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Creflo Dollar - Everyday Graciousness

May 30, 2025 | 27:29

Creflo Dollar - Everyday Graciousness
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Creflo Dollar | Creflo Dollar - Everyday Graciousness | May 30, 2025
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  • Taffi: i wanna talk a few minutes this morning about
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  • "everyday graciousness," everyday graciousness.
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  • I wanna look at the story that probably many of us are familiar
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  • With, with mary and martha in the kitchen.
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  • We all as ladies probably can relate to the kitchen.
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  • And the things that were taking place there because they had
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  • A sister dynamic.
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  • In fact, it was martha's house and mary was there and jesus was
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  • There as well.
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  • And so, the bible talks about how jesus was invited and mary
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  • And martha were there and there were some things that were
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  • Necessary that in an essence, kinda worked martha up because
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  • Of the things that she thought would need to be done.
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  • And so as it relates to "everyday graciousness," it's
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  • Really not so much about the scriptures that we know, as much
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  • As how gracious we are as people.
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  • When we leave here and we go out into society, and we go back to
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  • Our families, how gracious are we?
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  • If we go back rude and just ungodly--how many of you know
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  • That conference did us no good?
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  • The note-taking does us no good.
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  • So, we look at this example and it strengthens us as women to be
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  • Able to know without any shadow of a doubt that we can be
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  • Gracious people.
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  • Somebody say, "i'm gracious."
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  • "everyday graciousness."
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  • And so, look at matthew chapter 20, verse 25.
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  • Well, first, let's go to luke chapter 10, that's where that
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  • Story is mentioned.
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  • Luke chapter 10, verse 42 and i think it maybe starts around
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  • Verse 38.
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  • And so, we want to look at some things as relates to "everyday
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  • Graciousness" because this enablement, this endowment and
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  • Power that we've been hearing about the last couple of days,
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  • Is so--it can be applied in our everyday lives.
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  • So, it says, "now it came to pass, as they went, that he
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  • Entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named martha
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  • Received him into her house."
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  • So, it was talking about the fact that it was jesus that was
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  • Received into martha's house.
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  • And so, it was her home.
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  • Look at verse 39, keep going here.
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  • "and she," martha, "had a sister called mary, which also sat at
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  • Jesus's feet and heard his word."
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  • Now, interestingly enough, when we look back at some of the
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  • Customs back in the day, the fact that mary was allowed to
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  • Sit at jesus's feet was something that was unheard of by
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  • Jesus allowing mary to be that close to him and to be in the
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  • Company of the men.
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  • During that time, women were in one room and men were in the
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  • Other room.
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  • In most instances, women weren't taught.
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  • But we see how much jesus is mad about women and how he wants to
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  • Empower women by allowing mary to sit at his feet.
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  • And so, we recognize that there was something that jesus was
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  • Wanting to do with his women and empowering them and allowing
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  • Them to receive and particularly, mary to receive
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  • The things that he was sharing even with the men because it was
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  • Under the old testament and under the law that men could be
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  • Taught, that men would be teachable and they would receive
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  • The information.
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  • But in most instances, it wasn't allowed.
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  • Women were--there was a quarter of women which only could be
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  • Accessed so far.
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  • But jesus came.
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  • Aren't you glad to destroy and allow mary to be in the room
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  • With him?
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  • And to sit out of his feet and just hang on every word.
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  • And to take on the things that she needed for her life.
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  • And so, it was him modeling and showing for us that it wasn't
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  • Just the men, praise god, who could be taught but thank god,
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  • I'm gonna allow this woman to receive and be taught as well.
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  • Praise god for that.
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  • But the scripture says, "martha was cumbered about much serving,
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  • And came to him, and said, 'lord, dost thou not care that
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  • My sister hath left me to serve alone?
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  • Bid her therefore that she help me.'"
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  • I can relate with martha.
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  • I often think about martha when i host family dinners.
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  • We had a mother's day dinner.
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  • It was great, you know, the--i taught here at the church, went
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  • Home, and we sat down and everything was just so nice.
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  • And then father's day came around.
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  • I had the spirit of martha on me.
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  • It was just like the person who prepared the food didn't have
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  • Enough food.
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  • We just had to run to the store and get more food.
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  • We were trying to grab food from different places and there
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  • Weren't enough utensils, and to get things down, and when people
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  • Started leaving, i'm like, "oh, lord, the spirit of martha is
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  • Coming on me.
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  • I need some help.
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  • Where y'all going?
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  • Bid me.
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  • Come, sit.
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  • Take these dishes off this table, go and put 'em in
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  • The dishwasher.
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  • Come and do something."
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  • "everyday graciousness" wasn't working right then.
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  • I said, "come, help, lord jesus."
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  • But it's the hospitality in many instances that is so mentioned
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  • And regarded here, as martha was saying, she was concerned, and
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  • Troubled, and full of care about many things.
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  • I mean, here's the son of god who has come to her house.
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  • How many you know that probably make anybody's nerves bad when
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  • Jesus comes to dinner, right?
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  • It's gotta be right.
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  • I don't need you showing out and not showing up, and not having
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  • What you're supposed to have, and not bringing what you said
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  • You were going to bring.
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  • "where are the paper cups?
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  • Where are the paper plates?
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  • Where are the paper napkins and the towels and the--why
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  • Are you--" okay.
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  • So, she was careful.
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  • Jesus said, "you are careful and troubled about many things."
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  • And look at what he says here in verse 42, "but one thing,"
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  • Somebody say, "one thing," "is needful."
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  • "one thing is needful."
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  • And that's what we wanna discover, that one thing in our
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  • Life that is needful.
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  • And knowing what is most important.
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  • The prize-thing.
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  • The fact that jesus said, "it was not all these other things
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  • That you are troubled about and all the things that you're full
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  • Of care about.
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  • There's only one thing that you need to do."
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  • How many of you know it's like, "god help us to do that
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  • One thing?
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  • Not the many things that we don't need to be doing, but help
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  • Us to know what is that right thing, that grace."
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  • 'cause how many of you know, we're doing the right thing, we
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  • Have the grace to get it done?
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  • And when jesus comes, and when jesus is a part of everything
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  • That we do, we're gonna be successful.
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  • And so, he says, "and mary has chosen that," what?
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  • "good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
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  • And so, i wanna share some things with you this morning as
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  • It relates to the fact that there are relationships that we
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  • Have in our life and god wants us to know how to operate in
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  • These relationships.
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  • And he wants us to be successful in our home.
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  • He wants us to be successful in our everyday life with our
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  • Family, and with--at work, and how we treat one another.
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  • It is be--it is by that, that people will know that we belong
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  • To him and that we are a part of his family.
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  • And so, he is concerned about all.
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  • And so, in essence, i'm sure jesus may have been a little
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  • Taken back by being pulled in.
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  • But thank god that he was able to kinda set the record straight
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  • And to let martha know that it's okay that it is all right.
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  • And there's a time for everything.
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  • Some might say, "there's a time for every thing."
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  • And so, god makes himself available to all.
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  • I'm so thankful that he makes himself available to martha to
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  • Minister to her, to let her know what was the most
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  • Important thing.
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  • And to let her know that you know, the details are necessary,
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  • But at the same time, what mary is doing is necessary.
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  • And so, sometimes in relationships, things can become
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  • Off balance, things can cause us to get in the place of stress
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  • And frustration and to get, "all encumbered," as one translation
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  • Talks about because we don't recognize how to take that pause
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  • And to realize that he is present with us and he will make
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  • Himself available to us all.
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  • And so, as it relates to some things concerning biblical
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  • Equality, i want us to realize that as believers of the new
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  • Testament, we all stand on equal ground in christ.
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  • And so, what jesus was trying to do was to level the playing
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  • Field with mary and to allow her to receive and to recognize that
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  • Her grace may be different, maybe mary is being called to
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  • Ministry so she needs to come and to receive and sit at
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  • My feet.
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  • However, martha, your grace, your anointing is different.
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  • Mary might've come in the kitchen and just messed
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  • Up everything.
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  • So, just leave mary over here with me and martha, you just
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  • Focus on what it is that you like to focus on.
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  • Her perspective is not bad, it's just different.
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  • Is that all right?
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  • And so, we are all equal before christ.
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  • And in christ, we stand on equal ground.
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  • Look at galatians chapter 3, verse 28, in the ampc version.
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  • And so, we understand that this is not an issue of gender when
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  • We talk about equality, it's really more about us seeing and
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  • Recognizing one another's strengths and we recognize
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  • The grace and the giftings on one another's life.
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  • And we recognize that, and we respect that and as a result,
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  • Relationships are for the better.
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  • And so, in galatians chapter 3, verse 28, he says, "there is
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  • [now no distinction] neither jew nor greek."
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  • After jesus died--the level--the playing field was leveled so
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  • That men and women could be in the same room as we have been
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  • The last couple of days receiving the word of god.
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  • He says, "there is [now no distinction]
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  • Between men and women, between jews and greeks, slaves
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  • Or free."
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  • He says, "there is not male and female; for you are all," what?
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  • "one in christ jesus."
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  • So, one of the things that we understand is that we have been
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  • Designed to complement and to benefit one another.
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  • And so, when we realize that we're able to treat one another
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  • As god would want us to treat one another with graciousness.
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  • Somebody say, "graciousness."
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  • Look at matthew chapter 20, verse 25, and i just trust
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  • The holy spirit will just go in between the gaps and the
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  • Scriptures and maybe what isn't said to cause you to hear and
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  • To get insight on areas of your life.
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  • There may be situations or relationships at home that
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  • You're praying about, trying to figure out the next step.
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  • There's a time for every thing.
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  • Not to say that you don't confront, or not to say that our
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  • Emotions are not real, they're third part of us,
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  • They're very real.
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  • And to know how to sit in discomfort, and to sit in pain,
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  • And to sit in things that we hadn't planned, or had
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  • Anticipated to happen.
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  • But it's okay because wherever we sit, how many of you know,
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  • Jesus is sitting right there with us?
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  • And so we don't have to be afraid and we don't have to get
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  • In the flesh, or practice pulling back that old man and
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  • Giving them a piece of--we don't need to give anybody a piece of
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  • Our mind, we need all our pieces, amen?
  • 00:17:25.357 --> 00:17:28.694
  • So, he says, "you know--but jesus called them unto him, and
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  • Said, you know that the princes of the gentiles exercise
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  • Dominion over them."
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  • During that time, you know, there was the usurping of
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  • Authority, there was patriarchy at an all time high.
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  • There were people who were dominating one another, you
  • 00:17:52.818 --> 00:17:57.055
  • Know, under the law.
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  • The curse was that men would dominate women, and in
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  • Instances, there were women who would dominate men.
  • 00:18:03.028 --> 00:18:06.198
  • He says, "you know that the princes of the gentiles exercise
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  • Dominion over them."
  • 00:18:12.337 --> 00:18:14.006
  • He was talking about that attitude and that mindset of
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  • The day.
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  • He says, "and they that are great exercise upon them,"
  • 00:18:19.878 --> 00:18:27.819
  • Let's keep going.
  • 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:29.988
  • And so, he says here, in verse 26, "but it shall not be
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  • So among you."
  • 00:18:36.228 --> 00:18:38.697
  • Jesus was encouraging us and telling us how to live in this
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  • Everyday world because we live in a world that wants to
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  • Dominate, to control, to rule, and to take over.
  • 00:18:49.107 --> 00:18:55.581
  • But jesus was modeling for us in this situation and telling us
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  • The importance of service and how to serve our community, how
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  • To serve in ministry, how to serve in our families,
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  • In relationships, in marriage, as a mom, as a parent.
  • 00:19:12.898 --> 00:19:18.136
  • He says, "these are things that we are not to use, as relates,
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  • To trying to dominate."
  • 00:19:25.077 --> 00:19:27.079
  • Because just rewinding in genesis chapter 1, verse 26, it
  • 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:31.984
  • Says that, "god made mankind: man and woman in his image and
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  • In his likeness."
  • 00:19:36.855 --> 00:19:38.357
  • So, god created men and women to exercise dominion together and
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  • Not over one another.
  • 00:19:46.164 --> 00:19:48.100
  • And so, when we understand our authority, we understand how to
  • 00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:53.672
  • Relate with one another, then we can have more fruitful and more
  • 00:19:53.672 --> 00:19:58.577
  • Impactful relationships.
  • 00:19:58.577 --> 00:20:00.379
  • But jesus says here, "it shall not be so among you," 'cause
  • 00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:05.384
  • That was how it was.
  • 00:20:05.384 --> 00:20:06.718
  • That was the result of the curse in genesis chapter 3, verse 14,
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  • Which i won't turn to for the sake of time.
  • 00:20:11.723 --> 00:20:14.226
  • But it says that the man would rule over the woman and the
  • 00:20:14.226 --> 00:20:19.164
  • Curse came and satan came into the garden and things like that.
  • 00:20:19.164 --> 00:20:23.468
  • But jesus says, "it shall not be so among you."
  • 00:20:23.468 --> 00:20:27.939
  • He was trying to shift their perspective of how they were
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  • Treating one another.
  • 00:20:32.511 --> 00:20:35.647
  • "everyday graciousness."
  • 00:20:35.647 --> 00:20:39.651
  • In fact, some of the disciples when jesus was at the wall--at
  • 00:20:39.651 --> 00:20:44.790
  • The well with the woman at the well.
  • 00:20:44.790 --> 00:20:46.425
  • And they were asking, "why even bother talking to her?"
  • 00:20:46.425 --> 00:20:50.362
  • They were surprised that jesus would take time to talk to the
  • 00:20:50.362 --> 00:20:54.933
  • Woman at the well.
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  • You know what?
  • 00:20:56.268 --> 00:20:57.636
  • That's one of the longest conversations that's recorded in
  • 00:20:57.636 --> 00:21:01.506
  • History, was his private conversation with the woman at
  • 00:21:01.506 --> 00:21:05.410
  • The well.
  • 00:21:05.410 --> 00:21:06.778
  • It is believed to be about 45 minutes.
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  • You know why?
  • 00:21:10.549 --> 00:21:11.883
  • Because he values you this morning.
  • 00:21:11.883 --> 00:21:14.086
  • He sees you this morning.
  • 00:21:14.086 --> 00:21:18.523
  • And so, he says, "it shall not be so among you: but whosoever
  • 00:21:18.523 --> 00:21:24.529
  • Will be great among you, let him be your minister."
  • 00:21:24.529 --> 00:21:32.204
  • Let him be your servant.
  • 00:21:32.204 --> 00:21:35.874
  • And so, many times in relationships, there can be, as
  • 00:21:35.874 --> 00:21:42.914
  • I wanna touch on if you're taking notes, you might wanna
  • 00:21:42.914 --> 00:21:46.017
  • Write this one word down.
  • 00:21:46.017 --> 00:21:47.352
  • There may be a power imbalance.
  • 00:21:47.352 --> 00:21:54.593
  • A power imbalance.
  • 00:21:54.593 --> 00:21:56.695
  • Without equality, without regard for one another, relationships
  • 00:21:58.397 --> 00:22:03.468
  • Can be characterized by power imbalances where one person
  • 00:22:03.468 --> 00:22:08.006
  • Holds more control, influence, or authority over the other.
  • 00:22:08.006 --> 00:22:15.180
  • Power imbalances.
  • 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:20.018
  • And so, we see that here where martha and mary were concerned.
  • 00:22:20.018 --> 00:22:26.591
  • We saw that where jesus was talking about here how they were
  • 00:22:26.591 --> 00:22:32.597
  • Exercising control and dominion over one another.
  • 00:22:32.597 --> 00:22:37.235
  • He says, "it shall not be so among you."
  • 00:22:37.235 --> 00:22:41.673
  • Another thing that happens when there is no equality in
  • 00:22:41.673 --> 00:22:46.077
  • Relationships, number two, there's a lack of respect.
  • 00:22:46.077 --> 00:22:50.382
  • A lack of respect.
  • 00:22:50.382 --> 00:22:52.784
  • We don't respect each other's graces, we don't respect each
  • 00:22:52.784 --> 00:22:58.323
  • Other's anointings, we don't respect each other's ability.
  • 00:22:58.323 --> 00:23:03.328
  • And so, this is so vital because the message of biblical equality
  • 00:23:03.328 --> 00:23:07.799
  • Is not a message for married people.
  • 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:09.935
  • Thank god for the areas that we can touch on as it relates to
  • 00:23:09.935 --> 00:23:14.005
  • Adam and eve and so forth and so on, but it's for everyone.
  • 00:23:14.005 --> 00:23:17.676
  • Announcer: have you ever had a childlike attitude,
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  • Filled with humility, or amazement
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  • 00:23:25.784 --> 00:23:27.819
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  • He is not tallying up your sins, holding your sins against you.
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  • Come into my heart right now.
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  • In jesus's name, amen.
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