God? God doesn't exist. Now we don't know, like from scripture that, you know, this kind of a mindset, though it may initially be just the thought life, but it can be influenced by, you know, demonic spirits which are keeping that person deceived with that pattern of thinking where, you know, they say, okay, God doesn't exist. God doesn't exist. So it's a spiritual blindness. Okay. It's spirits of deception that are acting upon the mind of this young person. So even if we go to them and we share the gospel, they are not in a place where they can accept it. So what do we have to do first? We have to break the spiritual influence from the enemy. So the spirits of deception are at work here. So we have to come against that. So we would pray something like, okay, we bind your influence in the name of Jesus and we set this child free. So what happens when we do that? We are kind of restricting these demons from working and then we go and minister to the person and their hearts are more open to receiving or we might sense that this spiritual influence has completely taken over that young person. So we may have to go into casting out, right? We may go into casting out either a spirit of deception, you know, from their life or any other spirit which is acting upon their minds. So we have to go against the demonic. Okay. So spiritual warfare becomes important in prayer. It's not just about saying, God, let this person turn to you. Let them accept you. Let them be saved. You know, those prayers are fine. But also a component which must be added when we pray for a wavered person. So binding, losing, casting out, right? Any demonic influence. These are things that we must engage in. Second Corinthians 4 verse 4, it says that Satan blinds the eyes of people, which is why they are not able to receive the gospel. So that blinding the eye, we have to kind of remove that. Then the people will be able to see the truth of God's word. Okay. Then moving on. Now pass down every stronghold, argument, reasoning, imagination that contradicts the truth of God's word upon that person's life. How do we do this? You know, we can do this in prayer if we recognize, okay, these are the thoughts, these are the arguments, these are the reasonings. We can pray something like, okay, we tear it down in Jesus name. And in addition to that, you know, we may want to seek opportunities where we can speak truth into the person's life. For example, let's say depression, okay, and the individual is so far away from God and they are not willing to receive God.  God doesn't want me anymore. But you speak the truth of God's word into their hearts and say, no, that's not true. God loves you.  So what are we doing? You know, we are casting down that argument, that reasoning in the person's life with the truth of God's word. By saying that, no, you are significant. You are valuable. You know, this is what God thinks of you. So we may have to engage with the word and give them the truth of God's word as well. In prayer, we will cast these things down. In prayer, we can make declarations over their lives. And in a practicality, we go and we minister the truth of God's word over their lives. We can also invite the work of the Holy Spirit. What does the Holy Spirit do? In John chapter 16, we read that in the passage verses 7 to 11 that he comes to convict one of sin, righteousness and judgment. So when we invite the Holy Spirit to work in that person's life, he can bring them to a place of decision. Obviously, the person has to respond, but the Holy Spirit will do his work of convicting the person of sin, righteousness and judgment. Then ask God to draw them to him, because we know Jesus said that, you know, no one can come to me unless the Father draws that person. So we can begin to pray and say, okay, God, draw this person to yourself. And then, you know, we will see God working up in the life of that individual. Now, we can also pray that God will move upon them and bring them to a place of repentance and bring them, you know, to a place where they will realize they will have the knowledge of the truth. They will come to their senses and they will realize that so far they have been away from God and that they really need God in their lives. We can continue to pray and ask God to open up their spiritual eyes, because spiritual truth is perceived spiritually. So we can pray, okay, God, open up the eyes of their spirit man so that they realize that they need you in their lives. So as we are praying, again, it could be a process where we are praying for an individual in all these ways.  They are beginning to respond to the work of God and come around and submit themselves to God. So in all these ways, we continue to pray and over and above this, you know, we could continue to pray that God will bring godly connections, that they will come across good people who will minister the Word of God into their lives. We could pray that God will protect them from making wrong decisions, that God will protect them from any harm. God will preserve them even though they are doing wrong things that God will preserve them. You know, I am reminded of the story of a preacher. I heard this testimony. I don't know too much about the preacher. I've heard a couple of his sermons, but I vividly remember his testimony where as a child, I think he knew about God and I don't know if he had made a commitment to God and then he went away from God or whether he was never born again. But he got into drugs and his mother was the one who was praying for him for a very, very long time. His name is Steve Hill. I think you would have kind of heard him minister. The Brownsville revival and all that. So Steve Hill, so he shares a story and I think now he's promoted to glory. He's in heaven. But he talks about how that season of his life when he was rebellious and he was doing drugs and he was living a very, very evil life, he felt like he just could not get out of it. He was stuck in those patterns of living and it was so bad that they would do drugs and the place where he was living. It had syringes and it was really bad. It was really, really bad and his mother would cry. Even if she comes and she sees where he was living and the way he was living, she would really cry out to God, call out to God and say, God, you encounter my son, you bring him back to your ways. So his mother persevered in prayer and he kind of shared his testimony how she stood in faith for such a long time and even though he had gone so far away from God, God brought him to that place of encounter. God brought him to that place of a change of heart and obviously we know later on he became one of those wonderful preachers of the Brownsville revival and many, many people gave their lives to Christ and that's his story. But the perseverance of his mother, how he was pulled out of that wayward lifestyle, that is very encouraging. And in our notes here, there is the story of Franklin Graham. I am sure all of us know Billy Graham, such a world famous evangelist and we would not think that one of his children went away from the Lord. But the fact is that among the children of Billy Graham, both of the five children, apparently he wandered so far from God that his life was also similar to what Nisti will kind of describe. So he went into smoking, he was totally rebellion and he had a book called Problem and those love them. Of praying through for this rebellious son to come back to Christ. And now we know that of course he did come back to the Lord and he is a prominent influential Christian leader in our world today and many of you would know that he heads up an international Christian relief program and association called as the Samaritan's Purse and he has had the privilege of meeting world leaders, presidents across countries and continents and his life is really a life of an example in the Christian world today but it was not always the case. And he also has written an autobiography called Franklin Graham. So why are we sharing these stories? Just to encourage us. There are people even in our lives, in our families, maybe our friends circle or in the church who we are praying for and we find that they are far away from God. But as long as we are committed to praying for them, praying them through this journey of wandering, I'm sure we will see a breakthrough. So those are some keys to praying for somebody who has gone away from God. So I think I'll just pause here and check with us if you have any additional thoughts or okay John. When we pray for others, we know that we don't pray to change someone's will. When we are praying for a family with relationship issues, if one person is not willing to talk, how should we pray about that? See John, obviously a person's will is very clear in scripture. So even God does not override a human being's will. But when it comes to prayer and we said that spiritual influence can be, we can have spiritual influence. So based on the word of God, if we pray prayers like, let's say you want reconciliation in a difficult relationship, family relationship. It's a godly thing because scriptures say that God commands a blessing where there is unity, Psalm 133. There's nothing wrong. You're not trying to manipulate your family member when you pray for unity because you're praying in line with God's will. So what is the kind of influence that you are exercising? It's not manipulation, but basically you're declaring the word and you know that that is supposed to be the normal. And that prayer can obviously, the Holy Spirit can soften the person's heart for us. Now what that person does with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, that we cannot change. That is that individual's decision. So what I'm coming to say is I'm saying you pull out all the scriptures that talk about how things should be. You know, in peace, in kind of mutual respect, communication.  And even if that person is not talking, I think it's okay. You can keep praying because through the word, the power of the word, that will work and also the Holy Spirit will work in that person's life. Now whether that person responds or they don't respond, that's up to them. We cannot predict the outcome, but we can do our part. If that person is not talking, even then I think we can pray John. But we'll have to wait to see how that person actually responds. Yeah, thank you. So that's how we would, yeah, that's how we would address it in prayer. And if this is a situation where practically you can do something, let's say, I'm just giving one example. Let's say it's a sibling and that person is not talking to us. Now, if it's possible, we definitely can involve our parents and say, so and so is not talking, but I want to be friends. Can you please stop? Can you please find out? So even practically there are ways of approaching healing that relationship. So prayer is one and depending on what that relationship is and what resolution needs to come in, you can approach it practically also. So that's also there. Yeah. Yeah. So now extending this, just extending what John has said here. Now let's imagine in a marriage relationship. If there are communication issues and things are not right between the husband and the wife, a lot of prayer is going on, a lot of declaration of the word is going on. That's great. Keep that up. But in addition to that, there's nothing wrong in seeking external help. So by that, I mean, maybe you would want to have some counseling from the pastor or whoever the pastor recommends. So that way, we are engaging in two ways. It's like a two-pronged approach. Prayer is there, but there's also a practical way of resolving the matter and both help. So I mean, it's also, you know, we should be wise, right? So we can be practical. So yes, please pray, but there's no harm in seeking support externally as well. So I just want to add that thought for us. Sure. Thank you. Right. Okay. Anything else, everyone, praying for people who have wandered away from God. Okay. So just for us to know that we pray, but we also engage in spiritual warfare. So it's going to take both for us to minister in prayer to a family member who is away from God. Now let's move on. Let's move on to how we can pray for our home. As we've been saying, we go by the word of God. Okay. We go by what scripture has already promised us. And then we take that into our prayer and, you know, we declare it and we say, okay, God, this is what is supposed to be normal. So I am speaking that over my family, over my household, and I want to see it happen. So in our notes here, there are a couple of scriptures that have been enlisted. We can use the same for our prayer as well. It says there's rejoicing and salvation in the tents of the righteous. Okay. So we can pray for our homes, for our families. And we can say, God, you know, I declare that there is rejoicing. There is salvation in my family in the name of Jesus. Okay. And as to begin to pray and declare, why do we make declarations?  How do we release our faith? If you believe, what did Jesus say, Mark 11, 23? Look at the mountains, speak to that mountain, right? Be remote, cast into the sea. So you speak. When we speak, what happens? We're releasing our faith. So when we pray over our households and our families, we can take scripture. We can take the promises of God and say, God, your word says there will be rejoicing. There will be salvation in my home because, you know, we are, we have been made the righteousness of Christ Jesus. So you hold on to scriptures like this. There are scriptures that say that, you know, we will, that God blesses the home of the just. So my home is blessed. When I pray and I say I declare my home is blessed. I'm speaking the truth of God's word over my family. My home is blessed because the home of the righteous is blessed. The home of the righteous will stand. Okay. That's another declaration. The tent of the righteous will flourish. There will be, we dwell God's people in Isaiah 32 verses 18 and 19. It says that God's people will dwell in peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, in quiet resting places. Okay. So now maybe in our homes, this is not the case. You know, instead of rejoicing, maybe there are quarrels going on instead of peace. Maybe there's a lot of confusion and turmoil instead of security. Maybe there are all kinds of, you know, issues and struggles and opposition that is coming through. But we can continue to declare God's word over our families and say God, but your word promises us that we will live in secure dwelling places in peaceful habitations, in quiet resting places. I claim it in Jesus' name. I speak that over my family in the name of Jesus. Okay. So in this way, we can pray over our household. We can pray over our home. Okay. So I just want to tell you like, these are things that even I didn't know, frankly, and it was only several years ago when I came across these scriptures that I took it seriously. And I just began to pray because there were a couple of things that were going on in terms of, you know, the health of my family members, which was a huge struggle for us. And so at one point it felt like, you know, so sick.  It was always like very burdensome to come home. And this particular scripture, Isaiah 32, I remember just declaring it and saying it, Lord, when I come back to my house, you said, Lord, that your people will dwell in quiet resting places. I don't find it restful at all, but I trust your word. I declare your word. My home is a quiet resting place. My home is a peaceful habitation in the name of Jesus. So in this way, we can pray over our families, over our homes, over our household. And we will begin to see that unfold. And frankly, from that point on till now, I have seen a lot of changes that have taken place. Not to say that sickness is not there, but the peace of God is there in the midst of some of the challenges. So we must hold on to God's word and whatever God's word speaks to us is the truth. And it's a battle, really. So when we are ministering in prayer for our family, what are we doing? We're serving in prayer, right? And we are using our spiritual influence. So don't back down.  The children pray over the family, pray over the wandered and the rebellious family member. And God is faithful.  So we must trust God and persevere in prayer. Okay, there are some prayers and declarations given here for children. I think these are things that, you know, scriptures that you could go through maybe even later. I'll just touch on it.  Okay, so you can declare that over the children of the house.  These kids always being naughty and creating trouble for us every day, right? But no matter how naughty the kids are, the word of God, what does it say? They are a blessing.   Then there are scriptures where God says a righteous man, okay? A man who honors the Lord, a good man's children will be powerful in the land. His descendants will be blessed. So you can pray prayers. My children will be powerful in the land. My children will be blessed, right? And this is in Psalm 112. It says his family will be wealthy and rich and he will be prosperous forever. So we hold on to all these passages and say, God, you know, you will bless my children. You will strengthen them. They will be mighty in the land. They are a blessing. Psalm 127 about children. It says children are a heritage from the Lord. They are the fruit of the womb, which is a reward. They are like arrows in the hand of the warrior. So are the children of one's youth.  They are a reward of the womb. They are like arrows in my hands. And you know, just bless them. There's one more scripture here from Isaiah 8.18. It says, we are for signs and wonders in Israel. So that I and the children whom the Lord has given me, we are for signs and wonders in Israel. So, you know, parents can speak this over their kids and say, God, me and my children, we are for signs and wonders at a time such as this. You know, there are several scriptures. It's just a small effort which we have to make to go pull out these passages. And when we are praying over the children, you know, can go ahead and declare such passages over them. And basically you're showing the word.  Okay. So yeah, again, I'm going to pause at this point. Any comments, any questions? We talked about praying for the family, praying for children. Has anyone been doing something like this already? Have you already been declaring scriptures? Okay, Ribika has a... Okay. Yeah. Yeah, Ribika has posted, I'm Jesus given the authority to their children and we use that authority in prayer for others and cast out all the demonic spirits in healing prayer. Okay. Okay, Ribika, I'm wondering what your question is in this statement. Yes, ma'am. Ma'am, Jesus has given the authority to their disciples and he said that they go to a place and pray in the name of Jesus. And because Jesus, Father, Lord has given the authority to all of you and cast out all the demonic spirit like that. Ma'am, Jesus has given the authority in children also. That we also cast out the demonic spirit in the name of Jesus, like that. Okay. So, Ribika, you're asking me, can a child cast out demons? Ma'am, I mean that means spiritual, spiritual, spiritual people. Any believer? Yes. Yes, Ribika. Yes, yes, yes. Anyone. Okay. See, I'll give you one verse once again. I'll just copy paste it over here. Mark 16. Yeah. Okay. Mark 16 verse 17 through 18. Okay. See, this passage, it says, these signs shall follow them that believe. Who? Anybody who believes. So, even a normal believer can. What shall they do? In my name shall they cast out devils. So, any believer can they cast out devils? It says no. Anybody who believes, you can do it. And of course, the other things there. So, does it clarify, Ribika? Yeah, yes ma'am. Yes, I'm alright. Great. Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yes, Asit Kenu, I can see your hand is raised. Please go ahead. Ma'am, when you were teaching about praying for the family, I just remember an incident which happened in my family. If you allow, can I share it with you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. Sure. Most welcome. You can share. In 2015, what happened with my grandfather? Actually, he was coming from somewhere and accidentally he fainted. So, we took him to the doctor and the doctor told that you should go to an x-ray. When we did the x-ray that is intestine, there was, we found that he is having a cancer. He was suffering from the cancer. So, he was in fourth stage of cancer. So, all our family was worried but he was not worried. And my grandmother being a praying woman and my grandfather is the pastor of our church. So, what we did, my mother and all our church decided that he is in hospital. So, what we will do, we will intercede for him. We took, we read Sam's 91, 91 times. Each and every day, we used to read Sam's 91, 91 times. And my grandfather, when he was operated after that, the doctor told to do an x-ray one more time. When we did the x-ray, doctor was shocked that in intestine, there was no sign of cancer. Before we found, before it was in the report, it is written that this fellow person is cancer positive. But after intercession prayer, we did prayer for four hours non-stop. We were reading Sam's 91, 91 times. But after that, the four hours, my grandfather's operation was going on. And after that operation, when the report again came, it says that this person is not cancer. The cancer team negative. Praise God. Thank you, Sitkenu. Thank you so much for sharing. That's, you know, miraculous, astonishing. And we know that we serve a God who works miracles. And particularly when we pray, right?  I'm so thrilled that you're sharing this because in another class today, we discussed about how the church prayed for Peter. Peter was in the prison in Acts 12. And the believers prayed together for Peter. And then, you know, the miracle happens. The angel comes, the chains are broken. He's led out of the prison. He's under very high security, but he's led out of all that to an iron gate. And the iron gate opens on its own, you know, the crazy stuff. Like if you watch a movie, then you'll be like, wow, this is amazing. But it's in real life. It happened in Peter's life. And he's brought to the house of, you know, a believer where all the other believers are gathered together. They are praying, they're interceding for the release of Peter. And it actually happens. So, you know, there is so much power in prayer when we engage, right? And today, yeah, we are also talking about how we must pray for our family members. Thank you so much. It can be blessed to hear that wonderful testimony.  And here in the chat, I'm just looking at, okay, Divya says, promise versus given by God during the kid's birth. We do declare over children. And Isaiah 54-13. Is that your children shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be their peace? Yes. Amen. Amen. Yes, true. Isaiah 54-13. Yes, that's true. Praise God. Yeah, yeah. So, yes. And some of you also posted on the chat saying you do pray scriptures.  That's a great habit. Please continue doing that.  And it's something that I have learned and I continue to do. So if you are somebody you have never done that before, then, you know, try to incorporate that because it's really powerful. Yeah. So, sure. Any other, any other comments, thoughts about praying for family, praying for somebody who's gone astray? Yes, yes. Yes, please. Yes. Yeah. So this is about, you know, we have mom's groups here, right? Yeah. So which we would meet once in a week or so and we would be, you know, either going through like a book, like we, now we are doing like Power of a Praying Mom. Yeah. It's really encouraging because you're talking with other mothers and, you know, they are sharing their struggles and even get to know, like, how they are coping up with different challenges that we are seeing in their kids. That's really encouraging as well as, you know, we are upholding each other's kids in prayers. So I would be praying for the other mothers, children. So it's, I would say it's really helpful and I would really encourage anyone if, yeah, if that is, if it is something that is possible. Yeah. Yeah. As well that you've joined with who are praying for the children. Okay. And I mean, nothing like it, it's, it's so empowering. So while preparing for this particular subject, as I was looking up, you know, how waywardness about how people have prayed for those who have gone away from the Lord. I found a lot of resources from mothers and mothers of teenagers, mothers of young adults who somehow, you know, when the kids were young, they started making these declarations, but they continued it through those difficult years. Right. And even though it seemed for a while that the children are going away from God, how they kept praying and how they kept, you know, encouraging themselves and how the Lord brought the children back on track.  So I think it's really helpful. Parents praying for their children. So I think it's a, it's a good thing to kind of start doing it early and keep praying for the children, no matter what happens, even if they sidetrack a little bit, we know that, you know, God is faithful to his word, God is faithful to answer the prayers of parents. So yes, it's important. And thank you, Divya, for that encouragement. Sure. Right. So anything with regard to praying for the family or the house, any comments, thoughts? I just have a question. Yes, Divya.  So what is the, it's used so widely that sometimes, you know, you don't even understand why you're saying that. So I just wanted to know, like, is it good to pray that way? Is it biblical? And why do people pray that? Yeah, sure, Divya. Good question. Good question. I'll just give you a scripture. So this is in Revelation 12 and verse 11. Okay, I'm posting it.  And they loved not their lives unto death. It's talking about the believers who will live during the tribulation and one of the weapons which they will use to overcome the Antichrist and his oppression is the blood of the Lamb. So it tells us that the blood of the Lamb, it's a spiritual weapon which we have. Okay. Now, how do we use this weapon? The way we use the blood of the Lamb is to recognize what the blood of the Lamb has done for us. So we know, you know, it speaks a better thing than the blood of Abel. It speaks of our forgiveness. It speaks of our redemption, right? It speaks of the atonement.  So the best way of using the weapon of the blood of Jesus is to declare, understand and declare what it has done for us. Now, we also understand that the blood of Jesus, right? It protects us. It protects us. Now, we can get this from the way the blood of the Passover Lamb was used to protect people from the plague that killed the first born. So in that same manner, we do understand that the blood of Jesus protects us. Okay. So there is, even though people say it in a sentence like I plead the blood of Jesus of my family, what they're saying is they're declaring that the blood has the power to protect them from the enemy or from Satan and his demonic schemes. It works. Okay. You're acknowledging the power of the blood and that's a weapon which we can use against the enemy. Though that way of saying it may not be technically correct, Divya, like I plead the blood, it may not, I mean, you need not say it like that, but it's understood, right, that they are declaring the work that only the blood of Jesus can do for us, which is protect us from Satan. Okay. All right. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Sure. Sure, Divya. Then how do you pray in a technically correct way? You just declare what the blood has done for us. We are redeemed by the blood. We're protected by the blood. So when we make those declarations, you're using the power of the weapon, which is the blood of Jesus over yourself, over your family, and it releases the power. Okay. So yeah, so these are all ways in which we can engage in prayer and I really encourage all of us, you know, make a list of the scriptures and then go ahead start declaring it, start speaking it over your life. Those of you who are not married, please don't get upset. You can declare it over your future home. You can declare it over your future children, declare it over your future spouse. Okay. So we'll just close today's time with a word of prayer. Just want to request somebody to pray please and wrap up today's session. Who would like to pray? Subashish, can I request you? Yes. Yes. Yes ma'am. Yeah. Please go ahead. Loving Father, one thing, Lord, we thank you so much for this beautiful day, Lord. Thank you for speaking to us, Lord, throughout this morning. And Lord, I thank you for how do your sister, Lord, as from the word Lord, all those Lord sees encouraging teaching Lord and especially pray that you bless us that we can pray honestly for us, for our family, for the children, even the future children Lord, I especially pray for all audio ones Lord, those who are here and those who are late also, they bless the master. The things Lord, we are learning Lord, you help us to implement it in our life master, in a ministry master. We thank you Jesus. God bless us. Speak to us, Lord. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Subashish. Yeah. Thank you everyone. It's a good time. Bless the time. Yeah. You take care. We'll meet again tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you, brother. Bye. Bye. God bless you all. Bye. Thank you. Thank you. Bye. God bless you. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye.


Hi friends welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I'm on the WW or the Weight Watchers blue plan. Happy Friday my friends It's Friday. So it is another weigh-in day. We're gonna talk all about my week set some goals for this next week Talk about the WW workshop and of course this week's weigh-in So if you're excited for another Friday weigh-in video give this one a big huge thumbs up It really means a lot to me and definitely definitely helps out my channel Also, if you're new welcome welcome or you're not yet subscribed Please take a moment and hit the little subscribe button and of course the bell next to it that way you'll be notified whenever I upload I do a weigh-in every single Friday. So you definitely don't want to miss out check out the description box down below Well, you'll find my custom 2021 calendar. I know we're almost through the month of January, but it's not too late to pick up the calendar It is good for the entire year track your food activity self-care and even your water So many of you have purchased the calendar and are loving it and have said that it's been a bit of a game-changer When it comes to staying on track in the new year So while they're still in stock make sure that you pick yours up You'll also find my nutrition coaching where I offer personalized macro and calories Also, a lot of you have purchased that and several several of you have reached out and said that you are feeling the best Most satisfied and you have lost the most weight since I've personalized your macros and calories just to you And a lot of you are doing it side-by-side with WW so it makes me so happy that it's been really beneficial for you So definitely if you haven't already have me do your macros and your calories If you're looking for a little bit more one-on-one support I do have 30 and 60 minute coaching sessions where we can chat just you and I and I can give you a little bit more Individualized support so definitely check out my website down below You'll also find links and discount codes to all of my very favorite things and of course my Facebook group another community That would love to have you hey It's free to join you might as well get the extra support whether you're on WW or not So without further ado, we've got a way to do a workshop to talk about and I definitely want to share with you How my week went so let's jump in Let's recap how the week went so as you know when I weighed in last week I was in the middle of my cycle which you also know is not my favorite time of the month Luckily that ended about midway through this week So I was a bit fatigued and tired the first part of the week But I was able to pick up steam and get back to feeling my normal energetic self the second half of the week But honestly, I've been feeling a lot better than I've ever felt before and if you watch Wednesdays what I eat in a day I'll make sure I link it down below just in case you haven't seen it I shared with you the thrive gut health program where you can actually have your gut health tested and then purchase a Personalized probiotic for you you guys it's been a game changer for me That is what has really impacted not only my energy how I feel how my gut health feels It's really been such an excellent tool I'm so happy that I took advantage of that and in fact my husband is on board and we have ordered his kit as well So if you didn't see that in the video or you're interested in having your gut health checked thrive is absolutely Legit and amazing and they are such a wonderful company So I'll link them down below for you along with 10% off But definitely check out Wednesday's video because I go into detail about how I've checked my gut health How it all worked how I got my probiotics and kind of how I was feeling at that point So that along with going back to Jazzercise have been the highlights of my last week I am back to exercising three days a week I have committed to myself that I will go Tuesday Friday and Saturday No ifs ands or buts and then I will add in an extra day if it works with my schedule, but I'm loving it It's been hard. I've been really sore, but I'm loving being back in studio I'm just remotivated and re-energized for my workout So overall I feel like I had a really good week nutrition was on point my gut and my energy is on point my Exercise so I was pretty excited to actually step on the scale for this week But before we jump into that way and let's talk about the WW workshop because it's actually a quite interesting one So this week we talked about Celebrating wins and I love this because I know for me. I don't always celebrate my wins I think big picture big goals and then I'll celebrate instead of really celebrating every small goal in milestone that I hit Throughout my weight loss journey. So we're gonna talk about celebrating wins hitting rewind and repeating We're gonna talk about some steps to figure out how to repeat that success You've had success. You've reached a goal a milestone So now let's talk about how you can actually repeat that pretend There's a video of you that recorded everything that you did in order to reach that milestone Mentally rewind that tape and see again the environment you were in your thoughts How you felt and what exactly you did to set yourself up to reach that goal that milestone or that success Based on what you watch pinpoint exactly what you did so you can repeat There are four key factors that play a part in being successful successful in life in general not necessarily just on a healthy lifestyle journey behaviors environment Feelings and thoughts are the four key components So let's talk a little bit about prepping your food meal prepping and using that as an example For these four key factors. So the first thing we are going to do is set up our environment We're going to make our kitchen a place that is conducive to meal prepping and setting ourselves up for success Your kitchen is clean and organized So now you're going to make some time after breakfast on Friday to start some meal prep You're feeling energized and you're excited to get started So you go ahead and pull up the my fridge portion of your WWF or maybe you get my meal plan every month You pull that out and you start to think about what meals you would like to create in prep for the week Make a list of the meals that you want to prepare based on the ingredients that you have on hand Now you're ready to get started grab some meal prep containers Prep your meals put them in the container and pop them into your fridge So you're set up for the week and your win your milestone you prepped your food for the entire week on Friday So you've prepped all your food. So now let's retrace your steps What led you to set yourself up for success? Maybe you made time to meal plan Maybe you've made time to get your kitchen clean and organized You use the what's in my fridge portion of your app or my meal plan and you made a list of what you have on hand And what meals you were going to prepare. So which of these things can you repeat next time? You need to set a goal reach a milestone or have some success our thoughts our feelings our environment and our actions Actually play a big part in what we do and honestly whether or not we're successful once we pinpoint what led to our success We can rewind and repeat why reinvent the wheel if you can do what you did before that led you to that success So I really like this topic. I think it applies to all aspects of life Like I said not even just weight loss or healthy lifestyle it can apply to career family household You name it so I think it's great to really think about these four key components whenever we're trying to set ourselves up To recreate a success we've had in the past or maybe reach a new goal or milestone So let's jump into weigh-in. I know that's what you guys are all here for so like I said, I had a pretty good week this week I feel really good about how everything went. I'm loving my probiotics. I'm loving jazzer size I'm loving everything and when I stepped on the scale for the fourth week in the month of January I lost I am down point eight almost an entire pound And if you're new here, or you didn't know my goal is to lose half of a pound to a pound a week I am the turtle slow and steady wins the race I'm definitely eating at a higher calorie level and less of a deficit because I want to see Sustainable weight loss. I don't want to lose the weight really fast and not be able to keep it off So that's kind of the approach that I've taken. I do double track both in the WW app as well as in the lose it calorie counting app and it's been working for me And I'm absolutely loving it. So I looked at the calendar today and realized that there's five weeks in January So I actually have another week to really lose more weight this month and see a good number for the month of January So I'm really excited for that. I'm gonna continue doing what I've been doing. I have three workouts plan I have my meals plan. I'm following this workshop topic and setting myself up for success for another week So now I want to hear from you guys. How was your week? Did you gain? Did you lose? Was it kind of what you expected and let me know your thoughts on this topic Do you find yourself? Rewinding and rethinking what you did that led you to be successful and repeating because I think that's really important I mean truthfully again in any aspect of life So definitely leave your comments down below for me if you're new and you're not yet subscribed again I'd love to have you hit the little subscribe button and of course the bell next to it And also don't forget to give this video a big huge thumbs up It lets me know to keep putting these weigh-ins out every single Friday as we move into the new year Don't forget about the calendar nutrition coaching links and discounts to my favorite things including the thrive gut health Test will be down in the description box for you and my facebook group again We'd love to have you over there as well. Happy friday my beautiful friends I hope you have a fantastic weekend and I'll see you guys all in tomorrow's grocery haul. Bye