Rhythms of a Healthy Soul - At The Movies Special Edition: The Chosen

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Hey, good morning real life
church.

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Hey, we're so pumped that you
are here with us.

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Whether you are in person or
watching online.

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See it to your feet where you're
going to celebrate God today.

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Come on, it
wasn't for nothing that you shed

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your blood.
So I'm going to live like my

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shame is gone.
I won't be shackled to the way I

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was.
So I'm going to live like my

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chains are gone.
Gone Now my stead is done and

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gone, and I sing Hallelujah.
Rising and it's done.

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And I sing Hallelujah.
Oh, praise is a weapon that will

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overcome.
So I'm going to shout like the

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battles won.
Yeah, fall back there because

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your time is up.
Oh, I'm going to live like the

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storm is gone.
Time now my sin is dead and gone

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and I see Hallelujah.
Time, time, he is rising, it is

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done.
And I sing Hallelujah.

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Come on church, give them a
shout of praise in the house.

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Face power of the blood.
Whoa, whoa, I am the

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righteousness of y'all.
Whoa, whoa, I pray.

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Power of the blood.
Whoa, whoa, high heel, the

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righteousness of God.
Oh, oh,

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oh, oh, gone, gone now my sin is
dead and gone and I sing

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Hallelujah.
Dying.

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Done.
He is rising and is done.

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And I see Hallelujah rise, rise.
Now my sin is day gone.

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And I see Hallelujah always die,
Die, die, die.

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He is rising and it's dining.
I see how many?

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Come on, give him some praise
this morning.

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That's right, man.
Our sin, our shame is dead and

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gone.
When there's freedom in that,

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then you can build your life on
a God who loves you, who takes

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your past and erases it.
Your sin and shame is gone when

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you walk.
With him.

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So come on, let's.
Continue to worship him this

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morning.
Worthy of every soul we could

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ever see.
Worthy of all the praise we

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could ever breathe.
Worthy of every praise we could

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ever breathe.
Is there for you.

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Jesus, the name above every
other name.

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Jesus, the only one who can ever
see.

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You're worthy of every breath we
could ever breathe.

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There.
Freedom there for you.

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Only there is no one I like you
there is none.

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Beside opening up my eyes in
wonder and show me who you are

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with your heart and leave me in
your love to those around me.

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Worthy baby, so we could ever
see.

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Worthy for the praise we can
ever breathe.

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Worthy of every birth we can
ever.

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We live for you, we live for
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Sing Jesus.
Jesus, the name above every

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other name, and Jesus, the only
one who can ever see you were

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the of every place we could ever
breathe.

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We live for you, Holy, live for
you, Sing holy, holy.

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There is no one like you.
There is no beside.

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You.
Hoping of my eyes in wonder and

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show me who you are and fill me
with your heart and I need me

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and you love to lose around me
and holy there is no one like

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you there is no beside.
Open up my eyes in wonder and

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show me who you are and fill me
with your heart and leave me in

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you Love to those around me.
Be me Jesus who will leave me.

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I will trust you Jesus, I will
build my life on you, to build

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my life upon your head.
It is effort, foundation and I

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will put my trust in you of love
and I will not be shaken and I

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will build.
Put my trust in you alone and I

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will not be shaping it.
Holy.

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There is no one like you.
There is none beside you.

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Open up my eyes in wonder and
show me who you and fill me with

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your heart and believe me in
your love to goes around and

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only there is no one like you.
There is none beside you.

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Open up my eyes and wonder and
show me who you are and fill me

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with your heart and leave me.
Can you love to go surround me

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and I will build my life upon
your love is over our foundation

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and I will put my trust in you
and I hope not be shaking.

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God, open up our eyes and wonder
to see you for who you are, for

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all you've done.
God, we worship you

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because how great the chasm that
lay between us, how high the

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mountain I could not climb.
In desperation, I turned to

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heaven and spoke your name into
the night.

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And then through the darkness
Your loving kindness tore

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through the shadows of my soul.
The work is finished, the end is

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written.
Jesus Christ, my living Lord,

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you could imagine so great a
mercy.

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And what heart could find them
such boundless grace?

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And the God of ages stepped down
from glory, to where my sin and

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bear my shame.
The cross has spoken, and I am

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forgiven.
The King of Kings calls me his

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or.
Beautiful.

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Savior.
I'm yours, River.

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Jesus.
Christ, my living world.

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Hallelujah, praise the one who
set me free.

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Hallelujah that has lost its
grip on me.

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You have broken every chain.
There's salvation.

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In.
Your name, Jesus Christ, My name

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is.
Then came the morning that

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sealed the Haram is when your
buried body began to breathe,

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and out of the silence the
roaring lion declared, the grave

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has no claim on me.
If you believe it today, give

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him a shout of graves.
No grave and then?

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Came the morning, that's you,
the promise, because you're very

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body begin to breathe.
The end of the silence, the

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roaring declare the grave has no
claim on it.

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This change as yours is a big
God in Hallelujah.

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Before all you said, we breathe.
Highlight Your death has lost

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its rib, Only you have broken
every chance.

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Your salvation in your leg.
Jesus Christ, my lady, her.

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Say Hallelujah.
Say Hallelujah.

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Praise the warning.
Set me free.

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Hallelujah.
Come on.

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Since dream on me, you have
broken every turn.

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There's salvation in your name,
Jesus Christ.

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My name is Jesus Christ.
My Amen.

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Give us a shout today and He's
your living hope.

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We have a Savior.
It was alive.

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Would you take a moment in your
mind, Go back to that place

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where his hope?
Was fresh in your.

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Life, that moment when you first
saw him, when he first saw you,

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you saw him take you from death
to life, from old to brand new.

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Go there in your mind, think
about that great chasm that we

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sang about that was separate.
And I want you to just think

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about how good he is and how
boundless his grace, how good it

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is.
We'll give him some.

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Hallelujah.
Pray to only set me free.

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Hallelujah.
Man Amen.

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Amen.
Man.

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Let's give it up to God this
morning, man, I got I was

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reading through Romans this
week.

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Man, that living hope is
expressed through the words of

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Paul.
So there's neither Jew nor

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Gentile.
Man, we don't have a hope based

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on who we've been as as a race.
It doesn't matter what's in our

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bank account, where we've been,
what we've done.

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Man, our living hope is based on
the finished work of God.

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Man, let's go to him in prayer
this morning.

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Just lift up his name.
God, we just come before you.

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God, we just honor you.
We magnify you.

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God, so many of us live in a in
a world where hope is is given

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falsely and then it's just torn
away and destroyed.

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But God, we look back to the
living hope, man, we look back

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to the cross, we look back to
the gospel and you rule today on

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the throne.
And when you promises apply to

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us as much as now as they did
then, man, we look forward to a

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time man, we're glorified with
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We we live with you.
We worship you.

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We're honor you face to face and
man, we just give you all the

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honor and glory.
God, we just worship you with

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everything that we have,
everything that we are.

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And man, we pray this in Jesus
name, Amen.

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Let's give it up for God one
more time, Can we, man?

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I love hearing you guys worship.
Man, You guys are on fire this

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morning.
I don't know if you guys know

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this or not.
We have a ton of new people with

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us in person and online.
Can we give those guys some

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love?
Just lift it up, man.

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We're so excited.
If you're new with us today.

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Hey, what?
You guys take 30 seconds and

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welcome somebody around you.
All right, you guys could go,

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hey, go ahead and be seated.
Hey, if you are new with this,

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thank you so much for choosing
to worship with us today.

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We're excited that you choose to
work with worship with us at

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this gathering here at Kentucky
Trail.

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Hey, want you guys to know
there's an awesome card that

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you're sitting on.
This is our connection card.

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I want to guys give you guys
some encouragement.

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If you guys call real life home,
we would love it when you guys

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fill this out.
This is an opportunity to let us

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know what's going on in your
life.

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Maybe you got a praise.
Maybe God showed up, answered a

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prayer that you've been praying
for for years, months, days,

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doesn't matter.
We would love to hear what God's

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doing in your life.
Maybe you've got a prayer

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request.
There's something on your heart,

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something you want us to pray
with you guys about.

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We love staying connected with
you and and connection cards.

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One of those ways you guys can
let us know what's going on and

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we read these week in and week
out.

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We pray over them.
If you guys are new with this,

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I'm going to make you guys a
simple promise.

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We're not going to ask anything
else from you today except for

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this one simple thing.
We just would love to have you

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to introduce yourself to us so
you can take that connection

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card, Mark that you're new here
and fill that out to the level

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that you're comfortable with.
We're not going to do anything

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crazy.
We just love to send you out

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some information this week, let
us know a little bit more about

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real life and get you connected
on what's going on here.

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Maybe this is where God's got a
plan for you.

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So we love it that you're here
and we'll let you guys know in a

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little bit what you.
Can do with those cards towards

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the end of the gathering.
What we like to say here is that

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real life we are a church on a
mission.

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Can I get an Amen Amen.
If you guys know what that is

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that mission is to see people
far from God discover their real

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life and purpose in Jesus and we
break this down for you real

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simple.
We believe the world just

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destroys people week in and week
out tears people down takes away

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their meaning takes away their
hope.

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We talked about the living hope,
right?

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And God's put a calling on our
life and the life of this church

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to be on mission.
And that is to that people that

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get connected, you know, back to
Jesus and find that meeting and

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purpose.
And so when people are broken,

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we know that they have a
community they can come and lean

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on.
And so my prayers is that if

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that's you today, you walked in
and you're broken and you don't

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have any hope, maybe this is the
community that God's going to

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use just to get you connected
back to him.

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And so we're excited to see how
God moves today and that

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everything that we do flows out
of that mission.

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And so we're in the middle of
something called at the movies.

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And if you've never been at the
movies here in real life, we're

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almost done.
We've got one more week after

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this, but it's going to be
something a little different.

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Maybe you haven't experienced
it.

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And So what we do is we like to
take some media, whether it's a

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movie or a show, and we like to
pull out a gospel theme and just

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go back and run to the
scriptures and say this is the

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principle that God's talking
about in this clip.

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And we've been in the middle of
the of the of the TV series

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called Chosen.
Maybe you've seen it, maybe you

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haven't.
And so in a minute, you're going

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to get to see a clip and then
Pastor Shawn's going to bring a

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good word.
So I want you guys just to relax

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and here's what I'm going to ask
from you.

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How is God going to change your
life today through the message

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you're going to receive through
the reading of God's word, allow

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God to search your soul, love
God to move you, shape you.

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And then on top of that, maybe
there's somebody that God puts

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on your heart today to invite
next week, somebody that you

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know has has a whole they're
lacking, you know, God in their

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life and you'll have an
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So a lot of those two things
just to to percolate in your

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life.
So relax, get ready for at the

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movies.
We're going to in a minute,

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we're going to have popcorn,
soda and a water come up free

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charge.
Take all you want.

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And so you guys relax, have a
good time, and let's put our

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hands together for Pastor Sean
as we go back to at the movies.

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Good morning, guys.
Oh man.

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So first of all, is that
workshop on fire today?

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That was awesome.
I noticed this was really either

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hot up here.
Really good because Holly and

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Diane are both on the front row
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They said woo.
It's hot up there, you know, Oh

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man, but I'm excited.
Before we jump in, let me brag

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on what God did this week just a
little bit for our kids camp.

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So check out this first picture.
These kids, we had 20 kids go

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out to, we part up a summit park
church, Summit Park, man, the

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Summit church, there's different
summits, all right, all sorts of

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summits.
But the Summit Church and these

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kids did all sorts of fun stuff.
You'll see archery, they had

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crafts, they had a thing called
nap time.

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They did not nap.
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Asking kids, what does this
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It's like some kids, it's a
secret, then some kids fold,

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others wouldn't.
But it was awesome.

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So they got a chance to connect
to check out this next picture.

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Then all sorts of fun hanging
out in groups and just learning

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about Jesus worshipping.
It was high energy, I'll tell

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you that.
But I want to thank this next

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picture.
I want to thank our leaders.

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Lots of spiritual moments, but
we had Tanya, Where's Tanya at?

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Alyssa.
I know she's in the she's

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probably back kids.
I don't know.

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Was there any bells that came
out all week or helped out a

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little bit?
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OK.
Besides, you all right?

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But they came out there every
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I mean, we drop off the kids at
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They're like, yeah, I'm like,
man, there's nothing to be

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excited about right now.
You know, I'm just kidding.

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It was fun.
But Christy Hardy, she was out

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there all.
Week.

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If you talked to her today, her
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I said, are you sick or did you
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And she said she is tired.
It was she went to Columbia to

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youth camp to the kids stuff.
And so, but we're so thankful

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for you, what you did and
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And the, the kids had a great
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You always make it way better.
But I, I noticed in some of the

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pictures she was in the back
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I'm not 22, the average age of
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But it was a packed day.
They're they're with the kids, I

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think 9 hours a day.
So that that's, that's the

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extent.
But anyway, give it up for our

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kids one more time.
Let them know we love them.

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We'll present more later.
So on 2 Sundays we're going to

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do a camp Sunday.
We're doing the the youth kit,

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the teens and the kids and
you'll hear everything about it.

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So it's really good.
So today is our 4th part of at

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the movies.
We're diving in.

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It's really dedicated to those
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And I say us because there's
probably a lot of us in this

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camp that struggle with always
being in control, that we

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struggle with perfectionism,
achievement, everything,

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everything figured.
Out, lined out.

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Maybe even people pleasing a
little bit I'd see people

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nudging each other right now.
So this give me some good news

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for all of us.
I'm in this camp as well.

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This text, this passage we're
going to walk through.

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I think it's going to speak to
you guys heart and so we're

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going to jump in.
This can be season 4, episode 5

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of the.
Chosen and it's called sitting,

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serving and scheming.
Check it out.

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That's interesting.
The horses love.

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How was your opinion holding up?
Especially the highest is

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delayed, but we're managing.
What's the going there for

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Waters and Pruners?
Why you need a job?

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I'm working for you, Aster.
Sure.

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Same as Carter.
Come on, Denarius.

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Yes.
I'm disappointed.

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I thought you were shrewd.
I'm a gentleness man that you

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are.
That reminds me of a story.

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Is everything all right, Martha?
I'm fine.

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System I've got a Kenny on.
She's Please continue.

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OK.
The Kingdom of Heaven is like

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the master of a house who went
out early in the morning to hire

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laborers for his vineyard.
After agreeing with the laborers

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for Denarius Sede, he sent them
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You make it sound so simple.
In going out about the third

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hour he saw others standing idle
in the marketplace and to them

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he said, you going to the
vineyard too, and whatever is

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right I will give you.
So they went going out again

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about the 6th hour and the 9th
hour he did the same and about

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the 11th hour he went out and
found others standing.

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He said to them, why'd you stand
here idle all day?

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They said to him, because no one
has hired us.

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He said to them, you go into the
vineyard too.

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When evening came, the owner of
the vineyard said to his fore,

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call the neighbors, pay them
their wings, beginning with the

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last up to the first.
So when those hired at the 11th

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hour, each of them received at
the last.

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Now when those hired first?
Cable.

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They thought they would receive
more.

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Each of them also received the
numbers when they got it, they

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grumbled the master of the house
saying these last worked only

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one hour and you've made them
equal to us who've been here all

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day in the scorching heat.
To the Clyde friend, I'm doing

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no wrong.
You do not agree with me, for

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Donatus people belongs to you.
Go.

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I choose to give to this last
worker the same.

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Am I not allowed to do what I
choose with what belongs to me?

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Or do you begrudge my generosity
so the last will be 1st and the

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1st last?
Where are we?

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Hold on.
The ones who worked the hour

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were paid the full to naughty
that's that's 12 times more than

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what they were owed.
Sounds to me like the owner of

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the vineyard was getting
cheated.

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Is the Kingdom of heaven unjust?
I get it.

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I'm happy to be lost.
Through earthly eyes, I suppose

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it looks unfair.
But I didn't say the Kingdom of

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this world, I said of heaven.
It's a different calculus.

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But people are not measured by
what they deserve.

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Thank you, this looks
delightful.

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Would have been better if I
didn't have to do it all alone.

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Better.
Yes, better, more befitting of

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someone as important as you.
It seems you didn't notice my

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sister has left me to serve
alone.

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From the moment you got here,
she hasn't done anything to

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serve you.
She's completely ignored

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everything I've been doing to
make all of you comfortable, and

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it's clear that she's not going
to notice how hard I'm working

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on her own.
The only thing that could change

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it is if you tell her to help
me.

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Martha, Martha, please sit down
here with me.

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How can I sit?
Only half your followers have

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been served.
We can discuss this later.

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I'm sorry.
I know, but I want others to

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hear this.
There's nothing to be

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embarrassed about.
You've done a wonderful thing.

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You are anxious.
I'm troubled about many things

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and it is not for nothing.
Hospitality will always matter

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and I'm grateful for what you
have done.

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It's.
What you deserve and more.

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Your intention is well meaning,
but only one thing is truly

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necessary.
The best way to serve me is to

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pay close attention to my words.
That is the priority.

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That is what your sister has
chosen.

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It is a good portion and it will
not be taken from her.

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Taken.
The food, the servings, they are

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wonderful, but they'll pass
away.

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But the rest of this world, my
words, they'll never pass away.

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Mary has chosen to.
If he's done something of

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eternal value.
I want you all to hear this

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clearly.
I do not rebuke Martha.

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Acts of service are beautiful.
Action is good.

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You're doing what you thought
was expected of you.

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And what you do is valuable.
And Mary, I probably could have

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helped a little, but listen, I
don't want you distracted from

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being able to be present with me
and the friends that I have

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brought.
I'm inviting you to something

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that is better to sit at my
feet, listen carefully to my

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words, and devote flour the
mass, a meal more nourishing

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than pure food.
That said, I definitely don't

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want to waste Martha's amazing
food.

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So if you all got the lesson,
let's all thank her and eat

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Thank you.
Divine.

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That word coming from you?
I like the vine.

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I will bring in the rest,
Andrew.

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I'll help you.
What is that bright flavour in

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the bread?
I snuck a little bit of mint and

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lemon into the dough.
Brilliant.

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All right.
Who didn't get any?

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You just had one.
No, no, no, no, no.

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Over here first.
Over here first.

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It was a small, small piece.
I'll fight to the death.

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I've been pushing the cart all
day and I feel that.

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Yeah, that story is pretty
powerful.

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It's super simple, but it's
super powerful.

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And you might ask, is that in
the Bible?

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And the answer is somebody said
no, the answer is yes, it is in

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the Bible.
There's some parts obviously

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made-up in the story, but that
is the gist of the story.

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And so if you got your Bibles,
you're going to be in Luke

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chapter 10, verse 38.
You're going to find this story,

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and it says this.
It says as Jesus and disciples

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were on their way, he came to a
village where a woman named

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Martha opened her.
What?

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What's it say?
Yeah, she opened her home.

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I want you to note that it's
going to be important for later.

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She opened her home to Jesus,
and she and her sister, she had

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a sister called Mary who sat at
the Lord's feet.

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Doing what?
What's it say listening to what

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he said?
But Martha was distracted by all

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the preparations that had to be
made.

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She came to him and asked, Lord,
don't you care that my sister

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has left me to do the work by
myself?

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Tell her to help me.
She interrupted Jesus to remind

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Jesus that there's other people
not doing all the work and then

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insisted and demanded that Jesus
order her to help and then Jesus

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response our love and kindness.
Martha, Martha Lord answered,

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you are worried and upset about
many things, but few things are

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needed or indeed only one.
Mary has chosen what is better

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and it will be not taken from
here.

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You guys pray with me today
Father to come before you.

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God, I pray you to teach us to
sit at your feet.

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God to show us that we're maybe
too busy or too focused.

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God, that we need to take a step
back and walk with you.

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God, for those of us that are
focused on achievement or

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perfectionism or or all this
worry and everything being

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perfect, God, just soften the
heart.

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God be with us today.
God, show us your will.

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God, show us your presence.
God, give us your word and

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praise in Jesus name and
everybody said Amen.

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Let me encourage you.
What's not happening in this

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story?
Jesus is not rebuking Martha

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because she is practicing
hospitality.

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Matter of fact, hospitality is
found all over the Bible.

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We're called to be hospitable.
Actually, one of the

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qualifications of a Deacon is a
pastor.

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It says they're fit, they're
able, they're ready for

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hospitality.
There's a pastor.

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As a leader, you're called to
get your feet on people's

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00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,240
tables, to open your home, to
invite people into your life.

455
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,040
You can't be reclused behind a
gated community, be in the green

456
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,440
room, and to keep everybody at
arm's length.

457
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,160
Amen.
You're fit for hospitality.

458
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,560
Matter of fact, the Bible goes
on by hospitality so far that it

459
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,160
says that we even have
entertained angels unbeknownst

460
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,760
to us that we supposed to care
for and and consider others

461
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,120
around us.
So Jesus isn't rebuking her on

462
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,840
this, but this is an instance of
doing good things and not doing

463
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,680
God things.
This instance of staying busy

464
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,600
doing the work of God without
being the work of God.

465
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,880
This is staying busy, all the
good things in life and Martha

466
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:58,960
missed the rhythm of what it is
to have a healthy soul, but what

467
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,120
it is to really be in the
essence of Jesus.

468
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,240
In a lot of sense.
You would have said, well, this

469
00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:07,440
is messages for someone else.
I'm awful busy doing God's work.

470
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,560
And so I want to walk through
the context of this passage and

471
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,360
it's going to take a lot of the
morning here, but I want to walk

472
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,440
through things so important.
So the context is this is about

473
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:15,960
6 months out from the
crucifixion.

474
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,160
They've been together for almost
2 1/2 years.

475
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,880
They're ministering at and
around Jerusalem.

476
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,040
They're surrounding the area of
the Gospel.

477
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,880
They're coming in out of town,
they're in Judea.

478
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,040
Jesus had just sent out the 70
right before this.

479
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,440
They went out two by two.
They found people of peace then

480
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,320
taking with them.
They met in their homes.

481
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:37,760
They shared the gospel, just had
an amazing message sharing the

482
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,240
Good Samaritan and they're busy.
You can imagine the life of

483
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:43,120
Jesus isn't any less busy than
ours.

484
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,840
He, he is going in and out.
He's walking everywhere.

485
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,080
He's sharing the, the gospel he
found time to do with his

486
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,600
father, but it was a busy time.
They came to this place that

487
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,160
relaxed in Bethany.
This, this is a place of kind of

488
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,120
a, a base camp for Jesus.
They're meeting in this, this

489
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,560
home that's just outside the
Mount of Olives.

490
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,440
It's about two miles away from
Jerusalem.

491
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,640
And they would come in probably
every day or a few times a week.

492
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,400
And they do minister at the
temple.

493
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,600
They share the gospel.
They'd be healing people, but

494
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,560
they'd go back to this base camp
at this home and Bethany.

495
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,760
And this is the home you find
here with Martha and Mary.

496
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,160
So the question I asked this
morning is why did Jesus, we

497
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,560
read this?
Why did Jesus pick this home to

498
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,480
be his base camp?
Do you guys remember?

499
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:31,000
Because they opened their home,
it wasn't anything crazy.

500
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,080
They, they, they simply welcomed
Jesus, Amen.

501
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,680
There's a lot of people don't
open their homes of Jesus.

502
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,600
There's a lot of people who
never would do that.

503
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,440
But they, they actually opened
the house and said, you know,

504
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:41,800
Jesus, you're welcome to stay
here.

505
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,680
If you need a place to stay, my
house is open.

506
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:45,560
Amen.
That's a good thing.

507
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,080
You think about Jesus in the the
miracle, the great miracle.

508
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,840
Turning water into wine was
first great miracles.

509
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,600
He was at the wedding because he
was invited.

510
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,200
Him and the salvage were
invited.

511
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,680
That wedding became the first
miracle.

512
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,560
And it's just something special
about inviting and welcoming

513
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,160
Jesus.
As far as I know, Jesus shows up

514
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,760
every time you invite and
welcome into your life.

515
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,760
When you make time for him, he
always meets with you.

516
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,720
Matter of fact, it says in
Revelation chapter 2, he knocks

517
00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:13,920
on the door.
He's talking about Christian,

518
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,360
he's talking about the church
he's knocking and it says he

519
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,800
wants to sit down with us and us
with him and dine together.

520
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,320
Amen.
I think Ada chose said this way.

521
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:29,320
Jesus, he is, he is, He waits to
be wanted.

522
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:33,720
He waits to be wanted, like he's
not going to steamroll through

523
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:37,600
your life.
He could maybe a few times, but

524
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,720
he waits for you to invite him
in.

525
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,160
Amen.
He waits for us to patient and

526
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,520
say, Lord, I need you, Lord,
show yourself to me.

527
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,440
Lord, I want to hear from you.
God, I want to know you, and he

528
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,440
waits for us.
And so the question this morning

529
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,160
is, have you had a spirit of
inviting and welcoming Jesus

530
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,400
into your life?
And oftentimes, at least in our

531
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,280
culture, we stay way too busy.
We over commit.

532
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,200
We don't have time for Jesus.
We don't read our Bibles, we

533
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,440
don't pray.
I think the stat I saw last time

534
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,880
was 2% of Christians actually
read their Bible.

535
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,280
And so for most of the time,
we're just running through life.

536
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,360
And then we wondered, man, I
don't feel like I'm connected to

537
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,120
God.
God did not move.

538
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,400
We did, Amen.
Like we got to get back into the

539
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,200
presence of Jesus.
So in this passage, there's

540
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,640
three siblings.
So we had Martha, Mary, and

541
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:21,800
who's the 3rd sibling?
Anybody know?

542
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,680
Lazarus.
Lazarus is the third sibling.

543
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,880
Jesus was a super close to this
family.

544
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,840
Bible says that Jesus loved
Lazarus.

545
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,800
But men I know this.
Jesus actually says in the Bible

546
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,320
love Martha and Mary as well.
The only thing about Lazarus I'm

547
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,960
just like huge spoiler, but
Lazarus gets really sick, he

548
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,440
dies.
Mary's pleading with Jesus that

549
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,760
he'd show up.
He's not there, he doesn't heal

550
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,240
and he dies and Jesus shows up
and they weep.

551
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:49,360
It's the shortest verse in the
Bible.

552
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,440
Jesus wept.
Now you got a verse memorized.

553
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:56,360
Amen, got it.
And and Jesus moved to

554
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,440
compassion resurrects Lazarus
because we come out of the grave

555
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,280
and it comes out of the grave
and Martha and Mary are are

556
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:05,600
grateful and Mary goes on the
Bible.

557
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,040
You may not know this, but she
was on the Bible and takes one

558
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,960
of the most expensive perfumes
she owns, probably worth a year

559
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,840
of wages and it's a special nard
and she breaks at the feet of

560
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,120
Jesus.
She washes his feet with her

561
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,920
hair and worship worships and
anoints Jesus, the only

562
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,000
anointing Jesus would get before
he died.

563
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,600
And this, this is the kind of
love.

564
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,240
They're more than just a story
that these were family, Amen.

565
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,000
There's a deep relationship.
There's a deep connection.

566
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,800
And I think of the story, I
think this is the kind of

567
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,280
relationship Jesus wants with
us, Amen.

568
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,680
That we know him deeply.
There would be this love

569
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,640
relationship.
It wouldn't just be a religion

570
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,480
where we just show up to church
on a Sunday or we have to, we

571
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,400
have to read our Bible.
We have to do these things, we

572
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,960
have to all these pieces, but we
actually walk with Jesus.

573
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,560
You have to understand how in
depth they're in love with each

574
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,040
other.
This family had means.

575
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,280
This is really interesting to
open a home to all the disciples

576
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,960
and all the other people that
would have been in with them,

577
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,360
all the plus ones.
This had to be a pretty decent

578
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,520
sized house and to open their
house, they would have some kind

579
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,160
of wealth to provide for the
food and all the utilities and

580
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,920
all the beds and all the
different things.

581
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,760
They had money, they had
affluence.

582
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,240
And it brings up an interesting
conversation because in our

583
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:18,360
culture, often times if you're
wealthy, it's, it's seen as like

584
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,280
an evil.
You, you must have done

585
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,640
something evil to earn your
wealth.

586
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,720
And if you're poor, you must
have been taken advantage of by

587
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,720
somebody who's wealthy.
That's why you stay poor.

588
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,640
And this is, this is kind of the
way it's like, it's like the

589
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,640
sinful wealthy and the
victimized poor in Scripture.

590
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:37,000
It's, it's really interesting
because God is not concerned as

591
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,680
much of what's in your hand as
much as in your heart.

592
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,880
He's not concerned how much you
own or the, the amount of

593
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,800
resources you're given or how
big your, your wealth is your

594
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,280
assets.
He's concerned about has the,

595
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,680
has that script into your heart.
So the world would say that the

596
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,880
root of evil is money and say
money is wrong.

597
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,160
And if you're wealthy, you must,
it must be this way.

598
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,440
And there's all these things
that people say, but that's how

599
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:04,840
the Bible says.
The Bible says what the the love

600
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,320
of money, it's the greed.
It's the love of money.

601
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,960
So when it slips from your hand
into your heart, that is where

602
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:11,920
it's a problem.
Amen.

603
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:14,040
Jesus is less concerned about
what you have.

604
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,480
He's more concerned about what
you do with what you have.

605
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,040
He's concerned what what you do
with the things that God has

606
00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,040
given you.
And, and it's funny too,

607
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:25,120
ironically, you can have no
money and still love money,

608
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,120
Amen.
You can be greedy and selfish

609
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,720
and have nothing.
And let's be honest, that's

610
00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:34,120
majority of people.
They, they don't have it, but

611
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,040
they're in love with it.
And they kind of project that

612
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,880
everybody else, this family was
wealthy and their mentality was

613
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:43,600
to steward the wealth that God
had given them to, to host all

614
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:45,840
these disciples that, that that
makes a messy house.

615
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,560
Amen.
That that that is, it's chaotic,

616
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,840
that's outside the schedule.
They could be doing anything

617
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,240
they wanted to, but they brought
these people into their homes.

618
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,360
They had Murphy beds and food
and all the different

619
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,160
commodities and things.
They're trying to keep up.

620
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,640
They want to serve Jesus.
There's a lot of wealthy

621
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,400
families in the Bible.
You think of Joseph Amarthea,

622
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,000
you think of Nicodemus, you
think of Susanna, you think of

623
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,880
Joanne, you think of Mary
Magdalene, you think of Lydia

624
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,760
the cellar purple that would
have starred the Church of

625
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,800
Philippi under under Paul.
God used affluent people.

626
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,080
Amen, Amen.
I mean, sometimes it's like, Oh

627
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:22,120
well, you know, and God uses all
of us too.

628
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,000
I don't want you to get the idea
just for the wealthy.

629
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,520
It's just special call that we
all have to be a servant as

630
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:28,960
steward of what God has given
us.

631
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,360
It's an exercise of faith.
It's simply saying, Jesus, I

632
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,520
want your Kingdom come and your
will be done.

633
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,640
I want to help fund your
Kingdom.

634
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,280
Amen.
So get the context.

635
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,800
These people had a huge heart to
serve.

636
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:45,040
They wanted the will of God and
the things of God to happen and

637
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,520
Martha was one of those people.
Martha obviously was the the

638
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:48,920
party planner.
Come on somebody.

639
00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:51,720
She had the Pinterest board.
She had the little name tags.

640
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,120
You see the bread in the video.
I mean, come on somebody, right?

641
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,800
I mean, you know, they didn't
bake that on the show.

642
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,520
Somebody put some shoe Polish on
that bread, right?

643
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:03,400
I mean, maybe somebody that's
excellent did something right.

644
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:05,760
But the reality is like that.
That's just what she want

645
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,760
everything to be perfect.
And Jesus showed up.

646
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,200
He had been tired.
He he preached his soul out.

647
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,920
They would travel all day there
and back and Martha's

648
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,560
distracted.
That's what I says about Martha

649
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:19,520
and Luke 1040.
But Martha was distracted by all

650
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:25,560
the, what preparations that had
to be made.

651
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,000
She, she, she had set the
standard like beyond excellence.

652
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,200
I mean, she, she was just over
the top.

653
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,040
She was elaborate.
She had everything ready.

654
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:40,040
She was trying to serve Jesus,
but she actually missed Jesus in

655
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,960
an effort to serve the King of
Kings.

656
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,120
She actually missed being with
the King of Kings.

657
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,920
It was the trap that many people
fall into, especially you step

658
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,240
in the ministry and you step in
a leadership or you're walking

659
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:54,080
with God is to make the trap of
doing the work of God without

660
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:58,360
being the work of God.
We make the trap of all this can

661
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,160
get all this stuff done and yes,
we did it.

662
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,040
Woo.
But we spent no time with Jesus.

663
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,520
We, we, we forgot that the God
is speaking to us as well.

664
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,160
Like Martha was like, that's a
good message for the people in

665
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,800
the other room.
I've got some stuff to do.

666
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,280
It's all the people that hang
out.

667
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,640
I'm going to call them out today
in the hub all morning and don't

668
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,600
come in.
Amen.

669
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,360
Just going to say it.
I'm just going to say it because

670
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,200
of the reality is like, that's
just good enough for somebody

671
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:26,600
else.
I've got some, I got to serve

672
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,040
out here.
I've got some work to do.

673
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,200
I'm past that spiritually.
I've got all figured out.

674
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,840
And just as a preacher, you're
like, man, nobody's above this.

675
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,720
Like we need to hear the word of
God.

676
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:39,120
I'm good.
I've got it on my own in in

677
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:43,000
Martha's mind, the work was
greater than his words.

678
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,000
The work, her work was greater
than his words.

679
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,720
Amen.
She she saw herself.

680
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,160
All my values.
So great.

681
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:51,720
I don't even need to hear from
Jesus.

682
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:53,920
Now think of Mary, the complete
opposite.

683
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:58,160
Jesus preaching and teaching.
And where was Mary?

684
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,360
Do you remember?
Yeah, those feet.

685
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,960
Luke 1039.
Mary, who sat at the Lord's

686
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,960
feet, listening to what he said.
This idea is sitting at the

687
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,000
Lord's speech that sat at the
Lord's feet.

688
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:13,560
That's actually a technical
term.

689
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,960
Like we we read it and go like
concrete, like she's at the feet

690
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,760
of Jesus.
You know, she's got her legs

691
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,680
crossed and she's like this,
right, Right.

692
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,280
That's not what it's saying.
OK.

693
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:27,720
I mean, there's a technical
sense to this.

694
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:32,200
Like like Paul sat at the feet
of Gameliel, like he, he, he was

695
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,360
under the lead Pharisee, the
lead leader, like he was being

696
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,120
taught by these people.
It was a technical term used for

697
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:42,480
a disciple, A rabbi to a
disciple.

698
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,160
When she sat at Jesus feet, it
was saying, Jesus, you are my

699
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,680
rabbi and I'm your disciple.
And when the rabbi teaches, the

700
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,560
disciple listens.
Amen.

701
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,280
It's it's amazing.
And this is, this is amazing

702
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,600
because this is shocking and it
should be shocking, at least in

703
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,080
that culture of being extremely
shocking, that Mary was a

704
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:03,800
disciple.
You did not have women as

705
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:08,240
disciples in this time period,
and they should have, but they

706
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:10,440
didn't.
But this is what you think about

707
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:14,360
that culture in the Talmud when
they, the Jewish law that they

708
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,000
supersede everything with.
This is one of the refrains.

709
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,280
This is what they would chant.
This is what they taught their

710
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,160
disciples.
This is one of the prayers.

711
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,200
Blessed are you God of the
universe who has not made me a

712
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,240
gentile, a slave or a woman.
Could you imagine teaching that

713
00:48:29,240 --> 00:48:32,240
to somebody?
And so for Jesus to have a woman

714
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,880
as a disciple, it blew the lift
off the culture.

715
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,760
There's no one of the refrains.
They'd say it'd be better to

716
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,600
burn the Torah than to teach it
to a woman.

717
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:45,000
Isn't that crazy that that
there's a culture there in and

718
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:46,440
Jesus crossed all those lines,
Amen.

719
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,880
And here's Mary, she's sitting
at the feet of Jesus.

720
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,160
And Jesus, if you know anything
about Jesus, he's always

721
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,680
welcoming, dignifying,
equipping, encouraging,

722
00:48:55,840 --> 00:49:00,240
commissioning, sending women
everywhere he went.

723
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,200
Amen, Amen.
I think the women sing that a

724
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,400
little louder, right?
This is how Jesus did it.

725
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,400
He did.
He had no partisan, male or

726
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,520
female, very kind of letting
that verse earlier.

727
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:13,680
They're junior Greek, male or
female, slave or free.

728
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,400
We're all one in Jesus.
And Mary took all advantage of

729
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:18,920
this.
You see her three times the

730
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:21,880
Bible, Luke 10 over to read in
John 11, Matthew 23.

731
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,640
The three times you see Mary in
the Bible, you know what she's

732
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:30,760
doing, she's sitting at the feet
of Jesus.

733
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,680
Every time you see her in the
Bible, she's at the feet of

734
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,560
Jesus.
What an example, Amen, of what

735
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,720
it looks like to really get the
essence of who God is and what

736
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:43,560
we should be about.
Well, Martha, after slaving

737
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,240
away, she grew so irritated at
Mary, she loses it.

738
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:50,040
She went Gordon Ramsay on her,
you know, I mean, she lost her

739
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,360
frustration.
And she points out to Jesus in

740
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:55,920
the middle of this message that,
that, that that Mary should be

741
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,040
working.
But instead I'm doing all the

742
00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:58,720
work.
How unfair.

743
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:00,800
And it's really your fault
because you just tell her do it

744
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:02,960
and she'd do it.
She's so frustrated.

745
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,000
You think about being under the
same roof, but in a different

746
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,760
room that that's Martha, like,
well, God's over there.

747
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:11,240
I kind of hear in the
background.

748
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:13,320
I've got all figured out.
I'm getting I'm so I'm getting

749
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:15,760
so irritated to be serving Jesus
right now.

750
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:17,840
You know, she's looking at
everybody else.

751
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,040
She's she's she's so conflicted
because there's people are doing

752
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,760
less than she's doing.
That is going to happen as a

753
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:25,080
leader.
Amen.

754
00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:27,800
You don't fix your eyes on
people, fix eyes on Jesus.

755
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,760
She was close enough to see the
fire, but she's too far away to

756
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:36,040
feel its warmth.
Like she had ears to hear, but

757
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:39,440
her heart was absent.
Like she heard the words of

758
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,360
Jesus, but her heart wasn't into
it because she was she was above

759
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:43,440
it.
She was too busy.

760
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,200
She was distracted by all these
things.

761
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,080
And so today I want to do is
encourage you guys.

762
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,720
It's easy to be distracted in
our culture.

763
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,040
I mean, you got Facebook,
TikTok, every app in the world

764
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,240
next to you version.
Amen.

765
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,600
You see 6000 ads a day, That's
one every 15 seconds.

766
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:02,360
You're always being sold
something all the time.

767
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:04,880
I do a little research here that
the studies show that our

768
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:08,520
attention span in this last year
has dropped by half a second

769
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:11,640
further lower.
So it makes it 8.5 seconds is

770
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,360
our average attention span as an
adult United States.

771
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,880
And you compare that to a
goldfish is 9 seconds, but

772
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,760
goldfish has more attention span
than a human in America.

773
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:24,200
Come on somebody right?
Like we live in the most

774
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:26,840
distracted time period.
The average screen time for an

775
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:30,400
American is 4 1/2 to 7 hours a
day.

776
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,360
It's just in front of a screen.
So I want to help you with some

777
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,960
4 truths, how not to be
distracted, but ultimately how

778
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,360
to get to the essence of having
a healthy soul of Jesus.

779
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:41,160
Like what's the lesson that
Jesus is truly teaching Martha?

780
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:42,920
Was he showing us so many four
things?

781
00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:45,840
Be a good time, take notes.
If not, you're going to be

782
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,440
farther back in heaven.
It's OK, all right.

783
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:53,040
Number one.
Good things can keep you from

784
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,560
God things.
Good things can keep you from

785
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,880
God things.
Martha wasn't sinning by being

786
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:02,680
hospitable.
She wasn't sinning.

787
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:05,520
She's not.
It's not a sin to make bread.

788
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:07,520
It's not a sin to serve
everybody.

789
00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:10,280
Hospitality actually honors God.
Excellence honors God.

790
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,680
Details on their God.
She wasn't bad.

791
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:16,400
She was just busy.
She was just busy.

792
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,680
She she had all this To Do List.
And then when Jesus showed up,

793
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,400
she just said, oh, I'm gonna
keep doing my To Do List instead

794
00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:23,920
of saying no, I'm in the
presence of God.

795
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,760
The most important place I can
be right now in this moment is

796
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:29,880
at his feet.
She focused her attention to

797
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,040
everything else.
Eugene Patterson, he wrote the

798
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:35,440
message, which the message, you
know, people kind of crack on it

799
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,280
because it's like, oh, it's not,
you know, this type of

800
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,440
translation, this and the other,
it's a lot like the chosen,

801
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:43,200
honestly, it's a form of art.
Like Eugene Patterson, he's got

802
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,040
an incredible story we'll have
time to give you.

803
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,680
But he, he had the time to
actually just interpret the

804
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,200
Bible and just speak with the
Holy Spirit saying to him, it's

805
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,920
really the form of art of his
personal interpretation of, of

806
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:55,160
the Bible.
And it's very challenging at

807
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,440
times.
And he said this about Martha.

808
00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:02,240
He said Martha had an appetizer
and a dessert, but missed the

809
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,280
main course.
That's a good way of saying it,

810
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,560
isn't it?
We had all the things in the

811
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,040
world, but we actually missed
the essence of why we're even

812
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:11,880
doing.
She forgot why she was there.

813
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,360
And so we have to fight to keep
the main thing, the main thing,

814
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,600
Amen.
We have to remember why we do

815
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:17,960
this.
We're not set up chairs, not put

816
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:19,840
up curtains.
We're not just staying busy

817
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:21,760
doing our jobs.
We're not just making money,

818
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,760
paying bills, surviving the day
that we're here on mission for

819
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,760
Jesus, to worship Jesus, to love
Jesus, and to show people the

820
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:31,920
light of the world.
Number 2, When you focus on

821
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:35,560
others, you often leave yourself
unattended.

822
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:37,480
You often leave yourself
unattended.

823
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:40,080
And it's not that you shouldn't
focus on others because you

824
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,200
really should, but if you focus
too much on other people, you

825
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:45,040
leave yourself vulnerable
because you're not taking care

826
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,400
of yourself.
It's like when you get in the in

827
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:50,040
the in the plane, they say if
the oxygen mask falls down, put

828
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:52,840
on everybody else and then
yourself, right?

829
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,360
I mean, right, Like epoxy will
set in it instantly, right?

830
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,840
Like you have to take care of
yourself to a healthy level if

831
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,440
you're really going to serve.
If you start serving others and

832
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,120
you're not spending time with
Jesus, you will get burned out,

833
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,320
you will get bitter and you will
quit.

834
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,760
Amen.
I've seen it too many times.

835
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,800
There's a recipe that the devil
even uses as you serve Jesus.

836
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,880
And so Martha was focused on
Mary.

837
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:19,320
Isn't it amazing?
Jesus talking about whatever

838
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:22,000
he's sharing in this story?
We really don't know when you

839
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:23,800
read the Bible what he actually
was sharing.

840
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,240
But instead of listening to
Jesus, she was so focused on

841
00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:29,040
Martha, not or Mary not helping
out.

842
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,920
What's Mary doing?
You saw the looks in the video

843
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:33,560
and she's just getting
frustrated.

844
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:35,880
And she got so frustrated when
she looked at other people.

845
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:36,880
I'm going to encourage you
today.

846
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,200
If you stare at other people,
you will be frustrated.

847
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,680
It will not take you very long
to start saying, well, look what

848
00:54:44,680 --> 00:54:47,400
they didn't do and look how they
didn't measure up and look what

849
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,120
they didn't give and blah, blah,
blah.

850
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:50,560
They didn't show up earlier.
I was here.

851
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:52,880
You could compare yourself all
the young people and you'll find

852
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:54,200
a way to get bitter really
quickly.

853
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:58,320
We we serve Jesus, Amen.
We we, we set up like we set up

854
00:54:58,320 --> 00:54:59,800
for Jesus.
We serve people are serving

855
00:54:59,840 --> 00:55:01,120
Jesus.
We don't we don't going to focus

856
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,600
on the people.
So Mary, instead of sitting or

857
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:06,880
Martha says sitting and
listening was upset of Mary who

858
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,920
was doing the right thing.
And she accuses Jesus, not even

859
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,920
caring, you know, Jesus, if she
listened to some of the stuff he

860
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,080
said earlier, she could apply
this as we could too, right.

861
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:17,440
The sermon on the Mount, like be
careful not to take the the

862
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:22,480
speck out of your brother's eye
when you got a plank A2 by four

863
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:25,720
shoot out of yours.
Instead, take out your two by 4

864
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:28,240
right?
And then you can help to get

865
00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:30,320
somebody's spec out.
I mean, she was she was so

866
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:35,520
irritated at Mary's little
speck, she forgot about her own

867
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:36,920
being.
You can.

868
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,600
Here's the point, don't neglect
yourself when you care for

869
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:40,880
others.
Don't.

870
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,280
Don't serve on the dream team
and not spend time with God.

871
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:47,320
Don't be a spiritual light to
your family and a man of God, a

872
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,640
woman of God and do all the
things of God but not actually

873
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:53,720
walk with God like we have to
get in the presence of Jesus

874
00:55:53,720 --> 00:55:55,880
every single day.
He is your strength.

875
00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:59,440
He's the one that sustains you.
He makes you bold, He gives you

876
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,960
courage, He makes you steadfast.
If you're not walking with

877
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:03,640
Jesus, you're on a dead end
road.

878
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:08,080
You are you put an expiration
date on yourself if you're not

879
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:11,800
walking with Jesus closely.
I'll say it this way, running on

880
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:16,480
empty and being a workaholic
even for God will burn you out

881
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:19,200
is not a badge of honor.
Amen.

882
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:22,400
It is not a badge of honor to
talk about how hard you work and

883
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:26,960
not walk with Jesus.
It doesn't work that way #3 work

884
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:31,400
without worship makes you weary.
Work without worship makes you

885
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:32,480
weary.
It's kind of counterintuitive.

886
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:36,560
You can actually get more done
slowing down and resting and

887
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,640
being with Jesus and actually
the right things done.

888
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,360
It's about resting.
We talk about Sabbath, we talk

889
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,240
about resting from from work.
We're talking about slowing down

890
00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:47,480
your schedule enough to actually
spend quality time with Jesus.

891
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:50,280
We're talking about not filling
up every day of your life with

892
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,240
stuff.
Good stuff, awesome stuff, fun

893
00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:55,320
stuff, sports, games, friends,
all these things.

894
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,840
But do we spend time with Jesus?
There's something

895
00:56:57,840 --> 00:56:59,440
counterintuitive that we get
something done.

896
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:04,280
Ecclesiastes 10/10 it says this
way if the axe is dull and its

897
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:10,160
edge unsharpened, more what more
strength is needed, but skill

898
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,200
will bring success.
If you don't sharpen the axe,

899
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:16,160
you're going to take more effort
to do the same thing.

900
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:18,880
And in the reality is we have to
sharpen the axe of our souls.

901
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,240
Amen.
We have to slow down and sharpen

902
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,040
the axe of our souls.
If you don't rest, you will burn

903
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:24,640
out.
You know, it's interesting about

904
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:27,800
rest.
Jesus, it says he rested on the

905
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:31,200
7th day from creation.
God Elohim, you know Jesus the

906
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:34,600
Creator, and it says he rested.
This is before the law, this

907
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:37,720
before the prophets, this before
New Testament.

908
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:41,240
God created in six days and then
rested on the 7th.

909
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,080
Now how many guys think God was
tired?

910
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:45,800
God didn't get tired.
Amen.

911
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,000
God does not get weary.
He's not tired.

912
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:52,080
That's a lot of work, making
those stars as humans are going

913
00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:53,720
to fail me, but I love him.
He didn't.

914
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:55,840
He didn't.
He didn't get tired.

915
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:57,800
He rested.
It's a different type of rest.

916
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:01,080
It's a contemplative rest.
It's a communal rest.

917
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:03,280
It's a consecration type of
rest.

918
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:06,120
It's where you look back at the
week and you go, man, that's

919
00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,720
good.
Wow, God, you deserve this.

920
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,040
Look what you did.
I give you honor.

921
00:58:11,200 --> 00:58:13,560
Thank you for this week or God
help me this week.

922
00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,120
That was a hard week.
You commune, you spend time.

923
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:18,920
Jesus, God himself set this up
for us, Amen.

924
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,040
Now most people, I talk about
Sabbath, you guys are like, what

925
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:24,960
are you talking about?
Are you for real right now?

926
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,000
I'm for real, Amen.
It's not even a New Testament

927
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,200
principle.
It is, but it was founded long

928
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:33,440
ago, before the days of
creation.

929
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:34,960
We need to spend time with
Jesus.

930
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:39,280
You could pick like a sundown to
to a sundown, pick a day.

931
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:42,240
So I'm going to be intentional
to find some spiritual habits.

932
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:43,840
I'm going to read my Bible, I'm
going to pray.

933
00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:47,360
I'm do stuff that fills my soul.
It's not time off, it's time up.

934
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:50,720
OK, I'm not taking this.
Just just watch TV and veg out

935
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:52,400
and take a day off work.
That's what I'm asking to do.

936
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,560
I'm asking you to pull some
time, some time up with Jesus

937
00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:00,280
where you get your Bible, you
get solitude, you pray, you

938
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:02,200
spend time with your family, you
bite some loved ones over, you

939
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:05,440
share a meal like you, you do
some spiritual things in life.

940
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:08,600
You just commune like Jesus
said, I'll dine with you, dine

941
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:12,560
with Jesus one day a week, Amen.
And if you come here on Sunday

942
00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:14,480
and you're like, man, this
preacher, I might feed my cup

943
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,480
and man, I'm getting burned out.
I'm not learning from the Bible.

944
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:18,920
It's like feed yourself.
Amen.

945
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:22,280
You have to feed yourself.
There's a guy we were launching

946
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:23,960
our church and he was training
me, said, man, all the babies

947
00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:25,560
crying, they're hungry.
Tell people to go make a

948
00:59:25,560 --> 00:59:28,640
sandwich.
You know, I mean, they expect a

949
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:32,320
lot from one meal a week, right?
You have to get the habit of

950
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,200
walking with Jesus.
There's an interesting rhythm

951
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,240
you find between anxiety and
idolatry.

952
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:42,160
It's really interesting like
like if you elevate the idols in

953
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:46,160
your life, if you elevate
perfectionism, if you'll like

954
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:50,600
self help, if you elevate having
to have everything perfect or

955
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:54,160
elevate people pleasing and
making everybody happy.

956
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:57,320
If you elevate validation, like
you just need to be needed.

957
00:59:57,320 --> 01:00:00,640
Maybe it's your old man, maybe
it's somebody in your life you

958
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,400
looked up to and you have to
have them approve you and you

959
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,760
elevate all these other idols
besides Jesus.

960
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:10,720
It always, every time elevate
your anxiety every time.

961
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:14,080
There's a sick, direct
correlation between the owls of

962
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:15,640
worship and the anxieties we
face.

963
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:19,040
In worship, it is the way to
break the chain.

964
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:22,400
Worship is the way to break the
chain of those idols.

965
01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:27,880
When you say, like, you go all
the way back to Gideon and you

966
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:32,560
go back home and you tear down
the Astra pole right in the

967
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:36,720
altar to bow and you go back
home and you say, yeah, I'm no

968
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:38,960
longer going to worship the same
things.

969
01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:42,560
I'm going to worship God.
You got to do some heart surgery

970
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,760
with Jesus.
You got to, you got to stop

971
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:47,720
worshiping at the feet of other
things.

972
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:50,520
You have to spend time to sit at
the feet of Jesus, man, He is

973
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:54,080
good, Amen.
His yoke is easy and his burden

974
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:56,320
is light.
Like there's something special

975
01:00:56,320 --> 01:00:59,640
about being the feet of Jesus.
And so I encourage you guys to

976
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:01,720
take, take a Sabbath, spend time
with Jesus.

977
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:06,480
Last thing #4 when you lose your
why, you lose your way.

978
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:09,040
When you lose your why, you lose
your way.

979
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,680
Martha didn't set out.
She remember who why was or why

980
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:17,040
to serve Jesus.
Jesus, my house is open.

981
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:20,280
Come on.
This be great base camp if you

982
01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:21,320
need it.
Come on here.

983
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,600
I'll cook the meals all cleaned.
I'll get everything going.

984
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:24,960
You do what you need to do,
Lord.

985
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:26,000
I'll make it as easy as
possible.

986
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:28,360
She doesn't serve Jesus.
She wasn't trying to get bitter.

987
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:29,960
She wouldn't try to get burned
out.

988
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,040
She wouldn't try to get angry.
She wouldn't try to be mad or

989
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:33,480
said she wouldn't try to rub
Jesus.

990
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:35,520
She wasn't trying to do all
those things.

991
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,000
But she lost her.
Why?

992
01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:42,640
And here here's the reality.
If your life is busy, like what

993
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:45,600
you do for God, you don't spend
time with God.

994
01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:47,680
You'll eventually act like your
God.

995
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:51,120
Like if you don't spend time
with God when you're doing life,

996
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:56,520
you will act like God yourself.
She ordered Jesus to tell Mary

997
01:01:56,520 --> 01:02:00,200
to start working.
If you think about how dumb that

998
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:03,560
is, like he didn't know there's
a problem.

999
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,520
I mean, Peter did this a few
times.

1000
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:07,200
No, Lord, I'll.
Never let you die.

1001
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:10,320
No Lord, this will never happen
and and Jesus like get behind me

1002
01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:13,280
Satan, you have no idea what
you're talking about.

1003
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:15,400
It's so easy to get a spot your
lives.

1004
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,520
We start telling God what to do
because it doesn't look like

1005
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:21,920
what we want and and Martha is a
picture in here that we need to

1006
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,520
spend time with God.
But if you don't, but we'll

1007
01:02:24,520 --> 01:02:26,640
always complain about the life
we didn't have.

1008
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:30,480
We get entitled, we get bitter,
we get burned out, but I love

1009
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:32,640
Jesus response.
It's it's so special.

1010
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:37,560
It it's just the heart of God
his his response Martha Martha

1011
01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:39,400
like I love the idea in the
video.

1012
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,680
Didn't you like how how soft
Jesus was and how loving Jesus

1013
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:44,840
was if he didn't come down to
her.

1014
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:49,720
He gently encouraged her and and
and showed her a better way and

1015
01:02:49,720 --> 01:02:55,640
it says it says in John 1115.
Now Jesus loved Martha, Jesus

1016
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:57,600
love Martha, and Jesus loves
you, Amen.

1017
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:01,920
And Jesus might be speaking to
you and say your name, your

1018
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:03,120
name, right?
I could go around you.

1019
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:05,440
You'll get offended if I start
calling your names, right?

1020
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:09,000
But but he can say your name and
he's trying to teach you a

1021
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,440
lesson.
What good things in your life

1022
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:12,800
are keeping you from God?
Things.

1023
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,120
What places are you sitting that
aren't the feet of Jesus?

1024
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:18,720
What what areas occupy your
life?

1025
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:21,240
What would it look like to have
time with Jesus?

1026
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:22,800
It would look like to say, you
know what?

1027
01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:26,280
I don't have to get all this
done When there's a presence of

1028
01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:27,920
God in the room, I'm gonna let
that go.

1029
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,960
I'm gonna spend time with Jesus.
What would it look like?

1030
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:34,120
I'm gonna go back.
This is Matthew 11.

1031
01:03:34,120 --> 01:03:36,160
This is the words of Jesus.
This is from Eugene Patterson.

1032
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,760
He wrote the message talked
about a minute ago and it just

1033
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:41,920
just speaks.
This is what it says.

1034
01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:44,280
Don't you just breathe this over
you as we end this message

1035
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,560
today.
He says, are you tired?

1036
01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:50,640
Are you worn out?
Burned out on religion?

1037
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:54,520
Come to me.
It's the words of Jesus and

1038
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:57,720
Eugene Patterson's way.
Get away with me and you'll

1039
01:03:57,720 --> 01:04:01,680
recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real

1040
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:03,520
rest.
That sounds good.

1041
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:06,200
Walk with me.
Work with me.

1042
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,480
Watch how I do it.
Learn.

1043
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:12,680
Look at this.
The unforced rhythms of grace.

1044
01:04:13,320 --> 01:04:14,040
That's good.
Amen.

1045
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:17,280
What does it look like to the
unforced rhythms of grace?

1046
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:19,000
It should be a natural part of
our soul.

1047
01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:22,880
I won't lay anything heavy or
I'll fitting on you.

1048
01:04:23,480 --> 01:04:28,280
Keep company with me and you'll
learn to live freely and

1049
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:31,080
lightly.
Father, come before you.

1050
01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:34,360
Dave.
God, we ask that we find

1051
01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:37,640
ourselves at your feet.
God, we know your burden is

1052
01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:38,720
easy.
Yoke is light.

1053
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:41,080
And God, I pray you didn't move
us today.

1054
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,960
God call us by name to sit at
your feet.

1055
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:46,800
I'll speak to those who are
Jesus followers across this room

1056
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:48,120
and say, you know what?
I need to get to the feet of

1057
01:04:48,120 --> 01:04:50,000
Jesus.
I'm that person.

1058
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:52,440
I've been busy, I've been
distracted.

1059
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:55,400
I'm a lot like Martha.
I'm doing a lot of things for

1060
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:56,960
God.
I'm busy.

1061
01:04:57,680 --> 01:04:59,040
I forgot what it's like to sit
down.

1062
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:01,400
Just simply dine with Jesus.
But he's calling me to sit with

1063
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:03,480
him.
He's calling me to a Sabbath.

1064
01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:05,760
He's called me to rest.
I've got to do some things

1065
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,400
differently.
I recognize my life is not

1066
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,360
balanced.
My soul is unhealthy.

1067
01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:11,880
I spend time with Jesus.
If that's you, just raise your

1068
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:13,920
hand in his place.
Say, that's me.

1069
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:17,600
Put those hands up high, Jesus
sees them, and slow down and

1070
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:20,680
rest with Jesus.
Jesus, you see the hands of the

1071
01:05:20,680 --> 01:05:22,840
hearts.
You know exactly what's going

1072
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:24,160
on.
God, call us in those sacred

1073
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:26,920
places.
Lead us, God, to spend time with

1074
01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,320
you.
Teach us the sacred habit of

1075
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:33,680
slowing down solitude of rest,
of contemplation, of

1076
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:37,000
consecration, God, those deeper
areas of our life, God in our

1077
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,680
hearts that we we try to fill
with perfectionism and doing and

1078
01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:42,720
measuring up and validation and
achievement.

1079
01:05:43,000 --> 01:05:45,280
But God, just do something, our
soul, God, only you can do.

1080
01:05:45,640 --> 01:05:47,000
God.
Teach us that it's not many

1081
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:50,520
things, but indeed it's only
just one thing, that it's enough

1082
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:54,000
to do one thing.
It's enough to be at your feet.

1083
01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:59,280
Help us to get fed by you, God.
We desire you, God, you don't

1084
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,760
have to wait anymore, God,
because we want you right now.

1085
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:06,760
We're going to dine with you.
I'll pray for one more group

1086
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:07,840
people.
That's those you say, you know

1087
01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:11,040
what?
Today I recognize that this God,

1088
01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,960
this Jesus is so much different
than I thought.

1089
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:19,920
I recognize that Jesus died so I
can actually have a relationship

1090
01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:24,720
with him.
Maybe for you it is news, it is

1091
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:29,280
brand new news that God will
love us as humans, so much like

1092
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:33,520
Martha and Mary and Lazarus that
he weep for us.

1093
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:35,320
He wants to show us a better
way.

1094
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:37,680
He's not an absent God, a
distant God.

1095
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:41,280
He's not a dead God.
He is alive and active and he

1096
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:43,160
wants a relationship with you.
Today.

1097
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:46,920
You may feel something today
that's the Holy Spirit just

1098
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:50,880
drawing to himself, convicting
you of sin, showing you a better

1099
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:54,320
path where Jesus name is the
Lord of your life.

1100
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:56,520
The Bible says that Jesus came
2000 years ago.

1101
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,920
He's the Son of God, perfect in
every way, and he came as a

1102
01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:04,360
substitute for a sin and he died
on the cross and he made a way

1103
01:07:04,360 --> 01:07:07,560
for us back to God.
He bridged the gap of our sin

1104
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:10,440
that we could never pay.
All says in Romans 65 that when

1105
01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:13,480
we're yet helpless, Christ died
for us, and so we could do

1106
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:16,400
nothing in a million lifetimes
to earn a way to God.

1107
01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:18,920
Jesus died for us so we could
simply know Him.

1108
01:07:19,600 --> 01:07:22,200
So today if you need Jesus,
you're going to confess your

1109
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:24,200
sin.
I'm a Sinner, needed a savior?

1110
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:26,520
You want to walk out of here
with a relationship with the

1111
01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,320
Lord of Lords, the King of
kings, the One who rules it all

1112
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:31,120
and owns all.
He wants to know you today.

1113
01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:33,360
Be forgiven today Have a new
name.

1114
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:35,920
Today be changed today.
If you need Jesus today, He will

1115
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:38,840
meet with you.
The Bible says the day of the

1116
01:07:39,080 --> 01:07:42,640
day of salvation and that anyone
and everyone that calls the name

1117
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:44,840
of Jesus will be saved and
forgiven and made new.

1118
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:46,640
And so if you need Jesus today,
this invitation is for you.

1119
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:50,280
Am I going to make it weird or
awkward or something to call you

1120
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:52,240
out?
But I still want to invite you

1121
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:54,320
if you need Jesus, we just raise
your hand behind this place for

1122
01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:57,880
today because I need Jesus
relationship with Christ today.

1123
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:00,720
I need a new name.
I need you forgiven.

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01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:03,000
My life is a full of myself and
he's be full of God.

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If that's you, just pray this
prayer.

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01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,600
The prayer does not save you.
It's just your heart towards

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01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:09,440
him, your confession, your
brokenness.

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01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:14,360
Say, Father God, thanks so much
for loving enough to send Jesus

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01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:17,880
to die on a cross.
Then you'd love me when I was

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01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,000
unlovable, when I was at my
worst.

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01:08:20,319 --> 01:08:23,000
God, you're at your best.
God, you care for me.

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01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:24,960
You see me.
You know me by name.

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01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:27,200
You've been with me this entire
time.

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01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:30,640
God, I can see it.
I don't want to serve you.

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01:08:31,359 --> 01:08:33,160
I don't get too busy.
I always sit at your feet.

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01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:35,800
God thank you for loving enough.
God you can have my life.

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01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:38,120
I surrender you.
God, I trust you in every way.

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01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:40,720
God take my sin.
God, you know every one of them,

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01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:44,760
replace them with your grace.
God, I don't want to be in that

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01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:50,479
rhythm of grace today.
I pray that in Jesus name that

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01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:53,439
you have said, hey man, give
some worship to Jesus, Amen.

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01:08:53,439 --> 01:08:58,200
Love know you love him today.
It's such a good reminder in

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01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:01,880
that line that if we lose our
why we lose our way and just

1144
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:05,040
drawing us back to the feet of
Jesus this morning, and maybe

1145
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:06,840
that's you.
You had that stirring.

1146
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:09,439
You were drawn to the feet of
Jesus for the first time this

1147
01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:12,279
morning and you prayed that
prayer and accepted Jesus.

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01:09:12,279 --> 01:09:15,720
You committed your life to him.
We are so excited for you.

1149
01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,600
We would love to walk alongside
you to help you and support you

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01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:20,439
as you start your journey with
Jesus.

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01:09:20,439 --> 01:09:22,319
So if you would grab that
connection card, fill out your

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01:09:22,319 --> 01:09:25,000
information, but make sure and
check that box that says first

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01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,000
time here.
And you can drop those cards in

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01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:28,560
the giving buckets here in a few
minutes.

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01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:31,439
But by doing that allows us to
get you some free resources this

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01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:32,960
week.
And the first one is a book we

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01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:34,800
want to drop in the mail to you.
It's called begin.

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01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:37,760
It's a short read, but it really
will be a blessing to you kind

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01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:39,960
of help answer some questions,
help you dive deeper as you

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01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:41,960
start this week.
Also, if you prayed that prayer

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01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:44,680
and you're here with us at
Kentucky Trail as you exit the

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01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:47,080
worship center, there is a table
with some red bags.

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01:09:47,319 --> 01:09:50,359
Please grab one of those as you
exit inside as a free Bible just

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01:09:50,359 --> 01:09:54,240
for you and a few other
resources to help you this week.

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01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:57,600
And hey, if you are newer with
real life church, welcome.

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01:09:57,600 --> 01:09:59,680
Thank you so much for spending
your morning with us.

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01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,280
Church is free.
Although we would ask is that

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01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:03,520
you would introduce yourselves
to us.

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01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:06,000
We'd love to get to know you, to
answer any questions, to help

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01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:08,480
you feel right at home.
You can do that by grabbing that

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01:10:08,480 --> 01:10:11,240
same connection card, filling
your own, filling out your

1172
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:14,080
information and checking that
box that says first time here.

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01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:16,160
And you can take that out to the
new here booth when you leave

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01:10:16,160 --> 01:10:17,800
today.
It's right outside the worship

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01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:20,320
center doors and to your right.
But we have a free gift.

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01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:22,840
We would love to get to you just
as our way of saying thank you

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01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:24,760
so much for being here.
And we would love to see you

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01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:28,000
back next week.
And hey, I want to take just a

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01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:30,600
couple of minutes real quick
just to share about why we give

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01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:33,840
here at Real Life Church.
And it is so much more than just

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01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:36,640
dollars and cents.
It really is about a movement of

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01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:39,520
God in our city and beyond.
And this last week we saw God

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01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:43,840
show up in some amazing ways.
This last Wednesday night at

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01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:46,720
youth group, the teens shared
kind of did a reflection of camp

1185
01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:50,200
from the week before and they
all shared their one word and,

1186
01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:53,720
and it was amazing just the
depth and the honesty from these

1187
01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:55,560
teens.
They had words like forgiveness,

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01:10:55,640 --> 01:11:00,320
change, focus, bold, and you
could just sense God's during

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01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:01,880
something in that next
generation.

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01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:05,120
And then last week, all week
long, we had about 20 kids from

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01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:08,440
real life go to kids camp and it
was amazing.

1192
01:11:08,640 --> 01:11:11,200
They had a blast.
They had so much just fun in

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01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:14,000
general that made new friends.
But ultimately they learned that

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01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:21,400
God is their one true friend and
and it is so incredible to see

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01:11:21,400 --> 01:11:25,800
how God moves in those ways.
And then today Sean shared about

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01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:28,720
Mary and Martha and the story
about them and they were women

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01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:31,240
who were well off, but they use
their home.

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01:11:31,240 --> 01:11:33,920
They open their home and use
their resources to support the

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01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:37,640
ministry of Jesus.
And their home honestly became

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01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:40,800
kind of like a base camp as
Jesus was in Judea.

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01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:43,280
And it's so much more than just
wealth.

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01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:46,200
It really is about generosity.
So many other people in that

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01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:49,600
time too gave of what they had
to support Jesus ministry.

1204
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:52,800
And that's because it's more
generosity is more than just

1205
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:56,120
what's in your hand, but it
really is a posture of your

1206
01:11:56,120 --> 01:11:57,360
heart.
And so I want to ask just a

1207
01:11:57,360 --> 01:12:00,840
couple of questions.
Do you love money or do you

1208
01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:02,520
steward it for the Kingdom of
God?

1209
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:07,200
Do you hold money in your hand
or has it crept into your heart?

1210
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:10,640
And this is something we all
struggle with, but we believe if

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01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:14,240
we get this right, that God is
going to do something massive in

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01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:16,560
our city.
And we see real life church kind

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01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:19,600
of as a base camp for our city
and beyond as a launching point

1214
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:22,440
for the ministry for the work of
God.

1215
01:12:22,440 --> 01:12:24,720
And that takes all of us seeing
money not just as something that

1216
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:28,280
we hold tight in our hand, but
really as a who we can release

1217
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:32,360
to the Kingdom of God.
We see 10s of thousands of lives

1218
01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:36,280
transformed by Jesus, but it
takes all of us even right now,

1219
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:39,880
getting our relationship with
money in the right place.

1220
01:12:39,880 --> 01:12:41,400
And so I invite you to give
today.

1221
01:12:41,400 --> 01:12:44,160
If you call real life church
home, you can see on the screen,

1222
01:12:44,160 --> 01:12:46,160
there's a lot of ways you can do
that website.

1223
01:12:46,160 --> 01:12:48,880
You can text, you can drop cash
or check in the buckets here in

1224
01:12:48,880 --> 01:12:50,560
just a minute.
There's a giving box in the back

1225
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:52,360
for you too, if that's more
convenient for you.

1226
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:55,320
And hey, if you find yourself,
your family in immediate need of

1227
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:59,160
food, of clothing, of today,
please, please reach into the

1228
01:12:59,160 --> 01:13:01,880
buckets as they pass here in
just a minute and grab out any

1229
01:13:01,880 --> 01:13:03,520
loose cash.
We really do want to be a

1230
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:05,920
blessing to you and your family
this week.

1231
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:11,600
Man, what another awesome Sunday
at the movies.

1232
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:14,280
Man, were you guys blessed
today, man, if you guys were

1233
01:13:14,280 --> 01:13:15,680
encouraged, you guys were
changed.

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01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:18,640
Here's my challenge and I talked
to you about it in in earlier.

1235
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:20,520
Grab that card.
There's an invite card.

1236
01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:22,720
If you're an introvert, this is
the easiest thing in the world.

1237
01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:24,800
If you're an extrovert, this is
another reason for you to talk

1238
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:27,960
to somebody, right?
This is goes for everybody, man,

1239
01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:31,200
Gods put somebody on your heart.
I guarantee it if you if you're

1240
01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:34,320
honest with him that you need to
invite this week and somebody

1241
01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:36,400
that needs some encouragement,
somebody that needs some love,

1242
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:38,040
somebody that needs some hope
and some purpose.

1243
01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,280
Take this card, take five of
them and take them all.

1244
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:43,200
I don't care and just do what
God asked you to do in this

1245
01:13:43,200 --> 01:13:45,120
moment and give it to somebody
that needs it.

1246
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:47,200
Hey, loved worship with you guys
today.

1247
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,360
If you guys need prayer for any
reason, we would love to be up

1248
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:52,280
meet with you up here as
individuals, as families,

1249
01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:54,400
whatever will pray with you.
I can't wait to see you guys

1250
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:56,320
again next week at 9:15 or
10:45.

1251
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:59,120
And as always, remember, whoever
finds Jesus discovers real life

1252
01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:06,880
and purpose.
This is the end of this podcast.

1253
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:09,560
We hope you've enjoyed it.
If you have, be sure to hit the

1254
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:11,960
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1255
01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:13,960
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1256
01:14:13,960 --> 01:14:16,440
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