Mike Novotny - Even If I'm Stressed?

July 17, 2025 | 29:0

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Time Of Grace With Mike Novotny | Mike Novotny - Even If I'm Stressed? | July 17, 2025

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>> it kind of hit me
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>> it kind of hit me the other day
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The other day how god has surrounded
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How god has surrounded my life with
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My life with incredibly organized,
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Incredibly organized, hardworking women.
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I don't know
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I don't know if it's just a me thing
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Or a lots of us thing,
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Or a lots of us thing, but has god put
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But has god put a lot of like,
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A lot of like, hardworking,
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Hardworking, go-getter,
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Go-getter, box-checking,
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Box-checking, calendar-keeping women
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Calendar-keeping women into your life?
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I was thinking of my mom.
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I was thinking of my mom. my mom, if you haven't met her,
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My mom, if you haven't met her, is like a modern-day
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Is like a modern-day mother teresa.
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Mother teresa. the other day
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The other day i went to her house,
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I went to her house, i kind of did a quick knock
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I kind of did a quick knock and walked inside,
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And walked inside, and who was standing
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And who was standing right in my mom's living room?
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Right in my mom's living room? a bride.
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A bride. and i looked at
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And i looked at this strange woman
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This strange woman wearing a wedding dress,
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Wearing a wedding dress, well i was like,
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Well i was like, "uh, hi."
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"uh, hi." until my mom pops
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Until my mom pops out from behind the bride,
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Out from behind the bride, you know, like thread
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You know, like thread and needle in her mouth
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And needle in her mouth like, "oh, hi michael,"
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Like, "oh, hi michael," as she was stitching up,
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As she was stitching up, adjusting the dress
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Adjusting the dress for the big wedding day.
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For the big wedding day. my mom, i'm sure was
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My mom, i'm sure was way, way undercharging her,
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Way, way undercharging her, and it was one
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And it was one of the 73 things
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Of the 73 things she was probably doing
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She was probably doing that weekend to help
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That weekend to help other people.
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Other people. my whole life my mom
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My whole life my mom has rarely sat down,
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Has rarely sat down, she has always worked hard,
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She has always worked hard, she has always served,
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She has always served, she's that kind of woman.
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She's that kind of woman. and then there's
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And then there's my wife kim.
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My wife kim. you know what,
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You know what, i met kim back in 1999.
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I met kim back in 1999. i thought she
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I thought she was just cute and fun
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Was just cute and fun to hang out with.
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To hang out with. what i didn't realize
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What i didn't realize is that she
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Is that she is one of the most
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Is one of the most dependable, reliable,
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Dependable, reliable, trustworthy, hardworking
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Trustworthy, hardworking humans that exist.
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Humans that exist. there are a million
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There are a million things i have not
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Things i have not had to think about
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Had to think about or worry about in
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Or worry about in 18 years of marriage
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18 years of marriage because of who kim is.
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Because of who kim is. i should've checked
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I should've checked with her first,
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With her first, but i don't think she
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But i don't think she has actually confessed
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Has actually confessed the sin of laziness
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The sin of laziness since 1994,
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Since 1994, that's probably
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That's probably an accurate statement.
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An accurate statement. then there's leslie
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Then there's leslie here at our church,
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Here at our church, any of you know leslie?
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Any of you know leslie? our executive assistant.
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Our executive assistant. the other day
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The other day i was eating lunch
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I was eating lunch and i thought,
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And i thought, "if leslie ever
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"if leslie ever got hit by a bus,
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Got hit by a bus, this church would close."
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This church would close." it would just immediately --
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It would just immediately -- none of us
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None of us know what's happening,
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Know what's happening, but leslie sets reminders
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But leslie sets reminders on her phone to remind
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On her phone to remind the rest of us
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The rest of us of what we were
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Of what we were supposed to remember
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Supposed to remember by ourselves.
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By ourselves. alright, she is so organized,
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Alright, she is so organized, she has so many lists,
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She has so many lists, and you know,
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And you know, so many
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So many of the good things
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Of the good things that happen here
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That happen here are behind the scenes because
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Are behind the scenes because of her structure,
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Of her structure, because of her responsibility,
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Because of her responsibility, and because
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And because of her character.
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Of her character. so, i'm curious,
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So, i'm curious, how many of you are
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How many of you are wired just a little
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Wired just a little bit like that?
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Bit like that? how many of you
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How many of you keep the calendar
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Keep the calendar in your home?
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In your home? how many of you have
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How many of you have a to-do list on your phone?
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A to-do list on your phone? that's some --
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That's some -- any of you have like,
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Any of you have like, the white board
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The white board in your kitchen?
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In your kitchen? yeah.
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Yeah. if you're sitting
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If you're sitting next to someone
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Next to someone who's like, super,
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Who's like, super, like organized
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Like organized and responsible,
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And responsible, point at them right now,
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Point at them right now, nice and high.
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Nice and high. yep.
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Yep. yeah, there's a person.
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Yeah, there's a person. nice.
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Nice. if that's you,
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If that's you, here's what
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Here's what i want you to know
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I want you to know right up front today.
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Right up front today. if you're incredibly
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If you're incredibly organized and dependable,
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Organized and dependable, you are a lot like god.
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You are a lot like god. i know people
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I know people give you grief, you know,
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Give you grief, you know, for your structure,
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For your structure, and your plans,
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And your plans, and your boxes,
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And your boxes, but the way that you are,
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But the way that you are, the way that god
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The way that god has wired you
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Has wired you is meant to be
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Is meant to be a little glimpse
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A little glimpse of what god
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Of what god himself is like.
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Himself is like. now, think of that,
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Now, think of that, god is dependable.
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God is dependable. he's not winging it,
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He's not winging it, when it comes to your life
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When it comes to your life he's not waking up
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He's not waking up and just kind of seeing
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And just kind of seeing what happens.
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What happens. no, he has a plan for you
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No, he has a plan for you and he's working hard
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And he's working hard to work it out
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To work it out so that everything
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So that everything works for your good.
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Works for your good. like, the bible says that
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Like, the bible says that god is a god
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God is a god of joy and peace.
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Of joy and peace. but sometimes, when you
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But sometimes, when you have so much to do
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Have so much to do and there's so many boxes
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And there's so many boxes that you still
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That you still have left to check,
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Have left to check, when you walk
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When you walk into the room
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Into the room and you're present,
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And you're present, you don't bring lots
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You don't bring lots of joy and peace,
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Of joy and peace, instead you bring
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Instead you bring stress and pressure.
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Stress and pressure. god is a god of rest.
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God is a god of rest. when he created
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When he created the world he rested,
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The world he rested, and he gives the gift of rest,
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And he gives the gift of rest, spiritual and physical,
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Spiritual and physical, to the people
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To the people that he loves the most.
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That he loves the most. but sometimes, when you
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But sometimes, when you over plan and just think
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Over plan and just think you can get everything done
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You can get everything done you don't rest,
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You don't rest, and maybe sometimes
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And maybe sometimes you don't let
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You don't let the people in your
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The people in your life rest either.
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Life rest either. in other words,
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In other words, your personality
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Your personality is a lot like a great
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Is a lot like a great song on the radio.
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Song on the radio. and imagine this church
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And imagine this church is one big car
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Is one big car and i'm driving and like,
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And i'm driving and like, your favorite song
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Your favorite song comes on the radio,
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Comes on the radio, like you want to turn
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Like you want to turn that song up as loud
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That song up as loud as you can,
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As you can, but not as loud
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But not as loud as you can go.
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As you can go. right?
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Right? there comes a point
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There comes a point when even the best song
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When even the best song if it's turned up too high
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If it's turned up too high it stops being pleasurable
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It stops being pleasurable and it starts being painful.
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And it starts being painful. and the answer
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And the answer isn't to turn
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Isn't to turn the song off, right?
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The song off, right? the answer is
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The answer is to get the song
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To get the song in the right spot.
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In the right spot. yeah, maybe that's
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Yeah, maybe that's a good way for us
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A good way for us to think about
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To think about the christian life.
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The christian life. god's wired all of us
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God's wired all of us in different ways
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In different ways with different blessings
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With different blessings and different characters.
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And different characters. his goal in us
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His goal in us is to send his
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Is to send his holy spirit
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Holy spirit to maximize
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To maximize that gift
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That gift as best as he can
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As best as he can without going too far
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Without going too far so that we hurt
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So that we hurt the people that god
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The people that god puts around us.
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Puts around us. and so, it's my goal
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And so, it's my goal in today's sermon.
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In today's sermon. today, i want to talk
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Today, i want to talk to you box-checking,
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To you box-checking, list loving,
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List loving, hardworking, organized
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Hardworking, organized men and women.
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Men and women. i don't want
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I don't want to damper that gift,
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To damper that gift, i want to fan
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I want to fan the fire of it,
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The fire of it, i want to turn that song up
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I want to turn that song up as best as we can get
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As best as we can get without going too far
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Without going too far so that you can
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So that you can be the best glimpse
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Be the best glimpse of god in the days
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Of god in the days that he has given
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That he has given you on this earth.
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So, if you have
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So, if you have a bible with you
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A bible with you or just want to follow
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Or just want to follow along on the screen,
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Along on the screen, we're going to
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We're going to be in luke 10
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Be in luke 10 jumping in at verse 38,
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Jumping in at verse 38, "as jesus and his disciples
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"as jesus and his disciples were on their way,
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Were on their way, he came to a village
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He came to a village where a woman named martha
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Where a woman named martha opened her home to him."
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So, meet martha.
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So, meet martha. if you've been reading
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If you've been reading through the gospel of luke,
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Through the gospel of luke, you might know jesus
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You might know jesus would have loved this open
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Would have loved this open invitation.
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Invitation. just a page earlier
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Just a page earlier in my bible,
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In my bible, jesus tried to go
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Jesus tried to go into a samaritan village.
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Into a samaritan village. the people there rejected him,
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The people there rejected him, they slammed their doors,
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They slammed their doors, they locked them,
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They locked them, "we don't want anything
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"we don't want anything to do with you."
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To do with you." so, the fact
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So, the fact this little line,
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This little line, "martha opened
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"martha opened her home to him,"
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Her home to him," must have meant
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Must have meant the world to him.
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The world to him. now, martha loved jesus,
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Now, martha loved jesus, she knew that jesus
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She knew that jesus loved martha.
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Loved martha. she wanted to honor him,
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She wanted to honor him, to bless him,
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To bless him, to be good to him,
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To be good to him, to express her
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To express her love to him.
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Love to him. except martha, on this
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Except martha, on this interesting day,
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Interesting day, would go a step too far.
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Verse 39,
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Verse 39, "martha had a sister
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"martha had a sister called mary,
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Called mary, who sat at the lord's
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Who sat at the lord's feet listening
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Feet listening to what he said.
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To what he said. but martha was distracted
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But martha was distracted by all the preparations
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By all the preparations that had to be made."
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That had to be made." so, there's mary.
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So, there's mary. she just sits while
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She just sits while martha runs.
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Martha runs. mary just listens to the word,
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Mary just listens to the word, while martha catches
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While martha catches just a couple of the words.
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Mary is just soaking in
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Mary is just soaking in spiritual food
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Spiritual food from the bread of life,
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From the bread of life, while martha's running
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While martha's running to make sure burnt
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To make sure burnt bread doesn't take
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Bread doesn't take someone's life, right?
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Someone's life, right? all these preparations,
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All these preparations, all these distractions,
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All these distractions, i'm picturing like,
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I'm picturing like, the kettle whistling,
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The kettle whistling, and the water bubbling over,
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And the water bubbling over, and the bed breaking,
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And the bed breaking, and it's just so many things.
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And it's just so many things. and we don't know,
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And we don't know, in this text,
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In this text, if jesus and all
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If jesus and all of his disciples were there,
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Of his disciples were there, so he's rolling with a crew
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So he's rolling with a crew of like, a dozen dudes.
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Of like, a dozen dudes. that's a lot of food to cook,
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That's a lot of food to cook, a lot of things to prepare,
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A lot of things to prepare, a lot of tables to set,
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A lot of tables to set, there's so much to do
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There's so much to do and mary's just sitting there.
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And mary's just sitting there. and martha would
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And martha would love to be like mary,
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Love to be like mary, she'd love to sit down,
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She'd love to sit down, she would love honestly
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She would love honestly to just be there
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To just be there and listen to jesus,
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And listen to jesus, but the text says, no,
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But the text says, no, "there were preparations
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"there were preparations that had to be made."
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That had to be made." had to.
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Had to. let's think
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Let's think about those
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About those two words for a second,
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Two words for a second, had to.
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Had to. did she have to?
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Did she have to? i'm not sure
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I'm not sure what was on martha's menu,
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What was on martha's menu, i don't know how clean
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I don't know how clean or decorated the house was,
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Or decorated the house was, but when jesus christ
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But when jesus christ walked through martha's door,
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Walked through martha's door, did he hand her a list
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Did he hand her a list and say, "you have to."
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And say, "you have to." did like, peter come
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Did like, peter come as a representative
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As a representative of the apostles and say,
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Of the apostles and say, "hey, jesus is on tour,
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"hey, jesus is on tour, here's how he
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Here's how he likes his accommodations.
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Likes his accommodations. no green m&m's."
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No green m&m's." [laughing]
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[laughing] right?
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Right? no.
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No. no, so, why did
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No, so, why did martha think
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Martha think that she had to,
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That she had to, she needed to?
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She needed to? there was no other
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There was no other option but to?
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Option but to? here's the answer,
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Here's the answer, she made it up,
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She made it up, with all good intentions,
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With all good intentions, no doubt.
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No doubt. "i'm going to do
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"i'm going to do this for jesus
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This for jesus and wouldn't be nice
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And wouldn't be nice if we could have
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If we could have this for dinner.
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This for dinner. and wouldn't it
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And wouldn't it be amazing if it --
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Be amazing if it -- the house would look like this?"
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The house would look like this?" she had an idea
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She had an idea in her mind which was good,
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In her mind which was good, and then she
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And then she was married to it.
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Was married to it. "i have to."
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"i have to." the list that she created
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The list that she created suddenly became her lord
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Suddenly became her lord that she needed to obey.
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That she needed to obey. and unfortunately,
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And unfortunately, that martha made list
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That martha made list ended up costing her
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Ended up costing her a lot of love.
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A lot of love. we keep reading,
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"martha came to jesus
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"martha came to jesus and asked,
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And asked, 'lord, don't you care
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'lord, don't you care that my sister has
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That my sister has left me to do
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Left me to do the work by myself?
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The work by myself? tell her to help me!"
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Martha gets mad.
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Martha gets mad. can you picture her
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Can you picture her when all this is happening?
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When all this is happening? you know she's just like,
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You know she's just like, she's prowling
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She's prowling back and forth,
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Back and forth, as she's doing the dishes,
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As she's doing the dishes, she's side-eyeing
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She's side-eyeing her sister mary,
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Her sister mary, she's smh-ing,
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She's smh-ing, she's --
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She's -- i picture her like
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I picture her like rattling up the pots
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Rattling up the pots and pans just a little bit,
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And pans just a little bit, [grunts]
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[grunts] and giving a couple
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And giving a couple of those grunts
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Of those grunts like, the passive aggressive
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Like, the passive aggressive like, "i'm working
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Like, "i'm working and the rest of you
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And the rest of you are not."
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Are not." and she's so mad
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And she's so mad that finally she can't
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That finally she can't contain it and she snaps
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Contain it and she snaps at jesus about her lazy,
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At jesus about her lazy, selfish sister who's
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Selfish sister who's making her do everything.
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Making her do everything. "how can she just
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"how can she just sit there and listen?
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Sit there and listen? why doesn't she
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Why doesn't she get up and work?
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Get up and work? doesn't she know
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Doesn't she know all the things
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All the things that are on my
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That are on my list that have to be done?"
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List that have to be done?" in fact, did you catch
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In fact, did you catch what martha said?
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What martha said? "lord, don't you care?"
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"lord, don't you care?" think about that,
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Think about that, this is jesus.
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This is jesus. he's literally, in the gospel
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He's literally, in the gospel of luke on his way
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Of luke on his way to the cross because
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To the cross because he cares so
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He cares so much about her.
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Much about her. "don't you care?"
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"don't you care?" martha says.
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Martha says. he should
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He should be sitting in heaven,
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Be sitting in heaven, not in martha's home,
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Not in martha's home, and she says
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And she says to the god
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To the god who left heaven
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Who left heaven and suffered here on earth,
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And suffered here on earth, "don't you care?"
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"don't you care?" like, this list
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Like, this list that she had created
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That she had created for herself was like
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For herself was like a golden calf made
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A golden calf made out of parchment and ink,
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Out of parchment and ink, or digital pixels today.
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Or digital pixels today. we make it
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We make it and then we have
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And then we have to have it.
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To have it. and if everyone else doesn't
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And if everyone else doesn't bow down and worship it,
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Bow down and worship it, and follow it,
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And follow it, and obey it,
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And obey it, we get mad at them,
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We get mad at them, and we even
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And we even get mad at god.
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Get mad at god. there's a good warning
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There's a good warning in this text
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In this text for organized people
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For organized people here today,
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Here today, i'd love
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I'd love for you to write this down.
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For you to write this down. the warning of luke 10 is,
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The warning of luke 10 is, "beware of loving
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"beware of loving your list more."
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Your list more." i want you
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I want you to have the list,
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To have the list, that's how god made you.
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That's how god made you. i don't want you
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I don't want you to burn it all
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To burn it all in the fire.
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In the fire. the thing you
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The thing you have to remember is,
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Have to remember is, beware, beware, beware
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Beware, beware, beware of loving that list
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Of loving that list so much that you
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So much that you love it more.
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Love it more. you love it more than people.
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You love it more than people. you love it more than god.
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You love it more than god. it stops being like,
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It stops being like, "hey, it would be really
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"hey, it would be really nice if i could,"
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Nice if i could," and it turns into,
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And it turns into, "i have to, and you have to.
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"i have to, and you have to. and i can't rejoice
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And i can't rejoice in this day unless god
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In this day unless god makes sure that
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Makes sure that all my have to's are done."
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All my have to's are done." martha's words are classic
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Martha's words are classic for a reason.
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For a reason. it reminds us that we
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It reminds us that we don't need work
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Don't need work to be saved.
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To be saved. that a to do list
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That a to do list can become an idol,
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Can become an idol, that to-dolistolitry
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That to-dolistolitry is a religion
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Is a religion that organized people
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That organized people often convert to.
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Often convert to. and jesus says
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And jesus says there's a better way.
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There's a better way. i mean, what is he
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I mean, what is he going to do with a woman
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Going to do with a woman like martha?
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Like martha? he's come into her home
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He's come into her home to bring joy and peace
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To bring joy and peace and now she's like,
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And now she's like, ruining the party
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Ruining the party with her stress
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With her stress and her lack of boundaries.
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I love what jesus says next.
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I love what jesus says next. verse 41, "'martha, martha,
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Verse 41, "'martha, martha, the lord answered,
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The lord answered, 'you are worried
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'you are worried and upset about many things,
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And upset about many things, but few things are needed,
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But few things are needed, or indeed only one.
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Or indeed only one. mary has chosen
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Mary has chosen what is better,
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What is better, and it will not be taken
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And it will not be taken away from her."
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Away from her." indeed, only one thing is needed
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Indeed, only one thing is needed and it's what mary has chosen.
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"you have a choice martha,
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"you have a choice martha, you don't have to do this.
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You don't have to do this. you could sit down and rest.
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You could sit down and rest. you could be served
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You could be served by my word instead
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By my word instead of running around trying
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Of running around trying to serve everyone else.
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To serve everyone else. there's a choice here
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There's a choice here and your sister
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And your sister isn't always right,
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Isn't always right, but this time she is right.
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But this time she is right. she has chosen
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She has chosen what is better,
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What is better, and i'm not going
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And i'm not going to take it away from her.
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To take it away from her. you're offering
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You're offering a beautiful home
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A beautiful home that will be dirty by tuesday.
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That will be dirty by tuesday. you're cooking
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You're cooking an amazing meal,
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An amazing meal, and we're going to be hungry
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And we're going to be hungry in four to eight hours.
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In four to eight hours. but what i'm offering
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But what i'm offering will endure forever
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Will endure forever because the love of god
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Because the love of god endures forever."
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Endures forever." so, what do we do
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So, what do we do today with this story?
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Today with this story? how do you think
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How do you think it applies to our church?
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It applies to our church? to our families?
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To our families? to your schedule?
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To your schedule? well, let me tell you
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Well, let me tell you how this story does not apply.
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How this story does not apply. it does not apply
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It does not apply in the way that
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In the way that my wife's cousin paul
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My wife's cousin paul once applied it.
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Once applied it. he gave me permission
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He gave me permission to tell you this story.
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To tell you this story. when paul was a little kid,
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When paul was a little kid, he was super smart,
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He was super smart, he knew the bible
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He knew the bible and his parents told him,
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And his parents told him, "paul, you need
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"paul, you need to do your chores today."
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To do your chores today." paul didn't want
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Paul didn't want to do his chores,
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To do his chores, so guess what paul did?
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So guess what paul did? he grabbed his bible,
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He grabbed his bible, he sat in his bed,
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He sat in his bed, and he waited while
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And he waited while everyone else worked.
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Everyone else worked. and when mom and dad came in,
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And when mom and dad came in, like, "what are you doing?
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Like, "what are you doing? why isn't your room clean?"
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Why isn't your room clean?" paul responded,
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Paul responded, "father, father,
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"father, father, you're worried
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You're worried and upset about many things.
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And upset about many things. [laughing]
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[laughing] "but i've chosen
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"but i've chosen what is better
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What is better and it will not
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And it will not be taken away from me."
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Be taken away from me." [laughing]
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[laughing] well, it was taken
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Well, it was taken away from him.
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Away from him. he's a -- he is a smart kid.
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He's a -- he is a smart kid. he's a pastor now
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He's a pastor now by the way,
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By the way, so god made it up to him.
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So god made it up to him. yeah.
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Yeah. okay, yeah this
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Okay, yeah this is not jesus' way
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Is not jesus' way to get out of hard work,
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To get out of hard work, or, you know,
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Or, you know, going to work,
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Going to work, or going to school.
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Or going to school. so, what does jesus
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So, what does jesus want us to do with the story?
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Want us to do with the story? i'm going to
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I'm going to give you three takeaways,
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Give you three takeaways, so if you're taking notes
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So if you're taking notes in your program,
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In your program, let's write these down.
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Let's write these down. here's the first one,
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Here's the first one, if you are a super
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If you are a super organized person,
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Organized person, number one,
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Number one, question your have to's.
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Question your have to's. question your have to's.
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Question your have to's. remember that's the big
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Remember that's the big moment in martha's story.
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Moment in martha's story. in her mind she has to.
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In her mind she has to. i mean, she would like to,
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I mean, she would like to, but she has
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But she has to she feels
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To she feels this obligation like,
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This obligation like, "this is what has to be done."
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"this is what has to be done." i want to encourage you today,
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I want to encourage you today, question your have to's.
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Question your have to's. like if you're organized,
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Like if you're organized, you probably schedule
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You probably schedule about 40% too much.
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About 40% too much. there's no room
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There's no room for getting sick,
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For getting sick, there's no room for bad days,
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There's no room for bad days, there's no room for traffic,
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There's no room for traffic, there's no room
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There's no room for wi-fi,
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For wi-fi, or a computer that won't work.
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Or a computer that won't work. like, question
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Like, question the amount of things
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The amount of things that you have to do.
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That you have to do. if you get extra
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If you get extra things done, great.
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Things done, great. here's the problem though,
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Here's the problem though, the way you're wired
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The way you're wired that will almost impossible
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That will almost impossible for you to do by yourself.
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For you to do by yourself. so, if you want
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So, if you want to take a step away
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To take a step away from stress and towards
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From stress and towards the god of peace,
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The god of peace, here's my encouragement,
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Here's my encouragement, let someone question
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Let someone question your have to's.
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Your have to's. number two.
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Number two. number two is,
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Number two is, choose better.
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Choose better. i'm taking those words
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I'm taking those words from jesus.
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From jesus. he said in the final verse
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He said in the final verse of our text,
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Of our text, "mary has chosen
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"mary has chosen what is better."
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What is better." like, it was good
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Like, it was good to cook the meal
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To cook the meal and to make the preparations,
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And to make the preparations, but it was better to sit
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But it was better to sit at the feet and listen to jesus.
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At the feet and listen to jesus. now, if you're hardworking
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Now, if you're hardworking i bet part of you
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I bet part of you feels kind of selfish
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Feels kind of selfish just like sitting there.
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Just like sitting there. you may be a person
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You may be a person who struggles with taking
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Who struggles with taking care of yourself
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Care of yourself 'cause you're always pouring
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'cause you're always pouring yourself out
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Yourself out into other people.
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Into other people. so, i just want to say,
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So, i just want to say, like, with the authority
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Like, with the authority of god,
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Of god, it is not selfish
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It is not selfish to sit with jesus.
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To sit with jesus. right?
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Right? for some of you
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For some of you to say to your husband,
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To say to your husband, "you're watching the kids.
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"you're watching the kids. like i'm responsible
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Like i'm responsible 85% of the time,
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85% of the time, you're watching the kids,
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You're watching the kids, i'm taking my bible
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I'm taking my bible to the park,
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To the park, i just want to
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I just want to sit with jesus."
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Sit with jesus." it's like not volunteering
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It's like not volunteering for places to get a little bit
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For places to get a little bit of time so you
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Of time so you can just be with jesus.
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Can just be with jesus. and i'm not talking
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And i'm not talking like the navy seal's boot camp
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Like the navy seal's boot camp bible reading plan
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Bible reading plan where you have to
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Where you have to check 16 chapters
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Check 16 chapters a day so you can --
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A day so you can -- let me just --
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Let me just -- just be still.
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Just be still. doesn't matter
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Doesn't matter if i finish the chapter.
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If i finish the chapter. if there's something
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If there's something that jumps off the page
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That jumps off the page in the first sentence,
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In the first sentence, i'm just going to
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I'm just going to meditate on it,
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Meditate on it, and linger on it,
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And linger on it, and let god speak to me
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And let god speak to me and fill up my heart.
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And fill up my heart. that's better.
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That's better. alright, you run
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Alright, you run to the tournament
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To the tournament and the game,
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And the game, it'll be fun
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It'll be fun for the moment,
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For the moment, and it'll be over,
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And it'll be over, and you'll forget
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And you'll forget by next game.
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By next game. like it --
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Like it -- you do this,
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You do this, you cook the meal,
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You cook the meal, it's great,
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It's great, everyone loves it,
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Everyone loves it, you have to wash the dishes
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You have to wash the dishes and get ready
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And get ready for another round
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For another round in a few hours.
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In a few hours. but when jesus
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But when jesus speaks to you,
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Speaks to you, he offers you something
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He offers you something that endures forever.
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That endures forever. it's better,
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It's better, it's something
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It's something this world cannot
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This world cannot take away from you.
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Take away from you. so, as you plan
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So, as you plan your schedule
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Your schedule use the gift that you have,
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Use the gift that you have, that discipline
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That discipline and structure to put
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And structure to put the, you know,
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The, you know, the biggest rocks
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The biggest rocks in the jar first
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In the jar first before the sand,
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Before the sand, and the water,
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And the water, and the pebbles,
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And the pebbles, put the big rock
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Put the big rock of your spiritual life,
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Of your spiritual life, 'cause just sitting
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'cause just sitting and being with jesus
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And being with jesus is choosing better.
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Is choosing better. finally, number three.
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Finally, number three. these are some
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These are some of my favorite three
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Of my favorite three words in the bible,
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Words in the bible, it is finished.
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It is finished. my wife sometimes
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My wife sometimes says this to me,
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Says this to me, "mike, one of the greatest
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"mike, one of the greatest gifts you can give me
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Gifts you can give me is not asking me
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Is not asking me any questions
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Any questions and just doing a thing."
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And just doing a thing." "like, oh, let's go
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"like, oh, let's go on vacation honey.
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On vacation honey. that would be great."
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That would be great." right, and her mind
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Right, and her mind kicks in like,
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Kicks in like, "oh, i have to
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"oh, i have to get the books,
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Get the books, i have to organize
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I have to organize the schedule,
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The schedule, i have to figure out
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I have to figure out what we're going to do,
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What we're going to do, i have to buy tickets."
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I have to buy tickets." she's like,
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She's like, "just do all the things
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"just do all the things so i can just be present,
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So i can just be present, and it would be such
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And it would be such a gift to me."
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A gift to me." and it strikes me,
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And it strikes me, that's exactly what
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That's exactly what jesus did for us.
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Jesus did for us. when it comes
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When it comes to being saved,
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To being saved, when it comes
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When it comes to making it to heaven
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To making it to heaven he didn't die
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He didn't die on the cross
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On the cross and say, "halfway there."
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And say, "halfway there." now, do you remember
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Now, do you remember the amazing words he spoke?
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The amazing words he spoke? with some of his final
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With some of his final breaths as jesus
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Breaths as jesus is hanging on the cross,
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Is hanging on the cross, he says, "it's finished."
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He says, "it's finished." jesus checks every box.
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Jesus checks every box. the responsibility
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The responsibility of getting you to heaven
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Of getting you to heaven it's not you,
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It's not you, it's not 50% you,
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It's not 50% you, or 20% you,
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Or 20% you, or 5% you,
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Or 5% you, it's all jesus,
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It's all jesus, and he did all of it.
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And he did all of it. because after he was done
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Because after he was done with martha's
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With martha's amazing hospitality,
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Amazing hospitality, he set his face
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He set his face towards jerusalem,
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Towards jerusalem, he marched all the way
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He marched all the way to the cross
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To the cross and he climbed up
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And he climbed up so that everything
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So that everything would be done.
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Would be done. so that you
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So that you and i never have
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And i never have to work, and work, and work,
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To work, and work, and work, and work, and work,
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And work, and work, and wonder if it's
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And wonder if it's good enough for god.
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Good enough for god. we could just be still
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We could just be still and know that he
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And know that he is the god who saved us.
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Is the god who saved us. that it's all jesus
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That it's all jesus and it is already finished.
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And it is already finished. your boss might want
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Your boss might want you to work,
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You to work, your kids might exhaust you,
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Your kids might exhaust you, your friends might
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Your friends might want to
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Want to get together constantly,
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Get together constantly, jesus says, "i got it."
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Jesus says, "i got it." and he offers all
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And he offers all of our restless hearts
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Of our restless hearts this amazing gift
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This amazing gift so that we can come
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So that we can come to him and find rest.
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To him and find rest. you know to me
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You know to me the greatest proof --
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The greatest proof -- you know what jesus
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You know what jesus is doing right now in heaven?
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Is doing right now in heaven? he's not doing this,
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He's not doing this, the bible says he's doing.
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The bible says he's doing. "on the third day
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"on the third day he rose from the dead,
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He rose from the dead, he ascended to
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He ascended to the right hand
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The right hand of the throne of god,
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Of the throne of god, and he sat."
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And he sat." jesus right now is
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Jesus right now is sitting at the right hand
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Sitting at the right hand of his heavenly father
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Of his heavenly father because your salvation,
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Because your salvation, your forgiveness,
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Your forgiveness, your place in
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Your place in the family of god
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The family of god is finished.
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Is finished. now, when you see
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Now, when you see him up there at the right
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Him up there at the right hand of god smiling
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Hand of god smiling down at you,
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He says, "it's okay,
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You can sit too."
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You can work
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With the gift that
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God has given you,
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You can serve
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The people around you,
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And then you can sit
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And rest because
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You find rest in jesus.
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It worked with martha.
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It worked with martha. it's actually not
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It's actually not the last time we meet
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The last time we meet martha in the bible.
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Martha in the bible. the last time is
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The last time is just before jesus gets
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Just before jesus gets to jerusalem to die.
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To jerusalem to die. in john 12
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In john 12 there is another party,
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There is another party, do you want to guess
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Do you want to guess what martha does at this one?
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I'll read it to you.
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I'll read it to you. "six days before the passover,
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"six days before the passover, jesus came to bethany,
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Jesus came to bethany, where lazarus lived,"
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Where lazarus lived," martha's brother,
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Martha's brother, "whom jesus had
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"whom jesus had raised from the dead.
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Raised from the dead. here a dinner was given
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Here a dinner was given in jesus' honor.
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In jesus' honor. martha served."
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But she didn't snap.
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But she didn't snap. she used her gift,
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She used her gift, but she did not go too far.
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But she did not go too far. she loved jesus,
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She loved jesus, with that beautiful way
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With that beautiful way that he had wired her,
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That he had wired her, and she found her spiritual
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And she found her spiritual rest in a savior
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Rest in a savior who was about
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Who was about to die for her.
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To die for her. i hope you and i can too.
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I hope you and i can too. let's pray,
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Let's pray, "our heavenly father,
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"our heavenly father, i thank you today
00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.133
I thank you today for your grace,
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For your grace, for your love,
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For your love, and your compassion.
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And your compassion. jesus when i think about
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Jesus when i think about the religions of this world,
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The religions of this world, some of them sound nice,
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Some of them sound nice, but none of them
00:24:17.946 --> 00:24:18.547
But none of them allow us to rest.
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Allow us to rest. they're all based
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They're all based on how good
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On how good of people we are,
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Of people we are, how much work we do,
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How much work we do, if we can
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If we can make up for the wrongs
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Make up for the wrongs that we've committed,
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That we've committed, if we can balance our karma,
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If we can balance our karma, if we can fix our sins,
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If we can fix our sins, but you're not like that.
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But you're not like that. you're the god
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You're the god who's so good
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Who's so good that your mercy
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That your mercy and your love
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And your love endure forever.
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Endure forever. that you sent jesus
00:24:37.966 --> 00:24:38.533
That you sent jesus to accomplish everything
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To accomplish everything so that we could find
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So that we could find true rest for our soul
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True rest for our soul in him.
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In him. i thank you
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I thank you for that gift, father,
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For that gift, father, and now i pray
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And now i pray for your holy spirit
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For your holy spirit to give us wisdom.
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To give us wisdom. there is a time
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There is a time for us to work hard,
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For us to work hard, to put in overtime,
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To put in overtime, to go the extra mile,
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To go the extra mile, to say, "you first,"
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To say, "you first," to those around us
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Who are in need.
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And there's a time
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To when it is not sinful
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To get away to pray,
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To sit with open bibles,
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Just to be.
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Give us wisdom
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To know how to balance
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That well without
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Feeling guilty,
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Stressed, or overwhelmed.
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And give the rest of us
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Enough boundaries,
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And patience,
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And selflessness to honor
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Those people in our lives too,
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That we don't push
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Them too far,
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Ask too much,
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But help them become
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The people that
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You have designed them to be,
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A glimpse
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Of your organization,
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Your responsibility,
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And your love.
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We pray all these things
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In the beautiful
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Name of jesus.
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And all god's people say,
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Amen.
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>> i definitely needed
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>> i definitely needed to hear today's message,
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To hear today's message, and maybe you did too.
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And maybe you did too. thank you pastor mike
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Thank you pastor mike for reminding those of us
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For reminding those of us who are stressed,
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Who are stressed, box checkers to learn
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Box checkers to learn how to rest in jesus.
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How to rest in jesus. i want to encourage you
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I want to encourage you with this month's resource,
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With this month's resource, a devotional prayer journal
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A devotional prayer journal called "the power
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Called "the power of devoted prayer"
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Of devoted prayer" by pastor mike
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By pastor mike and pastor mark jeske.
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And pastor mark jeske. each of the 45 devotions
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Each of the 45 devotions includes scripture,
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Includes scripture, a journal question,
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A journal question, and a prayer prompt
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And a prayer prompt to help you build the habit
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An invitation to approach
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Your heavenly father
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And let him shape your heart,
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Mike Novotny - Even If I'm Stressed?

July 17, 2025 | 29:0

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