Grace On The Move

What if missions felt less like pressure and more like partnership with the Father? We open Scripture in Romans 10, then show how grace—not guilt—can send, equip, and sustain real work in hard places. From a CarePoint in Cuyotenango, Guatemala to pastors’ networks in India, a growing Bible college in Nepal, and a grassroots movement in Pakistan, you’ll hear how small, faithful steps turn into lasting change when the Spirit leads.

In Guatemala, Children’s HopeChest empowers kids and families with tutoring, talent nights that celebrate gifts, and women’s basket-making courses launched with local partners. In India, a coffee shop friendship grew into conferences and translations of Simple Grace in Hindi and Telugu, helping leaders shift from rule-keeping to relationship with Jesus. Nepal’s Evangelical Christian College—born during lockdown—now trains dozens of students and pastors for church planting, proving that courage and clarity can thrive even under pressure.

Pakistan may be the most unexpected door of all. After a young leader translated Simple Grace into Urdu, Many pastors in Karachi gathered to learn and connect. The team now serves rural Sindh, where villages welcome teaching on the gospel of grace, supported by practical love like clean-water wells that cost about $150 each. This is missions that honors people, builds trust, and makes space for the good news to be heard.

Our strategy stays simple: listen to God’s word, walk by the Spirit, and act from relationship. No arm-twisting. No plates passed. Just a clear invite to pray, give, or go as the Father leads. Want to take a next step? Scan the QR codes, learn more about each partner, and ask God how you can participate. If this moved you, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review to help others find these stories of grace on the move.

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Transcript

Grace, Rewards, And Partnership

Give From Relationship, Not Pressure

Four Ways To Participate

Children’s HopeChest In Guatemala

SPEAKER_02 0:53

All right, so today we're studying, well we're not studying, but we're we're looking at it's our 2025 International Missions Week. So we're gonna be talking about a bunch of stuff. But I want to start in the Word of God and just give you a little bit of context. In Romans chapter 10, verse 14 and 15, it says, How can how then can they call on the one they have not believed in, and how can they believe in the one they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news. So this verse teaches us that it's it's vital, it's important to send and support those people who are called to share the gospel. You might call them missionaries, you might call them just whatever you want to call them, uh, but there are people who have been sent all around the world, uh near and far, it doesn't have to be another country, it could be anything, uh, but they're called to share the the gospel. And so what this says is that we all are partners in every gospel work going on around the world. Every single one of us. So even though if you have never gone to share the gospel, if you're a believer, you can support that work in many ways and be part of it. In fact, God says that He will share the rewards with everyone who supports missionaries. So the rewards, whatever rewards look like for what they uh achieve or the people they lead to Jesus, we can share in that by our prayers and whatever other support we offer uh to these missionaries. And so um the entire body of Christ is on the same mission. Some people are called to pick up and move, sacrifice, and other people are called to stay and send. And today we're gonna be talking mostly about that sending part because I don't think many of you are planning on picking up and moving to Pakistan. If you want to, let me know. I got a guy. But and the reason why this all matters is because we've been learning about the new covenant of grace. Okay? And in grace, supporting missions is vitally important because we are participating in God's work of reconciliation and sharing his love and his grace with others. God has enough grace to forgive every single human being on this entire planet. It's not difficult for him. It's not twisting his arm. He has enough grace to forgive anybody. He has enough grace to forgive all sin, all the terrible stuff that they're doing in North Korea. He can forgive, he can wipe it out, he can restore them. All the terrible stuff. You pick the place, you can pick America if you want. We need missionaries too. Right? All right, so with grace, what we do is we are working together to make Christ known, to tell people about God's free grace, and so that's what the missionaries are doing. Okay, so I want to give a reminder, because if you remember last week we talked about, we talked about giving. Okay, so does this go with last week? Well, a little bit, but I want you to remember that everything we talk about today, so we're gonna talk about different opportunities that you can have to participate in different missions around the world. Um remember that this is all between you and your father. So I am not asking you to give. Remember, I said I'll never ask you to give, we'll never we don't pass the plate, we don't ever ask you to give. I trust God to provide for my for me, because I'm kind of like a missionary. Okay, and as a church, we're gonna trust God completely 100%. We're never gonna ask or manipulate anything. If you ever want to participate in what we do as a church or other missions, you have to go have a conversation with your father. Because we're not earning blessings here. You're not you're not more loved if you give, you're not less loved if you don't. You have a father who loves you and he's gonna inspire you. I hope that today you hear something that inspires you deeply in the heart, and then you have a conversation with your father and say, Father, how would you like me to participate in that? And he can tell you what that looks like, whether it's praying for them, having conversations and spreading the news about them, or whatever other way he may help you. Okay, so we're gonna look at four different ways that you can participate. And the first one is called Children's Hope Chest. We got some videos that we're gonna see. So uh before you start the video, we're we're be patient with us, we're working through some some stuff here. But basically, I've been sponsoring a child through Children's Hope Chest for several years now. And it's at a location called Cayutengo, Cuyotang, Cuyo Tenango. It's a city in Guatemala, and they're called Care Points, and uh so it's basically this this mission organization goes and they sponsor kids and then they build a little community thing that you're gonna see. Um, so I've talked to them and they have set aside a little area of the work that they do for our church to be the partner of. So it's not actually the sponsoring the kids part, but they have some other additional parts. So we're gonna be as a church, we're gonna be supporting this work down there, and they're gonna be doing a tutoring center and some other educational stuff for the kids there in Cuyo Tenango. I said it right that time. And um, so I'm really excited, and and this can involve we may go on trips down there. They they have trips that they set up all the time, and so we may do trips to go down there and visit and help them with certain specific things. Um, so with that said, let's begin with this conversation or this uh this video.

SPEAKER_03 7:16

Children growing up in poverty in Guatemala are facing difficult situations. Violence, crime, drugs, getting involved in a gag or being trafficked. We see families struggling with the same issues generation after generation. What earth we as body of Christ are here to tell families you can break that cycle.

SPEAKER_06 8:05

This is our house. Most of the children come from a really uh vulnerable situation. We have a cross report, tin walls, but we have electricity. Yes, I like my house. They don't have access to food security, good education. Most of the children will leave school at sixth grade. They have a hard time leaving.

SPEAKER_03 8:32

And it is like a ripple effect. If you transform the life of a child, you can transform the life of their families and of their communities.

SPEAKER_02 9:35

Cool. So I've I've met the people that run this place, they're actually based in Colorado Springs, and so Alt Ket, uh, he's he's from um Ethiopia. And anyway, I met him in Colorado Springs at a coffee shop, and this is how God like put this together in my life. So I met him and then we started uh chatting, and uh I learned how they do their ministry, and I was just so so impressed. Like, you know, when you uh you you other uh children's sponsorship organizations, they do it a certain way, and it's not bad, but you choose the children. But the way they do it is they put the American families and they give you a packet, and then the children choose you, and and then you build a relationship. So when I when I started uh sponsoring uh the guy, the the little guy who who we sponsor, his name is Josue. And really funny story. So when my son Jordan started kindergarten, uh he he goes to school and comes home, and we're like, who's your best friend? And he's like, Josue. And we're like, you mean Jose? And he's like, No, it's Josue. And I like we're like, Jordan, no. We've never heard that name before. Obviously, you're just mispronouncing it. It's Jose. And he's like, No, mom, it's no dad, it's Josue. We didn't believe him for like two months, right? And we go to meet his teacher for parent-teacher conferences, and she's like, Oh yeah, his best friend Josue, Josue. And I was like, Oh, we're sorry, buddy. So, and then our kid ended up being named Josue. So that was a really funny story. Um okay. Uh this is a this is a little informative kind of interview that they did with uh the the lady up there in the top is the is the one in charge of the specific care point, the specific city that we're gonna be supporting. Uh so I want to play this interview for you so you can just kind of get some information here.

Sponsor Model And Josue Story

SPEAKER_01 11:30

There you go. All right. Hola, friends, we are so excited to be together for this update. Turning it over to Mafa in Guatemala.

CarePoint Updates And Impact

SPEAKER_00 11:41

Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Uh, we thank God um for this opportunity um to see everything that is happening at the Cuyotenango Care Point, um, where we work with um so much love to um bless the community and also to contribute to the physical, the cognitive, the spiritual, and social-emotional development of the children who are part of the option program. Um it brings me with uh great joy to share with you today some of the recent activities uh that have taken place. Um I will like to begin with this much anticipated event, the talent night. This is a day where the children uh they were able to showcase some of many of the gifts that God has given them. Um there were performances in scene being, dancing, drawing, among other talents. They had a panel of judges that um awarded the top three places in each category, and all the children were encouraged to continue developing and using their abilities and their gifts to serve and bless others. It was a night filled with joy, with gratitude, and unity. In September, we celebrate independence. This is a time when schools organize many activities to express the pride of being Guatemalan. Despite the challenges our country faces, we firmly believe that Guatemala is a country full of opportunities and wonderful people who are eager to thrive in life. Um, as every year, the CarePoint um had a special event with the children in the tutoring program to recognize those who have excelled academically in their schools. They were recognized uh for their efforts and the dedication, and also they were encouraged to continue being role models for others in their community. Um as part of the economic empowerment initiative, uh we have started a basket um making course thanks to the partnership that we have with the Ministry of Um Agriculture. Um, it's called MAGA. This project will benefit 25 women, including uh mothers of the children at the CarePoint and also other um community members. This training will be um carried out in two phases. The first one that will be lasting one month. Um it will have uh weekly sessions focused on learning the technique, and also the second phase that will also last for one month uh will be led uh by one of the participants and will be focused on uh improving the technique and also gaining business knowledge. This uh this project is a clear example of women's empowerment and community involvement. Um, the participating women are contributing um to purchase some equipment that they will be using while the MAGA is providing the point person that is leading the training and HopeJess is supporting with the materials. Um in addition, the CarePoint had um a meeting with the leadership team. Uh, we believe that a true and lasting transformation happens when the community takes ownership of the process and the local leaders um step up and uh they participate in shaping their future. Um in this group we have um a representative of the parents, we have um the CarePoint staff and leaders, and also members from the COCODE. Um, the COCODE is the Community Development Council, and this meeting um stressens our work and reinforce our commitment to the holistic development of the community. Um lastly, I want to share with you that this month during the parenting school, um, they celebrate uh Family Day. It was a very special time where many families they gathered to share meaningful time together. Um the word of God wasn't here, uh they had a lot of activities, they had competitions, they uh some of them they won some prizes, um, they also had pinatas, and and of course at the end they enjoy uh a delicious meal. It was a very special moment uh that strengthened uh both family and community bonds. And um for um us is always uh very important to share our gratefulness to all our prayer friends for your continued support, uh, for your love and for your prayers. May God bless each one of you. Thank you so much.

How To Connect And Support

Simple Grace Ministry Overview

Training Pastors In India

Translating Simple Grace Book

Conferences And Distribution

Nepal Bible College Partnership

SPEAKER_02 17:29

All right, woo. You can close that one down. All right, so we're gonna put up a QR code now. Um, and so if you would like to get uh connected uh with them or find out more information, this QR code is gonna take you to their website where you can um uh find out more information. So I'm gonna put it up at the end also. So I want to see everyone with their little cell phones out. I want to see your get your camera and scan it, and at least you'll have the website in there in case you think about it later and you want to go check out what they're doing. Um so as a church, we're gonna support them a bit. Um, but you can also support them if you would like uh and be part of praying and getting the updates and stuff, at least getting the information would be super important. Okay, so we're gonna move on now. Um so I am very, very passionate about international missions and uh specifically ministry, and so I actually want to share with you guys that I have another ministry that I I run, and uh it's called Simple Grace. Um the website is simplegrace.life. And that as a church, we will not support simplegrace.life because I run both of those and it's like total conflict of interest, okay? So we're not gonna do that. Um, but I'm very passionate about what we do, and so I want to share it with you in case you want to uh see what we got going on. Uh and these next three are things that I'm very, very passionate about, and they're relationships that have sprung out of this ministry that I've been doing for about three years of training pastors and and doing these um this missions work uh that I've been doing the last three years. And so the person I want to I want to talk to you about is in India, okay? So this is my buddy uh Vibov, he goes by Sonny, uh, but his name is Vibov Kapoor and his wife Mukta. And uh love them. This is actually in my old front yard in Denver. And uh we so he's from India. I met him in another coffee shop, and uh there's a lot of coffee shop ministry that happens in my life. Um so we met and then developed this relationship, and I I ended up disciple. He's he's a pastor from India, and he actually moved to America to be a missionary here in America to tell us about Jesus. Okay, so he started 11 churches in India and two in South Africa, and then God called him here to America. Uh but God shut down kind of what he was doing, and then we met and and then I taught him about grace and the new covenant in a way that helped him deeply, and then it ended up I was able to train the 53 pastors that he's in charge of over in India and South Africa. I was able to help uh teach them in a course, and that has grown, and now I'm doing a bunch of ministry. So uh I I don't know if you know, but I wrote a book called Simple Grace, and uh so it's it's kind of a uh it helps you understand how grace works in ministry, and and so it's really helpful for pastors. And so what we've done is is that book, they actually translated that book into Hindi, and through another set of circumstances, uh it's also been translated into Telugu, which is a uh a language in Middle India. Hindi is the language of all of India, but there's a lot of languages over there, it's very complicated. So, anyway, the book's been translated. You can go to the next picture. And so what we've done is we we actually distribute the book and then do these um these conferences. So there's my book in Hindi. Uh and that's him actually in India. Uh and they we've done pastors' conferences over there. So I'm sharing what I'm doing in India. Uh if you want to know more, you just go to uh my website, which is simplegrace.life, or just come and talk to me about that one. Uh you can do the next picture. Um this is them actually passing out the different copies of of the book. Um go ahead and the next picture. Okay, so there's a QR code to my or that's that's a pretty cool picture of Hindi writing, which I think is pretty cool. And uh yeah, there's the uh QR code to get to my my other website of things that I'm doing. Okay, next is Nepal. So another connection that I've made, and um my book has been translated into Nepalese also uh because through this relationship, so basically I got connected somehow with this Bible college called the Evangelical Christian College in Nepal. And somehow, again, I'm now a professor there, and I teach twice a week, the kids via Zoom, and then somehow I got in roped into uh teaching the pastors. So they have a network of master's level pastors, and so I I train them every week on Thursday mornings also. Um, so I've become heavily invested in this Bible college. Um the kids are just amazing, and they're very focused on church planning. So in Nepal, there's not enough churches for for the people, there's not enough pastors, and so that's what I do is I train pastors in this this work. So I'm gonna share with you this this couple videos, so go for it. Alrighty, so um, I love these guys. I I as I watch through that video, I I can pick out all the different faces because I've seen them like fall asleep in my classes, so I'm like, hey. Um yeah, so uh, but the guy who runs the Bible college, he wanted to um I I told him I would be sharing with you guys, and he wanted to specifically uh say something to you guys. So this next video is him that he wanted to just share with you guys. In three weeks. Good morning.

Message From ECC Founder

SPEAKER_04 23:31

Uh this is uh Reverend Dr. Benjamin Kakar, the founder of Evangelical Christian College in Kathmandu, Nepal. It's my honor to greet you and bring greetings on behalf of Evangelical Christian College family all the way from Nepal. This is a great honor to share about our Bible college before you. Evangelical Christian College was established in 2020, February. So while we start even uh start the the COVID was also starting at the same time. So we were facing uh challenges from the COVID-19 and also we uh were very much uh much in difficult time. Even though there was a difficult time, God really helped us to continue to run this Bible college in in Nepal. At the beginning we were having only 12 students, but at present we have 57 residential students. Out of 57 students uh this coming year, 22 will be graduating. ECC already graduates two batch. So two batch students, 32 students were graduating. So out of 32, uh 16 students are involved in church planting area in different parts of Nepal. And eight of them are working as some of the teaching staff and the head of the faculty in the Evangelical Christian College here. This is my uh humble prayer request. Please continue to pray to us and join your hand with us to carry on God's work in Nepal. Especially I want to say thank you to Reverend Son, who played a very vital role to teach our students online. And I do humbly request uh to Reverend Son, please uh make a time to continue to teach and prepare many Nepali Christian leaders so that they can go and do the church planting work. This time I want to take the opportunity to greet you and wish you happy Merry Christmas and New Year to all uh church members and leaders of uh uh Reverend uh San who take care of the church. Thank you so much. May God bless you.

QR Codes And Participation

Shalom Harvest Pakistan Vision

Field Updates From Sindh

SPEAKER_02 26:21

Good morning. So this is uh there you go. Uh yeah, you can don't have to call me Reverend San. Uh but I love those guys, they're really fun. Okay, so we have the QR code uh for this ministry as well uh that we'll put up now, but we'll also put it up at the end. And I want to see all your phones snap in pictures, please. Very important. Okay. The last one is um the work that is being done in Pakistan. And um we call this work Shalom Harvest. Uh that's that's what they wanted to call it. And I am actually so excited about the work in Pakistan. So quick story, I I wrote my book and and made a website and then had this um contact me form on the website for people to get in contact. So um the only message I've gotten in four years on that contact form that wasn't spam, how to reach a million YouTube subscribers or something like that. Uh the only true legitimate message I ever received was from a 23-year-old man in Pakistan who said, Hey, I read your book, it changed my life. I'd like to translate it into Urdu and use it as our as a church training tool out here. So I was like, dude, awesome, I'd love to meet you. So his name is Jerry, and we um started a relationship and started I I started meet with him all the time. I met his pastor, I started meeting all his friends, and we we did that translation work. And what God has done through that relationship uh has just absolutely blown my mind. So in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, it's a it's it's a 10 million people in the city. There's a grand total of 80 pastors in that city. And they're all, I mean, small churches, because it's a it's a Muslim country, right? Except in the in the rural parts, it's actually Hindu. Uh there's Hindu areas, which we'll talk about in a minute, but they don't um they don't mix, they they hate each other. Okay, there's a lot of wars and stuff. So the Christians are even smaller, it's like a very small point. In in southern Pakistan, northern Pakistan, there's a big place called Pen Punjab, and there's a lot more Christians there, it's maybe like five percent Christians, but down in Karachi, it's like nothing. So it's 80 total pastors. Well, we got the book translated into um um Urdu, and we threw a party on the rooftop of this of this building to uh and we invited every pastor, it didn't matter what denomination or whatever, we invited all 80 pastors uh to get a free copy of the book and to just celebrate with us, and 50 of them came. And from that, we've been able to work with those 50 guys and continue that relationship. So for the past couple years, I've been discipling them in small groups, and we still are continuing to do that. Um, and then we're also now planting more churches and doing more work out in the it's called Sindhi S-H-I-N-D-I, uh, which is a rural part of Pakistan that's Hindu, not Muslim. And so they have like nobody, but you're gonna see some some videos and talking. So uh go and play the first um the first video.

SPEAKER_05 29:40

Hello inshalloom, I'm Jerry, and I'm here in uh Tundowul Amali, a city of Sindh, Pakistan, and we are in Prayam village. Uh you can see in the blue dress a man out there is Brother Alji, who is a converted Christian, and our coordinator along with him, Pastor Khalilanjum is here, and from our team, Brother Andrewson and Pastor James is here with us. And we just reached over here uh two hours ago. We had a wonderful lunch with them and they serve us, and uh in the evening we will set up fellowship meetings over here, and we also have a second fellowship meeting, a prayer, a fellowship meeting in the morning tomorrow, and then we will leave tomorrow in the morning. So keep us in your prayer and pray for us that Lord keep using us for his glory and we proclaim the gospel for every part of this province and all over in Pakistan. Thank you. Hello inshallah.

SPEAKER_02 30:56

We'll go to the next video now.

Grace Versus Rules In Ministry

SPEAKER_05 30:58

Hello, good afternoon. I'm Jerry from Krachi, Pakistan, and we are proclaiming uh the good news, the gospel of grace over here. And we have been uh here in Tundogala Amali. It is a rural village based in Tundogala Amali, and we have been here from two days uh with our uh friend, with our beloved brother, brother Alji, and I am thankful for all of his accommodation. We have set up uh uh two fellowships, two prayer gatherings over here. Uh one was today in the early morning, and uh one was yesterday night in the evening. We have shared dinner with them and we had a great conversation uh descriptively about the gospel with uh Alji and with his father Pastor Chankar. Uh and also I want to thank you and I'm grateful for Brother Pastor Chon from USA. Uh he is our partner and we are thankful for the curriculum of Simple Grace and for all the finances and resources he does for us, he has done for us. Uh we already have a Urdu printing of Simple Grace, uh, but we are planning to do uh the translation in Sindhi language and because these tribes uh they can understand Sindhi language. So like uh uh minister like Alji and Pastor Chankar, they can preach uh the gospel of grace to their congregation, and this uh visit perspective is only uh to encourage those pastors uh who have a congregation because they are a pastoral and they are doing a pastoral ministry, but they do not know the denomination and do not know the scriptures very well. So, yes, we will continue to uh teach and guide them, and you can see Algi is coming from there in the blue dress. Uh we are thankful for the visit.

SPEAKER_04 33:27

So navigated after that.

SPEAKER_05 33:31

He is brother Algi, our coordinator, and to accommodate us, we are thankful for him. Thank you. Hello, good afternoon. I am Jerry uh from Krachi Pucket.

Wells, Bibles, And Safety Support

Give Through Church For Pakistan

Word, Spirit, And Strategy

Not By Might But By Spirit

Relationship Over Fundraising

SPEAKER_02 33:45

Okay, so there's a bunch more pictures that they're just gonna kind of flow through. Um, Isaac, mute the rest of them because there's some of them that have some sound, but we don't need uh to hear that sound. Um so just kind of go through these kind of slowly as we go. Um so this is them doing uh like a conversation with this tribe, and this tribe wants to hear about Jesus. They're like, tell us about Jesus. Uh they they're very friendly, they want to hear about it, and so here they're having a planning meeting of actually how they're gonna um uh share, talk about Jesus and do their meetings, and they're actually working on translation. Um, there is a translation of the Bible, but they need to get do some more work on it. Um so what I love so much, so I've known Jerry since he was single, he he was like 23, and then for the past two years, we've been uh just spending a ton of time together and working on translation and working on discipleship. Um and he's actually uh he was a worship leader, he was just a worship leader at their church. Um but since he's learned about grace, like how we've talked about grace for the past um since I've been here also, um, he he's been given all these opportunities to preach. So all these churches keep being like, come talk to us about what you're talking about, because it's crazy. Because over there and in all the other parts of the world, when the church went over there many years ago and said, uh, this is how you follow Jesus, they said, Here's all the rules you have to follow. And as we've learned, rules don't change people, and religion doesn't change people, only a real relationship with Jesus changes people, and that's called grace. And so you know all in all these countries that we're doing this work, it's mind-blowing to them that when you tell them that they're actually free and that Jesus uh can control their life and live their life through them, and they can be holy and righteous without laws and rules telling them what to do, but through that relationship with Jesus, which is what we talk about all the time too. It's what the church needs to hear, both here in America and around the world. And so that's what we got going on. You can switch over to the next thing. That's them working on on uh the specific um translation work we got going on here. So the way that they're getting involved here is they're building wells, and you guys have heard that they need clean wells, right? Well, get this. It costs$150 to drill a well and all the materials and labor. That's it.$150 for everything. Um, and so what I'm so excited about in this ministry is this is no one is doing any ministry here. This is gonna be our like our thing. Um nobody, there's not another like mission organization going to this group of people. Um, so this this is our group, and they don't have another group like us that's gonna be supporting them. So I am very passionate about this one specifically mostly. Um and so the the they'll use our funds to drill drill wells and to distribute information and and help missionaries be supported, and uh give them Bibles, both Urdu Bibles and Cindy Bibles, and so it goes to purchasing that and then paying for their tribal travel and safety when they're there. Um now here's the thing, you you can't give directly to them because there's a special way that we are have to do that, and so we're gonna be doing that as a church. So I think this this QR code goes to our church. So if you want to participate in this ministry, um we will be doing that as a church all together, and it's a very specific way that we need to do that. Okay. All right. Um it's it's the heart. I hope your heart was moved today. I hope that one of these things that your father kind of touched your heart and said, Isn't that special? Isn't that cool? Isn't that neat? And so I hope that that's that's um happened for you today. But I want to share just a couple more scriptures with you just to encourage you. Um when we talk about getting things done in the church, how does that happen? Does it happen with our effort? Does it happen with our money? Does it happen with our time? Those things can be involved, but it's always with the heart, and it's by something called the spirit. And so I want to read this verse to you. This was just in my my reading this week uh from Isaiah 59. It says, As for me, says the Lord, this is my covenant with them, my spirit who is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor shall the mouth, nor the mouth of your descendants, nor the mouth of your descendants' descendants, says the Lord, from this time and forevermore. So when I read that read that scripture, I was deeply moved and encouraged of like, what is the plan here, guys? What are we doing? We are gonna study God's word, we're gonna let God's word be the main thing, okay? And then we're gonna be filled with his spirit, we're gonna walk in his spirit, and that's a heart connection with Jesus, not a religious thing, right? Well, you can you can be religious and that's not the spirit, but you if you have a relationship with God, that is the spirit, that's how the spirit works. So when we're thinking about how things get done, we're gonna study the word and we're gonna worship God from the heart. We're gonna connect with him from the heart. That is our strategy. Like that's that's how this is gonna anything we do, that's how it's gonna get done. And then if you you link this with what we see in Zachariah chapter four, it says this. He said, How how am I gonna get this, build this wall, build this temple? He says, So he answered and said to me, This is the word of the Lord, like we just read, right? To Zerubbable, not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord, of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbable, you shall become a plane, and he shall bring forth forth the capstone with shouts of grace, grace to it. So God just lays out how everything gets done in his kingdom. He speaks a word, his word gives the promise and gives the direction. Then it's not by might, that's trying how strong we are, or by power, it's not by how much effort we put in, it's not by how much money we give, it is by the spirit that anything valuable happens with us through us. It has to be by his spirit. And it doesn't matter how great the challenge is, it can be a great mountain, he says, but before Zerubbabel, it will be a plane. So it can look like a great mountain. Oh, we can't change Pakistan, we can't bless Nepal, we can't administer in Guatemala. We can't look at we're just a little group of of people. But he says, No. If you add grace to the equation, it doesn't matter if it's a mountain, it'll be a plane, it'll be flattened, it'll be taken care of. Care of. God takes care of things by his grace. And his grace works by the Spirit of God. That's the Holy Spirit in your heart, in your life. So this is what we're learning is this is all about relationship with God, not about what you do, what you sacrifice, what you give. Those are religious things. It has to be by the Spirit, which is relational things. It's got to be relationship. We cannot just raise money and skip the relationship. You can't do it. It won't matter. I know that there are people out there that are super good at raising money. A, I'm not one. I was I was uh I was the executive director of a nonprofit for a couple years. And part of my responsibilities was raising money, and I failed really, really bad. And I'm terrible at doing that. But I know my father, and my father has always supplied everything I needed and everything that was needed for the ministry. He opens the treasuries of heaven to bless us uh abundantly, and that's his plan. He wants us to be his children that ask him and receive from him, and then give what he gives us for the purpose that he um gives it to us. Uh so it has to be relational. I just want to encourage you guys, your life matters. This week, as you're going about your your week, remember your life matters. What you do matters, and most of all, your relationship with God is more important than anything else. So get alone with your heavenly father. He wants to talk with you, he wants to connect with you. I heard someone say this morning they they spent the whole day yesterday just just in silence, just kind of chilling. And I was like, oh, I bet that was good. Your father loves for you to just get alone and spend time with him. So give him what he loves, which is your heart, and watch what he does with the rest of your week this week. Amen.