Alright, new updates here, let's check it out, ooh I like his badge. Your internet activity over the last 10 years is being screwed. Sorry I should have watched everything, but I'm immediately bumping on yours on a slip sync. It's a bit late, there's something weird that we're closing the mouse so much. Activity over the last 10 years is being... Activity over the last 10 years, last 10. And I say last 10, I don't close my lips. So this is confusing shape that he goes so, so close. And in years, this just feels more like y'all, right? This is the year sync, the years would be like all the way back here. I'm exaggerating about years, you really want to open up that mouth there. Careful here, you go up in a very straight way and then your wrist rotation is always the same. Remember my little IK lecture, this is the red flag right there. You gotta work on hiding that IK. Same thing here, just the way that rotation turns here on the wrist. And then the very straight translate on that arm, so the IK there. You can fold that little wrist rotation up, feels a bit drifty. This just happens very slowly throughout. Rest is good on his arms. And then when you say years, see how it just goes down with the whole body and head. It would still have an ever so slight, even if you try to know, ever so slight arc up. So it has a bit of a years, he lifts the head just a bit during years. Nice. Even through here, it's a straight up.  That's great. And I would still take probably a frame out of the first two left, right. It still feels a bit, a bit of detail versus a bit of detail. You know, you really want to feel that vivid detail and the shape there. It's cool though. Definitely coming along really nicely. That's a bit funky, first impression, because I'm seeing, you know, like what is going on here. I'm not understanding those shapes.   You know what I mean? It's over the whole thing. And now the thumb feels like it's inside the index. You're going to break your thumb. You're going to want to put that thumb over there, just pose wise. And I would do the fist here, you know, like that would be your composition. And I probably would not linger so much, because then A, you get a tangent between these two and it looks like he's looking at the fist. It's like a ginormous fist. If you're saying that, well, I'm hitting, that's, you know, that's the size of my fist. His fist is still as big as his head. I'm still not quite understanding.  But there's something really weird. Like at this point I would do probably like a 45 lens or something in Maya. What are you doing? I'm not sure he needs to look out this way for so long.  So you can, you can have eye contact earlier. This feels just a bit weird, especially this, that he turns the head. Why is it looking like, what is he seeing over there? That feels weird. What are you doing here, Reynolds? You're DVD player broken. And then I would just say, keep animating. You know, there's nothing there except the face, which I think in terms of the looks and all that stuff, I like. What are you doing here, Reynolds? You're DVD player broken. I think you could have one more change. What are you doing here, Reynolds? That is fine. And then... You're DVD player broken. Even during this part, you could, I would already go into something more like that expression-wise. They're broken. And then at the end, you know, the last accent can be what you just did. All right. And then you got this guy. It's not shorter, huh? What are you going to do with this one? It's just going to be... That's the whole shot and not the ending, or? That's curious.  There's so much going on, which is great. Nothing's going on here. There's no foot rolls, no compression, no sideways tilts or anything. And then now his feet slide backwards. See how the toes are here?  They're back here. So you want to maintain that toe position. So it feels... At least the one, maybe, you know, you might argue, well, maybe the other one slides back, but then really make it a slide. And now it's kind of in between those two worlds where it feels more like a mistake. And then on push-offs like this, there's something about, you know, I mean, you've got to keep on going with having fingers just for frame or two. You want them flat like that. Like you want that flat finger thing and not going... Hey, it's definitely not going through geometry, but I wouldn't have them always bent down like that. It feels like there's always a rake, you know, and it's never compression. Even through here, then you want to have them. Maybe one index koopy curl, but then the other ones would be flat. Like you want to feel pressure on those hands and fingers. There's some funky in the camera where we have really big left and right, and you zoom out at the same time. I don't know if it's a translate. It feels like a translate. I don't know if that's a lens thing. Slightly confusing because the relationship to the camera, the distance of this guy's top head there, always the same. It's slightly weird because it feels almost like you're translating and doing a lens change. You know, if you're going back to see more, then don't move this guy as far back. I mean, does that make sense? Like it feels like you're moving either the camera back in physical space or with a lens, but at the same time you're trying to keep the relationship of the guy's head to camera the same. It feels really weird. So this gives me a really weird movement at the end there. Yeah, and I would slow it down just because you have that big move right here and then we cut. So it's a very discerning thing when you start with a big move and then you don't finish it. It feels like we're cutting too early. Or if you're going to continue with a neck shot, maybe that neck shot would have to have a crazy move too, but I thought we were on his close-up and on close-ups you don't really want to move as much as this here. It's just going to be all very confusing. So I would just go this, maybe, maybe this, but then really slow it down. Have a very minimal, minimal stuff there. And even here, see that if you look at that tree, it's here and then here, from here to here. That's a linear key how you're starting that camera. So definitely ease into that move a bit more. And I would probably on this have his eyes looking here. You need to look at the guy's face. So I would rotate the head from this to this and that starts first. So maybe by now you start so that by here you have a clear, like a lead with the head. The head goes up first, getting into this. And then hand contact controllers and stuff like that. Arm arcs on this guy. It feels like this guy's doing this. And I know there's some shaking in camera, but it still feels like it's something in the anime, not the camera. So you can make sure that when you do those arcs and that stuff at this point, you mute all your handheld. So it's just a kind of a static camera so you can have proper arcs and then you put in the handheld. Also watch out. Once this head goes back here, it stays in the same orientation throughout.  So I'm like panicked, like get away from me. Not that you have to have a crazy shake, but it's not so static. Alright, thanks.


I want to give you three biblical signs that reveal that you're sensitive, truly sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Are you spiritually sensitive? You're going to find out right now. Now, in this world, there is a lot of noise coming at us from all different directions. Culture speaks. Your emotions speak and not always the truth. The enemy speaks. Your family members speak. Your friends speak. The television speaks. Social media speaks. Political powers speak. There's all kinds of noise coming at us from all different directions. We need to be people of God who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit who can clearly hear him and then respond when he speaks. I want you to write this in the comment section if you're committed to that. I want you to write these three simple words, no more noise. Make that commitment now whether you're watching live or on the replay. Sign number one that you're sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit is that you catch and deal with compromise early. Let me read you something found in Judges chapter 16 verse 20. Then she cried out, Samson, the Philistines have come to capture you. When he woke up he thought, I will do as before and shake myself free. But he didn't realize the Lord had left him. Now, a couple of things about this portion of Scripture. This is from the Old Testament. We understand that in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit doesn't abandon believers who make mistakes. Neither do I believe that the Lord completely abandoned Samson here in Judges chapter 16. Rather, what happened was the manifested, tangible supernatural expression of God's power that rested on Samson by way of supernatural physical strength was removed from him. But here, as we read the story, we find that Samson had many opportunities to turn back to the Lord and repent of his compromise. He began in his youth. We see a couple of signs that there was some rebellion in his heart that he hadn't dealt with. And then as he enters this relationship with Delilah, we see on several instances that she asked him for the secret of his strength. Now, he was so blinded by his sin. He was so blinded by his fleshly cravings. He so desired Delilah that he didn't recognize the danger in that relationship. He didn't recognize that she was intentionally trying to destroy him, which is why she kept asking for the secret to his strength. And each time she would ask for the secret to his strength, he would tell her a lie. And what's interesting is that the Philistines would attempt this lie. They would attempt to do what Samson said would take his strength. And he didn't catch on right away. He didn't see that every time he told Delilah, this is how you take my strength, that the Philistines would come and try that very thing. He didn't recognize this because he didn't want to see it.  And again, in the New Testament sense, this is not necessarily what happens. The Holy Spirit doesn't leave you. However, as you begin to compromise, you begin to surrender that influence of the Holy Spirit on your life. So it's not that the Holy Spirit has abandoned you. It's that you no longer acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit. It's not that the power of the Holy Spirit leaves you.  As in the case of Samson, it was compromised incrementally. He got closer and closer to the truth each time he revealed something to Delilah. At first he lied to her and then eventually he fully compromised giving up the secret to his physical supernatural strength from the Lord. We see that here, Judges 1620, that Samson wakes up and he thinks to himself, I will do as before and shake myself free. He didn't realize that the Lord had left him. What a terrifying reality. And again, I am not saying that the Holy Spirit abandons believers. Jesus said, I'll send you another and he will never leave you. So we understand that the Holy Spirit dwells with those who are truly born again. And when you make a mistake, the Holy Spirit doesn't leave you. He stays with you to lead you into holiness again. And he works with you. Of course, there are consequences to sin. Of course, it affects your mind. It affects your life. Of course, God does judge it to a certain degree. We understand there's loss of reward and responsibility and eternity. And he chastises those whom he loves. So I'm not saying just go ahead and freely sin. I'm just trying to balance this biblical truth by also making it clear that the Holy Spirit doesn't just abandon the Christian when the Christian makes a mistake. But still we see this frightening reality that Samson didn't realize that that supernatural strength was no longer upon his life. He didn't recognize that he no longer was able to do what he was used to doing. Here's the reality. When you ignore the voice of the Holy Spirit, he becomes more difficult to hear. When you continue in disobedience to what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, eventually there will come a breaking point where you bear an enormous consequence.  I've seen this, and I'm just going to be real with you here. I've seen this happen to ministries. I've watched as men and women of God who were not that they're no longer anointed, but they're no longer operating in that anointing that's available to them, but who were flowing in such purity, such power, such a grace. And it was so beautiful to watch. And then I watched as a little bit of compromise entered in their doctrines, in their character, maybe a little bit of pride, ego, competitiveness, these sort of things. You see that secret sin maybe began to grab hold of their character. And what began to happen was the power that flowed so beautifully wasn't as potent. And it's not again that it left, but they weren't making full use of that which was available and deposited in them. And so I've seen as wonderful ministries rise quickly and then suddenly enter into compromise, whether in doctrine, whether in character, whether in morality, whatever it may be, and suddenly you can see a difference. And you say, I can't quite put my finger on it, but something special was lost there. Now they can regain that, of course, but it's notable. You recognize it, you see it, and you go, what was that? Well, that was a lack of sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit. In your life, there are compromises that the Holy Spirit is speaking to you about. I often hear people bragging, oh, I'm so sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Oh, I know his voice. Oh, I can hear him so clearly. But I'm not impressed with how clearly someone can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. I'm more impressed with how quickly they respond when he speaks. Sensitivity is not just about being able to hear him. There are many people who hear him yet don't obey. Sensitivity is all about how quickly you respond when the Holy Spirit is speaking to you.  And when you are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit, you catch and deal with compromise as soon as it becomes a problem. Others may call you legalistic. Others may make fun of you because you don't do what they do or talk like they talk or go where they go. They may say, well, you're taking it too far. Oh, well, you know, you got to have a little bit of fun or you need to enjoy your freedom in Christ.  And you may be a subject of mocking and ridicule and persecution because of this. You may be excluded from some things because people don't want to bring you around because you make them uncomfortable in their compromise. But this is the truth about those who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. It's that they catch and deal with compromise. Maybe you're like that. Maybe you know what it is to be rejected because you don't do things the way others do it. Maybe you know what it is to be excluded because you have a higher standard for your life than others have. And that can be frustrating sometimes and it can even make you feel isolated.   It's sensitivity. It's like if I were to burn my hand and the skin became sensitive, if someone were to touch my hand or shake my hand, instantly my reflex would be to pull my hand back when they went to shake my hand. Why? Because the skin is sensitive. So sensitivity brings forth reflex. Spiritual sensitivity brings forth spiritual reflex so that the moment compromise touches you, you immediately recoil because you can sense it strongly. And those who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit don't allow for compromise. That's how sin works. Listen, temptation is not an event. It's a process. It's something that over time begins to overtake your life if you don't begin to deal with it. So that's number one. Sign number one, that you're sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit is that you catch and deal with compromise early. Sign number two, you consult with the Lord on decisions. There is such a thing as the sin of presumption. Some of us are so presumptuous, we think that just because we're doing something that the Lord is there for going to back it. Now, let me balance this point by saying that people who sit around and do nothing while waiting on God to reveal ultra specific signs usually are waiting out of fear. Reference, for example, the parable of the talents. The master didn't give to each servant a specific instruction with what he deposited in them. No, what did he do? He gave to them in proportion to their ability and then he left on his trip and he left it up to each one of them individually to decide what they were to do with their talent. So I'm not saying that we should wait around and do nothing until the heavens split open and an audible voice comes booming from the sky telling us an ultra specific instruction or next step. No, I'm saying that many of us don't even pray about what we want to do. And because we don't have prayer lives, we're telling God, I don't need your advice. I don't need your input. I don't need to know what you have to say. I'm not saying God wants to control every little detail of your life, like what color shirt you'll wear or where you should eat today, not necessarily, but God does want to have some input. He does want to consult you. He does want to give you wisdom if only you would ask. Look in 2 Samuel chapter 7 verses 1 through 5. Here we see an example of a prophet speaking presumptuously. When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies, the king summoned Nathan the prophet. Look, David said, I am living in a beautiful cedar palace and the ark of God is out here in a tent. Nathan replied to the king, go ahead and do whatever you have in mind for the Lord is with you. Guys, he's giving a instruction with his prophetic authority. He doesn't have to say thus saith the Lord for this to be prophetic instruction. He is speaking on the Lord's behalf when he says, for the Lord is with you. That's quite clear in Scripture. We can't deny that. Verse 4, but that same night the Lord came to Nathan. Now the Lord comes to the prophet and is like, what are you doing? Verse 5, go and tell my servant David, this is what the Lord has declared. Are you the one to build a house for me to live in? So now the Lord is saying, Nathan, that is not what I said. I did not instruct you to permit him on my behalf to go and build the temple. We know this because David was a man of war and God wanted someone who wasn't a man of war to build that temple. But still we see that the prophet spoke presumptuously. Think about the fact that before Jesus chose his twelve disciples that he prayed all night. I believe one hour for each disciple. And so the Lord even prayed before making a decision. In the book of Acts, as you see the early church making major decisions, they would consult with the Lord through prayer and fasting. They would commit to fasting so that they could lend attentive ears to the voice of God and hear what he had to say. Those who are sensitive to the Holy Spirit consult with the Lord on decisions. Now here again, others may mock you for this and say, well, why do you always say you have to pray about it?  Now let me balance that because some people do take that to a legalistic extreme in that they base their whole relationship with God off this idea that every detail has to be spoken before they obey. That is a religious way to look at it. And by religious I mean man's attempt at doing what only God can do. So they get stuck in legalistic bondage because they're really just excusing their fear. They're really just hiding behind wisdom. They're hiding behind obedience when they're just afraid. That's a phrase Christians do often hide behind. We can't deny that. When somebody says let me pray about it, sometimes they're being sincere. Sometimes they mean that and they really are going to pray about it and consult with the Lord. Other times when someone says I'll pray about it, what they really mean is I don't want to do it, but I don't want to tell you that to your face or they could mean I'm afraid to do it. So let me hide behind obedience or the illusion of obedience and instead neglect to even attempt to pray about it and instead shun that idea and instead hide away while never doing anything for God. So we have to make sure that we're balancing and making sure we avoid both extremes. We don't want presumption for sure, but we also don't want paralysis. Avoid both presumption and paralysis, but those who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit consult with the Lord on their decision. They go to him and they say Lord I want you to speak to me about my spouse. You know the Lord spoke to me about Jessica. The Lord spoke very clearly. In fact the Lord told me I would marry her before I even met her. How is that possible? Well I was picking up a friend on New Year's Day. This was January 1st 2012. I'm picking up a friend and he and I were going to go to a birthday dinner for a friend that we had in common. So I was picking him up. I was his ride. His house was on the way and I turned to my friend. I said I don't know why I'm saying this. I said but today I'll meet the one I'm going to marry and he looked at me like that's an odd thing to say and then I said this. I said and I will say on January 1st 2012 I met the one I would marry. Sure enough at that birthday dinner that's when I met Jessica. There was an instant connection there but that only happened because I had a prayer life. That moment only occurred because I was sensitive enough to the voice of the Holy Spirit to hear that because I had been regularly consulting with the Lord. So if you live a lifestyle of consulting with the Lord then you have this safety net set before you. I'm not talking about being paralyzed, doing nothing, never going anywhere, never taking any ministry opportunity, never making any steps. I'm talking about being guided as you go but you have to get moving. You have to get walking. You have to do something for the Lord and as you go he will guide. Think about the Apostles and how they wanted to go into Asia but the Holy Spirit prevented them. As they went the Holy Spirit would say no not there. It is that safety net when you consult with the Lord but do something and if he prevents you from doing it he'll speak it to you and you'll be able to hear him precisely because you have a prayer life. Listen there's no greater advantage in this life than knowing the voice of God. Think about this really what we're saying when we say that we consult with the Lord. He knows the future. He knows his plans. He can see into the hearts of men and women in our lives. He can see them. He knows what they're up to. He knows what they're thinking. He knows what their motives are concerning us. He hears conversations about you that take place behind closed doors where you cannot hear them and the Lord has all this information. He sees the future. He sees the hearts of men and women. He sees what's coming in that day. He sees what his plans are and all of these things come together for our benefit when we consult him. Think about that. The one who knows the future will speak to me if I simply pray daily. The one who knows all things and possesses all wisdom and knows the hearts of men and women. He'll speak to me clearly if I simply have a prayer life and this is a wonderful thing that many believers don't take advantage of. Why? Because they're going so fast that their pace doesn't allow for consultation with the Lord. I'm not saying wait in fear and be paralyzed and do nothing until you have absolute confirmation but I am saying that we shouldn't just rush ahead and do anything and everything that comes to our mind without everyone's praying. We have to have lifestyles of consulting with the Lord and that is sign number two that you are sensitive to the Holy Spirit's voice. So sign number one is you catch and deal with compromise early. Sign number two, you consult with the Lord on the decisions that you make. I'm going to give you sign number three right now but make sure you like this video and also subscribe to my channel if you haven't already to learn more about the Holy Spirit prayer and spiritual warfare. And by the way the likes do help the teaching spread further. Sign number three, you avoid the trap of tradition. Now what I'm about to tell you, I need to make sure I'm explaining very carefully because this is very very important that you get this. One of the signs that you are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit is that you avoid the trap of tradition. Please hear me now. Yesterday's revival can very quickly become today's religion. Yesterday's revival can very quickly become today's religion. We can begin to systemize the Spirit. God moves a certain way. It's beautiful. It's wonderful. It's impacting lives all around the world. And then we take the methods by which God moved. We take the appearance of how He's moving and then we make that the very strict standard for how God has to move now and in the future. Well that's what the Pharisees did. They missed the Spirit and saw only the letter. They looked at the very meticulous details of every little thing and they missed entirely what God was really doing. Think about the fact that the Bible says that the children of Israel knew God's actions but only Moses knew His ways. What does that mean? Well, the children of Israel saw the hand of God at work. They saw the wonders that He performed against the nation of Egypt when they were under captivity to that nation. They saw the Red Sea split open. They saw many miracles that God worked through Moses. They only knew His action. They knew what God did. They knew His performance. They did not know His presence. They knew His power. They did not know His person. Moses, on the other hand, knew the heart of God. Not just the hand of God. He knew the heart of God. And because Moses knew the ways of God, he could see something that was happening and say, God is in them. And this is why many people miss moves of God because they're too busy looking for the hand and they miss the heart. They're too busy insisting upon the letter while neglecting the spirit of the letter. Yes, everything we do should be founded upon the word of God in principle. Absolutely, I agree with that. But sometimes the Holy Spirit will do something. Never that contradicts His word. Don't hear what I'm not saying. The Holy Spirit will never contradict the word of God. Anything that contradicts the word of God is of another spirit. The Holy Spirit will not contradict the word of God. But sometimes He will contradict our interpretations of the word. The word of God is perfect, not your interpretation and understanding of it. And so because of that we say things like, well, I never saw God do that before. Or I've never seen that before. Or this is not the way He used to do it. And then we miss what He's doing. Whereas people who recognize His ways, they can look at something that God is doing and they'll say, not, oh, God has never done this before. They'll say, ah, this looks like something God would do. And so I don't want to be stuck in the trap of tradition. Let me give you an example of this. Go to Exodus chapter 17. Let me show you something. Exodus chapter 17, I'm going to read verses four, five and six. Then Moses cried out to the Lord, what should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me. The Lord said to Moses, walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink. So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on. So here we see the people complaining because they were thirsty in a dry place. Moses is instructed by the Lord to strike a rock, and the Lord says, you strike that rock and water will come gushing out. So Moses obeys that. This is a wonderful miracle, but a powerful thing that God did, that he was able to show that he can bring sustenance and provision even in the midst of a dry place. He could cause water to gush forth. Powerful demonstration. Now watch this. That's what we read in Exodus 17, four through six. And now go to Numbers chapter 20. Numbers chapter 20, we're going to begin reading at verse seven, and this is a similar situation, but it's actually a different account, very similar situation, different account. And the Lord said to Moses, you and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock. Notice here, the instruction is different. Notice here that it's a similar situation, but an entirely different instruction. Now he's not saying strike the rock. Now he's saying, I want you to speak to the rock, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock. Verse nine, the Moses did as he was told, he took the staff from the place where it was kept before the Lord, then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather the rock. Listen, you rebels, he shouted, must we bring water? Must we bring you water from this rock? Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff and water gushed out so the entire community and their livestock drank their fill. But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. God moved here. God performed a miracle. The result was the same. Listen to me now, please. The result was the same in that the people were refreshed. But because Moses insisted on an old method, instead of a current message, he was punished. So God says, speak, Moses strikes it, and he has to strike it twice. Why? Because, listen to me now, he has to strike it twice. Why? Because when you function, when you function in religion and not relationship, it's twice as hard. It is more difficult to try to do things based on tradition than it is to do on truth. Moses strikes the rock twice. Why? Because it's twice as hard to do things man's way than to do it God's way. Probably more difficult than that. But he has to do it twice because the first time it didn't work, why? Because God was not in it. God was not in the way he was doing it. Why did Moses do it this way? Because of a memory of a miracle. Because of a memory of a miracle, he disobeyed the now message of God. He chose system over spirit, ritual over revelation. Power is not found in systems. It's found in surrender. And surrender is obedience. He sacrificed the future for the familiar. Oh my goodness, help us Lord. He sacrificed the future for the familiar. He chose to do things based on the way that he believed God should have done things. And he believed that God should have moved the way he did in the past. Again, the people were, yes, the people were refreshed. God moved. God responded to his act. God demonstrated his power and the people were refreshed just the same. But he didn't do it God's way. He did it based on tradition. And because he did it based on tradition and not truth, he was punished. Oh, how often do we do things because it's the way they were done. Oh, how often we miss what God is doing now because it's not what he was doing then. But people who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit can avoid the trap of tradition. I've never seen anyone be fruitful while clinging to tradition. I've never seen anyone who clings to the letter over the Spirit show any real demonstration of how God is using them today. And it's not about us, but my goodness, that's the way God chooses to move us to people. But when we insist on tradition over truth, when we insist on ritual instead of revelation, we sacrifice the future for the familiar. I don't know about you, but I want to be one who can avoid the trap of tradition, who can see what the Holy Spirit is doing here and now. Again, I'm not talking about the neglect of the word because we often hear rhetorical questions asked as if they prove a point like, is the word of God not sufficient? People ask this question as if it proves a point. Is the word of God not sufficient? They'll even ask things like, well, if it's written in the word of God, why would God need to say it? If it's not written in the word of God, why would God say it? But think about the fact that God, for example, and this is just one example, has given to everyone a conscience. Now, why would God speak to man through the conscience if everything man needs to know is written? Well, the conscience echoes what is written in the word, but he's a personal God, so he also speaks to each individual personally. And in fact, we are the ones who believe the word of God is sufficient. Why? Because if you believe the word of God is sufficient, then you believe that it accomplished its purpose, which was to connect us in right relationship with the Father God. God has not gone mute. God is not dead. God has not stopped speaking. And so the word of God is sufficient in that it has connected us to God in relationship. In fact, to say such things as, well, why would God speak it? Or why does it need to be spoken if it's not in scripture? Why would God speak it if it isn't so forth? These types of questions fail to account for those specific instructions spoken to His servants that guide their very personal lives about the specific people in their lives, about where they should go in terms of where to live, where to work, where to go to school, and so forth. So we do believe the word of God is sufficient in that it has connected us with God and God still speaks. And so those who are sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit recognize that. And they recognize when He speaks and they obey that voice. He will never speak in a way that contradicts the word. He will never speak in a way that contradicts a very clear teaching of scripture, but He does speak specifically to you. And He helps you to avoid this trap of tradition. The Bible says in John chapter 5 verse 19. So Jesus explained, I tell you the truth. The Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. Here we see that Jesus walked in perfect alignment with the will of God. He was like a reflection in the mirror. And as the Father moved, so the Son moved. As the Father spoke, so the Son spoke. Whatever the Father did, the Son did. A perfect reflection. No delay. That's how I want to live. And I know that's how you want to live. You want to live in such sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit that you are aligning your actions with Christ Jesus. Christ is a reflection of the Father.  When we live in this way, we have clarity. We have purpose. We have a peaceful, rested flow. Not hurrying, not worrying, not struggling, not frantic, not tense, peace. People who aren't sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit are very tense, very agitated. They're very tumultuous. Everything's always chaotic. Why? Because they're not at peace. Because they don't recognize the flow of the Holy Spirit. But not you. You can be one who is sensitive to the voice. In fact, you may be. And those are the three signs. You catch and deal with compromise early. You consult with the Lord on decisions. And you avoid the trap of tradition. If you want that, type that in the comments now. I want that. Whether you're watching live or on the replay. And I want to pray with you now. I don't believe you're watching this by accident. I believe God wants to do something for you right now. I believe that the Holy Spirit has directed you to this. That you might benefit from the truth that's been communicated. And I want to pray with you. Let's seal what God has spoken in prayer. Father in the name of Jesus. I lift that one to you now who is receiving this truth. And I pray precious Lord. That your Holy Spirit would continue to guide them. Help us Father to catch compromise. Teach us to be sensitive in that way to your voice. Father help us to not walk in presumption. To consult you daily. And Lord we pray that we would not become religious. The Lord that we would be spirit, build, servants of the Most High God. Give your people that ability, that hunger for it. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it. Say amen. I want to show you something that interested me here. This is concerning probably most people around the world. I know this may not be the case in every nation, but I believe it's the case in most places, at least if you're watching this stream. On a monthly basis, check this out. The average person, and I don't know who the study was done, I believe it was the United States, but this could probably be reflected all across different nations. The average person spends $9.99 a month on Spotify. $9.99 on Netflix. $10 there. Some people have Disney Plus. $8 a month, just about. Think about the content they produce sometimes. Not always the most godly, I think we all know. Think about the fact that many people spend quite a bit monthly on a gym membership. I believe it's about $30 a month that many people spend on a gym membership. By the way, many don't even use that gym membership. I'm not trying to be critical, it's just the fact of the matter. Apple Music, $10.99. YouTube Premium. Some of you might be watching this on YouTube Premium. $11.99 a month. It goes on and on on coffee, drinks. I think that's about $60 a month on coffee and drinks and so forth. I'm thinking, you know, we send our resources to all different parts of the world and to all different sorts of companies and think about the fact that most of these, in fact, all these companies that I just listed, do not have kingdom agendas. Now, I'm not condemning you for being in the world. Of course, we're not to be of the world, but if you want to avoid spending a dollar that will go toward some company that is anti-Christ, well, you're going to have to go live in the mountains, right? We live in this world, we function in this world, but at the same time, if we can support things like this that don't even benefit us spiritually, why aren't we supporting ministries? Now, many of you are partnered with our ministry on a monthly basis. Most of you are $30 a month partners, but many of you are $15 a month partners or $100 a month partners. But about $30 a month is the average partnership. And many of you are not yet partnered with the ministry, yet you can support other things like this. Now, I'm not trying to bring guilt upon you. I want to just challenge your thinking on this. If you can support those things in the world, why not support the things of the kingdom? Either add your support of this ministry to your monthly expenses or replace one of these. Maybe you're saying, you know what, budget is tight. I can't add any more expenses. Well, replace one of these, swap it out for something that actually advances the kingdom. Maybe you're saying, you know what, I don't need to replace it, but I could add support. Then I'm asking you to do it too. In either case, why wouldn't we support it? When you support this ministry, you're supporting the live streams, you're supporting the content releases, you're supporting the events that we host around the world. You're supporting the Holy Spirit School online. Your resources are helping to fund the ministry. And so I want to ask you to consider becoming a monthly partner today by going to davidhernandezministries.com slash partner.  Maybe you're saying, well, I don't want to do it monthly, but I'll give a one-time gift for the year. Or maybe you're saying, I'll give a single gift every now and then. You're not quite ready to partner. That's okay.  Whatever category you fall into, you can become a supporter on a monthly basis. Give a single donation, do both large or small. Any one of those scenarios will help us. But one thing I do ask, don't count yourself out. Don't say, oh, he's talking to the masses. I'm not talking to the masses. I'm talking to one person. That's you. I'm asking you to support the gospel, help us win souls, disciple believers, and spread the kingdom of God all around the world through events and media. davidhernandezministries.com slash donate to give a single gift, davidhernandezministries.com slash partner to become a monthly supporter. And as you give, I can actually see many of the donations that come in. Like for example, Judith just became a monthly supporter. Anthony gave a single donation. Thank you, Anthony. Wettersen gave a single donation. Ma Rowena became a monthly supporter. God bless you. Sandra became a monthly supporter. McKeon became a monthly supporter. Ruth, God bless you. Thank you for becoming a monthly supporter. Teresa became a monthly supporter. Aaron gave a single gift. And many of the other names coming in from around the world. Brianna, thank you. I appreciate your support. Yongtae gave a single gift. Joshua single gift. Robert gave a single gift. Enrique, thank you for your monthly support. Many of you signing up for monthly support and many others giving single gifts. Now, if your giving doesn't work on our website, you can give through Facebook or YouTube, but please do try to give through our website first. It's the best way to give to the ministry.  I've talked to you right now about the importance of hearing his voice, the signs that show up when you're sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit. And now through this teaching, I want to give you five ways to sharpen your spiritual hearing.


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For the past eight weeks, Afghan National Security Forces students in the Combat Medic course at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck have learned the essential skills to be a field medic. The students recently put their new skills to the test in a final field training exercise at Combat Town. While performing life-saving measures on the victim, there was a simulated improvised explosive device blast injuring many civilians. The students had to quickly set up security and treat the victims before calling in for medical evacuation. We're basically giving them the ability to save a life. Once we pull out and go home, these men are still going to be here fighting the Taliban, trying to protect their country. More than 40 ANSAAF service members graduated from the course and will return to their units as trained combat medics. Reporting from Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, I'm Corporal Meredith Brown.


is have an adequately wide drive to get trucks and vehicles in and out of there with adequate turning radius so if you're talking about commercial drives that should just be the west why would the east need to be a commercial drive you have a full turning around area for the for the commercial is this a commercial instead of residential like i guess i took commercial as in this is commercial not residential so while i accept that our ldr has this outdated figure in it um realistically we don't really use those figures for anything other than the cross section of the pavement um you know we're really not in the habit of paving 36 feet for driveways for passenger vehicles right and then you know 24 12 foot drive lanes that's what you see on the interstate i don't know that this driveway needs to have interstate width drive lanes when you know residential streets in south brellington are 20 feet wide other board members or board members well unfortunately i didn't i mean trouble hearing through the mass and everything else but if i can step back a minute unless there's an explicit ldr prohibition i would leave the width of the commercial driveway to the commercial operator we were unable to find any definitive prohibition to 24 feet in fact the driveway at fedex is 24 feet now is the driveway at fedex 24 feet that's supporting the truck traffic or is it just for the employee parking it actually is for both for both so you have one entrance which is just for the employee parking it's pretty much just standard vehicular traffic and then you have an entrance that's for the loading bay and more the commercial truck traffic yep both shown at 24 okay but now i guess what i would ask is you know as marla pointed out 12 feet driving lanes is interstate you know width you know 20 feet is is pretty standard and i don't know why you would want four more feet of asphalt and it's a pretty large length of run for for that amount when it really isn't needed you know for just standard vehicular traffic two-way traffic that's our proposal and we couldn't find anything that doesn't allow it okay and i was then i was asking that question i mean the references to the ldrs but we'll be helpful to know where because if it's there then we should enforce it right and if it's not then we shouldn't we definitely don't want to spend you know more money on pavement than we need to um however we don't want to under design the facility have trucks running off it goes through the grass it ruts it up it kills the grass it incurs additional maintenance expenses it's not good for erosion so we're trying we're trying to balance things sure i wasn't talking about the truck entrance i was talking about the standard vehicular one to the east you know which of comes in and wise out into the two parking lots that whole circuit of of asphalt is all 24 feet as well there's no truck traffic on those those those lanes but but but this discussion is not particularly germane i mean what what matters is where you know what do the ldrs provide do they cover the issue or not i agree with you there there is a reference i saw under the subdivision regulations related to private roads um and in a 20-foot reference there so that should be respected simple this is i don't think it's a subdivision this isn't a subdivision it's not a private road it's a driveway it's not a private road it's a driveway private road to be a road that isn't deeded over the city that serves 15 houses or some such like that this is a driveway do i agree with you this is a driveway so the highway should be wider than private roads that seems ridiculous i'm sorry we couldn't hear you i'm not wait wait and so will trucks eventually use this entrance as well listen it's not likely intended that way but you just don't know and our in um thinking tells us this is what we should have there's no prohibition against it so i'm a little confused about this conversation so let's see if marla can help us is there a prohibition against a 24 foot wide driveway the ldrs do not speak to driveway width that being said they speak to private roadway widths as 20 feet what our representation is this is a private driveway we're proposing it to be 24 feet as we did with our neighbor which was approved so i'm failing to see how there's would be any authority to compel us to go to 20 feet so let me ask you this john the the why the the vehicular entrance could you shrink that down to 20 feet would you be willing to do that it's not what we would like to do i understand but let me ask could i ask another question going to the regs and i'm sorry not to be sufficiently familiar this is a consolidated hearing that addresses the the not the subdivision but the reforming into a single lot to what extent do the subdivision regulations that i suppose govern the second half the second part of this hearing address this issue that's a good question and can you you can is anything in in the subdivision rules applicable to this issue if it's a given that it is not a quote private road yes so um criteria eight and nine of the subdivision standards oh boy you've made me presenter now i've lost what i was doing it's okay um criteria eight and nine of the subdivision regulations which i will try very hard to zoom into though it's not pertain to brode's recreation storm water facilities in a manner that's compatible with the extension of such services and adjacent properties um and designed in a manner that's consistent with city utility and roadway plans and maintenance standards so there are criteria is pertaining to site layout is there anything in the subdivision regulations that address i didn't see anything there about driveways is there anything in the subdivision regulation that is specific to driveways that that that addresses driveways at all what's it say about driveways if anything i don't believe it uses the word driveways doesn't appear to reference driveways and is the fire chief okay with it a wider road yeah the fire chief that is a search so in a way this couldn't be more identical to fedex ground right next door well accepted isn't because it doesn't have the commercial vehicles okay just by that measure there would there would be a possible reason how not just thank you but what i was about to say is next door at fedex it was the same dual application it was a consolidation of two and a half lots into a single lot we have three into a single lot and then a site plan review we have a driveway in that case it was a singular driveway which accommodated both cars and trucks but it was a driveway nonetheless in an application that had both the consolidation of lots and the site plan review it's 24 feet wide we're doing the same thing if there was a valid reason to prohibit us from having a 24 foot wide driveway we missed it on fedex let me ask you a question the only one that occurs to me other than because is the possible you know any kind of runoff issue from additional hard space how was your runoff handled for this property so stormwater management is a compulsory permit as you know from the state of vermont and we will have a stormwater management plan that meets all those requirements in fact at some point we'll have more impervious surface when we do our phase two your stormwater management plan has to meet all the requirements of the state with stormwater management requirements so in summary we don't have a specific prohibition and so far no one's has articulated a real world objection that we all recognize it's also important to note that the allowable lot coverage in this district is 70 percent we're covering i forget what the calculation is it's on the drawing we're covering probably 30 percent is that at this phase what is it we're in our final buildout will be 20 percent okay maximum allow it's not even close okay just checking okay we're less than half of current allowable this is a personal agenda item this is i'm going to this is a tough to skip discussion i'm going to call time though we're we're on top of 10 o'clock and i guess we'll have to pick this up at the continued date and in the meantime can you work with staff is to see if you can come to some agreement about this marlowe what would you suggest yeah so we'll discuss it internally um sometimes when we think it look at things together some additional ideas come to mind um don if it's all right um we would like to leave as testimony the balance of our responses to marlowe's comments all of which were good comments and we've responded to each one of those okay we may not do it all right here i'd like to submit that in writing to make sure that all the comments have been that's great i appreciate that john we can incorporate your responses for the continued hearing and it sounds like most of them are in the most of the actual plans have been updated so we'll have a comprehensive review of all of the newly submitted things for the next hearing as well and hopefully we can be quick what is the continued date uh january fourth we've reserved some time for them so i would entertain um a motion to continue this hearing to january fourth when we will pick up the comments and have public comment well second i don't think we had a motion oh i thought that's what you just said oh did i move you can make motions all right fine all right second any discussion all in favor aye pose no good all right thank you be after the holidays so for minutes um are we going to skip item number nine which is their final plot for now yeah do we have to formally continue that one as well we do have to formally continue that one you don't make a motion that we continue st 21 26 i'll second that to january fourth i'll second that um any discussion all in favor say aye aye pose okay so the minutes of november second were available um i don't know if you have your bandwidth to talk about those i just get concerned when they get too far out that no one's going to remember what happened do you think you have a little bit of bandwidth for the minutes i'm okay with them yeah okay november fourth you said second second i make a motion to approve the minutes of november second as drafted i'll second that all in favor of discussion no all in favor of approving the minutes of december uh don't ever second say aye aye pose um i i abstain yeah i was gonna say i quinnon okay technically you still can vote to approve them even if you weren't there for minutes and any other business okay uh i never can remember do we need a motion to close no you just tell us you have the power it is this is where you need a gavel it is 10-02 we are done we'll bring the gavel next time we have one of this conference is no longer in skies


Are there certain things in particular that you're looking for that may not be as obvious when you get to sit down with a guy? All we're looking for, all I'm looking for is authenticity. I don't want somebody that their agent thought we wanted to talk to or somebody that someone said they should be. You know, who is that player going to be in the middle of the season? You know, when they feel like and maybe things aren't going great just looking for who that person is and you know, is there a willingness to learn? Is there a willingness to to put the team first and do whatever's asked of them? Welcome in to the 2023 NFL Combined in Indianapolis. She's Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. We're part of the overall coverage here with Coach Dave McGinnis and Rhett Bryan from Titans Radio. And you just saw comments from Mike Vrabel as it's Titans Day here. Everybody having a chance to speak and it gave us a chance to sit down for only the second or third time with Rand Carthon, the Titans New General Manager. Absolutely, you're right Mike. Today is the day that General Managers had coaches from across the NFL speak but the Tennessee Titans were here strongly represented and it was great to have a chance to talk to the new GM. The new GM very pleased with his team in the Scouting Department and how things are working already as he's been on the job now for just over a month. Obviously being in Indianapolis one of the primary goals is to evaluate all of the players that are you know participating in the combine but it's also an opportunity for you to really spend a lot of concentrated time with your staff. How are you going through that process of not only working together and kind of getting in lockstep with everybody but also just kind of evaluating the chemistry of this group? Yeah it's time spent right so it started for me in particular, get the job, literally reach out to every single area scout. I knew the pro staff fairly well, reach out to every single area guy, you know just to have an opening conversation. Then Senior Bowl comes, we get to spend a week together in the Senior Bowl, go to dinner one night, just hang out, have fun, then last week they were all just in for four days for meetings so it's it's been a part of the process of spending more time together, getting to hear them in their space and actually giving them the opportunity to speak and speak how they feel about the players as openly as possible and again it allows me to evaluate you know not only our department but our processes and so last night our area guys, our you know coordinators are in there running the meeting in terms of meeting with the players and again it's another good portion for me to see because these guys are the ones that have been scouting them the last five, six years right so I can't come in and pretend to be an expert on these particular players from these particular areas knowing that I hadn't been in there so it's good to let these guys lead take ownership of that process and again it allows me to not only evaluate them but our processes as a whole. You can listen to our full interview with Ran Karthon from here in Indianapolis on the OTP that has just dropped that's the official Titans podcast you can get it at TennesseeTitans.com right here or anywhere you get your podcast we'd love for you to subscribe to the OTP also had a chance to talk to NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah we sure did and I mean he is the authority on all things draft so of course we had to ask him about the upcoming draft and a lot of the position groups that we're seeing right now. Rhett Bryan had a key question in all of it related to the pick for the Titans at number 11 by Daniel Jeremiah in his most recent mock draft. So it's Parris Johnson Jr talking about but you have already stood on the table for Peter Skronsky of Northwestern and there's been debate of everything I've read is he inside better suited as a guard is he a tackle is he a tackle. I think he can be a tackle I do and I had the same conversation the same discussion on Elijah Veritucker when he was coming out of USC a couple years ago. So he goes to the Jets and the Jets plug him in at guard and he played at a really high level and people said see we knew he was a guard and then all of a sudden tackle got hurt that kicked him out the tackle turns out he's really good at both. So that to me is is Skronsky now it'll be big for him this week with the arm length just to see you know what that looks like I know he's not a real long arm guy you're hoping they don't come in with somewhere in the 31s as long as he's in the mid 32s or you know I think he's he's going to be fine. But yeah I watched him on tape and you watch guys you know it's really interesting when you look at the big 10 in the SEC I was talking to a scouting buddy was on my flight and I said you know what would be interesting if a team just said we're going to take all of our resources we're going to stop scouting the whole country we're going to stop going to all the small schools and we're just going to put all of our resources into the SEC in the big 10 and we're only going to draft players from those two conferences because the hit rate is higher because you see him playing its other NFL players on a weekly basis it's a it's really interesting how it's changed I mean when you look at the big 12 and the number of draftable players and how low that number is especially at some certain positions the Pac 12 is dropped way down the ACC is kind of been a one or two team league for the last few years that the the football in the SEC in the big 10 it's almost like gosh you're just out of draft out of their farm systems basically yeah but to to get back to Skoranski like I've watched Skoranski go up against NFL pass rushers throughout his career so it makes the evaluation a lot easier. A lot of shaking going on before we get to that point and a lot more mock drafts to come also the first opportunity for us to visit with Tim Kelly who quite frankly I had never met you know because he stayed so far away from everything last year. Absolutely was a great opportunity for us to actually talk to him introduce ourselves say hello but also get some information about what this Titans offense could look like going forward. Here's Tim Kelly from our sit down interview. I do want to ask the question about the second time around where where do you feel you will be better as an offensive coordinator doing it for a second time. Yeah you know I was I was talking to my wife about this just a couple weeks ago more confident more steadfast I guess if you will in your beliefs and how you want things done and understanding that you know your values in terms of your philosophies your philosophy for a reason and making sure that that you're getting buy-in from from the people that that you're working with and and I would say you know I've got a clear vision as to what I you know what we want the scene to look like and not wavering from that and going in and being steadfast in it and making sure that we're getting every coach every player to buy in and make sure that again when when these games start to count however many months away it is from now but that we're out there and we're more able to put points on the board. Okay that interview with Tim Kelly along with Daniel Jeremiah and Rand Carrathon all part of the OTP that has already dropped today you can get it at Tennessee Titans dot com or anywhere you get your podcast that's the official Titans podcast the acronym is the OTP. Jim Wyatt has a lot of great coverage at Tennessee Titans dot com and we'll have updates we'll also be posting our video interviews with different people from here during the course of the week this is where you want to be at five o'clock every day late afternoon with the Titans from the NFL Combine. That's it so make sure that you are subscribed to the OTP make sure that you're tuning in on all social channels the Tennessee Titans have got you covered and then of course Tennessee Titans dot com and you can also follow Amy at Titans Amy on Twitter you can follow Rhett Bryant at Rhett B Tennessee Jim Wyatt our good friend at J Wyatt Sports again all of them on Twitter any way you want it we're going to have updates and information anything that interests you about the NFL Combine we're going to try to bring it to you all this week for Amy Wells I'm Mike Keith thanks for joining us at five


Hello and welcome to a summary of all you need to know about the poem Blessing by M.T.S. Darker. Now, I'll explain the meaning related to this poem as it appears in part 3 of the Pearson at Excel International GCSE anthology. Do bear in mind that in contrast to part 1 of the anthology which featured only nonfiction texts and part 2 which was a mix of fiction stories and poems, part 3 of this anthology exclusively features poems alone so in this video I'll highlight key language and literary devices used in this poem and you'll learn how to analyse it. So let's get started. Now what I will do is I will read through parts of the poem and stop every so often to highlight important techniques that you should be aware of. So let's begin with the first section of this poem. The skin cracks like a pod, there never is enough water. Imagine the drip of it, the small splash echo in a tin mug, the voice of a kindly god. Now the poem itself is called Blessing and this title is really significant because essentially what it does is it really shows how water plays an integral role in giving life but also causing death and this is emphasised through the opening part of this poem. Now I'm going to look at the first two lines in the first stanza. The speaker states the skin cracks like a pod and this similarly is powerful because it emphasises the water scarcity in this area and how posh the skin of the people that live in this area really is. There's not enough water. This is further emphasised in the second line of the first verse where the declarative statement, there never is enough water, essentially gets to the core issue of this water scarcity. Moreover, this two line stanza is an opening couplet and of course it focuses our attention as readers on the issue of water. Now in the following verse we're told to imagine the drip of this water and this imperative sentence puts us in the shoes of the people who are feeling very parched so they don't necessarily have access to water all the time and so they are fantasising constantly about it and we're told to imagine the drip of it, the splash, the echo and the onomatopoeia that's used here vividly shows how rare water is and how celebrated it is within this community. Now this community is anonymous but we can comfortably assume that it's very likely in a third world country where water and access to water is not freely available. Now in line five there's a reference to a tin mug. The pre-modifier tin shows how modest and rural this community is. Furthermore in line six there's a voice of a kindly God and this metaphor depicts water as a God. It has the power to take and also to give life. So let's carry on. Sometimes a sudden rush of fortune, the municipal pipe bursts, silver crashes to the ground and the flow has found a roar of tongues. From the hearts a congregation, every man, woman, child for streets around butts in with pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets, frantic hands and naked children screaming in the liquid sun. The highlights polish to perfection, flashing light as a blessing sings over the small bones. Now in this part of the poem there's this focus on how there's a sudden rush of water. Sometimes the sudden rush and the sibilance here, sometimes in sudden echoes the smooth sound of gushing water. Moreover the caesura here essentially highlights the vaultor, the turning point in this poem where there's a burst in the pipe and water starts crashing down on this community that's otherwise quite parched. Furthermore the enjambement after a sudden rush speeds up the pace of the poem and again it's showing the speediness of this water as it's crashing to the ground and the water is characterized as fortune and also it's described as silver crashing to the ground. Now this belongs to the semantic field of wealth showing just how valuable water is. Now we learn the reason for this show of water. The municipal pipe is bursting and this refers to basically a council pipe that bursts causing water to flow freely. Now in line 9 this water crashes to the ground and this is a really dramatic verb to show just how sudden and unexpected this good fortune is. In line 10 we learn the flow has found a roar of tongues and the alliteration flow and found emphasizes just how rapid the movement of this water is. Moreover there's a roar of tongues and the onomatopoeia roar and the common noun tongue shows how thirsty the people are and just how unbelievable this good fortune is for them. They've all rushed out and they're really excited for this water. Moreover there's the mention and the constant allusion to the poverty of this setting and the description or rather the mention of the huts shows that this is a very poor rural setting and it's likely in a developing country. Now there's the description of these people as a congregation and this is religious language like a religious gathering and of course again this shows just how integral water is and it's almost like a sacred gift that's come to them unexpectedly. Moreover there's a caesera which emphasizes how everybody comes out. There's man, woman, child for streets around and this listing and this listing through a syndetine shows just how rushed and frenzied they all are to come out and get a share of this water. Furthermore they are there for streets around and what this shows is that the action of going to get this water to fetch this water is ubiquitous within this whole village. Now in lines 14, 15 and 16 there's a syndetine used again pots, brass, copper, aluminium, plastic buckets and there's a syndetine once more highlights of rural domestic containers that these people use emphasizing just how remote they are but also how impoverished they are. Moreover they're described as frantic, having frantic hands and this verb shows how desperately they need water perhaps as a famine or drought that's caused the lack of this water. Now in the final verse there's this description of naked children which emphasizes our attention on the innocence and the youth of the children within this village. Moreover the enjambement gives us some form of pause as it emphasizes their innocence and in line 19 the description of them screaming in the liquid sun that pre-modifier liquid creates a beautiful but very dazzling image of light. Yet the sun however beautiful and dazzling it looks is actually one of the major reasons for the water shortage as stride out everything there. Now in line 20 these children are described as looking polished to perfection and the literation here emphasizes their beauty once more emphasizing the innocence and their beauty and their appearance. Now the water is described as a blessing and the blessing sings and the personification of water here as it falls on the body shows just how revered this water is how beautiful it is as it touches their parched skin and their parched bodies. However these children have small bones and the adjective small shows their rural poverty and it's very very poignant because it shows just how malnourished and poor these children are. So that's all if you found this video useful do note that we have an in-depth extensive course covering all the texts and poems in parts one, two and three of the Pearson, Edexcel International GCSE anthologies. So do make sure you sign up for this course for explanations on all the texts as well as getting access to model answers. 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Hey survivors and frivers, in this video I am going to be talking about how the narcissist wants to make you suffer, this is likely to be quite a triggering video and may upset you, but I think it's important that you hear this, please like, comment, share and subscribe. If you would like to donate, my PayPal link is in the video description. If you are interested in one-on-one coaching, you can email me at Narcisfivecoaching at gmail.com Narcisfive Immersion Dice is available on our Teespring page. If you are interested in purchasing your own Narcisfive T-shirt or mug, the link is in the video description. The narcissist wants to make you suffer. The narcissist wants you to experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant. They want to watch you experience highly unpleasant physical sensations. They want to torture you. Many of their actions or behaviors involve inflicting severe pain on their victims as a form of punishment or to force them to say or do something. They want you to experience severe physical, mental or emotional suffering and they want to watch your experience. They want to watch you going through it. Sometimes they can be careless and push someone over the edge to the point where they cannot come back. This could be due to severe physical torture where the victim loses their life or it could be from mental or emotional suffering where the victim develops psychosis. But most narcissists will take note of your pain threshold. They will study your past experiences and how your brain or physical body responds to suffering in the present moment. This helps them to identify your pain threshold. So most narcissists will understand the magnitude or intensity, the measurable amount of force that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, result or condition to occur or to be manifested. Many narcissists are sadists. They do get off on your pain and suffering.  They get pleasure from intentionally causing you pain or suffering, spoiling or ruining an opportunity or a chance of success. They do not feel any concern about it unless it could be potentially fatal. Even then, the concern is not for you. It is more about how they could potentially lose their source of supply. Narcists want you to experience an extreme state of disturbance, confusion, uncertainty or lack of order. They want to torture you to a point where you can no longer probably assess what is going on or where you are close to death just so they can resuscitate you or revive you from the unconsciousness or apparent death, make you active again and able to experience the pain or suffering all over again. In a perfect world, they would receive great satisfaction from repeating this process an indefinite number of times or until you are no longer able to function or perceive the world around you. Of course, some narcissists have made this a reality and acted it out in real life due to their poor impulse control. Most narcissists understand the consequences of doing this in real life, but that doesn't stop them from finding alternative methods of achieving the same satisfaction or thrill.  It is more difficult for the outside world to detect but still gives them the opportunity to cause you to experience an extreme state of disturbance, confusion, uncertainty or lack of order as empaths or highly sensitive people. When we hurt someone, we might experience guilt, remorse or other feelings of distress. It is very different for sadistic emotional predators like narcissists. When the narcissist causes or observes a person's suffering, it provides them with some form of emotional benefit or a sense of reward. They have a natural motivation to inflict suffering on other people, even going out of their way or at a personal cost. Narcissists will target specific situations where they can exploit, humiliate or take advantage of people for their own personal pleasure. There is a link between sadistic traits and aggressive behavior. Narcissists will use aggression to provoke fear within their victims. It provides them with an initial feeling of pleasure or reward, but then they begin to feel negative emotions as they start to reflect on their shame. Narcissists do not want to reflect on their shame as it is painful for them, so they will try to distract themselves by seeking more pleasure or reward and causing more pain and suffering in their victim. The pleasure or sense of reward motivates them to repeat these sadistic, aggressive behaviors. The more they repeat these behaviors, the more it reinforces and promotes a larger pattern of sadism or aggressive behavior within them. It becomes a part of their character and personality. It becomes a lifestyle as they sink deeper and deeper in addiction. Narcissists assume the dominant role to release their feelings of frustration or resentment, and then for once they feel like they are in control. They take pride in causing you pain or suffering, spoiling or ruining your opportunities or chance of success. They see them as achievements, something to be proud of.   They can't possess your qualities, talents or positive traits. They can't have what you have or get what you get, so now they want to destroy you.  They compare themselves to you and then feel like they are nothing in comparison.  They experience pain from dealing with these emotions. It is overwhelming for them. They try to release these emotions by dominating the situation, taking control of you and then limiting or restricting anything that you might otherwise achieve or obtain which would then cause them further pain or emotional distress. Of course the reality is that they are not really in control and while their dominant behaviour may initially release their feelings of frustration or resentment it only makes them experience more shame. Where does this sadistic behaviour come from? I believe that at some point in their lives they experience some form of pain or trauma. It is likely to be more than just one experience and these experiences cause the narcissist to experience some form of pain or trauma by people who may have been sadists, maybe they took pleasure from it, maybe they even smiled or laughed at the narcissist or maybe they didn't intend to cause the narcissist any harm. Either way the narcissist assumed that this was intentionally designed to hurt them. No one was around to comfort the narcissist or validate what they had experienced. Maybe all the narcissist needed at that time was a hug or someone to tell them that they are going to be okay and that person was wrong for doing what they did or maybe they didn't intend to hurt them just someone to validate what they had experienced. Followed by some form of security or comfort the narcissist received no security or comfort. Maybe they were told that they were weak or they deserve to experience the pain. From that point on the narcissist learned a few things. There is nothing wrong with intentionally causing another person pain or suffering. You can find pleasure or excitement in causing or observing someone's pain. They don't have to validate or comfort victims following a painful or traumatic experience or they can pretend as though they don't even notice the pain or suffering that they are causing their victim. You can tell how a person is thinking or feeling by observing their actions or behaviors. By observing a narcissist out of control or aggressive actions or behaviors it is obvious that they have experienced severe pain and suffering throughout their lives and while I can feel or express sympathy for someone who has experienced something like this at a certain point in your life you should develop some level of awareness of how your out of control or aggressive actions and behaviors are affecting people. Remember narcissism is a choice. They choose to act and behave in this way. They act dominant or as though they are in control but their actions or behaviors demonstrate nothing but weakness and inferiority. Remember you can you can tell how a person is thinking or feeling by observing their actions or behaviors. The narcissist actions or behaviors demonstrate that they are experiencing hatred, anger, envy and jealousy, frustration, resentment and shame. The truth is they are too weak to reflect on these emotions and deal with them. Instead they choose to project them onto other people so so that they can express those emotions for them. Only weak people engage in these types of behaviors. The narcissist wants to make you suffer to distract themselves from their own suffering. They want to keep you in a state where they are able to control your emotions or the level of disturbance, confusion, uncertainty or lack of order that you may experience. This is done by restricting or limiting necessities which may affect your energy levels or emotional regulation such as food, water, sleep and shelter. Doing certain actions or behaviors that may provoke fear, disturbance or confusion within you.  Using manipulation tactics such as denial, projection, blame shifting, gaslighting and a double bind so that they do not have to validate your experience which they can then use to further control you. A lot of this revolves around control and regulating their emotions. When you present yourself to them, when they have to witness your progress or success, your qualities, talents and positive traits, it triggers them to reflect on how they don't have that level of progress or success. They don't possess those qualities, talents or positive traits. When they have to witness you doing what you want to do or living how you want to live, it triggers them to reflect on how they don't get to do what they want to do. They don't get to live how they want to live. This causes them to feel intense hatred, anger, envy and jealousy towards you. They become frustrated and resentful to release these emotions.  They start thinking about it and it gives them a feeling of excitement or anticipation and then when they finally do the action or behavior, they initially get a feeling of pleasure or reward. However, the more they do it, the less pleasurable and rewarding the action or behavior becomes. They begin to feel empty and dissatisfied. They are left to reflect on their frustration, resentment and shame. This pushes them into an endless cycle where they are constantly repeating the same actions and behaviors expecting a different result. When all it does is cause them to feel more and more frustration and resentment towards you. As in their minds, you are not able to give them the feeling that they desire or crave but at the same time they need you. They are dependent on you like a drug. The more they repeat these behaviors, the more it reinforces and promotes a larger pattern of sadism or aggressive behavior within them. It becomes a part of their character and personality. It becomes a lifestyle as they sink deeper and deeper into addiction. Never getting out, years of their lives go by and at some point they might wake up and realize that they have just wasted their entire lives on pointless meaningless actions or behaviors which resulted in nothing but wasted time. They never experience real life, real relationships, empathy, compassion, connection by the time they realize it. They feel that it's too late for them to start working on those qualities now. They would rather take that red pill and go back into the matrix never experiencing what life is really about. Thank you for watching. I hope this video resonated with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. If you would like to make a donation, my PayPal link is in the video description. Coaching inquiries, you can email me at Narcisfivecoaching at gmail.com. Don't forget to check out the Narcisfive merchandise store. We have some really cool designs on our t-shirts and mugs. The link is in the video description. Thank you for watching and I will talk to you soon.


The dream of building a self-reliant India is viewed by innovation and information and communication technologies, where the possibilities are beyond the limits of the sky. TRY has set many milestones in India's growth story. TRY is now celebrating 25 years of its contribution to the nation, along with 75 years of independence Asadika Amrut Mahotsa, the government led by Shree Narendra Modi, has leveraged technology to enhance ease of living and encourage transparency in governance. We are using digital technology to transform lives in all sectors of governance, from health and welfare to inclusion and empowerment. The telecom sector has played a stellar role in realizing the mission of digital India, by empowering the citizens through advancements in digital communications. In the Regulatory Tracker Index of International Telecommunications Union, ITU, TRY satisfies the highest benchmark of maturity, establishing itself internationally as a progressive regulator. While crossing over many challenges successfully, TRY steered the connectivity revolution in India in the last 25 years and the journey continues. 1189 million total phone subscribers per GB data cost at rupees 10, over 906 private satellite TV channels, over 800 radio stations. Most connectivity boosted the digital economy with a phenomenal growth of UBI transactions, crossing 5 billion per month worth more than 9 trillion rupees. The revenue from the telecom sector is almost 6% of the GDP in 2021. And what makes us really proud is the fact that during the pandemic, the telecom sector enabled almost 35% of the GDP, showing how digital communication can overcome the steepest of obstacles. TRY's path-breaking steps have contributed to transformation in the delivery of telecommunication, broadcasting and cable services in the country. Infrastructure sharing reduced the cost of network deployment. One nation, one mobile number, achieved through mobile number portability. The forbearance provided flexibility to service providers for innovative offers to consumers in a dynamic and competitive market. Digital addressable system brought in transparency and improved choice. TRY is a pioneer in the introduction of blockchain technology as a regulatory technology to curb the spam. Consumer protection and digital inclusion has been the cornerstone for the regulatory approach of TRY. TRY is looking to enable futuristic telecom services. These include machine-to-machine communication, convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications, holographic technology, augmented reality of virtual reality, quantum computing, digital twins, robotic-collaborated factories, feed agriculture, rural industry, water management, health, education, civic management or entertainment. And robotic surgery to smart ambulances for enhanced preparedness for the healthcare sector. As the future awaits further technological advancements such as 6G, the time is not far off wherein citizens can experience the benefits of tactile connectivity, advanced security and automated driving experience. TRY intends to be at the forefront of another revolution in the making, taking India forward through telecommunication, effective regulation, ease of communication.