Welcome to the second module of managerial economics. In a previous 7 lectures, we are discussing about the introduction to managerial economics. Then different tools and techniques that how generally the decision making is done and what is or what is being used for the decision making. So, our second module consists of theory of demand, which talks about demand analysis, essentially how demand is related with the other market forces like supply or how it leads to equilibrium. And also we will talk about the different law of demand, whether that is in term of demand, consumer demand or in term of the utility. So, basically this module will talk about three topics. One is the demand analysis, second one is the elasticity of demand and third one is consumer behavior. So, if you would do a quick NERICAP what we did in the last module, we introduced the subject managerial economics, how it developed from that subject economics. Then we discussed about few concept that used in the business decision making. Then we discussed about the tools and technique for economic analysis and finally, we discussed about the optimization technique. Now, this present module the focus is on the demand supply, the equilibrium, how the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply generally takes place and finally, what is the consumer response to the change in the demand and change in the supply, what we will be discussing through the consumer behavior. So, if you look at the economy runs on its market and market works on certain market principle, there is a set of principle, there is a set of laws on that basis generally the market work. So, market works on a certain market principle and that governs the working of the market system. So, in other words generally we call that as the market mechanism and working of any market system, the basis always on the basis of the fundamental laws of the market and the fundamental laws of the market is nothing but the law of demand and supply because demand and supply are the two market forces those essential for the working of the market system. So, when you talk about the fundamental laws of market, its laws of demand and laws of supply. So, in today's session we will focus more on the first part of the market forces that is demand forces. We will define the demand, we will discuss what is the law of demand, how it works, then we will discuss a demand schedule, how the demand curve is basically drawn, what is the demand function, what are the factors that affect demand and in which scenario there is a change or there is a shift in the demand. Then the second part of this session will be on second market forces that is supply forces. So, we will define what is supply, we will discuss the law of supply, then we will discuss the exception of law of supply in which scenario generally the law of supply never works out as per the rule or as per the principle. Then we will discuss about a supply schedule, we will talk about a supply curve, supply function, supply function keeping by two variable and the multi variable, then we will talk about the factors affecting the supply and in which scenario there is a change or the shift in the supply. And finally, looking at the demand forces and supply forces, we will see how the equilibrium is generally maintained in the economy or in the market, what are the preconditions in which cases when there is a change in the demand, when there is a change in the supply, how it leads to disturb the equilibrium, whether the equilibrium gets really disturbed or there is no change in the equilibrium, what are the scenario that we are going to study in the market equilibrium. So, we will start from the first market force that is demand. And when we define demand, this is basically a relation showing the quantity of the good that consumer are willing and able to buy at various prices per period or other things remaining constant. So, here if you look at the other things, whether it is the income, whether the market situation, whether it is the forecasting about the price, all other variables that has some say when it comes to demand for the product, all other variables are remain constant and the relationship between the quantity of the goods or the quantity of the products and the may be at a typical price or a typical time period that is generally demand. So, demand is nothing but a relation showing the quantity of a good that consumer are willing and able to buy at various prices per period, other things being constant. So, if you look at the definition there are 2.1 is willing to buy and the other one is the able to buy the product. So, if you take forward this then specifically a demand for commodity depends on three preconditions. The demand takes place when the consumer has the desire to acquire it, when the consumer has the willingness to pay for it and when it has the ability to pay for it. So, what is this desire to acquire it? May be there are many products what the consumer is willing to pay for it or may be he has the ability to pay for it, but till the time the consumer has no desire to acquire that product we cannot convert that into demand because the consumer has to wish for the product, the consumer has to desire for that product then only it can be converted into demand. The second criteria the second precondition is willingness to pay for it. So, if you look at even if the consumer has a desire to pay for it, desire to acquire the product he has the ability to pay for it, if there is no willingness to pay for it it cannot be again part of demand because the consumer is not ready to pay for the product in that case we cannot convert that into demand. Similarly, ability to pay for it this is strictly on the basis of income whether there is a purchasing power of the consumer is present or not. If there is a consumer purchasing power is present in the consumer then the consumer has also the ability to pay for it. So, in this case if you look at the preconditions are three desire to acquire it, willingness to pay for it and ability to pay for it. So, whether you if one of this precondition or one of this precondition are not being made then in the demand is not possible. Even if the consumer has the willingness to pay for it, ability to pay for it, if the consumer has no desire to acquire it, it cannot be converted into or the part of demand. If the consumer has no willingness to pay for it, then again it cannot be part of demand and if the consumer has no capability in term of money, in term of payment or may be not able to pay for the product then again it cannot be considered as demand. So, demand for commodity implies that the consumer has to, consumer has the desire to acquire it, willingness to pay for it and the ability to pay for it. Then there are different types of demand. So, we will see few different types of demand. The first one is individual and market demand. The quantity of a commodity and individual is willing and able to purchase at a particular price during specific time period given his or her money income, taste and prices of the other commodity such as substitute complete what is referred to as the individual demand for the commodity. So, individual in a very simplified manner, individual demand is nothing but what the individual is willing to and able to purchase at a particular price. Any specific time period keeping his taste, keeping his price and also looking at what are the substitute and compliments products available in the market. So, any consumer, any specific time period at different price level or the same price level whatever the willingness to and ability to pay for it that is typically the individual demand. So, here we have introduced there are two term over here what needs may be little bit explanation. One is substitute and second is compliments. So, one category is generally the substitute good another category is the compliment goods. You take the example of tea and coffee they are the substitute goods because if you look at people if they are not very specific about tea or not very specific about coffee they consume these two products interchangeably either they have coffee or they have the tea. So, tea and coffee when one product is substitute of another product this is generally known as the substitute goods. Similarly, if you look at petrol or diesel again it is the case of your substitute goods because one good is substitute for the other one. Similarly, compliment is one where one product cannot be consumed without another product. So, if you take the case of again tea sugar or coffee sugar or tea milk or coffee milk again they are the complimentary products because you cannot consume one product without the another. You take the example of suppose car petrol or car diesel you cannot run the car without petrol or without diesel. So, in this case we can say that car petrol or car and diesel they are the complimentary to each other. Similarly, if you are coming to the food item like if you take the example of bread and jam or bread and butter again they are the complimentary goods because you can the consumer cannot consume one goods without consuming another. So, if the product is independent it is not depend the consumption of the product is not dependent on any other product basically this is the normal goods. Otherwise, we get another two category of goods one is substitute good the typical example is again tea and coffee and second one is the complimentary goods in this case one goods cannot be consumed without consuming the other goods. The typical example we always take whether it is car petrol, car diesel, butters, bread or jam and bread. Similarly, may be there are numerous example where we can say that one goods cannot be consumed without the another good. So, considering this typically in case of individual demand irrespective of the substitute good, complimentary goods, the prices of the goods or the taste and preference of the consumer at any specific time or any specific time period whatever the consumer demand of typical commodity that becomes the individual demand. Suppose if you look at what is your grocery demand per month that is that becomes the quantity demanded of a specific consumer on a specific month corresponding the prices of the different items in the grocery basket. The second one is the market demand market demand is the total quantity which all the consumer of the commodity are willing and able to purchase at a given price per time minute. Given the money income their test prices of the other commodity is referred to the market demand for the commodity. So, in this case if you look at the other things remaining constant the price is constant the income is constant the taste at the of the consumer at that typical time period is constant. Prices of the other commodity whether it is substitute whether this complements their constant and given all these the total quantity what all the consumer they are consuming in a specific time period that becomes the market demand. So, if you take a simple example may be you can take a case of how much of cup of coffee you take during a day some total of all the all the quantity per day per month basis that is your monthly individual demand for cup of coffee, but when it comes to the coffee vendor for him it is always not the individual demand what consumer one is consuming or what consumer two is consuming for it is that monthly how much unit of coffee that vendor is selling that is the market demand. So, if the market price of coffee is 6 rupees and all the individual at the 6 rupees price whatever they are consuming in a month that becomes the market demand. So, here product is coffee price is fixed the consumer whatever they consume throughout the month. So, in a specific time period on a monthly basis price of the coffee given at 6 all the consumer whatever the amount of coffee they are consuming that consist of the market demand. So, in one way we can say the sum total of all individual demand in a specific time period in a specific price that becomes the market demand for the product. Let us go to the second types of demand that is firms demand and industry demand. The quantity of firms product that can be sold at a given price overtime is known as the demand for the firms product and the sum of demand for the product of all the firm in the industry is referred to the market demand or the industry demand of the product. So, it is if you look at again it is the case of same differences between the individual demand and the market demand. Now, what is the difference between the firm and the industry? Industry is sum total of the number of firms. The firm also produce a same product and the industry as you hold they also produce the same product. So, the quantity of the product what is being demanded for from the firm or from the typical firm that is become the firms product and what is the sum total of demand for all the firms across the industry that becomes the industry demand. So, again we can explain it using the same concept that the sum total of all the firms product at a given price at a given time period is consist of the market demand or industry demand for the product because if you look at firm is nothing but the sub maybe the part of the industry or industry is nothing but the sum total of all firms in the industry. So, here also again the difference between the firm and industry product is firm is the individual productive unit and industry is the sum total of all the firms they are producing the same product. The third type of demand is autonomous demand or the derived demand. So, autonomous demand or the direct demand for a commodity is one that comes on its own out of the natural desire to consume or possess a commodity. This type of demand is independent of the demand of the other commodity. So, autonomous demand is there is no forces that guides the demand to happen. It generally comes from the natural desire to consume or natural desire to own a commodity or own a product. However, if you look at the derived demand the demand for commodity which arises from the demand of other commodity that is called as the parent product is called generally the derived demand. So, in this case the demand for this product generally comes from the demand for the other product. So, if you take specifically what is the need of agriculture or what is the need for land or what are the need for fertilizer. You need land you need fertilizer you need agricultural for harvesting. And this is always a derived demand because those commodity has demanded due to demand for food. Why the agriculture being done? Because there is a demand for grains and demand for grain comes from the fact that there is a demand for the food and that leads to demand for grain that leads to demand for land that leads to demand for fertilizer and that leads to demand for agricultural tools. So, the basic difference between the autonomous demand and the derived demand is autonomous demand is independent it can just happen it can just take place when the consumer has the desire to desire to acquire it willingness to pay for it or ability to pay for it. Whereas, derived demand is where it comes from the demand for the other product. So, if you if you can connect this to this this may be also like a product which is not direct rather this is a indirect demand or may be derived demand because the demand takes place for the another product which leads to take which needs to which leads to the demand for the this typical product. So, autonomous is direct and derived demand is always comes from the demand for the other product. The next category of types of demand comes is demand for durable and the non-durable goods. Durable goods are those goods for which the total utility or usefulness is not existable in the short run such goods can be used repeatedly over a period of time. So, it is a kind of non-perishable goods which can be used again and again the consumption can be repeat and the utility or the usefulness of the product is not with for one time consumption. So, durable goods are those generally the usefulness of the product has a specific life time and it is not in the short run and the non-durable good is basically the perishable good it depends largely on the consumer current prices consumer income and fashion it is also subject to frequent change. Like if you look at the demand for durable goods may be it is a vehicle may be it is a house which if you look at and their usefulness or their utility never goes overnight or it is it is not for the short run rather the use for the typical durable goods for long like if you take the example of a refrigerator if you take the example of a computer if you take a example of a television specifically their life time is not short their life time is long at least it goes for 5 year 10 years 15 years and sometime more than that. So, the demand for these goods are always different from the non-durable good non-durable good is one because where the utility or the usefulness of the goods goes along with the consumption. So, once the good gets consumed the utility usefulness goes with that. So, the demand pattern is there is a variation in the demand pattern between the durable good and the non-durable goods. Like when there is a change when there is a need to change the durable goods when you feel that we have already used it for 5 years we have already used it for 10 years you are getting a good maybe if you are getting a good exchange offer if you are getting a good maybe discount you always feel I have already used this product for more than 10 years more than 15 years and if I am getting a good result value and some discount on the new value then I am going for it or when the technology changes when the fashion changes along with that the demand for the durable goods change. If you look at the television specifically maybe earlier it was just a normal screen then we came to the age of flat screen and then now it is a case of LED and silty. So, in this case the demand changes when the when we get a new product when in term of maybe the change in the technology change in the appearance or the change on the as you hold the product when there is a new product is being launched. But in case of non-durable good life you take the example of which is short maybe vegetable is the extreme form of non-durable good like what we use the clothes what we use daily maybe it is a pen maybe it is a notebook it is maybe diary. What you what we change frequently because the utility that goes with a very short span whatever the usefulness of the product that goes like if you take the example of a ball pen till the time ink is there it is being used. So, it is maybe 10 days it may be 20 days it may be 1 month it may be 2 months. So, the usefulness of the product is to change it when there is a requirement either when there is a change in the price when there is a change in the fashion and when there is a change in the income. How it is related to change in the price maybe if the current price get changes if we are getting something good at lower price you always offer a bit and because this is also a low value product as compared to the durable goods. Similarly, if you look at the fashion like we change our demand in that this is out of it outdated and I am not going to consume it anymore. In that case again the demand comes over there because there is a change in the fashion and nobody use the outdated product rather everybody up to use for the whatever comes new in the market. So, that is the reason the use of durable and non-durable goods generally different and that leads to the variation in the demand pattern of durable and the non-durable goods. The last category what we discuss on the types of demand is short term and the long term demand. So, short term demand refers to the demand for goods over a short period whereas long term demand refers to the demand which exist over a long period of time. So, in this case again we can link this to our demand for durable and non-durable goods. Generally durable goods are long term demand which exist over a long period of time and demand for the goods over a short period or maybe again you can link this because if it is usefulness is less maybe you use that and this is a short term demand because your next demand is something else but long term demand is again what you use on the daily basis that is then that again you can link that way long run demand. Now, we will discuss what is law of demand as we discussed in the very beginning that the market forces governs by the demand forces on the basis of certain principle on the basis of certain laws. So, in this case we will see what is the law of demand. So, law of demand the basis is the relationship between the price and quantity demanded and this is generally known as economic law that how the price and quantity are related to each other. The quantity of goods demanded per period relates inversely to the price other thing constant. So, law of demand says that there is a inverse relationship between the price and quantity demanded other things remaining constant and what are the other things here the other things here is that the factors that those effects the quantity demanded for the product. So, keeping all other factors remaining constant which affects the quantity demanded the quantity of goods inversely related to the price in a typical time period. So, law of demand says that there is a inverse relationship between the price and quantity demanded other things remaining constant. So, whenever there is a increase in the price quantity demanded supposed to decrease and whenever there is a decrease in the price the quantity demanded supposed to increase assuming all the goods are normal goods. So, law of demand says that there is a inverse relationship between the price and quantity demanded assuming all the goods are normal goods and all other things are remaining constant. But in few cases there is if you find the law of demand does not hold good there are few exception where law of demand cannot be practice or the law of demand does not hold good. The one example is Giffen goods. So, till the time we have introduced three type of goods if you look at one is normal goods second one is the substitute good and third one is complementary goods. So, these are different kind of goods that is Giffen goods sometime this is also known as the inferior good or you can say it a specific case of inferior good this is the Giffen goods comes into picture. Now, what is a Giffen goods a Giffen good is one in which one which people paradoxically consume more as the price rise violating the law of demand. So, in case of Giffen good law of demand does not hold good because once the price increases for this product generally people they consume more of it. But what is the what law of demand tells us law of demand tells us that whenever there is an increase in the price of the product generally the quantity demanded that product decreases. So, in this case the the pattern is not such because whenever there is an increase in the price there is an increase in the quantity demanded also and that that is why we say that this is not a normal good this is a Giffen good and in case of Giffen good law of demand does not hold good. So, there is a so in the background there is a story to this Giffen goods how Giffen goods comes into picture and how the how the law of demand does not hold good in case of Giffen goods. So, during Irish potato fine in 19th century potato were the consider as the Giffen good and potato were the largest staple in the Irish state. So, if the price rose it had a large impact on income. People responded by cutting out on luxury goods such as meat and vegetables instead of bought more potato therefore the price of potato increase so did the demand. So, if you look at what is the consumption basket of Irish during that time in 19th century the consumption basket or their food basket consist of potato, meat and vegetables. But being potato is the staple diet the composition of potato more in the food basket price increases for potato there is no change in the income of the consumer. So, in this case what the consumer they will do since potato is the staple diet they need to have the same quantity even if there is a increase in the price. So, in this case consumer what they did they started cutting down their expenditure on meat and vegetables which is considered to be the superior in the food basket and they bought more potato because potato is staple diet even if price increases still they have to consume the same amount. So, the expenditure from the other superior items from the consumption basket being cut that is meat and vegetable and the same same money is diverted into potato. And in this case the price of potato increase and also the demand because even a price is increasing still people they are buying more of it which is again a which is again the exception to law of demand where the whenever there is a price in the price increases that leads to decrease in the quantity demanded. So, this is one case in case of given goods the price increases and along with that the quantity demanded also increases and that leads to exception of the law of demand. The second one is the Babylon effect and this generally introduce the concept of conspicuous consumption status seeking. If you look at in our daily life it also happen that if something is expensive we always feel that this is good because there is a perception that if there is increase in the increase in the price of it generally it has to be good whether it is a designer product whether it is jewelry whether it is say maybe designer accessories we always feel that if they are charging more it has to be good. So, consumer there they have the perception that if price has been charged premium then the quality is good and the product is good and this is generally known as Babylon effect. So, in this case even if there is a increase in the price people they always feel that if there is a increase in the price I think there is a increase in the quality and they generally go for it and also this is consider as the status seeking if the consumer is consumed some highly priced product it always leads to the status seeking and in this case again the law of demand is not applicable. So, what is the perception over here the more expensive these commodities become the higher their value as a status symbol and hence the greater the demand for them. So, if it is more expensive they feel that it is again it is a value of the status symbol and they feel that is a good quality attest to it and there is a greater demand for it. So, the amount demand of this commodity increase with an increase in their price and decrease with the price. So, in this so typically for this type of product when there is a increase in the price that leads to increase in the quantity demanded and when there is a decrease in the price people they stop consuming this or they decrease their consumption assuming that since this is a lower price product there is no quality attest to it or there is no value or the status attest to it. So, this is about if you look at in this case typically this is the perception of the consumer that high value goods is better quality and it leads it links to also status whereas the low value good even if it is may be good still the perception is that low value product since it is not on a higher segment it is always a it is always a inferior product as compared to other product and generally they decreases their consumption for it. So, in case of wavelength goods or in case of wavelength effect again the law of demand does not hold good and the price and quantity demanded is not related inversely. There are one more exception that is law of demand that is in case of prediction or may be expectation of change in the price of the commodity. So, if the price is going to increase if there is a expectation if there is a prediction that the price is going to increase people they buy more the demand increases and if the price is going to decrease in the future that leads to decrease the consumption at this moment. So, sometimes their prediction when there is a prediction the law of demand does not work there. So, if you look at before budget if you have seen people they predict or people they do a forecast that after budget the price of this going to increase the price of this going to decrease that leads to some disturbance in the decision making or some disturbance in the the consumer patents for the consumer demand patent for different goods. If the price is going to increase the consumer feel that let me buy more. So, even if the price is on a higher side still the consumer buys more and if the price is going to decrease the consumer even if the price remain constant still the consumer is consuming less assuming the fact that when the price is going on a lower side is going to consume more. Similarly, if you look at whether the prediction is related to durable goods or whether the prediction is non durable goods the prediction works well the prediction works more in case of durable goods because you cannot you in case of durable goods you can postpone your consumption till the time you are getting a favourable price. But in case of non durable goods the prediction never work because this is only kind of necessity what we use in our daily life. So, we cannot postpone the consumption and in that case generally the prediction the role of prediction is bit less and durable goods this generally works and law of demand does not hold good. Similarly, in case of share market or stock market where the basis is speculation if the price of the share is increasing price of the stock is increasing there is a perception of the consumer that may be again it is going to increase and they are going to get more value if they are buying more. So, since the basis of share market or since the basis of prediction the law of demand does not hold good there and this is one more exception to law of demand. So, if you look at by principle or by economic principle there should be inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded and that is generally known as law of demand. But in case of few instances or in case of few type of products generally the law of demand does not hold good like in case of a Giffen good Weblen good or when the market is governed by prediction or some kind of market like stock market share market where the basis is speculation the law of demand does not hold good. There may be few more examples like in which case like when it comes to suppose necessity what is if the consumption is necessity or if people like emergency if it is a life saving drugs again the law of demand does not hold good even if price is on a higher since it is a part of necessity this is a life saving drug the consumer they are not changing the demand pattern like if you take a medicine every day as a precaution or as a part of treatment generally the consumer takes that even if there is a increase in the price. So, in case of few extremes again the law of demand does not hold good.


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in their final little bit of a prayer and let's have a look at the lineup we'll look at Phoenix first Daniel in goal there's Williams Gardner Carrington Arthur Francis Gordon James Williams don't forget there's Jevon Williams and Jevon Williams there's George and Caesar the coach Nigel de Souza. I'll expect Caesar to be the focal point Jim Gordon their leading score score with six goals the talking possibly right behind him and player number 10 then Daniel in goal has been a safe pair hands obviously a Phoenix team that has had a long layoff a key is a quick start. Let's have a look at the Phoenix sorry at the Rangers lineup Bryson goal is Perez Russell Cyrus Thomas Weeks Edwards Cole Bailey McPhee Cummins and the coach Dave Cuamino. Well Cummins would play the anchoring number six position Russell and Cyrus back in the middle of the park and a Cole and Thomas will float in around the midfield and forward lines. The victory and well deserved victory for them but let's have a look at the highlights as the ball came across here the first real attempt here at goal from Phoenix a brilliant cross cross from Gordon and meeting it with the head a lovely header from Jariah Arthur he came he made a run from wide on the left got inside and put a beauty of a header away from the keeper and then George getting the return ball tried to place it into the corner of the goal and a brilliant save from goalkeeper Jabari Bryce and the second half started with a couple of substitutions for Rangers and one of those substitutes Kadeem Corbin he smashed it into the back of the net a clearance coming to him he took it down nicely let's have a look again he took it down bam and then bam in the back of the net and it was one all and you had to think at that time Phoenix had the upper hand and sorry Rangers had the upper hand and they were going forward and then George with a beauty of a chip ball towards Caesar he got there before the goalkeeper and a lovely chip got there before the keeper and into the back of the net all of a sudden it was two goals to one Phoenix back in front and Rangers never really gave up they kept coming forward but Phoenix with George again he was at the heart of mostly everything coming in field pushing it towards Jabari Francis who had the shot that went just wide then Rangers with Corbin flicking it and Javon Williams getting there to clear it as it was heading into the back of the net he was there just in time to get it over the goal the frame of the goal and all of a sudden Phoenix continued and they're winning ways here at the Lahoketa Rangers ground and you have to look at the let's have a look at the stats because when you look at this you look at these stats you would see Rangers dominated 15 shots to eight eight shots and target five from Phoenix 11 falls to seven four yellow cards of Rangers one for Phoenix no reds two offsides to one 14 corners to four three saves to seven you have to wonder that's that at the top one for Rangers two for Phoenix is that real well it was real because it was a gutsy performance from this Phoenix team let's go down to hands he's got the man of the match with him actual George a man of the match there congratulations to you tell me what does win mean for the team you know after coming off a long three week break you know the coach just told us you know it's key that we came out here and you know start quick not you know concede early and you know get into the game and you know chances will come you defended you assisted on the attack where did the hunger for this particular matchup come from after she started the campaign I believe we just want to you know get as much points as we can in the second round whether that is taking a point or taking tree you know we come here with one we just want to make sure and leave with that but today we got two goals they got one and we came away with a victory well three points and man of the match congratulations to Adriel George Brent Sanchez with our coaches coach up well this is focusing four changes in the first 40


Secondary. Having played in the Premiership last season. It's in Augustine and it is his experience that will be required from 12 yards out. There's a lot going through the mind now.  Big moment for this young man. It's got his back turn. Elements of surprise perhaps. As Tearon O'Brien to put Arima ahead, he does. It's a good kick. It's very assured as to where he wanted to put this. Little stutter step on the run-up and then he drives through it with the inside of the foot and guides it down to the keeper left. Keeper Haynes going to his right. One nil to Arima North. It will be Chase Charles to follow up. He somehow does. Doesn't matter how they go in. Once they go in, that's one-one. Certainly not the best penalty kick you would see here today. Sometimes it doesn't matter. Chase Charles never really got it into the corner but the pace of the surface certainly beat the odds. He couldn't get down on time. He's a big kid and he would have had to be tremendously quick to get down in time. One-one. All this man, Stapleton, has led the Scorbing for Arima so far. Oh, he does it again. Good kept out. Talk about a touch of gold. Well, I'm not sure why the linesman is raising his flag. Either he's suggesting that it went in or he's suggesting that Haynes moved early. But I'm not sure what it is. It looks like a retake. I think it's the first one that he believes that he moved too early. That's harsh. Or he was not his line, probably. Let's give us a better look. He was not his line. He was at least two or so feet ahead of the line. It's a right call. Well, he has a second bite. Stapleton. This time he delivers. Led the Scoring for Arima this season and given a second bite at the cherry. He puts them ahead to one. Well, he can't do it in the first time. He'd do it in the second time. And that's a good penalty by Stapleton. Compared to the first one, we'll see if he switched this corner. Same. Definitely confidence. Shining through. Well, this is the man most have come to see, Lindell Sween. Well, he delivers. He does. That's what he does. To all. Yeah, and he has really, really had no chance there. The pace of it. No nonsense approach by Sween. Just ran up to it and leased it with his left foot as hard as he can. And all the way in the corner, Diaz did go for it. That big right hand stretched out. But not when the ball is placed with that pace. He's been good defensively. This man Gomez. Can he do it on the offensive end? Question answered. One of the players with national experience and what it showed. Yeah, solid game for the 90 minutes and even better penalty. Just leans away from it and guides it with his right foot. Nathan Quasci next scored some of the best goals of the season. Just needs to score today. Oh, look at that confidence. It's all levels, three all. Not less than what you would expect from that young man. Nathan Quasci made sure that he tucked it away from Diaz. So he had to go a little bit higher than his teammates did before and Diaz had no chance. Well, it's another defender. Akil Henry. Can he score? Yes, he can. I'll talk about confidence for a man at the back. Well, I was a little bit worried about the short run-up and whether or not he could generate enough power with that run-up. And boy, oh boy, did he prove me wrong. He was very sure where he wanted to put this and he had a bit of laces in it. Confident young man, good strike hands, no chance. It's a big kick now. Another defender, Desai Lewis up against Diaz. Oh, he's done it. They're not going to miss, are they? All level yet again. Yeah, confident kick. Diaz going to his knees, completely defeated by that one. Didn't necessarily, there wasn't a necessary place all the way in the corner, but nevertheless, I think the body position tricked Diaz. Well, a big moment, needs a big player. Can Jamal Ashing be that star for Arima? Well, the best of the lot. Saved it for last. The pressure, no one signed one secondary. Yeah, the captain making sure. It's going high. Making sure he and schools the other way. You seen some good penalties here this afternoon? Kent Guy. Can he be the guy to keep San Juan alive? Oh, he's done it. Tell you what, James. I tell you what, Diaz went late. I think if he get probably punched instead of trying to get his hand behind it. Let's take another look at it here. It's not the most convincing kick. Diaz was rightly placed. Just couldn't get the right piece of body parts behind it. Well, Darion Marfan will begin the sudden death part of the penalty. Well, he's as cool as a polar bear. That's six-five. Vantage back with Arima. Cool as you like. Roll it into that corner, Marfan. Not a big run-up because he knows what he wants to do. This is a big moment for San Juan North. It's come close on several occasions. Jahashua Ferguson. Somehow, someway. That has managed to cross the goal line. Wow. And I tell you what, I'm not sure what Jahashua means, but I tell you what, it means lucky at the moment. He's a lucky guy. Yeah, he is very, very, very lucky because that should have been saved. And I think Diaz believed it was saved. You have another look at it here. He pushes it. Looks like it hits his knee. Diaz gets down there in time and just couldn't keep it out. You just wonder, will that come back to haunt Arima North? Arima? Well, will they ever not score? Stephen Oliveri, defensively solid, offensively sure. That's a solid penalty there by Oliveri. It's a quick hop. Placed it with a lot of power. He's again going the wrong way. Now, can Diaz come up with a save? It's coming down to the players that didn't put their hands up to take the penalties. So, there's a lot of doubt with these penalty takers that are coming up. Jahim Dancler has led the line for San Juan. You'll need him to do it again. That's a top penalty. I tell you what, I was a little bit, I was a little bit worried about the run-up. James, as I'm sure we'll see in the replay, it's kind of a windy run-up. But once he got it destroyed, sort his feet out and placed it. Goalkeeper Diaz sent the wrong way. He couldn't get there. Oh, this is where it gets the nervous time. So, Ken, Arima will be forced to put their hands up. Ability Hazel. Does he have the ability to keep them afloat? Question answered. Yeah, short run-up, right down the middle, Haynes Beaton can feel the tension, James, in and around. I tell you what, can somebody crack? JDL Joseph, he looks confident, though, and he is confident. High and away, San Juan. They fight on. And normally, when the penalty kicks go down to these numbers, you start seeing kicks that are not of the best quality. But this is different here this afternoon. That's a good kick. Goalkeeper Diaz again with no chance. Substitute Malakai Norega has one job to keep Arima alive. He's done his job. He's done it well. Again, another penalty that maybe Haynes felt he could have gotten, but it just couldn't get his hands behind the ball. It's another substitute, James. Had the last chance of the game to put it away for San Juan. Didn't take advantage. That's strange. They've made a switch and Haynes is taking a kick. Well, not sure about that, James, because at some point he's going to have to kick if Haynes scores. Haynes versus Diaz. Well, any cooler, he'd be a snow cone. Well, it's not a smirk of confidence. Haynes here. Look at that for a penalty kick. As cool as you like. Now, can he turn into full-mode hero? Another substitute, Mark Thomas. One can imagine the weight of expectation. Wow. With nothing. Wow. Well, they had to convince him to come back to school this year to play. And boy, they needed him. It's a good finish. Excellent finish. Haynes given no chance. Well, finally, Mathias Charles would be allowed to step up. The air of expectation here. It's heavy. Well, it was heavier for the goalkeeper. He was beaten. Well, it's almost in slow motion that one. Diaz went for it. Didn't necessarily look like it had the power to beat him, but eventually it went by him. So, this here is a huge moment in the game. Well, it's his turn to get a one-up on his opposite number. Diaz has been saved. Haynes getting the decisive touch. All eyes on the lines, Mundo. They're still having discussion, but it's counted. Yeah, and I think this one, he did stay on his line. It was a poor kick by Diaz. He needs to get himself together because he has a kick. He can't redeem himself. He needs to get his focus back. As he came into this one, now this is to win it. It is the captain. Well, he lead by example and lead San Juan to the title. Oh, he doesn't! Couldn't find the gap between the 11-yard sticks. And Diaz fills the sense of redemption. They'll have to go again. Well, they go back from the start and it's still in sudden death mode. And I tell you, James, what excitement here at the Larigome Stadium. Just thought for a second here that Lewis's kick would have trickled into the net and the upright had something else to say to it. He's beaten them once. Can he beat them twice? O'Brien versus Haynes. And O'Brien, he's won that contest. Look like it went under the reach of Haynes. Tess Charles, he's been here before. Question is, can he do it again? Certainly, quite dark here at the Larigome Stadium. He saw exactly where Stark it was. I tell you what, we've seen a lot of penalties here this afternoon. I don't think you'll see anything better than that. That's what you call pinpoint to the corner. And I think the question that probably many that's tuned in here is asking is, do you go back to the same corner that you originally went to? And I would suggest yes. You don't change. Saved once, was redeemed, converted. Can he do it again? He does. The battle is intensifying. Again, it will be sweet. Question is, will he change his corner? Wow. No, he doesn't. Instant replay, perhaps. Just as effective. Yeah, it's a lot of pace generated on this kick. And it just swept by. I just wonder at this point, how well the goalkeepers are seeing. Of course, goalkeeper Diaz, he does wear spectacles. So in the last season wearing the goggles, just wonder how well it's quite dark here. Of course, on your screens, it doesn't look that way. But the light is fading and fading rapidly here. Tell you what, a quick match wouldn't be played in this sort of light conditions. Perhaps he can end it all here. Grumez. Longer run up this time. See a result. Ah, sir. Top, top penalty. Kisses it off the post. Just the way he designed it, Grumez. Back to Nathan Quashy again. Tell you from here, even I'm struggling to see now. To wonder how well the goalkeepers can see, how long this will continue. Perhaps wearing contact lens at the moment. Diaz, how well can he see? Nathan Quashy. Keep his team alive. Oh, what some help. Well, this was close from Nathan. Just didn't have the power and really Diaz should have been keeping that out to the net. Instead, he pushed it into the side and inside of the net. James, that was a chance. Really was. Should have saved it. He was there. Who will break their nerve? What a lost count. What number we're at. Saquille Henry though. So he hasn't lost count. He's at it. The question is Brent, how long will this continue with fading light conditions? Yeah, as we take another look at this kick. Confidence, exhaled and the fading light certainly is at a disadvantage for the goalkeepers. And you're right, James, if they had to go through another round, where would this go? This is Desai Lewis. His namesake, a World Cup winner. Can he be an East Zone Intercom winner? Wow. He's grateful. We're going into this. We can't say that Diaz hasn't had his opportunity, but really he possibly should have stopped that one. The second kick. Yes, Jamal Ashing. Again, to restart the cycle and it continues. Another good penalty there by the captain, Ashen. Give him no chance whatsoever. Ken Guy though, has an opportunity to give his team a chance. Staying in the competition. Will he be that guy? East Zone Intercom winners.


Last few weeks I've talked about faith, fourth dimension, three weeks ago I mentioned about how faith is what you have, more will be given and we will have abundance, meaning our inner world here attracts, reflects and draws more of what we have on inside. This testimony we just watched is a perfect example, when a person had hurt and abuse, it only attracted more of that and then attracted more and more of that. That's the law of faith. What you have here inside, you will have more of that on the outside. Last week we talked about David and that positivity, what we mean as Christians being positive is different than what the self-help books offer, where they focus more on positivity in themselves. For us positivity is based on the fact that our God is good, He wants only good for us and our relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our faith is not in faith, our faith is in God. Amen. And this morning I want to continue talking about the fourth dimension, it's going to be part three. The whole Christmas relates to the message of the fourth dimension. The Bible says the kingdom of God is within you. Everything about Christianity, since Jesus came on this earth and he introduced a message of good news, it's always inward first and outward second. His kingdom is not somewhere located in the White House, His kingdom is located in here. When people said, where is your kingdom? He said, it's within us. When the Holy Spirit comes to live, He doesn't live in your attic, He doesn't live in your basement, He doesn't live in the church, He lives within us. God's main concern is your inner world. That is where He lives, that's where faith lives and that world is more important to Him than anything else. Jesus was born in a manger. You know, sometimes people ask why? Well, that's where lambs are born. And the barns, they're not born in churches. And Jesus was the Lamb of God. He had to be born in the manger. But it's interesting because the manger is few things. The manger is a barn, it's dark, it's defiled, it's dirty, and it's unworthy of divine royalty. And that is exactly where Christ gets born. Till this day, He gets born inside of us, in our heart. And when He comes, the darkness turns into light, defilement becomes purity, dirt becomes holiness, and unworthiness gets filled with God's identity, of royalty being born in us.  We belong to Christ. Christ wants to be born within you. And it's interesting because the whole message of Christmas is also so beautifully portrayed in the 4th dimension.  And Mary says, how can that be? I don't know the man. On the outside, I have nothing. And the angel says, no, no, no. I said it. That's exactly how it's going to happen. God's power will come on you. And as Mary receives the word, she conceives. The 4th dimension is when you receive, you conceive. Somebody say, I'll receive. See, when your heart is open to God's word, your world is open to God's spirit. When your mind is open to God's promise, your world is open to God's anointing. When your heart, like Mary says, Lord, according to your word, and her womb was completely at that moment conceived. 4th dimension is that when I open myself to God's promise, even if it contradicts my circumstances, my life is open to God's power. And Mary also teaches us that when the moment she conceived, she started to have contradiction in her circumstances. Because being pregnant without having a relationship with the man, it created a problem with her fiance, Joseph. Coming to Joseph and she says, well, this man showed up. And after that, I am pregnant. Joseph's like, what is his name? He says, Joseph, it's not what it seems like. And Joseph says, I want to know his name. Is this Joshua or is it Caleb came? It's Gabriel. Yeah, right, Gabriel. Which Gabriel? The one we went to school with or the other one that lives on down the street?  Always when you receive something from God on the inside, the circumstances will contradict your inner world. And like Mary, you have to hold on, not go to abortion clinic, as to say. Meaning, don't give up on the promise of God, because the circumstances are throwing a fit. Hold on to the promise of God and believe that God will work out the circumstances as he did with Joseph. Things will realign, everything will be okay.  That which you feed one day will feed you. That which you protect one day will rescue you. Amen. If you have your Bible, let's go together to Genesis chapter one, verse one, two and three. Genesis chapter one, verse one, two and three. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The heaven was, the earth was without form and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, let there be light and there was light. The earth God introduces to us himself with the assumption that we already know he exists. God doesn't describe to us his history. He doesn't tell us what he's been doing before that. He just goes in with the assumption we believe he exists and he right away introduces to us our earth. Between verse one and verse two, a lot of theologians agree and disagree that probably the earth wasn't made to be without form and void and dark. The earth was made differently, but something happened that caused the earth to go from verse one to verse two. There's many speculations on what happened and everything and I will not go into that because it doesn't really concern right now us and what's happening with us. What's concerning is what's going on after that. When the earth was without form and void and darkness was all over the place. And it's interesting in the midst of all this chaos, in the midst of all this mess. I want you to see few things about faith and few things about God. And the spirit of God was hovering. This word hovering is another word for like incubating like a hand or an eagle is sitting on the eggs and it's resting there and it's allowing its warmth and the heat to penetrate those eggs which the chickens eventually or chicks are eventually born. So this is closeness. Holy Spirit is close. He's not distant. He is very near and he's hovering over the earth. I learned the first lesson here is when I am in my worst, God doesn't leave me. He's actually hovering over me. When I am at my worst, when I am in the dark, God doesn't abandon me. What does that mean for my faith? See faith begins where the will of God is known. Write this down. Faith begins where the will of God is known. You can't have faith in God if you're not sure he is for you or you're struggling. Faith begins when you understand if I am in the dark, if my finances are going through a chaos, if my marriage is struggling, if my health is decaying, if my children are not serving God, if I'm personally confused and I am in doubts, the Spirit of God, God does not desert me when I am struggling. God is near to me. The Bible says he is close to those who call upon him in spirit and in truth. Faith begins when I know God is for me. See, you cannot build your faith on what God can do. People can say, well, God can, you know, churn my circumstances like this. God can also make you into a monkey. But you don't build your faith walking around hoping he makes you into a superhero. God is not going to do what he can. God will always do what he said and what he wills. Your and my faith is not based on God's ability. It's based on God's will. And to know his will means to know his willingness, to know what is his heart open to. And when you know God's will, you have the audacity to believe, even if you are in a mess. About 14 years ago, I just received my license in July, December 30th or 31st, we were going to Spokane to do a service there. And I asked my father if I can take his Dodge Chrysler, a van, and go fill it with gas before we would go on a trip. And as I got into the van, and I was driving on the road 68 on the Sendifer Boulevard, on a stop sign it was really cold and the roads were icy and I pressed on the brakes and the van did not obey my instructions. It kept going straight and it hit straight into the Sendifer Boulevard. There was another car and I caused a three car accident. The van started spinning. I got into a huge accident. I freaked out. The first person I called was my dad. How could I call him if I just wrecked his van? Because of a will, I knew my dad will be disappointed with me. But because I've been with him for so long, I know his will. That he will not kick me out. He will not say, why are you calling me? You know, what did you do? You destroyed my van. He didn't get angry at me. And so because I knew his heart from me, in the midst of making a mess, he was the first person I called. Because faith is always based on God's will toward you. When you know that you know that you know, there is no hole you can fall into that God will simply say, you know what? Climb out there on your own.  Faith always is born out of the understanding God will always pick up the phone. God will never abandon a person like me even if I am worth abandoning. Not only my dad came on the scene, but he did something that was illegal. But it's a gospel. What he did was the gospel. He took my place. If I would have been caught with an accident, my license would have been suspended at the time. And my premier would go through the roof.  Police came and they said, who was in an accident? He says, I was. They raised his premium. It went on his account and I went clear. This is the message of the gospel. Somebody like, I wish I would have my dad like that too. I receive in Jesus' name. I have the faith in my father because not because I deserve it, but because I know one thing. My father doesn't desert me when I deserve punishment. Your heavenly father doesn't leave you. Maybe your earthly father will not help you. Maybe you do not have an earthly father, but I'm going to tell you about God in heaven who first introduced to us when the earth was a chaos, the spirit was very close. Maybe you don't feel him, but he is near and he is there to help you. He is there to change your darkness, to change your chaos into clarity and to change it into a beautiful garden of Eden. Can somebody say amen? In Isaiah there is a verse that is very powerful. In Isaiah you can put up the verse where God said, but Zion said, the Lord has forsaken me. And my Lord has forgotten me.  Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continuously before me. When Israel said God has forsaken us and honestly God had a reason to do so because they were wicked, because they were disobedient.  I do love you. And he says, if a mother can forget her nursing child, that's not possible. But God says, if it's possible, I cannot forget you.  And God says, I have a proof. This is not just baloney. This is not just empty words I'm throwing out. These are not empty promises. God says, look at my hands.  Look at my side. I have scribes to prove I genuinely love you. These are not mere words. These are actions. My heart is open toward you. And when you are in darkness, when you are without void, call on me. Because I'm not too far from you. Faith starts when you know God is not against you. It doesn't mean that he doesn't get offended. He doesn't get hurt. It doesn't mean that God is not angry against the things that we've done. Nevertheless, as long as there's a breath in your nostrils, he doesn't desert us. If he would desert us, we are hopeless. We will never be able to find salvation, hope and healing.  Just some people are better at putting better images on Instagram than you. And that's it. But on the inside, we're all the same. In need of mercy, in need of God's forgiveness and in need of God's grace. None of us are born with some metal or some golden bones. We have the same human nature within us that needs the Holy Spirit to help us and faith begins when you understand God is for you. Can somebody say amen? I want you to read down point number two. Is that faith is the title deed of things hoped for. Faith is the title deed of things hoped for. The Holy Spirit in verse two, we see that he was close to the earth, to the mess on the earth. And then God said, let there be light. And the light came. Now for those of us who read the scriptures, we find out that the actual sun, moon and the stars came on day four. So the first question comes up to us now is where did the light come from? How come the light came on day one and the sun came on day four? So the light did not come from the sun because the sun came on day four. The light came from God who lives in the light. God likes light so much. He doesn't even have a night in heaven. He likes light so much. He doesn't even allow shadows in heaven. And he hates darkness so much that that's all he gave to the devil as a gift. The Bible says outer darkness. I don't know. I mean, I know darkness is bad. Outer darkness is like super size and steroids darkness like thick darkness. The Bible says that's he hates darkness. He doesn't like anything about God is light. It's positive. It's optimistic. If you think God walks around depressed, cranky, moody, angry, that's maybe like your parents, maybe you on your worst day, maybe your friends are like that. That is not God.  He lives in the light. And on the first day he comes, he brings the light. And there was no reason for that light except him. There was no reason for the light except God. And on day four, we see the sun, the moon and the stars. This is a pattern that continues throughout the scriptures, where God gives you something on the inside that is so real, but it has no connection to your world on the outside. It's when God comes to Abraham and says, you are a father. He says, yes, I am, but you don't have children.  He comes to Israel says, I give you the promised land. And they're still in the wilderness. They have land, yet they live in the wilderness. He comes to you and says, you are righteous.  Why? Because faith is the substance on the inside. In Hebrews 11, verse one, most of us know this verse. What it says now, faith is the substance. If you have an amplified Bible, or if you have a Bible that you can read in original Greek, you will find the word substance here is another word for hypostasis. Or assurance. Substance means it's not a feeling. It's actually a reality, inner reality. Faith is a substance of things hoped for. This is a beautiful explanation that faith is not hope. Hope is what you wish to have. Faith is you have it. You have substance means it's real already here of what you wish to have. Faith is not hoping something to happen. Faith is having something that already has happened here. Not on the outside, but here. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen. For a very long time, theologians had a very hard time explaining word hypostasis. They simply used the word substance, assurance, confidence. Until recently, they found out remains of one city that was burned down 2,000 years ago. One lady, she went to a court because somebody took her to court over a piece of property.  And so she went to the court and the court ruled against her, not in her favor. She sent her servant with a rock box and the title deed of her property to a higher court in Alexandria. And as this servant was going, he stayed a night in the hotel and the hotel caught on fire. Everything got destroyed and the court got dismissed. She never won the case. 2,000 years later, so some few decades ago, they find out the remains of that hotel. And this is the letter they find in the box of that stone. I want you to see exactly what this letter says if you can be alert. In order, so she writes this letter to the court. In order that my Lord, the judge may know that my appeal is just, I attach my hypostasis. Word hypostasis means assurance is another word you use, I use for title of the car or the house. So what God is saying, faith is a title deed of what you hope for. Faith is a title deed of what you hope for. It's a proof you have it. It's a reality. Faith is not just wishy-washy. It's not just what I want. It's what I have already on the inside. Amen. Title deed, I remember when I mean my wife purchased the land over here, not close to, not far from the church. Nothing changed with the land when it switched the owners. In a spiritual world, in an invisible legal world, the owner was no longer that lady, but it was me. But if you would drive by the land, nothing was different. Everything was the same on the outside. In the legal world, the land switched owners. And I received the title deed. When I received the title deed, then I was able to build in that land and take possession of that land. But until I had a title deed, I couldn't do anything with that land. Spiritually the same thing. When you receive a title deed, it means when what God says becomes so real to you through His spirit, it becomes your title deed. You don't walk around saying, I hope to have that. You walk around saying, I have that already. And then it manifests in your life. Now let me bring something as a correction. Hope comes from the potential promises of God. In the Bible, there are thousands of promises of God. You get hope by picking whatever you want, and that's what you get hope. You don't get faith like that. The Bible says faith comes from hearing and hearing of the word of God. That word, word of God, is word Reima. It's not what you pick, it's what God picks. It's what God the Spirit quickens in your heart and that becomes alive. This word explains why some people walk around saying, I am healed, I am healed, I am healed. And the other person walks around saying, I am healed and they're actually healed. There are times where I choose to believe in God's word. I choose to put hope in my heart. But that is different than Holy Spirit quickening that and creating a reality within me that I am healed. Now both are good. One is better. That means it's not about memorizing God's word. It's not about filling yourself just with God's word. It's allowing the Holy Spirit to acquicken God's word inside of you. Otherwise, God's word is a potential for everyone. It brings hope. But faith comes when God's word becomes a revelation, becomes real through the power of the Holy Spirit. Like Dr. Yungi Cho likes to say, the Bible is like rice. It's hard and stiff. But the revelation of the Bible is like cooked rice. It's very good for eating. The general Bible, it's like rice. You take it, you get hope, it's good. But when the Holy Spirit cooks it, the same verse for God so loved the world changes your world upside down. The same verse by his stripes, I am healed. You can name it, claim it, blab it, grab it, confess it, possess it. Until you just know it, you have it in Greek, you have it in Hebrew. But there is a difference when you have it in the Holy Spirit. Like Smith Wigginsworth said, he says, some like to read their Bible in Greek, some like to read their Bible in Hebrew. I like to read mine in the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit cooks the rice. He cooks the scripture. It makes it alive. And what happens inside of you, invisible tidal deed? You walk around not hoping, having. Not hoping, having. Look at our salvation. How did it happen with our salvation? The Holy Spirit took the word of God, made it alive, and he made salvation real. You have salvation here. You don't walk around saying, I hope I am saved. You walk around and say, I am saved. You haven't seen heaven yet, you haven't seen heaven in the Father yet. But you already know that because it's a tidal deed, a reality inside of you. Can somebody say a man? It's what happened a few years ago. Me and my wife, we gave a car to a couple in our church that was struggling. And we gave them a car on Sunday. We met with them for lunch. And then we said, we're going to give you a car. They broke down and crying. And they said, thank you so much. You know, they lost their car at that time. And it was a good gift for them. But I said, we can't actually give you the car right now because when I was driving, I had a few rough patches on my bumpers and we needed to change the tires. So we were going to fix the car. And then within a month and a half, we actually will give you the car fixed and done better. They walked from our house having a car, yet without a car. The only thing, you know what created a car inside of them? You know how they became owners of the car? Because I said something. It's my words that created a reality inside of their heart. They already called their parents. They called their friends. They already walked as the owners of the car, though the car wasn't there. That's exactly what happens here. God creates the light from His word and that brings the light. And on day four comes the sun, the moon and the stars.  Can somebody say amen? It's when you see yourself blessed before your wallet is blessed. Before your bank account is blessed. Before you actually have a job. You see yourself healed and healthy before the doctor's reports show that you're healthy and blessed. You see yourself as happy in marriage before even you get proposed to. You have it before you have it. Can somebody say amen? This is what faith is. It's having something before you actually have it. And last point is faith is believing what you don't see. A reward of faith is that you see what you believe. Faith is believing what you don't see. The reward of faith is you eventually see what you believe. I think it was St. Augustine that said this phrase. And day four came the moon, the sun and the stars. What happened on day one because of God's word became very real on day four. Apostle Peter tells us a very beautiful scripture. In the verse he says, Now we have this prophetic word confirmed which you do well to heed as a light that shines in the dark place until the day dawns. Peter is saying, you have this word from God? It's a light. He says, hold on to it. Until the whole room becomes light because the day will come into your life. God is saying, hold on to the promise. Hold on to my word that I quickened by my spirit that made you a possessor of the promise that made you a reality, changed your reality on the inside. Hold on to that. Why? Because until means they're coming a day where five, six, seven in the morning a day changes. Your circumstances completely change. Hold on to the light because on day four the moon, the sun and the stars will come. Hold on to the light because your life will change as your life has changed on the inside. You know, this is what happened to me personally also when my world on the inside was, I was not, didn't see myself as any significant or I had any gifts or any contribution to my community, to society, to the church and to other people, to the ability to speak or communicate or to bring a difference in other people's lives. But someone came and gave a word into my inner world.  On the outside everything was contrary. For years everything was still the same. I was still struggling on the outside but as I held on to the light on the inside that this is what God says I am. This is what the word that was spoken over my life through my parents and my pastors. As I held on to that my outward circumstances came a moment and they started to change and the day came. I remember when I married my wife and she started to have nightmares the first few weeks of our marriage and these nightmares were so severe at times, so heavy and so crazy that, you know, she came to prayer line a few times and we prayed and ministered and I mean, I've used every version of the anointing water I had my hands on, on her and with her every anointing oil that I've had. I mean, I have good connections with good anointed things let's just say like that and everything just continued. I remember when a good pastor from Ukraine prayed for her Prophet T. B. Joshua minister one of the wise men ministered her I mean, I was like, that's all anointed men of God I know that they prayed for you and I'm like, maybe you're done.  The first thought that comes to my mind is T. B. Joshua is a false prophet or the thought that we started to believe on is this as you know what, he said this word hold on to it like a light of candle in a room the night you have a nightmare you wake up but you still tell yourself I am free. Why? Prophetic word confirmed until the day dawns honestly, it was about a year and a half of constant nightmares but what had happened with my wife and what had happened with me is we started to develop this truth when you hold on to the light from day one and there is still no sun, no moon, no stars day two, day three your day four is surely to come the circumstances will change circumstances are not as stubborn they're not as strong as God but God wants to develop within you a mindset, an attitude of a conqueror God is far more interested in making you on inside a different person than changing your circumstances God on the inside is far more interested in taking it through the process where he breaks down negativity breaks down the poverty, the sickness the things on the inside on the outside it's not the problem it's on the inside that's the problem and God takes us through that one day two, day three and when that begins to break down then you see the sun, the moon and the stars but hey, you had light before they came you had light that came from God the sun and the moon and the stars now you don't worship them and it's as though you don't really need them because the light, you've been having light way before this from the word from the reality of faith inside of you what are you struggling with today what are you going through with today we have prayer line next Sunday please come we're gonna pray for it right now but if you prayed every prayer if you've quoted every scripture if you've read everything that is there to read and you've had people pray for you and all of this stuff I wanna throw you a challenge today could it be that God started a day one in your life but you think why do I need light if I don't have the sun why do I need this word from God, this faith I just need my arthritis to be gone and that's it, I just need the moon and the sun and the stars but God doesn't work like that you don't squeeze and manipulate God into the corner that you like God is not running errands for us it's not God coming to us and saying you will be done it's us coming to God and saying God you will be done it's God starting a process has God started something inside of you that you've abandoned because they too nothing changed they tree nothing changed and you decided maybe God completely forsaken you what's the point of walking with this faith maintaining the attitude of I am a victor of my circumstances aren't changing my marriage isn't changing my health, my relationships people aren't changing in the way they are toward me what's the point you don't want to abandon because day four will come day four will come to end this with is that God did not make everything in one day you can destroy your whole life in one day you cannot rebuild it in one day it's a revelation right there you can destroy your whole completely everything in your life in one day just like you can burn your house in three hours you can never build your house in three hours you may say but God can do anything yes, he did not build the whole earth in one day which means he will not rebuild your whole life that took 20 to 15 years to bring it to a state it is one service in one sermon or in one week give God a slack we gave devil 20 years to mess us up we come to God put him on the clock of 20 minutes if you don't do something in 20 minutes I quit come on give him a break if he didn't do it with the earth he's not gonna do it with your life that means be patient it's gonna be okay it's gonna be a process another thing that I learned toward the end of this is God ended with saying not man there's so much more to do man when are the trees will show up when is those legs will show up I wanna see some crocodiles I wanna see some gorillas God ended each day though so much work still yet to be done he said this it is good the light came no moon no sun no stars no humans no garden of Eden nothing look at that you said it's a mess it's not good but God is so positive he looks at the mess but sees one right thing and he said it is good can you look at what God is doing in your family find one thing this Christmas and say it is good or are you gonna look at 99 things that are wrong and keep calling what they are wrong you will destroy your faith by obsessing with what is wrong instead of what is right you will destroy your inner reality by looking at what God hasn't done instead of looking at what he has done if he delivered you from depression but you still have sickness thank him for deliverance from depression as you are waiting for deliverance from that sickness if he brought your family your whole family can sit during Christmas together thank him that you can do that even if maybe still certain financial troubles are lingering around the table because there will be day 2 for that day 3 for that day 4 for that day 5 for that day 6 for that and day 7 for something else God will continue to work for those who are grateful for every step he does in their life instead of complaining and grumbling for what is still yet to be done when you come to our church and you notice things that are still yet to be done still a lot of work to be done well we thank God that the lights are on we thank God that the worship team sings we thank God that cameras are rolling we thank God that 220 people gave their life to Jesus this year we thank God that 52 people got baptized this year we thank God that we have seen home groups that are open this year that is so little because there will be days we are going to see 50 people baptized in one service there will be days we will see 200 people alive to Jesus in one service but today we celebrate what God is doing instead of remembering what hasn't been done can somebody say amen build your faith by focusing on what God is doing build your faith you will always have something to thank God for and you will always have something to complain about you can be beautiful or powerful but you can't be both at the same time let's choose to be powerful with the power of our grace in Jesus