Gweithio. Mor ni'n fawr i gyntaf gyda'r Llyfrgell Africau Cymru yw coronavirus, ac yn ddyn nhw'n ddyn nhw'n ddod o'r dda'i pethau i gyllid yn y gynhwys. Mae'r ddweud yr hynny'n ddyn nhw, ac yn ddyn nhw'n ddyn nhw'n fawr, o'r ddych chi'n gweld. Mae'r parwysgledig yn ystyried o'r llyfr i llyfr. Ddau'r cyfnodol o'r cyfnodol o'r pethau ar Wale. Felly, mae'n rhaid i'r hyn o'r staff, gyfforddau, aur ymgyrchu meddwl, ystaflau Llyfriddol, a'r rhai ffwyl. Y dweud y ffigurdig lef, felly mae'r cyfnodol yn cael ei ddweud o bod yn cael 462,000 o pob o'r parwysgledig ar Wale o'r pethau'r 1st ddosef o'r cyfnodol. This slide clearly shows the speed at which we are vaccinating people in Wales. In the last week we vaccinated more people as a percentage of our population than any of the other UK nations. But there isn't a race between the countries of the UK. This is a race against the virus and it is one where we are making rapid progress. We remain on course to offer vaccination to everyone in the first four priority groups by the middle of February. We will continue to build on this progress this week as more clinics open and we will have the support from 90 more military personnel in the mass vaccination clinics around Wales. We'll also see more people receiving their second doses of the vaccine, with mobile teams returning to care homes to complete the vaccination process. I want to turn now to the South African variant that we've heard a lot about in these last few days in particular. Last week our Chief Scientific Advisor for Health, Dr Rob Orford, explained how and why viruses mutate. He also set out some of the work that we're involved in here in Wales. The South African variant is one of three new variant strains of concern that have emerged in recent months. The other two originated in Brazil. We're tracking them closely because they're even more contagious and fast moving than the original strain of coronavirus which we have been dealing with through most of the pandemic. As you know, the travel corridor scheme has recently been suspended across the United Kingdom, which means that all arrivals to the UK are now required to quarantine for 10 days. Enhanced quarantine and testing arrangements have also been introduced for people returning to the UK from certain countries linked with South Africa and the two Brazilian variants. In Wales we have argued for these requirements to apply to people returning from all international destinations and for an approach to quarantine and border control that also involves the Republic of Ireland. To help us find and contain cases of the South African and the two Brazilian variants, everyone returning to the UK from certain countries around the world, where these variants are known to be present, must quarantine together with their household. This requirement for household contacts to quarantine is an additional precaution to prevent any possible spread. All travellers are offered a test to check for the variant. If the tests are positive, the person's household contacts will also be tested. All positive tests are then sent for genomic sequencing. In addition to this quarantine and testing system, we also have a well-established surveillance system in place in Wales. This genomic sequencing sequence is a proportion of all tests undertaken in Wales. More than 25,000 sequences were generated by the end of last year. That's one of the highest rates in the world. The majority of these come from samples taken from tests carried out in hospitals and community testing units. We're working with the UK government to expand our surveillance systems and to access more samples from tests processed at the Lighthouse Lab in Newport. As a result of all of this work, 13 cases of the South African variant have been identifying in Wales to date. That is an increase of three from last week. 10 of these cases have clear links to either South Africa or to international travel. In the other three cases, there is currently no clear evidence of how they may have caught the virus. Two of these cases are in North Wales, in Anglesey and in Conwy. They have the same genetic sequence and they were tested on the same day in the same laboratory. The third case is in Neath Port Talbot. Public Health Wales is carrying out a detailed and forensic investigation into each of these cases to discover when and how each person became infected with the South African variant strain and whether there is any evidence of wider community spread. In each case, we'll draw on the skills of our successful contact tracing teams to look back at where each case has been and who they've been in close contact with. We'll also make use of the skills of Public Health Wales epidemiologists and we'll also target testing to identify any further spread. We're working around the clock to discover how these three people became infected with the South African variant and we will do everything we can to keep people safe. The emergence of all of these new strains, first the Kent strain, which has quickly become the dominant form of coronavirus here in Wales and now the South African and the two Brazilian variants, I mean it's more important than ever that we all follow the rules, especially the basics. That means keeping our distance from others, washing our hands regularly, wearing a face covering when we're in indoor public spaces, ensuring good ventilation indoors, staying at home as soon as we have symptoms and are ready to get a test and please ensure that you do complete your full isolation period. Thank you for all of you for your ongoing help and support to help keep Wales safe. Your hard work and sacrifices are already making a real difference. I'll take questions from journalists now but as always the answer will be broadcast live on our social media channels and the first question today is from Nicky Smith from BBC Wales. Good afternoon, thank you. I'd like to ask about the South African variant. You've listed three specific areas where it has been identified. Do you intend to offer door-to-door testing there now as is happening in parts of England? We're not going at this point, going to look to an approach that has whole community testing across a whole local authority area. What I indicated was we're looking at targeted testing, that's why the backward contact tracing is really important to understand who those people may have been in contact with. We have further meetings later in the day with Public Health Wales and the Chief Medecross' department as well to understand more about that, to then make choices about what form of targeted testing that might look like but I'll obviously have more to say or the First Minister will have more to say when those meetings have concluded. Thank you. The week after next you will be hoping to hit your vaccination target. Will this mean you can then start easing restrictions? I don't think we should expect a significant reduction in restrictions amid February onwards. What I should say is that we have a regular review process that will be due to complete a review by the third week of February, so we'll be able to update people then. The good news is we're broadly moving in the right direction on a range of indicators. On the number of people testing positive, we're now down to under 125 per 100,000 before Christmas. We're up to nearly 700 across Wales, that's a significant fall. Scotland is about 140 per 100,000 today, England is about double that, so we're moving in the right direction. We're also, because we're making rapid progress with our vaccination programme, we can look forward to different choices being made but I still don't think people should expect there to be a radical and significant easing of restrictions when we come to review matters in the third week of February, but we will of course have to look at what's happening with those continued reductions seeing those being sustained and then to see what headroom we have, together with all the other choices given that it is a stated commitment of this government, to if we can to use our headroom to help a return to school we'll then need to assess the impact of any return to school that does take place. Thank you. I've now got James Crichton-Smith from ITV Wales. Minister, thank you. The British Medical Association has carried out a survey which shows that compared to their white colleagues a higher percentage, nearly three quarters of doctors from BAME backgrounds feel just partly or not at all protected from COVID in the workplace. What are you doing to change that? Well, I haven't seen a survey you refer to but we have regular engaged not just with the BAME but across all the workforce and in particular I'm really pleased with engaged and we've had with BAPIO, the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin here in Wales and that the chair of BAPIO, Professor Keshav Singal, he's actually been part of the risk assessment process we've introduced. You'll recall that as part of the work we did there's been a specific risk assessment process for staff of black-a-raise and origin to undertake and to look at specific factors for them. Obviously if doctors and other staff still feel concerned that that risk assessment process hasn't resulted in given the conversations they need, that's a matter that not just those individuals should have conversations about but actually the regular conversations that trade unions and staff side representatives have with managers and employers here in Wales. So I'll make sure that after this that I ensure that not only those conversations take in place but we do take account of what more we need to do to provide confidence for our staff in all of the different measures we're looking to seek to protect them as they put themselves in harm's way every day for our sake. Thank you very much. Secondly, can you absolutely guarantee that no health board in Wales is throwing vaccine away rather than finding people to make use of leftover doses because they're under strict orders not to skip ahead in priority groups? I think there's a couple of assumptions on your question, Jane, that would be helpful to deal with. We publish every week now wasted rates and we have extraordinarily efficient process for our vaccination programme. 0.1% of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is wasted. 0.6% of the Pfizer vaccine is wasted. So that's highly efficient and effective use of the vaccine. I expect, particularly as we're going through groups one to four, that there are plenty of people who should be on reservists. Every health board and every delivery of a clinic delivering the vaccine should have people on a reservist to make sure we don't waste vaccines. It's also worth reflecting, of course, that there's a number of days to use the vaccines up once they've been provided. So that's where we are with our understanding of it. And actually, as we're going through priority groups one to four now, but moving into groups five to nine, there should be plenty of people on those reserve lists. I don't expect vaccines to be thrown away. Organisations are not under an instruction to dispose of vaccines instead of actually providing that vaccine to people who could benefit from it. So there are further conversations on going with vaccine programme board about how we have those reserve lists to make sure we carry on with a highly efficient programme here in Wales. Great work on the numbers of progress being made and also really, really effective on not wasting the precious vaccines that are available to us. Thank you, James, and I'll get Abby Wittig from Wales Online. Good afternoon, Minister. You mentioned the South African variant, but now there are concerns about mutations that are circulating now in both Bristol and Liverpool. Given the proximity of those cities to Wales and the fact that people travel a lot between the two for work and for other reasons, what monitoring and testing is taking place to see if those variants are happening now in Wales? Well, Abby, we have a regular conversation with colleagues at ministerial level across all four nations between our chief medical officers and our scientific community as well. There's also an exchange of information between our public health agencies and they're organised in different ways in England compared to Wales. But it's always a case of understanding that there are that the virus is changing and mutating, as Rob Orford explained last week. And it's the variants of concern we're most interested in. So I do expect information to continue to be shared to understand what is really happening. And whilst people may travel for essential purposes, those are limited purposes, there should be very limited travel between Bristol and South Wales in particular, for example. And more than that, of course, if people are travelling for essential purpose, they should still then be coming back to their household as well. So the opportunities for wider community spread at this point in time should be limited, but that sharing of information between all agencies is essential to keep all of us safe. Thank you. If I could just move on to answer younger people now. Is the negative effect of lockdown on children and young people being assessed when the Welsh Government makes decisions on restrictions policy? And if so, who is assessing those effects and how is that being weighed up against the need to protect lives and the NHS? Well, this is a difficult balance, but we definitively and absolutely do go through an assessment process, the impact on different groups of the population. You'll understand that most of the mortality has been in older age groups and other people with additional risk factors, but that actually we know there's lots of harm that lockdown causes for children and younger people in particular as well. We had the report earlier this week that missing out on face-to-face learning is will potentially have an impact on future life earning opportunities for our youngest people who are missing out on face-to-face learning in school and college. So we publish, of course, when we have our three-week reviews, we publish our assessment on the impact of different people, including children and young people, and because we recognise that impact, it's part of the reason why we said that our commitment is if there is enough headroom to use that on reopening parts of face-to-face learning for children and young people. So there's a definitive commitment to do something that recognises the impact on children and young people and the balance of the harms is something that the chief medical officer spoke at the very start of the pandemic nearly a year ago and is absolutely part of what we turn our minds to every time we make choices about either new restrictions coming into force or indeed the easing of those restrictions as well. Thank you, Abbie. It's now Dan Bevan from LBC. Thank you, Health Minister. Good afternoon to you. You say that there are three cases of the new South African variant with no clear evidence of how they may have caught the virus. If that's not come from international travel, then is it safe to assume the South African variant has spread in the community? And if that's not the case, then what could the other possibilities be? Well, the reason why we're doing that backwards contact tracing around those three people is to answer exactly that question. Now, the fact that we've only got a handful of cases at present suggests that there isn't sustained community transmission in Wales of the South African variant, but we need to understand what's happened with those three cases to understand how those people have got the South African variant if they have come into contact with other people through different points of contact earlier on. So that's why the investigation is taking place, because we need to answer that question. The contrast, of course, is that the Kent variant has gone into sustained community transmission. It's now the dominant form of coronavirus in Wales. We know that in itself is much more contagious as well. So it's about understanding the impact of this new variant and where and how those three people may have come into contact to acquire this particular strain of coronavirus. And as we have more information about that, we'll, of course, make sure that's shared with people. Thank you. And, of course, the Six Nations starts this weekend, but, of course, it will be very different because of crowds not being allowed.  Do you hope that crowds in some form, even if it's a reduced capacity, might be able to make it into the stadiums for the autumn internationals? Well, autumn's a long way ahead, Dan, and I would love it if we were in a position to have crowds available in the stadiums and the autumn internationals. But the horizons we're dealing with are such that I don't think I could accurately forecast what will happen in the autumn. I certainly hope, given the progress we're making now with reducing case rates, with the reducing positivity rate in the progress we're making on vaccination, we'll be able to make many different choices. But we also know the virus has thrived in the autumn and the winter as well. So we need to understand where we get to after the mass vaccination programme for the whole adult population has been completed, what those choices mean, and I really do hope that we'll be able to make different choices for all of us. Not just for rugby fans, but for all the other activities that we've had to curtail to keep the country safe throughout the pandemic. Thank you, John. Now I've got Branwen Jones from S4C. Prinhawn dda, Winnie Doug. Swansea Bay University Health Board recently announced that they were experiencing a sharp rise in the number of people failing to turn up to their vaccine appointment. Is the Welsh Government aware of this and what are they doing to aid health boards in addressing the situation? Well, we are aware. We've seen some of the public statements that the health board have made, encouraging people to attend or to let them know if they can't attend. It goes back into some earlier questions about having reserved lists to make sure that the vaccine isn't wasted. And I think the direct message is that there's a very clear and central message from the government and it's well covered across a range of media organisations and social media too about the importance of the vaccination programme, the importance of covering as many people as quickly as possible. The government, of course, we need to play our part, as indeed will our NHS. And it's then about how each of us as members of the public play our part too. And if we can't attend, then to let the vaccination team know as soon as possible. With the vaccination contact, offering people an appointment, there is a way to contact to make clear if you can't attend. So the worst thing possible would be our vaccine waste because people haven't attended and our vaccination teams don't know about that until too late. I think our vaccination team are doing an extraordinary job of incredible service to the whole country with the pace and the scale of what we're delivering so all of us need to play our part because we'll all benefit from this programme running out as quickly as possible. Diolch yn i dog. The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has said that he is optimistic about the prospect of people being able to enjoy a holiday in the summer. Would you agree with his sentiment and has the Welsh government considered any plans on how to keep control of the virus in later months? Rather optimistic that people will be able to have a holiday break of some kind over the summer, I wouldn't want to forecast where that would be, though. I know many people are opting to stay within Wales or the UK, but the challenge is that we know that from this summer, international travel to mainland Europe caused lots of mixing and a reintroduction of coronavirus into the UK and it helped to promote the growth of the virus through the autumn. So we're all still going to need to make responsible choices. If international travel restarts in earnest for people to be able to go on holiday, we'll then need to see what the rules are about either vaccination or about testing before and arrival back as well. So I don't think we're going to go back to the days we would have enjoyed, say, a year and a half ago. So I don't want to get too fixed on foreign travel for holidays at any point in the future because I just think that's too uncertain. What we do know is that we're winning the battle at this point in time in reducing case rates and increasing vaccination and that will open up more choices for us in the future. If we all keep on doing the right thing, we'll be doing the best thing for ourselves but also for all of us in this country and beyond. Thank you, Brad. I've got Steve Bagnell from The Daily Post. Thank you, Health Minister. It may be too early to tell, but compared to the Kent variant, is there currently any evidence that South African variant is more infectious or causes more serious illness? Well, the evidence is that the South African variant spreads quickly as the Kent variant does as well. I haven't seen definitive and says it spreads quicker or indeed that it causes more harm. The bigger concern about the South African variant was whether it would reduce the immune response of the vaccine. Now, as I said yesterday, that does not mean that the vaccines are ineffective. In fact, we heard good initial news about the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine potentially reducing transmission and that would be really, really important. So, at this point in time, we still need to understand where the variant is and what its characteristics are. And I don't think it'll be right for me to speculate on what it might be because that would, I think, concern lots of people. But it's why we're undertaking the investigations we are for those three cases where we need to understand how those people have got the South African variant here in Wales. Thank you, Health Minister. We are seeing reports of more younger people becoming seriously ill with coronavirus, perhaps in their 40s or lower. Is there anything in the day to support this? And if so, is there any reason for this? Well, I don't think it's the case that there is a disproportionate impact on younger people at this stage in the pandemic. What we do know is, though, that because community transmission rates have increased so rapidly through the autumn and the winter, that more people will have got coronavirus and so that relatively small percentage will mean more people in terms of numbers. If you think about it, community, you know, transmission rates, positivity rates, rather, it wasn't that long ago that one in four tests were positive. We're now down to just over one in ten. So you'll expect to see the numbers falling, but it's important, I think, to reflect that the greatest harm is caused to people who have pre-existing healthcare conditions and the older you get, the more likely you are to suffer harm, particularly to go above the age of 50. That's why we've prioritised a vaccine for groups over the age of 50 and people with additional healthcare needs, and, of course, our frontline health and care staff. That does not mean if you're under the age of 50, you could expect to be harm-free. It's why we've got a continued focus on long COVID, for example, because you know that many people have been significantly unwell but recovered. For some people, that recovery is an in-and-out journey of being well and relaxing. So we all need to reflect that there are healthcare risks for all of us, even if our risk of harm is reduced compared to those people who, sadly, are most likely to suffer the greatest amount of harm. Thank you, Steve, and I've got Rob Taylor from rexham.com. Good afternoon, Health Minister. We've been sent images locally of queues outside of GP surgery of those who, by definition, are older and higher risk members of society. In one instance, a relative told us that their 86-year-old man was waiting outside for an hour in the cold. Others have raised concerns about the safety of individuals who have been effectively shielding for about 12 months and are worried that getting the vaccine could be a risky situation. What guidance and support has been given to vaccination centres to protect people, both in a pandemic sense and also in a weather sense? Well, there has been guidance and been issued both about the importance of social distancing while queuing and when in a vaccination centre, but also about trying to make arrangements for the timeframe that people will get to their vaccine and we're encouraging them not to arrive early. It's understandable that people are keen to get their vaccine and to be protected, but if people do arrive significantly ahead of their appointment, we're much more likely to see queues. Of course, I'm concerned that people are waiting for a very long time outside, so that's why following the advice that's being given, not just about attending, following the earlier question, but also attending at the right time is really important for all of us. I'd say to anyone who's concerned about the potential risk from going to get your vaccine, particularly if you're shielded if you're at any one of the priority groups, there's a much greater risk from getting coronavirus and not having had the protection that the vaccines provide, so I'd really encourage everyone to take up the opportunity to get protected. When it's my turn, I will certainly be going on to have my vaccine as well. Thank you. The French Health Minister has said the recommendation that I make to the French people is to no longer use fabric masks, as that country then follows Germany and Austria and the move towards FFP2 mask requirements. Today, Gov. Wales still says you could use a scarf or bandana as long as it tightly fits around your face. Who's setting the correct minimum standard there? Is it the Welsh Health Minister or the French Health Minister? Well, we're following the advice that we're given. We take account of both what the World Health Organization say, but the particular advice from our Chief Medical Officer and his department. So as we update and as we consider on a regular basis as we do what that advice should be, ministers will then need to make choices about what that policy is, but it's informed by the advice we get from the Chief Medical Officer, which is exactly as I think you'd expect. That goes both for the public but also for staff as well, where the Chief Medical Officer's department takes part in UK-wide conversations to make sure we still have the right policy, the right framing of how we protect people as they go about their work, as well as each of us as members of the public, to make sure we're doing the right thing in wearing a face covering where we're required to do so where it's the right thing to help not just protect us, but in particular, to protect other people. Thank you, Robyn. I've got Gareth Exendery from the Caffili Observer. Thank you, Minister. Good afternoon. On the definition and distinction of elderly adult care homes, you're on record saying that all care home residents and staff will have been offered their first dose of the vaccine by the end of January. Now, whether that was a mistake or miscommunication, there are care home members of staff, residents, family members who believe that their homes, many of which do include individuals over the age of 65, would be vaccinated by now. What would you say to them now as they continue to wait? What I'd say is that we're moving through our vaccination programme at real pace. And so you'd have seen just under 23,000 people vaccinated in the numbers that increased and reported today, more than 23,000 in the day before. And as we move from not just the first two priority groups into groups one to four, you can see there's real pace being picked up there too as well. And so a number of the people that you'll describe would certainly be covered in groups one to four. And after that, then certainly in groups one to six as well. So all of those people are going to expect to get a vaccine appointment in the very near future. And until then, we're asking to carry on doing the right thing about how they behave, the distance they have with other people and in doing the basics as I described earlier. So I understand that many people will be anxious and nervous in waiting for a vaccine. Many people want to be earlier in the queue and not have to wait. I really do understand that quite natural human anxiety. But our NHS led program is not going to forget people. We will get to you and we're going to get to you even faster than we were a few weeks ago because the pace of our program has increased. I think people in Wales can take real pride in the fact that Wales is the fastest moving nation on vaccination over the last, not just the last week, but also the last two weeks. And that really does say something of real credit to our vaccination program and the staff delivering it. Thank you. We surely, we shortly move into large cohorts of people receiving vaccinations who perhaps are more mobile and they were expected to travel to mass vaccination centres, but don't drive or can't rely on a lift from somebody else. Here in Bedlister, it's an hour and 10 minutes or on two buses to our nearest Max vaccination centre in Newbridge. What conversations are Welsh Government having to address transport links to vaccination centres and what's the Welsh Government's guidance on people having lifts or car sharing to vaccine centres? Well, for example, I know that some local authorities have looked at helping to reorder bus routes around mass vaccination centres and they thought about where those vaccination centres should be in relation to bus routes with partners in the health service. So that work between local authorities and health boards has been such a feature throughout this pandemic is absolutely a part of what's making the vaccination programme a real success. It's also, of course, the case that it's not just mass vaccination centres. In the statement I gave to the Senate yesterday, I was able to confirm we now have more than 400 GP-led locations delivering the vaccine as well. There's actually a wide range of different centres available to help people have their vaccine as well as the mobile units that are going around lots to care homes but to other housebound individuals who can't get out of their home. Now, the advice we've given you may well have seen pictures on social media of people transporting relatives and pleased to see that in almost all the pictures I've seen, people are wearing face coverings as well. We still ask people to think about the advice we've given about reducing contact with people and about taking all necessary precautions in getting to and from centres. So if you're concerned about where your vaccination is being delivered, you should reflect on where that centre is, how you'll get there and how to manage your transport there and equally how to reduce your risk if you have got people who are going to help to take you there. And of course, travel to a vaccination centre whether it's one of the GP-led centres or one of the mass vaccination centres would be essential travel within the rules as well. So people need not worry about either taking people there or travelling to get their vaccine as well. Thank you, Gareth. We've now got Tom Magler from Carers World Live. Thank you, Health Minister. Your colleague, the First Minister, announced almost two weeks ago now that your government would add unpaid carers into the main wording of vaccine priority ban six. That's naturally been welcomed by our viewers. Updating, of course, must take a little time. But there's disappointment setting in because even as later yesterday, Public Health Wales were republishing the priority list without this important extra wording. And also this morning, we've heard of GPs refusing to register unpaid carers saying they aren't full-time unpaid carers and here they clearly got it wrong because the latest carers' rights did away with minimum hours to qualify for an assessment. I'm sure that you will find these developments disappointing and concerning. So what steps have you taken and do you plan to take to make sure that everyone's singing from the same Welsh government song sheet and as a matter of urgency? Well, there's a vaccination programme board today that I attend regularly with other stakeholders. So we do talk about these issues regularly. And I think from the government's point of view, we've been very, very clear about unpaid carers being in Group 6. And I think you've been very helpful in broadcasting that to our viewers and listeners, as indeed have other carers' organisations. And the comments have started with carers' organisations about how to properly identify people as unpaid carers to make sure that they're going to get their vaccine within the right priority group. And those conversations aren't complete because as you will know, the circumstances of different carers are different. And not everyone is on a specific list at present. Some are, but we're going beyond simply people who are entitled to a specific benefit because that doesn't properly cover all those people who are unpaid carers. And it's then a matter for me to make sure that we are updating the public-facing information and I'll make sure that's part of the conversation around vaccine programme board when I meet with my officials before and after it as well. Thank you for that. In terms of my identification, perhaps I could explore this a little further. I imagine that some will suggest that you should start with the JCVI definition of an unpaid carer in their advice, which for those not familiar with it says, those people who are in receipt of a carer's allowance or are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill. So against this background, my question is, how do you plan to identify those unpaid carers who are either having issues with overlapping state benefits or who are under the age of 65 that may not be receiving carer's allowance because they're working and earning over the £128 a week earnings limit to be able to qualify for carer's allowance? How will you deal with these people? They're probably in the majority. Well, that's exactly why we're having a conversation with carer's organisations because you can essentially take two approaches. You can take the approach of, if you meet this strict criteria, then you get the vaccine in group six and if you don't meet that, then you don't. Now, we know that that would mean that there'd be a significant number of unpaid carers who would not get their vaccine at the right time and I think that would cause a significant number of unhappiness and injustice. That's why we're talking with carers organisations about how to have the most sensible approach possible to identify people and it's then about how successfully we're able to do that and crucially to make sure that some people don't take advantage of the position by claiming they're an unpaid carer when they're not. Now, that's difficult because a lot of this is about people identifying themselves as carers, so that's why we're having this conversation with carers organisations, many of whom will have contact with unpaid carers and be able to help, I think, to identify people who are undertaking unpaid carer roles. I've just with you in many of these press conferences, the fact that I undertake a bit of care for my mum and then I take her shopping, she can't go out, but I wouldn't say that that put me into the unpaid carer category because I've visited her home once a week to deliver her food shopping. But we need to have a conversation with carers organisations to get to a sensible point where we can understand who's coming through, what the numbers are, and then crucially, how they can then be invited to come to their vaccination appointment. What I don't want, we have tens of thousands of people ringing up to try to get an appointment in a way that could hold up the vaccination progress and then reduce the speed with which we're working to give people the protection that they're looking for. So it's a sensible conversation, it's a very grown-up one, it has to be very practical then as well, Tom. And when we're in a position to finalise that conversation, we'll make sure there is a proper public announcement and it will be covered and updated on the Welsh Government website as well as if people can find that information and hopefully then get assurance that they'll get their vaccine in good time. Thank you. Thank you very much, Tom, and thank you everyone. I look forward to seeing you again in the near future, no doubt.


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It makes you stronger and more confident in controlling your life and claiming your rights But it will cause the narcissist to feel upset, annoyed and resentful Because it will cause problems to them The narcissist will never forgive you for this They will never forgive you for when you begin to think for yourself When you have an independent mind and attitude When you have your own ideas and opinions When you make your own decisions without their help Rather than being under their influence and control The narcissist will never forgive you for breaking free from their control When you do that it will irritate them And they will become very resentful Because they see your free-thinking and independent decision-making as an insult They see it as though you're treating them as unworthy of regard As though you're rejecting their ideas and opinions They hate it when you begin to think for yourself When you develop your own ideas and opinions It takes away their control It affects their ability to a direct the course of events Because once you begin to think for yourself And make your own independent decisions It's because you've already questioned and confronted their ideas and opinions You've already given them an opportunity To justify their actions and decisions You've already tried to hold them responsible You've already tried to understand them But they weren't having it They couldn't accept that Because they see you as their subordinate They believe that they are superior to you So you are not meant to question their authority Which is why when you did confront them They just brushed it off They acted like it wasn't a big deal Or they got mad at you for confronting them And then they gaslighted you And shifted the blame onto you But if you do take responsibility for it And take the necessary action to correct it It will still cause a narcissistic injury And they will still get very angry They will never forgive you They will never let it go Because by you going your own way Thinking for yourself and making your own decisions You are exposing them to other people You are unintentionally showing people That something is not right with them And they don't want the truth to be revealed Because the truth is against them The truth doesn't make them look good Which is why they get so mad when you try to leave They want you to pretend like they haven't done anything wrong They want you to uphold their false image of reputation Which is why when you do finally break free from the narcissist control They see it as though you have betrayed them They see it as though you have exposed them to danger And that is why it will seem like they are in a fight for their lives Because they are trying to hold on to their false image Which you are no longer validating or supporting Which you are no longer enabling They see it as though you have gone against them Because it triggers them to feel shame But they don't want to deal with those emotions So they deny the truth They deny any wrongdoing And they create an alternate reality With their own distorted perceptions and interpretations And then they pull other people into this fake world People who enable them to continue doing what they are doing People who think you are just trying to ruin the narcissist reputation Because that's what the narcissist is thinking But the narcissist is not completely delusional Deep down they know that they are wrong They just don't want to accept it So instead they shift the blame onto you The narcissist will never forgive you for this But you need to forgive yourself For being involved with them in the first place Because you didn't know what you were dealing with And although the narcissist may be against you now You now have the power to think for yourself You have the ability to recognize That not everything is your fault They just didn't want to accept their faults and mistakes So they blamed you for everything The narcissist may never forgive you But you need to recognize That you never intended to do anything wrong You never intended to hurt them You just wanted to protect yourself But the narcissist went all out to destroy you That was their intention and objective And you were trying to help them So if they think there's something wrong with that That's on them You can't get them to see sense They have a mental disorder So they're not going to admit their faults They're going to lie to themselves And they're going to lie to you Because that's how they support their false self That's how they maintain the illusion By denying that there is anything wrong with them Thank you for watching I hope this video was interesting with you Please like, comment, share and subscribe If you would like to donate My PayPal link is in the video description Coaching queries You can email me at coaching.naarksurvivor.uk Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon


You're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet, you're assigned a robbery detail. 14 women in your city have been robbed and beaten. You've got a half dozen descriptions of their attacker. None of them match. The man's still free. Your job, get him. It was Wednesday, November 26th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out a robbery detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss's chief of detectives, Thad Brown. My name's Friday. I was on my way back to the office and it was 2.34 p.m. when I got to room 27A, robbery. Come on, Joe. Everybody's in the skipper's office. All right. I tagged by R and I to pick up these packages. Anything on them? No, not much. We'll check them out, but they don't look like they're going any place. Yeah, go ahead. Joe, Frank, you want to come over here? Yes. Sorry we're late. Don't worry about it. Let's get this thing on the road. All right. Want to settle down? Let's get started. The word's probably gotten to you about why we're here. Some of this purse-snatching thing Friday and Smith have got. Things gotten way out of hand. Thief hit again the night before last. Victims at the county hospital in a critical condition. She was pistol-whipped and it looks like she's got a fractured skull. It's only a matter of time before somebody's killed. That's the reason we're here to see that it doesn't happen. Now, you all got demographed emo sheets. Honest, you'll find what information we've got. Some of it's pretty broad, but it's the best we've been able to come up with. Friday and Smith have handled the thing to here, so I'll let them give you the details. You want to come? Yeah, all right, Skipper. Well, first off, you'll notice on those emo sheets all of the crimes have been listed in the order that they happened, also the place and the time. There's also a description of the clothing the suspect wore and when we could get it, a description of the suspect. Now, you'll notice that in most cases, there's quite a difference there on the physical description of the suspect. However, we've been able to put them all together and we've come up with a composite drawing that should look something like the suspect. The one thing that's fairly constant is the description of the clothing worn by the suspect. It's almost always dark. Where's a hat? And we've been known to wear a top coat. The hat and the coat are also dark material. Clear? There you go, buddy. All right, now take a look over here at the wall map. Now we've pinpointed all the jobs so you can get a little better picture of the operation. Can y'all see? There. The first one took place at 73rd Street just off Broadway, right here. The rest of the pins along here show the jobs that he made from there, all the way up to Jefferson. He's also worked Avalon Boulevard, Central Avenue, any street where there's a street car or a bus line he's hit. He worked between the hours of 5.30 and 11.30 PM. The approach is almost always the same. Frank, you want to tell him about the victim? Yeah. The victim will get off the streetcar usually, or the bus, whatever it is, and starts to walk home. As soon as the woman gets in the area that's not lighted well or that hasn't got much traffic, the guy walks up behind her and grabs him. After that, he tries to take her purse. If the victim offers any resistance, well, he usually slugs him, cause the fact that two of the victims have seen a gun in his hand. We know he's armed. So the gun's been described as revolvered. How about a car, Joe? Excuse me, a suspect driving? Car? Yeah. Well, we've got to assume that, yeah. He's been seen a couple of times by people in the neighborhoods as he ran through their yards. Pretty safe to figure that he's got a car parked on the side street somewhere. None of the victims have seen a car, however, but we know he leaves the area immediately. No descriptions of the vehicle, huh? No. Now, we've had a couple of calls, but they didn't check out. Now, the plan here is to use police women as decoys and try to bait them out into the open. That's the reason the women officers are here. Do you figure to work the main arterials? What was that? You figure to work the main arterials. Yeah. Yeah, there'll be two officers assigned to follow each police woman. We've been able to obtain 10 and all. That'll mean that 20 officers will be assigned to them and the rest of you will be in the area somewhere. Now, one of the things to look for is any vehicle which closely follows a streetcar or a bus. How about it, any questions? Yes, how are we going to get our assignment? Well, Skipper here has a list, Lomi. All of the officers who are to work with a police woman are noted. The others are given the areas that they're supposed to patrol. What about other calls coming in? Who's going to handle them? I didn't hear you. The other calls coming in, who's going to handle them? Well, those officers not assigned to a police woman. See, there'll be other units from the outlying areas on the operation, too. They'll lend us a hand. But remember this, under no circumstances are those officers working with a decoy to leave her. Is that clear? Yeah. Don't leave the police woman. Right. Why don't we stick with the detail unless there's an emergency call? Yeah, that's right. Well, if we run into any problems, who do we call, Joe? Well, we'll be in the area of 1K80. You can get in touch with us, Harry. How about it? Well, if we pick up a suspect, should we get in touch with you? Well, you can use your own judgment on that, George. You think it's a routine pickup. Take him to robbery, and he'll be processed there. All right. Any more questions? Never? Anything else? We all know about the day's off cancellation. Sorry it has to hit now, but that's where it's got to be. No one will draw any time till this thing is cleaned up. Right.  Ha, ha, ha, ha. That's it. Operation will start tonight and go until the suspect's in custody. Have a happy Thanksgiving. OK. No? Say, wait a minute. Before you go, the worksheet's on the board outside. You can check it on the way out. You better do that. Right. Anything else you need to carry it off? No, it's all there, Skipper. I mean, we use now's luck. No reason for you to be different, huh? Suspect, that is, Sheriff. Frank and I left the office and drove out to the area of the operation. The plan was that the police women would board the cars and buses and get off at the points where previous sluggings had not taken place. In the established MO of the suspect, it was noted that he never hit on any street more than once. At 4 PM that afternoon, all of the units were in place and the plan was started. During the night, several pickups were made, but no one was apprehended who resembled the suspect. Those people who were detained were processed and they were either booked or released. The following day, Thursday, November 27, Frank and I checked the reports filed by officers in the field. At 3 PM, we stopped at a small restaurant and we had a plate of sliced turkey, cold gravy, and some lumpy mashed potatoes. We wished each other a happy Thanksgiving. We went back to Unit 1 K80 and cruise the streets marked for surveillance. Another night went by without the suspect hitting. Saturday, November 29, 1130 PM, Frank and I were driving down San Pedro Street at Vernon Avenue. Looks like another one shot, huh? Yeah, it's beginning to shape up that way, isn't it? You figure the suspect knows about the operation. I mean, where we're working. You got as much as I have, doesn't seem likely. You got a cigarette? I'm out. Yeah. There you go. Thanks. You're packed about Thanksgiving? Well, I figure. That didn't make me too mad. She had the in-laws over. Yeah. Her brother. One thing about that guy, he eats more than any 10 people.  Yeah. Nephew was over, too. You know Little Sam? You've heard me talk about Little Sam. No, I don't think so. Yeah, Little Sam. He's a monster. Only 10 years old, he's a real monster. Bay's sister lets the kid do whatever comes into his mind. They say it isn't good to repress him. What? They say it isn't good to repress him. That's what they, you know, repress him. Yeah. I'd like to take him over. I'd repress him. Yeah, I guess you'd do that real good, wouldn't you? 1K80. 1K80. Meet unit 1K87 at the 300 block, East 51st Street, code 2. 1K80, Roger, KMA 367. Let's go. Yeah, that's one of the units assigned to a decoy. Thanks to Goodwin. Well, there's one way to find out in there. Yeah. Ask him. San Pedro on 51st Street. One of the police women had gotten off a streetcar at the corner of Main Street on 51st. She'd walked east, and as she passed the park, a man had approached, blocked her progress, and demanded money. The man was pretty drunk, and when the officers following the woman arrived at the scene, he was struggling with a police woman. He was taken into custody when we were called. We took the man to room 27A and from there to the interrogation room. Physically, he masked the description of the suspect as we'd gotten from the victims, 12.15 AM. That's the dirtiest thing I've heard of pulling me in here like this. All right, what's your name? I don't think I'm going to tell you. Let me see your wallet. There's nothing in there. No juice. Empty your pockets on the table. If you have a copy of the LA phone, come on, Mr. Empty your pockets, will you? All right. No juice. Take the money out. I told you there's no juice. No money in the wallet? No. But it is your true name, Victor Nathaniel Roberts. You think I use aliens? I don't be smart. Where do you live? Where you been sleeping? Where have I been? You got a job? What? Do you work? No. You ever hold a job? No. Never had a job. Remember what? What were you doing on 51st Street tonight? Oh, I was just looking around. At 11.30 at night? The sun hurts my eyes. All right. I would just walk along the street for this young woman to stop me. She stopped you? She tried to pick me up. That girl was a police woman. You're telling me. Now what were you doing out there? I'm never going there again. Ever been arrested? Yes. Don't check the record, John. Is he going to look me up? What's that? I say, is he going to look me up? He's going to check your record, yeah. Officer, you mind a little constructive criticism. Now you listen, Mr. You're funny times running out here. You must feel a little sneaky about this whole thing, don't you? What's that? I mean this whole business about the police woman. Don't you think that's going too far? How long you been in Los Angeles? Sometime this year. What do you mean by that? Checked here about a year. What? I said I checked here about a year. A year ago, you mean? Yeah, yeah, about a year ago. Well, if you haven't got a job, how do you manage to live? I haven't got a little drink, have you? John, see you in a minute.  Checked R&I, got the word on Roberts. Yeah, what about him? He's been tagged 67 times for drunk. Fallen, LA? Total's 92. Doesn't look like he's our man, though. Why? Well, he's been in Camarillo over the last three months. He told the superintendent at the state hospital up at Camarillo. He told us that Victor Roberts had only been released 10 days before. He'd spent three months undergoing treatment for alcoholism. The suspect we were looking for had been working for the past two months. Roberts was booked in at the main jail on the charge of violation of section 4127 ALAMC. During the time we'd been working on the case, all known first snatchers had been picked up and interrogated. Runs for the stats office had been made, and the names they gave us had been checked out. Locals and APBs were gotten out, carrying the description of the MO of the suspect. The leads that came in were followed up without results. Informants were questioned, and George Bratton, up at the CII in Sacramento, furnished us a list of possible. All in all, over 100 people had been questioned. In the course of the investigation, several other cases were cleared, but our prime suspect was still free. Meantime, the operation continued. Each night at 4.30 PM, 10 police women would board streetcars and buses in the area. 10 police cars carrying 20 officers would follow them. In the immediate vicinity, another 40 men were patrolling the streets and alleys looking for the thief. As a result of the newspaper stories on the string of crimes, calls were coming into the complaint board at such a rate that they were jamming our normal facility. Women refused to walk the streets alone after dark. Apparently, the thief could come and go as he pleased. In the next two days, he hit three times, but in areas that were not covered. He began to hit them places he hadn't worked before. He seemed to know where we were and that we were using decoys. The search went on. Tuesday, December 2nd, we got a call from the manager of a cheap hotel in the Skid Row area. We're going to go out to see her. Right down this way, he's not in. Well, just what is it you want us to see? You wait, when you get a good look, you'll know. Yes, ma'am. Here we are. I'll get the door. You just come on in. Thank you. Over here. I was cleaning up this morning. My girl's sick had to do it myself. And just cleaning up, now found them over here in the closet. Yeah. Up on the shelf. Can you see them up there? Way back. I don't remember, I forget to cheer. Well, I was just straightened up and I saw them and I thought to myself, I ought to call the police, get them right out here. That's what I thought to myself. Yes, ma'am. I always feel it's the duty of every citizen to cooperate with the police. Well, do you see them up there on the shelf? Yes, ma'am. Frank. Well, you'll find out anyway. You don't have to worry about fingerprints. I guess I shouldn't have done it. But when I found them, I picked them up, but I put them right back, right where I found them. Here you are. Signs of cards and things, no money, but all kinds of other stuff. You just look. Who has this room? You mean registered? Yeah. Well, he gave his name as Jerry Kilgallan. He asked me, so I think it's funny. You take the room alone, did he? Oh, absolutely. This is a hotel for men, don't allow no women in. Is it possible that somebody else left these purses up there? Hardly. These rooms are cleaned every day, cleaned thoroughly. I don't miss anything. That's right. How about the identification of them, Joe? I don't recognize the names, we'll have to check them. Take a look at this, though. No, here, on the lining of the purse, this one. Oh, yeah, I better get it to the lab, huh? Well, what is it, did you find something? We're not sure. Well, what is it, I called you. I got a right to know. What is it? It looks like blood stains. We got a complete description of Jerry Kilgallan and Frank called it into R&I. We found no record on him under that name. The purse was sent to Lieutenant Lee Jones at the crime lab, and after running a precipitve test, he told us that the stains were human blood. The stakeout was placed on the hotel, and that night Kilgallan was taken into custody. Under interrogation, he admitted taking the purses from two women in a department store in downtown Los Angeles. He went on to explain that he'd just gotten into town and that he was broken hungry. He gave us the date and the times of the thefts, and when we called the victims, they were able to give us positive identification. He told us that when he'd taken the second purse, he'd cut his hand on the clasp, and that the blood stains we found were his own. He was booked in at the main jail on the charges of suspicion of robbery. That night, Frank and I took up our place in the dragnet operation. Nothing happened. The next night went by without activity. On Thursday night at approximately 845, a woman was slugged and robbed after she left the bus on 71st Street just off Vermont. All cars in the operation converged on the area, and a block by block search was made. Additional officers were called into Aiden the Hunts. Every alley, every street, and every backyard was gone over thoroughly. 1115 PM, while the search continued, Frank and I drove down to Georgia Street receiving hospital to talk to the latest victim. I was on my way home. I didn't think anything like this would happen. I was just walking home. Can you give us a description of the man? I don't know. It's dark. I was just walking home and it happened. Did you see the man at all? Yes, it was dark. Was he a tall man? I guess so. I guess he was tall. I talked to the other men. Isn't that enough? I talked to them. Well, we're trying to get all the information we can. I don't remember good. My head hurts. Isn't there something I can do to make my head stop hurting? Did you see the man's face? Did you get a look at it? Yes, I did. I saw his face. Can you describe it for us? Can you tell us what he looked like? I don't know. I don't feel good. This is pretty important, ma'am. He had a real white face. Real white. What about his eyes? Can you tell us what color they were? Oh, why are you? How about his hair? It looked brown. I'm not sure. I think it was brown. Yeah, I had on that. Couldn't feel good. All right, that's a few more questions now. Can you tell what color his hat was? I don't know. My head hurts. Can't you tell us something? We're sent for the doctor again. We might be able to give you another sedative. Hurts? Well, something else, ma'am. Was the man clean-shaven? Huh? I said, did he have a mustache? No, no mustache. So wear glasses. No. Is there anything else you can tell us about his appearance? No, nothing. He had a gun. I know that. He had a gun. So when he hit me with a gun, he hit me when I wouldn't give him the purse. First, he asked me for the money. So when I got out of my way, he said he'd kill me. Then he hit me on the head. Hit me as hard as he could. All right, ma'am. Is there anything else you can tell us that might make it easier to identify him? No, nothing. I told you everything. I know nothing else. All right, we're sorry to bother you. Thank you. We'll be talking with you again when you're feeling better. Yeah. You come back here now. I'll tell you I remember then. Thank you very much for your help. It's all right. You ask the doctor to come back, won't you? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Something else might help a little bit. What's that, ma'am? Before he hit me, I remembered it was a fight. I didn't want him to take my purse. It was a fight. Yeah. I tried to stop him, and I scratched him. Scratched him hard. He broke a finger, no, when I did it. Have a help, won't it? Yes, ma'am. It should. Last thing I remember before he hit me, he was bleeding a lot. Where did you scratch him, ma'am? Do you remember? On the hand? No. No, it right across the face. We got to a phone. We had a broadcast put out carrying the additional information on the man and the fact that he had been badly scratched. Officers in the immediate area of the attack started to check of all the drug stores that were open in the hope that the thief had stopped for medication. After getting a call out, Frank and I left the hospital and started back to search the area. 1146 p.m. You talked to the doctor about the victim? Yeah, she's in pretty bad shape. We're going to move her to general. Sebastian says you might have to operate. She's glad to get this guy. Yeah. Attention, all units. Attention, all units. You want to turn it up now? All units on frequency seven, please stand by. All units in the vicinity of the 100 block on West 29th Street. Officer needs help. Special attention, 1K80, code 3. Lean on it. Right. Herb on the side of the street, we saw Park Police Unit. Standing next to it was a woman officer. We pulled up next to the unit and talked to her. She told us that our suspect had tried to attack her, and on the arrival of the two officers had fled the scene. At that moment, officers Sluder and Murphy were in pursuit. While Frank got additional information from the police woman, I went back to the car and got him a radio. 1K80 to control one. 1K80 to control one. Control one to 1K80. Go ahead. Suspect is now on foot, being pursued by two plain clothes officers through backyards in the area of West 100 block between 29th Street and 30th Street. Dispatch units to block intersections of Broadway and 29th Street. Broadway and 30th. Broadway and 28th Street. Broadway and 27th. Intersections of Main and 28th. Main and 29th. Main and 30th Street. Main and 27th Street. Control one to 1K80. Roger. AMA 367. I got the story, is that? Yeah, let's go. Police woman says they're headed west. They're back to the house down there, so all right, let's go. Attention, all units. Attention, all units. 1K80 to control one. Police woman says it's like docking to a driveway. That one's right up there. All right, take it easy. All right. West 29th Street. Now being pursued by two plain clothes officers. Looks like we've got a live on this panel. Let's hope we can see them. In the backyard between 100 block 29th Street and 100 block West 30th Street. Splash lights over there, John. Let's take a look. You see who it is? No. Look back behind the garage. You guys all right? Yeah. All right, let's take a look. You want to call an ambulance, Frank? Right. He opened up first, Joe. Murph and I gave him every chance. Well, that's more than he gave those women. Just the coroner's jury returned a verdict that the suspect, Kenneth Neil Stewart, died as a result of gunshot wounds inflicted by police officers in the line of duty. The death was listed as justifiable homicide. You have just heard, Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.


Good morning, everyone. Thank you for connecting on today's call We will continue to learn about our spiritual authority. Let's pray first and then we get into the subject for today Would like to request one of us on the call to kindly lead in prayer, please any one of you if you could please unmute and Pray Jack in thank you for joining us. Would you be able to lead us in prayer? Yeah, thank you Father God, thank you Lord. Thank you for this time Lord God Almighty father We come at this time into your hands lots other even as we are few this morning father We pray Lord that you will talk to us Lord and even as others here online father God We pray Lord that you will talk to each of us through your word. Thank you Lord You've been teaching us Lord and you've been equipping us Lord How to overcome the enemy father God and live a victorious life and each of us Lord to follow this in our lives in our Jesus might be matchless name Amen, thank you jacket So we've seen so far about our spiritual authority The nature of Satan and his demons their works But the victory of the cross and how We can overcome the enemy we can have a lifestyle that is constantly Overcoming the evil one We talked about the use of many spiritual weapons about positioning ourselves in a place Where we are defended from the attacks of the devil So now we carry on from here and we learn some more about how we can Exercise our authority and dominion. So in the lesson that follows We are right now in chapter 11 in our notes. We will look at Exercising our authority In order to defend ourselves. So that is more from a protective Preventive sort of a position. We will also look at Protecting ourselves in an offensive way or of going against the devil actively So we exercise our authority to attack the enemy. So that's also something that we will look at and We will see how prayer and intercession helps us release our authority Words we've been speaking about this earlier our declarations our decrees Also help us release our spiritual authority Righteous actions that we perform will also help us Express our authority against the devil at the power of agreement is another important thing then leveraging angelic assistance in order to exercise authority and dominion and finally the Working through authority gateways how we can utilize this for for us to overcome the devil This is what we are going to talk about. So we'll take it up one by one So let's begin by exercising our authority in a protective and a preventive manner which is Defending Ourselves. So what are some things that one can do? So what we'll do is we will look at a couple of Phrases or words that show us how we can defend ourselves against the devil So in the word of God, there's always been a concept of protection Protective covering so automatically when there is a protection what happens? The enemy cannot penetrate and that's what we want as a defense mechanism for us So already we've talked about the the overcomers lifestyle. So all of those things apply, but more specifically no, we talk here about Stay put where God has called us positioned us and not letting the devil come in So, how do we do that? How do we do that? Well? When Israel Were leaving Egypt. What happened?  That's something that we can do today We could also protect ourselves through prayer. We know when we read about the life of Job There is a statement in Job chapter one where the enemy says that there is a defensive Offense around him a protective fence around him and how did that happen that happened through the life of devotion That job had he had a life of worship. He was sincere and very consistent with his worship of God his offering of sacrifices his prayers and So this form of a lifestyle helped him come under a protection Of God, so that's also something we can we can be awakened to that when we have this life of devotion and Consistency in in our, you know worship offerings all that prayer Then we are protected in the spiritual realm We also see that when we are walking with the Lord the angel of the Lord and camps around those who fear God and You know it it surrounds us protects us So as I'm fear walking in reverence towards God, I will also have angelic protection So this is how I maintain my defenses and a secret place in Sam 91 We know that he would dwells in the secret place of the most high So that position of intimacy is also a position where we are protected from the enemy now We take our ground. We do all the required necessary things that a life of devotion You know is is all about now. What are some additional words or phrases that we can look at There are phrases such as words such as resist the devil Give no place to the devil stand against the devil withstand the devil So all these words are not quoting the scriptures. It's all in our notes here But they're taken from scriptures, but they are indicated of us Defending our God-given territory and counteracting any effort of the enemy to Enter in so as a believer, what should I do?  So that's what this means.  We are defending ourselves now in the defense mode We can also talk about a Wrestle against the enemy. So in Ephesians chapter 6 12 says we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities powers We are wrestling against spiritual entities So what is this a wrestle? the word wrestle is a continued intense Personal conflict against the devil. So it is Indicative of us engaging in a prolonged manner. It's not necessarily that you know, we we Called the devil out and that's it, but Continuously we are fighting against the devil. It's like Till you overcome till you overpower till you subdue the enemy There's a wrestling match against the devil. So that's what Our defense looks like we may have to stay our ground and not give up You know, it might take some time We don't know, you know, how much time it might be for each situation case by case But we are making our effort and the whole wrestle Against the demonic powers is going on. So it's going to be intense. It's going to be continuous But we cannot let go. So as believers We must also recognize in our minds that when I'm trying to defend myself I am contending against the enemy. I am opposing every demonic work against me and You know, the Bible uses terminology such as fight the good fight of faith So it's not a one-off. We are in battle till we win We are in battle till the enemy gets tired and retreats So that's the way in which we defend our self. So we said first is resist Stand your ground. Second is wrestle. We're also making an effort against the devil and Intensely engaging to protect ourselves. So wrestling is a defense mechanism that a believer can use So I'm using my authority. I'm using my dominion. I'm contending against the devil. I'm fighting the devil and That's the way I overcome that How else do I defend? Remember, we said the shield of faith is a defensive weapon.  I'm quenching all fiery dots. What are the fiery dots of the devil?   What helps us? Shield of faith because the shield of faith will say, no, that's an accusation I reject it in the name of Jesus. No, that's a temptation. I reject it in the name of Jesus. No, that's a condemnation I reject it in the name of Jesus. No, that is a lie. I reject it in the name of Jesus. So that's what am I doing? You know, the fiery dots are coming, but I am quenching the fiery dots. You know, I'm putting it off So as a believer, I'm using my authority to stop the fiery dots of the enemy So this is an encouragement for us to stay in faith, be full of faith Towards God. So when we are full of faith, it's so difficult for the enemy to penetrate. He look at other means to try and Enter it. Okay, so we can make it very difficult for Satan to attack us Make it very difficult for Satan to try to defeat us. Okay, so this is how we will defend ourselves Is everyone doing okay? You're all following what I'm saying Good respond on chat or if you feel comfortable on mute and share Okay, that's good. That's good. Okay Wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. So so far we've looked at defense now. How do you use our authority? offensively against the devil or in other words, we are now talking more about advancing forcefully we are you know One up as as we would state Against the enemy. So how do we advance against the enemy with our authority? So there are some more action words that we can talk about these are words that even Jesus Used in his ministry against demonic powers and we are authorized to Exercise our authority in these ways as well. So the first one is rebuke command so Will be times like even in the ministry of Jesus there were times when he Observed the manifestation of demonic powers demons Taking over an individual. What did he do? He just rebuke. He just commanded that demon rebuke you so Because of the victory that we have through the cross we are able to do this and we see even fall followed along the Apostles the set of first believers They followed the patterns of Jesus His life his ministry. So nothing changed We see even Paul in acts chapter 16 when he comes across a girl who is demon possessed He rebukes he commands, right? So Even in other places Authority has been demonstrated in this way So you and I today we will talk more about this will talk in detail about Deliverance, you know as a practice later. How do I how do I do this?  We are we are referring to demonic powers As a whole so that's fine. We can rebuke the devil We can issue a word of command in the name of our Lord Jesus. And so when we do that We are going against the devil and he has to respond to it because You know authorities that I have authority But what if I just sit down and the devil is doing all his stealing his killing is destroying and I just let it go I'm not using my authority But when I rebuke when I come and I say stop devil in the name of Jesus I rebuke you in the name of Jesus or any work of the devil. Let's say There was fever Peter's mother-in-law had fever. We read Jesus is rebuked the fever. He commanded it to go So he took authority This is how we take authority when we sense in our spirit that God wants us to use this method We we just go with that. We say, okay, I rebuke it could be a condition It could be a sickness. It could be You know a situation But we rebuke it because it's it's what is the source demonic? And so that is the reason we are rebuke. We are commanding Like even if it is I Think a natural thing and not so much a demonic thing also. I think using our authority in Decreasing commanding would work but primarily since we are talking in the context of deliverance All of what we are talking about is applied We are talking about applying it against demons and Satan so rebuke command That's one way in which we can do this use our authority second ways cast out So there are unbeen examples of Jesus casting out demons from people Now even in Mark chapter 16 verse 17 You know, he said that you will cast out demons and these signs shall follow those who believe the other ones Isn't it? So if we believe that what are some of the signs that should follow us one with regard to deliverance They shall cast out demons in my name. They shall cast out demons So we can evict or expel demonic spirits from their immediate habitation and generally it is the bodies of people and They forcefully take over the the bodies of people But we can go against that and we can command them to come out So casting out is another way that we would do now There are many questions around this people say when we cast out a demon What else do we do? Like do we command the demon to go somewhere or generally? You know casting out a demon is should be good enough and we know Jesus talked about the place Where these demons would go? They are disembodied spirits. So they are constantly looking for a body They don't like to be without the body So once they are cast out, they again wander around in the Matthew chapter 12 We read about it was 43 goes through dry places seeking rest so they're doing this and When they are seeking rest, it simply means they're looking for a habitation once again Now they may try to come back to the original habitation When I say original from the place that they were they were cast out and the tendency is to come back Powerfully so they may bring back with them many more demons to reoccupy. But if the person is Born again filled with the spirit walking in the ways of the Lord then re-entry is You know, we are prohibiting re-entry into that individual But here is the other way of advancing. We simply cast out if we know that Satan and his demons are in dwelling A person or to any immediate habitation. It could be an animal. We've talked about it, isn't it? Or it could be a space we can cast out demons. Okay, that's another way in which we can exercise our Authority now we can also Spiritually destroy the works of the devil now when we read about the Lord Jesus And what he did on the cross for us in Hebrews 2 14 We read that Jesus destroyed Satan through His work of redemption on the cross again in 1 John chapter 3 verse 8 We see that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. What is destroy? You know, we we can understand that it is bringing Certain works to ruin. That's what destroy means that whatever existed no longer exists, you know in its in its Prime a good condition anymore. It's in ruins. So that is what Jesus has done to Satan His works Satan's works are now destroyed in other words We can understand this as the works of Satan where made useless or they were made of no effect Okay, or they were made void or terminology such as Cousin the the works or break the works or dissolve melt to put off All this can be used to understand destroy Jesus is already destroyed so on the Basis of what has been done on the cross of Calvary. Remember, we said this we said that we are not here to fight for Victory because victory is already ours. We are just here to enforce victory. We are already overcomers We are here to enforce our victory. So when we see a situation in which, you know, Satan is trying to steal again kill destroy do all his tactics We are authorized to enforce Victory by destroying or make no make useless or make bring to no effect the works that he is trying to raise up And we have other passages in scripture like Isaiah 10 27 we saw that So the anointing will break the yoke. It says break what? similar to destroy Even the work of the spirit the work of the Holy Spirit when we invite the work of the Holy Spirit is capable of Destroying the work of the devil. So what do we do? We can pray along these lines and we could say something like, you know Satan you Jesus has already destroyed you on the cross of Calvary or Jesus has come to destroy the works of the devil. He's already destroyed the works of the devil Lord, we thank you for the anointing which destroys which breaks every yoke right now and and God like You can go ahead and speak this we can speak this So it's a combination of the work of the cross and the work of the spirit Which is breaking the oppressive chains of the devil over people's life So we use our authority we can we can declare what has already happened Destruction has already happened the devil's instruction. We can already say that The the spirit of God is at work right now. He's undoing chains. He's undoing bondages He's breaking bondages and as I speak this I'm enforcing the victory of Christ and Satan is very scared of a believer who knows Who is aware, isn't it? We are believers or God's people are destroyed for what for lack of knowledge But when we know who we are what has been one for us. We have the victory the enemy now has to You know a flea from us So we can advance by destroying the work of the devil now other Terms which we can see is a remove And overcome so remove along the lines of destroyed It talks about taking away burdens taking away chains Taking away yolks of the oppressor from people's lives And so when we pray when we declare it when we say because of the cross Every work or every bondage of the enemy is removed. I command it to be removed. What am I doing? Exercising my authority. Is there anything wrong that I'm doing? No, I'm not because it's already done with my words I'm just trying to enforce it. I believe that Jesus is broken every chain And so I'm asking for what I am noticing to be removed be removed from the lives of these people every oppression Be removed in the name of Jesus. So that's how we go about it Do we continue the way Jesus ministered so remove is another way of advancing again The enemy now the other I said was overcome Overcome is it's it's more like wrestling language Where two people are fighting when one person, you know gets the other person down So he's on top of the other person and he's the winner That person is the overcome that person is the one who has prevailed that person is the one who subdued so in that manner We the Bible says that we are overcomers and the church is a very strong and a powerful entity as far as God is concerned because Jesus is the head of the church Jesus said in his word that I will build my church the gates of hell will not prevail against it So who will prevail we will prevail we are the overcomers And as believers based on these scriptures, you know, we can Constantly overcome. Okay devil you're trying to do this.  I overcome you by the word of the spirit So in this way, we are constantly getting on top of whatever Satan is trying to do against us And that is how we advance against the devil. Okay, so let's continue. What are the what are some more? You know Things that we can do to advance. So now we are coming into the category of as Jesus taught us, isn't it? He said in Matthew 16, I give you the keys of the kingdom. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven Whatever you lose on earth will be loosed in heaven. So so far. We saw the complete Destruction overcoming You know, or also casting out casting out rebuking commanding completely we just we just want this thing out Okay, but when we come to binding and losing The way we understand it is Maybe slightly different slightly different. It's along the same lines. So So especially when you say lose It's along the same lines, but when particularly binding Jesus said right that we could bind. So how do we bind? See binding is um If if you want to put it this way like handcuffing the devil so what do people do when they find an offender and They want to restrict the offender for some time. What do the police do? They're afraid that this person might turn violent or Do something more destructive for a while till He's proven guilty Or till the processes take place. What do they do? They just handcuff them and they say, okay, just You can't do anything anymore You're under our custody now. So that's somewhat what binding is so when the enemy is trying to do something in a particular situation and we issue a command and we say I bind you your spirit of strife, let's Imagine in a marriage. There's a lot of arguments. There's you know misunderstanding many things are happening and the people have understood that this is way beyond a normal Disagreement that You know generally happens between couples. So then what do we do if it has a demonic source that We can exercise our authority and go ahead and bind that spirit of discord bind that spirit of anger bind that spirit of strife You'll find that spirit of confusion. Whatever it is. We go ahead and bind it. So what did we do just now? It's like handcuffing We bind the operations. You no longer can cause havoc Okay, so we have bound the devil now Now that we have bound the devil It's not a permanent solution. Why are we saying that because see there are other underlying issues We have stopped the devil from doing what he was doing. You know, he was he was agitating he was leading people to to fight with one another so we have Withheld that but there are other practical steps to take once we've bound the devil So binding is like saying, okay, we restrain you But what needs to be done? Maybe in the case the example that I gave It might make sense to resolve issues between the husband and wife So how do we resolve it? A good thing would be to You know get wisdom from the word of god Maybe if it's possible if it's at the level where they both can talk things through and you know sort matters out Then you know base it on scripture, then that's good to do That way there's no open door. We're not giving the devil any more open doors But if it's beyond that then there's no harm, you know seeking Council from a godly person or wisdom a practical wisdom from a counselor So there's no problem. But what are we doing? We are setting things in order While the enemy is restrained Now once we've bound the devil and we don't think don't set things in order He will still have an opportunity because there'll be open doors Okay, so that is what when whenever we bind It's generally a good thing for us to also go and fix the underlying Issues in a particular way that way the enemy no longer will be able to inter interfere So binding that's how it works. So we can bind for for some time But then we also have to do the required thing now coming to lose So along the same lines Jesus said whatever you lose on earth will be lost in heaven. But you know, we know We've discussed this in prayer and intercession course though it speaks as if what is happening on heaven happens after What happens on earth? It's the other way around. So apparently it's some legal way of talking in Jesus's times and that's why it's written As if the action happens here on earth first and then it happens in heaven, but it's The fact that heaven has no bondage and heaven is A place of liberty and freedom and no oppression and thereby we are enforcing that here on So that's why we are binding. That's why we are losing. We are going against the devil So we experience the rule and reign of heaven in our lives the way Jesus taught us to pray. He said Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth As it is in heaven. So that's the correct order on earth because it is in heaven So we can also bind and lose. So what do we lose? We can lose What is on earth? What is in heaven? What is there in heaven? So sometimes we may have heard people pray prayers like I lose the peace of god I lose the joy of god the hope of god. So we carry the authority to release What exists in heaven? So if we make statements like that, there's no harm because it's technically correct Whatever is in heaven. We want to see that lord we lose your your unity among the people lord we Or the way jesus prayed for that woman In luke chapter 13. There was a woman who was bound by satan and she was bent over But jesus went to her and said woman thou art loosed satan has bound. He says This daughter of abraham. So The binding work with satan did he commanded over that individual be loosed Be loosed. So that's another way in which we can apply loosening the works of satan whether it is You know possession bondage captivity the setting the Captives free proclaiming liberty to the oppressed because that is a part of the mandate that jesus carried upon his life And so today we can lose a person from bondage That the enemy has over their lives Or we can lose the things of the kingdom Right the things of the kingdom as I stated the peace of god the the joy of god Uh So just proclaim that declare those things over people's lives and that's fine. That's valid because we are using our Authority and dominion that way. Okay. What else can we do advancing against the devil? We can allow Disallow so there are times if you remember when jesus went to minister deliverance to people and the demons started speaking and we read in scripture He did not allow them to speak So you notice There was authority that jesus used to grant permission Uh or not grant permission for a certain Thing that the demons wanted to do so we can allow we can disallow So even us when we are ministering deliverance, you know, we there may be times when we say, okay, be quiet I don't allow you to talk or I don't allow you to to hurt this person Uh, so demon powers. I am using my authority I'm using my dominion this way over a specific activity. So we are confronting a specific activity whether The demon is trying to lie to us confuse us intimidate us or hurt the the person Uh concerned we stop it. You say no, you can't do that I don't allow you to do that. So I can take my authority in that way also Uh, the last term is pulling down pulling down. We've seen this term in second Corinthians, uh for where We pull down Strongholds, you know, we pull down every thought We take every thought captive which does not It's not aligned to the thinking of god So as a believer when I pray And use my dominion and say something like uh, I pull down strongholds in the name of Jesus Now these strongholds may have to do with our own minds Uh, or we are praying over somebody and by the spirit we discern that there are strongholds And we pull them down in the name of Jesus. It's valid. We can pray prayers like that and also for us collectively When we are praying as a church body or a family over regions areas, you know, geographic places Even there we can pull down strongholds because we will come to it later. Uh, there are, you know territorial spirits demonic spirits that create strongholds over regions. So sometimes as a body We have to take authority Again over the devil and we have to tear down Whatever strongholds he has made That's where the whole pulling down comes into action. So once we pull it down what happens, uh, that level of influence that level of power dominance control that uh, satan had over a person or over a community or a region That is taken away. So this is how we would apply our authority and our dominion Now coming to, uh, we've seen the way we take authority in defense and offense now prayer and intercession How does it work? Uh, obviously we know that it is aligned to Uh, taking our position against the devil. So when we read Ephesians chapter six in Ephesians chapter six, we have, uh, learned about the armor of god the weapons Uh, uh, or rather the pieces of the armor and uh, the weapons such as the word of god in All that to defend ourselves and also offend the enemy But as you go straight down after we read about The sword of the spirit we come to pray for all the saints Okay, uh with all kinds of prayers. So it suddenly talks about prayer There is a connection There is a connection against Uh, there's a connection to opposing the devil. I want to oppose the devil So How do I do that? How do I overcome the devil? I will put on the full armor of god protect myself and Verse 18 is talking about praying For all the saints with all kinds of prayers. So what can we understand? Our protection Is associated with prayer also Okay, so that's how I can apply Protection on my life defense against the devil and even offensive against the devil when I'm a praying person I Can thwart the plans of the devil remember we've talked about prophetic prayer So as the spirit of god shows us reveals to us we can destroy the works of the devil If we recall in uh luke 22 there jesus uh when he was talking to peter he said that uh, you know Satan wants to You as we but I have prayed for you peter So knowing what weapon the enemy is going to bring against us. What do we do? pray And when we pray It destroys in the spiritual realm Uh the work of the devil. So you see how authority is actually applicable and uh, Dominion can be released through our prayers So prayer and intercession is very very powerful through our prayers We can stop the works of the devil. So, uh, are we all doing fine any any question so far? Okay, I I'm looking at the chat here Uh, so jack in says pastor. How do we help a believer who is anointed? But had lived in bondage for several years He's unable to step out and live victoriously because of his own lack of knowledge of god's work Situations around when we pray together there is a release and he says that he is full of joy zeal But then again things worsen also in his family than before Because he's unable to step out and continue in obedience to god. So, uh, as we said jack in uh Like people perish for lack of knowledge You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. So, uh over here praying with the person Is a good thing that we can do Uh, we have to find ways practical ways of encouraging them to Know the word of god so, uh, we may If there is opportunity we may do something like okay come. Let's let's take some time I just wanted to take you through uh, some passages of scripture Equip basically equip the person, uh, and it it can come under the process of discipling The person so I don't know who this is but generally what we say is, you know, men to men women to women So if it's a lady, then I would recommend that you do it But uh, if it's a guy, then I would recommend that you you Uh, check with him if he's open, uh, you connect him to another man, uh, a strong person in the lord and maybe they can journey together, uh, for that person to Share some basics if not all just get them started just get that, you know desire, uh, ignited and Hopefully you're saying that they were anointed and now There's bondage. So hopefully again, they will come back to that place of freedom Does does that help check in have I missed out anything that I haven't addressed? Okay, great. Great. That's good. So, uh prayer also helps we can pray for them but you know, it is You teach one how to fish and then give them some fish because then they are set for life if they know how to You know Deal with the devil and any given point in time. So equipping them would be a better idea pray for them But equip them Yes, nice question. Thank you. Anything else class it's it's it's always good to Think through whatever we we talked about so All right, so seems like you want more time to think through Uh, some of the ways in which we can exercise our authority. So let's do that and uh, what we will do is we'll cover the remaining Uh Topics in chapter 11 in the next class. It's very important because this is going to form the foundation of how we will exercise authority for individuals for Regions and all that is upcoming The practical steps to that is upcoming. So actually today's class is one of the most important classes and I will reiterate it to our on-campus students Um, so that they can listen to our recording today. So, all right, let's close with the word of prayer I just want to request one of us to please go ahead and close off with the word of prayer Uh, could one of you kindly unmute and pray, please? I think jack is already started in prayer So it would be nice to have another person close Uh, can you hear me Nina? Yes. Yeah Thank you to your lord for the class and for what you uh, what we learned and what Was impressed upon our heart and our spirit lord We also also want to thank you lord for all the Weapons and the things that you have put in place lord so that we may Effectively effectively put on the whole armor of god and use Uh, these methods lord against the enemy lord whether it is uh Defensive or the other way and in that way lord that you would Thank you for all the authority that you have granted us lord over all the enemy We pray that each one of us will be able to use these and in this way Uh, enforce your authority and your kingdom on this earth For we ask in Jesus precious name Amen. Amen. Thank you. Nina. Thank you everyone.  Great weekend And uh, we shall meet in our next class on Wednesday. Thank you. Bye for now


awful news was just getting worried about it out of Texas the Angels starting picture Tyler Skaggs died today in Texas the Rangers and the Angels were gonna play tonight that game has been canceled this is according to 105.3 the fan in Texas so as soon as we find out what happened but he died to what would I'm just guessing because he's an angel he dies in Texas this is the first game of the series he died earlier today so I don't know what happened to him but I know what happened in Texas and he's on the roster he pitched for them on Saturday against the A's lost the game it is a great sorrow that we report Tyler Skaggs passed away earlier today in Texas Tyler has and always will be an important part of the Angels family our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Carly and his entire family during this devastating time but I would think but because of the timing of the announcement that it definitely happened sometime today like it didn't happen last night or very early in the morning so I don't know if it's like a Don Drysdale situation who passed away I remember in his hotel room he actually did a stand-up I remember at the at the I think he was in Montreal went back to his hotel and then didn't come for the game so I'm not gonna speculate what happened but 27 years old I wouldn't think it'd be driving right because you probably go with the team Michael so yeah you know I don't I really couldn't even speculate his left-hander 27 from Woodland Hills California started most recently on Saturday so he would been he's not due to start I don't think until later in the week but 27 got out you just wonder what it is