WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:04.459 The scripture reading comes from the book of Luke, chapter 10. 00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:09.220 Please follow along on the bulletin or your own Bible. 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:13.880 Starting in verse 38, we read, 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.980 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. 00:00:20.260 --> 00:00:24.320 And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:33.219 And she had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 00:00:34.700 --> 00:00:38.219 But Martha was distracted with much serving. 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:40.359 And she went up to him and said, 00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:46.420 Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:50.340 Tell her then to come help me. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:54.460 But the Lord answered her, 00:00:55.020 --> 00:01:02.720 Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:06.320 But one thing is necessary. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:15.439 Mary has chosen the good portion which will not be taken away from her. 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:17.659 This is the word of God. 00:01:18.600 --> 00:01:19.900 Great. Thank you, Angie. 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:23.880 Let's pray together and just ask God to come and speak to us from his word. 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:29.020 Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, we come before you this morning. 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.719 As we come to your word, we want to ask you to speak to us, God. 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:37.680 Why don't you take the words of God that are on the pages of scripture and write them in our hearts. 00:01:38.540 --> 00:01:43.140 Holy Spirit, we really ask you to come and be part of our time together this morning. 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.140 We want to hear from you. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:46.100 We want to encounter you. 00:01:46.100 --> 00:01:48.460 Lord, we want to hear what you've got to say to us. 00:01:48.459 --> 00:01:53.259 We want to receive your grace and hear the good news of the gospel once again. 00:01:54.139 --> 00:01:55.099 And so I want you to come do that. 00:01:55.139 --> 00:02:00.780 Lord, whatever the condition of our hearts are this morning, some of us are anxious and worried by many things. 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:02.280 Some of us are troubled. 00:02:03.059 --> 00:02:09.000 Some of us are exuberant because there are good new possibilities and horizons on the future. 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:14.479 Lord, whatever state our heart is in this morning, we ask for you to come and speak to us. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.719 Come and minister to us. 00:02:15.819 --> 00:02:19.419 Come and draw us back to King Jesus this morning, we pray. 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:22.300 In your awesome and your gracious name. 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:23.520 Amen. 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:28.219 Okay, so let's dive into this very famous story. 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:34.979 So Jesus comes to this town called Bethany and he comes to the home of two sisters, Mary and Martha. 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:37.419 And he comes and he has a meal with him. 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.659 They invite him in to have a meal with them. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.280 And Jesus has obviously established a bit of a name for himself. 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:45.139 He is known as a miracle worker. 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.599 Lots of miracles happening by the hands of Jesus. 00:02:48.079 --> 00:02:49.079 He's a great teacher. 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:50.620 He's well honored and respected. 00:02:51.139 --> 00:02:56.219 And so it's a great honor for Mary and Martha to have this great teacher in their home. 00:02:56.219 --> 00:03:03.439 But for Martha, what's meant to be a great honor turns into a bit of a nightmare because everything is going wrong. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:08.840 It's not that she's burnt the food or spilled wine on her new dress or anything like that. 00:03:09.079 --> 00:03:11.939 The problem is that her heart is flustered. 00:03:12.099 --> 00:03:12.860 She's anxious. 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:14.020 She's worried. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:15.579 She's even angry. 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:22.360 And the reason is because her sister refuses to help her to do anything around the house. 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:26.340 Look at what Luke tells us in verse 41. 00:03:27.160 --> 00:03:31.140 Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. 00:03:31.880 --> 00:03:38.960 I don't know if you've ever been in a setting where maybe a social setting or a business meeting where you've got a great poker face on. 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:39.960 You look all fine. 00:03:40.040 --> 00:03:42.880 But inside your heart is anxious. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:43.300 Right? 00:03:43.440 --> 00:03:45.100 That's what's happening to Martha here. 00:03:45.540 --> 00:03:46.620 She's hosting this party. 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:47.920 But inside she's fuming. 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:50.340 She's angry with her sister. 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:55.360 And I can imagine Martha playing the conversation over in her head. 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:55.640 Right? 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:56.900 I said this. 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:58.140 And then she said this. 00:03:58.439 --> 00:03:59.460 And then I said this. 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:00.219 And rah! 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.439 Or maybe she's thinking what's going to come. 00:04:03.539 --> 00:04:03.640 Right? 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.879 After Jesus leaves, I'm going to say this to my sister. 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:08.520 And then she'll come back like this. 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:09.980 And then I'll nail her with this. 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:11.939 And I'll seal the deal. 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:13.180 And I'll get her in a corner. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.579 She's playing this conversation over in her head. 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:17.480 She's not at peace. 00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:18.459 She's not at rest. 00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:21.759 She's anxious and worried and troubled. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:26.979 Look at the other thing that tells us her heart's not in a healthy place. 00:04:27.359 --> 00:04:29.599 Look at what she says to Jesus in verse 40. 00:04:30.299 --> 00:04:32.379 She says, Lord, don't you care? 00:04:33.019 --> 00:04:34.839 My sister's left me to do all the work. 00:04:36.099 --> 00:04:41.979 How many of us know that when you're starting to feel sorry for yourself, things are not in a good place. 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:42.240 Right? 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:44.679 When you start to feel like no one else cares. 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:46.699 Does nobody notice what I'm doing here? 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:48.259 I'm doing everything. 00:04:48.479 --> 00:04:50.779 And everyone's just sitting around having a great time. 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:56.920 Sometimes when I feel sorry for myself, I know that my heart's not in a good place. 00:04:56.939 --> 00:04:58.560 And that's what's going on with Martha here. 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.779 Lord, don't you care that I'm doing everything? 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:04.419 And Mary is just sitting at your feet. 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.000 Just listening to you talk. 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:12.660 Now, what Martha's doing here is obviously important stuff. 00:05:13.379 --> 00:05:18.300 It's important that when someone comes to your home, you host them well. 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.399 You prepare a meal for them. 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:24.879 It's kind of like if you go to the Nepali community in Hong Kong. 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:34.239 Alan tells me that if you go to the home of someone in the Nepali community, it doesn't matter how full you are, they're going to give you more food. 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:34.539 Right? 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:36.219 They're just going to cook more food for you. 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:37.379 It's part of the culture. 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:41.560 If you come to their home, they're not going to let you leave without having fed you. 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:43.039 And that's what's happening here. 00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:45.219 Martha, it's important to their culture. 00:05:45.419 --> 00:05:46.379 Jesus has come. 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:48.279 Someone's got to prepare the meal. 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:50.680 Martha here is not being a martyr. 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:52.939 She's not doing something exceptional. 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:56.339 She's just doing what would normally be expected of her. 00:05:57.159 --> 00:06:00.060 And yet, the problem is her sister's not doing anything. 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:02.120 And that's got her frustrated. 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.779 But look at what Luke tells us is the real problem here. 00:06:07.420 --> 00:06:12.120 The problem is not just that Martha is overworked or that her sister is a lazy slob. 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:24.639 The problem is that Martha's busyness, legitimate as it may be, has stopped her from actually receiving the one thing that she really needs in that moment. 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:28.459 It stopped her encountering Jesus. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:35.939 In other words, saying that is Martha is so distracted by doing all the good things that she's doing, the things that need to be done. 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:46.060 She's so distracted by all that's expected of her that she's missed who it is that's come to her house and is offering to minister to her. 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:49.180 Look at what verse 40 says. 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:52.279 Martha was distracted by much serving. 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:55.439 It wasn't the serving that was a problem. 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.620 It wasn't even the much serving that was a problem. 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:08.660 The problem is that she was doing so much stuff for Jesus, it had distracted her from being with Jesus and encountering His grace. 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:15.480 I don't know if you remember in Mark 4, Jesus tells a bunch of parables. 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:17.420 And one of the parables He tells us, He says, 00:07:17.420 --> 00:07:39.319 But do you remember how Jesus applies that? 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:39.700 He says, 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:59.459 Now in that case, Jesus is talking about the deceitfulness of riches and pleasure and that. 00:07:59.459 --> 00:08:02.659 But in love of his description, he says, 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:12.560 Jesus is saying, 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:20.300 The case with Martha here is her preoccupation, her distraction with the cares of life, with all the serving. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:26.820 The problem of the good things is that they have the ability to distract us from the one thing we need. 00:08:27.700 --> 00:08:28.780 Receiving Jesus. 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:30.740 Hearing from Jesus. 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:33.200 Being ministered to by Jesus. 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:36.740 And Martha here doesn't reject Jesus. 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:42.700 She's not like the Pharisees that are, you know, conniving how they can kill Jesus or destroy Him. 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:46.399 She's not judging Jesus because He's eating on the Sabbath. 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.220 Martha's not saying, Jesus has become so liberal. 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:50.820 That's not a problem. 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:55.759 The problem is she's become so busy doing all sorts of things for Jesus, 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:58.419 doing what she thinks is expected of her, 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:05.179 that she's distracted from coming and sitting at His feet and hearing what it is that Jesus wants to say to her. 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:12.360 Now, what does this mean for us as a church? 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:20.939 Friends, as a church, with all our doing, are we in danger of becoming more like Martha than Mary? 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:27.000 Are we so busy doing, no doubt, important things that we don't know how to stop, 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:30.840 how to sit at Jesus' feet and to listen to His Word? 00:09:31.880 --> 00:09:35.840 Maybe a question for us is, when we leave church on a Sunday morning, 00:09:36.400 --> 00:09:38.860 have you encountered the living God? 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:44.779 Have we worshipped Him and praised Him for who He is out of the overflow of what's in our hearts? 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:47.840 Have we encountered the living Lord Jesus Christ? 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.340 Have we been assured of our identity, that we are sons and daughters of God, 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:57.320 that He loves us, not because of what we do for Him, but because Jesus died on the cross? 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.340 Friends, do we leave church on a Sunday morning saying, 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:05.440 I've done what was expected, I've paid my dues, I've served, I've done what Jesus wanted, 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.040 now I can get on with my life? 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:09.780 Or do we leave church on a Sunday morning saying, 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.100 God is great, I'm His son, I'm His daughter. 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.480 It's so good to come and meet with Jesus this morning. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:22.940 Friends, do we leave church on a Sunday morning anxious and troubled, worried and weary, 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:28.259 or do we leave encouraged in the gospel, secure in the love of the Father, 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:33.659 resting in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing that our identity is in Him? 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:37.039 And that's of course Sunday, what about Monday to Friday? 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:40.720 Maybe on Sunday we feel encouraged and built up, we've seen our friends, 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.620 but Monday to Friday are we anxious and worried about many things, 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:49.000 or are we able to come to Christ's feet, day in and day out, 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.639 and receive what Jesus wants to give us? 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.580 Martha's problem was not that she was busy, 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:58.259 it was that her busyness kept her from Jesus. 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:02.900 Now, before we criticize Martha too much, 00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:05.740 we've got to recognize there's something that Martha does really well. 00:11:06.920 --> 00:11:12.060 The one thing that Martha does really well is that she takes her complaint to Jesus. 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:14.700 She's obviously grumbling, a bit frustrated, 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.180 but rather than going and grumbling to everyone else, 00:11:17.660 --> 00:11:21.480 rather than going and moaning about her sister to some other family member, 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:25.360 the one thing she does well is she brings her complaint to Jesus. 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:29.340 Except she doesn't receive from Jesus what she expects, 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.039 because rather than receiving support or sympathy, 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:34.139 she receives a lesson. 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:37.600 Look at what Jesus says in verse 41 and 42. 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.480 Martha, Martha, 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:45.200 you are anxious and troubled about many things, 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:47.860 but one thing is necessary. 00:11:47.860 --> 00:11:51.340 Mary has chosen the good portion, 00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:54.600 and it will not be taken away from her. 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:59.100 When Jesus says one thing is necessary, 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.519 he's not saying there's only one thing that needs to be done today. 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:04.680 There are many things that needed to be done, right? 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:06.379 If you're going to have somebody over for a meal, 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:08.259 there's many things that need to be done. 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:11.360 Just ask Teresa and Christina 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.500 and some of the other people that hosted the wild dinners last night. 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:16.740 There's many things that need to be done. 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:17.919 The house needs to be cleaned. 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:19.820 Meals need to be prepared. 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:21.720 Washing needs to be folded. 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.360 Dishes need to be washed. 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:25.480 There's many things that need to be done. 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.560 And it's the same for us as a church, right? 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:30.980 We could say, okay, there's only one thing that needs to be done. 00:12:31.060 --> 00:12:32.440 We just need to meet with Jesus. 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:34.340 And so let's just kill everything else. 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.320 And so you come to church in the parking. 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.899 Everyone just parks wherever they want. 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.580 And there's no kids ministry. 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.379 And the sound doesn't work, 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:43.980 because Chris has just decided 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:45.919 there's one thing that needs to be done this morning. 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.000 And everything's just a mess here. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.299 So Jesus is not saying, 00:12:50.479 --> 00:12:51.959 listen, just forget everything else. 00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:54.240 We only need to do one thing. 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:55.899 What he's saying is, 00:12:55.979 --> 00:12:57.639 comparatively speaking, 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:00.199 compared to the most important thing, 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.199 compared to everything else that needs to be done, 00:13:02.699 --> 00:13:05.459 there is one thing that is infinitely greater. 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:08.839 There is one thing that is infinitely more important 00:13:08.839 --> 00:13:09.860 than all those other things. 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:10.899 Those things are important. 00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:12.419 As great as they are, 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.199 don't let those things distract you 00:13:15.199 --> 00:13:18.220 from the one thing that you must get done today. 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:19.819 Which is what? 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:22.579 To encounter the living God. 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:24.939 And to receive his grace. 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:27.840 And to be reminded that he is God, 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.439 and that your life is secure in him. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:33.199 That your identity is not in the things you do for him. 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.240 And your identity is in the fact that 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.460 Jesus died on the cross, 00:13:36.520 --> 00:13:37.680 and he looks you in the eye, 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:38.160 and he says, 00:13:38.620 --> 00:13:40.080 my son, my daughter, 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.340 I love you. 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:42.960 With you, I'm well pleased. 00:13:44.020 --> 00:13:45.160 Whatever else you do, 00:13:45.280 --> 00:13:47.400 make sure the one thing that you do 00:13:47.400 --> 00:13:49.759 is you encounter his grace. 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:53.080 Martha, Martha, 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.500 you're anxious and troubled, 00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:56.340 distracted by many things, 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:57.680 but there is one thing 00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:59.600 that you need to receive today. 00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:01.879 Mary has chosen that thing, 00:14:02.540 --> 00:14:04.460 and it will not be taken from her. 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:07.660 Friends, there are many things in our world 00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:09.259 that we give ourselves to 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.820 that are very fragile 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:12.680 and can get taken from us any day. 00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:14.480 As Hong Kongers, 00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:17.040 we work ourselves to the bone, right? 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:20.040 Working 60, 70, 80 hours a week sometimes 00:14:20.040 --> 00:14:22.340 to build up our CV, 00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:23.840 to advance our career, 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:25.759 to secure our job, 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.220 to save up, 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.580 to buy that apartment. 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.899 And all those things are so fragile. 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.700 One economic meltdown, 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.220 one catastrophe, 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.660 one worldwide pandemic, 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.600 one disease, 00:14:37.780 --> 00:14:39.620 one change of circumstances, 00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:41.540 and those things can be taken for us 00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:42.399 in an instant. 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:46.180 Jesus says to Martha 00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:48.180 that the thing that Mary 00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:49.680 has given herself to 00:14:49.680 --> 00:14:52.160 will not be taken away from her. 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.480 There's nothing that can take it away. 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:55.240 No boss, 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.299 no circumstances, 00:14:56.579 --> 00:14:57.819 no economic meltdown, 00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:59.679 no worldwide pandemic 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:01.459 will take away from her 00:15:01.459 --> 00:15:03.319 the identity and the security, 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:05.339 the peace that she receives 00:15:05.339 --> 00:15:08.459 from coming and letting Jesus minister to her. 00:15:10.439 --> 00:15:12.519 Remember how Jesus says in Mark 8, 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:12.879 he says, 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.379 what will it profit a man 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:16.100 to gain the whole world 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.779 and yet forfeit his soul? 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:22.500 We can gain the whole world's approval, 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.740 the whole world's applause. 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:26.199 You can get the awards of industry 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:27.120 and affirmation. 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.639 You can climb the corporate radar 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.480 and hit the top ranks 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.740 early on your career. 00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:34.659 You can be made MD at 30 years old 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:36.519 and CEO at 40. 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.659 You can get all the accolades of the world, 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:40.240 but if you forfeit your soul, 00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:41.000 what's the point? 00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:43.779 And maybe we could ask, 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:45.699 what does it profit a church 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:47.179 to run every program, 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:49.459 to have every ministry under the sun, 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.319 to be expanding and growing 00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:52.620 and attracting new people, 00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.819 to be the talk of the town 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:55.199 and the hip church of Hong Kong 00:15:55.199 --> 00:15:56.679 that everyone's talking about 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.100 and yet we've lost our soul 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:01.419 because we've been so busy 00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:03.000 doing things for Jesus 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.319 that it's distracted us 00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:04.919 from coming 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.939 and receiving the one thing 00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:07.559 that we need, 00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:10.059 to be flooded with the gospel 00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:11.620 and reminded that our identity 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.100 is in him. 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:16.759 Okay, now what does this all mean for us? 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:18.399 How do we apply this practically? 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.319 Well, there's lots of applications. 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:22.500 Okay, I'm sure that we're all smart enough 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:23.879 to work out how to apply it, 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:26.139 but let me give us three very simple ones. 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:28.059 Okay, you might need some pen and paper for this. 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.799 This is really simple and practical. 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.579 Okay, the first one is this. 00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:36.139 Come to church at 10.20, 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.120 ready and prepared. 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:42.539 Okay, now some of the young guys are laughing. 00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:44.339 Okay, I know that sounds outrageous. 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.000 I know. 00:16:45.719 --> 00:16:47.500 Come to church at 10.20, 00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:49.319 ready and prepared. 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:51.519 Okay, now why do I say that? 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:54.679 The reason is because it takes a couple of minutes 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:56.699 between arriving at church 00:16:56.699 --> 00:16:59.139 and being ready to worship God 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.399 and encounter his grace. 00:17:00.579 --> 00:17:02.259 Okay, so picture this with me. 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:04.980 You plan to come to church at 10.30 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:06.980 and on the way to church, 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:09.000 your kids are fighting in the back, right? 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.339 And we all know how peaceful and relaxing it is 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.720 when our kids are fighting, right? 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.339 The kids are fighting in the back. 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.720 And then your spouse moans at you 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.680 about that thing that she's asked you to do 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.740 for the 17th time and you forgot to do it. 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:23.940 Okay, and you promised you'd do it yesterday, 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:25.259 but you didn't get around to it. 00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:27.779 And then there's a traffic jam. 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.299 Or you get in a taxi, 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.680 you try and call the taxi 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:32.700 and the fifth taxi drives past you 00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.500 and doesn't pick you up. 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:36.220 And then the taxi driver goes the long way around 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:38.380 and you're late and charges you an extra $20. 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:42.079 Or you catch the bus and the bus is late. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.980 Or you come here in your car 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.940 and Ebenezer are doing renovations 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:47.440 in the parking lot again. 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:49.440 And there's no parking for us 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.900 and you've got to go park at Queen Mary 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:52.259 or something like that. 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:55.140 And you walk in and you're frustrated and irritated 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:57.120 and suddenly you just, 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:59.380 yes, all glory to you, Jesus, all right? 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:04.660 Unless you are Superman or Superwoman, 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:06.480 it doesn't work like that, right? 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.180 Our human bodies are not compartmentalized like that. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:13.259 And when our body and our mind are frustrated, 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:17.140 our hearts are not at peace and ready to worship. 00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.580 And so if you're like me, 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:22.500 it takes a good few minutes to get ready and prepared. 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.900 Or maybe you come to church 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:25.040 and everything works perfectly. 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.860 Your kids are singing glory to Jesus 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.920 in the way, in the car, 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:30.140 and your wife is telling you how amazing you are. 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:32.060 But still, it just, 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:34.980 it takes a few minutes from the parking lot. 00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:35.980 And so I want to encourage us, 00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:37.820 come to church 1020, 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:40.060 chat to some brothers and sisters, 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.920 come ready and prepared. 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.140 And when you come down the ramp, 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.660 just pray, 00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:46.140 God, I need to meet with you today. 00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:47.720 I'm anxious and I'm worried. 00:18:48.300 --> 00:18:49.720 There's a hundred things in my mind. 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:52.120 Lord Jesus, I need you this morning. 00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:54.259 And then come and worship him. 00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:54.440 Okay. 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.480 Here's another thing on that. 00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.920 This is point 1.B, okay? 00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.860 1.B. 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:02.220 Is try as little as possible 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.460 to look at your cell phone 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.940 on the way to church. 00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:07.820 And I know it sounds like I live in the 1970s 00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:09.680 and I'm not opposed to mobile phones, 00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:13.100 but what your phone will steal from you 00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:14.140 in way of distraction, 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.279 you'll never get back. 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:18.340 And so those 400 WhatsApp messages 00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:20.039 will still be there at the end of church 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.380 and those Instagram likes 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:22.940 will still be there after church. 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:25.539 But looking at those things as you walk in 00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:28.620 will distract us and take us away from us. 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:30.680 What God wants to minister to us. 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.360 And so I encourage us, 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.820 look at our phones as little as possible. 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.700 Okay, so that's one. 00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:34.960 Second thing is this. 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.120 Really practical. 00:19:36.600 --> 00:19:38.900 Whenever you are serving in Watermark, 00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.779 whatever way you're doing it, 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.440 flood it with prayer. 00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:44.380 Just flood it with prayer. 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:46.440 Okay, so you come here at 8.30 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.900 and you're setting up the speakers 00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.980 and the sound equipment 00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:50.360 and the sound's not working 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:52.500 and you come to carry things. 00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.660 Before you do anything, 00:19:54.080 --> 00:19:54.860 you gather your brothers. 00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:56.500 Hey, Leo, Chris, Henry, 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.500 let's just pray together. 00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.339 Lord, we need you. 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.880 Come and be part of our time together. 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.500 Or you come at 9.30, 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.779 you're serving kids ministry 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.880 and you've got your outline 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:05.819 and you've got the other people in your class 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.640 serving with you. 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.640 Before you do anything, 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.940 hey guys, let's just gather. 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.579 Let's just pray. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:11.519 Jesus, we need you this morning. 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.940 Come and be part of our classroom. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.259 Are you leading CG this Thursday 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:17.339 and you sit down on Wednesday night 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.920 to prepare 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:19.440 and you open up your computer 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.519 before you do anything? 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.599 Lord Jesus, thank you my identity 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.039 is not in how well I do. 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.920 It's in the fact that I'm your son, 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.339 your daughter. 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.839 Come and speak to us this week. 00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:29.539 Or you're going to lead prayer meeting 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.220 on Thursday night 00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:31.859 and you're driving to prayer meeting 00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:33.519 and you pray about the prayer meeting. 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.539 Lord, we're going to pray tonight 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.839 but we need you. 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.099 Come by your Holy Spirit 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.740 and be part of our time together. 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:41.139 Okay, whatever you do, 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.559 flood it in prayer. 00:20:43.139 --> 00:20:43.940 And then the last one, 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.460 very simple is this. 00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:47.319 When you have your devotions, 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.240 so tomorrow morning, 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.139 you're going to wake up early, 00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.639 you're going to get into God's Word. 00:20:51.280 --> 00:20:52.380 When you have your devotion, 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.080 put your phone away. 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.800 Your phone is going to distract you. 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:58.060 You're going to get a WhatsApp message 00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:59.759 or your boss is going to tell you something 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:01.280 or you're going to get a sign 00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:02.620 the stock market went down 00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.620 or went up overnight 00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:05.780 and it's going to take you 00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.580 another 10 minutes 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.560 to get focused again. 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.340 Put your phone in the cupboard 00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.180 or in your bag 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:12.080 and just spend a few minutes 00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:13.020 reading God's Word. 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.060 Jesus, what do you want to say 00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:14.640 to me this morning? 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.759 Jesus, I come to you like Mary. 00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.940 I need to sit at your feet. 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.140 I'm distracted. 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.860 I'm anxious. 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.460 I've got that presentation later. 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.080 Jesus, what do you want to say 00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.720 to me today? 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.340 Okay, so three really important, 00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.480 very simple things. 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:29.140 Martha, Martha, 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.520 you're anxious and troubled 00:21:30.520 --> 00:21:32.100 by many things, 00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:34.040 but one thing is necessary. 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:36.780 Mary has chosen the good portion 00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:39.900 and it will not be taken away from her. 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:43.320 This is the lesson of Luke chapter 10. 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.240 This is what Jesus wants to say to us, 00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:47.780 that it's possible to do so much stuff 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:50.399 for Jesus that we get distracted 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.619 and we miss the one thing 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.480 we really need, 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.180 which is to be with Jesus 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.480 and encounter His grace. 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.720 Just this morning, 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.680 actually in my devotions, 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.539 I read this from Revelation 3. 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:02.559 Jesus' letter to the church in Sardis. 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.000 He says, 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.619 I know your works. 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.279 You have the reputation of being alive, 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.759 but you are in fact dead. 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.200 Wake up. 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.299 Strengthen what remains. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.079 Remember then what you received 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.400 and what you heard from me. 00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.019 Remember the gospel. 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.299 Remember your identity 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.279 that I love you. 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.599 Your identity is in me. 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.839 This is the lesson of Luke chapter 10. 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:25.599 Now, before we go back to worship, 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.759 there's one other lesson 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.940 we need to receive here. 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.500 In fact, 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:31.900 it's a far richer and profound lesson. 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.680 And it's the lesson, 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.059 in fact, 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.400 you must understand 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.360 if you're going to understand 00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.799 anything about Christianity 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.840 and the Bible at all. 00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.700 If you missed this lesson, 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.740 you missed the whole Bible. 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.340 Okay? 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.660 There's something we need to see here 00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:45.700 in addition to the lesson 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.519 about busyness. 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.380 What is it that Jesus wants us to see? 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.059 Simply this. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:54.519 Martha thought that she had to do something 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.920 to be welcomed by Jesus. 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:59.680 Mary comes to Jesus empty-handed. 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:03.019 Martha thought she had to do 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.779 a whole lot of stuff 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.640 to be accepted and loved by Jesus. 00:23:06.300 --> 00:23:08.920 Mary comes empty-handed. 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.759 You say, that's it? 00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.039 That's what the whole Bible's about? 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.140 Yep, that's what the whole Bible's about, right? 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.779 That's the difference between 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:17.259 those who find Jesus 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.580 and those who don't. 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.960 Those who receive grace 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:21.000 and those who don't. 00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:22.660 Those who find a rest in Jesus 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:25.380 and those who leave Jesus' presence 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.980 restless and anxious. 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.019 Come to Jesus with your hands 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.000 full of all the stuff 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.700 you've done for Him. 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:32.279 Your accolades, your CV, 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.380 your accomplishments, 00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:35.160 thinking that earns His acceptance. 00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:37.040 You'll go home empty-handed. 00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.420 Come to Jesus empty-handed. 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.360 Say, God, I don't have what it takes. 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.900 I've got nothing in my hands. 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.680 Nothing in my hands I bring. 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:46.300 Simply to your cross I cling. 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.000 And Jesus will say, 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.819 okay, come and receive my grace. 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.359 Friends, Jesus came to Mary 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.039 and Martha's house 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:55.220 not because He needed anything from them, 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:57.419 but because He wanted to bless them 00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.180 with Himself. 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:01.319 And yet Martha was so busy 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.139 running around, 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.680 doing all sorts of stuff for Him, 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.720 so busy trying to do things 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.579 to please Him 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:08.460 that she missed Him completely. 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.639 Friends, let's not be like Martha. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.419 Let's not be so busy 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.579 that we miss Jesus. 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.980 Let's not be so busy 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.519 doing things for Jesus 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.480 that we miss what He wants to give us, 00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:20.079 which is Jesus Himself. 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.720 But more than anything, 00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:23.180 let's not come to Jesus 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:24.579 with our track record 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:26.259 and list of things we've accomplished, 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.360 thinking that'll earn us His grace. 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.400 Let's come to Him empty-handed. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:33.620 Come to Him for His sake alone. 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.920 Come to Him because what we need 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.940 is found in Him 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.920 and on the things that we do for Him. 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:41.140 Let's come to Jesus once again. 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.700 Let's pray together. 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.599 I'm going to invite Ellen 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.779 to come and lead us. 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.240 Lord Jesus, 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:48.079 this passage this morning 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.099 is so simple. 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:52.539 It's a story of two sisters 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.079 from thousands of years ago 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.420 and yet it could be our story. 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:58.059 God, in a city like Hong Kong, 00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.819 which we love to be busy, 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.400 we love to do hundreds 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.700 and thousands of things, 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.519 things for you, 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.120 good things, 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.099 important things, 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.240 Jesus, 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.799 often we miss the one thing 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.660 that we really need. 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.420 We miss coming to You. 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:14.820 We miss receiving Your grace. 00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.920 We miss being reminded 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.759 that our identity and security 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:21.080 is not in the things we do for You. 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.200 It's in You. 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:25.060 Lord, I pray for us as a church. 00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.000 I pray for Watermark. 00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:28.220 I pray that this thing will mark us. 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:30.180 More than all the programs and events, 00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:31.019 the outreaches, 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.060 and the things that we do, 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.900 that this thing will mark us. 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.600 That, Lord Jesus, 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:36.279 we know how to come to Your presence, 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.019 to sit at Your feet, 00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.459 to be flooded in the gospel, 00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.899 to be reminded that our identity 00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.759 and our security 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:45.119 and our rest is found in You, 00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.539 that, Jesus, 00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.679 we will be people 00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:49.559 who know how to encounter Your grace. 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.259 Lord Jesus, 00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.179 come and have Your way. 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.699 Come and stir us, 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.559 I pray. 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.579 Come and challenge us. 00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.879 Come and call us back to You. 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.779 Help us, we pray. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.359 Amen.