Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. So we just posted the other day of video full of fabrics for the fall There is like close to 40 fabrics there. So full of fabric Inspiration for the fall now it's time to share with you our go-to fall patterns. Yes You remember we've done this for spring and summer already So why not continue the trend and do fall as well? So what is your first pattern? So Well, I'll start with what I'm wearing. My first one is a kimono I think kimonos are great to transition into the fall Spring I think is also perfect too. It's just a really nice light layering piece just to throw on it's not too entry-looking So I really think it was perfect for the fall. This is the so caroline Florence kimono It is a free pattern, but it's also a pattern you can purchase the free patterns of one size Fitz most it is the hip length. I believe I purchased the pattern didn't really realize What the free pattern in town I should research it a little bit more But I probably wanted to sew the smallest size anyway, so I did purchase it But it comes knee length hip length and a cropped length So I really like it. It's super easy to put together. I sewed this one out of the knit really nice knit I've also sewn it out of a rayon shali and out of a shear. So I love it. It's easy. Give it a try Yeah, and you just throw it on over just throw it on a wing it over an olive color tank top because all of these got that You know all kind of Yeah, what it over a cream to so and I paired it with a fitted knit skirt and booties So I just think it's really kind of easy pop one with just anything Yeah, it's one of those things too whenever you go to like the movies or your office is really cold It's nice to kind of yeah, just to have it Yeah, I'd love to make one that's really kind of like a neutral that you put just leave on the back of your desk chair And put it on when you get children because that happens to me all the time Yeah, I don't know a black one. Sure. That's my girl. We're going Today Yeah, okay. Well, since you started with the first what you're wearing I'll start with what I'm wearing and that is the Bellatrix blazer by paper cut patterns. So this is just a simple You know rounded lapel Extended lapel blazer ball that things fancy Well, I mean the lapel is simple But it is fully lined It has like a seam across the I guess the waist so it's a little bit of a peplum It's got a little pocket here, which I haven't opened. I'm if I don't want to open it Yeah, yeah, I would buy them. I would leave them closed I just like them to stay perfect and they're honestly too small to really put anything in but it is hidden Within the lining. Yeah, she did a really good job Designing this pattern the fabric is like a cotton twill From we got it at moon. Mm-hmm. So it was really easy to pair the colors and the color blocking was inspired by Like a hallmark movie that had Candace Cameron gray in it And I don't know if it ever paid attention to her personal style But I love the way that she dresses and she looks really cute in all the movies that she's in So this whole outfit is really almost exactly what hers was her jacket is the reverse though It was a pink jacket with a navy lapel, which I hundred percent intended to do but When I started cutting I don't know I wasn't thinking I guess I did it right back to the picture You just went for it, but I still love it. I love it. Yeah, so and I still think it's really cute So but obviously a lightweight blazer is great for the fall Yeah, the same reason why her kimono is you know, you can just throw it over any of your tank tops You can put it on with jeans.  Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Yeah, so very nice blazer of it so my next one is The hazel dress by victory patterns. This was one of my first makes But I just love it for the fall because it is the three-quarter sleeve Yeah, and it's a little more covered up. It's got this really cute bow Yeah higher. I really love the shape of the bodice And it's really fun for color-boxing. I love I would love to find the exact fabrics. Yeah, right I really like how they put it together. You just want their sample. I love their sample I love the the pinky peach corally color with the toe with the toe. Yeah, it's just awesome I made mine out of a chambray real lightweight chambray Dotted on top and solid for the bottom and I wore it on Thanksgiving one year with Tall boots and it was really cute. I really love it this one for the fall This one was really really a pretty easy pattern. Yeah. Yeah, so another one. Yeah And I think that you know any long sleeve or three-quarter sleeve louse type dress is Just Quintus and Joel ball. I just feel like that's what you're seeing in all the stores So even if you have like a little elasticized waist that you have the long sleeves Maybe a cuff something like that that just says false. Yeah, and you can use these lighter weight fabrics And which you know makes it better for the warmer the temperatures slightly warmer temperatures. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, I love that one. That one is really cute my next one is Butterick 6 3 8 8 and it is a sweater dress and I'm sure you've seen this Lots and lots of places. I saw a Facebook live video that they did with the designer of this pattern where they Basically verify that we already know this is one of their top-selling patterns from this fall collection and It's no wonder why it's just the perfect sweater dress French terry dress they Marketed it as athleisure, which is that like athletic wear that you wear outside of the gym or wherever But it comes with the sweater dress But it also has like a sweatshirt it also has a t-shirt and a vest and pants So you really can just like knock out your whole athleisure capsule wardrobe. Yeah with one pattern You will see tomorrow. I think tomorrow whenever I do my style maker fabrics block tour This is one of the patterns that I used for that with a double knit from style maker fabric So be sure to tune back in for that to see what this looks like But you can look for on Instagram lots of people are making it It was really easy to put together and I mean sweater or dress. Yeah equals Fall, I mean perfect. Yeah, it really they go hand-in-hand, but I want to make the other parts of it, too So sweater dress is next on our list. Okay, so next I have The so over it ultimate trousers I had my eyes on these for a while, but never committed because of shipping from overseas But now Indy so is carrying So it's a lot easier to get them shipped from a third Colorado So I finally decided to give them a try so at my first pair and I really love them I think they're great for the fall because they're a cigarette pants style ankle length So not like your traditional trouser that you might wear in the winter These ones were really easy to make There there's no pockets, which if I'm wearing a really fitted pant I don't mind no pockets because I'm not gonna stick my phone in there anyways because it's gonna look lumpy and lumpy on me It's finished with a facing with a waistband So like if you've sewn a simple skirt with a facing then you can make these pants Invisible zipper on the side super easy. It was really like a skirt, but when are we done tomorrow? I had a crotch. Yes, exactly So fitting wasn't too much of an issue. I've read a lot of blog reviews of people making these and people have gotten really lucky These just working out for them Lindsay helped me. She's like my my go-to helping with the fitting So or knows I've had my parents Issues so we I did not sew up a muslin with them, but I used fabric that it didn't really care if it didn't work out because it was super cheap So we were able to fix them after they were sewn up, but she's gonna help me do a full seat adjustment Yeah, we're gonna try that and see how they compare and see if I do think you've got I mean a pretty darn good Yeah, I'm just doing the one little adjustment. Yeah, I guess mock adjustment Yeah, but I'm interested to see with the full seat how that will yeah that works better. It's kind of like science a little bit Yeah, so what do you remember the type of fabric? Yes, it was a cotton twill. Okay similar to what you're wearing It was definitely the described on the website got from Cali fabrics It was described as a bottom weight. Yeah, I felt comfortable purchasing it without feeling it first cotton twill So easy to sew with yeah to press no stretch, right? No stretch. This is not called for stretch But I think you could get by with something that has a little bit of a stretch. Yeah, maybe size down Yeah, or just be prepared to make more adjustments. Yeah, if you're going if you're going to yeah It's on the back. They have so many cute printed Twills these days and I feel like the cigarette pant with the ankle length Are perfect for those and I mean it could be you could easily crop these and get them like yeah You know cropped Kathleen. Yeah I've got some corduroy that I've had forever that I bought on clearance out in LA That now I've sewn these I think that'd be perfect. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I love an ankle pant for fall. That's such a good idea Good idea. Okay. Is that your last one? That's my last one My last one is also a pant, but it is a legging because you know, we can't get enough leggings in the fall I don't think I have the instructions in here This is how I'm half of my patterns are stored one way and half are stored right now because I'm like transitioning So this is still in the old Version anyway, so these are the pacific leggings from soaholic Berry straightforward pattern I feel like not a lot of seeming just the two the outer scene the inner scene is a pair of a seeming though I've made those of the she's got a few different comes with a few versions one has seeming I've only made the one that doesn't okay, so good sure unless I'm confusing them I will obviously you probably looking at the pattern right now as we're talking anyway So, you know Or not but in general just a legging for fall is perfect as you know that you can wear all your tunics You can layer your dresses. You can layer your skirts You can really take those spring time garments that you spring and summer garments that you made for the last few months And get a few more weirs out of them by just putting on some leggings and wedges or sweater with I like to wear Leggings I like to make a sweater dress too short to wear without leggings.  Yes. Yeah. Yeah, so longer than two for me. Okay. Okay. Yeah, but anyway So you can you know you guys know how to wear leggings if anybody out there in the world doesn't know How to style leggings at this point? Yeah, let us know and but I'm pretty sure most people are well aware Yeah, and what makes this specific leggings pattern you need because there's so many out there This one has a really cool zipper pocket in the waistband and I love it. It's big enough to fit an iPhone 6 Mm-hmm in the pocket because it's always like you're wearing leggings. Where does it go? I'm usually wearing them when I'm walking the dog. I don't have a purse So it's really cool. You can put your phone in the back of there and dip it out. Yeah, the directions are really well Written out of that zipper pocket too. So yeah, that's good Also, I was eyeing a pattern a legging pattern from McCall's when we were on their site earlier this week They have a really cool pair that's almost almost suggested as like a knit Stretch pant You know what I mean? It's not I mean is a legging, but it's not as tight as a leg and it has an interesting seam line So I want to throw that one in too because I really do love that one Yeah, and I'll probably buy that pattern even though I already have this legging pattern to me It seemed more like a legging that you would wear out versus a leg you would work out it Right, whereas this might be more of an athletic Legging the other one felt like pants. Yeah, but so yeah, there you have it Those are our six go-to fall patterns or at least, you know ideas for Styles of clothing to make for the fall I hope you enjoyed watching this go ahead and watch what we did for our summer and our spring go-to patterns too because a lot of those patterns might go out of print or It might be a good time to buy those patterns if they go on sale So check those out. We'll leave a link in the description box Back to those videos give this one a thumbs up if you loved it Be sure to just be sure to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss our next upload and Follow us on social media. We're inside the hem everywhere. So thanks so much for watching. We'll see you next time


In this video, we provide the solution to question number five for practice exam number four for math 1210 We're given the function f of x which equals x cube minus x squared minus 4x minus 2 And we're asked to apply Newton's method given the initial value x 1 equals 2 and we're supposed to find x 2 in that sequence So this would be a sequence that approximate an x intercept our root of this polynomial function here So we have to use the formula x 2 is going to equal x 1 minus f of x 1 Over f prime at x 1 so we do do need to know the derivative This is a polynomial function so the derivatives not so bad the derivative will be 3x squared minus 2x minus 4 And so x 1 is given as 2 so we need to plug those into Newton's formula here So we're going to get 2 minus evaluate the function at 2 the original function So we get 2 cube which is 8 minus 2 squared, which is 4 minus 4 times 2, which is 8 Minus 2 then we have to evaluate this at the derivative as well So we plug in 2 2 squared is 4 times 3 is 12 Minus 2 times 2 which is 4 minus 4 So let's try to simplify this thing from here So looking in the numerator notice there's an 8 minus 8 so those get each other And so we get negative 4 minus 2 that's going to be a negative 6 in the numerator and the denominator You're gonna get 12 minus 4 minus 4 So tell 12 to your weight before excuse me 12 take away 4 is 8 take away another 4 is gonna be for itself And so let's see you have a double negative. So it's gonna be 2 plus 6 over 4 But 6 and 4 we could reduce the fraction as 3 halves. So to add those together We think of 2 actually as 4 halves plus 3 halves We see that the approximation is gonna be 7 halves which then gives us that x 2 is C


My name is Kyle Wesley and I am a die-hard collector. My first comic book, I was 8 and my brother bought home a 2000 AD comic book with Judge Dredd. It was amazing. My first comic absolutely loved it and I drew my first picture of Judge Dredd from that comic book. When I was 12, I started the paper running, actually started getting folded money. There was a shop in Walls End in Newcastle in New South Wales that I went into there one day and I found three superpowers figures. From DC, Kenna Maid, it was Callebac, Green Arrow and Firestorm. I think I paid $4.95 each or something for them and I bought all three of them. I took them home, I broke them open and I had them in my hand and I just realised these were works of art. They weren't just a toy and that just started the ball rolling. When I was a little bit older, I started the Batman Animated series come out and I had to get all them figures because they were just, you looked at the figures, looked at the TV show and they were spot on. They were one of the best made toys of the time and then I found eBay. Oh, it could be the best or the worst thing ever for me and my collection just grew and grew and grew and it got to the point that I actually started doing fares because my stock levels were so high I couldn't move in my house. One of my favourite hunts they ever went on was a random. I was at home on eBay and I put in Batman Pinball Machine and one of them popped up, not 2K from my house. I've got the Jack Nicholson Mulkeeding version. I wasn't sure about buying it but he plugged it in and the first words that come from that machine was this town needs an animal and I just went soul, that's mine. It was in the thousands and I was saving up for a second car for our family and I wasn't supposed to spend that money on a pinball machine but got it for a pretty good price. Something that I've thought about selling a few times to get out of rough times but I'm so glad it never went through. I have amassed a great personal collection that I love. It's my happy area. When it gets too much I can go and sit in that room and just look at all my toys, all the pieces of art, all the sculptures and just, it's my happy place.


So I have a friend that I do a lot of outdoor activities with and I'm always interested in the kinds of questions that he asked me These questions always start out something like so you're a biologist Why is it that the sky is blue or why does this fish have this particular coloration or why? Is the water the color it is on this particular day or it may range all the way up to something like What is the doctor trying to tell me when he talks about a particular condition? I'm always curious to see what kinds of questions come from this guy and it always starts. Well, you're a biologist So just because one's a biologist doesn't mean they know everything there is to know about life Which is a good time to think about this concept of levels of Organization There are many different approaches one can take to the study of life And so what we're going to do is just list all the different ways that that we can approach the study of life And have a little discussion about each of them So we start off with what we call the atom And certainly if you've had a chemistry class or a physical science class in high school You know a know about the atom. Hopefully the atom is the smallest complete unit of matter Now it's important to understand what we mean by the smallest complete unit of matter There are things that are smaller than atoms We have subatomic particles such as protons and neutrons and electrons and mesons and bosons But these subatomic particles by themselves do not represent any complete piece of matter So the atom is the smallest complete unit of matter Now we mentioned the term matter Which we should define matter can be defined as Anything that takes up space or Anything that has mass, but something has mass it takes up space So sometimes people just say anything that has mass and takes up space Things exist that aren't matter, but those are things like emotions or thoughts But anything that that takes up space within the room Or The environment is considered to be matter one of my favorite tricks to play on students is I'll ask them to To think of something that is not matter and I'll write on a on a card Because I know what they're going to say and almost always somebody in the room will write down air and they'll say air is not matter But then I remember a Car that I once had and I had to crack the window a little bit to shut the door Because when I tried to shut the door and tried to compress all of that air and didn't work very well And I had a hard time getting the door shut so anything that takes up space even the air in the room is is matter There are different types of matter and the different types of matter are called elements and These elements are arranged in what we call a periodic table Popular elements include things like gold like to have a lot of that or silver or platinum Hydrogen helium nitrogen oxygen carbon all of these are different types of matter, which we call elements And of course there are different phases of matter and The different phases of matter are things like solid and liquid and gas We'll talk about water a little bit later in different forms that water can Exist in solid water. Of course, we call ice Gaseous water we refer to as esteem and liquid water. Well, we call it water so The atom is the first in our levels of organization People who study atoms are called chemists the next level of organization is the molecule level And we have a molecule when two or more atoms are chemically combined a good example of a molecule Would be a water molecule And of course so a water molecule is composed of two hydrogens and an oxygen so we have two hydrogen atoms and An oxygen atom that make up a molecule of water. So here we have three atoms that are chemically combined We could talk about Larger molecules like glucose or or DNA and we'll talk about all of these later So the next level of organization I like to include is The macro molecule level and the macro molecule level just recognizes that there are some molecules Especially important to life that are very large molecules. That's what macro means is large macro molecules include things like proteins DNA polymers and That's in an upcoming chapter that where we'll learn about the macro molecules important to life The next level of organization is what we call the organelle level organelle literally means little organ And organelles are parts of cells that have specific functions For example, you may think of the nucleus of the cell which is the sales control center So to speak or you may have heard about the mitochondria Which is often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell and there are others gold japper at a smooth endoplasmic reticulum rough endoplasmic reticulum Etc. So we finally get to the cellular level of organization and earlier We learned that the cell is the fundamental unit of life all living organisms are composed of cells And there are all sorts of different kinds of cells But if it's living it's made of cells It's not until we get to this level of organization the cellular level that life actually exists organelles by themselves Do not demonstrate the characteristics of life, but when we bring all these together molecules made of atoms and Macro molecules which are very large molecules that can be components of organelles and then different organelles working together We get the cellular level of organization now We have life something that can demonstrate those characteristics of life that we talked about before You know, I sort of think about a box that I have in my shop And I have several fishing reels that I've taken apart and tried to put back together But I was missing a piece and I never could get them back together just exactly right And so even though I have all of these parts that could be used to make a fishing reel because they're not put together Right or because one is missing the fishing reel doesn't work. So When we get to the cellular level we finally have life all the right parts in the right places


Hello everyone, this is Mukun Kumar. I secured all India in 54 in this year's civil services examination This was my first attempt and I'm very happy to share with you all that I could make it in my maiden attempt and Here I'd like to thank the Chanakya team for you know, I was part of interview guidance program and I applied for interview at Chanakya twice and feedbacks were really very helpful and First time whatever feedback I got I walked on it and by second time I was really prepared So that was really really helpful and I just like to say thank you to whole team and Especially miss Raja for guiding us time and I can thank you all please be safe Don't forget to like share and subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon to never miss an update


Alright, good morning and once again welcome to ministering in the Divine Healing Course. I hope you all are doing well and I hope this course has helped you understand God's heart for healing and deliverance and that He wants to see His children well and healthy. So today we'll continue with, we'll go to Chapter 9. We completed Chapter 8 in the last class. Just to do a quick recap we spoke about the different, one of the simple model for ministering healing. Just to do a quick recap of it is how do we minister healing and one of the model which was developed by John Wimber, the founder of Vineyard Ministries. You begin with the interview process, you ask the individual where does it hurt where would you like me to pray for? What would you like me to pray for? The diagnosis is why do they have this condition, the root cause, root causes. The method selection, you choose how you decide on how you want to minister to this person, either by laying hands or however. The ministry itself, as you're praying for the individual, you watch what God is doing and then some post ministry suggestions. What should they do to keep their healing? The importance of getting connected to a church and what not. So that was Chapter 8, a simple model for ministering healing. Now that's only one of the models, it's not the only model. It's not written in a rock or a stone and saying you have to follow this model. It's one of the model that's been helpful and has been successful in many people's lives. So now we move on to Chapter 9 and we will continue from there on. So this chapter talks about gifts of the Spirit for manifesting healing and deliverance. Gifts of the Spirit for manifesting healing and deliverance. It is in your hard copy, it's in page 192. In your PDFs, it's page 126. So the gifts of the Holy Spirit are a simple list of the ways in which the Holy Spirit reveals His presence and power through us as individuals. The gifts of the Holy Spirit is just a list of simple ways through which the Holy Spirit chooses to manifest or reveal His presence or power through an individual. So we all know this, the Holy Spirit is God and He can manifest Himself in any way that He desires. Psalm 115 verse 3, you remember, He is God, He does as He pleases. So Holy Spirit is God. He's not one third God or any less. He is God and He can manifest Himself in any way that He desires. And it could be more than this list of nine that we have, that we see in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 4 to 11. Can we just look at it and we'll read through those Scriptures. 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 4 and 11. It says, there are diversities of gifts but the same spirit. The source is the same but there are different gifts of manifestation. There are differences of ministries but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all. For to one is given the Word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the Word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things distributing to each one individually as He wills. So you have Word of wisdom, Word of knowledge, faith, gift of healings, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, different kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things distributing to each one individually as He wills. Some more scriptures from 1 Corinthians 1231 it says, but earnestly desire the best gifts and yet I show you a more excellent way. And 1 Corinthians 141 is pursue love and desire spiritual gifts but especially that you may prophesy. And same chapter verse 12 says, even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. Okay, so we've just understood what the gifts of the Holy Spirit is. We just read through the chapters and then we see that we are encouraged by Paul that he's in the letter that he's writing to the Corinthians he's saying pursue them earnestly desire them. Okay, and all in the last 1 Corinthians 1412 we see that let it be for the edification of the church. Okay, and so the gifts that the Holy Spirit decides to manifest through you is not for you. Okay, the gifts that the Holy Spirit chooses to manifest through you is not for you, but it is for the edification of the church it's the edification of the people around you that you may serve them well. Okay, and so one of the gifts that we see is the word of knowledge. Word of knowledge can anyone in your own words kind of describe what according to you or your understanding is a word of knowledge. Feel free to unmute and share. Anyone, whatever your understanding is, there's no right or wrong. Okay, knowledge of God's word. May I speak? Can you hear me? Yes. Word of knowledge enables us through the Holy Spirit details of a person maybe something that has happened in the past or present or what is going to happen which we would normally not know. But through the Spirit we are enabled to have that information about that person and so we can exhort them or tell them. So essentially just as we read now to edify them or to warn them or whichever way the Holy Spirit chooses to communicate that to us. But we would not normally know it but through the Holy Spirit we would have that information about people. I mean whatever is happening in their lives or either past present or what is to come also. Thank you Nina for sharing. Anybody else would like to add to it? Yeah, it's exactly what as Nina mentioned is so word of knowledge is a piece of divine knowledge that reveals the fact of things past or present of a person, of an individual. So for example it's let's say you're praying or you're ministering and then you get a certain number. Say you see you know there's certain digits and you say okay you know 2271987 does that make sense to anybody. So the word of knowledge is no.  So that's what word of knowledge is also. So the piece of information that you're sharing the other individual already knows. So when you come down when you look at this passage another portion in your notes says different ways God gives words of knowledge for healing. Three different ways we see you know we see we can see it we can hear it and we can feel it. Okay so when we look at a seeing oh again just pull back a little bit coming back to you know the definition of understanding word of knowledge. A couple of examples that I can think of is in the Gospel of John self-aware you know the disciples of Jesus is talking to Nathaniel and saying you know this is Messiah this is person you know he's from Nazareth and then Nathaniel says can anything good come out of Nazareth and then you know Jesus finally meets Nathaniel and he says that Nathaniel I saw you when you were standing under the fig tree right and then Nathaniel is all amazed and you know wow how do you know how did you know this right and so Nathaniel knew that you know where where and when he was standing under the fig tree so he knew that's knowledge okay and so Jesus just gave that to him and another passage that I can think of is from John chapter 4 where he talks about from verse 24 that Jesus will encounter with this woman at the well and say you know go bring your husband and then she says I do not have a husband yes I know and also you know the five husband that you've had before and then again this woman is all amazed and saying you know how did you know of this are you prophet and whatnot so you know those are some of the examples of giving an individual a word of knowledge that an individual already knows okay and so let's just look at some of the ways that God reveals his word of knowledge to us one is seeing okay so you could see an image or a motion picture right that God is revealing to you right you may see images of a body part or a body parts being restored like an elbow or a bone or a knee cap or whatnot right or back spine discs and you know an X ray an image of an X ray or whatever right so those are certain ways that God can reveal you know his word of knowledge and so we need to recognize what we are seeing understand what God is revealing through these images and then call them out okay so you we need to recognize what God is trying to communicate tell you and then call them out okay so for example if you know you could there was a time this was I was not ministering in healing or deliverance and this is the time when I was in in the in I was part of a band that was leading worship and the worship leader turned back and say and said I want you to prophesy with your with your drums I was playing the drums then and and so and I just as I began to play I started to see an image of a sunrise right and and so as God was revealing that I was just saying agreeing amen to it what he was revealing with my instrument and then it later it was interpreted as a new beginning or a new start or a new day dawning which was life you know that's one of the images so that's one of the ways that God can you know reveal his word of knowledge and the other is hearing right God uses the years of our spirit and reveals his message to us it's as simple as that right he uses the years of our spirit and reveals his message to us and to simply understand this point it's like the FM radio you know have anyone of you seen those old radios or do you still have it you know where you you know you turn those dials and you keep dialing dialing dialing turning turning until you find the right frequency to catch a certain channel you know what I'm talking about we've all done that isn't it right I'm also just reminded of this example where you know I forget the passage reference but it's in the book of Kings where Elisha and his helper is surrounded by the army and you know Elisha walks up with his with the servant and then servant sees the army you know surrounding them and only and then Elisha sees that and he says don't worry for those with us are greater are more than those who are surrounding us and then Elisha prays and he says Lord open his eyes that he may see what I am seeing and then God opens his eyes and he sees the chariots of fire surrounding them as protection right so God is speaking God is showing all the time and we just need to have the eyes to see and the ears to hear right our antennas our spiritual antennas always have to be up you know just leaning into what God is trying to say what God is trying to do at that moment okay and so there could be so many instances for example we may have an impression about a certain kinds of disease being healed okay or people who have been in a certain situation like a car accident being healed and so again we discern what God is saying and then call these out right sometimes as you start speaking or ministering words that you have not planned to say would seem to come out so just recognize what God is doing and speak those out in faith okay so seeing hearing and finally feeling again God uses the spiritual sense of healing to communicate information to us okay now this can seem strange but then again he's God and he can communicate in any way that he feels right right God can sensation or a feeling in some part of our own body that corresponds to what he is doing or wanting to do like for example and I've seen Pastor Ashish minister this way as well and so many other pastors are associate pastors saying okay I'm feeling a pain in my left shoulder right a minister would say this I'm feeling a pain in my left shoulder is there anyone here who's having a pain in the left shoulder okay and so that's another way how God releases his word of knowledge I hope you understand what's being communicated or shared okay so hearing seeing and feeling okay so God can speak to us and give us words of knowledge before we are ministering or during the time of ministry okay so he can give us words of knowledge before ministering or during the time of ministry okay now how to give words of knowledge and also a few couple of guidelines for us to know how to give words of knowledge right how we say what we say is important right we try to be simple we try to be gentle and open about the fact that sometimes we are not sure about what we have perceived okay so it's okay to say I don't know who this is for and be very simple very gentle without complicating things and yeah just communicating what God's telling you to say right so a couple of guidelines is we avoid using phrases like thus says the Lord okay or God told me unless we feel this is essential to get the person's attention okay and so in most cases we simply say are there anyone here or is there anyone here who's having a certain condition and then you just call it as it is and you say it as it is okay we again it comes to one of the images where say you know you are seeing that there's that there's a condition that an individual is struggling with let's say for example your bottom of the right foot a person is having a problem at the lower part of their right leg okay we don't add any other information that was not shown to this image that you are seeing okay so God is very clearly showing you that there is a problem in the lower part of the right leg that's all now he hasn't shown you if it's broken or if it's a sprain or a pain or a fracture or anything so we don't need to add to that okay so you just don't because you don't seem to fully understand you only call out with as much as detailed as to what is revealed to you if you only see that okay there's a problem in the lower right leg you just say that and if there's anybody there you pray and you declare healing over them it's as simple as that okay and another thing is we do not get discouraged if people do not respond to your word of knowledge okay like I said for example if there's anybody here you're feeling the sensation in your left shoulder and you ask is there anybody here you know who's having who needs healing in the left shoulder and if nobody responds don't be discouraged it's okay right sometimes people are we can be shy to admit or they do not admit to a certain condition either out of fear or embarrassment it's okay right what is important is that you and I are obedient to the voice of God you and I are obedient to declare or to say exactly what he tells us to say or what he's shown us okay word of wisdom and every other thing we're just going to give a little bit of glance of the rest of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and you know I'm sure most of you are already if not all of you are already aware of everything that we're about to kind of learn divine wisdom is that is supernaturally imparted to a believer that reveals the mind purpose and the will of God to solve a problem that is the word of wisdom okay divine wisdom that is supernaturally imparted to a believer that reveals the mind the purpose and the will of God to solve a problem okay one of the passages that you can look at that I'm reminded of is from second Corinthians sorry we've used a lot of Corinthians second Kings chapter 3 verse 15 specifically second Kings chapter 3 verse 15 it talks about how prophet Elisha calls for a musician to come and play for him to be able to hear from from from God okay this is one of those times where he chooses to you know he felt like okay let's have a musician come and play so I can hear now if you read the entire chapter and the chapter before the context is that everybody's going through a very hard time and Elisha has to hear from the from from God because if he doesn't hear from God some of the kings are going to die so he's waiting on God's instructions and guidance on a certain situation okay and and so and then you know the musician comes he plays and goes and then he hears from the Lord regarding he gets a solution and then that is the word of wisdom where God gives you he reveals the mind his purpose and his will over a problem okay so when ministering healing and deliverance the gift of the word of wisdom can reveal the method to use to administer healing to the person that's one of the examples right so for example God may reveal that the real cause for person problem and you know which we can then proceed to address and release the person from their problem okay so you know remember the interview process you interview you diagnose it and what not but there can be times where the person doesn't have to say anything God reveals everything to you and then you know he's diagnosed it for you and you just declare and release healing over the person so word of wisdom okay and and then we look at discerning of spirits now discerning of the discerning of spirits is very different from spiritual discernment which is an acquired spiritual ability okay I'll say that again the discerning of spirits is different from spiritual discernment which is an acquired spiritual ability okay right so this gift is to discern the source of influence on people so when you say discerning of spirits you know you're seeking again you're leaning into God's heart to see what he's saying and which the Holy Spirit again helps you discern the source of influence on people okay to see what the Lord is doing to see what Satan is scheming and doing against that individual okay and that is the discerning of spirits so through the gifts of discerning of spirit God can reveal what kind of demonic spirits are operating okay so through the gifts of discerning God can reveal what kind of demonic spirits are operating okay and I mean there could be so many things that God can reveal to you through this so again this is very important and the beautiful gift that the Holy Spirit chooses to manifest himself through and then we have the gifts of healings the gift of healings again released often with the gift of healing is often released through it's released along with a word of knowledge or a word of wisdom you know for example as we call a certain condition out the person receives the healing for example right I'm going back to the left shoulder please bear with me it's just an example okay I hope nobody has an issue with the left shoulder right so as you are calling out saying okay you know I feel a sensation of pain in my left shoulder someone cure and you know they put their hands up and you declare healing over them and that person is healed right there okay and that is the gift of healing another manifestation of the Holy Spirit choosing to manifest through the word of knowledge through the word of wisdom and then healing the individual okay and working of miracles is another gift of the Holy Spirit working of miracle causes things such as restoring supernatural excuse me restoring of missing body parts restoring organs that have been removed surgically recreating body parts causing implants to disappear causing function that is not explainable medically and other workings that are not natural working of miracles this is beautiful right this is so divine everything I mean all the gifts is so beautiful and so divine and but I mean just think about it right you are praying over an individual and you suddenly you know again the person that you prayed for had a metal rod inserted in their hands and then you declared healing over them and that person goes back and gets it checked and does an x-ray just to figure just to find out that the metal rod has been dissolved completely and they don't have any pain right and then there could be another individual that you are praying for and who does not have a kneecap or a broken kneecap or you know a dislocated kneecap you know and then you pray and then you see that God just in his wondrous ways restoring and giving a new kneecap for this individual that is working of miracles there is nothing impossible with him isn't it he can restore any failing kidneys or livers and make it new or just give a new one, new set of lungs you know anything so those are working of miracles we are talking about the Holy Spirit God and he can choose to manifest the way he wants to there is nothing impossible with him because he is our demon so that is working of miracles and the other gift that I would like to talk about is the gift of faith a gift of faith supernatural faith that imparts healing deliverance in situations that we may not have the required faith for ourselves there could be a lot of situations circumstances where you can look at it and say boy this seems impossible how is this going to happen, what are we going to do for example getting a person to rise up from their wheelchair and walk we normally will not do this to every person we meet in a wheelchair but in this situation the Holy Spirit may infuse this kind of faith in our hearts and lead us to do it so the secret here the important part here is that he is leading us to do it the Holy Spirit is leading us to do it and asking this individual to rise up and walk and so he is just he is giving you instruction and then he is filling your heart with faith so the result is always certain in this kind that the person gets healed and the Holy Spirit tells that this person is getting healed that person is getting healed so the gift of faith would also be typically infused in our hearts when God leads us to raise a dead person back to life it could be the same thing when you see a person who is dead physically it just seems like okay, what are we going to do now and then you hear the Holy Spirit saying go and pray and declare life over this individual and it fills your heart with faith and then it's up to us to take that step of faith in obedience to what God has just told you to do and you declare healing so that is the gift of faith are you all with me, any questions that you have or any thoughts that you want to share okay, all right as they say okay Nina, go ahead the gift of miracles that is there normally it would operate where? does it need to be only in a meeting kind of situation or if you have been praying for a person because it's talking about all creative healings and body parts and all of that and it's kind of related to faith also because there is a thing saying that you tell a person to rise up so this would operate because we are in prayer we would know that people who are specially gifted in that area just want to know how it operates again it can happen in a corporate setting it could be in a room of 10 people, 20 people 150,000 doesn't matter or it can happen individually as well and I have seen a lot of this working of miracles for example I am not sure if you have heard of Todd White Todd White is one of those street evangelists who goes around praying for people in the streets and seeing healings and working miracles and there are multiple healings for example where again God gives him this word of knowledge he walks towards this person or he just begins by saying can I pray for you and then as he begins to pray God reveals the words of knowledge and what not and then their health condition it could lead to the back and what not and then there has been times where an individual will say my one leg is shorter than the other leg and then he begins to pray for them in the street and then it's caught on camera where the leg grows to the same length as the other and there is not just one or two there is multiple healings like that and so that's the way God chooses to work you can work in a corporate setting you can work as you just street evangelism individually or you are constantly or consistently praying for another individual you know this person unfortunately has something to do with the kidney or what not and you are praying for them earnestly right and you are persevering and you are fighting for them and then you see God coming and breaking through and just healing and completely restoring the kidneys or whatever and so yeah those are the ways God works in miracles and I hope I answered your question and in many ways you know most of his gifts you know more than one gift manifest when you are ministering divine healing right anything else okay anyone else would like to share or ask anything Yesenia go ahead so the beginning of the working of I mean having these giftings gifts operating in our lives is when we seek honestly the best gifts I mean does it begin with it we really want to or does it just emanate from you know being in a place of intimacy and fellowship with the Lord I mean do we purposefully yeah I think anything related see these are gifts one of the things that we have to remember right we don't it's given to us right but then we are also encouraged to desire it to go after it to pursue it and and all of this is birthed out of our love for God for more of his presence to just build that intimate relationship with him and then he chooses to use you the way he wants to use you and one of the things about that 1st Corinthians 1231 where it says but honestly desire the best gifts is so and again for start in one of our weekend school of healing and ministry is the way this scripture was explained is the best gift is a gift that is suited for that that is appropriate for that particular situation or circumstance okay so for example you know in a given situation a person needs healing you know you are the Holy Spirit to work through you through healing right and it's not it's not enough just to give us a word of prophecy or word of knowledge so the best gift at that point of time which is appropriate is working of miracles you get what I'm saying that's just an example you know so but again it's all born out of our intimate walk with the Lord okay and one of the last gifts I mentioned mentioned is prophecy right the gift of prophecy is simply God speaking through man through man okay the gift of prophecy is simply God speaking to man through man okay it could be a combination of word of knowledge and word of wisdom and a prophetic word is something you know talking about the future so it is simply a message from God which a person receives and that person communicates it could be for a corporate or it could be for an individual as well right so in ministering healing and deliverance prophecy can be used to bring encouragement strength comfort that inspires faith alright so what we need to we need to keep in mind that the gifts of the spirit are usually released in combination with one one another right as gift packs right so while ministering there may be more than one gift flowing together alright so that's what we need to keep in mind the last gift that's mentioned is prophecy what you need to simply understand is the gift of prophecy is God speaking to man through man alright so that's kind of concluding this chapter chapter 9 as we conclude this chapter what I want to encourage you is you know we've come a long way in this course and understanding divine healing and deliverance keep taking that step of faith don't have any second thoughts if you look at a person and think okay you know I want to go pray for that person don't hold back walk up to the person and don't be afraid and ask the person can I pray for you it could be a person that you don't that you know or that you may not know right but take the step of faith and start working on everything that you've learned so far okay start putting it into practice that's the point of this subject is that you you know begin to exercise it and practice put into practice everything that you've learned alright so we'll pause this we'll pause now as we conclude this chapter and then we'll resume the next session alright I'll see you take a break


But today we are going to talk about why and how we can evangelize Muslims. And I'm be known to him, actually Curtis gave me a little introduction yesterday. We've never met before and he doesn't know my story. And I felt like it was the Holy Spirit kind of giving this little introduction for me. And as he said preaching the gospel, not only to Muslims, of course, but to everybody in our life. You know, starting with our family, close friends is paramount to not only their spiritual life, but our spiritual life. Because the more we talk about Christ and share him with our lives, not just talking, of course, then the closer we get to him. So today I want to start with seven tips on evangelizing Muslims. My friend there has handouts if you haven't received one. I just wanted to give you this one. And after these seven tips we will talk about the difference between Allah and God the Father. Because I think it's a really important part of understanding the differences between the two religions. But let's start with this. So one of the things I think I will also mention it tomorrow. But when I first, for the first time met a Christian missionary, she wasn't Catholic. She was a Protestant missionary in Turkey. We were talking about how Christianity is a Western invention, right? This is one of the things we are brought up to believe as Muslim children. And she's like, it's not Western. So she turns around her Bible, opens the back. And of course, there's a map of Turkey in there, right? Of course, it's before it was Turkey.  I bet they have a map of China in the Chinese Bibles, right? Because like we are taught to believe that nothing a Christian says is believable, right? They're always trying to like trick you with their missionary trickies. They're trying to bribe you into becoming Christians. And they're trying to subvert your morality. So I'm like, oh, there she is. Because I knew nothing about Christianity. So if you encounter a Muslim either online or here, or you travel to a Muslim country, which is becoming more and more common. And some of you may have encountered Muslims already. Also, Islam is a very missionary religion. They want to spread Islam. As you know, if you truly believe it, you would want to spread it. So, you know, let the best man win, I suppose. And they want to spread Islam. So what you will see that there is an increasing Muslim presence online and they're very good about it. And a lot of youth, especially in this relativistic culture, they are drawn to Islam. Like that's one of the most common emails I get from the parents of kids who grow up in Catholic families. They go to college, meet a Muslim community, and they feel very attracted to this religion because it's very simple. It doesn't require you to make these heart changes, like serious internal conversions, like Christ asks. And of course, it's very worldly attractive. And my husband was a corrections officer for a long time. And 25% of his prison in America was Muslims because, yes, it's very common. If you know of anybody who works in prison ministry or in prisons, they would say the same thing. They have a completely different schedule during Ramadan because it attracts that worldly pride and masculinity, not the true Christlike masculinity, but the false masculinity that the world teaches. And it's also they are very community oriented. So as Christians, we just need to be aware of what we are going up against. So we will talk about a little more about what kind of religion Islam is, but also we need to remember that it's a very community oriented people. And it's like regardless of what country. I was talking to Steve Ray earlier and he said he lives right next to the biggest, I can't remember the town right now, biggest Muslim community in America. And Dearborn, yes, thank you. And like really, and he was telling me how they come together more and more and try to change the culture. Again, we are all on board for that, but they are doing it, you know, small ways in more efficiently. So you will inevitably, probably, encounter a Muslim either online, work job, when you go to vacation, you know, they're there. It's a global world and keeps shrinking. So and because most of the Muslims believe that Christians are subversive and liars and, you know, and there isn't much you can do to change that. So as every missionary effort, every evangelization effort, wherever you go, should start with prayer. And this is even more important with Muslims. And here is what St. Paul says in Romans, brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. So I was thinking about, again, Curtis Martin said about St. Therese, like you may not talk to Muslims ever, but if you just keep praying for them, praying for them. And this religion has a lot of spiritual components in it, a lot of superstition, and I believe a lot of demonic activity, which requires a ton of prayer, a ton of intercession and fasting. If you could put aside a day to fast once a month, once a year, you know, an afternoon, you know, there's so much power in it. So you always need to be prayerful and start there and assign a patron saint to this person because there's just there's a lot of unseen, invisible struggle going on there. So and secondly, be faithful. So again, one of the things, as I was growing up, one of the things was we had all these old Turkish movies, right? So of course, the Turkish men are very strong, handsome, you know, very, it's just very likable, and they are heroic. And all the bad guys were Christians wearing big crosses on their chest.  And they were trying to tempt the, you know, virtuous Muslim men. So as we grow up, we see this over and over again. And of course, what they import from the West, since, you know, this secular culture became dominant, I mean, consider what you see in Hollywood, and consider now living in a Muslim country and watching all this stuff and thinking that's what Christianity is because they can't tell the difference between authentic Christianity and secularism. To them, it's all kind of a big, big mesh, right? So one of the most important things before you can even consider talking about Christianity or theology or arguing, discussing or whatever, is that you have to have a solidly virtuous and faithful life.  Oh, look at the wife. She's a devoted wife and a mother and loves Christ. So, and again, I will share this tomorrow, but that was one of the biggest witnesses, like, because that peace, joy, and love that comes from Christ, it cannot be seen in a Muslim family.  So when you see it, it kind of slaps you in the face. So you're like, okay, I want that. I don't know what that is, but I want that. And there is just enormous attraction to it. And of course, you need to realize that the first victim of Islam as a religion is Muslims. You were, most of us were blessed, well, I wasn't, but blessed to be born in the West, right? So you had the opportunity to learn about Christ. And not everybody had equal opportunity, of course, but they were born in a Muslim country. They don't know anything different. So as they grow up, they are stuck in this, you know, bubble where there is no joy and love as Christ offers. So when they see it, it's just an enormous witness, a good, faithful, Catholic, prayerful, devout life is an enormous witness. So always be faithful. So then that should come before any conversation, if possible. And be joyful. Again, it's similar to being faithful and like the king, like the king of Assyria that's mentioned in Ezra, the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them. I was talking to someone earlier today, I don't know if he's here, but he mentioned how his friend goes to these conferences and when he comes back like there's this like violence and vengeance in his eyes, right? Because Islam is not a religion of joy. And the true authentic Christian joy, not like, you know, happy bubbly always kind of because we can't be and life is hard. But the true joy that comes from Christ is again, it's so unheard of, like they don't understand like how we can accept suffering, right? And then be joyful within this suffering or we can be joyful in our like in daily mundane tasks like folding the laundry or doing the dishes or going to work, right? So always, you know, remember that the joy you have everybody can see. Again, this is of course true when you're evangelizing not just Muslims, but everybody else. And one of the things is this being faithful and being joyful.  Like, I am not inclined to listen to a complete strangers, stranger on the street, like, I don't know you, why should I take your advice? But a good faithful Catholic friend, yes, I will take their advice. I will answer your questions and then that I will open my heart to them. So that being faithful and joyful will bring you to friendship. And the Eastern culture, the Muslim culture is very different than Western. Again, they're very community oriented and it's very hierarchical and there are a lot of rules around the house or the way you talk to people, like, you know, growing up if an elder, like somebody who is older than me came to the house, if they didn't have to be elderly, five years older than me, I had to get up, leave my place and then, you know, do my best to serve them, which is a great, you know, way to show respect, right? So there's a lot of rules like that. So, you know, I will start how to properly carry a glass of water, right? How to be a good host when you have guests. So these are very important things. So it's not like as relaxed as the American, you know, American culture.  You wait until you try to sit at the homeless place and you will be honored if they ask you to go to the head of the table. So there are a lot of rules that you may not know in a Muslim household, especially you are personally interacting or even in your speech, you need to be a lot more, you know, kind of respectful and remember. And I like this verse from Sirac, the foot of a fool rushes into a house, but the man of experience stands respectfully before it.  So always be respectful to their traditions and be purposeful. Now, while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question. So like clearly Jesus knows everything, why is he asking a question to the Pharisees? So again, we will talk about the servile fear here in a bit. But it's very hard to understand for the Western mind to understand that they kind of, as they grow up, they grow up in the servile fear that they are not supposed to question Allah. They are not ever supposed to question Muhammad. They can even, you know, draw pictures of Muhammad, like let alone question it. So you kind of grow up with this fear that you may go to hell, you may be struck or whatever. As they grow up, it builds a very strong wall. So to break that wall, it's almost sometimes you need like a read a traumatic experience. And it takes a long time to come to a place to question Islam. And of course, they don't trust Christians because, you know, we kind of lie and cheat and all that stuff. So what happens is like you need to be very purposeful with your questions, right? Like, you know, ask them about their own religion, try to tell, get them to think about what they actually believe. Because what happens is Islam, once you start questioning it, is a house of cards.  So there isn't, you know, there isn't much substance there. But the trick is to bring people to question. And if once they start questioning your own religion, you know, they talk about Bible has changed.  So be purposeful with your questioning and reasoning and listen and try to make them dig deeper. So they can come to that place where their question will help them break that wall of fear. And then, you know, then they can see the, see the truth. Okay. And be peaceful. Right? Yes, did I? Yeah. Yes. So Muhammad is the man, their prophet. Right? So he's more like Moses. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Be peaceful. In me, you may have peace in the world you have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. So again, the gospel, the gospel sounds like foolishness when they first hear it. Again, because we've been living in it, we don't realize how crazy it sounds is that, you know, God became man and he died on the cross. And then he resurrected like all the stuff Christians believe is crazy. And not to, you know, not to only eighties, but to Muslims too, because it's a very like worldly carnal kind of religion Islamist. So they cannot just imagine it. So it sounds insane.  And, and they will be very argumentative and feisty often. Most of the Muslims are very, they're very hospitable and caring and kind. But when it comes to Islam, they will argue. And this is nothing, nothing bad, because it's not like, it's not like here, you don't talk about politics or religion. They're like, what else is there to talk about? You know, these are like utterly important things. It's my eternal destiny. Of course, I want to talk about Islam. So they will get feisty and argumentative. And within that, you must always remain, you know, restain your peace. And even that peace and joy you show in your argumentation, that is going to be a witness in itself. But lastly, again, this kind of goes back to being prayerful is be hopeful. Because in the end, no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit, right? You can't change anybody's heart. You can't change anybody's mind. So I will talk about this tomorrow, that like how long it took for the Lord to like, kind of chase me and slap me and give me people and just show me all these things. And I still didn't get it, right?  Like I look back on my conversion story, I'm just completely the sidekick. It's not like, you know, it's just the Lord pursuing people. So that's at the heart of evangelization. There's so much we can do. And often we are like, you know, little kids who are trying to help their moms bake a cookie in the kitchen, or making more of a mess than an actual nice cookie, right? And at the same time, the Lord doesn't need us, right? I mean, we have to do it for our own salvation, salvation of the others. He chooses to let us help in this kitchen. And he gives us like all the tools, everything we need, the Holy Spirit, all of that. But at the end, he's the one. He's the cook. He puts it in the oven and bakes the whole thing and gets it out perfectly. So we just like, we do as much as we can. And that's it, you know, we're just going to be hopeful that he's going to carry out his own work. I mean, that's one of the things again, Curtis was talking about, you know what, there are no Catholic, it's so hard to find Catholic missionaries in Muslim countries, because, you know, again, we will talk about it kind of because of universalism. Hey, you just be a good Muslim and you'll go to heaven. Then there are no Catholic missionaries, but the Lord is like, okay, fine, I'll give them visions and dreams. There are just scores of Muslims becoming Christian. I met this young lady. She was, she's from Egypt, and she grew up Muslim.  It's a very kind of a holy time for them. And she started to, as she read the Quran, she started to kind of question and she's like, all these suspicions and questions are getting in her head. So she prayed that Allah, I don't want to have these suspicions anymore. Please send me a dream of Muhammad. So I don't have to have these suspicions anymore. Like they want to be at peace with their dream. So she goes to sleep and she has a dream of our Lord with our Lady standing behind him. So like she was not exposed to Christianity more than, you know, your average Muslim, Egypt is, you know, there's a little more exposure because of Coptic Christians. So she knew that she had to find a Catholic church and she went and the Protestants were ready to baptize them there. Like, do you believe in Mary? She's like, no, no, no, no, they're like, we don't do that. We don't do the Mary thing. It's a Catholic thing. But the Catholics were not, they were not willing to baptize her, initiate her in any manner because they didn't want to get in trouble with the, but, you know, that's one of the things. Our Lord institutes the sacraments.  You know, we need the sacraments to continue this fight. So we need, obviously Holy Spirit is doing his job, but we need to do our part, you know, which, again, we will talk about it. So he will send, you know, visions, dreams, and all these like amazing stuff. There was a sheik in Iraq and he got hurt in the leg and it festered and it's like, he's about to die. So in his like delirium, he saw somebody touching his leg and he saw that he kind of woke up and he said, who are you? He said, I'm Jesus, son of Mary, healing you. And this guy wakes up, his leg is completely healed. The guy became Catholic, escaped, escaped Iraq and living in hiding because, you know, it's not taken very kindly when you convert. So like the Lord is always working in people. So that's why being prayerful, being hopeful is just so important because he is going to do his good work. So now let's go and talk about, let's talk about Islam a little bit. So do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? Again, it's in the Lumen Gentium and it's one of the documents of the Vatican too. It says, together with us, Muslims adored one merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day. So this was a very important sentence along with another one, Nostra Tate, again in Vatican too. So the thing is, yes they do worship the same God because they profess one God, right? He's the creator of all things visible and invisible, omniscient, omnipotent and, oh my goodness, I did not, I don't know. Yeah, sorry Lord, going to get struck here in the sanctuary calling God impotent, omnipotent, sorry, and omnipresent, right? So these are all the attributes we believe. So, and I know, can you skip? It's like, I'm so sorry. This is just, I can't unsee it anymore. So, I know, right? It's not my fault. It's not Turkish or English. This is as much as I can do. So we all believe in these attributes, right? So they believe all of these and you need to remember most Muslims, they don't read the Qur'an, they don't read the Hadith. It's a religion that's passed down to you from your parents, from the, you know, Imam. So like, you're not, even when they read the Qur'an, you're supposed to read it in Arabic and if Arabic isn't your, you know, mother tongue, then you're kind of just reciting this stuff that you have no idea what it is about. So because the Lord had put this desire, when you take notes, please fix, fix my awful, awful typo there. But because the Lord put his, you know, it says in the Romans that he put his law in our hearts, right? We are all born, even if, you know, we are in this remote African tribe or clueless, you know, Muslim country, we are all born with a desire to worship him. So like, one of the things Bishop Sheen said that, so it's like, if the complete truth is a circle, every religion has a little bit of it, right? So if it's 360 degrees, you know, I don't know, Hinduism had three degrees, right? You know, so they all, because we are all born with that desire because we have the same Creator. So I think most Muslims, in their ignorance, direct their worship to our Lord. So, you know, in that sense, it's yes, right? We believe in the same God. But the problem becomes when it's like, it's a little bit no too, like, it's a very qualified yes. So you need to be very careful. It's a no because it's like this. So you go to, two people are talking about a man named John. And one person has like, oh, I know John. He's six foot tall. He's a brunette. He's a big beard. And he's a drunkard and beats his wife. And this other guy says, oh, I know John too. He's six foot tall, brunette with a tall beard, but he's the kindest person I've ever met. And he's a wonderful husband and a wife. I mean, no, husband, I'm sorry. I should go listen to the guest woke speech right after this. And he's a wonderful husband. So it's like, which one it is? Is it like, okay, you know, they're talking about the same person, but the person they have like opposite witnesses about the character, even though they get the physical stuff, right? So I think that is what the problem is with between Islam and Christianity, God of Christianity. And we will talk about the differences, but this section in the Vatican do to together with us, they adore the one merciful God. It kind of pushed a lot of Catholics to believe that, hey, we all believe this in the same God like, why should we go evangelize? Why should we even like bother them with this? You know, it's a lot of work to go all the way there and talk to them and then possibly get killed.  So I mean, then we really drop the ball same Francis is not happy about it. But the thing is, it's not just it's the eternal life, right? It's not just the person's eternal faith. Like, I don't think I would be here. I was a suicidal atheist when I met these Protestant missionaries. I don't think I would be literally here if I didn't, you know, if Christ didn't completely change my life. And all you need to do read a few conversion stories to see how much the Lord completely transformed people's lives for the better on this earth, right? So it's not just, you know, the afterlife or eternal, which is obviously very important. But also like, he makes our lives for the better on this side. And look at the societies. I mean, it's funny because like, since I moved here, I look at these feminists, I'm like, you're not going to say anything about the stuff that's happening in the Muslim countries to women. No, it's very anti feminist. But what they don't understand is women have women have this many rights because of Christianity. It's not because we have progressed, or we have lived long enough that we have become better, like no, look at everybody everywhere else. No, but nowhere except the post Christian countries, women have this much right, this many rights, because we believe that we are all created equal before the Lord. And we have equal men and women have equal dignity. We have completely different but equally important roles in the family and in the society. You'll look at these awful medieval times and look at all these, you know, abysses along with the abets and everybody else changing the course of history.  Like this just happened before because of Christianity. You talk about slavery. You think slavery is extinct because we became more civilized, like we don't live in a Star Trek world. Like as technology advances, we are all going to be post-religion and sterile and perfect. No, slavery doesn't exist anymore. It's because of Christ, because we are all equal before the Lord. I mean, who were the most famous abolitionists? They were Christians, that they believed that there was human dignity and, you know, God's own image and likeness in every person. Like basically everywhere else, slave labor either legally or illegally continues in all Muslim countries. I mean, look at China, you know, supposedly in a communist country everybody is equal but apparently some are more equal than others and there is, you know, de facto slavery in these communist countries. So that's what is not seen is that Christ, Christianity transforms entire societies. It's not just the person's life. So what you're saying when you don't want to evangelize, well, you're not good enough.   No, they won't be okay. Women suffer terribly in Muslim countries and men too, you know, in different ways. So preaching the gospel not changes, but it changes the society and the world eventually. That's why it's too selfish to keep it to yourself. So hence the universalism, it's my piece about it. I am not very opinionated about it, can you tell? So the biggest difference, so Islam, you know what, I think maybe I should talk about this after that, but one of the biggest differences is that Islam denies the Trinity. So, so, so Mohammed claims that their book, if you're not familiar, their book, the Quran, came from Allah, like not the way inspired by the Holy Spirit, but literally dictated, like he would go into this seizure. So I think he was like half epileptic, half demon influenced, right? So he was going to these like seizures, lose himself and he would wake up, oh, this is what Allah told me. And then like it's written down. So it's like literal dictation from Allah. So it's not inspired, right? So, but he lived in a very polytheistic society.  So it was filled with idols. So he just went in there and cleaned it up. So he was very afraid of polytheism. But he was illiterate and he heard a lot of stories from Jews and Christians. So if you read the Quran, which is not like very readable, like the Bible, it's just bits and pieces. It feels like a broken bits and pieces homilies and it's very hard to read. But if you like some penance and like to read it, you will realize that there are bits and pieces of stories from especially the Old Testament put together to make his point. Does it make sense? So he's trying to establish a continuity here. And he says that it was Archangel Gabriel that dictated the Quran to him. So this is what Islam teaches.  But I'm just trying to help differentiate. So Allah sent Moses and Zebra like the part of the Old Testament and those evil Jews corrupted it. And then Allah sent Jesus and the angel, which is the New Testament. And the evil Christians corrupted it. And then Allah said, Muhammad, and he's the seal of the prophets. And Quran was like kept pristine in the most amazing way. And because Arabic is the dictated language, that's the only way to get browner points. So the book itself is very sacred. So he was very afraid of polytheism. And he didn't understand the Trinity. And there is like good good reasons to believe that he was he was surrounded by Nestorians who were kicked out of Asia Minor and they ended up in Saudi Arabia. So like there was a serious confusion about the Trinity in him. So what like there's this is this is the verse from the Quran. Oh Jesus, son of Mary, did you say unto men, take me and my mother as gods, apart from God. So it's like, so it's God, the father, Jesus, and Mary. So like there was serious confusion and and Jesus in return, he says, to thee be glory. It is not mine to say what I have no right to. If I indeed said it, thou knowest it, knowing what it what is within my soul. So the God knows what's in Jesus' soul. He's mere human, right? And I know not what is within thy soul because like Jesus is mere human. How can he possibly know what's in God in God? So what when they imagine Trinity, it's not like the way the Catholic Church teaches, but it's more like three actual deities like the idols. So and so it's a big no-no to Trinity. And of course, incarnation is completely unthinkable, right? Because Allah is infinitely good, not good, infinitely holy.  They're kind of dirty and unclean. The same is true with like sex. It's like they have to purify themselves right after after it. So like there is this like uncleanness and disgustingness about human beings. And it's like to imagine, to think that God will become one of us, it's just like it just brings them from these heights. Like it's completely unthinkable, blasphemous. They start, you know, kind of ripping their their clothes. So obviously they're against Trinity, the incarnation. And of course, you know, crucifixion and resurrection, which is odd because I'm like, you know, a lot of prophets died. Like why are you so against the crucifixion? So again, Muhammad is kind of a messed up guy, right?   So he was persecuted there. And so he really identified with Jesus. But he was very worldly. Like if you read the Hadith and Muhammad's life, he'll realize that, you know, he loved women. He loved the money, the power and all that stuff. So he's looking at Jesus. I'm very much like him. But his end wasn't good. So he couldn't imagine that Allah would let his prophet die in an awful manner, right? So because he he wanted to be always victory. Victory is. And again, because it's a very worldly religion, he said, if you're a good Muslim, Allah is on your side and you will never lose anything. So that's why he kind of changed the crucifixion and resurrection. But obviously they are they are very much against it. Okay, so those are the we worship the same God. So it's a very, very qualified. Yes. So when you say yes, you need to be very careful because the way they see God is just completely different than ours. So the major difference is I will talk about what Saint Thomas calls survival fear and filial fear. We kind of touched upon this a little bit. But again, I think it's very important if you want to evangelize Muslims to understand this concept. So survival fear is the slaves fear of a master who would punish him. So I took this class about history of the American South.  And one of the things that we read that the the northerners didn't understand one, the slaves didn't rise up against their masters. And I'm thinking, I don't think you understand slavery, my man. Like I don't think you understand how growing up in bondage and with fear, and you like it paralyzes you on the inside. I opened my, I opened my book from Islam, the Christ with with this anecdote, I was a little girl, so six, seven years old. And, you know, we kind of your taught our prayers and memorized everything. And one of the things we taught were never to ever try to imagine Allah in like, like picture what he may look like, right, you know.  So one night I'm laying in bed, I'm thinking like what Allah would look like. And I'm thinking this like cloudy kind of shape with rainbow eyes. And then suddenly I was struck with fear. I'm like six, seven years old, at least seven because I was going to school. And I'm struck with this fear of punishment. Like I was so afraid I couldn't sleep that night. I wake up to go to school. And we lived by this creek and there were these huge boulders there.  So like four days I left with, I felt with this fear every time I passed the creek, thinking that I'm going to become one of the boulders because like you're, you're kind of this intense fear from an early age, like a slave. So that's the servile fear. And it's like St. Thomas says it's not necessarily bad. Like I have a toddler, which she's this big. And I told her no, don't touch the oven. She's looking at me as like, she's really much bigger than me and she can, you know, she can take me. So I'm going to listen to her. If she doesn't, I'll slap her hand because guess what? I don't want her to burn on the stove. Right? So that is servile fear. She doesn't understand, oh, my mother loves me and she doesn't want me to get burned. All she understands is like, this really big lady told me now. And it's really staying a little bit when I hit them. So like that's the servile fear. So it's the beginning, right? Like when we say the act of contrition, we say we fear hell, but more, you know, we are afraid of disappointing you. So fear of hell is imperfect contrition, right? That's servile because because we don't want to be punished by this all powerful just being. But if we filial fear, I don't know if the, is it the next one? Filial fear is what it needs to turn into. It is the fear of a good child who fear dishonoring a loving parent, which is completely different, right? When you think about in nature.  Or I was talking to my 11 year old and he did, he did something he wasn't supposed to. And I said, I'm going to tell daddy. He's like, no, no, no, no, no.  My husband is like this big marine teddy bear kind of guy, but he's scared looking. And when he does the daddy voice, it's like, sometimes I'm like, okay, what did I do? You know, so, but they are more afraid of him because they are so afraid of dishonoring this father because they don't want his disapproval.  But yeah, I was, you know, when I tried to scare them with my voice, it comes out as a shriek and they're like, stop talking. So that's the biggest thing, right? That's the perfect contrition.  You're like, no, I'm sorry, Lord.  I tried to do better, but it didn't happen. That is the contrition we want. That's the filial fear because we just, we just don't want to disappoint. We don't want to disappoint our heavenly father. And that's a big difference in understanding of who God is. Like on the one side, we're talking about this guy, John, who is six foot tall, brunette and abusive, right?   And I'm like, I don't think they go very well together, you know, and he puts good and evil. And if he, like, if, and he tempts you to do something, to do bad stuff. So it's like the Zoroastrians. I don't know if you're familiar, familiar with that religion. They have a good God, everything good comes from.  So Allah is like, combine them, like combine them both. You don't know, and you can't kind of attribute, you can't even say he is all good because then you're limiting God. For instance, sin is a sin in Islam because Allah says so, right? It's completely different understanding of sin. And in Christianity, we call something sin because it's bad for us, right? It's an absence of goodness. It takes away our creation. And God cannot look upon sin because he's unable. So you're limiting him, but he's now because he's all pure. He's pure and good, and he can't look upon sin. So it's like on the one hand, you have this John who's an abusive husband and a dad. And on the, on the one hand, you have this John, they seem to look the same, but a wonderful loving and caring father and husband. So that is an important difference between servile fear and filial fear. And it's so hard to bring, take Muslims out of this mindset of servile fear and make them accept, accept God as, as their father, because that's like unthinkable.  So in, so they are surrounded with this immense servile fear. And they also believe that for you to go to heaven, you need to be Muslim. So they can, but in to be a Muslim, all you need to do is to say the Shahada, which is the, you know, Allah is one God, Muhammad is his prophet and ambassador and all that stuff. And then you're Muslim. It doesn't require you to do anything else basically. Whereas in Christianity, the Lord demands that you amend your life.  It sounds really hard. And it is hard as we know that we fall and pick up again. But this is what a loving father does, right? He wants you to get better. He wants to be closer to him and he wants to have a better life. Like one of the, if they ask a bunch of, I think in Pakistan, Pakistan is school children, no, India, India, I'm sorry, Indian school children where their mother Teresa would go to heaven because, you know, even India, she was really well known because she's helped so many people. And the kids say no, since she was not a Muslim. And the teacher says, but she saved thousands of lives, right? Like, why can't she go? Well, she wants to be rewarded for that in this world, but one can't enter heaven until he, she says the Shahada.  But if you're not a Muslim, then there's no way you can go to heaven. And they will do whatever it takes for your eternal, you know, destiny to take you there. And if that means that they're going to make you say the Shahada at the end of a sword, so be it. That's why they don't care, right? They're doing you a favor in their minds. But again, it's like this combination of extreme conviction and the survival fear, right? And that's the biggest, biggest difference. And of course, now, Scott Hannell always tells this anecdote that he was, he was having an argument, discussion with a, with an Imam, and he referred to God as God, the Father. And the guy just, you know, he said, no.  Like it's unthinkable to them because like you're bringing him to your, to your level, right? Like it's whereas in Christianity, I think one of the best descriptions of who God is, is the story of the prodigal son. So we have this God, right? He's a great Father.  I want to go away. He's just and he gave us freedom to choose. So it's like, here's your inheritance. And we leave. And what does he do? He waits. He probably the prodigal son.  And so that he can return, return home.  He still loves him so much that he opens his mind.  And this is unthinkable for Muslims to bring them to this place.   It's like this ultimate for them. It's like, it's, it's an immense insult. So they just, they cannot think about it. And another thing is St. Thomas says this, that it's, it's like very carnal religion, right?  So when you say God, the father, they think, oh, it's like Zeus, right? Came down to earth and, you know, have intercourse with women.   I'm like, of course he didn't.  Like, but they have very hard time on understanding that.  And another thing that makes this God so like unfathered, like an approachable is that he like, he doesn't love anybody. Like this idea, even like, if you try to talk to Muslims about love, it's, you will realize that they're mostly talking about liking something like, oh, I like eating pineapples and tacos or something, right? So it's very like, kind of weak and sensual and pleasurable, not like this love that we feel deep within our souls. So like in Turkish, the word for I love you and I love bananas is the same exact same work, right?  I mean, you will say love, but you wouldn't mean in English too that I love bananas like I like my, I love my wife, right? So it's like a very weak kind of love meaning.  But when you, when you read the Quran, you realize that he doesn't, Allah doesn't love anybody unconditionally. It's just he loves some people and he doesn't love others. So he kind of picks and chooses. It depends on your performance, right? So like his love or favor, I would say his favor is dependent upon our performance, how well they are doing. For instance, he loves the virtues, the patient, those who keep clean, the God, the one who fears God, those who trust them, the just and those who fight in his way. But he hates the unbelievers and he makes their heart, he turns their heart from him. So they, they never can choose to follow him. So does it make sense? So his love or favor is so conditional, whereas like we are, we are like prodigal sons, we can never, ever earn God's love because we're so limited and little, but God, the father is like that father. He gives his love unconditionally. You know, he loves, leaves us in the like, in the pit and muck of our sin. You know, he just sees through all that dirtiness and yuckiness and then he loves us despite everything because we are his sons.  I mean, he's of course grieved about their sin, right? Like there is, we say this, you know, hate this and love the sinner. And of course he's grieved so much about their sin.  So there is just this huge contrast between this, this God who is really kind of temperamental and capricious and then God the father who just loves us so unconditionally. So now, why does it matter that we know about this, right? She fell asleep. I know it. Wake up Meg. I'm almost done. Hang in there. So why does it matter, right? So as I said, universalism did a number and missionary efforts in Muslim countries is almost nonexistent. But at the same time, you go online and Muslims are hard at it. And they're winning souls either, like, you know, my own country, Turkey, become a lot more radicalized since, since I left. Actually, my Christian friends told me not to ever come because I could be arrested. So like they are very hard at work. And they're becoming more, because the way the world is going secularism is not attractive to anybody, attractive to anybody. And the many souls are lost. So most Muslim countries, they're choosing to become radicalized because Islam offers a sense of purpose in a community. And then remember how God hates the unbelievers. So open doors is, I didn't mention it, open doors is a Protestant, Protestant group that they record and track persecution around the globe, persecution of Christians. And seven out of top 10 countries, they're Muslim.  You know, of course, they're ostracized by the society. They're imprisoned.  They're imprisoned. I got an email from a, from somebody in Saudi Arabia. He's so interested. He's like, he's convinced that Christianity is the truth. So he read everything. So he goes, he tries to go to a Catholic church and they say, no, no, no, you're going to get us in trouble. You can't come in. So he goes back home the following day. The police come to his workplace and tell him, we saw you trying to go into a Catholic church. You will be in trouble. So he's like terrified. So he knows the truth, but he's extremely terrified. Even, you know, he's like, what do I do? I'm like, I don't know. Right? Like, I mean, how do you become Catholic without priests? And how can I tell him?  Like, how can I even like offer that to him? This is the situation in most countries. Like in Turkey, Turkey is by far the most liberal Muslim country. And as I said, it's just become worse since I left, but still it's by far. But and I, I, I experienced soft persecution in the sense that, you know, I lost friends and I knew that I could never get a government job because as soon as you become a Christian, you're like a traitor to your country. So it's nothing life threatening. But while I was living there, so there were three Protestants who were running a bookstore in the southeastern part of Turkey. And these two guys came in the morning when they opened the bookstore and slit their throats because they were trying to evangelize, you know, spread the faith. Two of them were Turks and one was a German citizen. So stuff, even like this happens, even places like in Turkey. And a Catholic priest was murdered.  Again, this is in Turkey, one of the, you know, the most, you know, free Muslim countries because this youth was, he came and shot him while he was praying because he was a Catholic priest, right? So it's, it's very hard soil. Muslim lands are like their spiritual element. Again, praying and fasting is so important. And hearts are so hardened because of a God like this, right?  It's not, you know, they say traumatized people traumatized. So it's like that.   Does it make sense?  Like if you ask people, like, is it okay to kill unbelievers? Most people, I'm telling you, most Muslims wouldn't even consider killing anybody, but they would be hard found to condemn people who kill the unbelievers. Does it make sense? So it's like, as long as somebody else breaks the eggs, like, you know, they wouldn't do it themselves. So this is that kind of a religion. And it's like, it's a very, very hard soil. And again, Muslim countries like the transformative power of Christ.  Because I thought we were, you know, all advanced and we were moving post this, you know, all this religion stuff. But here, you know, ISIS came to be and it didn't stay there, right? They don't, it doesn't stay in their own land. It affects the whole world. So we have this responsibility to preach the gospel and help change lives eternally and the society that they live in. And so again, we talked about it's extremely difficult to evangelize in Muslim countries. Like people come, you know, the missionaries who evangelized me, they didn't see any fruit for years and years. It's such a life changing decision that people are, it's very hard. So it's very hard work and you don't see the fruit. So it's not like, you know, going to, in a way, South America and then kind of try to bring back people to the faith. And you, you know, you may not see a lot of growth, but you will see it in a few years. But in Turkey, it's like this almost like this thankless job. And we talked about the persecution. But, you know, like Curtis said, yet there is thirst for truth, right? The Lord is calling people whether we are there or not. He's calling people and calling people. So, and, you know, people are reaching out. So there is that thirst for truth. And if we want to kind of give that to people, we need to understand Islam. It doesn't mean you have to be an expert on it, but just know enough to ask these questions and to bring people to the, to the edge of questioning. So what do we do? Going forward, like, what can we do? Okay, we learned about this. Even if you do nothing, we can take example from Saint Therese's life. Just please pray and fast. And there are, there are, again, this Open Doors is a great Protestant organization that they had, they assign a fasting and prayer day through the year for each Muslim country. So it's great. Or if you could just, you know, make a commitment, say one rosary a month for the conversion of Muslims and our lady will hear that. And I believe that she's going to pull and our lady of Guadalupe in one of the, in the Muslim countries and she's like, you guys don't want to come here. Let me take care of that.  And in courage, I gave a talk at the University of the nearest seminary and there were bunch of seminarians who were very, very interested about going to Muslim countries. So encourage the missionary effort and, you know, pray that the Lord will bring priests and the lady to these countries so they can change hearts and touch, hearts and lives. Then I said stay in touch. And I forgot to bring cards and things, but my email address is dadyalittleatgmail.com. So it's easy to remember. And I skipped one, which is more important, most important one. So there's a lot, there isn't a lot of online efforts. Oh, I think, am I out of time? Am I chit chatting too much? Okay, five minutes. Okay. Wow, really? Sorry. I wanted to have a question and answer. So support online and in person efforts. If you know missionaries who go to Muslim countries or like I am about to, can you pull up that website, Meg? Like I am about to launch this website. And there are a few others. There are very, very few websites who are directed against evangelizing Muslims. And she's going to put it up. It's becatholic.com. Anyway, it's not completely ready yet. But it's trying to explain the Catholic faith to Muslims, people who grew up Muslims in that survival fear. Or explain the trinity in a way that it's not like, you know, God, old man, and Jesus, young man, and Holy Spirit, right? That just doesn't quite resonate with them. So that's one of the websites. If you can remember, I will put it up on my website, which is dadyalittle.com. And so if you can spread the word.