Perseverance Vs Persistence in prayer involves shamelessly asking God for your needs until He responds favorably.
No matter how long it takes or how hard it gets, you never give up because you know ‘Whose’ you are, who you are, and you understand the importance of what you are asking for.
Bible Base: Romans 8:32 AMPC:
“He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?”Romans 8:32 AMPC
With that reassurance therefore, “let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment]”Hebrews 4:16 AMP
Before we pray, let’s discuss how some Bible characters persevered and persisted in
1). Moses fearlessly interceded on behalf of the Israelites, when God in anger wanted to destroy them- read Exodus 32: 1-14, and to understand the context, read Exodus chapters 32-34.
2) Ezekiel presented a strong argument against divine instructions, and God relented and allowed an alternative- Read Ezekiel 4:12-15.
The above discussions between Ezekiel and God, transformed my prayer life, and I’m always prepared with facts about why HE should grant my requests in accordance with His Word.
In Isaiah 41: 21, it says, “Present your case…Set forth your strongest points…”EHV
Read the full text – Isaiah 41:31-43:13
Read also Isaiah 1:18 where God actually wants us to come and reason with Him!
Remember that if you are born again, God is your father. I’m sorry if you had an abusive relationship with your earthly father, who perverted fatherliness.
But God is the best Father you can ever have. (Please don’t even let me start to tell you how loving, kind, protective, and a disciplinarian God is). With God, you can never lack any good thing.
Finally, in Luke 18:1-8 is the parable of the persistent woman and the unrighteous judge, who because of her perseverance and persistence, acceded to her requests.
Let Us Pray:
Father God, thank You for your unfailing love that is as vast as the heavens, a your faithfulness that reaches to the clouds.
We are grateful that your righteousness is like majestic mountains and your judgments are like the deepest seas.
You,O God, preserves and protects us, and provides everything we need, even before the need arises.
Noone can compare to your excellence.
Thank you for our world and for not allowing adverse weathering to destroy Humanity.
We plead the Blood of Jesus for the lost and ask that your goodness will lead them to repentance.
Bless all those who have been reading these prayer posts. Let your Word gain ascendancy in them, nullify all contrary words against them, and produce excellence in them also, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 12, 2024
Today, we are continuing our prayers for those affected by Helene, for the calming of Hurricane Milton and Aldine.
“Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.”
Romans 12:12 CEVUK
#Prayer4Today:
Father, thank you for your mercy that has been prevailing over judgment, and for calming the storms and comforting your people who are devastated by the effects of the storms, winds, and wars.
We plead the blood of Jesus Christ and command the storms to be still, and hold it’s peace, and for the rumors of wars, and the wars de-escalate.
We rebuke all the forces of evils and order them to stop taking advantage of these disasters to further distress to humanity.
Father, you are God of all flesh, full of compassion, and infinite in mercy. Be God in our world, and draw our people to you again. Remember that we are fragile beings, mercifully intervene in our affairs O God.
Thank you for all the churches and individuals that you have been using to bring supplies, encourage and strengthen the faith of our people. Prosper them and remember them for good, and shield them from being stalked by human agents of satan in disguise.
Thank you also for not allowing the government and their agents to become God in this situation, instead, you have made your Word, ways, and works known to the world, and diminished dependence upon govts.
Help your people stay focused on you, as they remove debris, rebuild their lives and their homes, reorder their priorities or resettle their affairs.
Father, thank you for bypassing protocol as you provide financial assistance, to help facilitate emotional and physical healings.
As Hurricane 🌀 Milton makes landfall, let it flatten, die out and return to the seas without destructions to lives and properties.
Show the world that you are forgiving, merciful and have the world and it’s elements in your control.
Frustrate all the predictions that are aimed at promoting fear and destabilizing the people.
We proclaim that we do not function in fear, but have faith in you, to save to the uttermost those who come to you through Christ Jesus.
We plead the blood of Jesus as redemption for all those who are in the eye of the storms or in the paths of the hurricanes.
Thank you Father, for being our God, father, Helper, restorer, friend and righteousness, in Jesus name we have prayed.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 9th 2024
At different times in the history of Humanity, God did intervene in the affairs of Nations, because His people prayed and repented.
Hence it is written that,
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14.NLT.
We, the people of God, have been assigned the responsibilities of preaching the Good News, which also involves interceding for those we give the Good News.
God does not desire death of sinners, but that they should come to repentance.
As the world is experiencing Disastrous times, which affects both sinners and Saints, many are quick to blame God or climate change.
To pray effectively, it is important to understand that God is not to blame for the state of our world, and for human sufferings.
Scientifically, the 2nd law of Thermodynamics says that “when energy changes…entropy (disorder)…increases” (Wikipedia)
What we are experiencing in our world today is disorder, disaster, decay, and death.
Biblically, the world was in dark disorder after the rebellion of Lucifer (Genesis 1:1-2, Isaiah 14:12-14, 2 Peter 2:4, Revelation 12:7-9).
However, God intervened and recreated the world, and put Humans in charge. And the first Human couple, fell for the lies of the devil, disobeyed God, and successfully activated the “Law of sin and death”, which heralded sinfulness, shame, suffering, servitude/satanic domination, sicknesses, etc. (Read Genesis 1-5, Romans 8:2)
The earth has been in disorder since the fall, and is degenerating further, through our wrong choices, that releases destructive energy in the atmosphere, through sinfulness.
Bad News:
The bad news is that this state of affairs will continue until God cleans out the world, and recreates a new heaven and new earth(Revelation 21)
Things will worsen on earth and degenerate further, when humans degenerate further in sinfulness. Sin is all unrighteousness- everything that goes contrary to God’s ideal, is sin(1 John 5:17-21)
If you must apportion blame, place it on the degenerative effects of sin in our worlds.
The Good News:
After the fall of ‘Man’ God sent Jesus Christ as propitiation for Sin, thus activating “the Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus “ which supersedes the ‘Law of sin and death’ Romans 8:2
Thus giving Humanity the opportunity to live right, and have life in all its fullness through faith in Christ’s accomplishment for the world (Read John 3:16, Roman 5:19-21, 8:2).
If you desire a quick end, or a peaceful resolution of the Human crises, preach the Gospel of salvation, lead people to repentance, build up lives, and stop accepting, adapting or blending with the sinfulness of the world.
If you are regenerated through a relationship with Christ, and yet live as an unregenerate sinner who partakes in the iniquity of the world, then it should not surprise anyone, if you share in the degenerative effects of sin.
This is to help you reconsider how you are living your life here on earth, and to remind you that there are consequences or rewards for everything.
This is a time for sober reflections and prayers.
#PrayerPoints4Today:
*Prayerfully follow the order of the opening scripture of 2 Chronicles 7:14:
1). Humbly search yourself whether you are still in the faith or have fallen away and fallen into the world.
2). Identify who your God is, rededicate yourself, affirm your faith in Him.
3). Apply the principle of 1 John 1:9- Read it for yourself.
Note: It is important to deal with personal sins before interceding for others. To seek equity, you must come with clean hands.
4). Identify with, and name the sins that have caused our nations to degenerate further into destruction, disorders, and decay.
5). Ask God to show us and our nations mercy, and release to our leaders and the peoples of our nations, the anointing that brings repentance, as well as the hunger and thirst for righteousness.
6). Pray for repentance, and restoration of the afflicted, and comfort for those who have suffered losses as a result of disasters.
7). Ask God to help people find their deads, bury them, and have closure.
8). Pray healings on our lands and pray to forestall the degeneration of these disasters into health crises or the epidemic that will further waste human lives.
9). Pray to be more sensitive and discerning in this season, and affirm never to become a victim by association, but that rather, you will continue to be light and salt in this world till He comes.
10). Pray specially for your family, in order to forestall anything evil that will destabilize you, from happening to them.
11). Affirm Romans 8:2 by declaring that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death.
Remember that the prayer of the righteous man makes tremendous power available
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 8th 2024.
In order to overcome or be delivered of something, it is important to understand what it is and how you can “work out your salvation” by working sin out of your system.
Bible Base: 1 Peter 2:1
“Put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander” 1 Peter 2:1 ESV
As I have explained before, Deliverance is an aspect of Spiritual Warfare, and it has two parts to it -God’s part and yours.
God’s part is done- “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us, and has delivered us from the kingdom of darkness and translated us to the Kingdom of the Son of His love” etc (Read John 3:16, Romans 5:8. Colossians 1:13)
Your Part is in “doing”, which involves continuing in the will of God, by getting rid of sinfulness, and presenting yourself daily as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God… Romans 12:1.
How?
*Do this in remembrance of me” Luke 22:19,
*“Put off … and put on -Ephesians 4:22-24. 1 Peter 1:14, 2:1.
*”Do not lie…-Colossians 3:9-10;
*”Stop being a slave to sin -Romans 6:6;
*”Walk in the spirit, live by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-18) etc.
Dear People of God, it is important “to work out hypocrisy out of your system.
Characteristics of the hypocrite:
*The Hypocrite is one who practices double standards and preaches what they do not practice.
*Like Pharisees, they put up a facade in order to deceive.
Hypocrisy has become synonymous with ‘Pharaisism’.
*Pharisees are religious bigots. They are versed in scriptures, insist on strict adherence to the law, but violate the Law and spirit of the law. (See Matthew 23:27-28).
Hypocrisy or Pharaisism are contrary to God’s will.
Hence Jesus Christ called them out as white-washed tombs which are filled internally with decaying stuff but present a facade of piety!
*Hypocrites are ignorant of God’s righteousness. They do not submit to God’s righteous standards, but rather seek to establish their own righteousness (Read Matthew 23:27, Romans 10:3)
*Hypocrites preach publicly against sin, and secretly practice what they preach against.
*Judgmentalism is also an aspect of hypocrisy which involves judging others harshly without compassion and self examination
(Read Matthew 7:3-5, Romans 2:2)
Hypocrites Practice spirituality in order to garner praise (Matthew 23:2-3,5-7,23-27; Luke 18:11, Acts 26:5).
You can Overcome Hypocrisy:
In order to overcome Hypocrisy, we must strive for holiness (1 Peter 1:26), develop an allergy for what is evil, keep doing what is good ( Romans 12:9), and keep praying so that we do not enter into temptations.
As well as:
*Put Away malice, all forms of deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander, (1 Peter 2:1)
*Learn to be consistent, and truthful.
Be a person of integrity- walk the talk!
*Enjoy your liberty in Christ. But don’t use your freedom as a cover-up for evil, instead live as a servant of God, and remember that you are accountable to God (1 Peter 2:16, Romans 2:1-5)
Further studies to help you rearrange your life in order to walk the talk and not be hypocritical.
Matthew 6:1,2,5,16,24; 7:1-5, 15, 21-23;15:7-9; 22:18, 23:1-39: Mark 7:7; Romans 2:1,3, 1 Peter 2:1,16, James 1:26 ; Titus 1:16, 2 Timothy 3:5…
Let us Pray.
#PrayerPoints4Today
*Thank God for the enlightenment and deliverance that comes at the place of prayers.
*Admit how you have being hypocritical in judgments, and resolve to be more compassionate in your dealings with others.
*Ask God to help you to grow in knowledge of Him, and to be more compassionate in confronting the perceived sinfulness of others.
*Command the evil spirits of hypocrisy, judgmentalism, malice, envy, slander, religious bigotry, pretense, falsehood, inconsideration, self righteousness and related evils, to depart from your world, and go to the feet of Jesus Christ.
*Declare or affirm that the anointing of intercession is upon you, so that, instead of judging others while pretending to be holy, you will self-evaluate, and earnestly intercede for others.
*Affirm that your spirit, soul, and body, will be preserved blameless, till when Jesus Christ returns.
*Thank God for working in you, both to will, and to do of His good pleasure, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D.,#TheSpiritualWarrior, October 6th 2024
When you are being treated unfairly or cruelly because of religion, tone of your skin, gender, height, or political beliefs, over a period of time, you are being persecuted.
In our world today and in the future, political and religious persecution will increase.
*But, you should not be dismayed, disappointed or heartbroken, when people persecute you because of your Biblical Beliefs. That is who they are, and that’s the worst they can do.
*Be encouraged because persecution indicates that you are a positive non-conformist. And that is a good thing.
In His days on earth, Jesus Christ was a positive non-conformist. You are in good company.
*Remember also that “all who delight in piety and are determined to live a devoted and godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand].” 2 Timothy 3:13 AMPC
*Refuse to allow persecution to derail you from progressing in righteousness. For it is better to suffer for righteousness sake, than to suffer for wrongdoing. (See 1 Peter 3:17)
*Whatever the kind of persecution you are experiencing, it is important that you “…see to it that your conscience is entirely clear (unimpaired), so that, when you are falsely accused as evildoers, those who threaten you abusively and revile your right behavior in Christ may come to be ashamed [of slandering your good lives].”
I Peter 3:16 AMPC
If you have on the “breastplate of righteousness” your conscience will be clear, and there will be no room for anger, bitterness, resentment, revenge, and related evils in your heart.
Outcome:
The devil cannot demonize you, your persecutors will be put to shame, and God will avenge you.
For as it is written in 2 Thessalonians 1:6 AMPC,
[It is a fair decision] since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with distress and affliction those who distress and afflict you.
#MyPrayer4you:
*We identify with and acknowledge the unrighteous thoughts and actions that you were involved in, in order to cope with persecution.
*We plead the blood of Jesus for forgiveness Of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness.
*I stand with you against all the forces of darkness that are inciting people, and influencing adversities against you, and command it all to be stopped.
*I affirm that Jesus Christ manifested to destroy the works of the devil, therefore the forces of evil shall no longer trouble you, for you bear in your body the marks of Jesus Christ.
*I release to you now, the anointing of God’s Spirit that brings favor, goodness, peace with prosperity, ease of operations, excellence, and productivity.
*I command all doors that were shut against you, to open up right now, and the stronghold of unrelenting hardship is hereby destroyed, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️
*I pray that God in His infinite goodness will wipe away your tears of frustrations, and put a new song of deliverance in your ❤️ heart,in Jesus’s name.
Read and personalize Psalm 17:1-3, 6-10, 13, 15 AMPC:
[1] HEAR THE right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.
[2] Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright.
[3] You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
[6] I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech.
[7] Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them.
[8] Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
[9] From the wicked who despoil and oppress me, my deadly adversaries who surround me.
[10] They are enclosed in their own prosperity and have shut up their hearts to pity; with their mouths they make exorbitant claims and proudly and arrogantly speak.
[13] Arise, O Lord! Confront and forestall them, cast them down! Deliver my life from the wicked by Your sword,
[15] As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].
Please remember to pray for those who are affected by disasters in their neighborhood .
God will keep you safe always.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior ,October 5th 2024
Many are displaced, some are missing and confused, and several are mourning the death of loved ones, due to wars and disasters.
Dealing with loss of any kind can be traumatic. Hence the Father of the Prodigal son was very happy when he was found, and the woman who found her lost coin rejoiced exceedingly.
The first thing to go away in a loss situation is joy. And with that goes strength as well. Then confusion and hopelessness takes over.
And if you are going through these traumatic experiences, your place of peace and comfort can only be found at that place of prayers to God.
Only God can comfort, console, and help you make the necessary emotional adjustments, in order to cope with your losses.
Although we may not be near you to offer immediate help, just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
#MyPrayer4you:
My earnest heartfelt Prayer for you is that God will show up strong for you.
In unity of faith with the praying warriors, we rebuke the forces of evils and place a restraint order that restrict them from taking advantage of your vulnerability.
I release to you now the peace of God that surpasses understanding, and the enabling grace of God, to help you process this time of troubles appropriately, so that your progress will be swift, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Read and personalize the following verses from Psalm 86:3-8, 10, 13, 16-17 AMPC:
[3] Be merciful and gracious to me, O Lord, for to You do I cry all the day.
[4] Make me, Your servant, to rejoice, O Lord, for to You do I lift myself up.
[5] For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever]; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon You.
[6] Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications.
[7] In the day of my trouble I will call on You, for You will answer me.
[8] There is none like unto You among the gods, O Lord, neither are their works like unto Yours.
[10] For You are great and work wonders! You alone are God.
[13] For great is Your mercy and loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol [from the exceeding depths of affliction].
[16] O turn to me and have mercy and be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden.
[17] Show me a sign of [Your evident] goodwill and favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You, Lord, [will show Your approval of me when You] help and comfort me.”
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 2nd, 2024.
If you are at a dark place in life, I pray that God in His infinite mercy will hasten to help you in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Read and appropriate the following Psalms :
1). Psalm 88:1-3, 6-9, 13-18 AMPC
[1] O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. [Luke 18:7.] [2] Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry! [3] For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead).
[6] You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. [7] Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Ps. 42:7.] [8] You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. [9] My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You.]?
[13] But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You. [14] Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? [Matt. 27:46.] [15] I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint]. [16] Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. [17] They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me. [18] Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.
2). Psalm 85:4-7 AMPC
[4] Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease [forever]. [5] Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger [and disfavor] and spread it out to all generations? [6] Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? [7] Show us Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,Sm September 30th 2024
Many are lost, and some have given up on God because of unbelief and frustrating circumstances.
Although it is the goodness/kindness of God that leads to repentance, we have a responsibility to lead both the lost and the backsliding brethren to God.
These two categories of humans are everywhere- in your neighborhood, work and recreation places, hospitals, etc.
You do not need to Memorize your Bible from Genesis to Revelations, but you need to remember how God came into your life and how HE has been helping you.
That’s all you need to point people to God, initially.
Furthermore, you will need to also improve on your knowledge of God in order to deepen your relationship with Him, and touch more lives for Him.
And, it is absolutely important that you pray for the lost and the backsliding people, anytime you pray for yourself.
Let us Pray:
Father God, thank you for loving us endlessly and dealing with us mercifully.
We affirm that You are the solution to the problems of the world and ask that your goodness would lead those in our neighborhood to repentance.
We also ask that you help those who are having a faith crisis to come back to you.
We stand against all the forces of darkness that are frustrating faith, relationships, healings, and finances.
We command them to backoff and go to the feet of Jesus Christ.
We release to these folks, a hunger and thirst for God and His Word, and the grace to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ.
We command all frustrating circumstances to be calm and for peace, progress, prosperity and the fear of God to commence.
Help your people O God.
Help those who are at a Crossroad to have a life changing encounter with you, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior September 29th 2024
Dear People of God and Prayer-Partners. I had a night that was burdened with prayers for those who are affected by disasters.
Behind every natural disaster or catastrophe is God’s merciful intervention, to address unrepentant or repeated sinfulness, and reset the community.
God is the Monarch of the universe and the Righteous Judge of all the earth. And He does what He pleases in heaven, on earth, in the seas, and under the earth; and He releases the wind from the storehouses also:- Read Psalm 135:6-12, Psalm 24:1-2, 135:6, 2 Chronicles 20:6.
This may seem strange to the uninformed, but God always intervenes in world affairs (John 3:16) in order to stop the corrupting effects of evil in nations.
In Leviticus 26, we have been given written insight into how God deals with repeated disobedience, through increasing catastrophes, tragedies, calamities, or disasters.
Leviticus 26, from verses 14-39, contains the five-circles of Divine disciplines, while verses 40-45 shows how repentance brings restoration.
You may be thinking that Leviticus was for the Israelites of old, but we are told in 1 Corinthians 10: 11 that these things happened to them as examples, and were written for our instructions…”
This is not a judgment call out on those who are experiencing disastrous circumstances, but a “Call to Prayer” for all Christians on behalf of those who are or will experience disasters of any kind.
Let us Pray:
*Father God, if you were to judge humanity today without the Christ sacrifice, none will survive.
*We are thankful for the Blood of Jesus Christ that speaks better things for humanity.
And in accordance with your Word that says we should pray for one another (James 5:16),
*We your children come boldly to Your Throne of grace to obtain mercy for the peoples of our world who are currently being disciplined by natural disasters.
*We identify with all their sins that caused this Divine Reset.
*We acknowledge that we have rejected the knowledge of God, promoted sexual immorality, and raised altars for the worship of foreign gods on the lands that our pioneers dedicated to You the Most High God.
*You have done justly, but have mercy Father. Let your mercy prevail over judgment: see the Blood of Jesus and be moved in compassion to stop the surging waters of the storm, minimize the damages it can cause, and work in the survivors of all disasters, to seek You, Father God.
*Release to them Father, evangelists and missionaries, who will rightly divide the Word of Truth to them so that their hearts will be broken from sins.
* I present to you Father, everyone who have prayed this prayer, that they will be spared from disastrous circumstances, and luve a life worthy of emulating in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️ 🙏🏽.
God bless and keep you safe for alwalways, in Jesus name.
Please keep praying for them that this bitter experience will not be wasted, but used to make them renew faith in God, and live changed lifestyles.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, September 27th, 2024