Hello and let's talk about Raul Tevatia's innings in the IPL. The 27-year-old's world win innings of 53 in 31 balls helped his team Rajasthan Royals chase a very tough target of 224 in the IPL match held yesterday against Kings XI Punjab. What was even more interesting was the fact that he struggled initially, taking 23 balls to hit his first 17 runs, before unleashing five sixes in one over, a record held so far by Chris Gale. His heroics are now being celebrated but during the first part of his innings he was being massively trolled with even commentators taking his case. Of course once the turnaround happened he was the man of the moment. These ups and downs in social media and by commentators are a sign of the times maybe, how quickly and prematurely we respond to issues even before the time is right. Now sports is one of the disciplines where we get to see this the most but politics, entertainment, these fields are not immune either. We talked to news clicks Leslie Xavier on social media experts in the pitfalls of this culture. Thank you Leslie for joining us. So yesterday's match was quieter. The word is what a world-win match for lack of better words. Lots of ups and downs of course and Raul Tehwatiya's performance has been rightly praised. One of the interesting things is that how which you were mentioning as well is how commentary responses drastically shifted during the course of that very short innings. It was even a very long innings or a test match for that matter. And so how do you see, could you just take us through the ups and downs and maybe what it kind of says about fandom itself in today's sport, especially cricket? It's actually not just the fans it was also the experts who were giving commentary live during the match. So Tehwatiya of course he was under pressure. He came after his skipper caught out and they were chasing a huge target against against 11 Punjab. And so he started off, I mean he was nervous, visibly nervous and even his captain Steve Smith after the match he said that we could see from the dugout that the only thing that is bothering him was his nervousness. Otherwise they were all confident about his capabilities.  And that's a I mean that's considered as seen in T20 because it's a 20 overmatch and if you I mean use the best part of 20 balls for getting set, I mean it's considered as seen. But also cricket is a game which which which has various styles of how a batsman carries himself through the inning. And yesterday's I mean not exactly a direct comparison here but yesterday's inning was reminiscent of one Mr. Emma Stoney who made a career out of doing things like this where he would base himself initially get himself hit and then just explode when when it was necessary and when he would close the match he would be placing as a great finisher. But then Emma Stoney's early part of his career compared to what we have now. The nature of fans nature of cricket following nature of cricket commonly nature of how fans engage through the match has changed. And that was evident yesterday when initially the idea was blasted ripped apart in on social media on Twitter. Even the commentators joined the bandwagon that is a recent phenomena that I've been noticing where the commentators themselves experts the former players themselves say things which which are capable of becoming viral. So some of them were commenting saying that maybe they should always wicket because he's obviously having trouble batting. And so for the for the larger course of the team, maybe he should get a get himself out so that other people can come in and play the match. And then the same commentators later in the match when they exploded and when he ensured that this side one they started praising him saying that that's a brilliant turn around. He played really well. This is latter half of his. So the whole episode which played out yesterday, it's beyond that sports fandom and our sports fans behave. It's also indicative of how things are at present as far as social media social media commentary and everything is concerned. So we have a lot of experts on social media experts who hardly understand what exactly is happening on the playing field in the society on the political realm in any any matter for for that environment. Any any matter you take everybody as an opinion, and they find it safe and convenient to express that opinion opinion explicitly aggressively on social media. And without even realizing what exactly they're talking about or whether they are right or wrong, that kind of accountability is lacking on social media. And it's so I'm taking I've taken back to younger days when our parents or our elders in the house or even our teachers, they used to tell us that what we speak or what we express is very important because we can take it back to always have and also the accountability that's something that's been drilled into our system. At a younger stage or in our format, you are saying that we have to be accountable for our actions for what you say. I mean, before our actions, obviously what we say because these are things that we can take back this will affect our ability in the longer run.  And initially, we thought that this is so we used to have these kind of discussions where I mean, we ourselves in the on the news click sports desk have been trolled many times by fans of different groups when we are critical about their team or their player. When we are critical about Virat Kohli, a lot of Indian cricket fans come down. When we were cricket recently critical about the ISL and football club from Calcutta, their fans came in. So and so we initially used to talk about being an active place suddenly and how it's it's it's not exactly a conducive environment for free thinking for free expression, because people just join in and attack. But then when we look at the larger picture, it seems to have seeped into real life as well, because accountability and where the responsibly behaving or responsibility talking or responsibility expressing our opinion with credibility with with nuance is lacking across the board everywhere. So that is, that is a that is a that is a commentary that I would like to make observing what happened so many miles down in the on the West in in the Middle East in aggregate on aggregate. Right. So this context is interesting, because one of the aspects is also how you've talked about this as well, how this is seeped into media as well. And we saw some of this in the controversy around Sunil Gawaskar's comments last week. But also in many other areas where we see that the instant gratification slash virality model of social media is now influencing all social discussions around sports around social issues in general. Yeah, so Sunil Gawaskar's is recently in the in the sports field. Before that, if you look at it, I mean, the most raging issue in the country at the moment is Sushant Singh Rajput's death and we are Chakraborty's and generally Bollywood's usage of substances. Of course, there are a lot of other issues that is happening across the country, but that badly matters when this is viral. And so it's a it's a self serving nexus to ask me. So there are Western Western interest in making something viral or making it not I mean, not viral. So we have had various reports, various theories as well as reports on how the social media channels, they, they can push certain ideas, ideologies or content based on based on their business model based on based on the economics that they work on and or their Western interests in general. And that is one aspect of this. The other aspect is the instant gratification that you mentioned, because everybody gets into the band, bandwagon for two different reasons. One would be to not to miss out on the traffic and the potential revenue that it has, because it's all about pranking your website or your channel that you are involved. So it's a highly cut throat world over there. So if some news gets viral somewhere, the other news channels or other other websites would want to get into it and not miss out of it, regardless of whether it's right or not. The chain of command is, is involved in it. It's also having so it's in larger news rooms, how it works is very, very tricky because the at the lower run, where people are involved in publishing or involved in pushing these stories, the viral stories, the social media based stories, they are expected to bring in the numbers. At the same time, editorial calls are not not exactly their forte. So by the time these stories are out, and the numbers come in, then even even in the higher ranks, whether editors sit or where the people who can take a call on whether this is editorial right or wrong, they just don't get involved in it. Because at a larger scale, the purpose has been to the numbers are coming in. So that that it has a cascading effect. And it's just tied up in this kind of a spiral that it's, I don't know how the media escape would come out of this, this whole setup. It's going to be very difficult in that regard. And as far as topics are concerned, as individuals, how we react to certain, certain things. The classic example being last week, Sunil Gawaskar issue. So there were many and Gawaskar's greatness is beyond doubt in cricket history. And he mentioned something, which, I mean, as a, as a, as an observer, I feel that he was referring to Virat Kohli's another viral video where he was playing cricket with Anushka Sharma on the on his, in his house premises. And Anushka was calling to Virat and they were batting. I mean, he was batting. So he just casually mentioned that it was probably, I mean, so where is the sense of humor that we are supposed to have that is one question. The second question is on Twitter, on social media across people started going after Sunil Gawaskar saying that who are you questioning his credentials, questioning his sense, his sensibilities, and also even physically threatening him also, like we should break your face and all that. And these people, I don't know where they come from, what their background is in cricket or understanding of cricket or history is, but you are talking to a person who used to play helmetless against the fastest bowlers in the world, who is to come from West Indies at that point with no restriction, they used to bounce you out. I mean, they don't need your wicket, they will just ensure that you are walking, I mean, you're stretched out of the field and used to play and he has four double sensibilities facing these kinds of bowlers without an helmet. So and, and you're talking about breaking his face. So it's, I mean, the absurdity of such statements, statements that you see online just makes us wonder where what we have become as, as a society as in this at this point in time and at this point in history. And is there a going back from here? That's also another question because our lives are and more so during lockdown now, our lives are completely intrinsically entrenched in online systems. We ourselves are talking via zoom. And our this video would come out on on IGTV on YouTube channel, it would be pushed via social media. So it's, it's, it's a reality that the online space and the real life space is more or less one now. So it's, it's about time that we as a society and take a stand saying that we should have some kind of all those unwritten guidelines that we used to live by earlier that what I mentioned earlier about speak, right, speak before speaking, all these things should apply now on online and the social media behavior, because it's, it's, it's our life now. It's, and that's, and our life individually means that it will affect the entire society as well. So that's, that's the, that's the problem that these instances and yeah, IPL it's entertainment, it's a cricket match. It's this boy, he 27 year old journeyman, he's made a mark now is probably will have a great season. He would probably this would open doors to a larger, much more better career. Everything is great. And we're talking about game as such.  That's not a, that's not confidence if you ask me, that's not how he should have addressed that he should have said, if you ask me, but he's also probably scared of what the repercussions would be when he says that I don't care about the 20 balls look I scored and I made the team win. But that, I mean, you never know how, how these social media warriors would, would take that and come up. So that's, that's, that's the reality for you. Right. And that way, on the one hand, a lot where when say the social media era began, one of the promises was, of course, that common people would have the ability to participate in various ways in all these aspects in sport and politics that was considered one of the promise promises of social media per se. And there have been examples of that happening also in good ways where it whether it be popular culture, whether it be sport, social social media presence and social media fandom as hell. But what you said is very accurate in the sense that we're talking about a sports person who was successful yesterday. But suppose he had failed the amount of the avalanche of criticism that would have come his way would put could have put his career back considerably, even he's a technically skilled player, of course. But for all, you know, it could have been disastrous for his career.  And I mean, I could speak from my experience when I was told once for the story. And, and this was a relentless attack, probably a concerted attack by a fight to the fan groups of of more than one club. Because I was critical of the club and one of their previous actions.  And then it started affecting me. It's because you just brings you down your when it raises your blood pressure, perhaps, and you just keep constantly dragged into it so much so that your work gets affected through the day you're so this is just me and we are not superstars, we are just journalists, common people and we are not governed by social media personas or we don't we don't even care what what these strangers think about but but when you are a sports star, when you're a celebrity, when you are when you are in the public sphere, these things these things matter because a public persona and public how you carry yourself outside, it's very much important and part of this as a sports person's career. And so when if at all, I failed yesterday, I failed to see his team team to yesterday, the storm on social media would would have been so much that probably the team management, whatever the internal planning and dynamic for this boy is through this season, they might have been forced to rethink their strategy. That's the power that that social media and and these these channels they have on on on how things things things work on on the playing field so on the sports field and this this is sports we are talking about. The same thing applies to qualities they're saying I mean, you know how the ruling this position controls media control social media the the famed or or infamous IT cell, which which pushes content pushes pushes ideas. So these, I mean, it's it's having yeah, I'm catching my head. It's, I don't know where this where this is going to lead. It's it's an evolving process. So when you mentioned that when the social media entire system started entire ecosystem started, the latter part of last decade. And the promise was, of course, I mean, world getting smaller, you getting in touch with people getting to understand what other people are doing. And then I feel that gradually down the road. So Twitter when we got into Twitter initially, everybody says looks back the initial Twitter at least they look back saying that it was such a happy place. So much of interactions. So much of positive interaction. So much of exchange of ideas. Then slowly news happened. But that so that was also fine. You get news through Twitter. And then suddenly things changed. I don't know whether I mean, you can't directly, I mean, it's a it's a mix of a lot of factors, you can't directly correlate it by saying that, of course, that is also a factor, a big factor. Capitalism happened in on social media. It's a big factor because money started getting into it. So these guys realized, for instance, Facebook realized that they could make money by ensuring some content is pushed and some content is not. So that happened. And on the other side, freedom and liberty we talk about, right? And there is this, I mean, one of the basic, I mean, the founding tenets of liberty is that it should be exercised with responsibility. So that was, I mean, that those kind of rules are missing on social media. It's like a wild world out there. So this is an evolutionary process for sure, because everywhere society, whenever or civilizations, whenever it has been formed, these kind of evolutionary things have happened on in the in the real world. And historically, when we look back at it, and now in history, the real world is is virtual that way, it's a mix of everything. And maybe it will take some years for it to clear itself and get those ideas right. Maybe it might take generations as well. And the way things are, things are progressing, it is, it is going to take a huge turmoil first, and then then everything would clear. I guess that I guess in history, we are heading towards that kind of, I mean, I don't know whether I'm going ahead a little and calling it. But I think it would be a revolution. It needs a revolution for things to things to be reigned in and settled in absolutely. And we get our bearings right. Thank you so much, Leslie, for talking to us. That's all your time for today. We'll be back tomorrow with more news from the country and the world. Until then, keep watching news click.


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Jack Holder, look at that. Powering to the front as they come out of the first corner. Madsen coming up the inside of Freddie Lingwin as they enter turn three on the first lap. Strong move there from Leon Madsen from Denmark. Freddie Lingwin trying to... We can see now that Leon Madsen's coming through with the wheel in the air coming into the corner and he's not slowing down. No, he is not. That was a way. It was. It was a tough move. It was a ruthless move there from Leon Madsen. Got some problems here and a wrong helmet colour. Good. Should be a yellow. I do believe it's going to be excluded. Yes, exclusion light has come on and that's desperately disappointing for Jan Kovec. Food on the track has... We heard the riders saying during the interviews there that the track is cutting up just a little bit. Oh, Louis has gone down. Disappointment for the British rider. Going on the way with Leon Madsen at the back. Oh, the bike's broken. Yeah, yeah, the bike's broken in half. Oh my goodness gracious me. I'm sure the bikes, the forks... Is that a message from Jan Stechmann back in the UK? And he's actually just confirmed that the headstock of the bike... Yeah, the headstock of the bike is broken away on the frame. Yeah, yeah, the engine's dug in. It's just sending him over the handlebars. Really awkward looking crash. Cool. No wonder he feels a bit uncomfortable. Yeah. So I had a warning already. Oh, that's desperate for Madsen Janowski. I don't think there was any movement before him. Oh, maybe from Jason Doyle. You know, it could be used as an excuse. Oh, Doyle definitely moves. Yeah, yeah. There. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, you know, Magic's got a good case to make there. Ah, no exclusion light on yet, but I just fancy the fact that it could well be curtains there. Four start line girls now getting out of the way. Green light is on. Away they go, Martin Vasily. What a start from him. He fires himself to the front. Tideworth in the now slots into second place, but Martin Vasily down there back straight on the opening lap. Absolutely will perfect away from the start. It was a textbook start there from the selection. Jason Doyle back in third. But Martin Vasily, look at him go out in front. A stunning opening lap there from him. It's been a terrific night. A speedway right through all the evening for him. He's out in front. He's got this final really wrapped up. Just needs to keep it going. One last turn for Martin Vasily. As it comes out at turn number four, the crowd are on their feet. Martin Vasily wins in fine style here in the marketer tonight. What a performance from him. He'll be absolutely overjoyed with that 20 massive world championship points for him. Good result for Tideworth and then back in second place and Doyle in third.


back to my channel and welcome to my kitchen if you're new here. So today I have a video that's gonna give you guys a lot of snack ideas. I love making my own snack. I feel like a lot of times in the snack category that's probably the area where all of us buy the most pre-packaged, pre-made stuff. And there's a lot of really, really simple snacks that we can make that are healthy, that are homemade, that are delicious and I have so much fun putting these videos together for you guys because I think they're one of my favorites to make. So today we are going to be making a couple different kinds of snacks. As always, I will leave the recipes linked below or if they're my own recipe, I will leave the ingredients and the instructions below and you could either do these in like a whole day like I'm doing today or a whole afternoon and have them all ready for the week ahead or you could even make them for appetizers to take to a football Sunday or a family gathering or anything like that. So either way, I think you're gonna find a lot of recipe inspiration today. I'm so excited about what I have planned and let's jump into cooking. The first thing that we're gonna make is some bacon egg sliders. I'm so excited to do this. They're kind of like a little bite-sized egg situation. They have avocado and cheddar cheese. So I'm going to put an entire dozen of eggs into a pan and hard boil them. And then I'm going to fry up probably a few slices of this bacon. I'm gonna be using it for something else today. So actually, maybe I'll fry all of it up right since I need it for bacon bits as well. So I normally like to make my bacon in our air fryer but I want these bacon pieces to be pretty flat to go into these little sliders. So I'm gonna go ahead and make them on my frying pan. All right, while the bacon is being made up and the eggs are boiling, I'm actually going to kind of make an avocado mash. So I'm just gonna get these avocados all cut up and then I'm gonna mash them up with some salt, some garlic powder and some dill. Okay, so the eggs are not quite boiled up yet but I'm gonna go on to the next recipe. So we're going to make a ranch cheese ball. I love cheese balls. I don't make them nearly often enough. A lot of times we make them for holidays and family stings but I decided this week to have one of these in the refrigerator and I'm gonna also have cut up celery and cut up these little mini sweet peppers to dip into the cheese ball. So what you'll need for this is two blocks of cream cheese, a packet of ranch, some shredded cheddar cheese, some bacon bits which are obviously frying up right now, some green onions and some parsley and I will type out this recipe below and leave it in the description box. Next snack we're gonna be making is one that is on the stove top. It's also a sweet treat. So we're gonna make some pralines and these are keto friendly or if you're sensitive to having a lot of sugar, this is a great little treat. I used to make these more often, kind of forgot about them and then this week I was really in the mood to eat these.  We are gonna make another stove top snack here in just a second but before we do that I wanted to go ahead and get started on these little smokies. So the recipe calls for a large pack of them but I was at Aldi and they only have the smaller packs so I grabbed two of them. This is a really simple recipe. I've never made it before but I'm excited to try it out. So it's got some apple cider vinegar, some tomato sauce, some sweetener, I buy swerve sweetener and some Worcestershire sauce, some paprika, some garlic and some salt and basically just dump everything into the pressure cooker and I'm gonna cook these up because I think this will be a great evening snack especially if you're trying to avoid sugared things. This is something that could be a great alternative to that. Great, so we've got the smokies in the pressure cooker. I put the pralines in the refrigerator to set up and get hard. The cheese ball is also setting up in there and then I already put the little eggs lighters away. So now we're gonna make something for those of you that really enjoy spicy things. We're gonna do a ranch buffalo popcorn mix and I ran across this on Pinterest and I thought it was a really great idea so I like making my popcorn on the stove. You're gonna need roughly 12 cups, I'm not sure. I might measure it after it's popped but I put some oil in the pan. I'm just gonna dump some of my popcorn in here and pop it up and then I need to make a butter mixture with the hot sauce and then also a spice mixture with garlic powder, cumin, salt and some dill. The nice thing about this is if you're somebody that doesn't really like to use ranch packets you're not using the ranch mixture because I know there's some things in that that are like sensitive to allergies and stuff like that. So let's get this made up and I'm excited to try it and let you know what I think. Much for watching today, oh my goodness. Everything turned out so incredibly good. That little smoky recipe is one that I am going to write into my recipe book because it is definitely so delicious especially for as healthy as it is. I mean, you can't even tell that it's technically healthy. It's so good. I'm gonna be saving that one for football Sundays for sure and everything else turned out absolutely yummy. So I hope you were inspired and let me know in the comments which recipe you enjoyed the most and if you're new here, don't forget to subscribe. Give this video a like and I'll see you guys in my next video.


I love getting dressed up and you know that's typically what you see most of here on the channel but you know there are some real life situations where that just isn't practical or advisable. For example I'm not going to be outside playing with the dog in a tuxedo. I'm not going to be working out at the gym in a suit and I'm not putting on a sport coat and tie just to take out the trash. Let's be real. As Robin and I have eased into country living you know certain aspects of my day-to-day style have evolved and those of you who know me here may be surprised to see my real real-life everyday outfits. I'm Brian Sakawa. This is He Spoke Style. Advice and inspiration to help you dress well develop your personal style and be more confident. So you know who's not going to like this video? The guy who left this comment recently. I mean I guess it's a reasonable question and you know you can read my answer but basically what it boils down to is that we all evolve. Style is a journey you know and one of the fun things to do if you happen to have been chronicling your style journey online for over a decade is to go back in the time machine and see what you thought about things previously. Now I know that years ago I covered the topic of athleisure on the website so why don't we take a trip down memory lane and see exactly what it was that I actually said. So here we are all the way back on May 18th 2015 and two of the choice opinions that I shared in that particular post are the following. I said that quote among the more egregious trends of late is the ridiculously named athleisure trend end quote going further and saying that I would hope that since athleisure has reached something of a fever pitch that it will begin to fade into the annals of fashion misses. But wait there's more. In a follow-up post a little more than a year later from June 1st 2016 which was based on an interview that I gave to the Wall Street Journal about athleisure I said quote I understand the reactive nature of the athleisure trend but I don't find it to be a positive development for men's style end quote and then I continued by saying that quote athleisure is sending guys a huge cultural mixed message so are we saying that it's okay to look like a slob now end quote so I had some pretty harsh words for athleisure back in the day and it's actually pretty amusing to go back and read those thoughts but you know this was a different time in my style journey and it was a different time for athleisure. This was the time when dressy sweatpants were the thing and yeah it did feel like guys were starting to give up but athleisure has come a very long way since the dressy sweatpants era. There have been a lot of advancements made with these garments both practical and aesthetic that have really changed the game in terms of style to the point where even previous non-believers are reconsidering and changing their opinions about it and one brand that has done an absolutely exceptional job with this is public rec who I am proud to partner with for this video. There are six specific pieces I want to highlight before we get to the outfit portion of the video beginning with one of their bestsellers the public rec all day every day pant. Now these are not sweatpants but the thing people love about sweatpants is that they're comfortable right? Not to say that jeans, chinos or suit pants aren't comfortable but it's a little different you know so public rec's mission was to combine the comfort of sweatpants into something that looked as good as a pair of chinos you know something elevated that you could wear out not look like a slob but had that soft stretchy comfort. 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Next item is the waffle knit hoodie it's your classic hoodie the waffle knit fabric does have thermal properties so it helps keep your body heat in without adding any extra bulk it's got a great fit it's athletic but relaxed I like the texture of it and you'll notice that it does not have that usual front pocket which gives it a bit of a cleaner look. Last piece to show you is the public rec workday pant 2.0 more classic five pocket style compared to the all-day everyday pant also the fabric which is water and wind resistant is a little bit lighter it's got belt loops a front zipper fly and a hidden back zipper pocket honestly I wasn't prepared to like this one it's a different color than I usually wear but after wearing it some I have to say that it's not have bad. Outfits are up next but I do want to let you know that new public rec customers can save 10% off by using code brian10 I have links down below in the description to all the pieces featured so click there check them out and try it out for yourself. Now let's take a look at five of my real-life casual outfits here we go with look number one I've got the waffle knit hoodie paired with the all-day everyday pants over that I am layering a gray tweed herringbone sport coat white leather sneakers and the speedy on the wrist this is one of my go-to airport outfits I know in the past I've argued for a more sartorial approach to air travel but when it comes to long haul overseas flights especially those that might include a flat lay seat there is something to be said for maximum comfort I've always loved combining sporty pieces with more tailored clothing and this is a really great illustration of exactly how I like to do that look number two similar idea with mostly black sportier approach I've got the henley paired with the all-day everyday pant and over that the brave the elements shell black baseball cap same way sneakers same watch but adding a pair of chunky black sunglasses this is what I call my Hollywood incognito look I don't know when when I wear this I feel like a movie star who doesn't want to be recognized it's definitely sporty and because it features so much black it is quite statement making next look number three super classic casual combo I've got the gray henley paired with a pair of khaki all-day everyday pants braid the elements shell white sneakers and speedy once again now not to steer the subject away from style but but this will make sense so I have been reading tiago forte's second brain book highly recommended by the way thanks again and there's a part of the book where he shows this this famous series of 11 illustrations by Pablo Picasso the first one is a detailed drawing of a bull and with each successive sketchy he keeps distilling the form of the bull down to its most basic elements and the final sketch which is really just a couple of lines is probably the most pleasing of the entire series I mentioned that not because I think this look is Picasso-esque but rather to illustrate that it is very basic and there is something pleasing aesthetically when you break style down into its most basic form and that's why I always say fill your closet with great basics you can never go wrong much more casual approach with look number four we've got the elevate mock neck polo paired with the same khaki all day everyday pants over that and all of green work shirt club masters white sneakers and speedy one little style tip to point out here and it's kind of a good rule of thumb to have in mind when you're putting any outfit together has to do with color tones now there are exceptions but in general you want to think about color in three different tiers you want a lighter color you want a darker color and you want something in the middle and you can see that that plays out here in order with the pants mock polo and work shirt look number five simple we've got the waffle knit hoodie paired with the workday pant 2.0 jack mary marsh sunglasses common project sneakers and on the wrist my apple watch that's right I have an apple watch and if you want the story on that let me know in the comments but back to the look now I did say that I was a little surprised by this one but pleasantly surprised I don't want to make a huge deal out of this but this particular color for pants was kind of a stretch for me but I like it and I think it's a really nice dose of contrast when you take a look at the outfit as a whole now whenever I post a video about my casual style I always get comments and questions about how one should dress casually as an adult and it just so happens that I have put all of my thoughts about that into that video right over there so click there to find out exactly what I think and how to pull it off and finally I want to thank public rec for sponsoring this video and reminder that new public rec customers can save 10% by using promo code bryan10


What's up everyone? It's your girl Kenzie here from Layton Sports Cards and I'm ripping some personals for Jeffrey H. We've got three of the 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball Hobby Boxes as well as a 2021 Upper Deck Skybox Metal Universe Champions Hobby. All right, best of luck Jeffrey. We are going to start off with your Chrome boxes. Here we go. Hobbies, yes. Yeah, yeah, so I bring like I've got one of those Zion cases, um, Brennan, so I just walk around with that and then I've got my wallet, you know, so that's usually what I bring. New Classics of Jonathan India, Boba Shatt Refractors, Brennan Marsh. That's safe, those things, ouch. Future Stars Refractor, Luis Garcia, Boba Shatt. Prism, Danesby Swanson, Trey Turner. Damn starts in about an hour. Cintillion, uh, Rookie Refractor, Marta. We've got a Seth Beer Rookie Autograph Redemption. There you go, Jeffrey. Nice one there for the D-Vax. Mr. Beer. Josh Donaldson. Heck yeah, that's awesome, Brennan. George Springer 87, Tray Mancini. Sounds good, Mike. Thanks for hopping in. Nice. Well, welcome to the stream, uh, house. Thanks for, uh, for tuning in. Um, recommendations on where to source boxes. Um, I'm not sure if you guys have like stores, like, uh, hobby shops out there. Giancarlo Stan on the Aqua Wave, 20 out of $1.99. We got Rookie Alexander Wells. Uh, if you have shops out there that you could always go there, you can order stuff off of eBay. Got Prism, Manny Machado, Hobby Buyers. We ship internationally as well. Hobby Buyers Refractor. We have free international shipping. Here is Hal. I've heard that, like, UK doesn't have, um, shops, I think, like we do. There was someone I was talking to who was, uh, over that way, too. Miggy Cabrera 87, Blue Bob. So it's hard to get product. Seth Beer Rookie Thompson. Matt Olson on the 87. Matt Scherzer. Nothing cut in comparison. Yeah, you'd probably have to order them online, then. New Classics, Wander Franco Rookie. Nice. Hort St. Barrios. Anderson. Maryfield. Um, I don't know, Alon. Maybe it's a variation. We've got Prism, Trista Mackenzie. I'm not sure how he would have some live and some redeptions. I mean, we've seen that before, definitely. Crannick, Verlander Refractor. We have Griffin Jacks, Rookie Otto for the twins. Griffin Jacks, Willie Castro. 87, Blue Bob. Jake Meyers, Rookie. Logan Gilbert Refractor. Jillian White Park. Um, we've got Pinch Straight, Walker Bueller. Prism, Brandon Woodruff. Ridolfo Castro, Rookie. Heart of the City, Jose Ramirez, Refractor Rookie, Brandon Marsh. Last pack of box one here, Jeffrey. A Brandon Marsh Rookie Refractor, I believe. This is a short print. It is. 017 is the last three. There you go. Nice short print, Rookie there, Jeffrey. Heck yeah. Brandon Marsh. Yep, Brandon Marsh is one of the base image variations. There you go. Heck yeah. We'll mag that one for you. And Curtis Terry. Box two here. A Zion, a Zion case, Brandon. We sell them here at the shop. That's actually where I got it before I started working here. I bought one from Rich. I got the large, larger actual I can send you a picture of it tomorrow. I keep all my slabs in. Yeah, Zion. New classics, Yordan Alvarez, Refractor Castellanos, Max Freed. Yeah, I do. It gets a little heavy, you know, for me when it's filled up, Future Stars, Yordan. But it definitely does a job. I got Prism Ronald Acuni Jr., nice one there, Jeffrey. So when it gets heavy like that and rose with me, I ask him to carry it for me. Refractor Casey Meis. Probably wouldn't be as heavy to you though. Max Krennic, Gavin Sheets, we've got Gold Wave Auto. Adam Frazier for the Mariners. There you go, Jeffrey. Featen up with these boxes. Nice Gold Wave, 29 out of 50. Mariners. Very nice. Aronado. And they usually have like specials in coupon codes and stuff like that, too, Brandon. 87, Jesse Winker. I'm not sure if we have those up on the site or not that you can order. I think they might just be like an in-store thing. You have Heart of the City, Pete Alonso is Backwards New Classics, Trey Turner, Refractor, Rookie Alexander Wells, Bryce Harper. Let's see, LSE merch supplies. Yeah, no, I don't think we've got them on the website. Merch, yeah, no. Oh, but they have their own website where they sell them, too. We have here a Curtis Terry Rookie Negative. Love the negative cards. Prism Sheen Bieber. I say that every time I see him, but they're just so darn cool looking. Fractor Rookie Jake Burger. So Jeffrey's got a beer and a burger. Now we need a new bar. Who else? We've got Peyton Henry Rookie Auto for the Marlins. Peyton Henry. Right, Channagher. Yeah, for sure, Brandon. I'll show you what they look like. 87, Freddie Freeman. Alex Bregman. Second half of Box Two. Fractor Trenton Grism, Yastromsky. We've got Purple Micastromsky Giants. That one is 78 of 250 on the Purple. Belayed Rookie. Prism Cabrion Hayes. Adam Frazier. Stylian Donaldson Refractor. Sounds good. Yeah, I got you. 87, Shohei. Chris Sale. Refractor Falefa. Sammy Long Rookie. Moller Pinch Drive. Snacks Muncie for the Dodgers. Maggie Cabrera. Got Prism Jess Chisholm Jr. Thanks, Contreras. Heart of the City Joey Vado. Refractor Rookie Rodolfo Castro. Closet. Peter Jackson Reets. And last pack of Box Two. 87, Christian Yellich. And Edward Cabrera. All right, another solid box. They're nice gold auto. Box number three. After this one, we get into your Metal Universe. Roger's Refractor. Whitmaryfield on the Penn Strait. Royals. Prism Rookie Ruanzee Contreras. Pirates. Josh Lau Rookie. Rookie Refractor Alexander Wells. Trout. Abraina Marsh Rookie on the 87 design. Manoa. Ronald Acuna Jr. New Classics. Refractor Lubon. Dylan Carlson. Of the City, Pete Alonso. Salvador Perez. Prism Jose Altuve. Evan Longoria. Ashby Refractor of Guerrero Jr. Grossman. We've got Purple Speckle Auto of Jansen Junk for the Angels on the Rookie Auto. Beautiful looking car. 151 of 2 of 2.99. Junk. Crawford. What's up, Kitty? Future Stars. Chisholm Jr. Tim Anderson, 87. Charlie Blackman. Calnick Refractor. Got Purple Speckle. Vladdy Jr. There you go. Jeffrey 146 of 2.99 on the Vladdy. Hendrix. Chrism of Manny Machado. You Darvish. Future Stars. Casey Meis. Crissel Refractor. And there's Barujan Rookie. 87. Nolan Aronado. Poulos. What's up, everyone? About an hour and a half queue currently right now. Shohei Otani New Classics. Refractor, Javi Baez. Dela Cruz Rookie Base. So now we're an hour and a half. Again, we're ripping till about midnight, Easter, as long as we've got orders in at the queue. More group breaks tomorrow night with Sam, 10 Box Tuesdays. O'Neal Cruz Rookie Base. Prism, Classe. Then we've got a dual release on Wednesday. Chronicles Basketball and Gold Standard Football. Nordon Refractor. So fun release day Friday. Griffin Jacks on the Rookie Auto for the Twins. Griffin Jacks. Alonso. Last pack of baseball here for you, Jeffrey. Cleveland Heart of the City. Jay Ram and Jarendra Ran on the Rookie 87 design. Connor Wong Rookie. Last but not least, 2021 Skybox Metal Universe Champions. Good luck, Jeffrey. Come on, see a PMG here. That would be crazy. A big PMG. This is such a unique product with all the different sports and stuff. Got models in here, skiers. LeBron James on the Arkweb. That's sick. Softball players. Green Jordan. That would be something. I'm kidding. That would be something. Sabrina Inescu. Browns Wagner. We've got Jalen Waddle on the premium foil. Trevor Lawrence. Zach Wilson. Kisbert. Naomi Osaka. Nice one there on the Blast Furnist foil. Furnist foil. Vante. And Justin Fields. We've got PMG of Trey Sermon. On the red, that one is 88 out of 150 on the PMG. There you go, Jeffrey. Trey Sermon. Robinson Butler. We've got PMG as a bold. 51 out of 100. Tim Grover. Schreiner. Two PMGs in one box here for you, Jeffrey. That would be a yellow variation there. 51 out of 100. Let's see real quick. Is this orange? It says oranges out of 100. It doesn't look orange to me. Tiger Woods base. If you get to the right light, I can see it. I was about to say that does not look orange to me. Kisbert. Griffey Jr. Naji. Michael Jordan base. Nice one there. Wilson. Intimidation Nation of Jalen Johnson. Waddle Osaka. Manga. Isaiah Todd on the foil premium. McCarthy Fati. Scotty Lewis. Colmenares. Barron Laura on the blast furnace. Oh, it's the auto sermon. We've got a die cut of Isaiah Todd reaching for the stars. L'Bron base. With the Vikings Rambo. I'm going Vikings. Springer. Intimidation Nation of Barron Laura. What do y'all got, Justin Fields? I really feel like unless you're an Eagles fan, you're not picking Eagles. They just, the Vikings looked good last week. Moses Moody premium. I think they win that division.  Good pick there, kitty. Oh, and Rambo. Okay, we got two. Jalen Johnson. Got Scotty Barnes on the blast furnace. And that will do it for your metal universe, Jeffrey. Thanks again, as always for hopping in. We do appreciate your support and we'll get these cards right out to you.


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I ask one of you to please lead us in prayer, please. Stavani, can you please lead us in prayer? Good morning, ma'am. Good morning. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Let's pray. Father God Almighty, we are so very thankful to you for a new morning. For your mercies are renewed every morning and we are in your presence only by your grace and mercy. We have seen a new day and we are thankful to you for this time of togetherness of fellowship, Father. We give you glory, honor and praise for who you are, Father, and how you lead us into your word, into your truth, Father. We thank you that once again, you've brought us all together, Father, and whatever we talk, whatever we learn, whatever is from your side, Father, may it enrich us this day. Help us, help the faculty, and we thank you for bringing us to the end of the semester, Father, when you have been faithfully leading us throughout this season, Father, and as we are about to finish the semester, we bless everyone who was part of this team, we bless everyone who has learned well and Father, and may everything that we have learned, may everything that we have learned from the word, may it bring glory to your name and expand your kingdom, and we be well equipped to do your will on this earth.  May we be blessed in it, Father, and we may glorify you through our word action indeed. Continue to be with us, continue to guide each of us, and let all things be under your control as we move on with the mentoring session, Father, let your wisdom flow, and in all things, we give you glory, honor, and praise for who you are. In Jesus' name, we ask and we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Stephanie. And once again, welcome everyone to this mentoring hour. This is the time we take to address any questions that you have. It can be questions that are part of your course, something that you learned, or questions regarding your Christian life or ministry, even your faith journey, or questions and doubts that you have, even as you've been reading the Bible. So you can type your questions in the chat section, or you can unmute your mics, and please feel free to go ahead and ask your questions. So this time is open to all of you to ask your questions, and our faculty is here. We'll do our best to answer your questions and to clear your doubts. You can either type your questions on the chat section, or you can unmute your mics, and go ahead and ask your questions. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, Brother Rajesh. Yes. Let me introduce myself. I am Rajesh Rangare from Raukhila, Orissa. I've just, actually, I am two months late to join this course. So I joined in the month of October. So I don't think I will be able to finish the first semester in time. So there, I have to complete, I think, eight modules. Is it it, ma'am? Yes, depends on how many courses that you're taking, sir. If you're just, you're doing the entire course for the semester, then there'll be eight modules. But if you're just choosing some relevant courses that you would like to study, then it'll just be a few courses. But since you said you've taken all the eight courses for the semester. So I don't think I'll be able to complete the course in time. That is November 25th. So what will happen then? Will I be able to continue this course or I will be able to continue next year? First semester. I'm talking about the first semester. Yes. Out of eight courses, I think I can complete maybe five or six courses. So then two modules will be left. Okay. So it will be incomplete. So what will happen if I am not able to complete all of the modules in this semester? Yeah, Rajesh. So what'll happen is whatever you've completed will be marked as complete for you. Yeah. And the courses that you haven't completed, you can complete it. You know, you can't, I mean, the semester when the semester ends, number 25th, all the courses will be closed. But the courses you did not complete, you can redo them next year, same time. Yeah, so that's not a problem. And then next semester you can continue with the courses that can happen next semester. So next year, I'll complete these two modules or again have to complete the whole of the eight modules. No, just the ones you have not completed. The two, just the two, yeah. So that's all you have to do. Whatever you complete will be marked as complete for you. So. I have one more question. It is said that e-learning platform is free for all, but those who can afford it can give rupees 500 per module, isn't it? Yeah. So I think it'll be better for me if I pay the amount and do the courses. Yeah, that's entirely your choice, Rajesh. Whatever you're comfortable with, we have no, it's entirely your decision. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, brother Rajesh. And it's a joy to have you as part of our People's Church Bible College. And we just hope that you enjoy this learning experience and it will be a blessed learning experience and equipped you to minister effectively in God's kingdom. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. One more thing, madam, that actually I'm implored in a lot of steel plan. So I don't get enough time to go through all the courses, but I'm trying my best to do the courses, definitely. Yes, we understand that we appreciate you taking the courses and studying God's word, your passion to study God's word. Yeah. God bless you. Thank you. Oh, thank you, madam. Thank you, brother Rajesh.  Please go ahead. Ah, yes. Good morning, everyone. I have two questions. The first one is a question that has been asked before, but I just wanted to get clarity on it. I just wanted to understand after we, as human beings, pass away, where do we go? And a couple of examples that I have in mind are in the Old Testament, you know, people who were, who fought a Christ-like life and were close to God, like Moses, for example, where is he now? And again, in the Old Testament, people who are not good people, and there are quite a few, as mentioned in the Old Testament, where are they now? In the New Testament, and our forefathers, people who have passed away, people who have accepted Christ as their savior, whether it is, you know, being born again, or may even have been in different denominations, but have accepted Christ as their savior, where are they now? And again, people who are, I mean, in the forefathers who did not accept Christ as their savior, where are they? So that's the fourth example. And then just in the future, in the millennium, in the thousand year period, again, people who passed away at that time, where do they go? And some of them may have followed Christ. I mean, the devil does not exist during that thousand year period. But again, there may be still people who do not follow Christ and do not accept Christ. So again, in that example, five and six, people who follow Christ, where do they go? And people who don't follow Christ, where do they go in that thousand year period? Yeah, so I just wanted to clarify, just want to clarify on those six examples. Thank you. Thank you, Christopher. Yeah, Christopher, so for each of these, we can call them as dispensations. Dispensations means periods of time. So we have three dispensations that you've mentioned. One is the Old Testament before the cross. Then we have the current dispensation that we are now. And then we're looking at the millennium. So there is a difference between the old and the new. In the Old Testament, everyone who died, the people, those who believed in Jehovah God and those who didn't, they, when they died, of course, you know, so when, what is death? Death is the separation of the spirit and soul from the body. So the body decays, of course, but the spirit and soul would went to hell.  There was the, there was Abraham's bosom, or also known as paradise.  Hades had two compartments, Abraham's bosom or paradise and hell. So that comprised Hades. So when you think about Hades in the Old Testament, two compartments, a great gulf between the two. How do we know this? When Jesus gave the example, or gave the story of the rich man and Lazarus, he said, the rich man was in hell. Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom. Jesus on the cross, he told the man, the thief next to him, today you will be with me in paradise. There was paradise, it was in Hades, Abraham's bosom. So in the Old Testament, before the cross, nobody went up, no, the spirit didn't go up to heaven, but the spirit and soul would be held in one of these places, hell or Abraham's bosom, paradise. After the cross, when Jesus rose up from the dead and when he ascended, then the Bible tells us, Ephesians chapter four, it's a quotation from the Old Testament Psalms. When he ascended up on high, he took captivity captive and gave gifts to men, Ephesians four through seven. So Abraham's bosom, paradise, was shifted from being in Hades to heaven. That's why in the New Testament, when you read about paradise, you read about paradise being in heaven. Second Corinthians 12, Paul says, I was caught up into the third heavens, into the paradise of God, Revelation two. You see paradise being up in heaven. So that's the difference. It has to be very clear.  We also, I think even in Christolers, we covered this. So this will be very clear in our minds. Hades prior to the cross, had two compartments, Abraham's bosom, paradise as well as hell, post the cross, paradise was taken up into heaven. So in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the church or dispensation of the spirit or grace or whatever, but now when a believer dies, so whether our forefathers or any of us today when a believer dies, his spirit goes up directly to the Lord to be in heaven. How do we know that many scriptures? Paul said in Philippians one, if it is better for me to die and to be with the Lord. Second Corinthians five, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. So in this right now, after the cross, whenever believer dies, his body decays, but his spirit and soul go up to be with the Lord.  So then we understand, like we studied in the course on end times that there is going to be the resurrection of the saints. When Christ comes, the spirit is reunited with the body. They're raised up with glorified bodies and they're going to be with the Lord for seven years in heaven. Then that's the end of the age, the battle of Armageddon. And then the millennium begins. So millennium in the millennium, you're going to have two kinds of people. You're going to have people with glorified bodies, the resurrected saints. You're also going to have the natural beings who have come past through the tribulation, they're entering into the millennium. And Isaiah 65 talks about people who will be born during the millennium. So life will continue during millennium, thousand year reign of Christ, people will be born, so on.   So the ones with resurrected bodies will not die because they're going to now, they have the glorified bodies. But the people who, natural people who passed into the millennium will procreate, they will die and the same thing will happen. That means their bodies will decay, they're going to go either to hell, those who have not received Christ or their spirits will go up into heaven. And then the millennium ends, Revelation 20 and beginning of 21, and the millennium ends with the great white throne judgment, right? So there at the great white throne judgment, there is every person, it's Revelation 20, verses 13, 14, every person who ever lived will be standing before the throne. So once again, and that's the division, the sheep and the goats, right? Jesus spoke about it in Matthew 25. So the sheep and the goats are already separated, there's already believing Christ, but every person will be raised back to life.  And then there's going to be the renovation of the earth, everything will be destroyed with fire, second Peter 3, Revelation 21, 1 and 2, there'll be new heavens and new earth. So we enter into the new heavens and new earth with glorified bodies. Is that okay? So to answer your question, Old Testament was different. Everybody went into Hades, but they were kept in two separate compartments. This dispensation, believers go straight up into heaven. No, those are not saved, continue as before.  Those who do die, same thing happens. And then it all ends with a great white throne judgment where every person who ever lived will stand before the throne of God. Is that okay, Christopher? Yeah, thank you, Pastor. I probably have to just go to the recording again and just get it again because I think it's quite a heavy answer. I just want one related question now. What are these, the third heaven, what are the first and second place? So if we just start on that. Yeah, so it's Paul writes, it's like on this 12, he talks about the third heaven. So there are a couple of ways to look at this. So obviously if there's a third heaven, there's a first and then the second. So the Bible uses the word heaven or heaven's Old Testament and New Testament. So sometimes it's used in a singular heaven. Sometimes it's used in a plural heavens implying that there's more than one heaven. And then by the usage, meaning the context and how that word is used, we understand this. And so what I'm saying right now is basically a summary of the usage of the word heaven. So one, the word heaven in the Bible is used to refer just to the atmospheric heavens. So we talk about the clouds. For example, as high as the heavens are above the earth. So in that case, the heavens are the atmospheric heavens talking about the clouds and so on. So as the rain comes down from the heaven and waters the earth, that heaven is the atmospheric heaven talking about the clouds and so on. So that's the atmospheric heaven. Or if you want to talk about it, you can use the word Celestial. Paul uses that in 1 Corinthians 15. And he says, there is one kind of heavenly bodies and then there is the body of the earth. So it's again talking about what we would say atmospheric or cosmic, the cosmos, the space. Heavens is used that way. In the beginning, God created the heavens, space, cosmic, cosmos. So that's the first, you know, we can refer to the atmospheric heaven or the physical universe heavens. The second is the heavenlies, heavens as in the heavenlies which is referring to the spiritual realm that and many times we think about it as something lying, you know, it kind of overlaps but it is not talking about the natural heavens, the cosmic heavens, but as in the heavenlies, right? So this is, you know, Paul says, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against spiritual, you know, wicked spirits and heavenly realms, heavenlies. We are seated with Christ in the heavenly realm. So this is talking about the second heaven is talking about the spiritual unseen realm that also covers the earth. So this is where the realm in which demon spirits operate, so the wicked spirits operate. So Paul refers to it. So that's the second heavens. The third heavens is the realm in which God lives. It is a realm into which, in which paradise exists. It is a realm into which a believer when he dies goes into, so these are the three heavens. Is that okay? Yes, thank you. Welcome. Thanks, Selena, back to you. Thank you, Christopher, for your question. Thank you, Pastor, for answering the question for those valuable insights. We'll move on to Samuel's question that he's posted on the chat section. Samuel says, the three strike rule has often come up in the courses this semester and not just while doing church administration. I understand it is something that only we as a church is agreed upon. It is definitely very high standards that we can think of adhering to but it is also unsettling to know that we could potentially lose our leader over three errors. Should there be a system of resolution, personal and professional growth, et cetera, over something seemingly so rigid? And then there's another query that Samuel has posted, perhaps a seven times seven rule over three strikes but with systems to ensure we are learning and growing. So anyway. I will take it up because that three strike rule is part of church and ministry administration. Yeah, so Sam, everything has a context in which it is presented. So the three strike rule is not something that applies to like everybody. No, it's in the context of church administration. We're talking about church staff. So honestly, every person gets innumerable chances in the context of, hey, making small mistakes. Yeah, we all make mistakes and there's no count for it. That's just not a matter. So, I sometimes might forget to attend a meeting or I might forget to do something on time. So those are non issues, right? Those are, and that happens to all of us. So the three strike rule has a context, the context is when a staff fails to meet certain standards and expectations, then, and remember, something preceding the three strike rule is there is always constant warning saying, hey, this is not happening, so please get your work up to thing. Then we give first feedback, then a second. And then the third time when the same matter repeats, it's the end. So these have to do with very consequential matters, things like character issues, financial integrity, conduct, those are the things. The everyday non issues, those are innumerable, we always small, small matters, we don't. So I think the context of three strike rule is very serious matters. Either work performance is not up to the mark, they're not delivering on what has to happen. So we're giving them three chances, which is fair enough. You can't keep paying a salary indefinitely, right? That's unfair to the organization. So there is, the context is there, church staff, somebody who's being paid for their work or even a volunteer, if there's a misconduct, something very serious, grievous, then there is this three strike rule. But sometimes, like I also mentioned, termination will happen immediately on the first instant when there's a serious thing, the three strike doesn't apply, because the misdeed was previous. If somebody's caught stealing money, we're not gonna give them two more chances to steal money. It's like that instant, they're out. Or if somebody physically or sexually abuses somebody, we're not gonna give them two more chances. That instant, they have to step down. If they go through a process of correction, maybe in the future, we can bring them back to ministry. But there's no second or third chance. The three strike rule doesn't even apply. It's once and it's out. So there's a context in all, which all of these things happen and hopefully, we'll be sensitive to that. Hope it's okay, Sam. Thank you. You're welcome. Back to you, Selina, sorry, that was from my course. So that's why I answered it. No, thank you so much, Pastor. Thank you, Samuel, for your question. I hope your question was answered. Thank you, Pastor. We'll move on to the next question from Jack in Joel. Jack in says, sometimes I don't understand the difference between the burden which got places in my heart and the anxiety body that comes in so subtly. As humans, we keep praying for many years about certain things. We leave it in faith, trusting in God, being persistent in faith, that there are times we see circumstances rising against, things going in the opposite direction. Is this human fear, anxiety or burden which God has put in my heart to pray more forwardly? What should be my right heart attitude? Would one of our faculty like to take on this question and answer Jack in and help her with this? Okay, thank you, Pastor Selina. And thank you, Jack, for that question. So I'll share my thoughts on this. When we talk about a burden that we receive from the Lord, you know, when we receive something like that from the Lord, it leads us into action, okay, some sort of an action. And it's a healthy thing, receiving a burden from the Lord. For example, when we, I'm just, there are different examples we can look at, but I'm just going to talk about Nehemiah when he heard about the cities broken down walls. It was a concern that came upon his heart and he was stirred up by that. We read about that in Nehemiah chapter two. But then it was a healthy thing because he knew, also he knew how to channelize it. So when he felt that concern and that burden, he flung into action and that was to pray initially and then the Lord led him, gave him favor and that he was actually able to go and do something about that situation. So I feel a burden works in that way, but we receive it and then there is something productive coming out of it and it's healthy. So either we pray and then take a step to move in the right direction. But then, as opposed to a burden, anxiety and worry, we read about that in scripture. First bit of five, seven, it says cast your cares upon the Lord. So cares and anxiety, I believe fall in the category where it's not healthy, it's not productive because it just leads us to a preoccupation where we don't invite God into that particular situation and help us deal with it. So that's the difference I see between these two, Jashan. And I would also say you've asked about certain prayers that we keep praying. So yes, there are some situations, promises from God which have a right time for fulfillment. There are some promises for which we need to contend. So such may take slightly longer in manifesting, but we must not give up. We must hold on to the word of God. God's word is our standard and we know that God's word is God's will. So we hold on to that and we continue in faith and continue in prayer to see the fulfillment of those promises. So just some thoughts that I wanted to share. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Nancy. Did that help, Jacken? Okay. Thank you, Jacken, for your question. The next request we have is from Rajesh. She says, can I have a physical copy of courses of study for each semester? It'll be easier to refer during the class and Pastor Ashish has replied to that. He says, dear Rajesh, we apologize. We do not mail print copies of lecture notes to students. We however encourage students to print out their own personal copy of the lecture notes. Some of our courses uses the APC books as textbooks. Within India, you can request your free copy of APC books by sending an email with your postal address to book requests at apcwo.org. Is that okay, Brother Rajesh? Yes, thank you very much. Thank you. We'll move on to our next question. It's from Jasmine. Jasmine is from Uganda. And she says, thank you very much for the e-learning platform. It has been a blessing and an eye opener. My question is concerning praise and worship. How can one effectively lead true worship? So can I ask Pastor Roshan Juhannis to answer that question, please? Thank you. Hi, Pastor Roshan Juhannis. Thank you. We have just one more to clarify. This question very quickly is, hi Jasmine. So is your question related to leading in worship? Is that right? Would that be correct? Hello. Yes. Yes, please. Okay, yeah. So effectively leading true worship or leading worship corporately or for a congregation, setting, it's an overflow of what happens in your personal time, in your personal time with God. And so how to effectively lead true worship? It's simply building the intimate relationship with him or worshiping God in your personal time and just getting to learn going deeper in his word.  And the other thing I would say is serving. So these three things actually kind of keeps our heart in check and also helps us lead effectively to our congregation.  And the third thing, the reason I say serving is the people that you are leading should know you as well. So especially after you lead worship in the church or whatnot, wherever God uses you, it's very important to stay back, connect with the people that you are leading. And so, you know, and so they know who the leader is as well. It's not that you lead worship and you disappear and the next thing, in the next time they see you is only on stage again on it next Sunday or once a month, you know, right? So having that conversation, just building that rapport, that relationship with the people and the congregation that you lead is also another practical way of how you can effectively, how you can be effective in leading worship as well. So I hope that answers. And also, Jay, if there's anything that you'd like to add, please. Hi, Roshan. Hi, everyone. Just some practical aspects. I just wanted to point out to one scripture, which is John chapter four and verses 23 and 24, where the woman of the well asked the Lord, has this conversation with the Lord and the Lord kind of gives a, you know, formula, not formula, but then, you know, focus on what true worship is and what true worshipers will do. So he says, let me just read. The hour is coming and now is when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him, God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. So if we keep that in front of us, saying that, okay, as a worshipper, as a lead worshipper, if I worship the Lord in spirit and truth, you know, nothing superficial, it's not a performance, but I'm worshiping Him out of my innermost being as led by the spirit of God and in truth, not without any hypocrisy, without any pretence, in truth, meaning as per the word of God, worshiping Him for who He is and, you know, so when I do that in my personal times and when I facilitate the congregation and when people are there and I lead them into it and yeah, and leading the congregation into a time of worship is, it's like a journey, it's a progression, we're at the outer courts and then we move in and then slowly make our way, you know, if you have the picture of the tabernacle in front of you, we go in to the, you know, the most holy place. So it could be some outer court, you know, we could be singing some outer court songs about the Lord and then slowly we view in your, you know, if you're having a song list or a set list, you could choose songs which move progressively from, you know, songs about God to songs to Him, you know, so we are saying something about Him and then we move on to directly communing with Him. I mean, this is just a formula, I mean, this is just a guideline. You don't have to strictly adhere to it, but it helps because sometimes people are kind of distracted thinking about various things and then it helps to bring that focus in to, you know, talk about the Lord and then you talk to Him and then you, you know, begin to commune with Him. So if you can just think of that journey and the thing is when we think about leading also, sometimes we think, okay, I have to tell people what to do all the time, it's not that, we just have to turn our focus onto the Lord and then, you know, the people begin communing and then we just step back. Like Paul Beloshe says, you know, we are lead worshippers. We lead, but then we are worshipping ourselves and hope that helps. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Did that help Jasmine? I hope that answered your question. Yes, yes, thank you very much. Thank you. We'll move on to our next query that's come from Abraham. Abraham says, please, I want to come to India next year for graduation. What is the procedure? So Pashashi says, reply to your query. He says that you need to apply at the Indian Consulate close to you for a tourist or a visitor visa. You can then plan to attend the graduation when you are here, but please know that you will not be allowed to engage in any Christian ministry work when you're on a tourist or a visitor visa because the Indian government is very strict about this. So did this help Abraham? Tete? Yes, Pastor. Thank you so much, Pastor. But I wanted to know, is it possible to receive an invitation later from APC? Is that okay? Or I should just come with a tourist visa. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, Abraham, it's better that you come on a tourist visa. So the thing is, at the present time, the situation in India is very, especially when it comes to religious matters, things are very tense.  So it's better not to mention, and just to come in as a tourist, then you attend, of course, when once you're in here, you can attend services, do what you want with your time other than being preaching and doing ministry. So now our suggestion is just come as a tourist and rather than, you know, with this mention, with trying to mention that you're coming for a Bible college graduation or something, it's better not to have any religious, mention of any religious activity. Okay, Pastor. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. We'll move on to our next question from John Paul. John Paul has posted his question on the chat section. He says, when we listen to people from church, how do we keep from overburdening ourselves? So you mean when people come and share their problems and difficulties or come for prayer, is that what you're asking, John? Yes. Okay. Can one of our faculty answer this, please? When we listen to people from church, how do we keep from overburdening ourselves? Yeah, thank you, John, for that question. I'll share some thoughts and I'm sure the others also will have much to say about this matter. So some of the things that could help is when we listen to people, you know, we could be very sensitive to the voice of God as well. Like just keep asking the Lord, okay, Lord, how do I respond to this? How can I minister? How can I strengthen, counsel, encourage this person? And so, you know, as we hear from the Lord, we can share that with them. And to have a mindset where, you know, we think of empowering them. So maybe equip them in the word or something like that. Because sometimes in some situations, what happens, we give a listening here and then there isn't much change and then constantly the sessions keep happening. So, you know, you end up giving the same kind of time without really empowering that person. So obviously, you know, that is not a very effective way of listening to them. So listen and see how best we can empower them, maybe equip them from the word and or connect them to, if it requires somebody more professional or experienced to guide them, then maybe we can connect them to a person like that. So that's also something we can do. And I feel another thing we can think of, John, is see at the end of the day, you know, thank God for the experience and the empowering of the Holy Spirit in our lives, but we're also humans. So we may not have all the answers for all the questions that come our way. So somewhere there is that limitation.  But let's do our best. Let's do our best. But even then, we might find that it's quite a lot to handle. So in that situation, we have to also have a healthy boundary so that we can maintain our own personal strength and our own, you know, like mental strength. So just some thoughts from me. I request our colleagues also to please add. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Nancy. Would any of the other pastors like to help John with his question? Yes, Sainah, I'd just like to add one single thought. The verse, John 836 has really helped me where it says that, so if the sun sets you free, it's free indeed. Now, it's true that, especially in the past, we're calling a lot of them come and share all of their problems and all the challenges that they're going through. But I like what Pastor Nancy also mentioned, a burden causes us to, it's a call to action. So John, yes, there will be times, you know, many of them are coming and sharing their challenges. And one thing that has helped me is to stand on this verse, John 836 where, you know, you're free. There's this freedom yet when people are sharing and, you know, they're sharing their burdens and their challenges that they're going through. Of course, you stand on that verse saying, I know the sun has set us free. And then you begin to minister to them in a way that letting them know that, hey, this is the outcome of this can be, this is the future. We know that these challenges are there. And so personally for ourselves, something that can really help us is even if Philippians 4-6 don't be anxious about anything but in everything to prayer and supplication. So these are probably verses, you know, that many a times we have shared with people that I've realized that I've not applied it to myself. And so I intentionally apply these things to myself. Then we are able to share it with others. It becomes more effective. So I just thought I'd leave us with that. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Paul, for sharing those insights. Did that help, John? Or Passage, if you'd like to say. Yes, John, one thing that helps me is, I mean, I think thanks for Nancy and Paul for sharing. One thing that helps me is just to remind myself that I'm not God, right? God didn't call us to play God. That means we are not here to solve people's problems. We are not here to be an answer to everything. Only God can be God. We do our part.  God is the healer, we are not the healers. God is the comforter, we are not the comforters. God is the deliverer, we are not the deliverers, right? We are just instruments. Like Paul says, you know, we are earthen vessels. So just to remind ourselves, God is not expecting me to solve their problems. I'm only a minister, I'm only a channel. So every time our confidence is completely in God, God, I've spoken what I need to speak. The rest is yours. You know, I can't do God's part. God is not expecting me to do his part. So that way I'm not carrying any burden. You know, after I meet the person, the matter is over. I don't talk about that matter. I don't think about that matter. So let's say somebody comes to me, I usually give about 15 minutes to one hour. They come, they may say everything. When we close with prayer, the matter is closed. I don't go talk about that person, don't think about that person, don't discuss the matter again. Don't keep it in my mind. That's not my responsibility. And I shouldn't, right? That means that matter has been cast before the Lord when we close in prayer. Now it's entirely God's thing to handle. I'm no longer involved unless, of course, I need to pray for them, pray for that person. To that extent, yes, we're involved. We carry that sense of care and quote unquote burden for them that should pray for them. But we're not God, we're not trying to solve the problems. Only God can do that. So that really helps me just, hey, stay out of God's way, let God do it. Thanks. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Pastor. Really helpful. Thank you. Thank you, John. We move on to the next question from Reverend Kennedy from Kenya. He says, it's normal as a pastor to feel withdrawn. You feel like you are being used, especially when you see the people you think are mature, are behaving as baby Christians. You have talked to them, prayed with them about, you have talked to them, prayed with them, but no change. What do you do? Can Pastor Jaykumar answer this question, please? Excellent. Yeah, thank you. Thanks for the question. Yeah, I think there are two things mentioned here. Is it normal for a pastor to feel withdrawn? So I guess emotionally detached from, like, I'm just trying to understand. I guess it's, let me just answer that. Feel withdrawn from whatever is happening. Now, I think we just need to check why we are feeling withdrawn. Is it because of too much of things happening, problems? Maybe we are feeling discouraged, or maybe we don't see things happening as it should. And we kind of feeling withdrawn because of that.  So again, just going back to, just understanding that it is a journey that we are making as a community of believers. And well, there are people, some people take more time than others to mature and to grow. And if you look at our own lives, yes, we understand that. So it requires patience, but also requires empowering people. I just share that, because people not only need to know what's wrong, but also, and what is right, and what they need to do, but also they need to know how to get there. And empowering the people through the Word and the Spirit and giving them the keys to handle certain things would really help. So yeah, so maybe you've counseled, maybe we have prayed with them, still they're not able to, we don't see visible change. So it's good to understand why. Is it the attitude problem, or are they genuinely trying and they're unable to? Or have we failed to give them the keys for change? Maybe like renewing the mind or praying in the Spirit or some discipline of going to the Lord, or are they just running to the pastor every time they have a problem or a challenge? So what is it? So I think to understand that situation and to help them empower their hands, I empower them to live that out would really help. I hope that helps. Anyone else can add to this. Thank you pastor Jay Kumar. Did that help Reverend Kennedy? Yes, yes, I think I've gotten something. Okay, we'll move on. Thank you Reverend Kennedy. We'll move on to Rajesh's question. He says, I may be missing many live sessions such as Holy Spirit sessions, anointing sessions, impartations, prayer, how can we connect with APC? Brother Rajesh, all of the mentoring sessions that we have are recorded. It's posted in the main audio section so you can go back and refer to those sessions. Thank you very much. We don't record the, we don't have the prayer sessions that happen for in-person students and that's not recorded because they have it every Friday, or every day is supernatural hour, every Friday they have their fasting prayer, but that's not for the rest of the e-learning students and online students. So that's not recorded, but you can access all the mentoring sessions that's either that we posted on the main audio page. Thank you very much. Okay, we just run out of time. So, Jeremiah's question, I think Pastor has responded. I see Christopher's hand up and even Lamak's hand up, but since we've run out of time, I would request both of you to please post your question, send it to the administrator and email it to her and then we will address those questions. Is that okay? Christopher and Lamak? Yes, thank you. Because we've run out of time, we have to, students have to get ready for the class and even the faculty. So we'll stop here. Thank you all for joining the mentoring session. I see Jasmine's question as well. Jasmine, we will address your question. We'll reply via email to you. You can send in your questions at admin at apcbiblecollege.org and we'll answer those of you who've not been able to ask your questions or if your questions have been posted and not been answered. We'll do that. Yes. Hello, this is Lamak. Yes, Lamak. Yeah, well, mine actually is mainly a token of appreciation. It's nice really to talk to you guys and especially Pastor Raika. She's, so you have been a blessing to our family and yeah, many others. So we, by God's grace, we've started actually some kind of school and we are really encouraging all our students to join the Bible College. So we are using the material, the foundations and the rest actually to do our small groups. We've called them, we are calling them life families. So it's really such a blessing. Actually, we see that we have a spiritual buffet, we call it a spiritual buffet. So for all the material and everything, it's such a blessing and we are seeing really that it's a revival really happening and we keep praying for you guys and yeah, let God continue to use you mightly. So Pastor Raika, as she said, so thank you, thank you so much. We are being blessed. We will keep in touch. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Lame. Thank you. Thank you, Lame. Thank you all for joining the mentoring session. Have a blessed day and a week ahead. God bless you all. Thank you. Okay, please. Yeah.