Good morning everyone. Good morning to our week five of class. Hope all of you are doing well. Welcome to all of you who joined in online as well as to those who joined in at the e-learning portal. We trust that you're doing well and keeping good. So shall we just start with the word of prayer? Let's just get straight into our lesson for today. Let's just start with the word of prayer. Heavenly Father we thank you Lord for another week that's gone by. Thank you Lord that you continue to speak to us.  Father God even as we look to your word and look to today's lesson. We pray Lord that we will personally take time to evaluate and to be insightful about ourselves as well as to take the help and the counsel of the Holy Spirit to change, change Lord for your kingdom, your glory, change Lord for the relationships that we have, for the marriages that we have. Thank you that you are our ever present help in time of need. Lord we pray for all students here who are listening in and who logged in. God thank you that you have bought each one of them. Pray Lord for the rest of them who are yet to come in. Lord that you would bring them here, remove every hindrance, every obstacle that comes in the way of a class of us learning together. Thank you for being with us. Holy Spirit we invite you here today. Amen. So welcome to week five of our class. We have been going through different lessons and today we are at chapter five of our lesson in Managing Family and this I would say is a very important chapter, not just when we look within the context of marriage, but also for us as individual people to grow and to learn about ourselves in really determining and understanding how we respond to different things in life. Okay, so for those of you who are following in the notes, if you have the physical book with me with you, it's page 55, but if you are following through the digital, the book online, it's page 55. Sorry, not 55, it's page 52. Yeah, we're on page 52. Okay, all right, so let's move straight in. Now in this chapter, there are certain, you would see the chapters heading as attitudes, temperament and behavior. Now these are certain words that we use quite often, it may be in our conversations or maybe while describing people, we use this quite often, but then I think we need to really break down to see what each of this specifically mean. Now before we understand that, before we come to that, when we interact with others, when we interact either with our spouses or interact with our children or with anyone else, what we are actually bringing about is these specific things, our attitudes, the way we are as people or our temperament and how we behave. So as we relate to one another, we are actually more than anything, we are coming face to face or encountering the other person with their understanding, with their perceptions, with their attitudes, with their beliefs, with their temperament, their responses, their behaviors and all of this could be expressed in very different ways. So you may notice that a person may have maybe intellectually very strong or they may have good skills, they may have good communication skills but they also do come with attitudes and temperament and behavior or a person may look great on the outside, they may have very good looks, they may be very smart in their appearances, they may have a lot of charm in the way that they carry themselves out but all of this comes along with something that's more deeper, which is a person's attitudes and their personality. We cannot slice away these two, a person comes with this and so also even in marriage, when a husband and wife work together, interact, when they are discussing important issues or when stress comes along, when they need to make decisions, when they need to work together, the attitudes and their personality is what really comes about and that really plays a vital role in the way a relationship develops. So let's look at what each of these words mean so that we have a better understanding of what it is. So three words, attitude. When we are looking at attitude, we are referring to the way a person thinks or the way a person feels about something, their attitude towards something. Like for example, their attitude towards money, what do they think about money? Now all of this could come from certain experiences or certain framework that they have been born with but nevertheless it's something that they carry and something that they use to determine different things in their lives. So attitude is the way a person thinks or the way a person feels about a certain or a particular thing. That's what we say in attitudes. For example, another example that we look at is let's say a person is going through certain hardship. What is the attitude towards hardships that come? Maybe a person is very pessimistic when stress comes that nothing will work out, this is going to be the end of things. That's the way that they perceive that or you may have others who have a more positive or more optimistic attitude that shows that we will get through this, we will be able to overcome whatever challenges we come. So anything that you look at, each of us may have a certain thinking or a certain perception about that and that's what we call as attitude. So once again, attitude is the way that one thinks or one feels about anything, about a person, about a thing, about an issue, about a situation, the way that they see it, the way that they think about it, the way that they feel it. Moving on to what temperament means, temperament is the actual nature of a person or the basic inclination of a person towards life. It describes how they are. It describes what they may be inclined to do or inclined to think or inclined to feel. And so that's what we call as temperament or in other words, you could also use what we call it as a personality, the way someone is inclined to something. So you may hear words like, I have a calm temperament or I have maybe an angry disposition or I may be an impatient personality or I have a personality that is very enduring. So you get to understand how they are inclined to think or to perceive or to behave in certain situations. So temperament is the actual nature of a person and that really makes them, that's what helps them to do certain things or in other words, it's the inclination that a person has towards life in different kind of experiences. And behavior, the last one, this is quite simple, it's what we do. It is how we react, how we respond. So the behavior is more the expression of the attitudes and the temperament we may have. So if I have a positive attitude towards let's say a person, my behavior towards that person will match that attitude. If I have a suspicious attitude towards a certain thing or a certain, let's say an organization or a certain work, I may behave very, very cautiously towards that. Towards that experience. So attitudes is the way we think or feel about a certain thing. Temperament is our basic nature or the inclination that we may have towards life and towards different experiences and behavior is something that we do. It is a more response of what happens in our attitude and our temperament. And I hope this is clear because this is important for us to understand before we move in. So I hope this is clear to everyone, the different meanings of an attitude, temperament and behavior. Is that clear? This may be a thumbs up that will help. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Anthony. All right, so I suppose that's the rest of the group also feels the same. Yes, okay, I get a second. All right, so now what we need to understand when people come into marriage, we are dealing with these emotional traits of a person which is expressed through their action or through their communication. So even as you're meeting someone, you are actually dealing with these three things, their attitude, their temperament and their behavior. So when two people with different attitudes or temperament come together to face a certain situation, we would see that it can differ from the way we think or we act or we communicate. It can differ because we have a certain framework through which we see life. And when we come into marriage, we are interacting with someone else who may have a very different framework from us. Thank you. Now, this often in when you're looking at marriage, these can probably bring up two concerns. So the one is a personal challenge which is I need, personally in my life, I need to make sure that the way that I am thinking about something, the way that I feel about something, the way that I behave, the way that I respond should be healthy and it should add or impact my marriage in a positive way. Okay. So first is a check to see whether the way my attitudes, my temperament, my behavior is something that is positive and healthy and that will help to build a positive marriage and family. So that's what we look at the personal front of it. Now, when you're looking at the interpersonal, the meaning of interpersonal means between two people, something that happens between two people. And here, just like how in the personal challenge, the way that I need to be aware of how I think, how I behave, how I act, similarly I need to understand the way my spouse thinks or acts or behaves or perceives things in different situations, so I am able to understand them correctly. Okay. Now, I'll give you a very simple example. Let's say there is, there is, I just want to make sure that I take, let's say Jack and Jill. Okay. I think that's really common names. Okay. So let's say Jack and Jill married together. Now, Jack comes from a very affluent family. He's come from a family where there, where there has been no dirt of money where there hasn't been too much of a stringent rule about money, right? That money is spent without second thoughts. Whereas you have Jill, who comes from a more conservative, more middle-class family where money has been an issue. Money has been a concern. And as a result, you know, have been very frugal in the way that she has used money. Now, when both these people come together, you would see that probably, let's say Jack is often buying things for the house that isn't even necessary. And maybe, or let's say, and I'm sure this is a common example, you know, something doesn't work in the home. Maybe it's a TV or it's a, you know, it's some appliance, some equipment that doesn't work at home. He may be quick to throw it off and buy a new one. Whereas Jill has been bought up in the sense of being frugal. So in the minute that something is not wrong, or something is wrong with an equipment, she may take it to the repair shop, get it repaired and come and spend as least amount as possible, right? And this often can become like a source of conflict between two people where one person says, you know, you're wasting your time and actually taking it to, you know, we've used it for 10 years and why do you want to use that? Just get a new one. Whereas Jill may say, you know, it's better to save money for something that we may have. This is some still in working condition. You know, we just have to pay a couple of hundred rupees and then, you know, things will be, things can be settled. So you see, this is coming from their own framework, their own attitude about probably money or getting things. But then it definitely is important for Jack and Jill to first of all understand what their perspective is from and also interpersonally understand it from the other perspective. Why is it that they are speaking the way that they are or thinking that, you know, something should work the way? Because if that's not understood, there's often a misunderstanding that happens and it can lead to conflicts. I've given you a very simple example, but this can happen in very many different spheres and spectrum of life. So these three things, the attitude, the temperament as well as the behaviour, is something that as a couple, it's important to understand and also to be able to face up personally on what some of those attitudes are. Now, the fact is that when you are interacting with someone else, with your spouse, especially, if there are more negative attitudes or behaviours that are unhealthy or a temperament that can be, you know, something that seeks for a personal gain, it can often cause significant issues. So ultimately, we need to look at these attitudes. Excuse me. So ultimately, we have to look at these attitudes from what God's word says. When we need to develop attitudes which are Christ-like and have a temperament that is controlled by the Holy Spirit and a behaviour that is in alignment to the word. So when you looked at Chapter 2, when we were looking at Chapter 2 for the Preparing for Manage, there was one portion where we stressed on the need of being in good emotional health. And if you remember that, there are many negative emotional responses that needs to be addressed there. And what we are going to look at here, we are going to look at scripture and going to look at the antidote for those negative attitudes and behaviour and see what are some of the attitudes that Christ displayed or had when he walked in this earth. So as a believer, we are all called to grow into the likeness of Christ. We are to come to the stature of the fullness of Christ. And that's what you see in Ephesians 4.13. Come to the stature of the fullness. Come to how Christ is, be Christ-like. And also we read in scripture that when we abide in Him, we walk as He walked. The more that we build our relationship in Him, we get into the word, we come in close communion with Christ, we will walk as He walked. Now this is something that applies to our marriage and how we work or how we respond to our spouse and our children. So in every way that we respond, we must be Christ-like and we are called to have the same attitude as Christ. Now if you look through, digitally page 53, yeah, digitally it's page 53 and on the soft copy, on the hard copy you will see it as page 56. Now there are many scripture verses that show about what is the attitude we are to have in different walks and different things in life. And I may not read out the entire thing, but probably we'll pick up a few from that entire chapter. So let's just look at a few. Let's look at the first one, which is Philippians 2, 3 to 5, Philippians 2, 3 to 5. Would somebody please read that out? Philippians chapter 2 verses 3 to 5. Hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can. Go ahead. Let nothing be done. Let nothing be done. Let nothing be done. Let nothing be done. But in lowliness of mind, let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out, not only for his own interest, but also for the interest of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. These are new kingdoms. Varsha. Thank you, Antony. Thank you. So if you look through these verses, just pick up a few of the points that this brings about. So it talks about let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit. So there in itself, Paul's bringing that out. Let nothing be done out of selfishness or any kind of a conceit. So in other words, he's saying, what is it saying? But it says in lowliness of mind, let everyone esteem others better than himself. And I think in the Good News Bible, it talks about humility. So you come to be in a place of sacrifice where you're giving preference to one another. In verse 4, it also talks about how you do not look selfishly at your own interests, but you look into the interests of others. Now that's an attitude, right? Now let's suppose there's something, both the spouse, both the husband and the wife want to do something. One may want to go for football. The other may want to go for a, let's say a musical. So it's saying, you know, each of you look into the interest of the other, rather than looking at your own interests. Then again, if you look at verse 7, verse 5 says, we should have the same mind. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. So that's what the scripture implores us to have. The same attitude that Christ had is what we are called to have. And it goes on. In verse 7, it says, you know, he took the form of a bond servant. So he took the nature of a servant and came into service. So that's some of the aspects that we see of how Christ-like, what is a Christ-like attitude and some of these verses show that. So you see selflessness, you see humility, you see being sacrificial, ensuring that you look into the interest of someone else, not being selfish, but being more like a servant, not holding on to what you feel is right, but then giving into the other person. So that's what you see here. So there are other scriptures. We'll just read probably one or two more. Let's look at Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 and 8. Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 to 8. Can somebody read that out please? Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 to 8. May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord. I say it again in rejoice. Show a gentle attitude towards everyone. The Lord is coming soon. Don't worry about anything. But in all your prayers, ask God for what you need. Always asking with a thankful heart and God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding. We'll keep your hearts and minds and we'll keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus. In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise. Things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely and honourable. Thank you. Thank you, Nina. So again, when you look at these verses, there are very many attitudes that we are called to have. So beginning with verse 4, let's look at the verses. Let's look at the verses. Let's look at the verses. Beginning with verse 4, we are called to rejoice. We are called to be joyful. We are called to rejoice. That means at every point of time have joy, exuding joy, okay? We are called to have gentleness as we deal with men.  Then it talks about don't worry or don't be anxious about anything. So let's say when stress comes about, don't be anxious, but you know what to do. Pray and let your requests known before God. And what will happen when you are not anxious and when you put your trust in God, the peace of God will rest on you.  Then verse 8 is full of good things that we are supposed to be filling our mind. It says, whatever is true, is noble, just, right, pure, lovely, honourable. If there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. So it says that's the kind of things we are to fill our minds with. Looking for things that are noble. Looking for things that are lovely. Looking for things that are pure and honourable. So even maybe in the midst of things where everything seems difficult, let's say in a relationship, things look difficult. Looking for things that are that are praiseworthy. So similarly, there are very many scriptures and if you look through that entire page on 56 in your soft copy, so in your hard copy, you see a lot more of attitudes that are there. If you look to the page next to it, it will show you all of this is summarised. They are summarised, all the attitudes are summarised and I will read that so that we have a fair account of whatever has been written. I am on page 57 in the book and in the in the soft copy, I am on page 54. I think it is in a tabular form over not 54. Yes, 54. It is in a tabular form and I just want to read them out. So the opposite of these positive Christlike attitudes are what we call negative attitudes that this is the list of those negative attitudes. Anger arrogance argumentative blaming others bitterness controlling condescending cowardice complaining critical cunning cynical demanding depressive dishonest dissatisfaction discontentment deceptive envy greed guarded guilt hatred inadequacy indifference intolerance insecurity responsibility jealousy judgmental low self-esteem lust manipulative negativity overly assertive overly aggressive pessimism prejudice pride resentment revengeful rude sarcasm secretive self-centeredness selfishness shame skeptical stingy suspicious thoughtlessness unforgiving untrusting unsympathetic and victimized. So these are the list of attitudes negative attitudes that you know we may find but when you look at scripture and all of this that we looked at that there is an entire list of what we how we should be living. Okay. And again that's that's also there in the as a tabular form in the in your book but again I'm just going to read out some of this. Okay. So selflessness humility sacrifice giving preference to others looking out for the interest of others not being self-centered being so having servant hood not insisting on your rights being joyful thankful prayerful not complaining not arguing being innocent rejoicing being gentle yeah I do that yeah being gentle not worrying enjoying God's peace thinking on things that are good that deserve praise that are true being joyful in trials being full of faith being patient not complaining about others praying singing not lying not insulting but not threatening not retaliating now all of that has come from the verses that that's that's a little bit so this is what we are called to have these attitudes are what we call to have okay I'm just going to answer Jackens question she said can you please clarify on what it means to be guarded okay so guarded is when you're not being when you withhold certain information or certain a certain feelings certain certain thoughts about something you withhold that from the other person and sometimes for example maybe maybe you you're holding a certain hurt against somebody and what someone's someone's done to you and even when they have asked you a couple of times what's wrong you're very guarded you do not you you kind of place a guard around not allowing the person to see what's happening with them so being guarded is refusing to share when when you're going through something or when you're going through something that's difficult or when you have something against that's what guarded means not not being open and not being willing to engage in in a clarification or a conversation because either of the fear of what it can bring up or the fear of you're not wanting to rock the boat so guarded is that just just ensuring that you keep away from discussing something all right jack and I hope that helped I hope that was more clear right now what happens when when there is a negative attitude remember when when we have a negative attitude it can affect everything that we say everything that we do and everything that we see so it can having a negative attitude can affect or in fact the way we respond or we do things all right now what happens is that our attitude sorry yeah the negative attitude it just doesn't have a bearing on yourself but it definitely has a bearing on on other people on the person that you may be interacting with okay and so much so in marriage and often this will affect the way that you respond to the other person especially let's say you have a negative attitude towards the person okay that you're talking to you may exhibit some negative behaviors you may complain or you may find fault you may always be in a place of criticizing okay and it often results to a lot of lack of peace within the relationship attitudes also can impact your expectation it can impact your experience and it can also impact what we call like an exit like so for example let's say you're going to do something like maybe you're starting you're going to start a new course you want to go study and you want to start a new course and your attitude will set your expectation you may look at the course and say okay nothing good comes from it or even before you get into the course you're saying whatever I have joined has never worked out well or I have you know someone has told me that these teachers are not good so you're either expecting something that will help you or you're expecting something that's going to go against you okay so what happens is it affects it affects the way that you enter into a certain situation or a certain concern or for example let's say even marriage when your attitude towards marriage suppose you have a very negative attitude towards marriage you're going into it expecting that there is something wrong that something will go wrong or the person is not going to do this way so that in itself will affect your expectation of how this happens will also affect your experience whether you're going to enjoy it or whether you're going to going to have trouble whether you're going to do the best to stand up or overcome every challenge or situational issues that come about or whether you're going to succumb and experience something that's negative so it really determines whether you're going to be able to pull yourself out through that entire situation or sit back and just wait for the wave to come over and damage you and so it affects your the expectation you have something it affects your experience and it also affects how you exit that is the way that you leave the entire journey either you take the best out of it you take the most out of it or you go on go back holding the grudges against it right maybe this course like for example I was saying you're in a course because you've expected that you're not going to learn anything or that the class is going to be boring it's going to affect your experience your journey through it and when you go out of it you've actually come out of it really just complaining and saying oh that was a waste of time there wasn't anything about it so it affects these three things it affects how you get in it affects your journey and it affects how you leave it as well now it's important to understand that our attitudes usually our negative attitudes can be learned it can be learned through maybe wrong models that we have or because we have gone through a certain life with some negative emotions at its root especially when we hold back our emotions especially the signal emotions of maybe anger or of jealousy or of sadness when you hold back those emotions it tends to come forth in a negative attitude and behavior when you hold a negative attitude towards someone maybe it's anger you're always looking at mistrust at people and this comes in the form of words maybe sarcastic words it can come in the words of critical remarks or it can come in the form of maybe abusive language or abusive behavior so our attitudes often come because it's a learned one not just from others but something that we have used as a pattern of coping so now when you're able to realize this it's not something that we need to live with you can it is a choice that you have to change that attitude towards something or towards towards others it's something that you can make the choice and you have the Lord to help you that's what we're going to be looking at at the end of this chapter whatever attitude we hold on to is definitely going to make a difference in the way that we think and the way that we respond to difference so what is it that we need to do the when we do when we have an insight about what what attitudes we are holding remember that for those when we believe in the Lord when we are open to the Lord He is the one who will transform us into the image of Christ by the Holy Spirit and that's what we see in 2 Corinthians 3 18 that he will transform us into his likeness in an ever increasing measure so he's the one who transforms us into the image of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit so he will do his work in us to change all of those negative attitudes where he will help us to deal with the core of it with the root of it so that there is a change that comes which is lasting a change that makes us open to his healing so Philippians 2.13 says he works in us and makes us willing and able to do according to his will according to what is right so when the Holy Spirit works within us it transforms us so we come to a place to pray, ask him to help to work through these negative attitudes and behaviors so it can be changed and we become more Christ like so the more that we abide and the more that we depend on him the more that we see that that change happens okay the next thing we're going to be looking at is spirit controlled temperament now the temperament or a personality often is expressed through like I said through the way that our behavior or the way that we respond okay so when you look there are different kinds of personality types and there are very many theories that comes about different personality types but the book has bought about a very simple form of different kinds of personality types now even though it may look as if these are etched in stone and once a personality you can never change it we need to understand that these things only help us to develop a good understanding or a good framework on how to understand our personalities with its strengths and with its weakness but regardless of what our personality type we may have whatever we recognize we need to understand that it is a choice and it is something that we can develop and bring about a change so we are not held on or we are not trapped in what we have or the kind of situation we grew up in or what we learned as a behavior but if we choose to unlearn what is wrong and develop what is good that can happen and as believers we have the power of the Holy Spirit we are influenced by the Holy Spirit so when we are filled with the Holy Spirit you will only bring out what is inside of you like when you shake a coffee mug only coffee will come out tea or juice or water doesn't come out it's coffee that comes out similarly when we are filled with the Spirit when we are influenced by the Holy Spirit whatever shakes us only the attitude and what the Holy Spirit has put in us will come out and express his character when we are filled with the Holy Spirit so even though we as individuals may have our own personalities and temperaments but when we are influenced or filled by the Holy Spirit then we begin to express the nature and the character of God we are still our own people but we are submitting to the Spirit of God and that's why we call ourselves control or call ourselves being filled with the Spirit so it's his nature it's his power, it's his strength that helps us to express that and glorify God through that okay so when we continuously do this, when we consistently have this way of life, when we continuously walk in the Spirit then we are characterized by what Scripture tells us is we have the fruit of the Spirit so that's what you read in Galatians 5 22-23 it says there are nine fruit of the Spirit it's love, joy, peace patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness, gentleness and self-control so when we are Spirit filled when we are Spirit controlled what happens, these traits or these qualities in our life become it comes out in a certain way, when we show affection to other people we rejoice in things with life we have a sense of peace and calmness despite the kind of tribulations that may go by we have that endurance the ability to stick on with things that may be difficult we show compassion and love a sense of gentleness kindness to others we want to bless others this all happens only with the work of the Spirit we continue to be loyal to whatever God has called us to do we stay humble and we always we ensure that we are controlled in our desires and in our wants so when as we read in 2 Corinthians 3 where the Spirit of the Lord is there there is freedom so the Holy Spirit is the one who brings about the ability for us to live a life that is controlled by the power of his Spirit and we live in that place of righteousness, peace and joy the Holy Spirit is the one who brings that as we read in Romans 14 17 so that's what we see when we are in accordance to the Holy Spirit the next part is our behavior now the whole of scripture talks about we see that the word of God is truth the word of God is faithful and it is true and so the truth of God's word is that's what corrects us gives us instructions it brings us to a place of rebuke it equips us as we read in 2 Corinthians 2 Timothy 2 Timothy 3 16 to 17 I'm just going to read that from another version apart from 2 Corinthians 3 16 to 17 it says all scripture is given by the inspiration of God what does it profit you it profits you for doctrine it profits you for reproof so what does it say it profits you for instruction it profits you for conviction of sin it profits you for discipline for correction it trains you it trains you in obedience it instructs you in righteousness and there is one more sorry lost it and for correction it's profitable for doctrine it's profitable for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness so this is what God's word does so that we are qualified and we are equipped so that we are qualified and equipped for what for every good work so when we look into scripture we when we are able to see how we are misaligned by what God would like us to be or how we should be responding or how we should be behaving so when we focus on God when we focus on our love for God to please him it helps us to align ourselves in obedience to what God's word wants us to do so what we do what we say when if we are aligning ourselves with God's word which is truth which corrects us then we find that our relationships also work well it applies to anything that we do right our relationships work well so there are a lot of scripture that you will see again to show us throughout scripture there are nuggets of it but nevertheless we have taken two scriptures and maybe we will just read that so that we know and understand what as God's people as the people of God what kind of behavior should we be aligned to so could someone read Colossians chapter 3 verses 12 to 15 Colossians chapter 3 verses 12 to 15 Colossians 3 12 to 15 can someone read that please therefore as God's chosen people holy and dearly loved clothe yourselves with compassion kindness humility gentleness and patience bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another forgive as the Lord forgive you and over all these virtues put on love which binds them all together in perfect difference verse 15 to let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts since as members of one body you were called to peace and be thankful thank you Jaqen so you will see that some how the word instructs us on how we conduct ourselves how we need to behave so you know it's beautiful it says in Colossians 3 12 to 15 it says you must clothe yourself with what with compassion with kindness with humility gentleness patience being tolerant being forgiving verse 14 it says add love be in perfect unity verse 15 it says let the peace that God's given you help you or guide you in the decisions that you need to make be thankful right so and there is first Peter 3 7 to 11 also talks about that so looking at the word it shows us what we need to align our behaviors with okay so the first part we just looked at attitudes temperament as well as behavior we looked into scripture to see what are the Christ like attitudes that we have a choice to move into how we can our entire temperament or our personality needs to be controlled by the power of the Holy Spirit so that we manifest and we exhibit the fruit of the spirit and lastly the behavior how we can change and conduct ourselves differently by doing what the word says okay now in our next next hour we will look at how we can align ourselves into moving from our current attitudes temperament behavior to what God really desires of us okay we will take a break for 10 minutes its 10.51 on my clock we will resume back at 11.01 okay


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If you are new to the channel, I am GoPony. I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Toyota Camry courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. I am super excited for this one because this Calvary blue exterior that we have on this thing today is one of my favorite colors I've ever seen on a car. This thing looks absolutely amazing. I love this color option. They just got it in. It is currently available. I love it. But anyways, this of course is one of the most reliable sedans ever built. And there is one fun change for the 2023. Not a huge change, but a fun change. I'm just gonna put it that way and I'll leave you guys lingering for a little bit. But ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2023 Camry. LE trim starts at $25,945, which by the way is a modest $650 price bump from the 2022 model year. SE for 27485. SE Nightshade for 28485. XLE for $30,695. XSE for 31245. XLEV6 for 35820. XSEV6 for 36,370. And the TRD for $33,010. I told you there was a ton of trim levels. And so with all of those trim levels, they all come standard with front wheel drive, but I will say all wheel drive is available for the four cylinder engine options. So all but those last three trim levels, if you wanted all wheel drive simply add $1,400 then to any of those prices. So as you can imagine from the trim levels, there are two different power plants for the 2023 Camry. The first one being a 2.5 liter naturally aspirated inline four cylinder. This one puts out 202 horsepower at 6,600 RPM, 182 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,400 RPM. Power sent to front wheels or all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters, which we'll be testing out here in a little bit. Zero to 60 time coming into approximately 7.8 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 28 in the city, 39 on the highway for the front wheel drive, 25 in the city, 34 then on the highway for the all wheel drive, taking regular unleaded fuel. But so then the other engine option, of course belonging to the V6 trims as well as that TRD trim level, being a 3.5 liter naturally aspirated V6, putting out 301 horsepower at 6,600 RPM, 267 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,700 RPM. Power sent to the front wheels only, no all wheel drive available for the V6, unfortunately. Through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifter, zero to 60 time though, 5.8 seconds. They're substantially quicker there of course. MPG numbers coming in at 22 in the city, 31 on the highway, but yet again, taking regular unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration test here in the Camry, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. There are three buttons located directly behind the shifter labeled eco normal and sport adjusting things like the shift points and the throttle response. So now how they got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the paddle shifters and the acceleration to the test all at the same time here. Let's see how quickly we can get this thing up to speed and let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are going to react for us here. All right, so before we do this paddle shifter test, I did want to mention to you guys there is a full manual shift mode to engage that. All you need to do is simply slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the left that is then going to tell me what gear I am in up on the digital portion of the gauges. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's pull out onto the road. Let's put this all to the test and yeah, let's see how quickly these paddle shifters are actually going to react for us here. And it's not shifting for me. Brilliant, a lot of cars will. Here we go. Good acceleration actually. Wow. Paddle shifters are decent. Heck yeah man, that's awesome. Okay, so the one gripe I got about the paddle shifters is I do wish they were a little bit more high quality maybe finished in a smoother silver finish or aluminum paddle shifters even would be crazy but I will say having said that, I don't really care because the paddle shifters were dang quick and I didn't expect that because this isn't necessarily your typical sports sedan. This is a regular sedan, very reliable sedan but the paddle shifters are quick. And again, acceleration was plenty enough it's obviously not going to be as quick as a V6 option but still plenty enough to merge you onto the highway or anything like that. So all that checks out perfectly fine for me but now let's go ahead and touch on the braking because of course that is equally important. So it's going to differ slightly depending upon the trim level that you go with actually. 12 inch ventilated front discs are going to come standard for all trim levels but the TRD. That TRD is actually going to bump that up to 12.9 inch ventilated front disc. So that is pretty cool. In the back, 11 inch solid rear disc as far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, 122 feet for all trims but the TRD. TRD is actually going to come in it. Very impressive 118 feet but I got to be honest even 122 feet is dang good you guys. Most sedans will come in to the mid upper 120s is pretty average. So lower 120s is dang good. I got to be honest and let's go ahead and just tap the brakes here. It's great, I love it. So it feels pretty much on point not the firmest braking feel I've ever experienced but it's definitely not a loose brake you feel either. So I am perfectly fine with the brakes on this thing. Then touching on suspension and handling McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. If you were to go with the TRD trim level you're actually going to get TRD tuned track springs along with TRD tuned stabilizer bars as well. And if you were to go with the SE trim levels you're also going to get front strut tower bracing as well, didn't expect that. That is pretty cool Overall as far as ride quality goes it's probably the first thing I noticed and honestly this is the perfect car for me to test drive because I own a new model Hyundai Sonata and I can tell you guys so far as ride quality goes this thing beats my Sonata all freaking day. This is a very smooth ride so I'm very impressed with that. Not only that the steering feel is better as well it has a heavier weight to it so instantly points me in the direction that I want to go. I will say with my Sonata if I put it in a sport driving mode it does adjust that steering feel quite substantially to maybe what this is right now but honestly I still love the steering feel in the camera so big fan of that. As far as cabin noise goes guys could probably tell I am driving right now there isn't a whole lot of exterior wind noise or road noise really coming into the cabin whatsoever even when I was going 55 back there it still wasn't all that bad. And that's due in part because we do have an acoustic laminated front windshield that comes standard on every single trim level of the camera you gotta love that because that isn't always the case and all sit-ins out there so that is pretty cool. And when it comes to visibility I can see perfectly fine out the back you're not going to have any issues with a shape like the Camry is so definitely no issues with rear visibility. Don't want to also mention though head up display actually does come standard with both the XL EV6 and the XS EV6 trim level so that is essentially going to project your speed speed limit and safety features up onto your windshield so better helps keep your eyes on the road so that's going to assist with forward visibility then as well but anyways that about wraps up the performance segment of this review guys I'll still go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Toyota Camry. All right so here she is you guys the new 2023 Toyota Camry and I'll throw a window sticker on the screen here for you guys just so you know that it is indeed a 2023 but Calvary blue is the exterior color that we have here today it is without a doubt my very favorite color on the Camry the most vibrant definitely one of my favorite colors really for all cars this thing looks absolutely amazing but anyways let's go ahead and start up front on the Camry here front fascia is going to differ amongst the trim levels for example if you were to go with the SE versus the LE the SE trims essentially are going to give you what you were currently looking at right now lot more gloss black accents lot less body colored accents the LE on the other hand is going to essentially replace these gloss black accents with body colored accents in case you wanted to know and then also there's going to be an added front splitter and then a unique front fascia for the TRD trim level which is essentially the very sportiest trim level available for the Camry but to the sides then LED headlights do come standard for every single trim level across the board gotta love that LED daytime running lights also coming standard automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark at night those headlights will turn on automatically for you there also wanted to mention in regards to the headlight housings they are going to differ amongst the trim levels as well SE trim is going to guide and give you those dark headlight housings whereas the LE trims are going to kind of give you lighter or clear headlight housing so didn't want to mention that as well then down to the sides you will find front air cartons specifically for the TRD trim level but that pretty much rounds out the front end here let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of the Camry alright so now making our way to the side this is probably my favorite look on the Camry this side profile looks absolutely amazing specifically that seat pillar in the back looks kind of like a sob which I've always liked the look of sobs I think I said that in my review of the Camry last year as well so absolutely love the seat pillar on this thing but anyways first thing I want to mention is two tone paint options are available meaning a different color roof than the rest of the body of the Camry obviously don't have that today that is a good thing because you want this particular paint color that we have all over the place so that's definitely a very good look body colored side skirts come standard on all trim levels but the TRD because the TRD is going to add unique black side skirts to match up with the front splitter that I just mentioned to you guys body colored power adjustable side mirrors do come standard gloss black side mirrors however are going to come on the TRD trim level heated side mirrors are coming with the XLE XSE and TRD trims with LED integrated turd signals again for those three as well so that is currently of course what you're looking at since we have the XSE trim level here with us today take a look down to the wheel setup then it's going to differ pretty substantially amongst the trim levels 17 inch alloys for the LE 18 inch machine finished alloys for the XLE trim levels 19 inch gloss black alloys for the XSE trim levels that's currently what you guys are looking at right now of course TRD trim is going to widen those wheels a little bit 19 by 8.5 inch matte black alloys and then with the nightshade this is really the cool upgrade for the 2023 Camry that is going to be bronze you're actually going to get 19 inch matte bronze alloys definitely the very best looking wheels personally what I would do is go with the XSE nightshade and get the bronze wheels with this Calvary blue exterior I think that would look absolutely amazing without a doubt but anyways that pretty much rounds out the side profile listen I'll go ahead and make our way to the back alright so this Calvary blue just got even better now that we are around back and the sun is shining on it but anyways gloss black shark fin antenna all the way to the top when it comes to the rear spoilers the TRD trim level is going to give you obviously a TRD specific gloss black rear spoiler otherwise body color rear spoilers are available and you guys currently are looking at that right now of course you're going to get some trim level badging back there as well LED tail lights coming standard for all trim levels across the board you will get a gloss black rear diffuser for the TRD trim level specifically and exhaust setup is going to differ amongst the trims but I love the SE trims because for the SE trim levels at least you do get dual exhaust outlets with quad chrome tips which is currently what you're looking at right now and then that TRD trim is going to give you a gloss black rear diffuser I almost forgot to mention that so that is pretty cool as well but anyways since we have this particular setup with us here today I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip Alright so for now since we are around to the back of the Camry when it comes to opening that rear trunk there's several different ways to go ahead and do that there's a button on the key fob of course the button that's on the trunk itself it's maybe not where you would think it would be it's not in the middle it's actually located just underneath the back kind of to the right of the Y closer to that passenger side tail light so didn't want to point that out but nonetheless once it's opened up the cargo capacity comes in at 15.1 cubic feet if that was not enough space there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it but one of the most surprising things I found in the cargo area there's actually two grocery bag hooks which you typically find in SUVs but very rarely on actual sedans so I did find that pretty cool there's also some cargo net attachments just next to those there's some cargo lighting back there and then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you are going to find a spare tire along with all of the tools to go ahead and change that so that's pretty cool but then making our way out to the rear legroom that is going to come in at an even 38 inches so for reference I mean even six feet tall this is how much space I had back there there is a rear center armrest with cup holders in the back there's front seat back map pockets as well rear ventilation is going to come with the XLE and XSE trim level so for example it's not going to come on the SE trim so didn't want to emphasize that unfortunately there's no charging ports for those rear passengers either but then making our way up to the front seats eight-way power driver seat does come standard but it comes with probably the most adjustable lumbar support I've ever experienced so for that reason these seats were incredibly comfortable I'm just going to tell you that right off the bat cloth finish comes with the LE soft-tex upholstery coming with the SE trims full leather seating then coming with the XLE and XSE trim levels heated front seats then coming with the XLE, XSE and TRD trims ventilated front seats then are going to be optional but like I said, incredibly comfortable seats basically due to that incredibly adjustable power lumbar support now let's go ahead and make our way to the steering wheel just tilt and telescoping it is leather-wrapped for all trim levels and if you wanted a heated steering wheel that is going to be optional for the V6 trim levels only then make our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here you do have your Camry specific key with the Camry lettering on the one side but essentially all of your buttons are located on the other side of the key lock, unlock and that button to pop the rear trunk there but it is all keyless enter with a push button start for the XLE, XSE and TRD all the other trim levels is going to give you that traditional turn key start but we do have that push button start today so all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that engine start button so when it comes to the gauges tachometer is all the way to your left speedometer is all the way to your right there is a small digital display front and center giving you things like outside temperature how many miles you have left until you hit it empty there's a digital speedometer up there if you wanted to go that route as well my personal opinion I think the gauges could be a little bit better last year I know when I reviewed the Camry they had a bunch of white graphics this year they have a bunch of red graphics which quite honestly really don't go very well with our Calvary blue exterior so ultimately though digital gauges is what they really should be shooting for in the next generation Camry when that comes out but so they're making our way to overall interior quality there is a panoramic glass roof for the XLE V6 and XSE V6 trim levels home link controls coming for the XLE and XSE trims dual zone climate control is going to be available on this one wireless phone charger for the XLE trim level and up aluminum pedals coming with the TRD and that TRD actually also gives you some added red stitching throughout the interior as well ambient interior lighting for the XLE trim then in front of the shifter you're actually going to get a USB charging port a 12 volt power outlet and if your Camry is equipped at least a wireless phone charger that's where that's going to be located electromechanical parking brake behind the shifter you got your dual cupholders there to the right and within the center armrest an actual very good bit of storage typically in Sudan you don't have that much storage so that's pretty cool and there's a couple charging ports within that as well but then making our way to the infotainment screen it is going to differ amongst the trim level seven inch color touchscreen display for the L,E,S,E and nightshade trims nine inch color touchscreen display for all of the other trim levels then so that includes Bluetooth and audio streaming either way Android Auto Apple CarPlay either way factory navigation system is going to be optional for the V6 trim levels can actually check out your driving statistics up there along with your radio information of course and so when it comes to the sound systems there are two of them six speakers is going to be your standard sound system which I tested last year and it really wasn't that bad it was pretty darn good but there is a nine speaker JBL sound system that is going to come standard on the XLE V6 and XS-E V6 trim levels but since we don't have the V6 with us here today we do have the four-cylinder we do have that six speaker sound system with us here today so what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we've got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one God, whoa, whoa that was a really good sound system for not being like an aftermarket sound system from like Bose or Bowers and Wilkins or Harman Kardon or something like that really good amount of bass honestly Skrillex sounded pretty darn good on that sound system here in our camera without a doubt it's up a last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the camera in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board and a 360 degree monitor is going to be available although it does not come standard but as always that is going to lead us into safety so first let me start with IIHS top safety pick plus which is the very highest designation given by IIHS that pretty much says it already there front side side curtain airbags but not just that driver in front passenger knee airbags which doesn't always come standard on sedan's end it continues to get better rear seat mounted side impact airbags which almost never comes standard is even optional on like BMW for a few hundred dollars but it comes standard on the Camry so that's pretty cool also in the back there you're going to have latch AKA lower anchors for the rear car seats rear child door locks of course tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard will be Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 plus so that is going to include a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection lane departure alert with steering assist automatic high beams lane tracing assist road sign assist and dynamic radar cruise control as well and then if you were to go with the XSE trim level and up you're going to add to that a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert and so overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Camry possibly the smoothest ride in its class believe it or not that one kind of surprised me I do know because I have the newer body style Sonata I do know it's smoother than my Sonata I know it's smoother than the Kia K5 I know it's smoother than the Accord as well so like I said really a pretty darn smooth ride for what the Camry is incredibly reliable as well that's basically what Toyota is known for of course excellent safety with that IHS top safety pick plus available all-wheel drive is excellent because you can't say that for all their Sonans in its classic for example the Hyundai Sonata or the Honda Accord you can't get all-wheel drive with those so I do like the availability there as far as room for improvement goes digital gauges are definitely a must I think the Camry should definitely add those my Sonata has them so I would recommend that and in my personal opinion the front end of the Camry does need a little bit of work as well the side profile is brilliant the back end is brilliant front end is a bit polarizing so as always let me know what you guys think of the Camry in the comments section below and so with that it's about it for this when you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know when I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold