Well, my coaching journey kind of started way back, like, in high school, I could say, you know what I mean? You know how, like, when you play, okay, so I played football. Well, I actually played three sports in high school. I was a triathlete, but kind of football was like my main thing. But when it came down to it, like, just training and preparing for not only football, but just being able to transition from football to basketball, and then from basketball to track. You have to train and use your body in different ways. Like I call it movement training, skills training. So just having to do that so repeatedly, like over my high school career, I just kind of just grew a love for and then, you know, kind of just let me know. I went on to play football at Georgia State. And then from there, it just kind of like, I always kind of knew I had to kind of coach in the back of me. Like, even when I was on the field, like, my teammates looked at me as kind of like a coach on the field. So it just kind of came naturally to me. And then once I graduated from college and just kind of getting the feel for life is more so. You tend to always get back to your passion and kind of what you love. And it is for me, my passion is just giving back. But I know so much about training and just like sports in general. So just being able to actually give back what I learned growing up and everything I have learned from training and playing different sports, just being able to give back to the youth. And I guess my own form of fashion. I guess that's kind of why that's why I created my business. That kind of what helped me grew my business is just me being genuine and kind of giving what I love to give. And that just knowledge about training and different sports, most of. Nice. So tell us a little bit. What does your business specialize in? I'm being specialized in skills and movement training for a variety of sports. Right now lately, I've been mainly working with football players and lacrosse players. But it's more so, I just want to say, yeah, all around training for an athlete. Like development, not only in, I just footwork and do to be also hand our coordination and strengthen as well. So it's just about training the overall athlete also, you know, offering mentor shifts so they can also tap into their mental aspect as well. But my, as far as training, why I specialize in skills and movement training, you know, and with, I guess, yeah, most of sports performance. Yep. Nice. Who's, what sports your favorite to train? If I had to say, I like football, but learning the game lacrosse and kind of actually having a few friends that play lacrosse kind of just learning it. Yeah. Training lacrosse players is kind of almost the same as training football players. It's just, you know, it's just a different sport, but same type of movement from making sense. So yeah, it's football because I played it and lacrosse is kind of red there because I didn't get to play it. So I'm excited to, I've been excited to learn about it and kind of just continue to learn about it. So it kind of keeps me on edge and it helps me kind of stay engaged with my players and train them in a way that I know can be beneficial to them. Nice. So question for you. So what's the difference between skills and, and the movement side? So for me, for me, I think skills is the basic, you know, your footwork and all that, that would, that would that entail. As far as movement, it more or so goes more specific to the sport that you play. Because let's just be honest, you want to train the movement that the athlete is going to be doing repeatedly. And yeah, let's just say, and I just, everybody got their own definition of skills. Most of, like I said, most of my skills is just basic footwork and just kind of knowing how to move as an athlete. Movement training is going more, so sport specific and more advanced movement to train your body, to be able to, okay, they say my lacrosse players, knowing they have to cut and move on the right, just doing kind of exercises and changes as to where they can put power on their leg repeatedly. And kind of don't, don't wear down over time. It's everybody kind of build a strength up for those specific movements over time. So that's kind of how I kind of explain the difference to them. But no, everybody has their own definition. So when, when parents bring athletes to you, what is a very common problem they're having? Why, why do they seek your help? So when most parents come to me and sometimes other team, the athlete kind of, it's still growing into the, I guess, the natural figure. So they're not necessarily going to hit that growth spur when they own the virginity growth spur. So they kind of, you know how that, when you, when you young, your body changes so fast. So you kind of, oh, how do I do this? And you kind of, oh, I can't, I don't know how to move this one. Just learn how to really move with your body. So I kind of target that area of keys for that. So not only is your body growing, but the mental capacity and the work that you can put your body through, that's kind of what I kind of get parents to see when they come into the program. And that's kind of why parents see me out. Cause like I start from the basic, I just kind of help the athlete get to know their body first with a basic training like that. And then the, the more the athlete grow, you know, the more the training, I guess, level of the training and the depth of the training. Because you all want a player to get better each and every year. So tell us a little bit about how you got your first client. So it's kind of crazy because I used to always, one of my good friends is a quarter, a quarterback coach, which is a passing game coordinator at the high school.  So I was just go out there and just be with him. And then eventually, athletes start to come, like skill players start to come. And it kind of just took, it kind of just took over me. Hey, y'all, you know, come, come, let's, let's, let's get some work working. Let's train a little bit. And then kind of just grown from now, like just kind of doing it for free. Every weekend they would, the quarterback will go through. I just get a little level athlete will come out, skill player will come out. Hey, it's come, it's coming training. Eventually a parent kind of helped, helped to what I was doing. And just more so, hey, my kid, can we kind of do this extra time or two in the week or something like that. And it's more so just started. That's kind of what I made it into a service when a parent asks, oh, hey, can I get my kid extra of this? When tomorrow is just naturally doing it. Because, you know, that there, that would kind of lead me to actually, okay. Then just making the side hustle. But now like, you know, having business for like a year or two and kind of just seeing how it's kind of just taking me more over and over and more. So my ultimate goal is just ultimately just to become a full-time sports performer coach. So, you know, just kind of learning everything now and just growing over the last year and two as well as, you know, jumping in the program and kind of learning the things that are being taught in the program as well. Nice, nice. Tell coaches watching this video, what is the importance of offering three sessions to players and parents? Because a lot of coaches don't want to do that because they feel like it's, sometimes it's a waste of time. But how important was it for you to get yourself out there? So, I mean, it really, okay, so you know how I said, I was anti-social and I'm not really kind of like a person, I'm actually shy. So for me, for me though, it was just about giving back. Like, in order to kind of receive things, like, you know how they say, give in order to receive. So it's kind of like that for me, kind of just thinking of it like that. Okay, I got to give a certain bit of my knowledge and what I know. Just so people can, you know, parents and kids go, oh, coach, you actually just taught me something and then once a person learns something for a second time, that's when they come back and that's when you kind of just level up and build up and everything. But offering free sessions, I would recommend it like on a regular that way because who doesn't like free things, you know what I mean? But not only is it just about getting it for free, but it's about if it's something you love to do, which is obviously coaching is what I love to do, I'll do it free any day. You know, it's just thinking about it like that. Like, I got in it because I love to do it and I'll do it for free. Like, it's just so happening that you can turn it into a business. So now it's more so I'm just learning the business aspect of it and just growing that way. Yeah, like that. So tell us a little bit about your challenges. So what challenges have you faced so far since having your business? So my biggest thing is, I guess, marketing and I guess catching up in today's world as far as with social media and being able to, I guess, provide content and also sell yourself on social media. I've never been a big social media person, not just me. So I guess now, and I guess, not never really knowing how to market. I mean, it's still kind of, I can admit, it's still something that I'm asking that I'm trying to get over now, more so because it kind of also kind of deal with my shy side. It's more so just like, when I say learning the business part, it's okay. How do I market this as a business and kind of grow to where people are? I want to pay in for his services. So it's more so my main obstacle is just marketing and actually getting engaged with social media to represent myself as a business. So you've been part of the Sports Accelerator program for a while now. Talk to us, well, talk to the coaches watching a little bit about the program and how it's helped you. So for the main, I kind of feel like I came in at the right time because like I literally started training like two years, two, three years ago. So when I started kind of training stuff like that, it more so naturally I didn't like kind of a parent, not paying a parent, this paying this thing. So I'm more so a structure type person. So with me at first, I didn't know I could turn this to a business. So once I figured that out, it's like, okay, how can I turn into a business, but know exactly what I'm doing and kind of move in the right way to turn it into a legit profit in business.  So eventually I was like, let me just tap into this program and, you know, you got to take risks. And that's what I tell people, like if there's something that you really want to chase, if there's something you really want to do, just take risks and it's, I could say it's a good risk now, but it's the risk that I took to investing in this program to be like, okay, I need something to actually teach me how to engage with parents, how to make sure I'm going about it the right way to what it don't fall back on me or, you know, certain situations. So it more so gave me structure. And then it, like I said, it's good to this day. It's teaching me how to, I guess, continue to grow market and continue to scale and grow my business. If you were to pick one area of the program, what is the best one? Or that's helped you the most? Since I'm an observer, I like to sit back and just listen to people come and say the, the sports community. Like they said, being able to see other coaches go in and put their questions up and kind of see what they're going through. I don't say much, but I'm in the back of the classroom, you know, scrolling and kind of reading questions and reading people's response. And because that engages my mind and not more so physically engaging, but just observing and seeing what goes on. So I guess that's my favorite part about it. Just being able to see like minded coaches ask questions and kind of see how they respond and kind of give each other feedback and things like that. So talk to us a little bit about your, your onboarding process. So when, when you get new clients, how, how do they, they come in? Or where are they coming in? How, how'd you get them into the program? What's the process? So for me, like I said, it goes back to the free thing. Like, um, and most of mine been word of mouth. Because like I said, I'm just doing a part time to grow it full time. So right now it is more so mind being word of mouth. And with being word of mouth, I kind of actually kind of come in more physical contact with elite. So it's more so about, okay, hey, I'm going to give you a general explanation of my program and how it works. Because nine times ten, I'll be for time crunch because I'm more so having a session to go to. So I kind of get them engaged real quick and I'll be like, Hey, are you free within the next day or two? Can we hop on a quick call? Like I'll give you a basic rundown of what's going on. But on the call, I can kind of take the time to answer questions like that right there. And most parents kind of take me up on it, give me the information. And then on that call, I kind of just follow up of what I talked about with them previously and just keep them engaged. So right in from there, it's more so, hey, come out for a free evaluation session. Like you, we met from a previous, like whether it's a referral, we got on the phone. After we get on the phone, I'm more so, hey, let's go do a free session. I try to typically do it within that same week. So when they come out, hey, you know, after that session, hey, we talked on the phone, I kind of explained the program, then we got you out for a free trial session. Okay, from here, I kind of put them on the time crunch a little bit. Can we hop on the call at that point, 24 hours from now to set up, see if you really want. You got to give them time to go back home, hey, it's a program we went on. How do you like to train, let them engage with the athlete in there. And then from there, it's kind of more so, hey, do you guys want to move forward or what way can I possibly help you? Because I'm also in it about if I can help you with my program, is it another program I can refer you to, like all you do. So for me, I kind of get a lot of basic quarterbacks to come in. I'm not a quarterback, I don't know how to train a quarterback. I never played quarterback.  I would refer a quarterback to him. So I kind of, and I guess that just generally me making physical contact with the parents and being able to talk and see kind of what they're looking for. And then from there, I still hop on the call with them. But that just to get them in my kind of email contact date, at least. But then I also still refer them out. And then that way, not only do I have them in my database, I also give or refer to my friend's company as well. Nice. I like that you've mentioned the referral, because I'm going to ask you a question about that. So what's important about, because this is something we teach coaches, setting up referrals with other coaches, but how important is that process? It's important. Now what I put it at the top of the importance, yes and nay, because you still have to focus on yourself and kind of get your stuff done. But being able to work in partner with and refer with other coaches, it's amazing. Because at the end of the day, we all doing the same thing. We all kind of have the same passion of getting athletes better. So whether you train them or I train them, regardless, I just put this athlete in the best position to get better. So whether they want to train with you or train with me, they just work it like that. And that's kind of how I went about it. And that's kind of, if I ever kind of, every coach that, and it only been like a handful of them that I kind of work with as far as refer from, that's kind of how we kind of go about it and talk about it like, hey man, this is your strength as far as your training and how you go about things. If I give the athlete that's looking just for that, then I'm going to send them your way because I don't want to cheat them. And if you give the athlete that, hey, they need more of this type of skill training, you send them my way. So it's kind of like collabing at the same time, but knowing and kind of, I guess, expression, oh, you are a better trainer and you, the athletes kind of more help you with this type of training than you, than my style type of training and the, you know, vice versa, just knowing that everybody at the end of the day, we offer the same training, which is skills, movement, whatever, whatever training sport you might be training, but at the end of the day, we offering ourselves. And that's what the biggest, that's the biggest thing. And once a parent know that, okay, hey, I see you genuinely care about my athlete getting better.  So that's why I kind of like the referral program. And I kind of tell people, if you think about it that way, it'll make referral to other coaches and culture referral you a whole lot easier because, you know, we all are in this together.  There are a lot of coaches that want to be specialists in everything. And they just want to bring in players just to get clients, but then they end up getting bad clients because they're not good at what that child actually needs. So it's really good that that collaboration you have. So Dion, tell us a little bit about the sports training industry. Where do you see it going? What are the, where do you see the trends, technology, advances? How do you see it going in the next five years? I still think it is going to be a good industry, because sports forever, sports is what make countries and that's what make the world kind of give you something to live for. Sports is just a common ground for everybody just to come along and kind of play. So I feel like the sports training industry is, I don't think it's really just a limit yet, because, you know, it's key for kids are forever getting in sports now. And just the competition and the level that sports have been playing at. I feel like if you don't have a sports trainer or your team is not working with a sports performance trainer or a specific sports coach, then, you know, that's where you're kind of going to start to see a difference. And then, you know, it's just going to forever aid our industry. Now, as far as technology and stuff like that, it more so, I don't think it's going to butt heads with it, because, like I said, I feel like as a trainer and as a coach, it's about the relationship you build the client. And I don't think technology or a robot could build a relationship with an actual client. So I feel like that will always have sports trainers have the upper hand. So for me, I just think positive and know that. But in the next five years, the sports industry, the sports training, the sports coaching industry is just going to continue to go up. Now, what about your personal goals and aspirations in the next five years? Where do you want your business to be? So first, an ultimate goal for me versus just become full time training, which I have. That's the goal set for myself by the end of this year. Kind of going into 2025, I put myself in a position to where I can go full time training. And then from there, just growing scale. And eventually, then next five years to be able to open and start opening a little facility to where I kind of have a little indoor training facility and kind of grow from there. Nice, fantastic. So for you, for some, for you and someone watching that wants to go full time, what does that look like for you? What do you need to achieve? Because it's a simple answer, right? Clients. But there's more to it than just that. There's systems and stuff. But for you, what does it entail? So for me, it goes back to exactly what you just said. Like you can say you want to do it, but you actually have to put system and things in the play. I guess to speak for myself, for me to actually go full time, I have to rely and learn marketing and social media. Because naturally, in kind of this, I've just been growing my business lately. It's just word of mouth, like really just being out there getting word of mouth. And from there, it's just more so knowing that if I can learn social media, learn how to market and actually come up with a strategic plan. And kind of, I guess in crazy, being kind of actually sent out the email kind of with it last week or the week before last about investing $200 into marketing and knowing that if you sign a client, even, you know, you still making up for that. So it's just more so taking that simple email that I read and kind of, okay, how can I build a structure knowing that, okay, I have to actually invest into marketing and actually invest into, you know, the social media platform. So it's kind of about me from this learning that in this reading email, it's like, okay, how can I learn that and put it into like a system or structure that to why I can then challenge myself to become disciplined to do what just as such. And basically just stay true to the system and just let the system work itself out and eventually it'll show that, okay, I can go full time now because, you know, I got enough clients to sustain. And then I also know how to continue to bring clients in because that's the ultimate goal. Like, yeah, you can sign clients, but it's about keeping clients in your program and then bring a new client, continue to bring new clients in. So that's the biggest thing. Nice, love that. Perfect, right, Dion. So if anyone watching wants to connect with you or follow you, how can they do that? So connect with me, follow me on Instagram, Facebook, at Credo Sports Performance. If you're trying to get in contact with me, visit my website at credo Sports Performance.com. And just send a link, contact us, and I'll reach out. Always willing to reach out with your coach or athlete or parent. I'm always open to talk. Just feel free to reach out to me and just know that this is just a deep passion that I have and just just lead me throughout. Nice, perfect. All right, well, Dion, thanks again for jumping on. My goal with you is hopefully in a year's time, we jump on again, and you can share your story, how you now went full-time with your business. Oh yeah, when it comes true, I'll be glad to have a point. Let's do it. Okay, thank you. Thank you for jumping on and we'll speak to you soon. Yeah, we're good.


Listen I try my best to be a good little representative of the left and you know I try to avoid talking about getting people fired and cancel culture because I genuinely like That's not the person who I am But I've got to ask in spite of that in spite of everything. I just said why does Chris Matthews?  That's how bad it is Like he's so bad. He is the Janine Pirro of MSNBC. He's an embarrassment He's genuinely I think stupid and just when I thought he couldn't get any dumber He manages to surprise me and lower the bar even further So it's funny because you know Ben Shapiro Responded to this charge from the left that Bloomberg is trying to buy this election by tweeting OMG Bloomberg is buying the election say people whose chief candidates want to hand people health care college Education and housing they're not paying for now.  So what we're saying is we want those tax dollars to benefit us and Not the billionaires who fund Ben Shapiro's program and the daily wire, right? So it's not vote buying of course, but I mean you expect that type of disingenuity from right-wing dipshits like Ben Shapiro Except I tweeted this out and was proven right so fast. This is genuinely one of the dumbest tags I've ever seen on this website, but still how long until CNN and MSNBC pundits start saying this if it comes down to a Two-way race between Bernie and Bloomberg. The answer is Immediately it doesn't even have to come down to a two-way race between Bloomberg and Bernie Someone on MSNBC Chris Matthews is already saying that using that same dumb argument that Ben Shapiro is using I Was proven right in a day and I gave them like a month after Super Tuesday to start making this claim But like that see how quickly they use right-wing talking points to try to do, you know Anything in their power to stop a left-wing populist candidate. It's incredible So Jordan Chariton tweeted out Chris Matthews with Nina Turner just said Bernie Sanders is buying the election like Bloomberg His rationale Sanders proposing cancelling student debt free public college is the same as Bloomberg spending 350 million on television ads.  Oh my god I don't know what to say about this. Just watch buying the election Just flat out what Senator Sanders is doing Chris is building a real grassroots movement having conversations with people when Mayor Bloomberg is doing is just spread you mean buying using money to get votes He is is that what you're saying that you're saying using money to get $350,000,000 worth of ads his own money. Okay, just your definition is buying an election using money to get folks He is using you know what I'm saying I know exactly what you're saying and I'm not going down that road what I am saying is that he's not building a movement He's not talking to the people. He's just throwing his money out there, but that's not going to have to work Okay, if I'm in college right now, I had student loans They got me through college if somebody came along and said I'm gonna pay up all your student loans And what else and if you're going to public university I'm paying all your tuition. Is that buying votes now? Would you say that Mike Bloomberg is buying the election?  Where's your evidence of that missy? I don't I don't know what to say Of course, that's not what we're saying and the fact that you don't know that and that you're even feigning ignorance Tells me that you can't you can't be on national television How many millions of people tune into Chris Matthews every single night? if you tune in you're going to walk away dumber than when you first started watching and He's a news anchor News is supposed to inform voters like going into the voting booth You're supposed to know more theoretically if you watch the news You're supposed to be a more informed enlightened voter But how can you say that about someone who watches Chris Matthews?  How can you say that and He's saying that offering college is tantamount to buying votes channeling Ben Shapiro because that makes sense See it's not buying votes if you get elected and you give tax cuts to the rich People like Chris Matthews, but it is buying votes if you do anything for the peasants Do you see the logic here like it honestly doesn't make sense to me why they keep someone on who's so Genuinely idiotic like and I'm not saying that to be petty and insult him. I'm saying I really believe he has a low IQ No, I don't believe it.  I hate Donald Trump with every fiber of my being did I believe that there would be executions in Central Park with Donald Trump? No, there's executions abroad with regard to militarism, right? He's locking babies in cages But there was no indication that we'd start killing Americans in the streets of America if Donald Trump were elected president Like if you become so hyperbolic People take you less seriously and the fact that this moron is on MSNBC five days a week It's just so bad for democracy like MSNBC is a cancer in our society And that's not to say that Fox news is any better because I think they're objectively worse But in terms of just this election cycle and how unfair all of these cable news networks are to Bernie Sanders I mean objectively speaking Fox news has been more fair to Bernie Sanders objectively speaking MSNBC has been the worst Excluding Chris Hayes, maybe I Just I don't understand How someone who embarrasses the network like that is Allowed to stay on air. I would not allow him To produce a video and upload it on the humanist report YouTube channel That's how much of a danger I think he is because if you're not informing people then you shouldn't talk about politics And I'm not talking about you need to give everyone a history lesson in every single video I mean like if you just are at least a minimally competent you have even a minimal amount of insight to offer That's better than what Chris Matthews is offering.  Chris Matthews and they're persuaded by his dumb arguments. I Just I don't know. I don't know so this is genuinely Embarrassing and you'd think that he'd become a little bit more self-aware because he keeps finding himself in hot water people keep Making fun of him like Michael Moore was on and made fun of him about that Central Park execution comment And he kind of laughed it off, but I mean Then do better like I don't know what else to say do better stop saying things that are so stupid Like it doesn't make sense to me that you keep saying this like if I put my foot in my mouth in a video I'm being extra cautious for at least a couple of months and we've all done it before all human beings right nobody's perfect But what I'm saying is like if you say something that is really just laughably stupid like Watch it. Just try to do better, but I mean he can't help himself He's so stupid that just a week later after making his Central Park execution comment And now he's saying that Bernie's trying to buy the election and he's playing dumb when we talk about how Mike Bloomberg is trying to buy the election Politics can be so exhausting sometimes it really can be and um, I Anticipated this with the 2020 election, but no matter how much you try to anticipate just how tiresome this is going to be It's always ten times worse than you expected


Hello, I'm Steve Nunn, President and CEO of the Open Group. Welcome to Toolkit Tuesday, where we highlight the various components and leading experts of the Architects Toolkit, a collated portfolio of the most pertinent technology standards for enterprise architects. During the series, I'll be calling on a number of recognized experts who will bring their particular insights on how to most effectively use the various tools in the Architects Toolkit. We'll have a mix of interviews, panel sessions and pre-recorded presentations along the way. While all standards of the Open Group are designed so they can be adopted independently of one another, the greatest value for an organization can be derived when they're used in unison, for some of the parts should be greater than the whole. In the Architects Toolkit, we have collated a portfolio of the most pertinent ones for architects, together, all in one place. For most of these tools, certification from the Open Group is also available, so practitioners can demonstrate that they have the skills required and recruiters can take the guesswork out of the recruitment process, all backed up by our Open Badges program. In a recent news announcement I read, JP Morgan had been fined over $200 million for failing to keep employee communication records. Turns out their execs were, according to the article, addicted to the use of WhatsApp. This is an example of crowdsourcing gone wrong. Just because you like WhatsApp for making plans to meet up for drinks with friends doesn't make it an enterprise worthy solution. Crowdsourcing is great for innovation and for reframing of problems, but enablement that doesn't govern is frankly throwing all professional caution to the wind. Even crowdsourcing designed by allowing people to set up their own processes and structures for approved tools within an organization can lead to a mess. Think illegal rave versus organized event. Governance may be a much malaligned term, but it is essential for anything outside of arranging a Christmas party. Welcome everyone to Toolkit Tuesday. Greetings wherever you are. Glad to have you with us. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to join us. And off to a great start as usual with Paul Holman of IBM there and some thoughts. So yeah, governance is a much maligned term, but $200 million is a big penalty. So good reminder to pay attention there and the applicability of different technologies for different things in our lives. So welcome again. We are entering the last one of this series of Toolkit Tuesdays today. I'll say a little more about that later, but we reached the end of what in programming language would be considered season two. And we have a great season finale for you today. But just before I get there, a few words about the platform that we're using WebEx and how to ask questions specifically. So please, if you want to ask a question of our presenter today, please do that through the Q&A channel. That's found by clicking on the three little dots in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Click on there and you'll get the chance to click on Q&A. Please use that for the questions and use the chat channel as a couple of you are starting to do. I think I kicked it off. Let us know where in the world you're joining us from. It's always a nice spread of geographies and it's always pleasing to see and gives everyone a little bit of interest to see where it's coming from. So today, without further ado, we're going to dive into our topic, which is the portfolio of digital standards in the open group. And to take us through that today, we have someone that knows most about it, which is great, our resident expert, Sonia Gonzalez. And Sonia is the digital portfolio manager with the open group and she has over 30 years of experience as a business and enterprise architect consultant in different fields and industry verticals. Her professional experience as a project manager includes leading highly effective teams and applying different frameworks, best practices and tools. So without further ado, a big warm welcome to Toolkit Tuesday for a welcome back, in fact, for Sonia Gonzalez. Over to you, Sonia. Okay, first of all, while we are uploading the content, thank you everybody for joining today. I'm going to lead you to our digital portfolio of standards and thank you for that. So we're going to start first giving an overview of how the world has changed now, today's topic after COVID-19. I think even before that, we were experimenting a digital explosion, but after COVID, I think those challenges became even bigger. And so companies need to overcome that, need to adjust very quickly. Actually, some of them really had to reinvent themselves. And for that, you really need to become a digital. And that's where this digital journey starts. And there are different building blocks and things that we need to do for doing so. And that's where our digital portfolio of standards. It's one of the main elements in here and that's our actual offering. So this is what I was explaining at the beginning that the world has changed. We are facing now what we call the digital economy, in which the trends are not only technological, even though technology is driving change, but it's also business oriented. It should be business oriented. So trends like, for example, 3.0 and trust technologies and quantum computers and blockchain are things that are here to stay and are changing the way we do business. Also the fact that we need to be most sustainable now in the use of those technologies. Remote working is something that even though in some countries it's going every now, it's here to stay. And also the way that we use our daily devices as smart devices now is bringing greater changes into the industry. Therefore, organizations need to adapt into that and to be able to compete in this new space, in this new environment that we are facing now. So the pandemic has changed the way we work, the way we live, the way we interact, but especially has created a great impact in our customers, which are now demanding more and more digital services. This is a study that was published last year by Mackenzie that shows like, this is new for us, but it's like putting numbers on that. It's very clear that in all different regions in the world, you will see that in between 2018 and 2020, just when the pandemic started and the lockdown, you will see how mostly we are almost at 20 or 50% increase in the use of accelerated digital technologies and digital adoptions. This is very clear, this trend and also how customers' interactions became digital in part because of the lockdowns and the fact that supply chains were also cut down, which is another big trend. So people start going more digital and companies need to really make an effort to adapt into that. But the thing is not only the pandemic, because most of these trends are here to stay, even though we are hopefully overcoming the biggest impact of the pandemic, there are still things that are here to stay. So in this graphic also from the same study, we can see things like changing customer expectation towards digital has a 63% of increase and it's going to stay, it's going to remind the bars that are in light blue are the ones that are showing up. Like all these trends are here to stay, for example, the use of cloud technologies is another one. The increased use of remote working, collaboration working as a new business and way of working model, the increase in need to use digital services and to consume everything online is also a big increase. And also the way that we use the tool change for doing business, all these business changes for product distribution also have a shift becoming more regional, so that's also another big impact. So the question now is, being aware that those big changes are here to stay, and they are disruptive, especially for companies that are not exactly ready to compete into how the right capabilities, how are we going to overcome this, how are we going to need to transform into that. And first, a little bit of like humor in here is this to be a clear understanding. And I think even though everybody is talking about digital transformation, and they are by the way very good articles and studies in LinkedIn and in the web, there are still certain boom, like the fashion, everybody needs to talk about digital transformation because it's trendy. But at the end of the day, what it is really means to become digital and to have an adopt a digital first enterprise. So it's not about technology. It's not about solving specific issues like video conferencing or having a center centricity in the customer, even though that's important. And then, and going into the cloud and adopting the latest technology is much more than that, because at the end of the day, digital transformation is, as the word say, a deep organizational change that needs to start from the business. And even though this may seem obvious, it's not clear, at least not what people is trying to do this. There should be some digital distinctions. For example, it's not only to convert information into digital format, even though that's one of the fundamentals, which is digitization. It's also digitalization, meaning the process, the business operational and even the financial model needs to change. And at the end of the day, it becomes a digital transformation, meaning that is the data is the processes is the platformers and is the way we are using this digital technologies to to really transform the organization. So it should be an integration of these different elements and different factors. And of all we need to build on the trends, you know, a trend of disruption in the market can be seen like a threat, but also can be seen like an opportunity to explore that and to become better. And actually, there are several examples in the industry of company that due to the COVID effect, they transform and they are becoming more successful now. Of course, there were others that really disappeared because they couldn't take this trend. So for example, the digital experience of digital reality is something that a lot of companies are using now in their advantage. The power of the customer is now more clear than ever. And they need to have more analytics, the use of data to really understand our customers and our context. Of course, cloud platforms and the adopting of quantum computing, which is an increased way to process to increment the processing of the data transform is also there. And going more into the business size, the business operational, even the financial models need to change also to adapt to this. And of course, it needs to be an element of innovation, a new way of serving our customers, new digital products, new digital services. So innovation is becoming also a mandatory practice into that and also the concept of a digital product, which is something that even though existed is now taking more relevance. Product management also is another important element and marketing is also it's a new way of marketing or doing marketing now, which is more digital. So all these trends need to be taking, building on all the market is suffering and the disruption should be harvest in the benefit of the companies, of course. So at the end of the day, what is digital transformation in essence is to use make a fundamental strategic change in the organization. You will see in this graphic, which is taking about a very good way paper that was by the way the foundation of the traditional body of knowledge, the seven levels of digital transformation. We see two major elements in here, the strategy and organizational culture and change. Without those two big elements, it's impossible to do a real digital transformation. Because at the end is using digital technologies to transfer the human experiences, the processes and the operation of the company. So in the center, of course, we have the infrastructure, all the IT assets that are become the digital platform. But also we have all the ecosystem, the business model, the customer experience customers now in the center of everything, the product and service, the cost of a digital product. And of course the need to transfer the way we do business is also in the center. And it's a transformation effort. It's an evolution. It is practically impossible to change a company from one day to the other. It's something that should be done incrementally, but be sure that we are offering value while we are doing this transformation. We can see this like a set of building blocks. We have the business model in the center. We have the strategy. We have innovation. We have security, which is not only from the point of view of technology, information security. Security has a principle. We see operational need to also evolve digital platforms, new elements that are in their new digital technologies. The use of data analytics is there as well. Security from the point of view of infrastructure, especially now that security cybercrime has really going bigger and more riskier also as a consequence of all this new digital explosion. And like we have mentioned before, the customer needs to be in the center and to pursue a real cultural change. This implies like for really start a digital transformation, you need to really have a big sponsor. It's not something that should be done from the IT space. It's also that should have a higher level sponsor meaning like the CIO, the CDO, and the main leaders of these different business units are the ones that need to pursue this cultural change. But how we can start this journey, and this is why the big question starts. Everything is clear. We have trends. We have challenges. We overcome them to improve our way of doing business. But on top of that, how we can really make this transformation, how can I start doing this? First, we need to understand and identify our current capabilities. You know, if you don't understand what you have, you cannot change it. That's by the way, it's a basic principle of enterprise architecture. You cannot change what you cannot describe and understand. You need to be aware of your ecosystem. The market trends, like I was explaining before, building on the trends. Your competitors that, even though they are your competitors, can also be your partners. So that's even a different way of conceiving your competitors. It starts small and delivery incrementally. This is also an architecture and agile principle. You know, the concept of minimal viable product also applies in here. You cannot pretend to change everything, just you need to choose an area or areas in which you may deliver value with the deliver value and start providing that value, creating value into your company or for your customers. Again, like I was saying, you need to pursue sponsorship and cultural change of all that. Without that, you're not going to really progress on this. It should be a new business operation on model assessment. You know, the way you do business is the start point. And whenever you have that clear, then you could identify which one of the changes you need to do in your digital platforms and your infrastructure. Innovate, of course, from the business and technical perspective is another key element, but you need to be aware of your technical depth. You know, there have been several examples that organizations that went into new way of doing things using agile methodologies and using cloud and all the trends. And at the end, they failed because they couldn't understand the technical depth. And at the end, as you know, if you don't address that, it will eventually kill your business. And you can start your transformation journey using a scale model. In here, that can be one of the most powerful elements into the DP book, which is the one that you are familiar with the DP book. It has a model that is suitable to scale starting from the individual, the founder, which can be compared with going to the smaller piece of your company.  This means like this can be applied to small companies and worldwide companies and also means that through this journey, you can start small using one area of the company and then pursuing bigger challenges in time whenever you have been proving value to your customers. And then you can put all these different building blocks. And so kind of like a reference architecture like this in here that is in a way combining all these elements, strategy, innovation, the need to transform your business, your operation, security, they need to also make a change in your organizational structure, something that is less hierarchy and more flat, they will like to contribute and to be more agile. A cross cutting collaboration between the different units and organizational management and all this. And you will see that in here that we start seeing some of the elements of the digital portfolio standard. So this means like even though the DP book is the fundamental, the body of knowledge for digital that we offer in our portfolio of standards is not the main and the only element into the portfolio of standards. The idea is to use this along with the talk of standard addressing enterprise architecture. The OAA from the point of view of agile and digital has a dual transformation to use of course our security standards because security is a key component into this. The IT for this standard, especially now in the snapshot that we published recently, which is has the digital product in the center. And also we can even consider going into some verticals in which digital of course has a lot of impact. And that is what we call the open group digital portfolio standard, which is this umbrella in which we collide for different standards. The IT for this standard, the DP book, the talk of standard, the OAA, the argument standards, security standards. And also we can see how this can be applicable to specific verticals like for example, the healthcare area, space, commercial aviation, open footprint and because in all of them and all the different verticals also digital is one of the key imperatives. And there are three main elements that need to be present in this portfolio. Then first it should be fit for purpose meaning that it should be something applicable to the industry because it doesn't have to be something that is not usable. It has to be usable and useful for consumers, for the digital practitioners. It should be consistent because even though there is a collection of standards, our main goal is for them to make them bigger than each one of them, the sum is bigger than each one of them. And also from the point of view of how you're going to consume it to make it more findable, usable and easier to be used without going to have a big set of books. So that's also one of our main objectives. Our vision very quickly because we would like to give some time for the Q&A is to position the open group as this premier source for open standards in the digital world. And this is our journey. First, we are working very heavily along with our members to compose to integrate this digital portfolio of standards which implies a lot of cross-collaboration between different forums, like the Architect to Forum, Archimede, the Digital Practitioner Working Group, the Security Forum and the IT for IT Forum, among others. Having this center as the deeper book has the center for the evolution. Also offering practical guidance in a cross-coding view and also to pursue awareness, visibility because it is important to promote adoption and use and also the fact that we are going for a more usable and friendly interface for consuming the standard and we are confident that it's going to improve this awareness. And above all, we need to be aware of the voice of the customer, the customer is in the center and that also applies for this specific portfolio. And of course, the final objective is to become the digital enterprise which is our current model. Okay, this is what I have. This is just some resources that you may use. You will see here some links to our digital enterprise page and to the open group side and also specific links in which you can have an overview for standards and of course, certification which is a key component in all this portfolio. You can also find certification for all these standards in there. That's what I have and apologies for the technical issues at the beginning of the session. I hope this made sense and now I think we still have a few minutes for some Q&A. So back to you, Steve. We do, Sonja, thank you very much. It's, yeah, apologies everyone for the beginning but great recovery, Sonja and you've really whetted people's appetite about the digital portfolio, I know. There are quite a few standards that comprise that portfolio and lots to get into. So do take a look at the relevant area on the open group website and you'll be able to get to the individual standards that make up that portfolio and our goal going forward as Sonja said is to bring those closer together in the sense of, particularly in the sense of usability which is what everyone needs. So let's go straight to a question. Obviously when you talk about digital transformation there's a lot of focus on technology, understandably. It's a key part of it. But the research so far shows that really the biggest issue that organisations often face is actual cultural change. How do you make the cultural change? Is there anything in our digital portfolio that will help the audience who are looking for guidance, help them on that cultural aspect? Yeah, thank you for that question. Steve, it's an important one. I will say like in the DP book, like explained you have the different scale model and there are different practices in there and it speaks a little bit about how you make this cultural change but the other one in which I will say that it's also great content. It's in the open agile architecture, the OAA. In there you will find a lot of very interesting guidance. How how can you restructure your organisation following a less hierarchy model to something that is flatter and more suitable for having an agile way of working. And not only that but also closer to having this cross cutting collaboration between the different units because at the end of the day it doesn't matter what you are doing in your company. At the end you need to be working for the greater good so that it's also very good guidance in there. I will say that in the IT480 version 3 as you know that's a reference architecture and one of the first value change for that it talks precisely about the strategy to portfolio and in there there is some mention about for example of Nido having enterprise architecture which is also something that starts with a cultural change. For example also in the TOGAP standard if you don't make a proper stakeholder assessment you wouldn't be able to pursue change so stakeholder assessment is also a way to pursue change. You identify your bigger contributors you identify which one of these stakeholders are the ones that have more power and are more influential the ones that you need to address first. So I guess there are guidance in several of them that you can consume. Thank you for that. I mean that's a key aspect and just given the time just one more question I see, Sonia and that is let me just see here. Yes, let's see I've only got time for one so I see a couple in the chat. Which resource can guide in the development of metrics for measuring digital transformation programs? The topic of metrics and measurement. Anything in the portfolio that will help people assess what the right metrics would be? I think that's a very good one I'm trying to think it over, metrics I think metrics has exactly like a dashboard or hierarchy of metrics I cannot think right now in some specific standard I will have that there's of course guidance for example in the OAA that talks about how you deliver value to the end user which is what we need for metrics and also same in the DP book there's areas in which is mentioned that how you can really measure business value but something like metrics could actually be a very interesting topic for a guide which is precisely like I was mentioning the idea is to evolve this and we are working with members to evolve this backlog of topics so I will add that into the backlog because I'm not certain that we have that specific in there but it's actually something very important It is absolutely I mean obviously and what they might be will vary enormously from organization to an organization but there's probably something in there that will be common to many I'm sure and the tracking of the digital transformation program as it goes on will be key Sonya in the interest of time we're going to leave it there in terms of questions thank you to those who submitted the questions but we will hear more about the portfolio of digital standards over the coming months from the open group meanwhile thank you Sonya for giving us the introduction and the oversight today I appreciate it very much so before we go thank you for attending today folks I said I would come back to the fact that we're going to have a little break from Toolkit Tuesday and back next on September 30th that will be when season 3 starts September 20th sorry September 20th meanwhile you will be able to and hang on to the outro slide at the end here and that will give you the details but in essence when you get your need for your Toolkit Tuesday fix as I'm sure you will over the summer break go to the open group YouTube channel and you'll be able to binge watch to your hearts content we've got quite a few under our belt today and you'll be able to go there and catch up on maybe some of the ones that you've missed we'll be assessing all the questions that have been assessing all the questions that we've got over the different episodes and one of our popular ones was where we gathered them together and asked our resident panel of experts some of those questions I can expect that we will be doing that again in season 3 but we will also come back with some exciting news when we're back so I'll leave it there in cliffhanger style but looking forward to seeing you all again on September 20th meanwhile thank you for joining us thank you to all our speakers and experts who've made Toolkit Tuesday the success it's been so far and have a great summer wherever you are and thank you for joining us we appreciate your time bye for now thank you


Ukraine giving up on Western battle tactics. Ukrainian military is abandoning the battle tactics of its Western trainers and returning to a strategy of longer-range standoffs against Russian forces the New York Times reported. However, it remains unclear whether Kiev has enough ammunition to sustain such a plan. Since it began in early June, Ukraine's ongoing counter-offensive has been acknowledged by officials in Washington and Kiev as disappointingly slow at best and a failure at worst. Attacking through Russian minefields without air support, Ukraine's Western-supplied tanks and armored vehicles have been picked off by Russian aviation and artillery, and Moscow estimates that the offensive has cost Kiev at least 30,000 men. At the forefront of the offensive were Ukraine's 9 NATO-trained brigades, one of which, the 47th Mechanized Brigade, reportedly lost 30% of its American-made, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in two weeks. In response to these losses, Ukrainian military commanders have changed tactics focusing on wearing down the Russian forces with artillery and long-range missiles instead of plunging into minefields under fire. The New York Times wrote, citing U.S. officials and independent analysts. With training times limited, the Ukrainians struggled to put NATO's standard combined arms tactics into practice. The newspaper noted, citing incidents where one Ukrainian unit strayed from a safe path into a minefield and another where an infantry unit failed to follow an artillery bombardment with an assault on Russian lines, giving the Russian defenders adequate time to prepare a counter attack. American military planners began training Ukrainian troops in maneuver warfare in a bid to conserve ammunition. Although NATO military doctrine typically assumes that maneuver warfare will be conducted after Western forces have established air superiority, Ukraine launched its counter-offensive lacking this critical component of the strategy. With the Ukrainian military apparently returning to an artillery-heavy fighting style, the issue of ammunition will likely return to the forefront.


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Now, another thing happened the day before yesterday, and it's one of the big processes that's going on. It started in the UPA, it's going to have gigantic implications. The Modi government has wound up the National Crime Records Bureau. NCRB has been shut down, merged into something called, something which I'd never heard of, I don't know, Bureau of Police Research or, I don't even know the name. The NCRB was the most important source of data on 100 things, not just farm suicides, okay, on rape, on murder, on killings, on everything, on farm suicides, on female suicides, on, you name it. The National Crime Records Bureau has been merged into BPPR. I think that will happen within the next month, they've announced that they're going to do it. But at that time, it's had a story on this thing. There's a reason why the NCRB had to be destroyed. 2015, the Modi government destroyed the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau. The only body in this country that kept longitudinal data, long series data which you could compare over very big periods of time. And indeed, the last report they did, offending the UPA government, showed that most rural people were consuming 513 calories less, yeah, so many grams of magnesium less, so many grams of vitamin A less. This is the last survey of the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau, the results were shocking and the government responded by shutting down the Bureau. So the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau is gone, the National Crime Records Bureau is gone, you're looking at 25 years, not just this guy, not just the NDA. The NDA does it more blatantly, brings that personalized nastiness to everything they do, yeah, but they started well under the UPA regime, the destruction of Indian data. It started, already was advanced when Montek Singh ordered the redoing of the NSS of 2019, said it was conducted in a bad year, in a drought year, so re-conducted so that it would show less negative stuff about poverty, so they had to redo it. All your surveys are now being outsourced, so where a government body used 10,000 to 20,000 people to cover a large survey, it will now be done by 3,000, 4,000 people, this has been going on for quite some time, it's been going on for quite some time. So you're looking at one of the great processes of our time for journalists and reporters to be aware of, you're looking at the complete destruction of the integrity of any data process in this country, 2 minutes on why it is important in one example, farmers suicides and I can tell you this that so many progressives, so many leftists are taken in by the kind of crap that has been put out in the NCRB in the last 2 years. Why is the NCRB different from other bodies? It had a balance of disinterested civilian and disinterested police. Why is the NCRB data, you know every day when you read about farm suicides in Maharashtra or somewhere, do you know whose data you're reading, not the NCRBs. For the last 10 years, for the last 5, 6 years you have not been reading NCRB data. That is the state government's revenue department data, there are 3 kinds of data on the farm suicides. One is the CM's office having to produce an answer in the assembly says Kuchto Liko and they will put some number there which will be absurd. I once published 4 different estimates of farm suicides made in the same week in Maharashtra varying by just merely 5,200 percent simultaneously in parliament and in the assembly. The figures were given by the chief minister, the agriculture minister, the union agriculture minister and the NCRB. The highest estimate was that by the NCRB. Why revenue department? Because they were worried about compensations. The job of farm suicides is not given to the agriculture department. It's not given to that, counting that is given to the revenue department which will make damn sure that almost no suicide was due to distress because they don't want to pay all the figures you're reading are revenue department figures. You'll find a huge deviation between and I'm serious a lot of progressives simply I'll come to that thing about progressives and data especially academics and data and this is where you guys are important.  If you find that something is silly you stand up and say it's silly. My hero in journalism for me the first great reporter in history you know was someone who said something that was visible. It was the kid who said the emperor is naked that was the first great journalist in history. Now everybody else could see that the emperor was naked but somebody said it the emperor is starkers and then it became the rogue. So you have second is the so one is the CM's office putting out stuff. One is the revenue department's figures the third was the NCRB. Why is the NCRB data superior to anyone else? How do farm suicides data come in NCRB? Every police station in the country is filing data. Every police thana in the country say let's take the state of Maharashtra highest number of suicides more than 65,000 more than 65,000 suicides in 20 years. Every police station in Maharashtra files its data not just on farmers suicides on all crimes to a body called District Crime Records Bureau. All districts then file their data to a body called State Crime Records Bureau. All states file their data to the National Crime Records Bureau. So any mischief anything happens it's happening at the level it's just too many police stations across the country. Now the NCRB is staffed by people. They are statisticians bureaucrats technocrats they're getting the data they're formatting it they're collating the data they're not creating it okay. So and it will be headed very often by a from 2012-13 they started having it headed by IG's of police where it used to be IAS officers. So the police element became more pronounced in the NCRB. Then the state government started telling the police that you know that people including me are creating needless propaganda and thing and you should start. So from 2012 two states from 2011 states after states started declaring zero suicides. In 2014 data 12 states and 6 union territories declared zero farmers suicides meaning India is paradise on earth for farmers that is they don't even have the number of suicides that the rest of society has. They don't even have a fraction of it in those 12 states. As soon as Chhattisgarh started doing it the next to kick in the same year was Didi. So West Bengal which had an average of 800, 850 farmers suicides a year for the next four years had zero Chhattisgarh which had an average of 1555 suicides for 10 years had zero for the next five. So numbers will fall. I kept doing the calculations on suppose I take the I give both calculations the figures that NCRB gives and what would have happened if we calculate on that average on the ten year average okay. Then this was still causing them a lot of trouble. So they started playing with the definition of farmer and this is where a lot of academics and others have been taken in yeah. They divide it into farmers, tenant farmers and agricultural laborers. Now the implication is that what you got all along included all these groups it's not so it is not so those others came in the column called others okay. So what happens is when you say tenant farmers 85% nonsense 95% of tenancies in the country are not recorded okay. Since 95% of tenancies are not recorded what does it mean? It means that that in India even a trained researcher or someone with 30 years experience like myself in this it is very difficult to tell the difference between an agricultural laborer and a tenant farmer. There are no documents. So when the cop goes to the suicide house the first thing he will ask the widow is Patadika in Maharashtra they will say Sat Baradika she will say what Patta because the tenancy is done on word of mouth word of honor your family knows my family I give you three acres I am not ever going to give you a document I am afraid that you will and appropriate my land. So look at the hilariousness of it suddenly the country becoming famous for farmers suicides in 2014 there are far more agricultural laborers suicides than farmers and farmers suicides fall by 50% because all your tenant farmers have gone into the agricultural laborers column which is confirmed to me by the statisticians of the NCRB. But there is another place where the farmers went the others column as the farm suicide numbers are falling the others column is exploding. In 2014 data out in 2015 celebrated and accepted in EPW articles and elsewhere farm suicides have fallen by more than half yeah the others column went up for those 5 states Karnataka farm suicides fell by 56% others column expanded by 245% for the 5 states accounting for 70% of your suicides the others column went up by 132% there is absolutely no precedent to that kind of thing in a others column there is one going back to the first farm investigation. So I am saying data is being destroyed the integrity of the data process is being destroyed by changing those making those changes in 14, 15, 16 they made the current data completely incomparable with the past data set and now we do not know whether it will happen there at all and by the way they are talking since we are in the process of decriminalizing suicide someone is going to ask the question why should we maintain suicide data.


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Okay, good morning, everyone. Welcome to the session on identity in Christ for BC 110. Even before we could begin with our session, can we start the session with a word of prayer? Can I request one of you all to please lead us into prayer? Shri Radha, would you like to pray? Thank you Father for this wonderful morning and wonderful day. Thank you for your grace, mercy, your unfailing love. And when we are coming here to learn from your word of God and you help us to learn new things and give us new revelation, spirit of revelation, spirit of wisdom, Lord, that we can understand your word of word. And we have surrendered everything in your hand in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Okay, so today we're going to continue on the session where we are discussing on redeemed in Christ we finished. And now we have started with redeemed by His blood. We are on page 70, page 70 which talks about His blood speaks. Whose blood are we talking about? The blood of Jesus. We're talking about the blood of Jesus which redeemed us. Jesus redeemed us by His precious blood and this blood speaks. This blood speaks. So let's turn to Hebrew. Book of Hebrew chapter 12 verse 22 to 24. 22 to 24. So what does it say? It says it reads like this. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of angels to the general assembly and church of the first born who are registered in heaven to God the judge of all to the spirits of just men made perfect to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. So who is the other person's blood that spoke Abel in the Old Testament? So when we come here, okay, the very first line of this verse says, but you have come to Mount Zion. What is Mount Zion? We see that in the Old Testament, it spoke about Mount Sinai. And here we see it's talking about Mount Zion. What is that? That means we are in a different place now. We are in the new covenant Mount Zion. So our relationship with God is not modeled after the Israel's experience at Mount Sinai. But we are at Mount Zion where actually the name of the hill upon which the Jerusalem is situated on. So the law came to Sinai, but the cross was on Mount Zion. So the city of the living God, so there was no city at Mount Sinai. But Mount Zion, it is a heavenly Jerusalem. So to the general assembly, we've seen this verse, it says, to the general assembly and church of the first born are registered in heaven. So what God gave at Mount Sinai was mainly for Israel, a law. But what God gave at Mount Zion is for everyone. The redemption what Jesus died on the cross. It satisfied the justice of God. Bringing forth the spirit of just men made perfect through the work that was done on Mount Zion. So to Jesus the verse also says, the scripture says, to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. So we see that Jesus is the mediator between God and man in the new covenant. But whereas at Mount Sinai was all about the old covenant which was based on a man's own earning. Or what he deserved is what he got from the law. If he does good, he'll get good. But if he does wrong, he has to face the consequence of the sin that he committed. So this was the law that was given on Mount Sinai. But on Mount Zion, it is based on the new covenant. It is based on the word that Jesus did on the cross for you and me. This is not something that we are deserved for. This is not something that we have earned out of our goodness or out of our righteousness. No, it has been received by believing on the word that Jesus did on the cross. So Jesus is the only mediator in the new covenant. So the verse also talks about to the blood of the sprinkling that speaks of better things than of table. So we see here, the blood of Abel does not mean that the blood he shed in the martyrdom. But then here you see, when it comes to the blood of Jesus, it was willingness. Jesus offered himself willingly. He sacrificed himself willingly. There was a voluntarily in that sacrifice. So the blood of Jesus speaks better things than the blood of the animals that were sacrificed in the Old Testament, which was a cover or the blood of Abel. So yet it is true that the blood of Jesus, the Messiah, we all waited in the New Testament speaks better things than that of Abel or of any animal. The blood of Abel cried out for justice to be satisfied to bring a vengeance. But then the blood of Jesus cried saying justice has been satisfied being merciful. You know, Jesus embraced the cross willingly and he offered himself as a sacrifice. So let me just say, so we are at Mount Zion. We are at Mount Zion. So what is that we are here to learn from this place? That means we should come to Zion open artedly at Mount Sinai. Only Moses could climb the mountain, but at Mount Zion, all of us are welcome. Those who are believing Jesus as a Lord and Savior, it is an open invitation into this new Jerusalem. With that, we will move on to the next verse. Colossians chapter 1 verse 13 and 14. Can we all turn to Colossians chapter 1 verse 13 and 14 says, He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love. In home we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. So the scripture clearly says that He has delivered us from the power of darkness. That means we have been delivered from the Satan's dominion, from the clutches of the enemy. We have been delivered. So the word as an idea of a rescue, there is a sovereign power of Jesus. The blood of Jesus carries sovereign power that delivers you and me from the clutches of the enemy. Another phrase here says the power of darkness, which is also used in Luke chapter 22 verse 53. Talks about the power of darkness, where Jesus spoke of the darkness surrounding his arrest and passion in the same term. So these words refer to the sinister forces that is coming against him. So something that is happening in the spiritual realm. So the power of darkness is something to do in the spiritual realm. But here God is saying that my power is much greater. My power is much greater. That is a sovereign power that can deliver you and me from the clutches of the enemy, from the Satan's dominion. From something that is happening in the spiritual realm, God, I mean the blood of Jesus can deliver. It has a sovereign power that could deliver you and me even if we do not have the knowledge of it. Convey this into the kingdom of the son of his love. What does it mean? Conveyed into the kingdom of the son of his love. So according to some scholars, it says the word convey is been translated from the ancient world. When one empire conquers another, so there is a custom here. The custom is to take the population of the defeated empire and transfer it completely to the conquers land. So this is what happened when Jesus rescued us from the enemy's hand. So what happened? This is what Paul is saying. Paul is saying that we have been conveyed into God's kingdom. We have been conveyed into God's kingdom. So everything that we have and everything that we are now belongs to him. So we belong to him. We are just not redeemed. We are just not conquered. But we have a belonging. We belong to God's kingdom. We are into his kingdom. So the son of his love. What does the son of his love mean? In Hebrew, the son of the Lord means God's dear son. It means God's dear son. So the very verse that says it conveyed us into kingdom of son of his love. Means we have been conveyed or we are into the kingdom of God with what? As God's dear son. We are having a sonship now with God. We have been restored back to God's kingdom as a son. We are God's dear son. So son of his love is nothing but in Hebrew which means God's dear son. In home, the scripture says, following, in home we have redemption through his blood. That means this has an idea of release in legal term. It is not something that you know is conveyed. Legally, you have been redeemed. Legally, there's a prize that has been paid. Legal agreement carries much value, isn't it? So legally ransom. Legally, there is a payment which has been paid to purchase us from the Satan's dominion. So the prize for our release was paid in full on the cross by Jesus. He shed his blood completely as a ransom to redeem us. So here we see the forgiveness of sins. That means in the ancient Greek word for forgiveness, it means Ephesus, which is most literally means sending away. So our sin and our guilt is sent away of what Jesus did on the cross. We need to remember the sin and the guilt as no power over us. We have no power. We have been just sent away. We have been separated. We have been set apart and to Christ for a special purpose. That's what we read in 1 Corinthians 6 verse 20. It says, for you were bought at a prize. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are gods. So Paul is writing very clearly, you have been bought with a prize. If you buy certain gadgets, right? You have complete power over that, isn't it? Do you allow another person to take that gadget and use from you? No, you have complete power. You protect it and that gadget belongs to you. You have complete power over that. That's what here it says, you were bought at a prize. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are gods. So our body and our spirit belongs to God because he has paid a prize for it. So what Paul is making here is our body belongs to Jesus and our spirit also belongs to him. So he is the owner of our body and remember, he will not allow the demon to touch us. This body belongs to him. So the enemy has no power over our body. We need to believe that. Enemy has no power. It has lost the grip over us because now this is God's property. Our body is God's property. Our body belongs to Jesus, belongs to God. So we need to glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which are God. That means we need to take care of ourselves. We need to be mindful what we do with our body. We need to glorify God with our body. That's why we say we need to dress up modest, whatever we do, it affects us. This body, we don't have any rights over our body. We cannot, I mean, you know, we cannot tattoo, we cannot cut, slit, you get upset.  No, this is God's body and we do not have power over us. We belong to God. We need to honor this body. We need to glorify God in our body. We need to protect because our body and our spirit belongs to Jesus, belongs to God. So the next is Galatians 3 13, which talks about redeemed from the curse of the law. We are redeemed from the curse of the law. Let's turn to Galatians chapter 3 verse 13, please. All of us, let's turn to Galatians chapter 3 verse 13. It reads like this, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. Having become a curse for us. So we see that it is written, cursed is everyone who hangs on the tree. That the blessing of Abraham, the next following verse, it says, the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles and Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of Christ through faith. See how we see verse 13, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. That means we have been redeemed. There is a price that has been paid. So the law that existed before is that put us under the curse is no more active or no more effective over us. Why? Because Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of the law. It is not the sin that we committed immediately that is affecting or putting us into this curse. But the curse, the sin that was committed long back, which brought the curse on all men. And now the work that Jesus did on the cross has redeemed us, redeemed you and me from the curse of the law. So it's not that we have become righteous by the act that we do, but the act that Jesus did on the cross. So we have been redeemed by the work that Jesus did on the cross. Where Jesus put us from this, from the curse of the law. So with that we will move on to the next verse, Titus chapter 2 verse 14 redeemed from every lawless deeds. The scripture says, let's turn to Titus chapter 2 verse 14. It reads like this, who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people zealous for good works. So we see that Jesus gave himself. So what we see here, the every word in this verse that describes Jesus, the word that Jesus did is very important that we need to pay attention to. So what did Jesus do? Jesus gave himself voluntarily, willingly he offered himself. Second, he gave himself, which means Jesus gave all that he could give. He gave himself for us, which means Jesus became the substitute for us for the sinful man that we may be redeemed. Redemption here means to be bought out of slavery. I mean few weeks before we studied about redemption, how Jesus redeemed us. Redemption means buying somebody from the slaves market, redeeming the person from the slavery market and setting him for free. So you and I have been redeemed from that slavery of sin nature and we have been set free unto God's kingdom. So we have been bought with a price, we have been purchased for his service from every lawless deeds. That means we have been taught that death of Jesus was intended not only for a forgiveness and justification but for sanctification. What does sanctification mean? For sanctification and deliverance from the power of all sins. What does sanctification mean? We have been set apart, set apart from all the worldly things. We are in the world but not of the world. We have been set apart for the master's use. We have been sanctified. We are his own special people. That means something very interesting. We have been set apart as a vessel of honour. We have been reserved for a special use unto God. We are his special people. He is interested in you and me. The word of God says that I have called you. I have chosen you even before you were formed in your mother's womb. This is what God says that you are the special people whom he has chosen and he has set apart for a greater purpose for all good works. So we have been redeemed, purchased to live for God, to live zealous, that is be passionate. Whatever we do unto God, we need to do it with passion, with willingness. Being mindful of the call and the purpose that God has called each one of us. This is what one of the scholars say that we have been made righteous in Christ where we need to have this purpose in our mind. When we have this purpose in our mind, we can serve God zealously. That means passionately. And whom is he telling? We read this from Titus, the book of Titus chapter 2 verse 14. So to give a background about Titus, Titus was a teacher for teachers. So he had set in order the things that were wanting and to show other preachers how they should preach, how they should teach. So we need to see in this episode about an ordinary life. You and I how we can lead an ordinary life and how to be holy, how to be pleasing God in the way of our life. How we can set us apart in this world and serve God with passion, being zealous for Him. With that we will move on to Galatians chapter 1. Can we turn to Galatians chapter 1 which says we are redeemed from this present evil age. We are redeemed from the present evil age. Now the title is what he spoke about how to lead a life that is sanctified, that is pleasing to God. Now we cannot say he spoke that in a different generation. No matter the generation we live in, God's love is applicable to you and me. God's grace is available for you and me that we can lead our life that is pleasing to Him. So we see in Galatians chapter 1 verse 3 and 4. Galatians chapter 1 verse 3 and 4. Can I request one of you all to please turn and read. Yes please. Thank you. So here we see no matter the generation we live in, God's grace is available for us. That's what this verse says. Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ who gave Himself for our sins. Jesus gave Himself. He sacrificed Himself for you and me despite the generation that we live in. This is active. He can redeem us. So He might deliver us from the present evil age. No matter how evil the world could be but God's grace is sufficient to deliver you and me from that present evil age. According to the will of God the Father it is God's will for us to be redeemed and being set free. It is God's will. It's not that you desire that you won't know. It is God's will that you and I should be saved and live a life with freedom in Jesus Christ. In 1 Corinthians, let's look into 1 Corinthians chapter 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30. Yes please read. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30 30. It says, but of Him. Yes please go ahead Anand. So we see here in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30 30 it says, but of Him you are in Christ Jesus who became for us wisdom from God. Jesus has become the wisdom from God and righteousness, sanctification and redemption. So Jesus became the wisdom of God and righteousness, sanctification and redemption. We also see in Psalms 107 verse 2 it says, let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy. So you and I have been redeemed from the hand of the enemy. So we are coming back to the verse 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30 talks about Jesus who became the wisdom of God for you and me. So Jesus perfectly showed us in his teaching and in his life that he carried God's wisdom. He demonstrated God's wisdom in his teaching in his act. So the wisdom is often in contradiction to man's expectation. The wisdom of man is very different from wisdom of God. Man judges according to the outward appearance of a person. But God looks at the inward, looks at his heart. So God's wisdom is much greater than what man carries. So the true wisdom isn't about getting smarter. But God's wisdom is received in and through the person of Jesus Christ. So who became for us, who became for us. So Jesus is not only the wisdom for us but he is also redemption, sorry, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. So Jesus is our righteousness, sanctification and redemption. So in his work he communicates these three things to those who are in Christ Jesus. So we have the access to God's wisdom, how through Jesus Christ. So just not only the wisdom we have access to but we have the access to his righteousness, to his sanctification and to his redemption. How we have been made righteous, we have the right standing before God through Jesus Christ. Now we have been sanctified, that means made holy, we have been set apart how through Jesus Christ, how Jesus has given us the grace. Though we are in the world, we will not be off the world. Why? Because the grace, the greater is he who is in us will give us the grace who will strengthen us to stand away from the sinful nature that is around us. We have been made new how by renewing our mind. Our identity is not on the position or on the things of the world but our identity is in Christ that we are the son and daughter of the Most High God. We have been set apart for a greater purpose. That's the reason though there are many things in the world, you and I are here studying the Word of God. Why? Because we are called to serve the Most High God and we are not here by force. We are not here by somebody's recommendation but we are here by our own choice. The Lord who is in you is leading you to him. He is increasing the passion toward him. We have been increased day by day. We are growing and knowing more of him. We are growing to love him more. We are getting deep into him and understanding and coming into the knowledge of Christ. How? The Spirit of the Lord who is in you is helping you to know more on him. There is no point that you and I can say that I know God completely. We do not, our mind do not have the capacity or the ability to understand the wisdom of God. But the Spirit of the Lord who is in you is leading you. That's what in Romans chapter 80 says the Lord who is in you will lead you more. And also pray according to the situation even though you and I do not know how to pray. But the Spirit of the Lord who is in you will teach you, will guide you and he will lead you. So Jesus is not only the wisdom to us or the righteousness and sanctification but he is also the redemption for you and me. What is that? The other word we studied in the redemption is we are being redeemed from the slave of the sin to and being set free in the kingdom of God. We have the freedom. We have the freedom in Christ and this freedom is permanent because the purchase that Jesus made on the cross, the blood that Jesus shed on the cross was one time sacrifice. Was one time payment and it was one time purchase. So we have been redeemed forever in Christ Jesus. No matter what the enemy can speak into our life and to our mind, we need to believe that we have been redeemed by the Most High God. So in Revelation chapter 12 verse 11, Revelation chapter 12 verse 11 talks about they overcame him by the blood of the lamp. They overcame him. Revelation chapter 12 verse 11. It says and they overcame him by the blood of the lamp and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death. So what it says and they overcame him by the blood of the lamp means this also tells us three keys to the saints victory over Satan. We are the saints of God. Do you all believe? We are the saints of God. When it says they overcame him by the blood of the lamp. The blood overcame Satan's accusation. Those accusation means nothing against us because Jesus has already paid the penalty for our sins that we deserve. Jesus has paid a price. We also see in Ephesians chapter 1, 7 or Colossians chapter 1, 14 and also in Hebrews chapter 9, 14, we see that we have been made righteous by the work that Jesus did on the cross. We have been made righteous by the work that Jesus did on the cross. Now, although it is also important for us that we should not disregard the blood of Jesus is a superstitious thing or it is not a magical potion. You know, if Jesus blood is sprinkled, you have been saved. No, even the Jesus blood was also sprinkled on the Roman soldiers. But did they receive Jesus as the Lord and Saviour? Were they the same? No. So everyone who believes on Jesus, there is something to do with our faith, with our belief. When we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus died on the cross for you and me and when we receive Him as our Saviour, we have been saved. His blood has been active upon us. It's not something literal, but yes, in faith. So the blood of Jesus has a sovereign power to redeem you and me from the clutches of the enemy. So Jesus paid a price. He shed His complete blood on the cross and He has purchased you and me forever. And our body belongs to Jesus. Our spirit belongs to God. So the enemy has no power.  He can tell us different tales in our mind, but then you need to tell him that I belong to Christ. That's what the scripture says that my body and my spirit belongs to Jesus. And the enemy has no power over our body. The blood of Jesus has been paid and purchased us for full. Okay. So with that, we will end the session that we have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. And the blood of Jesus has a sovereign power to redeem us from the enemy's hand. And we have been redeemed. We have been saved and we have been set free from the clutches of the enemy. And we need to believe this so that we can identify ourselves in Christ. And we can declare this in full faith that we are redeemed. We have been identified in Christ. So who I am is who I am in Christ. Or who we are is who we are in Christ Jesus. So with that, we will end the session with a word of prayer. Father, we come into this presence, Lord. I come at each office in our class, in online class, and the students who will watch this later. Father, we pray that we are, we are thankful, Lord, for your son Jesus Christ for the work that he did on the cross to redeem us. Thank you, Lord, that we are your special people. Thank you for your love, Lord, that you loved us so much that you gave your only begotten son on the cross who died for us, who shed his blood and redeemed us in full, who set his free father from the clutches of the enemy and you gave us the freedom in you, Lord. Thank you, Father, that you are mindful of us. Thank you, Lord, that you have called us your precious one. Thank you, Father, for the redeeming work that you had planned from the foundation of the earth. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for who you are in us. Thank you for this understanding. Thank you for the revelation, Lord. Thank you, Father, that we can identify ourselves in you where we can call you with freedom. We can call you above Father. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. I hope the session was a blessing. God bless.