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 Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a large group of people?

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 We're taking our way through the story of Jesus in Luke's gospel.

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 Luke tells us about a moment like this where things got awkward.

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 We're in Luke chapter 10.

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 Let me just read for you the first couple verses.

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 Luke 10 verse 38.

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 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way,

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 he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.

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 She had a sister called Mary.

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 So Jesus and his disciples, they come to this village

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 where this woman named Martha opens her home to Jesus.

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 And Luke just tells us Martha had a sister named Mary.

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 We know from later on in the story,

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 and specifically from the gospel of John,

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 that Martha and Mary lived together in the village of Bethany,

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 which was just about two miles southeast from Jerusalem.

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 What's also interesting is that Bethany is the last stop on the highway

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 coming into Jerusalem from the city of Jericho.

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 And so that may explain why Jesus used the road from Jerusalem to Jericho

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 in the parable of the Good Samaritan,

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 which came right before this.

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 Jesus and his disciples, they might be traveling into Jerusalem

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 for another of the annual festivals at this time,

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 and just kind of doing ministry along the way.

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 We also know from the gospel of John

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 that Martha and Mary have a brother named Lazarus.

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 And Lazarus later gets sick and dies,

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 and ends up being raised from the dead by Jesus.

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 We read about that later on in John chapter 11.

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 And also in John 11, we read this.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So Martha and Mary end up being very close friends with Jesus.

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 We don't actually know from the gospel accounts

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 when this connection happened,

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 when Martha and Mary and Lazarus first met Jesus.

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 Did the women meet Jesus through Lazarus?

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 Was it in Jerusalem at one of the festivals?

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 Was this the first time that Jesus met up with Martha?

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 Or was it just the first time that she welcomed him into her home?

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 We don't know any of that.

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 It's the first mention of Martha and Mary in Luke's account.

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 Whatever it was, Luke tells us that Martha opens her home to Jesus.

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 She welcomes him and extends hospitality to him.

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 Now, Luke doesn't waste any time telling us about this visit.

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 And he really only highlights one moment in particular from this visit.

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 Something happened here at Martha's house.

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 There was this tension in the house.

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 This sort of awkward moment.

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 And the tension arises between Martha and Mary, the two sisters.

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 And it has to do with what each of them is doing.

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 And Luke tells us what they were doing.

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 Martha had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.

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 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.

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 So just try and imagine this for a moment.

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 What would you do when 13 men show up at your front door?

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 That's Jesus and his 12 disciples.

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 Well, you welcome them into the house.

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 Come on in.

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 You give them greetings.

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 And then, if you're like Martha, the one who extended the invitation,

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 you get right to work on the hosting part, right?

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 These 13 men aren't going to feed themselves.

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 There's probably some rearranging of the furniture that needs to be done

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 just to get everyone a place to sit in this first century home

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 in this little village of Bethany.

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 And is anyone thirsty?

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 Does anyone need a drink of water?

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 And the list goes on.

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 Luke says Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.

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 I don't know if you've ever felt like that when having a large gathering at your house.

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 Have you ever had a moment like that?

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 You can almost just imagine Martha scurrying around in the home

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 trying to look after all these things.

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 And meanwhile, Luke says that her sister Mary is just there

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 sitting down at the feet of Jesus, listening to him.

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 Let's flip over to Mary's perspective.

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 Can you really blame her for wanting to just sit there and listen to Jesus?

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 I mean, this is Jesus himself right there in her own living room.

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 And he's talking.

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 We don't even get from Luke the details of what Jesus was saying.

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 But whatever it was, Mary didn't want to miss a word.

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 She just wanted to sit there and soak it in.

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 And this is where the tension begins to build.

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 Imagine that you're Martha

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 and you feel the weight of responsibility to host this large group of guests.

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 And there's one person here who could be a real help to you,

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 who knows the house, who knows where everything is.

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 And she's just sitting there on the floor, listening to Jesus.

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 Well, that's fine for a few minutes.

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 But then time begins to pass.

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 And she isn't politely excusing herself and coming to help with all the hosting stuff.

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 You can imagine the frustration beginning to rise in Martha's heart.

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 And maybe she just kept it quiet at first.

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 She doesn't want to embarrass her sister in front of the guests.

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 And so she just, we don't know, just imagining.

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 She keeps working harder, keeps going faster.

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 Try to get all the things ready.

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 Well, I imagine that all of them in the house

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 could feel Martha's temperature rising.

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 And eventually it sort of comes to this moment

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 where Martha just can't take it anymore.

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 She's well past frustrated.

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 She's in the anger zone.

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 She doesn't even speak to Mary herself.

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 But she speaks to Jesus.

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 She came to Jesus and asked,

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 Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself?

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 Tell her to help me.

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 Well, if I'm Peter or one of the other disciples,

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 I'm thinking,

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 this is awkward.

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 Sibling conflict

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 between two women over who should be doing house stuff.

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 And maybe I'm even feeling a little guilty

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 since my being here

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 is causing indirectly this stress to Martha.

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 I'm also thinking about all the other times

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 that Jesus has been called on

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 to settle disputes between people.

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 Martha calls on the guest of honor

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 to direct her own sister

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 to help her.

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 Now, if Jesus were just an ordinary man like me,

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 this would be one of those moments

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 where I pause

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 and consider very carefully

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 what I say next.

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 You know, the last thing I want to do

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 is take sides here

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 between two sisters

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 about the hospitality stuff

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 in their own house.

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 And if I don't watch what I say

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 very carefully here,

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 one of those sisters

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 is probably going to be upset with me

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 for the rest of the evening.

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 But Jesus is no ordinary man.

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 He's not afraid to take sides.

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 He doesn't live to please people.

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 He just gently and firmly

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 speaks the truth to everyone and anyone

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 wherever He is.

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 And listen to what He says.

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 In response,

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 Martha, Martha,

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 you are worried and upset

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 about many things,

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 but few things are needed,

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 or indeed only one.

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 Mary has chosen what is better,

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 and it will not be taken away from her.

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 Did Jesus, the guest,

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 just chide,

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 or even gently rebuke

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 His host?

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 Yeah, He did.

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 And it was probably

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 somewhat humiliating

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 for Martha in this moment

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 to receive that word of correction.

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 But then I'm sure

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 as she thought about it

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 and

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 pondered it,

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 she knew that Jesus was right.

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 This is one of those reasons

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 why Jesus is just so amazing.

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 This is the kind of person He is.

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 He doesn't just tell people

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 what they want to hear.

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 He was a true friend.

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 He comes over to your house

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 as the guest,

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 and He gently rebukes you

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 as the host.

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 Who else does that?

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 Let's also notice, though,

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 Jesus does make it clear.

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 He understands

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 how she feels.

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 He says,

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 you're worried and upset

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 about many things.

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 Maybe up until this moment,

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 Martha had even been wondering,

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 like,

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 does anybody

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 see the problem here?

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 Does anybody understand

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 what I'm feeling?

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 Well, Jesus saw it,

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 and He knew it.

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 He didn't say that

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 that was right,

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 but He did acknowledge it.

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 And then we see this contrast

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 that Jesus brings out here.

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 Martha, Martha,

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 you're worried about

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 many things,

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 but few things are needed,

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 or indeed,

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 only one.

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 I think it's kind of obvious

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 what Jesus means

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 when He's talking about

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 the many things.

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 That's the hospitality stuff.

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 That's all the preparations

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 that she's working on.

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 But then,

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 what does He mean

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 by the contrast?

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 What's the few,

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 or what's the one

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 that's really needed?

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 Now,

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 why does He say at first,

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 few,

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 but then narrow it down

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 to one?

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 Which is it?

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 Few or one?

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 Well,

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 let's wade into that

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 a little bit.

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 First,

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 there is a bit

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 of a textual issue here.

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 Most English translations

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 simply say,

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 say this,

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 but one thing is necessary.

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 You're worried about

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 many things,

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 but one thing

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 is necessary.

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 There's a shorter variation.

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 There's a longer variation.

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 And truth be told,

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 if you look back

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 at the ancient manuscripts,

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 there's several variations

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 at this point.

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 And scholars

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 and translators,

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 of course,

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 they recognize this

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 as a difficult textual issue.

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 The evidence kind of leans

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 in favor of the shorter reading

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 being the original one,

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 which is why most English translations

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 just say this,

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 but one thing is necessary

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 or needed.

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 If the few things

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 is part of what Jesus said,

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 Jesus could be saying

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 something like,

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 Martha,

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 Martha,

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 Martha,

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 you don't have to go all out.

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 Simple hospitality

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 will suffice.

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 We don't need extravagance.

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 A few things will do.

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 But at the end of this,

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 I'm really at your place

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 not for what you can do for me,

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 but for you,

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 to be with you.

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 And here we kind of notice,

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 either way,

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 Jesus seems to be

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 shifting it away

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 from hospitality

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 and toward relationship

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 with what he says.

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 The main point

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 Jesus is making here

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 seems to be that

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 Mary has chosen

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 what is better.

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 There she is

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 sitting at Jesus' feet,

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 listening to his words.

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 And she's chosen

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 relationship

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 over hospitality,

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 over service.

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 The one thing needed

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 is not more activity

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 for Jesus,

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 but attention to Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 I think we can even

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 push it a little bit

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 further than that.

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 What does Jesus

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 really want Martha

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 to do right now?

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 You ever thought about that?

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 What does Jesus

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 really want Martha to do?

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 Well, he wants her

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 to stop being distracted

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 and anxious

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 and come sit down

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 at his feet

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 with Mary.

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 I mean,

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 Jesus doesn't say

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 this word for word,

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 but I think it's sort of

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 implied, isn't it?

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 I came here to see you

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 and to spend time

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 with you

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 and with Mary.

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 Or to put it another way,

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 if Mary has chosen

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 the better thing,

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 Jesus says it

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 right point blank,

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 then what does Jesus

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 want for Martha

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 to do right now

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 in this moment?

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 Yeah.

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 Isn't he inviting her?

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 Come, Martha.

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 Sit at my feet.

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 Join us.

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 Be with us.

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 Be with me.

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 That's all that's needed.

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 I'm not going to make

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 Mary go help you

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 in the kitchen.

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 It's her choice

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 and she has chosen well.

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 And this is it.

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 This is all we get

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 from Luke

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 about this visit

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 to Mary and Martha's house.

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 Just this short

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 little conversation

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 following this tension

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 in the house.

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 Why is this here

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 in the Bible?

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 Well, it must be

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 in Luke's mind

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 and ultimately

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 in God's mind

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 it must be

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 that there's enough

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 of a lesson here

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 to be learned.

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 Not just for Martha

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 but for others

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 who would read this

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 as well.

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 For us.

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 And what is that lesson?

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 What's that main truth

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 in all of this?

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 I think very simply

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 what Luke is showing

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 what God is saying

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 what Jesus is getting at

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 and what Martha learned

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 is that relationship

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 with Jesus

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 is the most important thing.

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 Relationship with Jesus

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 is the most important thing.

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 Now there's a couple ways

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 we could

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 say it differently.

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 We could use

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 some of Jesus' own words.

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 Relationship with Jesus

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 is the better thing.

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 Or since there's only

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 one thing that's needed

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 relationship with Jesus

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 is the best thing.

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 Not that there isn't

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 goodness to the other things

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 but relationship with Jesus

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 is the best thing.

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 And I think when we hear that

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 we kind of know that

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 in our hearts, right?

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 Or we could bring in

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 that other word of Jesus.

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 Relationship with Jesus

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 is the only thing

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 truly needed.

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 But one thing is needed.

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 Relationship with Jesus

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 is the only thing

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 truly needed.

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 And when I say it that way

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 I think,

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 that's a little harder

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 to accept sometimes,

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 isn't it?

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 Do you feel that?

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 What about this?

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 What about that?

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 Don't we need

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.680
 those things too?

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 Part of me wants

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 to defend Martha

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 a little bit here.

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 Somebody's got to look

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 after supper

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 or we're all going

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 to be really hungry.

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 And that's true.

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 But honestly,

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 what do we need more?

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 The meal

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 or to be with Jesus?

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 In fact,

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 God really kind of

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.960
 answered that

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 a long time ago.

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 Back in Deuteronomy

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 8 verse 3,

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 man shall not live

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 by bread alone

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 but by every word

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 that comes

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 from the mouth of God.

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 There is something

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 even more essential

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.420
 to life

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 than even the food

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 we eat.

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 And it's our relationship

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 with God.

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 And specifically

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 that part of our relationship

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 where we listen

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 to God's word.

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 Where we listen

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 to the words

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 of Jesus.

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 If you have to choose

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 between food

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:51.059
 and Jesus,

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 one fills your belly

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 till tomorrow.

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 The other fills

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 your soul.

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 and your heart

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 and your mind

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 with life

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 and with light

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.240
 that lasts forever.

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 One is the food

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 and drink

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 that after eating

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.799
 we get hungry

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.680
 again.

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.539
 We get thirsty

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.980
 again.

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 Jesus offers us

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 living water

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 and the bread

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.339
 of life

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 and says

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 that it will

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 quench our thirst

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 and satisfy our hunger

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 forever.

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 forever.

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 I'm reminded

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 of these words

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.759
 from John's gospel.

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 John 6

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.460
 verse 35

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 Jesus declared

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 I am the bread

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:30.980
 of life

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 whoever comes

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 to me

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 will never

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.279
 go hungry

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 and whoever

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 believes in me

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.079
 will never

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.740
 be thirsty.

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 or maybe

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.019
 we could

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.380
 frame it

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.839
 this way

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.460
 the very

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.480
 son of God

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.819
 God

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.319
 in human

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.799
 flesh

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.859
 is coming

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.319
 to your

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.759
 house

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.940
 this evening.

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:56.920
 what's better

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:59.480
 that you put

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.019
 out a fine

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 spread of

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.299
 appetizers

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.200
 and refreshments

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.759
 and cook him

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.480
 a fine meal

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.660
 and offer him

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.120
 the best

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.460
 and most

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.340
 comfortable stay

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.740
 at the cost

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.200
 of being

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.779
 with him

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:11.519
 or that

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.160
 everyone goes

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.519
 hungry

00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:12.940
 and gets

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.460
 parched

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.640
 by the end

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.180
 of the evening

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.920
 but you enjoy

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.900
 several hours

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.759
 of close

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.340
 relationship

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.940
 with

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.860
 Jesus

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.000
 listening to

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.259
 him

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:24.039
 talking

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.599
 with him

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:26.200
 heart

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.700
 to heart

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:30.440
 I think

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.839
 when we put

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.400
 it that way

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.220
 we kind of

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.960
 all recognize

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.900
 that it's

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.240
 true

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.119
 relationship

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.160
 with Jesus

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.480
 is

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.379
 the only

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:38.779
 thing

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.599
 truly needed

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:42.119
 it is

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.559
 the better

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:42.900
 thing

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.279
 it is

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.859
 the best

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.240
 thing

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.799
 the one

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.160
 thing

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:49.660
 if

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.119
 you've

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.440
 been

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:51.799
 exposed

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.159
 to the

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.480
 Bible

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.279
 or Christian

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.819
 teaching

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:56.859
 that truth

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.259
 probably

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.779
 comes as

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.460
 no surprise

00:20:58.460 --> 00:21:02.680
 you're probably

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:02.980
 thinking

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.519
 yeah we've

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.019
 heard this

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.720
 a lot

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:06.759
 even just

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.440
 last Sunday

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.019
 the religious

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.799
 lawyer who

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.279
 talked with

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.559
 Jesus

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.259
 knew that

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.740
 this was

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.740
 the truth

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.980
 he knew

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.319
 that the

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.639
 greatest

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.259
 commandment

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.539
 in the

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.859
 law

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:16.220
 was to

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.599
 love the

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.919
 Lord your

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:17.200
 God

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.579
 with all

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.119
 your heart

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.839
 soul

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.279
 mind

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.899
 and strength

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.620
 he too

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:23.100
 knew that

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.640
 relationship

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.259
 with God

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.600
 is the

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:24.980
 most

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.440
 important

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:25.840
 thing

00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.840
 but as

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.160
 we saw

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.600
 with him

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.800
 last week

00:21:28.800 --> 00:21:29.540
 in the

00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:30.420
 passage just

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.980
 above this

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.660
 it's possible

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.140
 to know

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.820
 this truth

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.259
 and yet

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.140
 not actually

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.880
 respond to

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.080
 it

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:40.240
 we have

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.519
 to go

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.120
 beyond just

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.820
 knowing it

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:43.259
 we have

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.860
 to respond

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.500
 to it

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:47.740
 relationship

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.380
 with Jesus

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.480
 is the

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.839
 only

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.640
 thing

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.099
 truly

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.539
 needed

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.380
 it's the

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.619
 better

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:52.940
 thing

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.299
 it's the

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.579
 best

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:53.819
 thing

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.140
 it's the

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.380
 one

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.799
 thing

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.180
 but along

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.700
 with that

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:56.960
 truth

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.440
 comes an

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.000
 invitation

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.559
 from Christ

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:01.059
 to you

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.420
 and to

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.759
 me

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.900
 again

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.279
 what did

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.539
 Jesus

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.160
 really want

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.680
 Martha to

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:07.960
 do

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:10.920
 it's

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.420
 implied in

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:11.880
 his answer

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.339
 isn't it

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.359
 drop all

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.079
 the worries

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:15.119
 and the

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.599
 frets

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.259
 and leave

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.500
 those

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.159
 distractions

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.439
 and come

00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:20.399
 and sit

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.679
 at my

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:20.980
 feet

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:23.259
 be with

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.579
 me

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:26.779
 just

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.179
 imagine

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.539
 for a

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.740
 moment

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.139
 that you

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.399
 were

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.799
 Martha

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.299
 and Jesus

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.819
 said these

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.179
 words

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.779
 that we

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.240
 just read

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.720
 to you

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:33.319
 will you

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.659
 come

00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.259
 will you

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.579
 sit

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.339
 at my

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.639
 feet

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.679
 will you

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.000
 come and

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.439
 do this

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.980
 better

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.299
 thing

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.720
 that Mary

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:38.960
 has

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.359
 chosen

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.339
 would you

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.740
 do it

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:43.859
 would you

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.419
 just drop

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:44.759
 all the

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.319
 preparations

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.259
 and do

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.479
 it

00:22:48.479 --> 00:22:49.779
 how would

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.279
 you respond

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.839
 to Jesus

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.899
 I think

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.219
 it's the

00:22:54.219 --> 00:22:54.459
 same

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:55.019
 invitation

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:57.119
 to Martha

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:59.159
 that Jesus

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.559
 gives to

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.159
 all of us

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:00.579
 today

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:02.039
 come

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.399
 sit at

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:03.819
 my feet

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.959
 don't worry

00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.359
 about all

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.740
 those other

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.159
 things

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:08.559
 come be

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.039
 with me

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:11.619
 come listen

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.359
 to my

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.759
 words

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:18.419
 now

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:18.759
 there is

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.439
 one thing

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:20.219
 that's

00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:20.679
 really

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.339
 different

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.939
 from then

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.199
 to now

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:27.759
 Martha

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.439
 had Jesus

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:29.159
 physically

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.679
 present

00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.239
 in her

00:23:30.239 --> 00:23:30.619
 home

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.719
 in flesh

00:23:31.719 --> 00:23:32.179
 and blood

00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.559
 and so

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.939
 we know

00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:33.379
 exactly

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.879
 what the

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.459
 relationship

00:23:34.459 --> 00:23:36.279
 with Jesus

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.659
 meant

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.059
 for her

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.659
 back then

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:39.419
 but

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.919
 2,000

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.479
 years later

00:23:40.479 --> 00:23:41.000
 some things

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.579
 have changed

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:43.639
 the story

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.119
 goes on

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.419
 Jesus

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.379
 dies

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.699
 he rose

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.079
 again

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.579
 from the

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.899
 dead

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.839
 he ascended

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.480
 into heaven

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.500
 and right

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.879
 now

00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.720
 he's sitting

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.539
 in heaven

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.879
 at the right

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.519
 hand of God

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.500
 until that

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.039
 day that he

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.460
 returns

00:23:57.460 --> 00:24:00.119
 we also know

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.839
 that not long

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.639
 after he ascended

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.139
 into heaven

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.659
 he sent

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.960
 his spirit

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.919
 to indwell

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.279
 us

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.139
 to live

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.659
 inside of

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:07.960
 us

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.579
 and so

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.159
 relationship

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.220
 with Jesus

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.680
 for us

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:11.980
 today

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.360
 it looks

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.660
 really

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.060
 different

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:14.680
 than it

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.040
 did back

00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:15.580
 then for

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.040
 Martha

00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:16.500
 and Mary

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.180
 he doesn't

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.600
 come to

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.080
 our house

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.519
 he doesn't

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.100
 sleep in

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:19.519
 our guest

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.840
 room

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.720
 and we

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.300
 can't just

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.920
 physically

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.800
 sit at his

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.480
 feet like

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.480
 Mary did

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:26.440
 now

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.440


00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.099
 we talk

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.599
 to Jesus

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.319
 by prayer

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:32.299
 and his

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.660
 spirit

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.240
 living in

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.559
 us

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.339
 hears

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.420
 our

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.880
 prayers

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.759
 in that

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.039
 sense

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.460
 we actually

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.839
 have one

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.059
 thing

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.360
 better

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.180
 than Mary

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.599
 and Martha

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:40.980
 had

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.160
 we can

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.539
 talk to

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.819
 Jesus

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.400
 anytime

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.799
 now

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.120
 we don't

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.420
 have to

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.660
 wait

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:44.960
 for him

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.279
 to come

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.500
 over

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.940
 to our

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.680
 house

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.079
 wherever

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.680
 we are

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.180
 at any

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.460
 time

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.779
 we can

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.059
 pray

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.519
 and Jesus

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.259
 hears us

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.639
 but now

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.240
 how do we

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.779
 sit at his

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.099
 feet

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.119
 and listen

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.639
 to him

00:24:58.639 --> 00:25:02.339
 Jesus

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.099
 talks to us

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.619
 now by

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.339
 his spirit

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.519
 through

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.799
 the written

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.359
 words of

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.679
 God

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:09.720
 through our

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.139
 Bibles

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:14.339
 maybe I'll

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.639
 say it

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.079
 this way

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.599
 you might

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.460
 think differently

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.919
 about it

00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.419
 but there's

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:17.779
 a way

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.899
 here that

00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.579
 Mary and

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.819
 Martha

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.379
 had it a

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.500
 little

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.779
 better

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.279
 than us

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:23.379
 they got

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.940
 to see

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.339
 Jesus

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.899
 face to

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.299
 face

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.279
 and sit

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.599
 there and

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:26.980
 listen to

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.139
 him

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.500
 for us

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.660
 it's

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.039
 different

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.799
 Jesus

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.259
 is in

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.579
 heaven

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.819
 and we

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.899
 come to

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.200
 sit at

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.639
 his feet

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.359
 through a

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.619
 book

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:36.819
 we have

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.240
 to open

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.420
 it

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.720
 we have

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.160
 to read

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.379
 it

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.339
 we have

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.839
 to meditate

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:41.119
 on words

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.500
 that he

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.119
 has already

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.740
 spoken in

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.339
 the past

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:45.759
 but as

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.200
 we do

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.920
 he speaks

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.480
 to us

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.839
 through

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.139
 these

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.519
 words

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.420
 in the

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.799
 present

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.539
 that's

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.619
 what

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.159
 relationship

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.480
 with

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.740
 Jesus

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.319
 looks like

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.700
 for us

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.079
 today

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.419
 prayer

00:25:55.419 --> 00:25:56.159
 is how

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.319
 we

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.579
 talk

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:56.740
 to

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.059
 him

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.460
 and

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.200
 meditation

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.819
 on his

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.099
 written

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.460
 word

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.899
 is how

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.259
 we

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.559
 listen

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.839
 to

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.139
 him

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:04.379
 and

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.700
 yes

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.000
 that

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.399
 isn't

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.759
 the way

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.339
 that I

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:08.359
 probably

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.839
 that we

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.419
 would prefer

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:09.879
 it to be

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.340
 we

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.920
 would rather

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.340
 it be

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.760
 face to

00:26:12.760 --> 00:26:13.020
 face

00:26:13.020 --> 00:26:13.240
 wouldn't

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.480
 we

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:16.120
 voice to

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.420
 ear

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:19.260
 but Jesus

00:26:19.260 --> 00:26:19.700
 said that

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.180
 this is how

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.980
 it's going

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.420
 to be

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.720
 in another

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.180
 parable

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.840
 he told

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.520
 the disciples

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:25.020
 how he

00:26:25.020 --> 00:26:25.500
 is like a

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.740
 king

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.640
 going away

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.800
 to be

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:28.720
 crowned

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.060
 and who

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.440
 will later

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.980
 return

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.220
 but we

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.800
 his servants

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.220
 are kind

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.680
 of left

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.220
 in the

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.520
 meantime

00:26:33.520 --> 00:26:34.260
 to serve

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.660
 and to

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.180
 await his

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.559
 return

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.519
 he

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.220
 as we

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.000
 heard earlier

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.400
 in the

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.720
 service

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.200
 has gone

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.819
 to prepare

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.220
 a place

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.720
 for us

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.940
 so that

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.240
 we can

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.619
 be with

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.839
 him

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:47.579
 but for

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.879
 now

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:49.200
 we wait

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.579
 for him

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.180
 to return

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:52.500
 and so

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.160
 our relationship

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.640
 with him

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.420
 it's very

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.900
 different

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.539
 but even

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.879
 though it's

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.180
 different

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.539
 I don't

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.839
 think it

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.140
 changes

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.839
 the invitation

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:00.140
 of Jesus

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.839
 to us

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.019
 he invites

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.480
 us all

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.420
 come

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:06.079
 sit at

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.539
 my feet

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:09.539
 listen

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:11.259
 to my

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.680
 words

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:15.400
 draw

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.759
 near

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.140
 open

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.660
 the Bible

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.319
 I will

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.759
 speak to

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:19.980
 you

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:22.779
 and

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.680
 it might

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.240
 feel weird

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.660
 at first

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.039
 to try

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.539
 and have

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.319
 relationship

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.880
 with

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:28.440
 God

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.339
 with Jesus

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.960
 through a

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.200
 book

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:32.599
 especially

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.940
 if

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.180
 you're

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.340
 not

00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:34.580
 someone

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:34.799
 who

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.059
 really

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.480
 enjoys

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.840
 reading

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.700
 and never

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.059
 have

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:39.740
 but there's

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.080
 a different

00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:40.539
 kind of

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.860
 reading

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:44.100
 we can

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.680
 read

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.860
 for

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.500
 relationship

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:49.039
 I still

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.360
 remember

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.980
 the days

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.799
 before

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.519
 FaceTime

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.299
 and video

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.680
 chat

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.019
 were a

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.279
 thing

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.279
 we did

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.779
 this thing

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.080
 where we

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.539
 used to

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.620
 write

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.100
 letters

00:27:57.099 --> 00:28:00.740
 first

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.039
 it was

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.319
 hand

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.579
 written

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.619
 delivered

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.039
 by the

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.319
 postal

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.899
 service

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:06.119
 then it

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.259
 was

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.579
 type

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:06.879
 written

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:08.240
 then it

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.399
 was

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.859
 email

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.779
 have you

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:10.959
 ever

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.500
 received

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.939
 a

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:13.039
 precious

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.899
 personal

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.279
 letter

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.019
 a letter

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.379
 of

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.980
 relationship

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.579
 from

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.000
 someone

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.599
 I mean

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:19.899
 usually

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.359
 that sort

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.639
 of thing

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.000
 happened

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.399
 when two

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:21.719
 people

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:21.939
 were

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.519
 separated

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:25.220
 after I

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.660
 graduated

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.160
 from Bible

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.519
 college

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.859
 there was

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.059
 this

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.379
 summer

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.559
 where

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.900
 Jen and

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.019
 I

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.180
 were

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.539
 dating

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.460
 but not

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.660
 yet

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.180
 engaged

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.220
 we just

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.500
 started

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.700
 our

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.200
 relationship

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.480
 in

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.980
 January

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.180
 and I

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.420
 really

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.660
 wanted

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.079
 to marry

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.379
 Jen

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.779
 I was

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.059
 already

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.480
 sold

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.980
 but you

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.220
 got to

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.539
 go through

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.079
 the process

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.039
 you got to

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.559
 you know

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.599
 take your

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.980
 time

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.200
 and

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.339
 she was

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.839
 off having

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.359
 an adventure

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.000
 in Morocco

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.079
 on a

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.379
 missions

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.700
 trip

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.960
 and I

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.160
 was

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.639
 sitting at

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:49.879
 home

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.279
 worried

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.619
 that she

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.879
 was going

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.240
 to start

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.639
 feeling

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.000
 called

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.319
 to go

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.639
 be a

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:52.939
 missionary

00:28:52.939 --> 00:28:54.339
 in

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.799
 Morocco

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.279
 meanwhile

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.859
 I felt

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.159
 God

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.500
 calling

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.720
 me

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.000
 to be

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.139
 a

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.460
 pastor

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.659
 in

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.859
 North

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.299
 America

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.960
 well that

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.279
 month

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.559
 that she

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:01.960
 was gone

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.399
 felt like

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.779
 forever

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.639
 to me

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.919
 I didn't

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.339
 hear from

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.740
 her while

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.099
 she was

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.460
 gone

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.159
 the

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.639
 relationship

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:07.980
 was

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.539
 distanced

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.559
 I didn't

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.939
 know what

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.279
 she was

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.659
 thinking

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.339
 or feeling

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.079
 and how

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.480
 this was

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.740
 going to

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:12.939
 work

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.279
 itself

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.519
 out

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.759
 in the

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.099
 future

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.899
 and then

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:17.919
 one day

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.779
 this

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.740
 handwritten

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.079
 letter

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.879
 came

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.480
 in the

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.740
 mail

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:27.579
 and it

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:27.919
 meant the

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.299
 world to

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.500
 me

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:31.379
 I didn't

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.899
 just read

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.319
 it to get

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.839
 information

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.220
 about

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.519
 Jen

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.460
 the words

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.099
 on the

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.639
 page

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.299
 were her

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.059
 speaking to

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.359
 me

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:40.279
 and I

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.139
 treasured

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.960
 those

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.399
 words

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:45.519
 I

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.680
 would

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:45.780
 have

00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:46.019
 rather

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.259
 been

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.440
 with

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.560
 her

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:46.700
 in

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.040
 person

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:49.220
 but

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.460
 her

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.860
 words

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.160
 on the

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.560
 page

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:53.220
 were

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.440
 better

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.640
 than

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:53.980
 nothing

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:57.280
 that's

00:29:57.280 --> 00:29:57.560
 how we

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:57.759
 must

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.060
 relate

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.240
 to

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.519
 Jesus

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.840
 right

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.180
 now

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.180
 while

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.340
 he

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.500
 is

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.800
 away

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:02.940
 God

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.160
 has

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.440
 written

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.860
 letters

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.420
 to us

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.640
 through

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:04.840
 the

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.400
 centuries

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.660
 we

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:06.880
 have

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.019
 them

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.300
 all

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:07.920
 recorded

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.420
 in

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.740
 different

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.580
 kinds

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:13.399
 some

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.599
 of the

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.859
 words

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.099
 of the

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.460
 prophets

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.859
 some

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.000
 are

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.399
 actual

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.919
 letters

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:17.079
 accounts

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.439
 of what

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.919
 happened

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.460
 things

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.839
 that he

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.059
 has

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.419
 said

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.740
 things

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.059
 that he

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.299
 has

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.699
 done

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:21.519
 revealing

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.819
 who

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.019
 he

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.259
 is

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.439
 to

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.819
 us

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:25.399
 some

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:25.559
 are

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.079
 instruction

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.419
 about

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.639
 how

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:26.819
 to

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.159
 live

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:29.480
 others

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.699
 are

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:29.939
 just

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:30.319
 telling

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.559
 us

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.759
 about

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:30.960
 the

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.199
 things

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.439
 he

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.139
 has

00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:33.519
 waiting

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.779
 for

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.079
 us

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.439
 in

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.579
 the

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.939
 future

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.399
 the

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:35.619
 things

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:35.839
 he's

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.299
 promised

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.899
 even

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.159
 if

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.439
 reading

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.659
 for

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.960
 other

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.419
 purposes

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.819
 isn't

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.000
 our

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.299
 thing

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.339
 this

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.519
 is

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.059
 relational

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.539
 reading

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:44.319
 where

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.460
 it

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.680
 can

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.960
 be

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:48.200
 do

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.319
 you

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.480
 hear

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.639
 the

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.099
 invitation

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.399
 of

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:49.720
 Jesus

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.099
 to

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.359
 come

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.559
 and

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.779
 sit

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.339
 at

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.519
 his

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.799
 feet

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.500
 have

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.599
 you

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.740
 been

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.960
 like

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.319
 Mary

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.960
 just

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.379
 enjoying

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.659
 his

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.079
 words

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.539
 often

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:04.319
 soaking

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.579
 in

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.000
 everything

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.299
 God

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.519
 has

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.680
 to

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.940
 say

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.099
 as

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.220
 you

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.460
 open

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.619
 up

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.759
 your

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.119
 Bible

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.539
 throughout

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.740
 the

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.000
 week

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.839
 or

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:10.980
 have

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.039
 you

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.240
 been

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.940
 like

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.279
 Martha

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.519
 of

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.799
 late

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.700
 distracted

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.000
 by

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.200
 the

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.420
 many

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.940
 things

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:18.599
 too

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.059
 busy

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.140
 to

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.420
 find

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.779
 time

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.000
 to

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.240
 sit

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.700
 down

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.299
 and

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.500
 be

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.920
 quiet

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.380
 and

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.720
 open

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:23.940
 up

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.160
 his

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.480
 letter

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.279
 and

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.519
 read

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.740
 it

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:29.680
 are

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.839
 you

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.140
 making

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.579
 time

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:30.940
 throughout

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.279
 each

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.579
 week

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.819
 to

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.220
 be

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.920
 with

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.420
 Jesus

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:37.060
 to

00:31:37.060 --> 00:31:37.360
 talk

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.560
 with

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:37.800
 him

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:39.279
 to

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.580
 listen

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:39.860
 to

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.220
 him

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:44.320
 does

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.500
 what

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.840
 Jesus

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.259
 said

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.460
 to

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.820
 Martha

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.720
 bring

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.220
 conviction

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.720
 maybe

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:48.960
 your

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.440
 priorities

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.779
 are

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:49.900
 out

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.019
 of

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.320
 order

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:53.120
 have

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.220
 you

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.420
 been

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.120
 neglecting

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.320
 the

00:31:54.320 --> 00:31:54.680
 one

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.080
 thing

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.580
 needed

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.980
 for

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.140
 the

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.340
 many

00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.840
 things

00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:02.259
 do

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.319
 you

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.439
 need

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.559
 to

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.899
 change

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.059
 how

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.199
 you

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.599
 structure

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.839
 your

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.179
 mornings

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.459
 or

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.639
 your

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:04.980
 evenings

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.240
 or

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.399
 your

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.720
 days

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:05.859
 or

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.000
 your

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.319
 weeks

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.500
 so

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.639
 that

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:06.839
 you

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.339
 have

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.119
 that

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.459
 time

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:08.879
 guarded

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.099
 and

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.559
 protected

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.759
 to

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:11.959
 sit

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.199
 at the

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:12.379
 feet

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.539
 of

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.959
 Jesus

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:17.579
 now

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.779
 I know

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:17.959
 it's

00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.259
 easy to

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.419
 hear

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.679
 those

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:18.919
 kinds

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.039
 of

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.419
 questions

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.720
 and

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.919
 think

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.179
 yeah

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.500
 I

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.659
 need

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:20.779
 to

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:20.939
 do

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.240
 more

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.879
 and

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.000
 then

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.220
 jump

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.419
 right

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.679
 back

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:24.859
 into

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.059
 the

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.519
 busyness

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.679
 and

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.419
 distractedness

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.559
 of

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.959
 life

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.460
 and

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.759
 forget

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:28.940
 it

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.160
 all

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.600
 and

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.720
 so

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:29.819
 I

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:29.940
 want

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.059
 to

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.340
 offer

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.539
 a

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.740
 couple

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.259
 practical

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.640
 helps

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.819
 that

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.079
 really

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.360
 can

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.579
 make

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.720
 a

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.140
 difference

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.340
 one

00:32:36.340 --> 00:32:36.519
 is

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.840
 this

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.759
 little

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.079
 yellow

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.460
 book

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.980
 it's

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.180
 called

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.480
 before

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.680
 you

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.980
 open

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.140
 your

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.500
 Bible

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:42.299
 nine

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.620
 heart

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.180
 postures

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.460
 for

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.900
 approaching

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.360
 God's

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.600
 word

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.319
 I got

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.559
 two

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.700
 of

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.940
 these

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.220
 they'll

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.319
 be

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.420
 on

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:46.539
 the

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.799
 mailbox

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.240
 table

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.400
 at

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.500
 the

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.799
 back

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.440
 you

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.620
 could

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:48.799
 read

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:48.980
 one

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.079
 of

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.220
 these

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.440
 heart

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.920
 postures

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.240
 in

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.920
 less

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.079
 than

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.380
 five

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.740
 minutes

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.700
 and

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:52.920
 just

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.420
 encourage

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.620
 us

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.840
 about

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.180
 how

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.200
 for

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.779
 relationship

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.180
 with

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.420
 him

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.840
 it

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.039
 gets

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.200
 us

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.559
 thinking

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.039
 and

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.140
 then

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.279
 we

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.480
 can

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.980
 jump

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.200
 into

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.380
 our

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.680
 reading

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.160
 and

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.700
 meet

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:03.920
 with

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.140
 him

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.860
 so

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.120
 that's

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.480
 available

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.700
 and

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.819
 if

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:05.920
 we

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.100
 need

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.240
 to

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.460
 order

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.700
 more

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.860
 we

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.039
 can

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.340
 order

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.720
 more

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.660
 Bible

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:08.980
 reading

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.340
 plans

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:09.519
 are

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.759
 also

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.160
 helpful

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.559
 sometimes

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.000
 that

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.660
 decision

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:11.900
 of

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.120
 where

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.299
 do

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.440
 I

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.720
 read

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.100
 becomes

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.279
 a

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.640
 barrier

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.900
 well

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.059
 the

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.340
 plan

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.559
 can

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.799
 help

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:15.940
 you

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.100
 know

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.299
 well

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.539
 just

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.100
 go

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.240
 to

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.360
 the

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.680
 next

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.420
 spot

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.220
 keep

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.579
 carrying

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.840
 on

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.019
 with

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.160
 where

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.319
 you

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.579
 were

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.240
 and

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.660
 and

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.819
 with

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.079
 those

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.359
 don't

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.819
 worry

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.059
 about

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.400
 falling

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.880
 behind

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.620
 most

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:24.740
 of

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.839
 them

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:24.960
 are

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.160
 laid

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.299
 out

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.460
 to

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.599
 get

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:25.779
 through

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:25.940
 the

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.200
 Bible

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.400
 in

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.519
 a

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.759
 year

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.960
 don't

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.140
 worry

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.440
 about

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.960
 falling

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.460
 behind

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:31.160
 just

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.380
 pick

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.559
 up

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.859
 wherever

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.079
 you

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.299
 left

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.680
 off

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.319
 just

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.480
 like

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.620
 you

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.779
 do

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.000
 with

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.259
 a

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.779
 friend

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:37.980
 and

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.319
 last

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.660
 maybe

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.019
 maybe

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.220
 it's

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.440
 really

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.680
 just

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:39.859
 the

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.380
 motivation

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:43.220
 maybe

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.759
 Jesus

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.359
 invitation

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.140
 is

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.380
 enough

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.579
 to

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.779
 bring

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:45.960
 you

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.240
 near

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.980
 today

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.900
 but

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.019
 you

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.259
 feel

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.420
 like

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.539
 you

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.839
 just

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.140
 need

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.400
!

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.400
 more

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.019
 reminders

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.640
 of

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.840
 how

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.259
 important

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.440
 it

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.660
 is

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:53.840
 to

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.080
 spend

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.340
 time

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.519
 with

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.800
 Jesus

00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:55.200
 throughout

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.400
 the

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.660
 week

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.540
 I

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:57.680
 want

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:57.780
 to

00:33:57.780 --> 00:33:58.140
 encourage

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.340
 you

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:58.540
 to

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:58.800
 spend

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.060
 some

00:33:59.060 --> 00:33:59.300
 time

00:33:59.300 --> 00:33:59.500
 in

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.720
 Psalm

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.620
 119

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:04.240
 it's

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.380
 got

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.900
 22

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.460
 chunks

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.980
 in it

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.519
 eight

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.860
 verses

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.320
 each

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.360
 and

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.740
 the

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.180
 whole

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.820
 focus

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.019
 of

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.240
 Psalm

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.960
 119

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.320
 is

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.500
 the

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.160
 value

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.619
 of

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.079
 God's

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.400
 word

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.860
 of

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.119
 what

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.260
 it

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.519
 is

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.760
 to

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.099
 us

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.460
 and

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.800
 let

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.099
 God

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.539
 convince

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.800
 you

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.260
 and

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.619
 motivate

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.960
 you

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.139
 to

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.380
 draw

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.680
 near

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:19.860
 and

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.160
 listen

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:23.339
 the more

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.859
 we soak

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.339
 our minds

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.719
 in that

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.079
 truth

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.659
 the easier

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.079
 it gets

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.500
 to just

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.299
 cast aside

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.059
 the other

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.440
 things

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.199
 the distractions

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.799
 and just

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:31.579
 focus

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.579
 come

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.679
 and sit

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.379
 at Jesus

00:34:34.379 --> 00:34:34.719
 feet

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.779
 so those

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.079
 are three

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.539
 things

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:39.460
 in closing

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.779
 relationship

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.460
 with Jesus

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.559
 is the most

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.299
 important thing

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:45.139
 but we need

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.859
 to draw

00:34:45.859 --> 00:34:46.119
 near

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:47.039
 we need

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.440
 to come

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.740
 we need

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.300
 to engage

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.039
 in it

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.179
 with our

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.579
 hearts

00:34:51.579 --> 00:35:03.840
 father in

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.059
 heaven

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.599
 pull us

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.900
 closer

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.400
 to you

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.619
 draw us

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.900
 in

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:08.519
 as only

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.860
 you can

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.119
 do

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:11.760
 lord we

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.159
 confess

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.440
 and we

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.679
 admit

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:12.960
 that

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.619
 often

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.119
 we are

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.260
 so easily

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.900
 distracted

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.320
 we go

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.700
 all over

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.139
 the place

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.440
 we do

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.920
 all sorts

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.360
 of things

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.780
 we get

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.200
 interested

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.639
 in new

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.039
 hobbies

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.440
 and

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.519
 things

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.460
 but we

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.019
 really only

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.800
 have so much

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.420
 time in our

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.800
 lives

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.780
 and it is

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.160
 precious

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.700
 it is a

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.940
 gift

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.780
 and we

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.280
 can enjoy

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.820
 some of those

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.420
 good things

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.400
 but let's not

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.039
 miss the most

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.720
 important thing

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.380
 lord that's what

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.820
 we ask

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.320
 is that you

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.519
 would

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.940
 draw us

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.840
 close to you

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.460
 so that we

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:38.059
 are with you

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:40.500
 and that our

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.059
 relationship

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.960
 grows stronger

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.500
 and sweeter

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.260
 day by day

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.420
 i pray that

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.740
 that would

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.180
 be the

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.740
 truth

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.180
 in our

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.400
 individual

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.940
 lives

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.380
 in our

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.240
 corporate

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.560
 life

00:35:49.560 --> 00:35:49.840
 as a

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.160
 church

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:51.400
 that we

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.680
 would be

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.100
 known

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.520
 in our

00:35:52.520 --> 00:35:53.080
 community

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:54.460
 as a

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.760
 people

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.320
 who love

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.640
 you

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:57.100
 and who

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.460
 love

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.020
 your word

00:35:58.020 --> 00:36:00.660
 do that

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.120
 work in us

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.560
 we pray

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:03.880
 in jesus name

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.040
 amen