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 You guys can be seated.

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 Welcome to Watermark.

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 This morning, as we've been talking the last week, they did as well about serving and about kids ministry

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 and how God is using people to serve the kids and grow the kids and teach them about Jesus and the gospel.

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 So we're also going to kind of highlight that this morning for you guys.

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 So I just want to invite Esther and Patney Wu up here.

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 They're two of our volunteers, and they have been a real blessing in helping.

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 So come on up for a little interview this morning.

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 So thank you guys so much for serving and kids.

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 We're really grateful for you and that you stepped out also as parents to see what's going on in the classroom with your kids.

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 So can you guys tell me a little about your family?

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 Okay.

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 I'm Patney Wu, and this is my wife, Esther.

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 And we have been married for 10 years now, soon to be.

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 And we have two kids over there, Timothy and Nicholas.

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 And Timothy is six, and Nicholas is four.

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 And we've been at Watermark since it started, and we were at Ireland before that.

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 Thank you.

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 And why do you guys serve in Watermark Kids?

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 Since moving to the church, we've kind of wanted to participate.

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 And we know it was a family church.

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 We wanted to be part of it.

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 And we didn't really know what to do.

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 And so when we were presented the opportunity to serve in Kids Club, we just thought maybe that's God calling us.

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 And we know that there's a genuine need because it's always tight, the number of volunteers for Kids Club.

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 And also we have two kids.

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 So we really appreciate their Sunday school teachers in general.

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 We understand that it is hard.

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 You know, it's hard enough looking after two when they have, like, 20 there.

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 So we just wanted to do our share.

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 And once a month, commitment seems okay.

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 Thank you.

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 So what's one thing that God has been teaching you guys as you serve the kids?

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 For me, it is to step out in faith because I felt really unequipped to do it.

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 And I always just wanted to hide behind his back and be his lovely assistant.

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 But I ended up finding out that there are, like, 20 running around and you kind of have to get your hands dirty.

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 But I just felt that, you know, when you say yes, God will help you with the rest of it.

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 And we've managed so far.

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 We haven't lost any kids.

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 Yeah, I think just having a servant heart and just stepping out.

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 We all feel ill-equipped for sure.

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 But God will always provide a way.

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 And then what's one funny thing?

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 Do you have any funny memories from being back there with the kids?

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 Well, I think we teach our younger one, Nicholas.

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 And, you know, I'm usually very goofy around with him.

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 And so, you know, he always wants me to carry him and everything like that.

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 So, you know, when I'm up there as a teacher and he's coming up to me and wanting to go on my shoulders and all of that kind of stuff,

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 you know, I have to pretend that I'm a really serious guy, you know, and sit down, be quiet, you know.

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 And so, you know, and he listens to me.

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 And then, you know, I'm glad that he enjoys his father and mother being his teacher.

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 And so it's kind of funny.

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 He says, I like my mommy and daddy being my teacher.

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 Thank you, guys.

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 So, as we had mentioned, we really do, you know, we need some more people back there with the kids.

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 And so many of you serve faithfully.

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 And we're really grateful for you guys.

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 And so we're just trying to sign on more people.

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 And one thing, I'm really grateful for some parents.

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 Lots of parents serve back there as well.

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 And lots of singles too.

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 So thank all of you.

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 The parents have an opportunity for their kids to see them serving God and to see them back there.

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 I was looking at some statistics that say that our kids usually work, some of us work 50 to 60 hours in an office or somewhere away from our kids.

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 And they don't see us at work.

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 But this is an opportunity for them to actually see you and see something that you're doing and see the way that you're actively serving God.

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 So it's a really neat thing for you to be in the classroom too.

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 So we just encourage you guys to sign on.

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 And we would love to have you.

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 So thanks.

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 And what I've been told is as we've been expanding, we've got like over 100 kids now, we need about how many volunteers?

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 We're looking for 20 new volunteers.

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 That would be fantastic.

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 During the last term, before the holidays, we averaged 80 kids per week.

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 And that's not counting the youth that go with Eric.

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 Okay, good.

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 I'm going to pray for you guys and just pray for the kids' ministry.

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 And then the kids will get dismissed and so it will become less chaotic in here.

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 So Father, we just thank you for this day.

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 We thank you for your goodness in our life.

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 We thank you for the blessing that is family, whether we're singles or married or empty nesters.

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 All of this is the family.

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 And so we come before you and we just, we just, we're in awe of how you've brought us together from so many different backgrounds and different places.

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 And I just thank you for Pat and Esther and just their desire to serve and to be used in gifting that maybe they might not even necessarily originally gravitate towards.

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 But you've blessed them as they bless their kids and the kids around them.

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 We pray for all the workers back there now, the volunteers.

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 We know this church is all about volunteers.

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 We pray that you would be with them, that the little kiddos going back would see your son Jesus.

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 They would fall in love with him and they would do mighty, mighty things for your kingdom.

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 And we thank you for all these resources that you've given us.

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 And we're just so overwhelmed at your goodness to us.

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 So we pray all these things, your son Jesus Christ, holy name.

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 Amen.

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 Good morning.

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 Today's scripture reading comes from the gospel of Luke chapter 10.

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 So please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Now, as they were traveling along, he entered a village.

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 And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

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 She had a sister called Mary who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to his word.

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 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations.

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 And she came up to him and said,

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 Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone?

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 Then tell her to help me.

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 But the Lord answered and said to her,

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 Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things,

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 but only one thing is necessary.

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 For Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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 This is God's word.

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 Hey, so a crazy day today.

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 And God continues to show us what it means to worship him.

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 What I thought I would do, I don't know if I should do this, but I thought I'd do this.

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 We talk about being a family here at the church.

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 And in my family, we interact, we talk, and we discuss things.

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 And often we do this at the end of the sermon.

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 But we read a very powerful, well-known passage today that you guys have,

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 some of you are probably familiar with.

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 Some of you have heard it for the first time,

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 and some of you have no idea what's going on,

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 because you're just stepped into this.

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 We're at the end of Luke chapter 10, after a year and a half here.

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 So I just wanted to ask, as you look at the passage today,

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 what are the questions that pop to your mind?

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 And if you're bold enough, you can just yell them out to me.

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 You usually do Q&A afterwards.

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 Any questions about this passage?

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 Kelvin.

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 Do what?

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 Does God encourage laziness?

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 That's a great one.

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 Great, great.

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 Kelvin.

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 What's the one thing?

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 What's the one thing?

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 Okay.

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 It's kind of like the City Slickers movie one time.

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 The guy goes, there's just one, you know, one thing.

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 And the guy goes, your finger?

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 And he goes, one thing.

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 So, George, does God encourage laziness?

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 Kelvin, what's the one thing?

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 What else sticks out there?

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 What does it say about women?

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 You ever thought about that?

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 I mean, this is actually a seminal text for women in the church.

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 This is the text that begins all of this idea of women in the church.

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 What other things stick out?

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 Any other things?

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 Do what now?

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 Andrew?

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 Who do you identify more with this?

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 Are you Martha or are you Mary, right?

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 So usually when you hear this sermon, everybody's going, okay, are you a Mary?

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 And the Marys are usually praised.

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 Oh, good girl, good girl.

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 And Martha, she used to get slammed, right?

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 You're like, you're type A.

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 You're a loser.

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 I don't think that's what the meaning of the passage is.

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 I don't think that's what the meaning of the passage is.

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 But it's been taught that way until about 100 years ago.

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 What other questions?

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 Any other questions?

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 Excellent, Phyllis.

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 Are God's values different than God's values?

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 How do we see people?

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 What does it look like?

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 Okay.

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 Well, there's no other ones you can yell out later on or at the end.

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 I think that it's because I think I want to make sure we're on the same track as we read this passage

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 because this passage is packed with stuff.

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 And I'm trying not to go too long in the sermons.

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 Well, Jeremy and Eric were not supposed to lead worship today.

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 Katie got sick this morning at 8 o'clock, so they just found out that they were on.

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 And so it was interesting because that's what I love about Watermark is it's organic or raw

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 or whatever you want to call it, and everyone serves.

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 And then I told them afterwards, I said, well, maybe I'm going to get sick.

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 And Yvonne, you have to do the sermon.

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 She goes, yes, I'm ready.

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 So I'm like, well, you know, so, yeah.

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 Don't need me.

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 There's a lot of other people who can preach God's word, which is great.

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 We're going to just look at this passage, and I'm going to bring out a couple things

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 that stick out to me in this passage.

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 And there's probably a billion other things that we need to talk about.

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 But we're finishing up Luke chapter 10.

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 Remember, George, to your response, what we just read last week was the tale of the Good Samaritan.

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 And if anything, that passage said, you know, don't be lazy.

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 I mean, he says, do it, know it, and do it.

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 And so we come to this passage, and it kind of ends this discussion with what's going on

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 with Jesus and his disciples.

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 And remember we asked that the big questions were, again, how can I inherit eternal life?

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 Who is my neighbor?

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 Who do I need to be a neighbor to?

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 And what do I need to do to get to heaven and be with God forever?

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 And on back of that, you see in this passage over and over again just this idea of relationships.

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 Relationships.

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 It's about relationships.

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 It's about being in a relationship with the creator of the universe.

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 It's about being able to define your relationship.

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 The year was 1995, November, and I was dating this beautiful girl.

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 I mean, she was hot.

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 And I get this phone call one day, and it says, hey, can I come over?

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 We need to talk.

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 So guys, you single guys, whenever your girl says, hey, I need to come over, I need to talk,

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 it's going to be something really important.

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 And so this girl, Christina, comes over, and she introduces me to three letters that I've never heard before.

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 And the letters are D-T-R.

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 Do you know what those letters stand for?

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 D-T-R.

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 Has anybody heard that?

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 I had never heard those before.

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 D-T-R.

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 Define the relationship.

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 Define the relationship.

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 Okay, single guys, take notes here.

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 Okay, because when that happens, I mean, I've never heard that before, but the dialogue usually goes something like this,

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 for those who've never been D-T-R'd.

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 Where are we in this relationship?

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 Is it just for fun?

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 Are we going somewhere?

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 And the guy sits there and goes, yes, no, yes, Jesus, like my kids, right?

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 You might be saying Jesus inside, right?

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 So are we just in this for fun or are we going somewhere?

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 And if where, if somewhere, where?

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 Where is it?

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 And what I've seen in this and what I've learned is that in a D-T-R, the person who has the higher need for a higher commitment level,

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 we're going to call them the D-T-R-er.

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 Okay, so the D-T-R-er usually comes to a person who is clueless.

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 We can call him the dude or we can call him the D-T-R-E.

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 Okay, and so the D-T-R-er comes to the clueless person who are,

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 maybe they're adverse to commitment or however it is in your place,

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 and they come in to the D-T-R-E and they say, we need to D-T-R.

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 And usually what happens after a guy walks away from that, he just goes, I've just been D-T-R'd.

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 And he's still trying to figure out what the heck's happening there.

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 I love you, honey.

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 So I just, every time I hear D-T-R, I flash back to that November 1995,

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 and Christina and I walking around the soccer track, and I just had these hazy eyes,

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 and I was wondering, what am I going to do with this relationship?

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 What does this relationship mean to me?

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 How am I going to hold this relationship?

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 Am I going to keep this relationship?

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 And she walked away feeling satisfied somewhat that she got her point across,

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 and in my mind, all I could think is, I just got D-T-R'd.

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 And that was interesting.

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 But we're going to look at a passage today that I think is about Jesus D-T-R-ing a person.

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 And what I realize as I come to Scripture is that the Bible is full of D-T-R-ing.

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 And it's usually God D-T-R-ing you and me.

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 And he's asking us, where are we in our relationship with him?

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 Are we following him?

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 Are we committed to him?

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 Will we choose the one thing?

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 Will we choose the one thing?

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 The passage says in verse 38 that they are traveling with Jesus and his disciples.

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 Now this is the last six months of Jesus' life.

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 And his disciples and him are heading to Jerusalem.

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 It's always up to Jerusalem because Jerusalem's on this mountain.

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 And everything else below it is lower.

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 And so his disciples and him are traveling.

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 And they come to this city, this small little town.

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 If you're standing in Jerusalem and you're facing north and you look east,

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 you see this garden of trees.

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 And it's called the Garden of Gethsemane.

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 And right over this garden, there's this little town called Bethany.

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 It's about a two-mile hike.

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 Now we don't know if this is the first time that Jesus came here.

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 It seems to be that this is the first time he ran into these two sisters.

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 And so he's coming to this town as he's heading to Jerusalem.

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 And whenever you think heading to Jerusalem, you always think sacrifice, the cross.

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 He's going to be crucified for you and me.

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 And so he enters into this town.

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 And we read in verse 38.

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 Now he was traveling along.

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 He entered into a village.

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 And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

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 She had a sister called Mary who was seated at the Lord's feet listening to his word.

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 And what we realize immediately is that Martha and Mary are single women.

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 Now this, again, this makes no sense to us reading it here now in our culture.

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 But in Jesus' day and for the first thousand years, this would have been an amazing, an amazing passage.

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 Because what it says is that Jesus has come into this village and he's hanging out with these single women.

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 Now in Jesus' day, women were looked at really badly.

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 And it's interesting because in the Old Testament, women were handled with value and they were protected.

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 And for the most part, they were respected.

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 I mean, some of the greatest love stories are in the Old Testament of Abraham and Sarah.

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 And she's 80 and she can't have kids.

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 And everybody's saying, get rid of her.

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 And he's saying, I can't because I love her.

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 And you see this high value and commitment for women.

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 But something happens between Malachi and Matthew, these 400 years of darkness and silence.

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 And what you see is that the role of women become greatly decreased.

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 And women are treated like trash in Jesus' culture and time.

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 Let me read through you some comments.

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 Now these aren't mine.

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 These are comments from rabbis in Jesus' time about women.

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 Do not trust a woman, especially your wife.

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 Be careful to keep all records of all supplies you issue her.

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 Because she will probably lose some of them and sell the rest.

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 Give, guys, don't be laughing.

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 If you're a single guy, you should be going, that's terrible.

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 Okay?

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 Okay, okay.

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 Give no property or support to her in your lifetime.

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 Think about it after you die, but never while you're alive.

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 These are true.

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 Women are responsible for sin coming into the world.

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 Be warned.

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 They're going to cause you trouble.

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 Don't waste your time teaching a woman.

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 You might as well teach a dog.

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 Daughters are a disaster.

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 Now these were what the rabbis and the teachers of Jesus' day taught about women.

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 And they had an incredible view of women being inferior to men in all areas.

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 Now, I don't think we understand this today.

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 Maybe if I were preaching or teaching to a group of Muslim women and they heard these words,

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 they'd be going, yes, I understand.

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 Yes, I understand.

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 But in our culture where we're so modern and we're so, we're evolved, these passages kind of fly by us.

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 But in Jesus' day, this was huge.

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 It was very radical and cross-cultural.

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 I mean, up until Jesus' time, how many rabbis do you think had women students?

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 Zero.

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 Zero.

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 There was one in the second century.

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 He tried to make his daughter because he was very gifted.

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 His daughter was very gifted.

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 He tried to make her a student.

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 And the uproar was so great, he had to stop.

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 And so women were treated poorly, poorly, poorly, worth nothing.

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 And Jesus comes in and you read in the Gospels for the first time that women are given high position,

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 high worth, high value.

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 They're treated equally as men.

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 And for the first time in Scripture, you read these things that speak out really clearly

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 that women and men are on the same level.

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 As Jesus goes and he teaches at least 27 times in the Gospel of Luke,

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 he talks about men and women, women and men.

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 Women see, men see.

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 Women hear, men hear.

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 Women hear, men don't do and obey.

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 The women obey, the men don't obey.

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 And we see over and over again that in this Scripture,

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 Jesus had this incredibly high view of women.

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 Do you understand that?

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 I mean, up until that point, no one would ever teach a woman.

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 And Jesus comes in and he's counter-cross-cultural.

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 He destroys all the boundaries.

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 And he does things in Scripture that we run through in our modern age,

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 but in his time, it was astounding.

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 It was against all culture and all tradition.

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 We read in the Gospels that the women traveled with the men.

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 That would have never happened.

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 Never.

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 We read in the Gospels that the women stayed in the same place as the men.

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 Never happened.

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 Never happened.

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 We read in the Gospels that the women were the ones who were supporting the ministry.

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 Do you know that?

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 The guys weren't supporting the ministry.

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 The women were.

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 Now, if Luke wanted to make this Gospel attractive to people in his age,

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 he would have never said that.

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 Because the minute they read about women being proactive or involved or students,

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 they would have just shut down.

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 I mean, the fact that the women run to the cave and they see Jesus

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 and they come back and they're the ones who testify that the Lord is risen,

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 all scholars in that time would have said that would have been stupid.

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 Because no one trusts the word of a woman.

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 But yet, in Jesus' ministry, over and over and over, he validates these women.

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 He breaks cultural rules and norms and he does incredible things.

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 Do you see what's happening here?

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 Does that make sense?

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 So sometimes it bothers me when people say, you know,

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 Jesus should have done this or he could have done this,

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 but he didn't do this because culturally he didn't have the time,

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 but if he came back, he would do it differently.

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 He's definitely terrible.

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 Jesus got crucified because he broke all cultural norms.

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 So we see here that he comes to this house that's run by Mary.

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 She's the owner of the house.

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 She's the mistress.

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 Her name actually means mistress.

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 And she's there and it says,

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 Mary who is seated at the Lord's,

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 Martha is the mistress,

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 and in verse 39,

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 Mary who is seated at the Lord's feet.

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 Now this has several meanings,

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 but the biggest one basically says that she's a disciple of Christ.

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 That she's chosen to follow God,

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 and Christ has said, yes, you're my disciple.

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 Now we only read about Mary three times in scripture,

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 and every time we read about Mary,

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 she's at Jesus' feet.

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 She's at Jesus' feet listening to his word.

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 She's at Jesus' feet when her brother Lazarus dies.

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 She's at Jesus' feet wiping his feet with her hair,

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 preparing him for burial.

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 Every time we read about Martha, she's serving.

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 She's serving.

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 She's doing.

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 She's a doer.

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 She's a doer.

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 She's a bee.

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 She's always doing things.

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 She's using her gifts and her talents.

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 But Mary does something incredibly cross-cultural here,

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 and she sits at Jesus' feet,

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 and it doesn't really talk about her physical location,

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 but it talks about what she does.

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 Verse 40.

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 Martha was distracted with all her preparations

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 since she came up to him.

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 Now, and the word here, it's a very interesting word.

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 The word distracted basically means to lose focus.

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 So Martha invites Jesus in.

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 There's this huge party in her house,

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 and she becomes distracted.

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 The Greek word actually means to be pulled away,

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 to lost in the fog.

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 And so she's busy doing, and she gets lost.

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 Now, to be distracted means that you have to be distracted

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 from something to something.

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 Right?

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 Follow my logic here.

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 And so here she's distracted from Jesus in his teaching

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 to cooking, to doing.

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 And so she says there,

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.699
 I'm trying to serve.

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 I'm distracted.

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 Why isn't anybody helping me?

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 Why won't anybody listen?

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 She can't listen.

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 She goes up to Jesus, and she says,

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 Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.359
 to do all the serving alone?

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 Tell her to help me.

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 Now, in the culture, what would have been happening

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 is some very interesting things.

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:32.359
 On one level, Martha would be bothered

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 because there's a huge party,

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 and it was a very awkward setting too.

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:38.039
 Jesus is teaching, and he's there,

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 and he's talking to his disciples,

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 and the scripture says that Martha just comes up

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 in front of everybody and says,

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:44.019
 don't you care that I'm doing all this work?

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.279
 Why are you letting my sister Mary stay here?

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:50.039
 Why don't you tell her to come help me?

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 I need help in front of everybody.

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 Can you imagine a party like that?

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 And so Martha comes up, and she's frustrated,

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.019
 but what we don't understand culturally

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.740
 is there's some other things going on there.

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 Not only is she frustrated

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:06.399
 because she's the only one doing it,

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.839
 but in Jesus' day,

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.559
 what she would have been saying

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 would be something like this.

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 I'm so upset.

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 My sister is sitting there with the men.

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 Doesn't my sister know that only men

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 are disciples and the teachers?

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 How can my sister be doing that?

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 I mean, if other people in the village

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 and the rabbis see my sister

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.420
 sitting at the foot of a teacher,

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.000
 disgrace.

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 I mean, if Jesus leaves

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 and we're left all by ourselves,

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.740
 what's going to happen?

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 Are they going to come in

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 and drag us out and stone us

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.940
 because she was acting improperly?

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 Because she's a single woman,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.000
 she shouldn't be hanging around guys.

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 What is my sister doing

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.160
 hanging out with a man

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 everyone knows that women

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.299
 shouldn't be taught,

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 only men do?

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 Disgrace.

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 How am I going to stand up to my family

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.559
 when they look at us from now on

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 and they go,

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 Mary, just can't keep in a role,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.859
 can she?

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.119
 What's going to happen?

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.079
 Is anybody going to,

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.819
 is anybody going to marry us?

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:14.879
 Because she's acting improperly

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 and this just can't happen.

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 It's so disgraceful.

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 Look at the verse again in 40.

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 Who does she blame

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:23.379
 for the actions of her sister?

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.359
 Who's she blaming?

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.679
 God.

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.439
 Do you see that?

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.240
 She's saying, God,

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:37.399
 how come you're allowing my sister

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.140
 to do this?

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.420
 In Alabama languages,

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.380
 say, hey dude,

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.060
 get your act together.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.120
 Tell my sister to come help me.

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 And so she's blaming God

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.840
 in the middle of this stuff

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.960
 because she's all by herself

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 and she can't do it.

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.600
 Verse 41.

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 But the Lord answered

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.380
 and he said to her,

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.340
 now whenever Jesus uses

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.519
 people's names twice,

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.700
 you need to really pay attention.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.519
 Because when he uses

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.580
 people's names twice,

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.840
 it's something that we need

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:06.959
 to hear and learn from.

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:09.039
 And he says this,

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:11.399
 Martha, Martha,

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:13.839
 you are so worried

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 and bothered about so many things.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.079
 In Greek there is the words

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.139
 anxious, overwhelmed,

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:24.819
 overcome by so many things.

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:27.079
 Now what we didn't talk about

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.139
 in verse 40 is this.

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.419
 What was Martha busy doing?

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:32.740
 What's it saying?

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.240
 Preparations.

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 She was preparing

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.920
 for this big meal.

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 You know in Greek

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:40.820
 what that word preparation means?

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.380
 It means ministry

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:45.980
 and serving.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.560
 It's the same word we get

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:49.380
 deacons and deaconesses from,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.880
 diakoni.

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.800
 And so what he's saying here

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:53.640
 is that you're so busy serving,

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:56.420
 you're so busy using

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.680
 your spiritual gifts.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.779
 you're so busy doing

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.120
 all these things

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.060
 that we need to be doing.

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.480
 You've missed me.

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.420
 You've missed me.

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.100
 Jesus says to her,

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.920
 Martha, Martha,

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.200
 you are so worried

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.660
 about all the ministry things

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.180
 that you're doing

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.840
 and all the ways

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.480
 that you're serving.

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.519
 and you're so consumed

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.860
 by all these many,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.140
 many things.

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.480
 In Greek,

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.599
 you can just circle things

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.039
 and write beside it stuff.

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.299
 Stuff.

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.579
 Verse 42,

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.079
 he tells her,

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.279
 but only one thing

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.940
 is necessary

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:45.039
 for Mary has chosen

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.799
 the good part

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:47.099
 which shall not be

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:48.000
 taken away from her.

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.559
 In necessary,

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.980
 that word actually means essential,

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:52.120
 that there's only one thing

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:53.039
 that we've called to do.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.940
 And he says that Mary

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.399
 has called

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.920
 and chosen the good part.

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.039
 Again,

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.139
 that's a very interesting word.

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.960
 There's a play in words

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.420
 going on here.

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.559
 She's serving a banquet.

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.879
 She's getting all these meals ready.

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.099
 She wants to feed Jesus

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.099
 this incredible banquet.

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.159
 She wants to just

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.879
 woe it out,

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.480
 be excellent

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.480
 in everything that she's doing.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.599
 And Jesus looks at her

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.059
 and says,

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.879
 Mary

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.980
 has chosen

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.059
 the better dish.

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.000
 In Greek,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.779
 that's what it says.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.920
 You're cooking

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.740
 all these dishes.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.900
 you're preparing

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.720
 this large meal

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.720
 but Mary has chosen

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.420
 the better one.

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.000
 Me.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.440
 Martha,

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.859
 I didn't come here

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.079
 to have you make

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.279
 this huge meal for me.

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.380
 Martha,

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.079
 I just came here

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.720
 to be with you.

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.339
 Martha,

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.299
 I really appreciate

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.279
 that you're using your gifts

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.059
 and you're serving

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.460
 and you're doing

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.920
 all these incredible things.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.180
 But you're distracted.

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.299
 You're distracted.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.579
 You're walking around

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.299
 in a haze

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:57.039
 and you've missed me.

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.220
 Anybody ever felt

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.859
 that way before?

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.640
 That you're doing

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.200
 and you're doing

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.720
 and you're doing

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.559
 and you miss Christ?

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.039
 You've become so busy

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.039
 doing great things

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.960
 and ministry things

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:14.440
 and Jesus is sitting

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.140
 right beside you

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.400
 and he's saying,

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.500
 hey,

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.059
 I want to meet with you.

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.680
 I want to talk to you.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.339
 I want to listen to you.

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.160
 I want you to read my word.

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.859
 I want to be with you.

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:21.179
 And you look at him

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.379
 and you say,

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.519
 no,

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.319
 I just don't have time

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.299
 to do that right now

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:25.919
 because I'm too busy.

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.079
 I'm doing important things

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.939
 and good things

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:30.199
 and things that I know

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:31.039
 you want me to do.

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.479
 There's a couple things

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.019
 that stick out here

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.000
 and then we're going to end.

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:38.019
 Things that kind of

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:39.639
 have been haunting me

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:40.859
 these last couple weeks

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.819
 as I keep going back

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.659
 and back to this passage.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.579
 The first thing

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.299
 that sticks out

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.740
 in this whole,

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:46.119
 these six verses

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.699
 is this.

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.960
 I mean,

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.940
 the scripture is amazing.

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.759
 It's kind of like an onion.

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.940
 I think the Bible

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.480
 is like an onion.

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.860
 You cut it off

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.440
 at one level

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.319
 and you see these lines

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.680
 and you go,

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:57.779
 oh,

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.620
 that's really cool.

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.559
 But the deeper you get,

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.700
 usually what happens

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.720
 is the more you cry

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:05.340
 because you see your life

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.900
 in the deep part

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.500
 of the onion.

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.680
 But you see

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.740
 these deeper messages

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.740
 that Jesus wants

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.500
 to teach us.

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.759
 And for me,

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.420
 this week,

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.640
 as I looked at this passage,

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:19.019
 what I keep hearing

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.720
 and coming back to

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.379
 is that the essence

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.180
 of discipleship,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.059
 the essence of being

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.039
 a disciple,

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.339
 when you look at Martha

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.240
 and Mary's lives,

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.000
 it's not in service.

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.819
 It's not in finding meaning

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.900
 in the things that I do.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.859
 It's not in finding meaning

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.940
 in the things that I give.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.119
 It's not in finding meaning

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.879
 and even in using

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.740
 my spiritual gifts.

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:39.240
 But what Jesus says here

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.740
 is that the essence

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.440
 of discipleship,

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.200
 the essence of being

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.059
 with Him

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:43.980
 is just finding Christ.

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:48.700
 and being with Him.

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.860
 I mean,

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.860
 look at this passage.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.039
 Can you imagine

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.700
 it's nothing

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:56.720
 more worse

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.680
 than serving God

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.259
 and feeling like

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.079
 you're doing exactly

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:04.519
 what God wants you to do,

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.640
 but in that process

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:08.240
 you miss God.

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:11.420
 Have you ever had

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:12.059
 that happen to you?

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.160
 There's so many things

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.759
 you have to do

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.180
 and prepare at work

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.120
 or whatever you're doing.

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.819
 You're serving God

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.420
 at your work

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.799
 or wherever God has you.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.160
 And you have all these

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.720
 things you're doing

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.500
 and you're preparing

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.880
 and you're trying

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.599
 to do all these things

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.319
 excellently.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.839
 And then you start going,

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.039
 man,

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.599
 when was the last time

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.139
 I prayed?

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.839
 When was the last time

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.779
 I read my Bible?

00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:42.259
 When was the last time

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.139
 I spent time

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:44.000
 with other believers?

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:46.779
 And what this passage

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.539
 has been telling me

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.539
 is that there's a big difference

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:51.519
 between being close to God

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:54.079
 and being intimate to Him.

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:57.119
 And often in our lives

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:58.639
 we struggle with serving

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.580
 and doing things

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.140
 that we feel like

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.240
 God wants us to do.

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.300
 But we miss God.

00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:07.440
 I mean,

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.200
 I don't think this passage

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.340
 is about Martha is better

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.180
 or Mary is better.

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.960
 I don't think

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.100
 it's about that at all.

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.460
 But what He's trying

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.880
 to tell us

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.820
 is that whatever you do,

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:17.780
 whatever your mission is,

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.860
 wherever I have you

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.900
 serving at the bank

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.680
 and the law firm

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.620
 as a teacher

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.740
 in ministry,

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.880
 whatever I have you doing,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.540
 make sure that I'm there.

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.840
 I'm there.

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.860
 I'm right beside you.

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:35.500
 I'm talking to you.

00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:39.480
 Are you going to listen to me?

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:46.380
 Martha was distracted.

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.560
 She thought she was doing

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.860
 the most important thing.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.840
 She thought she was

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.580
 serving the Lord,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.420
 using her gifts,

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.900
 doing an incredible meal.

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.500
 And she did all these things

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.600
 excellently.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.840
 And I always struggle with it

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.939
 because you never read

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:58.419
 in the passage

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.959
 where someone said,

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.919
 we want you to do this

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.299
 for Jesus.

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.500
 We want you to develop

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.179
 a great meal,

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.199
 make your house perfect.

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.279
 We want to have everything

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.399
 just exactly the way

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.799
 it should be.

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.740
 And then when Jesus comes,

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.380
 He's going to eat that meal.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.279
 You never read that

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.759
 in the passage.

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.119
 And in fact,

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.000
 by Jesus' response,

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.719
 you see that that's not

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.659
 even what He wants at all.

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:18.880
 Jesus wants her.

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:23.759
 He wants her to be with Him

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.799
 and to spend time with Him.

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.240
 And sometimes I think

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.300
 that we forget that

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.240
 because we're so busy

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.640
 doing things

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:31.580
 and feeling like we're serving.

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:33.060
 And it happens a lot

00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:33.620
 in ministry.

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.620
 We try to do things

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.620
 correctly and perfectly

00:34:35.620 --> 00:34:37.400
 and we miss Jesus.

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:42.480
 The next thing that comes out

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.039
 in this passage

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.100
 and I have been learning

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:45.720
 is that it's very easy

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.420
 to get distracted

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.160
 in this world.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.500
 I mean,

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.240
 it's really easy

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.880
 to get distracted,

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.320
 isn't it?

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:54.920
 I was reading this book

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.980
 and it was basically

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.480
 the tyranny of the urgent

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.180
 Charles Hummel.

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.019
 Charles Hummel says this

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.400
 in his book

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:01.180
 and it's very interesting.

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.900
 He says,

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.720
 we get distracted

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.640
 not just by

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:07.580
 performing wrong tasks

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:09.440
 but mostly

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.820
 by trying to cram

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:13.160
 too many of the right things

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:15.960
 into a small period of time.

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:18.320
 When we do this,

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.119
 we become critical

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.880
 in our spirits.

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.059
 We begin to condemn others

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.019
 and we blame others.

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.519
 Look at Martha in verse 40.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.199
 You look at this passage,

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.840
 she yells out,

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.699
 don't you care?

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.019
 And I think it's

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.400
 this huge warning for us.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:34.860
 You see that she's self-pity.

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.760
 You see that she's angry

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.519
 with other people.

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:39.460
 You see that she's finding fault

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.679
 with everything that's going on.

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.280
 You see that she eventually

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.000
 ends up blaming God.

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:47.480
 And the passage says

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.340
 that she's distracted.

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.639
 She's so distracted

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:51.400
 that she just can't listen to God

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.800
 and she doesn't know

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.280
 what he's saying.

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.079
 Have you ever had that

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.780
 happen in your life?

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:01.480
 That you have so many things

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.880
 to do in this small period of time,

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.239
 you gotta cram them all in.

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.519
 They're all really good things.

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.239
 And then as you do them,

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.260
 you just get more angry

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.000
 and frustrated

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:11.300
 and angry and frustrated

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:12.119
 because you don't feel

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.960
 like you have time.

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:14.460
 And you start blaming

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.019
 other people

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.860
 and you start complaining

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.179
 and you start blaming God

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.340
 for bringing all these things

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.840
 into your life.

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.880
 God, why did you have to

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.960
 plant a church right beside us?

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.179
 Because now I need to come

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:23.179
 and do all these things.

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.000
 I'm not gonna be rested

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.000
 until I get them done.

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.599
 Lord, how come I signed up

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.240
 for this ministry

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.059
 because it's involved

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.900
 so many things.

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.780
 I just don't have time

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.480
 to do all the things

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.099
 I need to do

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.240
 and do it well.

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.420
 For me,

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.380
 as I read through this passage,

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.099
 there's a couple things

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.119
 I ask myself often.

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:43.239
 One question is this.

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.940
 Am I getting more discouraged

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.699
 these days

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.599
 than I was before?

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.159
 Am I worried

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.079
 about what other people

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.579
 are doing

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:57.400
 instead of what I'm doing?

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:02.339
 Do I get more angry

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:04.000
 more easily?

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:07.460
 Am I more easily angered

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.480
 as I walk through my day?

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.780
 Do I blame God

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.800
 for things

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:14.220
 in my life?

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.579
 And the passage says

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.500
 that if you answer yes

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.300
 to any of those,

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.820
 you're distracted

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:31.420
 and you've lost focus.

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:35.220
 I'm learning more and more

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:36.099
 that there's a big difference

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:37.440
 between being close to God

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:40.460
 and having a relationship

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.960
 with God.

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:45.360
 After 25 years of ministry,

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.940
 25 years of seeing people do

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.719
 and me do,

00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:53.079
 sometimes doing

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.799
 isn't a great excuse

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:58.159
 for not being close to God.

00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:04.119
 sometimes being close to God

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.940
 is easier

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:08.339
 than being intimate with God.

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.639
 I mean,

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.379
 it's much easier for me

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:12.259
 to go to five Bible studies

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.779
 this week

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:14.739
 instead of sit down

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.539
 and be quiet,

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.559
 open God's word

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:19.839
 and ask Him

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.420
 how I'm doing.

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:23.980
 because if I'm quiet

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.639
 and I ask Him

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.300
 how I'm doing,

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:29.119
 I might hear that voice

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.460
 that says,

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.800
 dude,

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.240
 you're not doing

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:31.019
 very good at all.

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.960
 But if I don't spend that time,

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:37.280
 I just go to BSF

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.920
 and I do all these

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.260
 other great things.

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.320
 Whatever it is,

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.960
 as a young Christian,

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.059
 I was just so stressed out

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.639
 because I figured

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:47.220
 that as I walked with God,

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.039
 I could do 10 great things

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:50.180
 every week in my church.

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:53.039
 10 great things.

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.460
 I mean,

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.400
 they were all amazing.

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.800
 Great teachers.

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.340
 They were going to help me.

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.019
 But what I realized

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.820
 is I tried to cram

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.840
 all those things in

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:03.000
 that I never ended up

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.000
 meeting Christ.

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:08.519
 I lost my focus.

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:13.139
 I forgot why I was doing things.

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.639
 It's really easy

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.980
 to get distracted in this world

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.940
 and as you look at Martha,

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:23.320
 you see a little bit of us

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.019
 in her

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.579
 if we're honest.

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.380
 One of the things

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.940
 I've been learning

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:30.039
 is as I go through my day,

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.079
 I kind of just do things like this.

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.840
 I go and I pray

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.099
 and I say,

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.440
 God,

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:34.760
 would you be here right now?

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.199
 God,

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.940
 I'm about to go into

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.719
 this business meeting

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.519
 and it's going to be

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.059
 very difficult.

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:42.619
 Will you be with me?

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:46.279
 Will you speak to me

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:47.119
 as I go and talk

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.759
 to these partners?

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.239
 As I'm filling out

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.859
 this spreadsheet,

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:53.179
 it's so easy for me

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.900
 to lose focus

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.859
 on why you have me here

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:57.239
 and what you have me doing.

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.679
 Will you be with me?

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:06.019
 I need you.

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.879
 The passage says

00:40:09.879 --> 00:40:10.879
 that Jesus came

00:40:10.879 --> 00:40:12.579
 to be with her

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:14.519
 but Martha was so

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:16.039
 distracted

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:18.379
 by great things

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:22.739
 that she missed Christ.

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.739
 Now we know

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.379
 that it's not true

00:40:25.379 --> 00:40:26.259
 later in her life.

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.399
 Later in her life,

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.039
 she comes

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:29.539
 and she does amazing things

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:31.039
 and she says

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:32.079
 when she comes

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.500
 to Jesus

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.400
 and Lazarus is dead,

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.659
 she goes,

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.279
 Lord,

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:35.059
 if you had been here,

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.279
 he would be alive

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:37.179
 because you are the Lord.

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:37.840
 You're the God.

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.380
 You're the creator

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.940
 of everything.

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.659
 And Jesus goes,

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.039
 do you believe

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.440
 he's going to live?

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.659
 Yeah,

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.400
 I know he's going to live.

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.079
 You're going to make him

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.840
 live in a resurrection.

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.400
 Jesus goes,

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.800
 no, no, no.

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.099
 Do you believe

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.800
 he's going to live now?

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.320
 So you know

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.380
 that Martha got it right

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.460
 later on in her life

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:57.239
 but now she struggles

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:58.199
 with being distracted

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:59.179
 and she doesn't know

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:02.619
 finally the last thing

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.359
 that keeps coming back

00:41:03.359 --> 00:41:03.719
 into me

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.559
 as I keep reading this

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.259
 is verse 39.

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.460
 She had a sister

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.359
 called Mary

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:09.879
 who was seated

00:41:09.879 --> 00:41:10.739
 at the Lord's seat

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.879
 listening to his word.

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.379
 Now Jesus' day,

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.679
 disciples followed

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.199
 their rabbis everywhere.

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.980
 There's amazing stories

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.460
 you can read

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.159
 about disciples

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.379
 following their rabbis

00:41:22.379 --> 00:41:23.159
 into the bathroom

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:24.519
 because they're afraid

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.419
 the rabbi's going to say

00:41:25.419 --> 00:41:26.359
 something they need to hear

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:26.679
 and they're going to

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:27.339
 need to write it down

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:28.019
 because all the word

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.599
 is valuable.

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:30.359
 There's amazing stories

00:41:30.359 --> 00:41:31.000
 about rabbis

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:32.759
 going to bed at night

00:41:32.759 --> 00:41:33.179
 and they're feeling

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:34.679
 a bump underneath their bed

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:36.199
 and there's disciples there

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:37.039
 and their disciples

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.699
 are writing out

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.599
 everything that the rabbi

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.039
 is saying

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.259
 because they just want

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.099
 to be so close

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.659
 to the rabbi

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.259
 and they want to know

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.699
 his words,

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:43.579
 they want to learn from him

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:45.039
 because it's law

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.819
 and it's life

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:47.500
 and it's everything.

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.139
 There's a story

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.059
 of how these disciples

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:52.299
 follow the rabbi

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:53.119
 so closely

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.819
 as he's walking

00:41:53.819 --> 00:41:54.719
 down the dusty roads

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.659
 because their goal

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.460
 is to get the dust

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.039
 of the rabbi

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.820
 covering them

00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:00.480
 and they feel like

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.260
 if they get the dust

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.740
 of the rabbi

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.380
 covering them

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.500
 that they're so close

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.900
 that they're not

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.720
 going to miss anything

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:07.119
 but they're intimate

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.920
 and they know him

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:11.400
 and I think about

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.960
 this passage

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.360
 when it says

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.780
 Mary sat at his feet

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.800
 because she knew

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:15.639
 who he was

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.559
 and I wonder

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:18.079
 for us as a church

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.699
 what that would look

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.300
 like today.

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:23.440
 As you left

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:24.539
 some of you

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.120
 to hang out

00:42:25.120 --> 00:42:25.460
 some of you

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.920
 to eat food

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.200
 some of you

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:26.840
 to grab your kids

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.500
 and go off

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.580
 if the last thing

00:42:28.580 --> 00:42:29.160
 I said to you

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:30.160
 is hey make sure

00:42:30.160 --> 00:42:31.360
 you sit by the feet

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:32.580
 of your rabbi

00:42:32.580 --> 00:42:32.980
 today

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:35.200
 what would that

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:36.039
 mean to you?

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.940
 I said hey

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.420
 make sure

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.120
 as you go out

00:42:40.120 --> 00:42:41.180
 that you get covered

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:41.960
 by the dust

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.560
 of your rabbi

00:42:42.560 --> 00:42:43.300
 because he has

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.940
 a lot of things

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.820
 to share with you today

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.900
 he really wants

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.680
 to talk to you.

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.820
 What would that

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.460
 look like

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:53.260
 for you?

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.640
 It might mean

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.220
 it's the beginning

00:42:59.220 --> 00:42:59.640
 of your day

00:42:59.640 --> 00:43:00.460
 you open your bible

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:02.740
 and you read it

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.420
 for ten minutes.

00:43:06.220 --> 00:43:07.200
 Start in the gospels

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:08.100
 don't start at revelation.

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.440
 It might mean

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.500
 that you start praying

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:14.500
 little sentence prayers

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.039
 as you go in

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.660
 and do things.

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.000
 It might mean

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.539
 you say

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:19.500
 Lord Jesus

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.219
 I really need you

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.659
 right now.

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.099
 Will you be here

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.440
 with me?

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.980
 Whatever it looks

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.920
 like for you

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.820
 you need to do it.

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:34.980
 The church

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.779
 in Ephesus

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:38.019
 chapter four

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:39.259
 is the first church

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:40.259
 that Jesus talked about

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:43.639
 and in it

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:44.380
 he talks about

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:45.239
 the Ephesian church

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:45.779
 and he says

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:46.500
 this is thirty years

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.980
 after he wrote

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.840
 the book of Ephesians

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.579
 he said

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.620
 you guys

00:43:50.620 --> 00:43:51.539
 are studs

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:53.180
 you

00:43:53.180 --> 00:43:53.460
 you

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.519
 you

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:53.980
 you

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:55.100
 you know the word

00:43:55.100 --> 00:43:57.160
 you're making sure

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.620
 your teachers

00:43:57.620 --> 00:43:58.360
 are correct

00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:00.140
 you're rebuking

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:01.120
 false prophets

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:02.559
 you're

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.100
 you're preaching

00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:03.800
 the word

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:07.000
 but I have this

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:08.160
 one thing

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:10.320
 against you

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:14.180
 you've lost

00:44:14.180 --> 00:44:15.000
 your first love

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.579
 in the midst

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.280
 of doing all

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:21.059
 the right things

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.920
 and being engaged

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.480
 wherever God

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.860
 has you

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.559
 this week

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.460
 the most important

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.159
 thing that God

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:27.960
 wants from every

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.719
 one of us in here

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:31.280
 is for us to spend

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:31.920
 time with him

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:35.900
 to listen to his word

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:39.639
 to pray

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:42.539
 to ask him

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:43.119
 to come into

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.719
 whatever you're

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:44.119
 doing

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:48.079
 that's the one

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.460
 thing

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:51.119
 what is the

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.839
 greater dish

00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:54.719
 time with Christ

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:56.480
 what is the

00:44:56.480 --> 00:44:57.019
 one thing

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:58.739
 the rabbi

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.579
 who sits beside

00:44:59.579 --> 00:44:59.879
 you

00:44:59.879 --> 00:45:01.299
 as you walk

00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:01.940
 through the day

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:03.940
 wanting to talk

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:04.359
 to you

00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.360
 and the question

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:06.780
 is

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:08.700
 will you do

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:08.940
 it

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:13.059
 so let me ask

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.599
 you a question

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:16.019
 how's your

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.480
 DTR

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:23.400
 if Christ

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.240
 came to you

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:24.820
 and called you

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.180
 up and said

00:45:25.180 --> 00:45:25.700
 hey I want to

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:26.280
 talk to you

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:27.559
 I need to talk

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.220
 right now

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:29.920
 and he comes

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.440
 in and he says

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:30.820
 you know

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:32.400
 I have a

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:32.840
 problem

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:34.840
 DTR

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:37.220
 he's a

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.960
 DTRer

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:39.120
 we're the

00:45:39.120 --> 00:45:39.660
 DTRE

00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:40.900
 we're going

00:45:40.900 --> 00:45:41.079
 to get

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.660
 DTR'd

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:43.200
 but he

00:45:43.200 --> 00:45:43.880
 asked us

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:45.980
 where's this

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.420
 relationship

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:46.880
 going

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:51.039
 do you just

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.579
 come and see

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:52.100
 me on Sunday

00:45:52.100 --> 00:45:52.600
 then you walk

00:45:52.600 --> 00:45:52.900
 away

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:55.740
 do you just

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.300
 call me up

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:56.700
 when you need

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:57.019
 me because

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.260
 you're about

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:57.519
 to lose

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.900
 your job

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.160
 and then

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:58.500
 after you

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.720
 get your

00:45:58.720 --> 00:45:59.000
 job

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.280
 and everything

00:45:59.280 --> 00:45:59.620
 is great

00:45:59.620 --> 00:45:59.920
 you just

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.360
 forget about

00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:00.559
 me

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:03.139
 do you

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:03.539
 just cry

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:04.000
 out to me

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.279
 when your

00:46:04.279 --> 00:46:04.799
 life is out

00:46:04.799 --> 00:46:05.179
 of control

00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:05.460
 and your

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:05.860
 kids are

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.539
 crazy

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:10.420
 or do you

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:10.960
 cry out to me

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:11.500
 all the time

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:14.920
 knowing that

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:15.440
 I'm there

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:17.460
 and I want

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.799
 to be with

00:46:17.799 --> 00:46:18.099
 you

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:21.739
 Martha and

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.599
 Mary are in

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:23.340
 every one of

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:23.960
 us in here

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:25.659
 sometimes we're

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.000
 Martha

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:27.299
 and sometimes

00:46:27.299 --> 00:46:27.840
 we're Mary

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:28.940
 in the midst

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.320
 of all

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:29.579
 of this

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:29.980
 the most

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.539
 important thing

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.039
 God wants

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.380
 to teach

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:31.640
 you

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.700
 is that

00:46:32.700 --> 00:46:33.160
 wherever you

00:46:33.160 --> 00:46:33.500
 are

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:34.559
 he is there

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.220
 with you

00:46:35.220 --> 00:46:36.940
 that he

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:37.539
 desires a

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:37.940
 relationship

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.500
 with you

00:46:38.500 --> 00:46:40.579
 and he

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:41.059
 wants you to

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.579
 listen to his

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:41.960
 voice

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:43.600
 and spend

00:46:43.600 --> 00:46:44.000
 time with

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:44.240
 him

00:46:44.240 --> 00:46:46.160
 father we

00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:46.600
 just thank you

00:46:46.600 --> 00:46:46.980
 for this

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.320
 day

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:48.420
 we thank you

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:48.700
 for your

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:49.160
 word which

00:46:49.160 --> 00:46:49.519
 is living

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:50.019
 and active

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.660
 we thank you

00:46:51.660 --> 00:46:52.000
 for these

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.720
 two amazing

00:46:52.720 --> 00:46:53.019
 women

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:54.660
 we know

00:46:54.660 --> 00:46:55.000
 that you

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.500
 use them

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.000
 in mighty

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.960
 mighty ways

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.480
 throughout your

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.980
 word in

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.300
 scripture

00:46:58.300 --> 00:47:01.579
 they are

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.000
 there with

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.280
 you to

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:02.840
 the end

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.240
 because of

00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.599
 the lessons

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.300
 you teach

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:06.800
 them now

00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:09.559
 father let's

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.019
 pray for us

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.699
 as a church

00:47:10.699 --> 00:47:12.599
 and I pray

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:13.019
 for us as

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.500
 brothers and

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.240
 sisters here

00:47:14.240 --> 00:47:16.119
 that we'd

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.599
 understand what

00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:16.980
 you want to

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.519
 teach to us

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:17.940
 today

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:20.059
 that we'd

00:47:20.059 --> 00:47:20.519
 fall more

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.019
 in love with

00:47:21.019 --> 00:47:21.880
 you and

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:22.619
 realize that

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:23.139
 we are

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:25.519
 right next

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.019
 to you

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:27.980
 that you're

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.500
 right next

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.039
 to us

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.460
 as we go

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:29.800
 through our

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.079
 day

00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:30.360
 and the

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.840
 most important

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:31.179
 thing that

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.500
 you want

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:31.840
 for us

00:47:31.840 --> 00:47:32.280
 the one

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.679
 thing

00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:34.500
 is that you

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:35.039
 want us to

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.400
 be in

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:35.880
 relationship

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.500
 with you

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:38.940
 father help us

00:47:38.940 --> 00:47:39.659
 not as a church

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.239
 to be doing

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.800
 doing doing

00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:41.300
 and all these

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:41.780
 great things

00:47:41.780 --> 00:47:42.159
 that we think

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:42.500
 are of your

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:42.860
 kingdom

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:43.920
 and we end

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.460
 up missing

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:45.139
 what you want

00:47:45.139 --> 00:47:45.780
 us to do

00:47:45.780 --> 00:47:47.800
 but help us

00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:48.380
 as a church

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:48.719
 and as your

00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:49.119
 people

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:50.460
 to listen

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.079
 to you

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:53.420
 to follow

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:53.840
 you

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:56.159
 to serve

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:57.420
 with your

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:57.900
 hands

00:47:57.900 --> 00:47:59.400
 and with

00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:00.019
 your words

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:02.039
 to reach out

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.340
 into the

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.119
 darkest part

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.779
 of Hong Kong

00:48:03.779 --> 00:48:04.819
 where 95%

00:48:04.819 --> 00:48:05.279
 of the people

00:48:05.279 --> 00:48:05.679
 if they were

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.079
 to die

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.799
 right now

00:48:06.799 --> 00:48:08.360
 they would

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.880
 be separated

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:09.299
 from you

00:48:09.299 --> 00:48:09.920
 for eternity

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:12.699
 father we

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:13.059
 want to be a

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:13.400
 church that

00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:13.880
 that bothers

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.360
 us

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:18.659
 father we

00:48:18.659 --> 00:48:19.019
 want to be a

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:19.420
 church that

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:19.900
 that bothers

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.299
 us

00:48:20.300 --> 00:48:22.539
 father we

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.060
 love you

00:48:23.060 --> 00:48:24.400
 and we

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:24.700
 pray all

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.120
 these things

00:48:25.120 --> 00:48:25.300
 in your

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.680
 son Jesus

00:48:25.680 --> 00:48:26.100
 name

00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:27.460
 amen