We are giving you live updates as they happen across various polling units and wards across the country. Now, hoodlums threatened residents in Oshu, the area of Lagos to vote for their candidate who is, who they did not name. These areas are Church Street, Adi and Me Street, Adiwale Crescent. And reports reaching us now indicates that security officials have taken over the polling unit and restored peace. Well, this is not the first that we have heard about violence today. We've even heard that somewhere around, I think, Okota, there's been, yes, a few people have been seeing trying to grab ballot boxes and of course police presence is not so great in those areas. Man, what would have, would have even thought that by now, because in the last elections we had in 2019, that area was like a hot sport. Ballot boxes were snatched. What would have thought that there would be like lots of deployment of security personnel around there? As opposed to what we have in, I think I, when I spoke to some correspondents, we had more police presence on, around the Keta Axis and we also had in Ajegunle, Isola, some parts of Isola.  In fact, at the time we heard that this ballot box attempt, or the attempt to snatch ballot box was happening, there was just one police officer who was unarmed. And this is why I'm, I keep asking about, you know, how, how to protect, you know, polling units, because, you know, Ajegunle will tell you that constitutionally, you know, armed men are not supposed to be around that area a few meters, but then what happened to the few meters away? So it caused a lot of things to question and I must say that we have to have Ainek to answer for this. But then we're being joined by our correspondent, Emmanuel Olubo Wokongi, is giving us, going to be giving us an update from Abu Leba. I hope I got that. Yes, Abu Leba. That's Alina. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. What's going on in Abu Leba right now? Oh dear, I think we lost it, Emmanuel, the connection. We're trying to reconnect. He will get back to us. So I just want to put it out there that we've had some statistics coming from Kogi State where the serious, you know, insecurity around some parts of Kogi State. We have it on good authority from some situation rooms, yes. We've also found that there's been, I think, somewhere in Lagos, they found a bag full of PVCs and what they, this was at about 10.30 a.m. this morning and what the residents were able to do was to try to pick those PVCs, sort through them and see if they could go to the residents of the people who own those PVCs to see if they could get them out to come vote. A certain place was also reported somewhere on Lagos Island also. After 50 people voted, they said the ballot papers were finished. And so the interesting part is that when INEC officials are being asked questions or the people who are, the electoral officers who are there, they tell you to go to the office to, you know, because they're not allowed to ask questions because they're not allowed to speak to the media on these issues. And so he makes the reporter or whoever is there, you know, the rest of ideas on how to move forward with, you know, the electoral process. Yeah. It is really very sad because one would have thought that by now, with all the education, voter education that has been done on the part of the National Orientation Agency, I negative on some political parties. This can really not talk about national orientation. Why not? It hasn't been anything done by the anyway, but we believe that that's a whole kettle of fish that we'll have to discuss another day. All right. So Bayer is still with us on Zoom, writer. Bayer, let's get your reaction concerning all of these reports that we are getting from Kogay State. And of course, people not being able to vote around some part of the Lagos Island area here in the state. Well, like I said earlier, this shouldn't be happening because we have sufficient experience from adopting elections now to know exactly the kind of behaviour that are often demonstrated by those who do not want the success of opposing certain areas or those who might suspect that their candidates are no strong in certain areas and therefore they want to disrupt voting there. I was expecting that there will be a lot more robust security presence, especially at the flash points and the authorities know those flash points. I think as well that it's important for the commissioner of police in each of the states to be seen, to be visible, to be interfacing, to be monitoring what is going on. I do not know if that process is there. We have mobile units. I don't want to be misunderstood now, not mobile police, but units of police officers who are monitoring the deployment of their officers and therefore can go round. Because if we have that kind of a scenario, then it would be a lot easier to rapidly deploy security forces to trouble spots. I've had some people commenting as well, although I cannot verify that in the Obele Kushi area of Lakey, you know, hoodlums are disrupted voting. You know, sometimes these things you can verify when you put them out. If the authorities themselves are moving rapidly around, if they are mobile, we'll be able to verify some of these things and we'll be able to react immediately. So it's worrisome that we are having this, honestly, because I feel we have sufficient experience conducting elections. We know the key points, we know the vulnerable points and therefore security should have taken all of those factors into consideration in their deployment. But it's very interesting because you see, there was a sudden show of force, you know, earlier in the week before the elections actually happened proper and this somewhat, for those who were, you know, excited to be part of the elections, was some form of, you know, it doused the fear that people had for voters. But then, looking at what has happened today, it looked like these people were drafted to one particular place and then every other place was left naked. And just as you've said, we have had, you know, a series of electoral cycles that we could have learned from. But every year, I feel like this is almost a deja vu. Why haven't we learned from these experiences to make sure, especially for an election like this, that we were hoping would change the course of things for the country? Yeah, it beats me to be honest, you know. If we go back to 1999 and 2007 elections, we saw the military at key points. They were basically, they set up check points at key points, okay, and then the police was freed to actually participate, to supervise election in polling units. So if anyone is going to cause trouble, a group of people are going to cause trouble. They have to move from place to place. And that would be very difficult if you have the military man in checkpoints in those localities, right? But okay, I really don't know whether that has been done now, because otherwise I don't say how you want to check who belongs from movie from point A to point B, except you had those kinds of checkpoints. I haven't seen a helicopter in the sky today. Normally when we have it, maybe I'm wrong, or maybe there are some other parts of Lagos, some other parts of the country. But normally when you have elections, you also have the helicopters in the sky providing what is called over the horizons of evidence and providing real-time information to those on the ground so that they could easily deploy. They're always in radio contact, but I have not had a single helicopter in the sky today. Maybe I missed it, but so I'm becoming a bit more worried now with all these reports coming in, and of course with the feedback we're getting. But the consolation is that so far, these have just been a few places, compared to the larger electoral mapping of voters and police stations that we have. So let us hope that the authorities can swiftly deploy and counter all of this because there's still quite a number of good hours left for voting to take place. From the look of things again, we've seen that INEC officials have not showed up early. I mean, as at 11.40 a.m., certain places are yet to see election officials. And so this means that what the INEC chairman had told us earlier, that election starts at 8.30 and ends at 2.30, might not necessarily be the case. I'm going somewhere. If these elections are pushed further, that means that we might get late into the evening. And if we're already seeing these pockets of violence, where we hear that certain hoodlums are taking over certain polling units and telling you who to vote for, who's to say that we can protect the rest of the electorates who are out there who still really want to cast their votes? Good question. Good question. The first thing is, if you look at the elections we've had over the years, we always have situations where elections go late into the evening. You know, sometimes the bad elections take place the following day, where they couldn't take place, you know, as designated on polling day itself. Now, one is hoping that we don't get into that, right? Additionally, one is also hoping that we don't get into a situation where people have to come and vote late into the night. You know, especially like, but I still maintain from the reports, thankfully, still a few isolated places. And I believe that the security forces can still deal with this problem now. But if it's not dealt with, and if people still have an affair, that they might be attacked, people will not want to wait and vote. If elections continue to, you know, dovetail into dusk, people are not going to want to be there because their safety to them will not be guaranteed. This is why it's important for security forces to do something urgently. Having said that, I feel we should, like I said, we shouldn't be doing, we shouldn't be having this, you know, cycle, you know, where materials will not arrive on time or electoral officials will arrive late. Somebody I was discussing with a couple of days ago told me that INEC, only once in his book, where he wasn't called INEC at the time, was called FEDECO, for the Federal Electoral Commission, okay? Which at the time was headed by Justice Ovia Whiskey. The only time we knew the electoral body to actually buy its own vehicles for the distribution of electoral materials was when Justice Ovia Whiskey was chairperson of FEDECO and they bought their vehicles and they used those vehicles to conduct elections. Of course, it's expensive to do that now because you are going to need those vehicles only for the election. And then after the election, what happens? So maybe electoral body decided not to do that anymore. But we keep seeing these logistical handicaps, not moving the materials to key areas because that is done. They get the support of the Air Force and so on to move them. But on pulling the itself, we still keep getting these reports year in, year out, when we have elections, that elections are not starting early somewhere. I think we should have grown beyond this now. Baira, the thing is that these elections take place every four years and indeed after each elections, INEC is aware of all of the issues, where there were really serious attacks and hotspots and all of that. One would have thought that with the liaisons that INEC has with the security agencies, the Inspector General of Police, the NSCDC officials, one would have thought that these areas that are really prone to violence would have been given more attention as elections go by. And you talked about logistics and INEC having to get its own vehicles and transport to convey this material. So elections don't start on time. Is it like INEC does not really do its own homework to know the things they actually do need so that we'll not be talking about these little issues every order year when we have elections? Yeah, I mean, the question of whether they should actually have their own vehicles, I think it's something to be interrogated after these elections. Because like I said, it was only the Federal Electoral Commission for their phone that just to be risky that did that. Now, why they stopped, I don't know, it's just conjecture and speculation. But having said that, we honestly shouldn't be having these issues. You see, when we talk of having adequate number of police officers, people tend to overlook it until we have elections like this. Thankfully, and I still maintain from the reports coming in, these incidents are still isolated. If you look at the fact that we have over 100 and I think 179,000 police units. So if you look at that, these are still isolated, but notwithstanding the fact that they're isolated, they can discourage other people, or discourage people in other places from actually remaining on the queue and wanting to vote, because they will not know if they are going to be attacked. And this is why we shouldn't be going through this. For me, we have to revisit. It's too late now because we are already in the elections. We have to revisit the number and the size of the police officers we have in the country. Well, remember, Justin, I said at the top of the segment of the program that we would need over 170,000 times two police officers to be able to keep two police officers in each polling booth across the country. Do we have that? I don't know. And then if we, some say, okay, we compliment that with civil defense. Civil defense is not exactly police. And yes, they can assist, but they're not police officers. So these are issues we have to deal with going forward. I think for now, the saving grace is we only have these things in isolated places. And let us hope they all spread. And this is why those in charge who are watching us who are listening to us have the responsibility to rapidly deploy to these trouble spots and not just that to take proactive measures to ensure that in all those areas that are peaceful, which are still in the majority, by the way, things don't go wrong there as well. Baya, let's come back to talking about security. I'm looking right now at the approved budgets for a few election cycles. Now, security budget for 2015 was 969 billion Naira. In 2016, it was 1.06 trillion Naira. In 2017, it was 1.14 trillion Naira. In 2018, it was 1.35 trillion Naira. In 2019, it was 1.76 trillion Naira. Let me fast forward to 2021. We had 1.97 trillion Naira. As we speak, the election, the security budget I beg your pardon, is 2.72 trillion Naira in 2023. I think I want to join the rest of the people who are asking questions, journalists, activists, researchers, where does the money go? Looking also at the chat for violence in Nigeria, especially before the elections, surprisingly, I'd like to put it to you that Southeast is topping that list. The Northeast and the North Central are actually at two and three percent compared to what's happened in the Southeast. So again, should we be looking at our state governors as opposed to just talking to the federal government because these are the people who are responsible directly to us, why is this festering, especially now that we are in the midst of a very serious and a very big election? Very good point, very good point. The statistics you gave give us a graphic idea of the progression in the requirement in terms of security for elections, which are also related to the great number of voters, which would translate into the great number of electoral materials that have to be produced and so on and so forth. But I want to look at it from maybe two or three points. One, the way we conduct elections itself puts a lot of pressure on resources. For example, why should we register voters just a couple of months before elections happen? Why can't people just go and register when they turn on the team? Because now, for instance, we have a cut-off period. People who have registered for 2023 elections, why can't it be that after these elections, from when you turn 18, walk into the nearest Population Commission office or the nearest INEA office, register and pick up your PBC. Why must you wait for the next election coming up in four years time? You get it. If you can do this, it reduces the pressure on having to hire ad-hoc staff and hire everybody to conduct registration of voters. And I think that would take away a sizable chunk of the cost of elections. The second thing is the printing of electoral materials. Do we have sufficient confidence in our own domestic printing facilities to print sensitive electoral materials? And are we going to keep printing sensitive electoral materials? I don't know where they were printed by the way. So this I am just assuming. If we have to be printing abroad, it's going to cost us a lot more money. And that may also have to do with the exchange rate of the Naira. If we can print locally, which I think we can, we just need to make sure the security printing and meeting company is properly equipped and not an un-facilitator. It would also reduce the cost. So bottom line, we need to look critically at taking proactive measures to reduce the cost of elections. Now in terms of security, yes, I agree with you. The state governors can do a lot. Sometimes state governors just don't do anything and lay all the blame at the level of the federal government. But they are the chief security officers of the state. And it's not every measure that you deploy to guarantee security that necessarily requires money. Some of it is just attitude orientation and engagement. So all of these things have to be really tracked and looked at. But now that we are in an election, if we want to begin to deal with a problem in situ, it's pretty difficult because we do respect. The state governors, they are invested interest in elections. So once they are invested, or they have invested interest in elections, it becomes difficult to rely on them to do anything, you know, seriously speaking, within the course of those elections. And that's why I think the IG, we deployed some commissioners of police in some states and they did a couple of shopping around. But we need to begin to see this shopping that was done pay off now. The police and the security agencies need to get on the road and arrest whatever kind of problems that emanated from the ongoing process. I know that you're not speaking for the federal government, neither are you speaking for the police or anything. But because we're having this ban time, I'm going to put this question across. We have a population that's 200 plus million. And you already know the percentage of police to every 500 Nigerians. It's despicable. Again, going back to the Southeast, which is topping the list of violence, sometime in the middle of last year, if I'm not mistaken, Southeast governors came together saying that they were going to address the issue of terrorism and violence in their region. And you made mention of the fact that they might be vested interest, but then we see that it's a mixed pudding. Most of them are not all part of the same political party. So what would be the interest that would keep these people from dealing with the killings in their area, especially for the likes of Emol State, Eboni and Anambara State, where we've seen even a sitting senator being attacked? Is it, I mean, I would say that right after that event, which was a Tea Party, we've not heard anything about it. Is it that we, the people ourselves, are not holding these guys responsible enough and we're always pointing to the federal government? Maybe that's why that silence has been there for that long. No, definitely, yes, I agree. For most things in the country, we often just call the president. You know, if they drain in front of my house, it's not flowing during the rainy season. Usually in Algerians, you say, what is the president doing?  But when I say that states can do something, and I really mean that they can do something, but the moment elections approach, if they do not take proactive measures before elections and elections now approach, they are already invested party in those elections as it might be difficult to do anything. If you, for example, take Lagos State, now you have the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, we know the impact of that Lagos State Security Trust Fund on, especially when Governor Faschella was Governor Lagos and when the Security Trust Fund began and we knew how that approach by the Lagos State on that Faschella significantly reduced crime in Lagos. So that's a kind of example I'm referring to when I say that state governors can do something. It's not all the time that they have to always make reference to the federal government. And in any case, they know the terrain better. So let's hope that we all can take lessons from what is happening and let us hope that we don't record any serious injuries from what the incidents have been reported already. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Want to learn about stocks, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the metaverse? Join richtv.io. Hi guys, how you doing? I'm your host Rich, here on behalf of RichTV Live with our very special guest, Brian Foy, the CEO of the Longshot Report, a subsidiary of Winner's Inc. How you doing today, Brian? Good Rich, thanks for having me today. Oh, always a pleasure. Love having you on the show for the first time. And we're gonna talk a little bit about Winner's Inc. recent acquisition and obviously you're all over it. And tell us a little bit about yourself, the Longshot Report and recent announcement of your company being acquired by Winner's Inc. Yeah, so a little bit about myself. I come from the digital marketing background. I'm a serial entrepreneur. I've launched many different brands and different products within the industry and mainly the golf industry, actually, where I've sold millions of dollars of product, throughout various digital marketing techniques that we've used in practice over the years. And one of the biggest challenges that I had for myself was creating a product that didn't have any inventory. And that's where the whole genesis of the Longshot Report came about because I got a chance to create a product and it was a personal challenge of mine to try to do this by creating a product that you could sell infinite amount of inventory to people, help people out and win along the way. So that's how basically in a nutshell, how the Longshot Report got started. Wow, really excited to see it grow and evolve with Winner's Inc. What is your personal, individual, past track record of success? Can you touch on your business and entrepreneurial success? Yeah, so as far as past success, I mean, I look at, there's two answers to that question. The first one is when you look at the entrepreneurial side of launching companies from zero to multi-million dollars in sales, that's exactly what we're gonna be doing with Winner's Inc. and Vegas Winners and the Longshot Report. That is coming and it's already in the works right now. So really excited about growing that aspect of the business.  So what we've done is, my partner is Frank, who is my college roommate. I've known him for over 20 years and we've been talking about sports since the day we met in college. And that really kind of helped build the foundation into what the Longshot Report has become and the success that we've had at a 67% success rate on single games. Wow. We're pretty happy with that. And some of our subscribers that are currently joined with us. That's an amazing success ratio. How are things going today with the company? So today with the company, we obviously have revenue that Winner's Inc recognized when they acquired us. And that was a big part of joining the team of Winner's Inc. I didn't wanna just sell my company to anybody. I really wanted to work with the right team and it had to be the right fit. And that's what I really found with Lenny, Wayne, the whole team, that's really the difference maker in what's really gonna take us to the next level between our customer acquisition experience of acquiring customers, knowing exactly where that customer is online, whether it be Instagram, whether it be Facebook, Google, we use all different ad platforms to acquire these customers. We don't believe in renting or buying someone's customer list. You have to grow it yourself. And that's what I've done with every single one of the businesses that I've launched from zero. I started with no funding on all of them and none of them have debt. So we're gonna apply those same principles to the Longshot Report and to Winner's Inc. And it's just a matter of time until this thing explodes. You just said the secret word, no debt. We love that here at Rich TV Live. Our community is a community, a global community of investors and retail investors from all over the world. We love to find companies with little to no debt and growing assets. Can you define the problem that your company solves? So we basically cut the BS.  And there's no fluff around it. We're gonna tell you how it is and we're gonna deliver on a daily basis the picks and we're gonna continue to do that with this new partnership with Winner's. Why is your company's culture unique? What is your secret sauce? 67% winning percentage is phenomenal. Can you talk a little bit about some of Frank's big winnings? Yeah, so Frank's Red Hot is kind of what we like to call him when he's on a streak, obviously.  That's something that for years now, we've always been trying to perfect that Parley. And just recently, he put $85 up and he won $35,000 on a Parley. That's just one of the many success stories that Frank has. Another secret sauce that we have because we've known each other for so long and I come from actually the golf background. So we utilize and I live in a town in Jupiter, Florida where a lot of PGA tour players live. So there's a lot of conversations that are going on whether XYZ players having a baby or the next guy, John Smith is getting married. There's a lot of factors that are involved when we make these decisions. And golf is a year round sport. So that's kind of how we started our business but it's really evolved into every single sport. So it started in golf and then it expanded out and obviously we're really excited about the football season. I'm super excited about the football season. You can see my Dallas Cowboy helmet here. It's Michael Irvin signed three times Super Bowl champion. So I'm a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Now, can you tell us about the roll up acquisition strategy that winners is executing? What is a roll up strategy and why might it benefit winners shareholders? So great question. And that's really part of the part B of the answer to the question you asked earlier about how this fits right into the mold of what Winner's Inc is doing and the team behind Winner's Inc. The second part of why I was so excited to join this team was because of that acquisition model and that roll up roll up model. I built a custom platform, proprietary platform that is dynamic to the website and also to the app. So we have a whole backend system that we can plug and play and slap another logo or another handicapper, another business in the gambling world looking to get acquired. We could slap our any label on that platform and run with that platform. Meaning the infrastructure is there, all of the backend is set up and now it's just a matter of plug and play and start advertising. I can't wait to see it roll out. What are your key milestones for the next 12 months? So in the next 12 months, we're obviously going to be ramping up here for football. You know, it's September 5th and it's game on. Every thing, it's like clockwork. Every year we've been doing this for the past three years. September 5th is D-Day and it's game on and we have to be ready. That's what we're preparing for right now. We have meetings every day talking about the strategy on the digital marketing side. We're talking about a TV rollout strategy as well. Both in both of those media outlets, I've had a lot of experience buying. So, you know, looking forward to roll out that media plan and, you know, once you start rolling out that ad spend and you know what you're doing and you know who to target and where to target and who to work with, it's just a matter of time the subscribers start rolling in and once they're rolled into our infrastructure into that platform, we start nurturing them. And once we start nurturing them and getting them to know, like and trust us, then it's just a matter of time until they start placing our advice with their own money. Brian, why would an investor want to invest into winners? Can you talk about the growing online gambling market and how do we do the research analysis and make predictions? 67% documented success rate is just incredible. A 15,000 database to date customers, 700% growth rate since inception. Talk about that.  You know, it's all about having the expertise of, you know, of Wayne who's been in the industry for a very long time.   I mean, we started as a newsletter. We started as an email newsletter with no website.  And, you know, to see it grow to this point and to get acquired by winners, I mean, we couldn't be more excited about what the future has to, you know, to show us here in the next couple of months. And, you know, with football just right here, it's just a perfect time. And, you know, we really look forward to scaling this business. Brian, we've got shareholders from all over the world that are going to be watching this interview. How can those shareholders, future potential shareholders, clients or potential clients get in contact with you if they have any questions? So if you have any questions, you know, you can certainly email Frank, you know, myself, Brian. I also check those emails. So I'll be looking through those to make sure that if any of the inquiries come in from your show, that I'll be certain to answer them in due time. And my email is support at thelongshotreport.com. Fantastic. So excited to see you guys grow and achieve your goals and objectives and our communities are going to be watching you very, very closely. I want to take everyone's attention to the symbol WNRS on the OTC markets. Put it on your radar, put on your watch list. Remember, Rich TV Live is strictly for information and education purposes. Always do your due diligence, always do your research before you invest in anything we talk about or discuss here on Rich TV Live. In saying that, we believe this is a company that you need to put on your radar. You need to put on your watch list. We believe it could be very undervalued, under-appreciated and under-exposed. Thank you for joining us today, Brian Foy of Winner's Inc. Thank you, Rich. Thanks for having me and look forward to come back on your show soon. Always a pleasure. If you're not winning, you're probably not watching.  Have a nice day, everybody. We'll talk to you soon.


Hello, friends, welcome to module one lesson four. Activate your three altered egos, the technician, the entrepreneur, and the manager. In this lesson, we're gonna be talking about how do you harness these three altered egos that we have inside us, and that we're gonna be able to use this at different types of situations, and this is crucial for us to identify in order for us to be able to build a successful restaurant. Let's dive in further. In every single one of us, we possess certain characteristics, such as the entrepreneur, the technician, and the manager. Now let's define each of these roles, and so then that way you understand when you're gonna be playing each of these roles. The entrepreneur are the visionaries. They're the ones that live in the future. They're the ones that wants control, and they're the ones that sees new opportunities. It's like me coming to a new neighborhood sees that it's missing a sushi joint because it has a really high Asian demographic and density, and therefore, a lot of people would love sushi if there was a sushi restaurant right there. Me thinking as an entrepreneur. Next up is the technician, the doer that lives in the present that tinkers around one thing at a time. The technician is oftentimes the chef, the ones that sees things they can do differently. They sees that the flow within the restaurant is messed up. Therefore, they create a new system and new process in place in order for them to be more efficient. They're the ones that are changing things around. They're the ones that are suggesting new systems, new procedures, new menu items, and new ways of doing things in order to be more efficient, in order to be more profitable. Manager, they're the most pragmatic out of the three altered egos. Oftentimes, managers lives in the past. They see what has been working and it's their job to go out there and replicate that. They're the planners, they're the organizers, they're the ones that follows things and puts things in order and put things into status quo. All three of these alter ego must be present inside us and we must understand how to harness their power by identifying and understanding that these three items exist in every single one of us. How they coexist, just because I'm an entrepreneur doesn't mean I don't have the skillset to make sure things are always in order. Just because I'm a manager, knowing the fact that things need to be followed, rules need to be followed, SOPs need to be followed doesn't mean I do not possess what it takes to adapt as a technician to create new things, to be in that technician role to make things more efficient. I need to be able to possess all three of these guys and put on different hats at different stages within my business. And once again, in the worksheet down in the link below, download that worksheet and there are a ton of different templates and directions to help you define your own three altered egos. So why is it super important for us to identify it? It is because it limits our potential if we only let one alter equal dominate all of us, okay? Oftentimes we see mom and pop shop fail because they lack the ability to see the opportunity to expand. The technician in the mom and pops, they're just always there fixing things, they're always there trying to make their own business better, yet they fail to have that foresight to be a visionary, to see that, hey, you know what, things are gonna be adapting. You know what, people are liking the vegan stuff. Maybe what we should do is to change our menu to include vegan option as well, but a lot of mom and pops, they fail to do that. They're so focused within their in-house items. They're so focused on tinkering what is working within and what is not working within their own restaurant that they fail to see outside of them. They lack the ability to put on the entrepreneur's hat and actually go out there and think. Next up is crashing and burning. Entrepreneur, full flight, but lacks manager. That's the thing that I am super guilty of is the fact that I'm such a big entrepreneur that before understanding that I had these three hats, these three alter egos that I can put on, I failed to put on that side. I failed to put on my manager's side. I have a beautiful restaurant, receives poor customer service ratings and the quality of food is just inconsistent. For me, my office is a mess, my bookkeeping is a mess because I'm a dreamer, I do things, but there are no processes, there are no systems in place within my own business and therefore everything, all my bookkeeping is a mess. For you, you need to make sure that we put on an entrepreneurial hat. We have a big, big visionary, but we also possess the skill set to be a manager, to make sure things are in order and if we do not have that, it is okay. We can think like that and we can hire a manager to execute on that. Next up is burning out. We lack the technician to delegate and to trust other people and that's something that I just talked about. It's a hire, a lot of times because we believe in our ability to do the best work and that we just don't trust other people, we do everything ourselves and oftentimes it is at a huge, huge cost. We don't trust other people, we just believe that we are the ones that should be executing, but we don't delegate and that in turn forces you into burnout and when you burn out, it doesn't only affect you, it also affects the people around you, the relationships that you have which is why defining your three altered egos is so, so important because once you're aware of it, now you can put on different hats at different times and you can go out there and hire different people to help you execute if you don't wanna be working on those items. Creating your dream restaurant requires you to take on all three roles, guys. The entrepreneur's ability to dream and visualize, that's super, super important. That's when we're putting on the entrepreneur's hat. Next up, we're gonna switch hats, we're gonna be like the technician. It's our turn to go build, go out there and build and solve problems along the way. If we just think like an entrepreneur, if all we're doing is just dreaming and we're not matching that up with doing and problem solving, then we cannot build a successful restaurant. I'm just gonna be a talker all the time, I can't execute. Next up is the manager. The manager's role is to ensure processes and systems are in place, so then that way, we can ensure we can build a consistent service to our customers. This is also crucial. Once we figure out items, once we solve problems, we need to start creating processes and systems in order for us to manage people, in order for us to have an extension of ourselves and in order for us to expand at scale. There are three common pitfalls that a lot of people fall into, and I'm gonna be able to explain to you all three of them. Not letting go, not hiring for help, no one else can do it better than we do. Because when we're having this common pitfall, when we're in this common pitfall, we're always acting like a technician. We're there to solve every single problem. Haven't you heard of those stories where restaurant tiers need to stay into the restaurant 18 hour days getting burnt out because they're there for years and they believe that no one else can do a better job and that if they leave, the restaurant's gonna crash and burn. That's a very, very great example of someone that is acting like a technician but not like a manager, not like an entrepreneur. Exactly, neglecting that for them to grow and have time to spend with their loved ones, they need to have the procedures in place so then that way they can replicate what they're doing. They need to trust and delegate their work to managers. They lack the ability to think as an entrepreneur and to execute on new ideas. Such a common thing, it is a shame. 80% of the people that I've met and that I see suffering suffers from this common pitfall.  Second pitfall is failing to grow because they're too busy micromanaging people. They're stuck in the past. Times have changed and trends are passing by. They don't see the need to be up to date and give autonomy because they lack the entrepreneur in them. Their manager is dominating them. They're still living in the past. They believe that, hey, you know what? As long as I follow the processes, as long as I follow the systems, my job is done. And once again, this is what limits their capacity to grow because they're not willing to put on that entrepreneur's hat that they did once put on when they grew and then when they built this business, they forgot about that. They're in this auto mode of manager making sure that the restaurant is running day by day but slowly if they do not innovate and if they don't adapt to time, their restaurant is gonna go out of trend and out of style and that's when they suffer. And last common pitfall is dominated by both egos. The idea that they are there but the shop is just chaotic, guys. No quality assurance in both service and food because of the lack of the technician and manager in-house. So many times I see this as well that you're working with a big, big dreamer and they lack the ability to delegate, they lack the ability to trust others, to do things for them. They lack the ability to hire people to put processes and systems in place for them. You, if you wanna create a beautiful, successful, profitable restaurant, you need to put on multiple different hats at all times in order for you to be successful, guys. In the link below, make sure you download the template so then that way you can identify the three altered egos and to always remind yourself of how you can harness that power. To build your dream food and beverage, your restaurant, you need all three egos, okay? Awareness is way more than half the battle in this situation so that's why it is crucial for you to go out there and define them and have clarity in your three altered egos. What you've learned today is how to harness the three altered egos so then that way you can set your restaurant up for success. Make sure that you guys really pay attention to what you have learned in this lesson. In the next lesson, we're gonna be talking about the dos and the don'ts of a headache-free, drama-free partnership. I'll see you guys in the next episode.


Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another book tag. Today we are doing one that I'm not sure fits for me. I've never been involved in any YouTube drama. When there was a little bit of drama in my own community, I just kind of stepped back away from it. I try to stay out of drama on this side of things. I've been known to cause a lot of author drama in the horror community, but that's beside the point.  So that's why I'm doing it. And also because I actually have answers for each and every one of these, which I didn't actually expect to have because of the title of the video. So thanks, Mac. Yeah, you just got nicknamed. Thanks, Mac, for tagging me. I don't know what your name, AG. What do I call you? AG?  You're Mac. And AG McDonald is too long and I'm lazy. Let's jump into this.  The first one is your favorite smutty book. I don't read smutty books, but I do have one. And that is the woman, the girl in apartment 6E. It was a fantastic, like female dexter scenario with a cam girl. I think that's what it was. A lot of sex, a lot of stuff going on. She murdered people. It was great. The second one came along. I think it was called Do Not Disturb or something along those lines.  So tossed that one out the window. But that first one is great. The sex was a housing. The writing was great. The plot was cool. It kept me interested. So yeah, that's my favorite smutty one. Your favorite sibling duo. I dub the Glick Brothers. That's the first thing that comes to mind. I don't know why, but that is the very first thing that comes to mind. The Glick Brothers from Salem's Lot, I think for obvious reasons. As soon as I think of a sibling's brothers. And I'm not sure if this is supposed to be like ship... I watched Max video. If he's annoyed by this, I'm gonna be tickled because I will be cancelled. So I'm not sure if you're supposed to ship two people. I gotta look confused on that one. But my favorite sibling duo would be the Glick Brothers because Salem's Lot, they're the window tappers. So the next one is an overhyped book. I ain't gonna say it again. Simon's gonna put it right here. Yeah, I know what it is. In fact, I could probably do two. I'm not gonna say it. Not gonna say it. Next, a character that makes... Number four is a character that makes questionable choices. I am gonna go ahead and say it's just like almost all of Dean Koons' characters. I can't think of one single character as much as I can think of Dean Koons' characters. They always make the absolute worst decisions to move forward the plot. Instead of actually doing the logical thing, they go right... They reach right past the logical conclusion and go straight into what the fuckery. I don't understand... Well, I do understand it because it's a plot device. He's trying to get people from point A to point Z and then from B to Y, that just has to happen. And he writes so much he doesn't have time to get stuck on a plot point. So he just pushes the plot forward. So I'm gonna say every single...  Alright. Number five, if you could only keep one book, what would it be? Y'all hold on. Just one minute, y'all. Hey, y'all just hang out just for one second, okay? Because I didn't prepare for this. I didn't prepare for this at all. But if I could keep one... If I could keep one book, this is what I'm keeping. Yeah, I pet it, Elite. Every time I come out into... Wayne, again, thank you, man. I can't thank you enough. If I could... If I could keep one book, it would be this copy of Stephen King's It. The first edition UK cover in all of its sexy orange-ness. So we're gonna jump right back into the next one. Alright. Number five, two books with similar titles. I can't think of a single one. And at number seven, the last one on the list is a full cast audio book you love. It's not real... I don't consider this... Well, I mean, I guess it is an audio book because it's an audio experience based on a book, but it's also a audible drama where they just take a full... They don't actually put a narrative in there. It's just... This is like the old radio dramas from back in the day. Those things are amazing, by the way. If you don't know what I'm talking about, let's chat about them down there in the doobly-doo. There is dust and everything everywhere. I mean, dust is place. Or maybe I don't. Maybe I should just let it settle. Anyways, but it's the alien... I can't remember what it's called. I'm so sorry, but I'll put it right here. It was fantastic. It was great. Rutger Howard's in it. Yeah. You know, The Hitcher. Yeah. And Blade Runner and all that stuff. Rutger Howard is... Howard? Howard. Not Howard. Not Howard. This is Rutger Howard. Terrific actor. Love him and everything that he does. Hobo with a shotgun is fantastic. Anyways, go check this out. The alien audio-audible drama. But yeah, that's everything. If you want to answer these in either your own video, go ahead. I don't know who to tag here, because it is a booktube drama thing. And I don't really... I don't get into too much drama, so I don't know anybody that gets into drama. And I don't even know why that really tied in with these questions, even though, yes, I did watch Max's video. I guess there were certain instances where people got upset about certain things in these categories. Whatever. I don't do that kind of thing, so... But if you want to do it, leave your comments down there in the doobly-doo. If you want to make a video, please go ahead and do it. Ryan, JB, Steph, any of you guys, if you want to do it, I tag all your faces. In fact, I want to tag... Real quick here at the end, I'm going to do a video just for him. But I also want to tag Garen over at Goblet of Fiction.  Go over there and check him out. I'll leave a link along with everybody else I mentioned down there in the doobly-doo. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been another book tag video. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye!


This is stock number 933-0. We are here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck headquarters. Today, we are checking out possibly one of the cleanest 2005 Chevy Silverado 2500 crew cab short box Duramax diesels left on the road. From this HD video, you will be able to tell that this truck is extremely clean all the way around. No dents or dings in the front bumper. Factory fog lights. Front valance is in excellent condition. Black is the color. You got to check out these rims. Factory polished aluminum rims that look like they're just about brand new. No major scuffs or corrosion on them. And they have Goodyear Wrangler Kevlar tires. These are LT 265 75R 16s. These tires look like they have about 80 to 90% of the tread left. See the frame and underbody is in pretty nice condition. We shoot all of our videos in 1080p, so if you have HD capabilities on your computer tablet or a smartphone device, turn them on now, because it's like you're right here looking at the truck with me. See just how clean that hood is. Didn't see any dents or dings on it. Front fender is in excellent shape as well. Passenger side rim is in really nice condition too. And as we go down this side of the truck, you can see just how clean the body is. How reflective and glass-like and mirror-like that paint is. We take these HD videos, so if you are far away or even if you're close by and you just cannot make the trip down, you can still see the truck here, the truck, and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at. Before you even get here, we sell a lot of these trucks out of state. So we want to make sure that we give our customers the most accurate representation of vehicles possible, so that when they get here there's absolutely no surprises. Back tires have just as much tread as the front tires, and this back rim is in excellent shape. Frame and underbody for being a 2005 is in pretty nice condition. It has an aftermarket exhaust. There is a little bit of rust and corrosion, but it is an 05 from Wisconsin, so it's not going to be perfect. It does have the Putco Boss Bars, which are really a cool looking item for this vehicle. I always like the Boss Bars myself. You don't see them around anymore. As we go around to the back, the rear bumper is in absolutely perfect condition. Full towing package, which includes a receiver hitch and seven pin wiring. Tailgate is in excellent shape. I didn't see any dents or dings on that, and it has a Truxedo soft roll-up tonneau cover. It has a drop-in pedal liner, bed liner. That's in really nice shape, and of course it has the nerf bars on the bed rails there.  Very, very clean down this side of the truck. Like I said, we want to make sure you get the most accurate representation, and a lot of times pictures just don't do it. They don't give it justice like a video will on a truck like this. Scan those Boss Bars. Pretty cool. Frame and underbody looks really good on this truck. Inside this truck has the LS package, which gives you the dark charcoal cloth interior. There are no rips. There are no tears on these seats. They're in really nice condition. Power driver seat. We got all-weather floor mats throughout. You can see the carpetings really nice and clean underneath there. Power windows, power locks, and power mirrors. Auto headlamps, push button, four-wheel drive. And you can see that this truck has 65,311 miles. Instrument cluster is very clean. Steering wheel is in really nice condition. I didn't see any major scuffs or scrapes on that, and you have a multifunction steering wheel, which gives you mileage and miles to empty and all that good stuff. Aftermarket brake controller has the dual climate controls. CD player. You can see just how clean that carpeting is. The passenger seat is very clean as well. No rips or tears on that. This truck smells extremely clean inside. I don't think it's ever been smoked in. And it has a compass temperature review mirror. Let's take a quick look at the back seats, and then we will check out under the hood. Back seats are just as clean as the front seats. No rips or tears back here. You can see it does have the latch child safety system for car seats. And it has the fixed glass rear defrost window. Got factory all-weather floor mats back here. And these seats do fold up for extra storage. And then these fold down to go flat. And then they come right back down. Take a quick look under the hood. Very, very clean inside and out. I'd highly recommend this truck if you're looking for a classic body style Duramax. They don't get much cleaner than this one. Under the hood we have the 6.6 liter Duramax diesel. This is the LLY motor which gives you 310 horsepower. Engine base very clean runs, very smooth. This truck has been fully safe and inspected by our certified Chrysler technicians. Has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked off. Checked and topped off. And this truck is 100% ready to go. And to see more pictures of this truck or one of our other 400 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, half tons, three quarter tons, one tons, chassis cabs, pro masters. You name it we got it go to our website www.summitauto.com. Full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle on our lot. Videos of every single used vehicle that we have. All at www.summitauto.com. Thank you so much for checking out the video. If you like it and want to make this rare truck years, give us a call<PHONE_NUMBER>. Ask for one of our sales associates to make this truck years today. Once again that number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. 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Hello and welcome back here to torque drift Tuesday here on the PC if you've noticed There's a big difference the UI and everything has been updated There's some big things that have happened to the game which we'll get into later episodes But today where it's Tuesday, so you know it's another torque drift Tuesday So we're gonna get sideways have some fun make sure you guys follow me on all social media All which are found in the description box below So the merry drift mist and everything is still going on so we're gonna go into the new Looking UI which looks incredibly cool. We go over to multiplayer. We have a merry drift mist number seven With the beginning there's only 16 minutes left for it So we're gonna go and try and beat it real quick So the beginning is of course the track we all know that I know and love So We are going to be taking out I think we're gonna take our 350 out because I feel like the 350 should be able to bang this down This looks definitely so much better. I love the way. This is all looking So let's just head into it and see if we can't Get this chase score done. Oh My handbrake is not active. Oh rip All right, we're gonna see if we can't bang this out right away With us 350 Z Make sure our handbrake is on there kick it in nice and tight on this Bank and on the door This is kind of where we need to be. Oh We act running it way wide. Oh, I think I cut too close. I Don't think we're gonna be able to get it I don't remember if it was 42 or what it was But we covered a little bit too close tried to get too dicey in this man's door So we are getting experience obviously. Oh We can level up past 60 now So we need 63 chase to completely unlock this so we're gonna give it another go And see if we can't Actually beat it. Oh, I don't want to watch a replay We're gonna we're gonna retry it. Oh, sorry. I hit I kind of boop the doggy in the nose She's up here. She's like I want to give it a shot. I could beat it in one try We may have to bust out maybe a different car, but I feel like the Z should probably be in fourth gear it's probably where I'm faltering on that bank. It's gonna not Throw it too far into the guy's door We're not at 63.  We're gonna have to try and be on the wall But not like that. Oh wrong button. We're gonna Better retry that so 63 is pretty big on this thing. I would normally think I could be Bagging that really quickly here on this track attracted. I'm very familiar with but apparently Today We're having a bit of an issue Now I think we might be okay. Oh that that probably would have been it if we wouldn't have smacked into his door Ah fail we need to definitely Stay super tight against him without actually Smacking into him through that section, but it looks like fourth gear was the gear I needed to be in on the bank I would like to be a lot closer. I Needed to be up against that wall The crucial close call point is definitely what we need in order to complete this challenge Yeah, I think this is we need to be up into the wall on that inner bank as well So we're gonna give it one more shot here before I admit defeat on this challenge Or maybe we'll bring out another car to try and beat this challenge. Maybe a pro car a little bit more power That's that's that's not what we need We're gonna change cars and try Maybe a different car and see if maybe a different car will be able To get this done and we will try it with Christos Blush's car much closer on the wall right though, but Fortunately not on the inner part. There's the wrong gear on the bank. I'm definitely struggling with this I'm having a little bit of a struggle here with this track You guys know this track is either good or bad for me. It either fights me or it loves me That's a bit better That's I think where we want to be We should have been closer We sent it too far. That's That was the closest we probably would have had That was probably where we needed to be so let me know if you guys are enjoying these drift miss challenges and Chase challenges that torque drift has brought out for this season Not gonna be good. It's a little better Too much too much sauce Too much sauce on that one. So we're just trying to figure out the formula That's gonna give us this give us this win and what I can get the closest with I mean FD against FD, you know, you would think that would probably be the best bet Probably should be in fifth I feel like we're so much closer with Kristoff Lucius car I feel like I'm just blowing these tires off and not able to stay Closest I need to be Nope It's getting to the point now where we're just trying to figure the formula out You guys are seeing all the my tales of all my tales I feel like I angle too much up in this car and we just loosen through that section. I Say that and we go ahead into the wall Oh, so let me know what car you guys completing these challenges with because I'm Struggling a little bit here. So I'm trying to think what car we could throw in next Seems like a good car. We're trying to complete this before the time runs out But I don't know if it's gonna be okay. He lost his bumper I mean other than hitting the wall this may be the car to do it with This may be the car to do it with I'm feeling not confident with this car So we got to go into fifth gear and we have to I don't want to change car. I wanted to Fail ripped. I wanted to go with this car This gear is where we're gonna be And hopefully on the wall Not as close as I want to be to the wall I'll take that though. Oh Rip that's closer. We've been I don't think I have a clutch kick on I needed my clutch kick Hey a loss on this one So if you guys enjoyed the struggles of me trying to complete this but unfortunately not able to complete it As close as we are to this FD it's not close enough To complete the challenge Although we are at 40 right now.  I think we'll get it this time either Too much feathering around maybe We're getting close. I know I said that was the last try, but now I'm determined closest that we've ever gotten Too much wall tap So this is just all Attempt after attempt after attempt to try to complete this here on Cali Bank Oh, we're gonna need to be it's definitely not where we need to be One last shot. I promise it'll be the last shot here for today To make sure you guys follow me on all social media all of the found in the description box below As always I think you guys come back and watching I'm evil rabbit. I'll see you guys on the track That could have been it that could have been it


Greetings and Shalom everyone. Thank you for joining the mentoring this morning. Before we begin, let's just pause for a word of prayer. Can I ask Mr. Ravini to lead us in prayer please? Yes. Thank you. Heavenly and gracious Father, the Creator of heaven and earth, we thank you for this beautiful day, Father, that you've given us to glorify you, to know you more, Father, to walk with you, Father. In all things, we give you glory, honour and praise, Father, for the work that you have begun in us, for the promises that we stand upon, for the name of Jesus, for the work that Jesus has done in our lives. We thank you for everything, Father. And in this time, Lord, when we are seeking you more, Father, let all things be done in your fear and reverence, Father. Give us the wisdom, the knowledge to seek you more, Father, be able to understand your plan and purpose for our lives, Father. Bless all the faculty, bless all our teachers who are here to answer the students, Father. Let them be filled with your wisdom and favour. Let the spirit of excellence rest upon each of us, Father, that we may know you and receive your word in its fullness above, Father. Continue to lead us. Thank you that you've given us this time. When we can, Lord, Father, talk to each other, Father, and whatever we do, it may glorify you, Father. Bless everyone and continue to lead us, Father. Once again, we thank you and we glorify your holy name. In the precious and matchless and most magnificent name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Sister Ravini. So, during this mentoring hour, we take time to address any questions that you have, questions that are part of your course, what you've been learning, what you've learned, or questions regarding Christian life or ministry or even your faith journey, you know, or if you need more clarity about your understanding regarding God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, you can unmute your mics and ask your questions and you can just post them on the chat section and faculty are here and we will answer your questions. No questions? Yes, I have a question. Yes, please go ahead, Jaya. There is, in one John, I was just looking for this verse, it is written that there is a sin that is pertaining to death and I'm not saying that you should pray for it. So, my question is, Jesus has forgiven all sins, but what is the sin that is unforgiven that we cannot pray? You said one John? I think it's in Chapter 5. I was just looking, that's why I'm taking time to ask. I'll just let you know. It's 16th verse, 16th verse. 16th verse is the one John Chapter 5 verse 16 or 8. Yes, if any man sees his brother sin, a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask and shall give him life for them that sin unto death. There is a sin unto death. I do not say that he shall pray for it. Okay, anyone sees his brother sinning, a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask and he will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that. Okay, can any of our faculty would like to answer this question? One John Chapter 5 verse 16. Any thoughts? Parson Nancy, any thoughts on that? Yes, good morning everyone. Good morning Parson Selina and thank you Jaya for this question. So yes, we see here in one John Chapter 5, there is a reference to a sin which if anyone sees his brother sinning, a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask and he will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about it. So I would like to share my insights on this. See, I believe that more than that specific sin as in the act or the committing of something. I believe what this is actually talking about is a state of one's heart before God. We have in Hebrews 6 again, when we look at Hebrews 6 from verses 4 to verse 6, we see there that somebody who has tasted the good things in God. So then we are very clear that it's a believer that Hebrews 6 is talking about. Such a person is unrepentant. They go into a state of becoming hard hearted, unrepentant and unresponsive towards God. Hebrews 6 talks about and this again, it's a rare occasion because in general we know that as believers we have God's grace and God has given us this opportunity to confess our sins and return to him with the right heart. If somebody moves into becoming unrepentant, hard hearted and not willing to change despite repeated convictions of the Holy Spirit, then comes a time or a state wherein it becomes very difficult for that person to come back to repentance. I'll just read those verses, Hebrews 6 verses 4 through 6, it says, for it is impossible, but those who were once enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away to renew them again to repentance since they crucify again for themselves the son of God and put him to open shame. So Jaya, what I'm saying is, I think this refers to that state of being fallen away where you've gone so far away from God and willfully you are the one rejecting God. So that would be my understanding. Yeah, maybe my colleagues could add to that. Thank you Pastor Nancy. I think in 1 Timothy, Paul was writing to Timothy says, you know, if we are unfaithful, God is faithful. But if we deny him, he will deny us. So as Pastor Nancy has quoted from Hebrews 6, you know, it could be that we have tasted and seen and even it talks about this in Hebrews 10, I think it says, you know, once we have tasted the goodness of the Lord and we treat as an unholy thing, the blood of the covenant. It's like we trample it under our feet and no more forgiveness of sins is left but only a dreadful punishment of the wrath of God. So it could be this in relationship with, you know, what we see in other scriptures. If we deny him, then, you know, he will deny us, which is infestimity. So, and also looking at what it says in Hebrews 10 that once we have known God, but we treat as an unholy thing, the blood of the covenant that there's no more forgiveness of sins that is left. So, you know, it could be that sin that is mentioned here in 1 John chapter 5 or 16. Anyone else would like to add or Jaya, is that I just thought I'll just add one point. I think this is with reference to what Pastor Nancy also said is I'm just bringing my understanding here that John hopefully here is referring to apostasy that after knowing that Jesus is the Messiah, then denying his power, his work, his salvation, even after knowing it. So the transgression is deliberate and it's also a willful disobedience to salvation after having tasted of who God is and having, having seen the goodness of God having been saved going back is what is apostasy, a deliberate renunciation of faith. So I, I thought he's probably also maybe referring to that which you know it's a deliberate rejection of the Messiah that leads to death. Thank you. Thank you, Jean. Thank you, Pastor Nancy. I hope we answered your question, Jaya. Yes, yes. Thank you so much. Thank you all. Thank you. Any more questions? There are no questions, then maybe we would just open up this time for us to just share about the goodness of the Lord that we have experienced the last two months of this year, Jan Feb and we are half into almost the close of March. The psalmist says in Psalm 34 verse 8, taste and see that the Lord is good. You know, we've all tasted the goodness of the Lord. So would you like to share, you know, what goodness of the Lord that you have experienced the last two and a half months of this year. We just opened up this time for each one of us to just share the goodness of the Lord. I'm sure all of us have tasted the goodness of the Lord. So would you like to share? Okay, as we're thinking on those lines, we have a question from Herbert says, Good morning, church members. My worry is, is there anyone who is rest assured of going to heaven? We try our level best to be away from sin, but like one writer, I think Apostle Paul said, whenever I want to do good sin intervenes, yes, he writes that in Romans. I think it's Romans chapter six or, you know, the chapters following that the word says even a mere thought of opposite sex or someone's spouse, you have already committed adultery with him or her. And the fact that we are putting on fresh bodies within a crimson of an eye, one finds that he or she has already gone astray. An example, a certain archbishop ended up taking up someone's wedded wife. Kindly share your views about that. Thank you. Okay, so we have Herbert's question. Like anyone like to answer that. So basically he's asking is so you're Herbert just want to get some more clarity about your question. Is your question that once we have, you know, accepted Christ, we've tasted of his goodness, we've, you know, experiences the salvation that he's given to us. If we sin, will that be a hindrance or must going to heaven? Is that your question is, whether it's any sin even you've mentioned about adultery? Yes, yes, yes. That's what I'm saying. Thank you, pastor. Yes, I was saying that I think that there is someone is not sure that he's going to heaven because we are always surrounded by sins and all the time they are tempting us. So I was seeing that is there any way whereby you can find somebody's pure, pure, holy or we are just always surrounded by sins and we're not sure are going to heaven. Okay, so your question is that we've experienced salvation.  And we are, you know, led into temptation and we can fall sometimes. Can that be a reason why, you know, we will not go to heaven? Is that the understanding of your question? Right? Yes, yes, yes. Okay. Thank you, Herbert. Gene, would you like to answer that question, please? Yes, Alina. I'll try my best to do that. So, Herbert, the Bible is very clear about salvation being permanent that the condition necessary for salvation is to believe in Christ and what he has done for us on the cross. So it is, so when, now, I think that's when we are justified that the minute that we come to a place of salvation, we are made right in God's eyes, we are made right in His presence. However, because we live in a fallen world, and our spirit man is that which, which has been renewed, the body and the soul is what continues to the need to be sanctified to be made like Christ. So that is something that we do on a regular basis.  And being sanctified on a regular basis. So we are progressively being sanctified. So up until the time we're called to God, or till the time he returns, we are progressively being sanctified. So the fact that it, our salvation is there. And the minute that Christ, the minute that we receive Christ, that that happens. I mean, there is no two ways about that. But our souls, our bodies are required to be progressively sanctified.  Yeah, I think I'll leave it there. Thank you, Jean. Would anyone else like to add? I think Jean has shared some good points there. Yes, we are justified before God, the moment we accept him as our Lord and Savior, the moment we ask him to forgive our sins. And God looks at us just as if we have never sinned. We have a right standing with God, we've been righteous. So that is all something that happened instantaneously, just the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. But God has also provided a way that we could be sanctified and sanctification, like Jean said, is a progressive thing that happens throughout our lifetime. And God has given us the spiritual weapons that we need to overcome temptation. The word of God says, you know, he's given us everything that we need for life and godliness to help us to walk in a godly way. And so even Paul writes about this in the book of Romans, like you have said, you know, says, you know, we don't want to sin, but we end up sinning. And, you know, he says that once we accept Christ, we are dead to sin, the law of sin, which means the law of sin means the power of sin, the dominion of sin, the reign of sin in our bodies is considered broken, nullified. And so if we are born again, then we, you know, we don't have that inclination or the tendency to give into sin because sin no longer reigns in our mortal bodies. So we need to do everything to work out our salvation with fear and trembling and sanctification, unlike justification and, you know, is something that we have to cooperate with God, co-work with God, the Holy Spirit in the sanctification process.  Active is that we, passive, sorry, is that, you know, we just ask God, we pray and ask him to cleanse us, to wash us of our sins. But active participation is when we take the necessary steps to make that choice to choose. We know what is right, we know what is wrong, but we take those necessary steps, you know, to do what is right, to do what is honoring, to do what is pleasing. Yes, the Holy Spirit helps us in the work of sanctification, but, you know, God has given us the free will we need to choose. And so sanctification is also our role, our part where we have to be an active and a passive role. And hence, you know, we just can't do things that, you know, that are against God's word, his standard of righteousness and holy living. If we have tasted the goodness of God, if we have tasted the salvation, then we will, you know, obviously want to please him in everything. And his word will cleanse us and the Holy Spirit is sanctifying work with us with leaders and help us. So did that answer your question, Herbert? Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. But then since I see that we are continuously sinning, I think every time a person sins, I immediately ask for, for it to repent. Because when you baby, you have just done a sin, let me say a small sin.  So I realize that every time you make a sin immediately, you have to ask for forgiveness. Thank you. Yes, thank you, Herbert. You have to ask for forgiveness and also ask God to give it a strength in order to do the same thing again. Commit the same thing again. Thank you very much, Jeanne, for your insights on that and your inputs. Anyone else has any other questions? Pasi Selina, can I just add something to- Sure, please Parson and see, please go ahead. Thank you. Herbert, so I just wanted to add, I mean, we've seen how the Lord Jesus has made us the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. And yet, you know, in our living out this life, we have to, as Pastor Selina said, sanctification, like we have to cooperate with God and, you know, live what Christ has done in us. He has broken the power of sin in us. So we have to live dead to sin. If at all, you know, we do commit a sin, then as one John one, we lead there, you know, seven through nine that we can confess our sins and we can receive forgiveness for that. But one thing I wanted to reiterate Herbert is the Bible says like Hebrews 10 verse 14, it says that for by one offering, he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. So we see that the Lord Jesus has offered himself as the price for the sins of mankind. And therefore, you know, the reason why we are now justified, sanctified. And, you know, if you will, we will be allowed to go to heaven or the assurance of going to heaven is because of what the Lord Jesus has done. So we any born again believer can have that assurance that Jesus has paid the price in full for me to have a restored relationship with God here in this life and even in the life to come. So because in the last like you had mentioned that suppose we someone commits a sin and then, you know, they don't have the opportunity to repent, then will they go to heaven. So the thing is, we have the assurance of going to heaven or being with the Lord Jesus in eternity, because of what Jesus has done for us. So we depend on that that is what also brings the continual cleansing through sanctification in our Christian walk. I hope I have communicated that with clarity. But yeah, I just wanted to add that point here. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor Nancy. I hope that inputs helped you, Herbert. I've been answering your question. Okay. Just coming back to your question, I quoted from Second Timothy chapter 12 and also from Hebrews chapter 10 was 29. So Second Timothy 2 verse 12 says if we endure, we will also reign with him. If he disown him, he will disown us and about treating the blood of the covenant as an unholy thing is from Hebrews chapter 10 verse 29. Okay. Anyone has any questions? There are no questions then. Yes, sure. Pastor Rupa has put up a question there on the chat. Oh, okay. Thank you. Oh, sorry. Yes. Yeah. Okay. See that. Thank you, Stephanie. So first Peter, Rupa's question is first Peter chapter 1 verse 5, who by God's power are being guarded by faith for the salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. Excuse me, ma'am. Yeah, she just put the scripture reference. I thought that's to add to our discussion. Yes, yes. To help Herbert. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Sister Rupa. Thank you. Stephanie, she's put the verse there for Herbert. Yeah, just to help Herbert. Yeah. Okay. Any questions or would, you know, we'll open this time up if there are no questions, if you would like to share about, you know, if you've tasted the goodness of the Lord the last two and a half months of this year. Like I said, the psalmist says in Psalm 34 was eight taste and see that the Lord is good. We've all tasted the goodness of the Lord and it's a good time to testify of his goodness and just give him all the glory for what he is doing. Just to add if I encourage the rest of us, anyone would like to share about the goodness of the Lord. Yes, please go ahead, Jaya. Actually, I see the goodness of the Lord every day, because not every day is like saying there are some struggles, sometimes there are some tests that comes in the morning itself. But what I see that God is giving me grace to go through and to overcome. And I have overcome those areas with which I've been struggling last year by walking with the Holy Spirit. And yesterday also I was, I am an Elon student, so I missed some of the lectures, though I was just listening to the lecture of passage. I should write you about holiness. We need to work with the Holy Spirit and we need to ask the Holy Spirit to help me. So there was one thing that was troubling me a lot and I applied that and to some extent I have come out but as he said that you need to sometimes pray for more, pray for longer time. So I'm still, I'm still on the way. I have not reached yet, but it's okay. Like I'm seeing the goodness of the Lord every moment of my life, every moment in ups and downs, in ups and like every time I can see that there is a grace, there's a presence of the Lord. Yes, nobody is with me. There are some, there are times when nobody is standing with me, but I see the Lord standing with me. I can feel His presence. So every moment of my life, this year, this year it has started that every moment of my life, I can see the goodness of the Lord only. Thank you. Thank you so much, Jaya for sharing. I think all of us are in the, you know, all journey together. We're in different stages in our journey, but none of us have reached our destination as yet as well. And yes, thank you for sharing your thoughts and how you've just been experiencing the goodness of the Lord and the way He's been teaching you and the way He's been guiding you to, you know, spend more time with Him and also more time in just being holy and righteous before Him. Thank you for sharing, Jaya. Anyone else would like to share? I want to share, ma'am. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord Kiran. Yes, please go ahead. I want to share the starting this year, the last few years when I came in faith on starting that moment, God used to give place, mercy and peace and He is leading as a faithful. And starting this year, 2022, I'm becoming pastor, but for me, it's very challenging. In some difficult situation, it used to come and that not able to bear, but God is there and He used to give me the strength and the peace and comfort is very powerfully and I just move forward. And every moment I just, victorious, I just came out from that and I remember that God is faithful still and His mercy and grace is forever. Thank you. Thank you, Kiran. Thank you for sharing that. God is doing and how He's helping you to be victorious and His grace has been so sufficient in your life more than sufficient and we'll just continue to pray that the rest of this year will be victorious in every area of your life and that you will continue to experience the goodness and the faithfulness of the Lord. Herbert has a question. Why doesn't Easter Festival have a fixed time like Christmas Day? I think Paul Emmanuel is here. Would you like to answer that, Paul? First of all, Emmanuel. Yes, Pastor Selena. I'm really sorry. I don't think I would have the right thoughts on this. So maybe any of the other faculty can please add their thoughts. Sorry. No worries. Thank you. Any of the faculties having any about Herbert's question? Good question, Herbert. Thank you. Anyone has any thoughts on this? I don't think I'm going to answer his question directly, but I think just to understand that Easter was derived or the name Easter was derived from a pagan festival that was in honour of a goddess. I think I'm not sure of the goddess's name. I think it's an Easter or something like that. And it was sacrifices were made in honour of that goddess and she's known to be the goddess of fertility. And that's why you have different representations of Easter eggs and things like that to commemorate that. But I'm sorry. I don't know. I don't think I can answer as to why it is celebrated, why Resurrection Sunday, which is what it is and that's what we believe in and how that name came about. But I know Easter per se is derived from that. So that's as much as I know. Thank you, Jean. Anyone else would like to, students have any thoughts on this or anyone else, any thoughts? Also, Pastor, what I think, since Jesus died on Friday and then Resolute Sunday, then Monday, the Ascension, I think because the current does, they keep changing. Now, if maybe they celebrated this time like 20th and 20th another year will not fall on Friday, maybe it will be now 19th on a Thursday. I think they try maybe to push it such that it has to become exactly Friday, so it becomes exactly the day when Jesus got crucified. Maybe I'm thinking that that might be made the reason. Thank you, Herbert, for helping us answer your question. We have Pastor Ashish, he says he has asked Dr. Google and according to Dr. Google, it says that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon date based on mathematical calculations that falls on or after March 21st. So if the full moon is on a Sunday, Easter is celebrated on the following Sunday. And Pastor Diana also says that Easter falls on different date every year because it is determined by the Jewish calendar which is based on Runa cycles and Easter should fall the Sunday after the Passover full moon. This is also according to Dr. Google. Okay, thank you Pastor Ashish, thank you Diana, thank you also Herbert for throwing some light on that. Yeah, and thank you also Jean for sharing your insights on that. Okay, so any other questions anyone else has or it would you like to share about the goodness of the Lord that you have tasted that you've experienced. Ma'am, can I share please Rupa, please go ahead, thank you. Thank you for the opportunity and I thank God for all his goodness in each one of our lives. He has flooded our lives with his goodness. Last February on 26th we had a Thanksgiving service at home. I have invited our fellowship members and most of them work in a hospital around 27 kilometers away from our house. So one of the doctors, both of them, they were traveling on a two wheeler. And after traveling just a few kilometers, eight kilometers, they met with an accident on the highway. But by God's grace, they were protected. They fell down, but they were protected. They had bruises and sprains, but nothing was broken. I really thank God for that. And one of the doctors, she started working for the last only four, five months ago. And she was so enthusiastic to come and share and sing. And she had so many plans for that Thanksgiving. But I thank God for saving her life on that highway. And she lost her bracelet during that commotion and all that on the highway. So when they told us in the night, it was around 11 o'clock in the night.  God will give it back to her. And within half an hour time, the doctor's driver, he lives in that particular village. She called him up and said, can you please go in the morning and just check if you can find my gold bracelet there. And he immediately went not in the morning, but immediately in the midnight, he went there, he searched and found it. It's very, even if they find many people, they don't give it back to you.  God has taken care, I really thank God on that Thanksgiving. He has spared her life and protected that child from harm. I really thank God for that. And there's so many things. One more thing I would like to share. Our eldest son has written his DNB final year exam. He is studying in Bangalore Baptist. He's doing his PG by God's grace. He passed his theory and waiting to do his practicals. And also his thesis is accepted. Many times the thesis, they keep on rejecting and they have to do it over again. But it's God's grace and his guidance that he has accepted. I really thank God for all that he is doing in Anand's life. Thank you ma'am. Thank you so much Rupa for sharing. Yes, thank God for the protection that he'd given the couple and also thank God for Anand for being able to get through with his thesis. We just speak the favour and the goodness of their lives. And we just continue to pray that they would be a blessing even as God has been good and faithful to them. Thank you Rupa. Thank you so much for sharing. Anyone else would like to share about the goodness of the Lord that you've experienced? Oh, so sweet. Thank you for sharing Jaya. Jaya says that this year her daughter has been given the position of a head girl in her school. Yes, glory to God. And we just pray that your daughter would be sold in light there that she would just establish the presence of God there. And even as she leads that many would see Christ in her and that she would just lead with the wisdom and the discernment that comes from God. And we just pray also that God would just bless her with the spirit of excellence that was on Daniel to be excellent in everything and to excel in all things so that God would be glorified in and through her. And also she'll be a great trendsetter for other children and showing them who Jesus is in and through her leadership and her life. We just pray that over her Jaya. Thank you for sharing. And thank you so much for the prayer. Thank you. Thank you so much. I receive. Yeah. Thank you. What is your daughter's name Jaya? We'll keep her in prayer. My daughter's name is Kavyanjali. Kavyanjali. Okay. Yeah. Nice name. Kavyanjali. Okay. Can anyone else would like to share about the goodness of the Lord? Yeah, I know. Kiran, sorry. I really missed that because I think the internet connection broke at that time. I couldn't hear clearly that whether you said pastor. But yeah, it's so wonderful Kiran that you are now pastor Kiran. God bless you with the... Yes, Rupa. You want to say something? No, Mammy. Just God. Sorry. Okay. No worries. Yeah.  May you just flow in all the gifts of the spirit and the anointing of the Lord just comes so powerfully on you even as you preach, teach, even as you counsel, even as you minister to people, you know, may the anointing of God just flow powerfully in and through you and we just pray that his word that is rooted in you, you know, will just bear fruit even as you preach and even as you teach that people would experience the power of God, the very manifest presence and the power of God, even as you preach and teach and minister. So wonderful to hear.  Yeah, pastor Kiran, yes. God bless you. Pastor Kiran. Yeah. Anyone else would like to share for the goodness of God? Or if you have any questions, please feel free to unmute your mics and ask. Or you can type it in the chat section. Thank you, pastor. Morning once again. This, this week was started not, it's not very good. I lost my cousin sister. She died of an accident and she had just wedded and some rumors were saying that the accident was intended. So, but I think that's what God decided. So we are in great sorrow for sure this week. Thank you. Sorry to hear about that. Herbert, yes, it's a bit very painful and very sad to hear that, but we'll just pray for you and the family. Just speak God's, you know, his, his love to just fill your heart to remove every spirit of grief and brokenness and pain that is there. And even if you're not able to understand, you know, what has really happened, but we just pray that God's Shalom will just rest upon you and your family and cover you and your family as well. Rupa says that our helper Raji lost her son due to an electric shock three years ago today. Pray for her comfort and salvation again. We'll pray for Herbert's family and for Rupa's helper Raji. Okay, we'll, we just have three more minutes. So we'll just close this mentoring session. We'll close and just thank God for his goodness in all of the lives of, you know, people who shared the goodness of God. We'll also pray for Herbert's family and for Raji. Can I ask Pastor Paul Emmanuel to please lead us in prayer, please? Sure, Pastor Serena. Let's pray. Father, we just want to thank you for this wonderful time where we could come together as your children and testify of your goodness, your grace and your mercy over our lives. Lord, we just want to lift up this, this morning we want to thank Herbert's family. Even during this time, Lord, where they're going through this time of bereavement, pray Holy Spirit that you will bring comfort at the peace of God will rule and reign in their hearts. Lord, I pray that Lord, as your scripture says that you will turn our mourning into joy. God, I pray that even during this time, Lord, that you will comfort them, you will strengthen them, Lord. Lord, we pray for Herbert's extended families, everyone who are going through this difficult season of God, I pray that your grace will be upon them, Lord. We also want to remember Raji, who was the helper who has lost their son through electric shock over three years back. Lord, I just pray, Lord, that you will bring comfort, that you will reveal yourself to that family of God and once again that your peace and your joy, your presence be upon their lives of God. Lord, we want to thank you for all that you've done in each of our lives and even as we continue to learn and study together, pray Holy Spirit that you will empower each one of us to be a good witness of your name and your presence in our lives, Lord. We give you all the praise, we give you all the glory and honor in Jesus' name, we pray, amen. Amen. Thank you, Pastor Paul. Thank you all for joining the mentoring hour today. Thank you for those of you who shared. Have a blessed day and the Lord bless you all. The Lord keep you all and may His face shine upon all of you and may He continue to be gracious in all of your lives and may you experience the goodness of the Lord. Thank you. God bless. Have a wonderful and blessed day. All of you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you everyone. God bless you. Thank you.


It's about the sixth one. I never thought I'd touch kids. I can't imagine. But it show you that, to me it show you that you have a purpose, you have a greater purpose on this world. We don't always know what our purpose is. Yeah we on boss talk one on one, one on one. Yeah we gon' talk. It's crazy.  Like, everywhere is just the same for you and me.  I love Poké. I'm in every day I'm sitting here, I'm in that hole. I'm not from that hole.  I should not say that, bruh, they. They love you. Anywhere I go, man I came going Walmart, bruh. I go Walmart, trying to be low-key, man, and it won't be like, you look just like. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, that's my brother. I can't go to gas stations, I can't. It's getting ridiculous, you know, I'm feeling Michael Jackson status right now, you feel me? Understand me. You understand me, but at the same time, at the same time, I mean, I appreciate your love cause the people love me so much they know what type of person I am. And I take pictures with them. You might got pictures of me right now at the Walmart. Right now. Or at a gas station, or wherever I was caught at. It's a picture. I don't discriminate, I don't, you know, that's just how I am and my people love me cause I love them.  I just done, let me show you something.  Just had a brain surgery this morning. Wow. And she called me cause she said that he wants to talk to me. Wow. And you don't even know him. A kid. A kid. Right, how old is he? She said eight. Hold on just a minute, let me get this text message right here. That's crazy. That's being Poked Bear. Yeah. Here we go. Here we go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Should we just talk? Just read it baby. Just wow. He just wanted to meet you. What did he say? They bought the FaceTime, you now, he going into surgery this morning.  Play the video. He just wanted him to see it. He saw me in the video. Saw me in the video. Yeah. You didn't, I called him right before surgery. And spoke to him. He was so happy probably. He listen at that polka bird. He used, and he's singing and dancing. He said she's the number one song. And what did he have to say to you? He loved me. About time. What you got over there? Let me see that. And it was a surgery and everything. Thank you, Miss Polka Bird. Wow, did you see him after surgery? Yeah. That's crazy. Read that, man. So he went through surgery. Yep. Man. Okay, so this is today. This is time for people I reach. It says, thanks y'all so much. He's super excited. He got to see his favorite blue singer. I'm so happy you made one of many of his wishes come true. Can't send pictures of you two together. Today, if possible, we're going to do a collage. But that is so great. Well, that's touching, man. How did it make you feel? It's about the sixth one. I never thought I'd touch kids. I can imagine. But it show you that, to me, it show you that you have a purpose. You have a greater purpose on this world. We don't always know what our purpose is, but God have a plan for us. And it's good that you're able to see your purpose right now. You know what I mean? When you can touch kids to this point where you're able, you don't know, thank God he came out of surgery and he's doing better. He is. And when you come out of surgery, they call him immediately. Because they reach out to Poke Bear because at the end of the day, he inspires this kid. This kid's four, three, four years old. That's crazy, man, because you just never know. You never know, bro. You never know who you're gonna touch and behind these microphones, on these stages, every time you look around, man, you don't know what your purpose is. And I know you got stories yourself, but it's like God has a backdoor purpose that you don't even know about to go down.  And you want to have your own stories.  Yeah, yeah, there you go. I treated like this. I'm like, I just, I just, older people to be sick. It'd be a lot of older people, too, but. And they reach out to me and ask me that before, on the phone. You've had that happen to you before. Before they, when they about to pass away. Yes, man. And I lost three of them. Wow. They're at the next date. And that's your fan, the first time you've, and they just want to talk to Fokie Brown. They had done just to see his performance. One woman came from Aberkirkie to my show. She said, I came to your show. My mama wanted to come, I had a ticket, but she passed away the other day. Wow. And she just wanted to save me. I was like, oh, what the? Yeah. I just wanted to see it. But she wrong, bro. I just wanted to see it. I just wanted to talk to him. Right. You know, that was my, and you know that's crazy. She did, bro. Because you never, you never know. She did, bro. You never would have knew. It like the day, man, we pulled up at a stove. Okay. It was a man hanging out his truck. We didn't know what was going on. He fell. He fell like, oh man, I ran up that man like, you all right? He like, I just need help getting up.  You know what I'm saying? Wow. The other people, two, three people around the desk. Look at him. Look at him. He's shot. Look at him. We ran, but that's the difference between y'all, man. Now we're on that pick that man up. You know what I'm saying? Is that Walmart? That was a gas station. We were on a gas station. So he was like, my legs are not the same. I just, I'm okay. I said, you sure? We want you to try. He was okay. Man. See how the blessings come. Let me tell you something. When it comes, one thing about this music, I mean, forgive me for getting salty. No, you're fine. But I got a heart. We got a heart. When it comes to music, bro, I choose it out later to keep me out of trouble. Yeah. I used to do all the wrong things. If you see my documentary right now, you be like, shh. You already did. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I'm going to go go hold it. You want me to be honest with you? You going to go hold it? Be honest. God has put me in a position to, who Lord? I never thought I'd be in a position to be, people actually look up to me. I am so blessed right now to get the relationships I have with people. Yeah, we on boss talk one on one. One on one.