Welcome back to our class. I'm just presenting, I'm sharing the presentation of second chapter so that we can continue. We are starting on the third point. Sorry. I have to work on that. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Okay, so we are starting on the third point, recognizing the stirring within. The stirring within us is very, very important. We see that in the book of Nehemiah chapter one, one to four. We see that how Nehemiah had the stirring in his heart when he heard that the fellow Israelites were in distress and they were in reproach and the wall of Jerusalem was broken. There was a stirring in his heart that even though there were other Israelites who heard the same news but it didn't affect them much but then this news affected Nehemiah. It made him, you know, he sat down, the scripture says in verse four, it says that, you know, he sat down and wept and moaned for many days. So it was not like, you know, it happened in a day and he was consoled and he was fine. No. The stirring kept increasing within him for many days and he went about fasting and praying before God of heaven. What happened next? Because he seeked God. He seeked God with this stirring. God intervened. God, you know, gave favor to the king's side under whom Nehemiah was serving as a cup bearer. King, though Nehemiah was in captive at this place under the king, you know, he found favor in the king's side. He found favor and, you know, not only got the permission to go back to Jerusalem and build the wall but he also got the providence, all that was needed to build the wall like people and, you know, those resources to build the wall. And like Nehemiah, many of us here in the class as we listen this part, even we may have this deep stirring within us. Maybe it is there for many days, weeks or month. God's direction for our lives comes through an unusual, a persistent stirring that stirs our heart. And always the stirring leads to an action. It is not something emotional. But then the stirring that is from God leads us or it demands us for an action. And when we move into action, we'll see God himself backing up to fulfill that call or that purpose in our life. The second point is recognize the grace of God given to us. The word grace here in the New Testament is, you know, we can say it's like divine favor, divine character, divine enablement. Each of us in Ephesians chapter 4, 7, Paul puts it across like this, that each of us have given a grace according to the measure of Christ's gift. According to our call, God has always given us the grace, the grace then back up to fulfill God's call in our life. An example we can see here is Mother Teresa, though she had the stirring within her to do something for the poorest of the poor at the streets of Calcutta. So it just didn't go with that stirring. It demanded an action. So action, she could have done it one day, a day, two or a week, a month. But then it went on and on.  How did she do it? This is the grace, the grace of God that backed their life. We need that grace. When the stirring is from God, God gives us the grace to fulfill his call, his plan in our life. So we need to seek God, just like how Nehemiah said to God. He went about fasting and praying, God, I have the stirring, I need the grace. And whenever God does it, God does it exceedingly abundantly, more than above or beyond what we could think and imagine. Your gift of grace reveals God's potential and his purpose for our life. The way God leads us, you can see the grace in our life that one will flow through very easily.  So God's gift of grace need to be nurtured. This gift or this grace need to be nurtured, need to be developed and used to fulfill his purpose. So it's not something automatic, but then we need to nurture it. We need to protect it. We need to develop it to be the better, to be the best, to be excellent in the area, in the plan that God has called us. So recognizing the leading of God's spirit, the next point. Recognizing the leading of God's spirit. We see that how God leads us. When he calls us, when there's a deep stirring, he gives us the grace to move ahead and now he's leading us. He's teaching us in the way that we need to go. We see that in Romans 8, 14 to 16, as many as are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God. And so you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear or to receive the spirit of adoption by whom we cry, Abba Father, the spirit himself bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. It is the spirit of the Lord who leads us. It's the spirit of the Lord who guides us and teaches us in our journey. How does the Holy Spirit speak to us? We say that the Lord is, you know, he whispers with a small voice within us. Yes, there are many ways the Holy Spirit can speak to us. Some of the ways are he bears witness with our spirit. He quickens of the written word and the spoken word. The ideas, the impressions, the pictures, he also speaks to us through dreams and visions. And the prophetic word. As I said before, the prophetic word when we receive, we need to check. We need to test is that aligned with the word of God, very, very important. Then how do we know it is the Holy Spirit who is speaking to us? When the Holy Spirit speaks, he will always glorify Jesus. And this is a good test for us to see that what we are hearing is truly from the Holy Spirit or from our own feeling. How? Through the word of God. Next point here we see is recognize the circumstances. We need to recognize the circumstances, the situation which we are in. We see this in Psalms 37, 23 to 24. The steps of a man are ordered by the Lord and that he delights in his ways. Though he fail, he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholds him with his hand. We see that in our life as the Lord is leading in a difficult situation or the circumstances, he orchestrates everything. Nothing is beyond his plan or nothing is beyond his capacity where we are not able to reach him or eat us. We need to respond to God. We need to hold on to God in the difficult times and ask God, God, what is that you are teaching me in this situation? How I can overcome this through you, with you, with the help of God. So God positions us, positions people, place and things to help us walk in the way that we should go. The discernment of the circumstance and when we are discerning in that situation, God responds to us and he teaches us what we need to do, what are the promises that we need to hold on, how we need to conduct ourselves during that time and how we need to endure it because endurance brings strength. Not every circumstances that God orders in our life may be very easy and pleasant. There are challenges that has come in for us to be an overcomer in many areas. Like it can be to overcome our laziness or circumstance to teach us how to handle a situation wisely or a financial situation or the money wisely circumstance that can develop patience and endurance where we can come out stronger and much better. So in every situation we need to seek God. The seventh is recognizing God, recognizing Godly counsel and wisdom. Counsel is an advice, instruction, sharing of knowledge given to us. It is very important that any circumstance or any decision making or anything that you want to decide, take step or move further, it is very important. Okay, sorry about that. When we are deciding or when we have to take a decision or when we need to move further in our life, in our ministry or any step, it is very important for us to take a Godly counsel, Godly advice. So how do we take this counsel or advice, look for a person who is in the Lord because his advice can be based on the Word. It can be a Godly counsel in the right time, which can enable us to step into or move into what God has called us to move without any delay. So Godly counsel is counsel given to us by a man or a woman. It can be a pastor or somebody who is in the Lord who has a deep and strong firm relationship with God and their walk of life has been good. So when we analyze such a person, you can boldly approach that person for a counsel and God will speak in and through them and give us the wisdom that is needed during that period of time. So it is very important because Proverbs 5-25 says, you shall die for lack of instruction and in the greatness of his folly, you shall go astray. Again, in Proverbs 10-17 says that Evo keeps instruction is in the way of life, but Evo refuses correction, goes astray. And Proverbs 11-14 says, where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of the counselors, there is safety. And we see that God uses people in our life to bring out his plan, his purpose to be fulfilled in our life. And we need to be humble enough to receive those teaching, receive that counsel at the right time. With this, we will move on to the next point, recognizing the times and seasons. God as a calendar and he has a timetable. God works according to his plan. God has appointed time and season for the things he does. So we need to know the time and season in our life, in our relationship with God or in our walk with God. We see in Psalm 31-15, some say that my times are in his hands. My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hand of my enemy and from those who persecute me. So very clearly the psalmist says here that my times are in your hands. You leave me. And also in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 1 and 11, we see that to everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. When we read that portion, it's so interesting. We get to know what are the season and the time. He has made everything beautiful in his time and also he has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God has, God does from the beginning to the end. For some of us, the minute God calls us, we want to see the fulfillment of God's call in our life. We wanted something like instant because we are living in this world of instant, just like the noodles immediately, instantly. Okay, God has called me. Tomorrow I need to be out preaching His Word or I need a big stage, a big crusade to be arranged that I need to share with everyone what God has done. But is that the way God works? Even before we could step into anything, there is a process called preparation process, which is very, very important. As we studied, preparation time is not a wasted time. It is a time where each of us will be building a strong foundation or laying a strong foundation. During this time is when we need to dig down deeper, build, we know how big buildings are built. Higher the building is, they need to go deep in the foundation. Greater the call, greater the preparation. We need to prepare hard. We need to work hard. Nothing comes out easy. They say there is no escalator, elevator in God's plan. We need to take ladder step by step, step by step. We need to really work hard. I was just reading Mother Teresa's book. She is looking out for a volunteer and she says I don't need a volunteer who just comes to serve. I need a volunteer who can labor 200%. She says I want somebody to labor 200%. And she is not looking at a paid staff. She is looking at a volunteer who is willing to serve labor night and day 200% just serving, saying Lord I am doing this for you. I am doing this for you. It is so very important to have that attitude when we serve in the ministry to labor. The scripture says that the harvest is huge but the laborers are few. God is looking out for the laborers who can go much beyond what has been expected from them. Can we walk that extra mile when it is needed when God is expecting from us? So how can we do that? It is based on the foundation. It is based on your preparation process. Are we preparing ourselves well for that extra walk? To walk that extra mile, to cross that what has been expected from each of us. Ministry is not a glamour but we need to work hard. We should not look out for clauses or just be a spectator. But then we need to be a laborer. We need to lay the strong foundation. It needs to be deep a foundation that will allow us to expand and in the ministry remember everyone will not come to serve us and we need to serve God. Ministry is all about people so we need to be ready to serve them. We need to serve because the scripture says that Jesus didn't come to be served but then to serve. We are his children. We are his imitator. So we need to serve people. We need to serve his people. We need to work. We need to labor. So the time and season is very important to know what God is asking each of us to do. And this season when may not be easy then we may face the season of tunnel but endure it. Because as I said earlier through endurance we have been strengthened. God's will will be fulfilled in that endurance. When we endure you see the reward of it. At the end of the season you will receive your reward because God said that it will not be the same. When we look up to him with the eyes of faith he can move mountains he can change things for you and me. With this we will move on to the next point recognizing God's pattern of working. God is in the habit of setting up examples patterns models for us to follow as we believe that God sets a pattern of working in our lives. In 1 Timothy chapter 1 verse 15 to 16 we see that this is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief. Look at the attitude of Paul as he writes to Timothy that he humbles himself saying that I'm a sinner and Christ has saved me. He has redeemed me. And this is the reason I have obtained mercy that is in me. First is Jesus Christ might show all long suffering as a pattern to those who are going to believe on him for everlasting life. We should walk in the steps the faith of Abraham or the other leaders like Paul, like Timothy who have walked before us and walked worthy of the calling that they have been called. We also see in James 5 verse 10 to 11 my brethren take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience as they endure that we need to endure endure with God because he can strengthen us he can lift us, he can change us. As we keep walking with God we will usually be able to recognize certain patterns, certain design his work in our life. God consistently uses certain areas, certain methods certain kinds of ministries in our life that his call his plan will be fulfilled in and through us. So we have covered, we have discussed on the nine signposts in our life. How do we recognize God's plan and purpose for our life? We discussed on the nine points. These are also called as you know nine guideposts there may be many but we always listed these nine. They are recognizing the general teaching and instruction of God's word. Second is recognize the seed in our life. Third, recognize the stirring within just like how Nehemiah went through it. Recognize the grace of God given to each of us. This grace empowers us to fulfill God's call. Recognize the leading of God's spirit. He always leads us and recognize the circumstances the circumstances and situations have not come to deviate us from God's plan but to strengthen us in the plan. How? When we have this relationship with God we can overcome this circumstance the situation in our life. We need to recognize the seventh point is recognize godly counsel and wisdom. Very important we need to be humble enough to seek people for godly counsel and when they give us the when they give us the counsel the right counsel we need to be humble enough to follow that abide by it. Sometimes it may not be very pleasant but when we abide we see God's hand in our life. Eighth point we see recognizing the times and season in our life. Very important to walk through God's God. There is a time for us to there is a time for us to dig deep to lay a strong foundation as we prepare and there is a season where we can reap where we can we can see the building been constructed lifted eyes so always there's a season for us to sow there's a season for us to reap so we need to recognize that in our life and we should not hurry the process. Recognize God's pattern of working in our life. There's always God's way you know there is a design there's a pattern in our life with which God works we need to recognize that and keep moving. This we will move on to the third chapter understanding God's preparation process which is very important. What does God wants to accomplish through the preparation process and we will see that in 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 19 to 21 before we go there I have received a message give me a minute please 16 okay yes thank you so much please it's 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 to 17 thank you so much Collins okay as we read this nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands having the seal the Lord knows those who are His and let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity but in a great house there are not only vessel of gold and silver but also of wood and clay some for honor and some for dishonor therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the later he will be a vessel of honor sanctified and useful for the master prepared for every good work you will see the process is very important the preparation process is very important because God wants us to be the vessel of honor God desires for us to be vessel of honor we may have some negative thoughts like when it said the vessel of honor and vessel of dishonor and we may focus on the vessel of dishonor no God desires God desires for us to be the vessel of honor because the scripture also says when the man went and asked God if you're willing I will be can you heal me can I see you God says I'm willing it's God's will for us to be in good health God's will that he wants us to be the vessel of honor so vessel of honor is very important we need when we cooperate with God to fulfill this call and purpose in our life we are serving as a vessel of honor with much value and esteem and dignity and God wants us to be sanctified the process of preparation includes sanctification purification setting apart and God wants us to wants us to be fit, useful, profitable suitable for his use for the master's use and God wants us to become more prepared for every good work God's preparation process is not like one time but it is continuous in different phase of our life the preparation process is different he is preparing us and we need to be ready to heal to that preparation process we must learn to cooperate and work with God through the preparation process so that his call and his will will be fulfilled like we see the example of Moses what happened to Moses God prepared Moses in the palace to be used in the desert but during the preparation process what happened, Moses happened to kill the Egyptian and then be away from the palace and run to the desert for 40 years so there was a delay in that process but then God does not give up we know the story of Moses how God spoke to Moses through the burning bush and he called him back he called to fulfill the call in Moses life as a leader to lead the Israelites from the slavery from Egypt and how God used Moses in the desert as a leader to lead people to the promised land and we also see the next example the life of David how God anointed David as a king when he was a teenage boy very young maybe he was in his 17 years of age at this time God anointed him did he become king immediately it took 13 years for him to become a king but what was the process there was a preparation process a man who was anointed as a king just because he faced a giant and killed him and he received the praises of people the praises in the nation and he became a national hero and he had to you know he had to face the jealousy of Saul and run for his life from you know a cave to cave but during this process what happened God has called him and God was faithful enough to save David each and every time he went to the time of struggle he went to a time of struggle his own son was you know searching to kill him but then during all this circumstance and situation he never gave up on God he held on to God how can he hold on to God like that the relationship that he built with God the relationship that he had with God made him strong even during the difficult time this is the relationship that is needed to be built within us even Moses faced a lot of challenges with the people they were about to stone him in the desert but what made him to endure those difficult situations and circumstances is the relationship that he had with God so what is the relationship that you and I have with God that we can endure in the circumstance of the situation that challenges us our relationship the daily the time that we spend with God is very important it's not one fixed time that we have to spend with him but throughout the day how you have your fellowship with the Holy Spirit how you how you converse with the Holy Spirit how you converse in this presence how you seek for more of God in your life how you share everything with God every part of your life should be shared with God we cannot keep God out of certain area if at all we keep God out of certain area remember that area the Satan takes advantage of that area and we can defeat us it's very important for us to recognize the call of God in our life and abide and abide as per the call and move on we also see the transformation in Saul's life the godly character is important in all areas the preparation process God takes us through will definitely build Godly character and you know the maturity in all areas give me a minute I see some chat okay God is more interested in our character they say that the character is very important because character is something that holds our anointing so we may be we may have many gifts but what is more important than the gift is your character character is very important our character is the foundation upon which our ministry our life is built on gifts and anointing are given from heaven but character is built on earth so developing a godly character is very important in the process and all our subjects are designed in such a way that you know in a person is changed is been transformed and we build a strong character to be the to what God wants us to be in the ministry the second is maturity in all areas is our personal work with God the obedience in all areas maturity is our relationship with people and maturity is also at the gift and calling that God is placed in our life and how we handle it and one thing we need to understand that you know our growth and our character godly character and maturity is progressive the more we associate with godly people the more we spend time reading the word of God you know it disciplines us it changes us the more we come into his presence and see God and pray and every day when we try strive to lead our life that is pleasing to God you see a godly character is been developed within us and each time we step into a new level of obedience a new level of godliness a new level of maturity and we will find a new level of God's anointing in our life and when we see our self when we compare our self from before to now we see that there is so much of develop and there is so much of change and there is so much of discipline that we have developed within us in the process of time the things we learn today will prepare us for tomorrow God will prepare us to fulfill his purpose his plan in our life so one second was the slight visible no ma'am no now yes ma'am what do you see fulfilling God's purpose for your life understanding God's preparation process thank you okay the second point is the three points can you see the three points in the slide okay okay thank you so much thank you so much so the second point is how does God prepare us God prepares us through his word through the Holy Spirit and through other people through his word God quickens us by giving his promise by giving his word and the second is through the Holy Spirit when we receive Jesus as a Lord and savior when we receive the Holy Spirit comes within us and he abides within us forever we see that in the book of John chapter 16 that you know the Holy Spirit transforms us into the same image from glory to glory just as the Spirit of the Lord needs us and and also through other people you know when we associate with other people with the Godly people who are doing the kind of things we want to do that is in the ministry to serve God we have been influenced we have been taught by other people through their life and through their guidance and life's experience there are many lessons in our journey that we can learn from the good times and bad times but it helps us to build ourselves life's experience will teach us the lessons that we cannot learn from anywhere else but only through this and we cannot deny what we learn what the experience that we get through this life's experience is what we remember for very long and what we can teach and share to others and the third point here we see is things to keep in mind as we go through God's preparation process we must learn to cooperate and work with God through the preparation process it is very important to cooperate with God only when we cooperate with God God's plan God's will will be fulfilled in our life because in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 9 we see that Paul is saying that we are God's fellow workers and you are God's field and you are God's building you see that God can fulfill his plan his purpose only through us and he can only fulfill through us is when we cooperate with God so we must cooperate with God to fulfill God's plan and purpose in our life the second year under this point is our attitude matters with what attitude are we approaching God we need to maintain a healthy attitude when we approach God because God is God who sees the heart not at the outward appearance what man sees but our heart our heart attitude is very important when we come before God the very purpose of what we are doing why we are doing is very important it should be pleasing God consistency is where the power is we need to be consistent we need to endure we need to be consistent to see God's power in our life and as we are faithful in little things God will promote us to be the next to do the next faithfulness in the ministry is very important because in Matthew 25 23 says that well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful over few things and I will make you ruler over many things enter into the joy of the Lord so God is saying when you are faithful enough in small things I will give you much bigger I will assign you much bigger we need to be faithful be aware of complacency allow God to stretch you be aware we need to press on that I may you know Paul is saying in Philippians chapter 3 verse 12 he is saying I press on that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has laid hold of me we should not allow any laziness to come near us but then hold on run till you endure till you succeed till you achieve we need to press on because he has laid hold on us the preparation time is never a wasted time the greater the call the greater the preparation we need to dig deep work hard go step by step there is no elevator escalator in the process how God works we need to go step by step work hard we need to labor hard and you see God's hand in your life do not be hasty let each preparation season run it's full course the preparation time is very important we should not be hasty we should allow the Lord to work in our life there are different seasons as we see different seasons in the life of Moses in the life of David and in the life of Paul we need to allow the Lord to take us through because he has allowed certain things to happen in our life because God is preparing us there is a purpose for every season we need to allow we need to ask God we need to say God you prepare us we need to endure this season we need to learn what God is teaching in this season as Proverbs 21 5 says the plans of the diligent lead shortly to plenty but those of everyone who is hasty to poverty we should not be hasty hastiness is not from God he is asking us to prepare God is allowed this season in our life we need to endure it we need to learn what God is teaching in that season how we can be an overcomer because we are not alone and he is with us just like how Moses endured just like how David went through the difficult time in Psalms 133 he says bless the Lord oh my soul he blesses God during the difficult situation that's why God says David you are a man after my own heart can we be like that can we see God even in difficult situation can we look up to and say Lord we love you I bless your name we need to be like Paul or Paul said for me to live with Christ and die his gain and also the life of Paul explains like what intimate relationship that he developed to be with God and that's why with all boldness he says imitate me as I imitate Christ what makes a man of God to say this imitate me as I imitate Christ that means his walk of life was so pleasing to God that he did his best he gave his best he gave his everything he said for me to live or for me to die his gain that I will be with Christ we need to walk in that realm how we can walk it's only by developing ourselves we need to prepare ourselves to have that relationship with God friends it's not difficult it's easy when we see God when we say God you abided me you prepare me you lead me you guide me here I am God is looking out people with availability he's not looking at somebody who's very highly qualified and who's capable who has a lot of gifts and talents no he says I'm looking at the simple though there were many learned people when Jesus was there Jesus chose the simple fisherman to be his disciple when we are simple it's much easy to receive God's wisdom to receive God's teaching because we won't reason out much with him because God has said and I will obey it he's looking at simple healing people obey his word just the way he has asked us to be and he's looking at for the people who are available are we available are we willing to listen to his word to have a deep relationship with him and God has a plan a plan to prosper us to give us a future we need to trust his plan in our life staying within the area of calling and gifting do not try to become something God did not design it's most of the time it's a human nature to see somebody else growing in the ministry and we think that call is our call that is what I want to pick up though we do not have the grace and gift in that area we try or we strive hard to do something what we are not called for we need to seek the area that God has called us for and nurture that area develop that area develop the skill and God will grace us to flow in that area each of us are called to do different things in God's kingdom to serve in different areas because God needs laborers to serve because the harvest is huge and the laborers are few and as we have chosen as we have decided to hear to adhere the call of God in our life we need to abide and we need to seek God in all the day of our life we need to develop that intimate relationship that takes so as we journey in this life to discover God's dream God's plan God's will God will use any combination of these nine posts that we studied today in our life sometimes we might have two or three of them and giving us an indication of what God wants us to do and we recognize it and we begin to move in that direction that God is leading but the point is this that we must all be convinced that God as a dream God as a plan God as a purpose for our life and that we are progressively moving into discovering that plan and beginning to live by that plan and fulfill that dream for our life now as I have been saying again that there is no greater satisfaction in our life than living for God's plan and God's purpose there is no greater fulfillment than fulfilling God's plan for our life and there is no greater adventure than living for God's dream for our life with this we complete this third chapter you all have any questions before we could end this class with a time of prayer do you all have any questions or anything that you would like to share yes Sid please go ahead ma'am my question was that you were telling in before like about the godly character that comes from the heaven I just wanted to ask ma'am how to maintain that because in old like like King Saul he was having a godly character but in afterwards in the after span of his time he was like destroyed and it was like he was about to murder David he was after David and in David's life also we see that he was a king then in span of time he had different things with his character also got destroyed same thing we see in Solomon's life his character also he wrote many books he wrote you should not do that not to do that and in future his character also gone so ma'am how we can maintain that character from the god from the god good question Sid it is very important as I said you know the leaders whom we see in the bible are not very perfect okay we all are human but that does not make us give us the license to keep on doing the wrong things or keep making mistake but then we need to nurture godly character that is why it is important during this preparation time during the preparation time God prepares us to adore his word to abide by what God is saying for us to discern God has given us the wisdom to discern the right from the wrong we need to you know we need to have a relationship with God when God says yes it is go to move ahead and when God says no this is not right to stop there those all know that you know God has chosen David to be the next king he had this jealousy within him so what happened he was you know the jealousy within him led to even go to an extent to kill David okay so these are the things that we studied in the very first class laying the axe to the very root of self jealousy right and lust yes ma'am okay so how we can avoid certain things though we know that you know you know certain things which are which are not right though we know that being at a woman in a lustful way is wrong but what happens so it is an everyday challenge when you pass okay you are in the internet okay right now everything is on the online platform when we go on a YouTube maybe you logged into a YouTube to listen to a word of God but then you have been you know there is a pop up about a lustful had that comes up so when you cannot avoid it but you can always close that screen or end that video but what happens instead of ending if you continue it you are giving your opening door for something that is not right so you have the power to control it you can stop watching that which has popped out automatically so all could have stopped being jealous on David so only when sometimes we are enticed with certain things is because of we opening the negative doors to the enemy that is why we need to have this fellowship we need to have this relationship with God in the preparation so that is why we say preparation time is not a wasted time the more we seek the more we seek God the Holy Spirit that is within us will lead us, will strengthen us okay so I know for some of us if we are on long long time on this call automatically your call gets disconnected so before we could end this call we will pray and then we will go into a time of discussion is that okay Sid did that answer your question yes ma'am very much thank you ma'am we need to have a relationship with God so that we can avoid any pitfalls in our life that's the very reason that we have planned to have this laying the axe of the root in the very first session to all of us and we need to go through this every day so that you know we have been prepared for that call we have been a godly character has been developed within us so this godly character needs to be nurtured and needs to be developed it is a challenge that we go through every day to prepare ourselves as a vessel of order okay am I clear yes ma'am you got it okay so with this we will go into a time of prayer and then we can have discussion at the end of it let's pray Dear God I thank you for all the students who have enrolled and set aside their time to study your word in fulfillment of your plan and your purpose in their life Lord I pray that by your Holy Spirit a deep sense of divine purpose and plan grip their heart and Father we ask for the release of your divine power and grace and your anointing upon each one of our life we will recognize the call and purpose with which you have called each one of us Lord I pray that you will enable each and every student to understand that you are doing and you are working in our life and how we are leading us step by step into the very plan of what you have for us Lord we pray that each one of us will be the history makers that they will fulfill the highest call that you have placed in our life Lord Father as we submit ourselves we pray that you will develop a godly character in us Lord you will help us to nurture this call this plan in our life thank you Lord for your faithfulness thank you that you are leading and guiding us thank you Holy Spirit that you are empowering us in every area of our life you are empowering us to overcome our weaknesses you are empowering us and you are strengthening us Lord thank you Father thank you Lord as each of us desire to develop a deep relationship with you Lord I pray that you will help us to build a relationship in our life that we can walk with you just like how your servants walked with you Lord thank you Father that you are faithful enough to do this to fulfill your call your purpose in our life we ask this in most precious name of Jesus in Jesus name amen amen amen amen amen amen thank you so much for joining in today's class thank you so much we enjoyed teaching and studying along as we teach and study God speaks to us God teaches us it's always there's something new the God puts in our heart that we can learn and abide and apply it in our life so the homework for you there's an assignment okay that you need to study chapter 4 5 and 6 from this fulfilling God's purpose for your life during this weekend okay and the next week that is in the next class next week Wednesday we will study on the new book receiving God's guidance okay so today we have covered fulfilling God's purpose for your life the first three chapters and we recommend it's not recommend I want y'all to read the next three chapters chapter 4, 5 and 6 and we will start with the new book receiving God's guidance on Wednesday is that okay okay and also and also from next week onwards the last 10 minutes of the session will be given to each one to share their testimony so we will go as per the alphabetical order so the next 10 minutes you can share your testimony so we have a view how do you spell your name A F U Y E F U E I think it will be A B C B B okay so we would request F U E A Y O R E N D to share his testimony and also Alan Sheldon be prepared the first 4 Alan Sheldon, Anita, Govekar Radhna Kambley please be prepared to share your testimony for 10 minutes exact 10 minutes okay not much just that 10 minutes be prepared so each class the last 10 minutes you can we get to your testimony how God is a God has a plan in your life and how he is unfolding it in your life and what made you to join a Bible course to study okay is that okay okay thank you so much God bless thank you so much thank you thank you thank you


Alrighty, this is not an April Fool's joke in any format whatsoever, nothing I'm saying in this video is to do with April Fool's. I promise you that's why this video came out later in the day, but I really wanted to come out here and just have a quick discussion with anyone that is watching my videos still or paying attention to the news that I'm sharing. As always, we will share our true feelings about Wonderland and again we do strongly believe Wonderland will not be opening mid-May anymore. It's virtually impossible, especially with the one month lockdown that the government just announced today. Wonderland workers full-time and training-wise cannot return to work now until May, so it's going to be virtually impossible. It's literally impossible. We do strongly believe, again our own personal opinions, we have to put this in there, that Wonderland is aiming for a mid-June opening, but personally we do strongly believe Wonderland will open around July, whether that's early July, mid-July, or late July. I think July is a very realistic month to aim for, but I just really wanted to come out here and start focusing on the positive. We've been reading our DMs on Instagram a lot and truthfully I suffer from anxiety and depression and lately I've not been feeling well at all and I'm really glad I have a really good friend group that I can talk to and vent to and that I've dealt with this for a really long time, so I know what to do to get myself into a better mindset. I know how to fix it to some sort of extent and I just wanted to come out here and help anyone that may need to hear this. We've been reading our DMs and truthfully it is really upsetting and it honestly makes me really sad seeing younger people suffering with some of the same stuff. I even remember as a kid, way back in the day, when Wonderland was rumored to be moving to Hamilton or Niagara Falls, I remember crying and I remember being so upset so I can only imagine, you know, as my younger audience and younger viewers, you know, going a whole year without Wonderland and going through the winter as a Canadian and Ontario and you get those winter depression and you're not allowed to do things that you're normally allowed to do as a kid, you're not allowed to hang out, so I totally get it and it truly does hurt knowing that there are people out there that are afraid that the park won't open this summer and I just want you to know that right now is the time to focus on the positive. You're almost through this. Again, I promise you nothing in this video that I'm saying to you right now is a lie. I'm not trying to say things to you to make you feel better. Everything that I'm saying is truly my opinion and my belief and I do strongly believe it'll happen. I'm not sitting here trying to just make you feel better. At the end of the day, I am trying to make you feel better but it's a realistic, like, trust me, we're gonna get through this. You're gonna get to Wonderland this year. I promise you, even worst-case scenario, which it won't happen, I promise you, I promise you that it will not happen, but you will get to experience how we haunt in Winterfest at a worst-case scenario if we do lose all of our summer, but we're almost there. Vaccines are already rolling out, they're starting to roll it faster. A lot of the older generations are turning down the ability to get the vaccine, so they're moving to a younger generation and we're almost there, we just need to work together.  Trust me, I'm focusing on that too because I have been in a very terrible mindset in the last couple weeks. As you've noticed, I haven't uploaded any videos, but thankfully I have a really good friend group that has kept me grounded to the point where I can at least, you know, go about my day as normally as possible, and I'm just starting to get out of it. This happens occasionally, we're all people and we all go through rough patches and we all think negatively, and the best thing we can do for each other and ourselves is think positively, and right now, with us being so close to the end of this, is the time to think positively. You will get to experience Wonderland this year, you will get to experience how we haunt and you will get to experience Winterfest. I promise you, you're going to have a good end of the summer and you're going to have a good fall, and we're going to have a good winter this year because you know what, we had a really crummy past year, things have not been going well, but you know what, we're all going through this together, we're all experiencing a very similar situation, some of us are experiencing it a little harder than others, some of us are experiencing it a little easier, but at the end of the day, we're all experiencing what is happening right now together, and at the end of this dark tunnel, there is light. And for the first time ever, I am extremely optimistic that we're going to have somewhat of a summer. It may still include masks, and when I say that I mean it will still include masks, but you will be on some sort of an attraction ride, Winterfest or how we haunt event this year, you will be able to eat theme park food, smell Wonderland, see those geese chasing those random guests that over-pestered them, and just hearing the music blaring, and it's just going to be so good, and honestly I'm so excited to just have a different outlook on the park, those rides that we thought were horrible, and I still think are horrible, are not going to be horrible this year, I'm going to ride Flight Deck, I'm going to ride Time Warp if they're open, I'm going to ride anything that I hated, and I'm going to love it, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm just going to focus on the positive. When I'm in that park vlogging this year, it's all going to be positive, no more negative, I don't care if the park, you know, stumbles and falls or screws up just like any business in any person this year, I'm not going to focus on it, because this year everyone deserves positivity, and we need to focus on the positive moving forward, whether that's what's Wonderland going to build in 2022, what's Wonderland going to build in 2023, we're going to focus on those as well, we're going to focus on some like urban legends that the park has had, some rumors that the park has had, we have someone very special working on some videos for you guys right now on that, so super excited for you guys to hear that, and we're just going to focus on like the what ifs, not the, oh man, the negatives, you know, so there are a lot of people, a lot of people that work at this park, four to five thousand people that are looking forward to returning, looking forward to some sort of normality, there are so many millions of guests just looking forward to visit this park again in a very safe manner, again they had the safest plan I had ever seen business-wise in Ontario and Canada, so I'm super excited for them to showcase that, and I really hope that at the end of the day we just start focusing on the positive, myself included, you know, it's all just the end of the tunnel, we're almost there, don't give up now, you know, you see those memes online, or those those those little things, or the person's digging underground, and they give up at the very last minute, and they missed that diamond, and the other person kept going, and they hit that diamond, don't be that person that turns around the last minute, focus on, we're almost there, almost there, keep it together guys, let's all work on this together, comment down below your favourite memory from 2019, what you're most forward, looking forward to in 2021, and let's focus on the positive, thanks so much for watching guys, have a good one, bye.