Okay, welcome. So it's nice that I think we are going at a good pace. So hopefully by the end of or maybe before the end of next month we should be able to complete the portions. So you'll have a little extra time hopefully to work on your assignments during class hours. So today we will study chapter 15, we skipped that chapter. So just go back to chapter 15, we'll do that and then jump to chapter 17, praying for believers and the local church. All right, so let's pray and let's get started. Can someone from the online batch pray today? Okay, maybe someone who hasn't prayed before, please unmute your mic and you can read and pray. Okay, Sister Lucy, would you be able to lead us? Okay, I'm not sure if Lucy is able to lead someone else. Okay, one second sister, I'll just carry on. Yeah. Thank you for giving this opportunity to your Father God to learn your word, to learn your word Lord Jesus. Thank you Father Lord Jesus for giving blessing us, blessing us teachers, pastors in our life for Master Lord to learn your word and to bring it to action of Father Lord. We submit all in-line students, online students and e-learning students into your mighty hands Father Lord, what we learn to bring it to action of Father Lord. Let your word be sealed in our lives of Father Lord Jesus to bring it to action of Father. We submit into your precious hands as we learn your word, as we learn your word, let it get deep rooted in our lives of Master Lord Jesus. Thank you for strengthening us more and more in our prayer lives of Lord Jesus.  As we speak to others of Master Lord, help us to be, help us to be a blessing to them into their lives of Lord Jesus. Help us to be children of your heart of Master Lord Jesus. Also guide us to delight and meditate in your word, Father Lord Jesus. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving us this opportunity in our lives to learn your word in Jesus mighty and holy name I pray amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you Sister Lucy. Sorry if I just caught you a little off guard there. But thank you for leading us in prayer. So we are talking about praying for the family, praying for others and today we will see what the scriptures have to say about praying for believers and the local church. So some points that we can pray for other brothers and sisters who are in the Lord. If we go back to the concept of intercessory prayer, what does it mean intercessory prayer or intercession? Yeah. Praying for somebody else. Correct. Praying for somebody else. We go to God on behalf of another person. So that is what intercession is and that is why we can also pray for other believers. If you recall, we saw in Ephesians chapter 6 there was a passage which said that you can pray all kinds of prayers for all the saints. So that means we can pray for everybody different kinds of prayers. So today we want to understand what are the kind of prayers that we can pray for believers. Now why should we pray for believers? What are some reasons why one needs to uphold another believer in prayer? I mean they are also a believer, right? They can pray for themselves. So why should we or other believers pray for them? Is there any benefit, any use so that they can walk properly? Okay, so that they can walk properly. That is what we are praying for them. I am asking why? Sister, can I say something? Yes. Sister, can I say something? Yes. Sister, yes. Yes, because to protect them from backsliding. Okay. So we want to protect them from backsliding. Our prayers can protect them, is your point, right? Yes, I suppose that is what she means and Sanjay says edify, edify the body of Christ. So true that our prayers can strengthen people, strengthen them spiritually. Any other reasons? Why? My question is why do you want to pray for a believer? What we will see? There are many prayer points we can pray but why should we pray for the believers? Pastor Haven for their spiritual growth. For their spiritual growth. So that is what, no? What do we pray? Pray for their spiritual growth. Asafu, what did you say? Deliver from bondages. Yeah, okay. Deliver from bondages, that's true. Any other reason why? Okay, so that you can pray for others. Fine. So it is one of the roles that God has given us as believers to uphold or pray for other believers. Correct. That's true. Any other reason why? Why should we pray for other believers? Any reasons? Okay. So that they can stand in their faith as I think given Dikshash at the same point so that they can walk worthy of the Lord. So yes, there is a role that we have when we pray for others, others are strengthened. They are able to live their lives a stronger for God. Fine. These are some of the reasons we will go ahead and we will see. One of the main reasons is one is we have to agree with God's word. So God's word teaches us many things about how the life of a believer should be. So when we know God's word, we as believers, we should pray for the church for other believers that according to God's word, things will be established. So one is we are able to exercise our authority. You got it? So when we pray for other believers, we are able to exercise that authority in prayer and say that God let your word be fulfilled. That is one. Second is fighting the devil, okay, because we know that the devil tries to, if you want to use the word attack or oppose or stop every believer. So other believers have to pray for them. You got it? One is to agree with the word of God that whatever the word of God says those things should be fulfilled in the person's life and you know a believer has a role to do that. Second is to fight the devil. These are the two main reasons why we have to pray for other believers. Now we may think that okay, they are also believers and they can just live their life strongly for God. That's true to some extent, that's true. But you see there is a dynamics or there is a like the way the word, the way the body of Christ works, okay, we are supposed to uphold one another. So if you go to Ephesians 6, there is the armor, armor of God that protects us. Do you all know that? Armor of God, the helmet of salvation, the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness. So when we study about that, it is for individuals, it is for each person, right? So when we wear the armor of God, we are protected against the devil. You see, even when you look at the Roman army, when the soldiers used to put the armor, what they used to do is, there were certain formations.  Now what happens when everyone stands together with the shield is that the enemy, no matter how they try to attack, it will not penetrate, isn't it? So there are many such formations.  Then again, same thing, from any side, if the enemy attacks, it will not penetrate. You got it? So in the scripture, there is something about individual spraying. So we can take care of ourselves in prayer, but we also need to pray for one another. It's part of how the body of Christ is, okay? So there is a place and a need for us to pray for each other and we must do it. We need to pray all kinds of prayers. Now what are the points which we should pray? One is what you said, they should walk with the Lord, they should walk worthy of the Lord, they should be strong in God, those are things we can pray. What else can we pray? Anything else we can pray for them? Some prayer points to pray for believers. What comes to your mind? Sorry? Victorious life, yeah, correct, victorious life, okay? Victorious life, overcome the devil, yes, we can pray for that. What else? When we see believers, what do we want? Like, okay, salvation, but once they are a believer, they already have salvation. So, yeah, to know God better in a stronger way, okay, fine? So once they have received salvation, to know what is that salvation all about, fine, that makes sense, yeah? Any other prayer you want to pray for the believers? Their needs, their needs, okay, their needs, yeah, maybe they have some needs we can pray for that, okay, good. So all your answers are correct. Now let us see from scriptures, what are some verses that will help us to pray for the believers? So it is there in our notes. First we won't read through all the scriptures, just the key point that is coming from the scripture I'll just tell you. First one is pray that the believer will not fall into evil and deception. So we must pray that believers, see we are walking strong with God, that's great, but we should not fall. For that we can pray for each other, Lord keep us strong, let not the devil deceive us, let not the devil deceive the believers, we can pray such prayers. It is there in the Bible. So pray that they will not be deceived, pray that they will not fall into any form of evil. We can also pray that they will become more like Jesus. Remember we said what is the goal of every believer's life to fulfill God's purpose to become more like Jesus in our character, in the walk of power. So we must become more like Jesus, same prayer we can pray for the believers, Lord we pray help them to become more like you. So maybe some specific area God shows to us, we can pray Lord in this area we pray that we will help them become more and more like Jesus, that's how Paul prayed. So in Galatians 419 it says that Paul prayed that Christ be formed in you. It's like you know when you look at the mirror, you see yourself, right? But the way Paul did the ministry is to see to it that the people become more like Jesus. So it's as if every believer if you look into the mirror, you should come to a place where the reflection is Christ, okay? So he did ministry with that intention and so we can also pray and say God let every believer be like Jesus Christ, got it? So that is a prayer which we can pray for them. We can also pray that God will give them revelation knowledge in Ephesians chapter 1. If you remember when we prayed for the family, you know husbands, wives, we read one whole passage. In that passage it says God give them the understanding, give them revelation about who you are. So to deeply understand who God is, we can pray that God you give them, you please help them to know you better. That is also a prayer which we can pray. We can pray that God will give them spiritual strength because it's not easy to live for God. It's not easy to finish the race. We usually say starting the race is very easy. Finishing is very difficult, very few actually do it. So we can pray that God you give every believer spiritual strength so that they can finish the race, they can finish the journey strong, okay? So I'm saying all this on the basis of some scriptures here just that I'm not reading it out. All there in your notes. So we can pray for spiritual strength. We can also pray that people will be fruitful, fruitful. What is fruitful? If a believer should be fruitful, what does it mean? Blessing like how? Lots of money. Then which, how do you see? Fruitful, let every believer be fruitful. What is the meaning of fruitful? Yeah, you can try. Some answers, okay. So to become strong in the gifts, the gifts that God has given us, the gifts of the spirit, okay? Maybe even ministry, let's say somebody is called to be a pastor, somebody is called to be a teacher, all right? So different ministries which we all have, these are all five-fold ministries but you have other ministries also, right? The grace that God gives us for leadership, for administration, for hospitality, there are many, many, many gifts that God gives us for ministry. So we can pray, God you help them to be fruitful in their ministry, you got it? So that is what? So we are seeing different believers, they're all serving the Lord. You pray God make them stronger, anoint them more, give them more grace, give them more wisdom, give them more opportunities, these are the kind of prayers which we are praying for them to be fruitful or in other words, effective, got it? So we can pray, make them fruitful, make me fruitful. So these are the kind of prayers that one can pray. We can also pray that the people or believers that they will be perfect and complete in the will of God. So that simply means, what is it that God wants? Let the believer live that life, okay? Let not the believer go do something else, take some other route, we don't want that. We want every believer to follow the call or the purpose of God for their lives. So pray that, like even for young children, that's what we pray, right? We say, Lord, from a young age, help them to understand what you want them to do, what is the purpose of their life. In the same way, we can pray even for adults and say, God help them, let them understand why you have called them, what is the purpose? Let them not keep going here and there, right? Let them choose, select whatever you want for them and let them do it. So these are the prayer points that we can pray for the believers. And we can also pray that, let's say in some areas, right? The faith is lacking in somebody's life, we are observing that, okay, faith is lacking in this area, faith is lacking in that area, we can pray, Lord, wherever their faith is lacking, you help them to be strengthened, okay, let them be upheld. So these are the sort of prayers which we can pray. Now we can also pray for specific individuals. You know, sometimes what God does is, He will put some people in our heart. We would keep remembering them. Why? Because God wants us to pray for them in that season. So maybe in a season, we are remembering again and again, right? Like for example, we are teaching here in the class, but maybe God is reminding us of one or two people, okay, pray for them so that they can become stronger. So we pray specially for those students that, okay, God help them or in any other context, like in the case of Paul, there were a few people like Timothy, Titus, whom Paul was mentoring. So even when he writes, or Philemon, he writes and he says, look, I am praying for you, I am praying for Timothy, that God will strengthen him. So sometimes God may put some people in our hearts so that we can pray for them. See it happens in the mentoring relationship where there is a leader and they are raising up other leaders and what God does is, it's like a special connection that God makes where we are constantly thinking about them and we are thinking, okay, we need to pray for this person, may God help this person, right? So for Paul, it was people like Timothy, Philemon, he was praying for all these leaders whom he was raising up. So but generally, you know, it would be like, I mean, usually like in mentoring and leadership, we talk about it, men will mentor men mostly, right? And then women, it's safer that they mentor women. So that way, we are also sort of creating a safe environment where we can build people up. So generally, you know, maybe for some of the men leaders, God puts some other men in their hearts and they are able to pray for them regularly. Similarly, women praying for other women, raising them up in the Lord, okay? So praying for people whom God puts in our hearts is also very important. Now moving on, somebody said people can have needs, right? So time to time, we can understand that somebody is not well or someone is having a particular problem, maybe some financial difficulty, then you pray for that need of that person. So that is also something that we can pray for. So what is the main thing, spiritual growth? Main thing that we praise, spiritual growth, okay? Along with that, you can pray for the needs, you can pray for other things. So we can pray for their needs, we can pray for people, maybe if they are caught in some sin, right? That is also something we can pray for. We say God set them free from that sin, okay? Or bad habit or addiction, something that we observe. But we can ask God for deliverance in that person's life. Now in the Bible, we also see that when people bless us, okay? For example, for Paul, there was some money that came from Philippi. People sent him money. But when he received money from people, he prayed for the people who helped him. So that also we can do. When people are there who are helping us, we can speak blessings upon their lives. So these are all the prayer points. Now let's move on. Yeah, talking about Apostle Paul. So Apostle Paul, he roughly planted some 20 churches in his journeys and the way he writes about these churches is very, very interesting. So he always writes, I am praying for you, for different churches. He says we are praying for you, that God would give you wisdom, that God would give you knowledge, that God would do this, God would do that. So he was always praying for all the believers, okay? But sometimes we notice that his prayer, it's very passionate. It's not simply that prayer points are there, let's pray and finish the prayer. It's not like that. Paul is very passionate, even as an individual, he was very, very passionate. So in 2 Corinthians 11, verses 28 and 29, see how he writes, I'll read it for us.  So he's saying every day he's thinking about the churches, he's thinking about the believers and he says deep concern, meaning he is very, see once you plant a church, you will understand from the early church that they never used to just leave and go, yes they will go away from that place, but they'll keep in touch, they'll see how the church is doing, they'll appoint leaders for the church, so they were always taking care of every church, right? They'll see the needs of the church, that's how the early leaders were, all the churches they used to take care, even when they go far away. So what is Paul saying? He's actually far away, but he's saying, I have deep concern for all the churches, I'm worried, I'm thinking about all of you, okay? I am, what can I say, you know I'm praying for all of you, so he's expressing his deep concern and he's saying that the way he prayed is, if somebody is weak, he's feeling the weakness, so can you understand what his relationship is with the churches? He's saying, is anyone weak and I don't feel weak? So it's affecting him in a sort of a spiritual way when he sees a need or when he sees a problem in a church and he also says, who stumbles and I'm not in indignation, meaning he's getting angry when things are not going right in the church, okay? So that's amazing how passionate Paul is about the different churches. So he's praying with passion and he's saying, Lord, if there is a weakness, let it be corrected. If something is wrong, Paul is so angry, he's praying with that anger and he's saying, I don't like it, it has to change, God, you do something, right? He'll write the letter and say, don't do this, be like this, be like that. So that is the way they did ministry, not just instruction, but even in prayer he's saying, I have deep concern for the churches, if you are weak, I'm feeling weak. If something is going wrong, I'm feeling angry. So with that passion as a leader, he's taking care of the churches. So this is the way, you know, the early church, they prayed for one another. It was more than just a normal activity, right? It was passionate when they prayed for one another. So Paul felt whatever was going on in the other churches. So this is how we would pray for believers. Any other points that you want to share or any other thoughts? I'm just looking at the chat here. So I suppose these are all the answers that people have given earlier when I was asking the questions. Okay, so some points that we can pray for believers. Lucy says more, measures of spiritual growth, then Sanjay says prayer is powerful. It opens doors for ministry, ministry of angels. And Akhil says family, life and well-being. Parimita says filled with the spirit or the gifts of the spirit. Sure, so these are some points that we can pray for. Now the next question that I want to ask is, what are the prayer requests which we can make for ministers or leaders? What are some things we can pray for them? For believers, we saw so many points are there we can pray. What about, let's say pastors, ministers, leaders, what prayer points we can pray for them? Should we pray for them or no? No need to pray. Leaders should pray for all the believers but believers no need to pray for the leaders so that for their ministry, okay? Good, so that they can do good ministry, correct? Anything else we want to pray for them? Good knowledge, okay? Good health, okay? What else you want to pray for your pastors and your leaders? Okay, wisdom, overcome in spiritual warfare, fine. We pray for our pastors or not? Maybe, okay, yeah, we should pray for our pastors, we should pray for our leaders. So, when we pray for them, we can pray almost the similar kind of prayers which we said earlier. We said, right, that grow in the knowledge of the Lord, revelation, spiritual strength, fruitfulness, pray all these prayers for them, Lord, let every need be met for the pastors and leaders, good health, good strength. Then additionally, we find that when Paul, he writes to the believers, he makes some request. What requests? It's again there, scriptures are there in our notes, you can go back and read. His request is, pray for boldness, you got it? Pray for boldness when we go and proclaim the gospel. So we can pray for boldness, we can pray for open doors, open doors means opportunities. God give more opportunity for ministry so that we can touch the nations. So pray for more open doors, we can pray for, yeah, so I think mainly what he is asking is, he's saying more boldness for the ministers of God, right? So in this way we can actually pray for the pastors, pray for the leaders. So yeah, any particular thoughts regarding praying for the believers or praying for the pastors, persecution, yeah, right, okay, sure, so we can pray. So what can you pray? If they are in persecution, what can you pray for them? Yes, we can pray for protection, we can pray for their, yeah, their family, their children, okay? So true, we can pray for protection. Let's say if they are, it happens, right? Even these days we hear, they're put in the jail and all. Then we can pray, actually Paul when he writes, he says, like if somebody's in the prison, then you pray for them, pray for their deliverance, so we can pray for them to be released, got it? We can also pray for boldness because the persecution should not stop us from preaching the gospel, but at the same time we can pray for wisdom because in the given environment of persecution, there may be a right way of doing ministry and there might be a wrong way of doing ministry, right, so we have to be very careful how we are doing the ministry so that we don't get into trouble, you know, for lack of wisdom. So these are all the prayers which we can pray, got it, yeah. So any other thoughts regarding these things or even persecution you want to ask? Okay, nothing particular I suppose? First I can do something. Sorry sister, can you please come again? Can I say something? Yeah, sure. Yeah, we can pray for them for the financial help that they need for the ministry. Right, right, so we can pray for the finances that they need, okay? So you see one thing is of course prayer, but I just want to add a thought here. So wherever we can do something we should do that, otherwise, you know, we pray for the people, that's good, right, but sometimes there is something we can do along with the prayer, so always think, I will pray, but is there anything I can do? If there is something we can do, if it is in your power to do something, then we can do it. For example, you know, you said, right, some pastor, if they are persecuted, they are put in the jail, so I think it happened like during COVID, when we were working on one project, COVID relief project, so we were calling lot of pastors across the country, so there was one family, in that family when we made the phone call, the pastor was not there, only their children were there, so then we were asking them like what is happening, what is going on, and like the children were, you know, they were crying, you know, because their dad was in the jail, and they were not able to bring them out, and they were saying, you know, we are trying, they put some application, something, you know, working with the lawyers and to bring the person out, something like a village church, so, but thank God in that COVID relief project, there was one category, education support, so that was the best we could do, so we just tried, like we found out what is the cost for the studies of the children, because father is not there, right, till they bring him out of the prison, somebody has to support the family, so then by God's grace, that category was there, so we could work that out, and then in some way we could help the children to continue their studies, so when we see people in need, especially pastors in need, it's good to pray, okay, but if we can do something, I think we should do it fast, don't wait so long to address the issue, got it, fine, okay, so that's about praying for others, that's about praying for pastors, so we can move on to the next topic, we skipped chapter 16 also, we'll go to 16, this is about praying for people who are lost, so who is lost, what is the meaning of that word lost, people who are lost, spiritually lost, what do we mean in the Bible when we say people are spiritually lost, what is that, okay, okay, yeah, completely far from God, so usually when we use the term lost, it means unbelievers, meaning they have not received salvation, okay, and obviously if they are unbelievers, they are far from God, you know, they are not receiving from the blessings of the cross and all of those things, so when we say interceding for the lost, it means interceding for the unbeliever, so how to pray for the unbeliever, that is the question now, so here from the Bible, there are some passages, I'm sure you all already know how to pray, but let us see what the scriptures have to say, so the first way or the point that we have to look into is that when there are unbelievers, usually Satan works to keep them in a place of, like without the understanding about God, so Satan works very hard so that people will not come to know about Jesus, that's his job, okay, that we have to understand, firstly we have to understand that why are people lost, there is one main reason and that is Satan, Satan does not want people to come to know about Jesus, so what are some of his activities, what he will do is, the first thing is he will play in the mind, in the area of the mind, so in the mind what he will do is, the Bible says he keeps them blinded, spiritually blind, that means, see they can see, normally they can, physically they can see, but spiritual eyes are blind, now imagine we go to an unbeliever and we talk to them, you know what, Jesus died for our sins, if you confess your sin, if you repent, Jesus will forgive you, they may ask, what sin, I didn't do any sin, what are you talking about, I never sinned, right, so they speak like that, but you're trying to make them understand, no you are not understanding, see even if there is one mistake, it is the sin, Jesus has died for our sins, they say no, I don't have any sin, please don't tell me all this, right, why what is happening, their spiritual eyes are blind, you're speaking the truth to them, but they can't understand, spiritually they, they are not able to receive what you are saying, because Satan is doing something, what is he doing, he's hiding the truth from them, even though you're speaking it in front of them, they cannot recognize it, that is known as spiritual blindness, so people are spiritually blind, because the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4 verses 3 and 4 that Satan blinds the people, you got it, he keeps them in a place of spiritual blindness, so then what do we do, right, we need to do something to overcome the blindness that Satan puts on people, so there are other passages of the Bible where we see that, you know, the Gospel is the light, the Gospel is the light that comes to shine on the lives of the people, so we want people to see the light, if they are blind they won't be able to see it, so you notice we talk about so much of evangelism, we say okay go tell everybody about Jesus, spread the Gospel, but let's realize that this is a spiritual battle, because whenever we go to share the Gospel, Satan won't keep quiet, yes or no, he won't, his job is keep the people blind, so he will work harder to stop them from knowing the truth, so when we pray for the lost or when we pray for unbelievers, usually we talk about something known as spiritual warfare, literally we have to fight the devil, right, we have to have a war with the devil to bring people out of the darkness, okay, so that is what is special, you see when we pray, let's say I have a need and my need is a job, I'll just ask Heavenly Father, I need a job, you know bless me, make a way for me, I receive it, that's not warfare, because I'm talking to whom, I'm talking to God, but when we come to warfare, it's like we are fighting with the devil, you got it, so these prayers are not just asking and receiving from God, there is another person who's engaged here, that is the devil, so we also have to like rebuke the devil, bind the devil, lot of things are there, how we will pray, so before we go for evangelism, we can spend time in prayer and we can say like Lord, open the spiritual eyes of the people, we bind the deceptions that the devil is putting on their minds, let them be able to see the truth of your gospel, so in this way, we are taking charge of you know like or rather overcoming the devil and then we go do our evangelism, it will be very very effective, so remember that Satan deceives, he blinds people, so we have to fight him in order to pray for the lost, now the other thing, Satan also likes to keep people in bondage, by that what we mean is, he likes to keep people in slavery, so we might notice that either in terms of habits, people are already stuck, they may be in some sort of a sinful habit, so when we are telling them about Jesus, we are telling them okay, don't sin, come out of it, follow Jesus, they want to do it but they are so stuck and they say no I can't you know, I'm already in this, I don't know how to come out of this addiction, how to come out of this habit, so Satan likes to do that also, one is, he keeps them blind, second is, he keeps them a slave, so when he keeps them like that, it's difficult for them to come out, but we need to understand that, that people may need deliverance, they need bondages to be broken, so sometimes when we pray for people, you know, we have to take authority and we have to uproot the strongholds, we have to break the bondages, you understand, we have to set them free, the chains to come out, cast out the demons, so many things are there to do for the people, so we can minister like that, when we minister like that, they will experience freedom and from there, you know, it might be easier for them to actually accept Christ, so you see, one is blindness of the devil, second, bondage of the devil, we'll have to fight all these things to set people free, third one is, he will hinder the proclamation of the Gospel, so if we are going to proclaim the Gospel, he'll want to do something to make it difficult for us to preach the Gospel, okay. Now how should we respond to Satan's opposition, Satan will oppose proclamation of the Gospel, how do we deal with it, how would you deal with it, we oppose every time we preach the Gospel, what do you think? Sister, we can stand as prayer warriors with wearing the armad of God and we can pray in the strength of Jesus. Correct, so we go with we go with a lot of prayer, right, sister Gertrude, that's what you're saying? Yes, sister. Okay, fine, so we can do that. Now one point which I want to share with all of us is, you know, many times what people say is, oh when I do ministry, the devil attacks me, okay, and especially when they are going to start doing some ministry, they are very scared, they say, oh if I do ministry, I don't know what will happen, what the devil will do to me, what the devil will do to my family, because Satan opposes any work of the ministry, but no, I just want to remind all of us, whether we do ministry or we don't do ministry, Satan will attack because that's his job, so don't put the focus on the attack of the devil, do you understand? Because it's anyway gonna happen, we just have to learn how to fight the devil and keep moving forward.


Russian troops began to retreat in the Donetsk region. Russian troops began to leave their positions in several sectors of the front in the Donetsk region. A source told it to Novoia Gazeta Outlet in the grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine. According to the interlocutor of the publication, Russia withdraws troops from the northern edge near Avdivka. Now there are battles for Novoselovka, but the Ukrainian army so far rather indicates a presence and does not storm the settlement he noted. At the same time, the southern ledge near the village of Vodyan is still controlled by the military of the Russian Federation. They can start retreating in the next two days. In addition, Russian units abandoned their positions at Vulidar, a source said. There is now a grey zone 10 kilometers deep. The Russian armed forces are retreating to Volnovaka, he added. Russian troops are still holding the front in Meringa, but there are few personnel left there. In Bakhmut, the armed forces of Ukraine began taking back the quarters in the center previously taken by the Wagnerites. The source said. According to him, the Ukrainian military is moving slowly but successfully. Apparently, the Russian armed forces north and south of Bakhmut are preparing to withdraw, he concludes. Leaving positions means the end of the Russian offensive. Russian troops have exhausted their offensive potential and switched to defense. Alexander Musienko, head of the Center for Military Legal Research, told the publication. According to him, the activity of the Russian army in many sectors of the front has decreased. Although bloody confrontation continues in the areas of Bakhmut and Avdivka, the intensity of the fighting has noticeably decreased. Ukrainian troops in some areas are carefully pushing the enemy back and moving deeper into his positions, he said. Russia will probably begin to use artillery, not for an offensive, but for deterring the armed forces of Ukraine. The Russian Federation still has a certain number of shells, he concludes.


Hi, I'm Julian Tui. I'm an OptiPlanar developer. In this video, I'll be giving a demo of the maintenance schedule in Quarkus Quickstart. This application schedules maintenance jobs to crew members in an optimal way. The dataset we're using now is on a rental car fleet. So all the jobs are performed on rental car units. Now, in this application, we can see we have the maintenance schedule itself, which currently is blank because we haven't assigned any jobs yet. Each crew would have their own designated column on the schedule as we can see here. So it's easy to see once the jobs are placed on the schedule which jobs belong to whom. On the bottom here, we have the list of unassigned jobs. As we can see, they're all maintenance car jobs, so we have tired changes, car washes, and oil changes. Each job would be performed on a specific car, which is identified by their license plate. And certain jobs can't happen at the same time. Obviously, a car can't have a wash and an oil change at the same time. Those can be coded into the constraints, which we'll talk about later. And the tag here represents the jobs that cannot happen at the same time. So, for example, let's say you have one facility for tired changes that can only accommodate one car at a time. So therefore, the tired change jobs can't happen at the same time and are thus labeled as such. Okay, so now that we have our jobs, let's assign them. So here we have two buttons. This one refreshes the timeline and this one does the solving. So as we can see, the score right now is not optimal because we haven't placed any jobs yet. And we'll see the score change and the schedule change once we solve. So if we start solving, we can see that the jobs have been populated on the schedule. And there are no more unassigned jobs now, so let's stop solving. Now let's look at our schedule. This schedule doesn't look too good. Mainly we see that a lot of jobs are happening at the same time by one crew. So one crew probably can't do more than one job at the same time. So if we take a look at our constraints in the code. So here we have the constraint provider file. And let's say we add in the constraint that tells the solver to give only one job to a crew at the same time. So if we add that in and we go back to our application, we're going to take advantage of Corkis reload feature. Now after reloading, let's solve again. And as we can see with the addition of this new constraint, the schedule changed drastically. So here we see a much more feasible schedule. We can see that each crew only has one shift at a time. And the shifts are much more balanced between the crews alpha and beta. So that was a quick demo of this application. If you want to know more, feel free to check out the source code in the description below. Thanks.


To make a really simple gift card holder that pops up. You'll score the cardstock in the center one inch apart three times and Then you're going to adhere on the back side just that bottom edge And I'm using some score tape you can use different kinds of adhesive just make sure it's good and strong and Then you're going to trim from the inside That pop-up portion so that there's a hole in the middle and you can take your gift card like this one from Art classes and pop it into that slit and then you can decorate the card any way you wish Happy gift card giving


Hello, hello, hello, welcome back. I'm Philip Magnus, and this is the darkest dungeon. I have an awful feeling about it today. Something is amiss. Maybe my gold reserves. But anyway, we are going to give it a try, so... best be on our way then. Actually... no. Yeah. So what have we been up to lately? Well, after the valiant deaths of our two foreign comrades, the Crusader Virgil and Tien, the man-at-arms, we are now... These salt-soaked caverns are teeming with pelagic nightmares. They must be flushed out. Backpack! Give me something good. Yeah, that counts, actually. I very much need the torches, but I do not need electric deep stingers. No, no, no. You can... Hmm. Well, she certainly seems hungry. Don't see them. Lovely. You... I should help, shouldn't I? Excellent. Gladly here, she's a bit stressed out, but I am hoping that it will not cost me. See, actually, a solid victory. The first battle has been an unwarranted success. And I could be no happier. Let's see. Oh yes, another scouting. We've got a trap waiting for us. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Managed to disarm that one nicely. Okay. We've got another two battles waiting. Exciting, isn't it? A ball of water kept in smooth stone. Yep. Huh. There you are. Actually, quite lovely. Blight bleed disease. Deep buff resists. Nice. Absolutely fantastic, in fact. Since I have not much to heal, I think I can, for now, get the lighter bit further on and do a bit of damage. Plumbing my lovely Jester, my friend, my ally. He cuts deeply and he forces the enemy to bleed. However, they also cut deeply and it hurts. Let's see then. Finish him. Can't finish anyone because no one is stunned currently.  Accuracy is good. Uh-oh. I did not know you could do that. Shaman. Let's see if I can slice off. Not going to die, are you? Right then. Now you're dead. That was a quite resistant bleed, 50%. Damn. And nine little things. Okay. If they don't bleed, I will make them. Or I will just kill them. Yeah, that too. The Kenyans, I think, are one of my favorite classes. They've got this really, really nice kit going for them. They've got obviously the Tremar Naori and they've got Bleedout, which is actually quite nice, but I'm not going to use it because, well, I don't need to. Not right now. She's a bit low on health, which is, as you might imagine, unpleasant. Let's light another torch and be prepared for the fray. Good. I managed to dodge that somehow. Let's see. Let's mark you. We're going to mark you for that. Hmm. What? When did they... I did not know that switches them out. Annoying. But hey, the Jester is still quite rather deadly. Make no mistake about that. Unfortunately, I did not kill a single one of them and this is going to hurt. I feel so. But hey, they have continually dodged me so far, which means that I'm both lucky and even more lucky, honestly. It's all about luck. RNG, folks, RNG. Hmm. Let's see. Can I finish him? Yep, yeah. Do I need to get back in line? Actually, right now, I don't think so. Yeah, of course, he's going to defend, but that does not keep him from bleeding, which really is the best thing about this whole thing. I did take a bit of a debuff here, but I thought that it would be worth it if I were to remove those dead, that dead body. Because in case you don't know, they hit quite hard. If you want proof, you can go and watch my previous episodes. Hey, marketing, self-horing, all around. Let's see. Time to concentrate on the annoying shaman. He has the ability to heal, and that simply doesn't... It doesn't strike a chord with me, you see.  Healing should be purely for the good of heart, like me. Only you know, not really. Haha. Hmm, good. At least got something from this one. Oh my, that is not fantastic. Let's see then. We're going to start off with a slow heal here. We're going to slice off from the top, I think. Hmm, yes, indeed. Then we're going to finish this one off, and I think a bit of a hit in the stinger is going to take care of that one. Let's see what we can do about this shaman now. Hmm, not fantastic.  No, stop it. You're annoying. Yes, how sturdy is that one, exactly? Time to use some of this party heal here, and honestly, I think I'm going to break through these bodies, and this thing is really capable of taking punches. Dammit. Well, that's an unpleasant combo. But hey, I'll take care of it now that...  Don't do that again, please. You two Alexander, fine. No, it's not fine. Right, I did not mean to click that, but I did, and I'm happy. Debuff after debuff. No, that's actually all me. What's that? That beast is fierce indeed. I must remove it. But first, this one. Good. That was good. Another two points of health restored to all members. Now he's going to hit me hard, isn't he? Uh-oh. Oh, he missed. Too bad, mate. And now I think I will end you. Cree-ya! And G.L.'s. Yes, exactly. Nothing inside. That's disappointing. Worry not, my friend. Uh-oh. There might actually be a reason to worry, after all. No, that's very bad. Again, let's slice off a bit of the top of this cultist. And hopefully we can do a bit of healing now. Do I want, yeah. I think I'd rather take five points of health for Alexander. Uh-oh. Nasty. Nasty trick. Even nastier. This is not starting off too promising. Hey, I've had words after all. And she dodged.  She had dodged, didn't she? Stress level thru writing. But I think I will, yeah. Now with this bleeding, she's as good as dead.  Indeed, the ability that raises the stress level by 15, 18, even 20. Uh-oh. That's bad. Let's see then. Need to buy a bit of time for myself, you see. Exactly what I needed. Excellent news. Stress level will rise again. Uh-oh. Yeah, you do, mate. Yes, you do. Hmm. I'm going to bandage you up, and then I'm going to finish him.  Okay, stunt, yes. Just in the takeoff time. Still pretty bad, pretty darn bad. I need to break through these creatures. It's offensive. Uh-oh. Another stress wave. Nastyness ensues yet again. Fortunately, it will no longer shield him. This magic, this eldritch spell. And of course our jester here is quite good at taking care of the ground. Stress. Let's see then. A critical scouting success will sometimes reveal a secret room. Advance to the tile marked with a star, and press W or click to enter. Fabulous wealth enriches away those equipped with a key. What key? Oh no, a key like the one I didn't buy for food. Oh god, I'm so sad right now. I don't suppose there's a key here. Oh no, it's just an item. Damn it. Well, it's a lock, but it ain't a key darling. Well, if I had a key it would have been far better. Okay, let's get back on track. Quite a few battles waiting. I hope I can deal with them without dying. At least they are surprised. That is good. Quite good. Gives me time to heal up and to slice a piece of pie. A piece of pelagic pie. Get it? Because they are pelagic creatures? No? No, okay. I miss. Not the way I hoped things would go, honestly. This one is tough. Still, I suppose I'll have to take care of him sometime. Well, they are attacking the healer, which is actually not that awful because, you know, she has the most HP out of all of us. Oh come on. Why did you play first? That's not fair. Do I even have anything to reach her? No, I actually don't. I'm knowing. He resisted that. No, no, he got stunned, but he's going to resist getting stunned later on. Fair enough hopefully now I can make someone bleed. No. Sadly, no such luck.  So things are going badly right now. Quite badly, in fact. Uh oh. Oh no. Oh god. Plumbing of all people became abusive. Let's see then. I feel that now would actually be a good time to charge.  Yep. Yes, exactly what I needed. The body is not exactly what I needed, but sadly I've got no choice in the matter. Six points of healing done. Excellent. And this is going to send him reeling back to dead's door. Oh, how nice of you, Plumbing. Yes, yes, I know, I know. At least we got yet another dodge. This would be so funny if Plumbing of all people got heart ducked. I needed to use the fowl earlier. Unpleasant. Let's see then. I suppose not. This is as good as I can do, I'm afraid. That is actually awful. This rest might quite well be the death of some of us. Let's hope not. So far so good, I'm afraid. This was not what I needed. At least the enemy falls quickly. Teen! Well, that does it. Everything I went through to restore any semblance of health, retreating from combat, using the firewood. Well, it was absolutely useless. Let's see our friends. Should have switched places. Damn it. This is a tough battle. I don't like it. Not at all. Not at all. No, no, no. The damage.  Hmm. Success where previously there was none. You next. Just guard the sea, Magatai. I don't even plan on attacking him. That's bad. That's, that's worse. No, stop it. You're full, you're awful, awful human being. I need to clean that body up. I can do nothing to the shaman. If I don't, good enough. Let's run them through and hopefully one more strike and I can end the shaman. Whoops. Yeah, I was afraid that would happen. Well, at least you are spirited. I, the reason I constantly use this skill is because if my dear friend Plum and reaches 200 stress, his heart is going to literally explode and he's going to die in an awful mother, manor, in a dungeon all alone.  And Angie got rabies, which sounds a lot like the RNG I know, actually. Bleeding. The enemy bleeds in front of me. Not exactly what I needed. Could have used a lot more, but hey. Here is what it is, ain't it?  And he's, of course, going to have something smart and clever to say any minute now. Which is, of course, going to lower the sanity and raise the stress of all the party. Because, hey, let's face it, that's what Tavin does. Constantly. Thank you, finally. Yay, I managed to do something right. I hope this is the last battle, but it probably isn't knowing this game. Oh, so you're going to steal from me? You're not, actually. Kind of surprised. I thought you most definitely would have. But hey, thanks.  Almost walked straight into that one. Let's see if we can defeat these villains. This should pose no difficulty, unless that happens. And everyone goes insane with stress. And none of my characters get any positive resolve thingies. Which, knowing this game is entirely and absolutely possible. Let's see. I need to make them bleed. No question about it, not really. Okay, one out of two, not too bad. But not too great either. Can I... nope. But hey, I did get a stun there, so that's good enough. What he said, I guess. Finish him. Ooh, did prove to be effective. And now the real fun begins. Yeah, of course he's going to be hopeless.  Right back at ya. Well, I'm eventually going to get to the point where perhaps I can use this enough times to get down, if there is another battle. But probably not.  These bodies are really annoying. Come here. Thank you. Yeah, still can't reach you, can I? Time to hack a body to pieces. Now we're getting closer, little fishy. Don't you just love it? Abusive and hopeless. Fantastic combinations, by the way. Absolutely adorable. Yeah, of course he's going to stab himself. Who wouldn't? I mean, thanks, Plan. You know the exact thing to say. And now Angie's going insane too. Of course our mighty warrior with the mighty battle axe is going to be fearful. Because, you know, why not? It makes sense, all of it. Perfectly lovely sense. Yeah, that's what fearful people do, after all. We actually succeeded. Actually, if you don't mind, I think that I am going to go pick a bit these few treasures. Well, I thought I had enough food, but obviously I didn't. Still, I even got an achievement out of this. Twisted them and about to break. I guess it's because all of my party members went insane. They're at the end. I, by the way, find it really, really, really funny that I bought four shovels and I did not use a single one of them. Let's see. Minus 20% armor upgrade ghost. Good. Warren explorer and scattering.  Let's see then. Sanitarium managed to cure itus, both of itus diseases actually. Impressive. That is some good RNG right there. Anyway, thank you guys for watching. This has been a lot of fun. Everyone survived, no one died and I even got a little buttload of goat.  See, I even made a try. Bye!


What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards. We are ripping 22-23 Panini Prison Basketball Hobby, four box break, number 14. Pick your team style. We'll go ahead and read off a list of our names and our teams. Bohia B. Pacers, Brittany H. Hornets, C. Wong Warriors, Edward P. Lakers, Eric W. Thunder Magic, Harper B. Kings Nuggets, Jack C. Bulls, Jeffrey H. Rockets, Jeffrey C. Grizzlies, Jonathan B. Sixers, Josh D. Hawks, Carl P. Clippers, Costa K. Raptors, Mark S. Heat, Patrick Z. Nets, Raquel B. Mavs, Scott T. Bucks, Sean M. Pelican's Spurs, Tom B. Piston's Jazz Cabs, T. Her with the Celtics, Weiming H. Wizards, Wenschen S. Tiberwolf's Blazers, Zachary A. Nix, and Z. Peng with the Suns. Good luck here, guys. Let's do it. Yeah, I think that's, I think that's another, like, same kind of thing for sure, Motor City. Like, yeah, Ewing has not been good at Georgetown. Ryan Rollins, Rookie Red Wave, that was John Wall, Tabari Smith, Rookie, Wilt, Ty Ty Washington, Silver, Joel Embiid, Cole Swider, Rookie Otto, for the Lakers, Shaq, KG, Jalen Duren, Manu, the Power, Max Struths, to 75. I could pull one of those last ones. Chaichan Tate, Benedict Matherin Rookie, Ty Jones, Caleb Houston, there's Orange, Aaron Nessnet, to 49, for the Paisers, Donovan Mitchell, Silver, Lucanard, Dermot, Bochamp, Marjon Bochamp, Silver, Luca, Obi-Toppin, Jaden Hardy, Gary Payton, Dallon Terry, Red Wave, Tyries, Maxie, Luca, Deandre Hunter, Shadon Sharp, Rookie, Silver, Luck of the Lottery, Shadon Sharp, there's Garland, Silver, Mari Stottemire, Prismatic, Anthony Davis, Silver, Johnny Davis, Luck of the Lottery, Silver, Keegan Murray, nice one there, Chet Holmgren, Oseman Jeng, love it Scott, Silver, Prismatic Bradley Beale, there's a Scotty Pippin Jr, for the Lakers, sensational signatures, there's Obi-Toppin, that's true, no that's true Vaughn, but a lot of them aren't like good, like really good former players, you know what I mean, they're not like, I'm talking about like super, super, superstars, there's Palo Banqueiro, on the pulsar, there you go Magic, let's go Eric, Christie, Neymar Lodell, Red Wave, Kyle Lowry, Kyle Lowry, Nicolay Yolkic, Boyan Bogdanovich, Trey Jones, Ochaig Bahi, Kendall Brown, Silver, Jalen Brown, Walker Kessler, the Black 101 Banqueiro, oh man, oh man, the pressure Eric, the pressure, here goes this number two, good god, there ain't no stopping Obi-Toppin, yes sir, true jersey number gold, all right fair, fair, fair, fair, Trevor Keele's red blade, swallowed chrome dust, Jaden Ivy, oh god, Jalen Green, oh man, Silver KD, Kevin Harris, Silver Sensational Signatures for the Magic, down Terry, purple, Carl Malone, color matched to 99, or Kevin Harris, Silver Trayvon Green, it's like the Pawn Stars meme, best I can do is a Kevin Harris auto, like that, Jason Tatum, Red Wave, Kenyane Martin, Junior, Hyper, there's Jalen Williams, Brandon Clark, there are Danny Green, 49, Trey Young, Silver Steph, Griffin, Blake Wesley, Silver Steph, Fearless, Zion, Hyper, Austin Rivers, Rice McGowan, Nicolay Yolkic, Cade Cunningham, Prismatic, Silver Tray Murphy, Pulsar, 3J, Pelicans, Jalen Williams, Silver, widescreen, Jason Tatum, Luck of the Lottery, Shade on Sharp, Silver, Donovan Mitchell, we've got Auto, it's going to be Ty Ty Washington, Sensational Signatures, Rookie Auto for the Rockets, that's on that Rockets, Lou Dort, Barkley Eason, Silver MPJ, Malachi Brandon, Rookie, yeah that's true, that's true, that's true Scott, Shengyun, Red Wave, Kuwak, Kobe White, Silver, Sohan, Rookie, Wendell Moore, Red Wave, Donovan Mitchell, what? Sean Corvin's one of the officials in this game. Oh really? Zion Williamson, Jaden Ivey, Hyper, he was, he was a member of golf where he used to work at. Really, Jaden Hardy, that's cool, nice, that's awesome, Silver RJ Barrett, Malachi Brandon, Red Wave, David Roddy, Rookie, Hyper, Jason Perez in second year, Keegan Murray, yeah yeah he is, sorry legal, I had to feel important, you know, Silver widescreen, Luca, Luka Lottery, Jaylen Williams, Roby, Jake Kidd, down Terry, got to make up all the all the time it wasn't important in high school, well I knew, I knew pretty much, RJ Hampton to 2.99, nice one here, it's gonna be Ochaic Bahi, Rookie Auto for the Jazz, nice one there, Utah, Lucanard, Richardson, Max Christie, just try the games of respect out here, Silver Ant-Man, Rismatic, Oomelo, Silver Terry, Easton Rookie, The Rockets, Ryan Rollins, Jake LaRavia, Blue Ice, Marvin Bagley to 125, Hallow, Luck of the Lottery, Dorian Finney Smith, Red Wave, John Collins, Anthony Davis, Kobe White, Jay and Ivy Rookie, Chris Duarte, CJ McCollum, Kiehl's, Carl Malone, Purple Ice, Jaylen Williams, the 149, nice J-Dubb, going to the Thunder, do I got winning tonight? I'll roll with you and go okay, see you Lane, nice, a fitting that Lane comes in right when a J-Dubb gets pulled, nice one there, Reggie Jackson for the Clippers, Reginald, Peyton Watson, Zion, Robinson, Jabari Smith, Rookie, wow for the first time since 2005, the Penguin, I didn't even realize that, Angus, Jonas Valenzunis to 49 for the Pelicans, Rismatic Ja, Silver Bam out of Bia, Ty Ty and Herbert Jones, I did not even realize that, so right now I did not realize that, it's kind of wild, Blute, Devin Bissell to 199, Devin Booker, Kawhi Leonard, Murphy, Paul Peer, yeah that's true, Ovechkin and Crosby's play up streaks on them today, or this year, wow, all right last box, good luck everybody, sorry guys, all NY Metropolitan hockey teams, wow, damn, there's a Blute Gary Trent Jr to 199, Sam Cassell for the box, nice signatures, congrats Milwaukee, Sam Cassell action, Bradley Biel, Duncan, Watson, Bane, Abe, let's go Eric, got a Pulsar and a red wave now, congrats buddy, get that mag for you, Sohan, AJ Griffin Pulsar, Lou Ice, Tim Hardaway Jr to 125, Kade Prismatic, Silver Jalen Smith, Vince Carter, Chris Weber, Sully building up for the true gold, oh man that'd be nuts if we had a true gold tallow, good god, Quinton Grimes red wave, John Collins, Hyper, J Dubb, Clark and Musa Diabata, Mojo, true Mojo it looks like too, Nuggets, Non-Rookie Jeff Green, nice one there, 18 of 25, Kade Conningham, Silver Eladipo, yeah they are really just like floundering dude, they are not a good baseball team, the Detroit Tigers, they stink, they legitimately stink, they've made some bad signings recently too, Yolkich, Silver Bryce McGowan's rookie, DJ Warren, Purple Ice, Josh Richardson to 149, 418, yeah, Pokeshavsky, I think so yeah, unless the Orioles beat him a couple of years ago that might have happened, Damian Lillard or the Astros maybe like way back in like early 20 tons, Silver Blake Wesley, I know right, poor Miggy is right, like they're not even gonna sniff the playoffs, the parent's man, red to 299 and champion signatures, Manu Genobly, first one of these we've pulled, that's sick, not numbered on the Silver Manu, very nice congrats on that spurs, that's sweet dude, Pokeshavsky, Terry Eason, Roby, Jacob, Isaiah Mobley, by the end of next week, Blake Wesley, Patrick Ewing, Norman Powell, Red Wave, Lock of the Lottery, Keegan, Murray, Ant-Man, Silver, Yolkich, and last back to look everybody, Silver RJ Bear, now kind of random rookie, Spottemire and Keegan Murray, do a quick recap here, everybody pretty solid break overall again, a good overall case, I don't think we've had a gold yet, Manu Genobly, Sam Cassell, Reggie Jackson, Ochaig Bahi, Taitai Washington, Kevin Harris, Scotty Pippen, Cole Swider, we had two Palo, like non base rookies, that's Palo, Red Wave, Palo Pulsar, and then really really really nice to 149, Jalen Williams, or 149, Jalen Williams, J-Dub for the Thunder, that'll do it for the break guys, thanks again for the fill, next up we've got number 15.


Bob Lorenzo Jack Curry with you as the Yankees win at six to three in Cleveland to get the road trip started the right way When I say the right way everything was going wrong the past two weeks. So this was a good start It was Bob This is the kind of script the Yankees have been trying to author for a long time. So Tension and anxiety that didn't exist tonight tonight. It was excitement and relaxation Why because as you said the Yankees got the kind of performances that they have been expecting from certain players Let's start with her mom. He pitched six solid innings got through a messy first inning And then he was terrific after that dodging a lot of danger So now he joins Montgomery and Cole as pitchers who have given the Yankees at least six innings in a start And the offense was so much better eleven hits nine walks. Do not sleep on the walks We talked about that in the pregame you have to take what the opponent is giving you They rallied from a three-nothing deficit Torres had three hits But the biggest hit of the night was Odore a guy who was three for 28 at that point But he beats the shift gets a two-run single and everyone in that Yankee dug out exhales They take a five three lead and they kind of run away with it. Oh and by the way I only got she also had a big game home run did a great job behind the plate as well a double as well Now you mentioned Hermione the job he did he got through that first inning so he kept things close Yankees tied it up