WEBVTT - The Movie In My Mind

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it gives your perspective to see God is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>We're studying from Luke chapter ten, verses thirty eight through

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<v Speaker 2>forty two. Today we're gonna talk a little bit about Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be a very practical message. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it would be a lot of fun too. If you participate.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you can help the preacher preach better and you

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know it. So I just invite you to

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to do. But I'm gonna tell you this.

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<v Speaker 2>The sooner you look like you get it, the sooner

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<v Speaker 2>I can let you go. So you can speed this

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<v Speaker 2>along today just by looking interested, to shake your head

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<v Speaker 2>like this, we get it, We get it, we get it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is one of those little Bible messages that you

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<v Speaker 2>can't quite figure out why this part got included in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, because it seems pretty small, little insignificant in

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<v Speaker 2>the scope of the whole narrative of Jesus going to

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<v Speaker 2>the Cross and rising from the dead, and then little

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<v Speaker 2>things like this get told in the Bible. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to use this for the third installment of trigger

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<v Speaker 2>taking back your mind in the age of anxiety. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at somebody and say, you look less stressed than the

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<v Speaker 2>last time I saw you. You know, it's always awkward

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<v Speaker 2>because I tell people to say things to their neighbors

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<v Speaker 2>and there's always one person who's like independently minded and

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<v Speaker 2>they're like ah ah, But then the person next to

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<v Speaker 2>them is like totally a rule follower, and they'll turn

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<v Speaker 2>to the other person and start to say it and

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<v Speaker 2>then like, oh, you're not actually doing it.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a rebel and you're going to hell.

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<v Speaker 2>So this little passage is going to give a some

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<v Speaker 2>practical insight today and help us get our minds focused

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<v Speaker 2>and help us get, you know, a concentration on what matters.

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<v Speaker 2>At least that's our prayer. Luke, Chapter ten, verse thirty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>And even the first line has a little message in

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<v Speaker 2>it as Jesus and his disciples were on their way,

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<v Speaker 2>So something is about to happen while they're on the

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<v Speaker 2>way somewhere else, and some of God's greatest invitations will

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<v Speaker 2>happen through life's interruptions. It will be places that we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't plan on going, and it will be through conversations

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<v Speaker 2>that we didn't plan on having. That sometimes God will

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<v Speaker 2>give his greatest blessings. How many can testify to that.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you met your wife not even trying to meet

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<v Speaker 2>a woman. You were at the club trying to look

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<v Speaker 2>like somebody who was worthy of a date, and you

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<v Speaker 2>just you your dance moves proved otherwise, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>just happened to I've met people here who signed up

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<v Speaker 2>to serve on the parking team and ended up on

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<v Speaker 2>a honeymoon in Turks and Keikos, And so it happens, right,

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<v Speaker 2>did that happen? Yeah, Yeah, it happens. I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 2>just happened on the way. And I pointed out because

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<v Speaker 2>since we're talking about distractions today and that's our central

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<v Speaker 2>subject matter, we need to understand that not everything that

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't plan on is a distraction. Sometimes the distraction

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<v Speaker 2>is the thing you planned to do that God didn't

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<v Speaker 2>even want you to do. But you made up your

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<v Speaker 2>mind what you were going to do before even asked

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<v Speaker 2>God what you.

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<v Speaker 1>Were supposed to do. Amen, I am I'm gonna preach this,

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<v Speaker 1>she said preach that, well, hey, I'm already halfway there,

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<v Speaker 1>So study sometime in the Bible all the things that

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<v Speaker 1>happened on the way or along the way. You'd be surprised.

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<v Speaker 2>As they were on their way to Jerusalem for a festival. Ultimately,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was going to Jerusalem later in order to pay

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<v Speaker 2>for our sins and die on the cross.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what he came for. And since he knew what

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<v Speaker 1>he came for.

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<v Speaker 2>He could not be distracted by the preferences of people

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<v Speaker 2>or the plans of others.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why when Peter said you can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Go die, Jesus was able to say, get behind me, Satan.

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<v Speaker 2>What you represent right now is in opposition to the

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<v Speaker 2>will of my father. So I got to keep moving

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<v Speaker 2>toward Jerusalem. I got to keep moving toward Jerusalem. I

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<v Speaker 2>got to keep moving toward Jerusalem. That's for somebody. You're

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<v Speaker 2>on the right road, and there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things trying to get you off of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what happens in this passage.

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<v Speaker 2>In a little village called Bethany, two miles from Jerusalem,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus came to a village where a woman named Martha

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<v Speaker 2>opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary,

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<v Speaker 2>who listen how spiritual this.

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<v Speaker 1>House sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, but Martha was distracted by all the preparations that

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<v Speaker 2>had to be made, and she came to him and asked, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you care that my sister has left me to

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<v Speaker 2>do all the work by myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell her to help me. This is funny to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I've read it many many times.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I laughed because he says their name twice, Martha, Martha.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at your neighbors, say their first name twice, Martha, Martha.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord answered, you are worried and upset about many things,

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<v Speaker 2>but few things are needed, or indeed, only one. Mary

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<v Speaker 2>has chosen what is better, and it will not be

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<v Speaker 2>taken away from her. And the scene ends with this.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't get to see how Martha responds. I'd love

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<v Speaker 2>to know, but it doesn't say. It just ends right there.

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<v Speaker 2>The movie just goes to the credits right there. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you today about the movie

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<v Speaker 2>in my mind. That's my title for this message, is

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<v Speaker 2>the movie in my mind. I wonder do you have

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<v Speaker 2>a similar movie? Have you ever bought a ticket to

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<v Speaker 2>the theater of your own imagination, only to the and

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<v Speaker 2>your money back, because that plot sucked seeing the same

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<v Speaker 2>old things and the same old hurts and the same

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<v Speaker 2>old memories.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes the movie in my mind I edit together scenes

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<v Speaker 2>that should have been deleted, and yet they're on repeat

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<v Speaker 2>in my mind. One time, Finding Nemo got stuck in

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<v Speaker 2>our DVD player in Holly's Yukon, and so we know

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<v Speaker 2>every scene from Nemo because just every time we got

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<v Speaker 2>in the car. I feel like certain things in my

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<v Speaker 2>life are like that. Just you know, I'm like Dory,

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<v Speaker 2>swimming around, just barely remembering Wallaby Way and just swimming

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<v Speaker 2>around the same memories the movie in my mind. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to tell you, the movie in my mind

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<v Speaker 2>is rated R for ridiculous and redundant. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know about your taste in movies. Usually when I get

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<v Speaker 2>to know somebody the way that I get to know

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<v Speaker 2>them quickly, I'll say what kind of music do you like?

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<v Speaker 1>And what's your favorite movie?

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<v Speaker 2>And I can tell whether they're worth talking to by

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<v Speaker 2>the answer to that, because if they go, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't really like.

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<v Speaker 1>Music, I'm done with you. You have no soul. And

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<v Speaker 1>then I'd rather you're not believe in God, but at

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<v Speaker 1>least I can convert you. But when we.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about movies, people act real funny. If they know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a pastor, they'll always say this Christian answer.

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<v Speaker 1>You know been her the Ten Commandments start listing every

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<v Speaker 1>Christian movie, and I want to stop them.

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<v Speaker 2>They're facing the giants fireproof, and I don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>heart to tell them. I don't usually even like Christian movies.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate good messages and wholesome family entertainment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just as sometimes I gritty movies. I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I like.

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<v Speaker 2>Comparing my life to somebody else's worst life. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 2>a maybe it's a relief to me that at least

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<v Speaker 2>it's not that my idea of a good movie. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>if everybody in the movie doesn't end up dead, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>disappointing by the end of it. I want the villain dead,

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<v Speaker 2>the hero dead, the dog dead, the fish. I want

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<v Speaker 2>the fish.

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<v Speaker 1>They're on the counter cassmin for bread, blood everywhere, Blood

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lamb.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, for the church people, it's just a different

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<v Speaker 2>kind of movie. In one of our campus pastor wives,

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<v Speaker 2>she was telling me, you know when I go to

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<v Speaker 2>the movies, I don't want anything that resembles my real life.

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<v Speaker 2>I want happy endings. I want everything to go well.

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<v Speaker 2>I get enough of the drama in my real life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a third grade teacher. I don't need drama. I

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<v Speaker 1>need escape.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet the worst movie I ever saw was in

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<v Speaker 2>my own mind the movies that I make. I made

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<v Speaker 2>one this week. I had something to do, and when

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<v Speaker 2>I actually did it, I enjoyed it. But I had

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<v Speaker 2>made a movie about it, what it was going to

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<v Speaker 2>be like, and how inconvenient it would be, and I probably

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<v Speaker 2>didn't able to find parking space, and I was probably done.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the time I got to the event, I

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<v Speaker 2>was tired from the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever done? This movie? In my mind?

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<v Speaker 2>And so here comes a scene in the Bible we

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<v Speaker 2>just heard about the good Samaritan who stopped in this

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<v Speaker 2>kind of unexpected fashion to help someone in need. In

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus teaching, and the next little inclusion here from Luke

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<v Speaker 2>is about the Lord's prayer father who are in heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>There's this weird little.

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<v Speaker 2>Little movie, this little scene, at least with a really

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<v Speaker 2>weak plot. You know, Jesus came into a house and

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<v Speaker 2>two women had a fight. But I'm kind of glad

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<v Speaker 2>it's in here because this is more like everyday life

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<v Speaker 2>for most of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Like most of us, our life is not epic all

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<v Speaker 1>the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of us don't claim the Promised Land every Monday morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of us sit in traffic.

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<v Speaker 2>My Monday morning usually isn't you know this miraculous good

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<v Speaker 2>versus it's just snooze, snooze, snooze, snooze.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, if I get up right now, maybe I won't

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<v Speaker 1>be late.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the most epic thing that might happen to

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<v Speaker 2>me on any given week.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'll be.

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<v Speaker 2>Able to bench press ten more pounds than I did

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<v Speaker 2>last week, but probably not because I'm almost forty of

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<v Speaker 2>my shoulders messed up. And so I'm kind of glad

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<v Speaker 2>that they include these little everyday life things in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>where it's like Jesus came to a house and one

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<v Speaker 2>woman and another woman got in a fight because one

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<v Speaker 2>of them wasn't doing what the other one wanted him

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<v Speaker 2>to do, and they tried to get.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus to help, and he wouldn't. I like this story.

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<v Speaker 1>And I got to tell you one more thing, and

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<v Speaker 1>you probably really won't like this because you already don't

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<v Speaker 1>like that I don't like Christian movies, and you're already

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<v Speaker 1>considering leaving the church and going to a real church

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<v Speaker 1>with a real man of God. And I wouldn't blame

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<v Speaker 1>you for it.

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<v Speaker 2>But my favorite character in this little scene is not

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<v Speaker 2>the one that Jesus commended, because Mary is the one

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus took up for. But Martha is the one that.

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<v Speaker 3>I relate to. I don't know if I should say

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<v Speaker 3>this on YouTube and Facebook, And just like.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Martha a lot more than I like Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>One person and he's dressed for work. You can tell

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<v Speaker 2>why he likes Martha because Martha is the one that

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<v Speaker 2>pays the mortgage. Did you read the verse? Oh, I've

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<v Speaker 2>heard I've heard preachers. I've heard preachers annihilate Martha in

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<v Speaker 2>the pulpit. And Martha was too busy, and Martha was

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<v Speaker 2>running around and Mark, you know what, Martha is the

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<v Speaker 2>one who pays the taxes and Mary is the one

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<v Speaker 2>with a gofund me. And Mary is the one who

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<v Speaker 2>gets fired, and Martha is the one who pays the

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<v Speaker 2>Like Bill, let's have a south from Martha.

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<v Speaker 3>She's not so bad Martha's and he kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Mary was twenty minutes late and complaining because she's an overflow.

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<v Speaker 3>I like Martha. I like her. She gets crapped on.

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<v Speaker 3>I want her on my staff.

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<v Speaker 2>I told my assistant with a hired her, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>she's been with me like eight and a half years now.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I need you to be kind of saved,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not hiring you to extend the love and

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<v Speaker 2>compassion of Jesus Christ. Everybody who wants to meet with me,

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to keep a little bit of flesh,

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, we need a little bit of Martha. It's

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<v Speaker 3>Martha's house.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible said a woman named Martha opened her home.

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<v Speaker 3>If it was just Mary in.

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<v Speaker 2>The passage, Jesus would I had to eat at the

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<v Speaker 2>soup kitchen.

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<v Speaker 3>Mary doesn't pay bills.

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<v Speaker 2>It made my job harder to get this sermon ready

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<v Speaker 2>because I kind.

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<v Speaker 1>Of wanted to take Martha's side. That's right, get Mary

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<v Speaker 1>off the floor. In there is Jesus and twelve dudes

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<v Speaker 1>just rolled up in the house, and Mary's over in

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<v Speaker 1>the corner.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking about here to sh Hereah, I am to praise ribbons,

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<v Speaker 2>bow down here right to you marn't just said I

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<v Speaker 2>am in the kid, Send kid in here and help me.

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<v Speaker 2>This meal isn't cold cook care South.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that one actor I saw him on Twitter.

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<v Speaker 1>He said something. He said, if you're not yelling at

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<v Speaker 1>your kids regularly, you're not with them enough. Because you

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<v Speaker 1>know how Mary can be. She's so sweet. I never

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<v Speaker 1>yell at my kids. I never yell at my kids.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not paying attention, sweetheart. You're gonna be visiting them

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<v Speaker 1>in prison. Sweetheart. If you never yell at your kids,

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<v Speaker 1>you notice the people who never complain. I don't complain.

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<v Speaker 1>I bless the Lord at all times. You're not paying attention.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not engaged. That's why you're not complaining.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that I totally messed up the sermon, let's make

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<v Speaker 2>five points. What the Lord showed me for my own

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<v Speaker 2>heart and my own life is that it wasn't what

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<v Speaker 2>Martha was doing, it's how she was doing it. It

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't her actions that he found fault with and corrected.

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<v Speaker 1>It was her attitude. It was the movie in her mind.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll show you these five components, and I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you'll write them down so you can throw them in

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<v Speaker 1>your husband's face. When he starts acting like Martha this week,

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, don't you want some ammunition? Write this down.

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<v Speaker 1>Martha is operating in a spirit of number one manipulation.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Jesus said you're distracted or worried and upset,

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<v Speaker 2>the Hebrew word for anxious is split.

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<v Speaker 1>Or divided, And so there seems to be some sense of.

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<v Speaker 2>Divide happening in my mind all the time where I

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<v Speaker 2>am distracted. The literal meaning of the word distracted, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way is pulled apart. And it's not always being

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<v Speaker 2>pulled in a good direction in a bad direction.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not always the decision to whether should I, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>cook meth or read my bible? What is wrong with

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<v Speaker 1>y'all today? It's like it has to be done. It

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<v Speaker 1>had to be done.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus came to mark this house because it had excellent

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<v Speaker 2>ratings on Airbnb, and he liked this place in Beth,

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<v Speaker 2>and he probably liked it because it was clean and orderly.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was Martha's gift in operation. She was good

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<v Speaker 1>at that, and we praise God for her. But the

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<v Speaker 1>fault in her logic is this that what is important

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<v Speaker 1>to me ought to be important to everybody else, and

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't operating in her calling or functioning in her

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<v Speaker 1>ability that Jesus corrected. It was that she expected others

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<v Speaker 1>to function according to her priorities. And so then she

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<v Speaker 1>crosses the line from management to manipulation, managing the situation

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<v Speaker 1>which God wants you to do, stewarding what God has

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<v Speaker 1>put in your life, which is your responsibility. Your hands

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<v Speaker 1>need to be on the wheel. Jesus will not take it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you wait for Jesus to take the wheel, you

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<v Speaker 2>will see him real soon. But now Martha is Now

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<v Speaker 2>she's trying to get She's trying to steer somebody else's car.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder, are you trying to control someone else's priorities

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<v Speaker 2>as a cover up to the fact that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>really have yours straight? Because sometimes in my life I

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<v Speaker 2>cross over and it's subtle, and I don't do it intentionally,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's almost subconscious, but I find myself moving from

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<v Speaker 2>something that I care about and I'm concerned about, and

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<v Speaker 2>then without even knowing it, I start trying to control

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<v Speaker 2>it because I care about it, and I care about

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<v Speaker 2>it so much that I begin to.

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<v Speaker 1>Try to control it, and then I ruin the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I love. I ruin the relationship that I love

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<v Speaker 1>because I get confused about where my responsibility ends and

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<v Speaker 1>God's sovereignty begins.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I start manipulating. And it's my nature to

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<v Speaker 2>manipulate because I'm Martha.

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<v Speaker 1>Martha means master. It's her house.

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<v Speaker 2>She's the one making the payments, and sometimes when you're

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<v Speaker 2>making the payments, you want to set the priorities.

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<v Speaker 1>And to a degree it's right. But what's what she does.

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<v Speaker 2>You can hear it in her language, and often our

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<v Speaker 2>language is an indicator of the leaky places in our life.

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<v Speaker 2>We can see where we're losing our energy, our focus,

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<v Speaker 2>and our peace through evaluating our language. She says, what

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<v Speaker 2>verse was it? Forty Lord? Tell her to help me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's called passive aggressive.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell her she's not even saying Mary's name. She's that mad.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like Holly, tell your children your children, and.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll do this to us. They'll try to manipulate us.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad, could you please tell mom that we need more

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<v Speaker 1>time on fortnite?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, no, as a matter of fact, I can't tell

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<v Speaker 2>mom that, and I won't tell mom that because we

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<v Speaker 2>are united, whether it's fortnite or whether it's homework, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's vegetables.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not going to play me against your mom

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<v Speaker 1>because I was with her first, and I get more

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<v Speaker 1>pleasure out of my relationship with her than I do

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<v Speaker 1>out of my I can French kiss her and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not about to lose points with her.

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<v Speaker 3>Tell her to help me.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus is manipulative. It's manipulative. It's trying to get you

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<v Speaker 1>to do it's trying. Here's what she's doing.

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<v Speaker 2>She's saying, Jesus, I wrote a script for how this

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<v Speaker 2>visit is supposed to go.

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<v Speaker 3>And in my script, Mary is here in the kitchen

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<v Speaker 3>with me.

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<v Speaker 2>In my script, my husband comes home at five point thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>In my script, my wife acts like his wife acts.

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<v Speaker 3>In my script, my kids are like their kids. In

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<v Speaker 3>my script, I'm married at age twenty three. In my script, say.

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<v Speaker 2>You got your script, but Jesus didn't come to read

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<v Speaker 2>the lines off of your script.

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<v Speaker 3>He's the author.

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<v Speaker 2>And he will not be manipulated. And he's like, no, Mary,

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<v Speaker 2>don't move. I think there's a Marry and a Martha

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<v Speaker 2>living inside every heart. The more I reflect on this passage,

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<v Speaker 2>I see a contrast not just of two women, but

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<v Speaker 2>two tendencies in me not only do Mary and Martha

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<v Speaker 2>live in.

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<v Speaker 1>The same house, they live in the same heart.

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<v Speaker 2>And part of me is Martha, and thank God because

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<v Speaker 2>that puts food on the table, and part of me

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<v Speaker 2>is Mary and needs to know what's important. I'm really sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, for all of the manipulative, manipulative preaching

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<v Speaker 2>that I sometimes, I'm sure quite often have been guilty of,

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<v Speaker 2>and others who stand here because we try to make

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<v Speaker 2>we try to make you do the right thing, but

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<v Speaker 2>we sometimes go about it in the wrong way, and

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<v Speaker 2>we need to do better. And in the same breath,

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<v Speaker 2>a preacher will think the tither's in the church, but

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<v Speaker 2>then get mad if the tither has to miss a

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<v Speaker 2>week for a trip to work so he could go

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<v Speaker 2>make some money and feed the family and tithe, and

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<v Speaker 2>so it's kind of confused him. And there's always cliches

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<v Speaker 2>that we can use about priorities, like I heard this

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<v Speaker 2>one one time.

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<v Speaker 1>Nobody ever said this is a voice I go into

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm nobody they ever said on their deathbed, I

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<v Speaker 1>wish I'd spend more time at work. That's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not on my deathbed right now, and right now

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<v Speaker 2>my kids need braces and for my kids to get braces.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna have to bring home some money.

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<v Speaker 2>So before i get to my deathbed, I've got different

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<v Speaker 2>things pulling on me. I got different things pulling on me.

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<v Speaker 2>Notice Martha was distracted.

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<v Speaker 1>Not by candy crush.

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<v Speaker 2>She was distracted by something that was important, just.

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<v Speaker 1>Not important in that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>So it says that she got into a manipulative state

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<v Speaker 2>of mind. Tell her to help me, And the reason

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<v Speaker 2>she did is because she herself was being manipulated. She

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<v Speaker 2>herself was being pulled. There was something guilty in her.

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<v Speaker 2>There was some perfectionist tendency. Any of Graham one, Holly's

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<v Speaker 2>doing this new personality thing. Well, it's not a personality,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a witchcraft or horoscope or something.

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<v Speaker 1>No, it's really actually good.

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<v Speaker 2>And she said that the tendency of my personality is

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<v Speaker 2>it could always be better, It could always be better.

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<v Speaker 1>Perfectionists, perfectionist.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I feel Martha because there's something pulling on

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<v Speaker 2>her to make it nice, because she respects her guests,

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<v Speaker 2>and somebody has to do it. But it gets out

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<v Speaker 2>of order because you can see it in her language,

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<v Speaker 2>you can see on any tell her to help me,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you can see it in the language of

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<v Speaker 2>the text, even it says she was distracted.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me that same verse again. I think it's the

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<v Speaker 1>same one.

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<v Speaker 2>By all the preparations that had to be made, here's

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<v Speaker 2>the phrase that had to be made. And now she's

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<v Speaker 2>operating not out of a sense of privilege to get

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<v Speaker 2>to do it, but out of a spirit of obligation.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>The preparations that have to be made obligation. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>will pray and ask God to give you an opportunity,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you will praise God when he does it,

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<v Speaker 2>and then give it a year, and your prayer request

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<v Speaker 2>will be the same thing that was a praise report

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<v Speaker 2>a year ago. Because what starts out as an opportunity, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let's have Jesus over, now becomes an obligation. So you

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<v Speaker 2>find yourself like me. I was walking out the door

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<v Speaker 2>a few years ago to preach on a Saturday night,

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess I wasn't in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Best frame of mind. The movie, in my mind was

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<v Speaker 1>probably really busy, lots going on. The kids are pulling me,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is pulling me, and maybe I didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>my message right like I wanted to.

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday Night is interesting because a lot of times, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>still trying to get it exactly right. So I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>I'm divided, and I'm thinking about this and the kids

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<v Speaker 2>are doing that, And the kids were the distraction, even

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<v Speaker 2>though they're the priority, because in that moment, I had

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere to be that I needed to be. And I

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<v Speaker 2>looked at him and I said something We've all said

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of times and I still say it all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was.

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<v Speaker 3>The way I said it. Get off me. I gotta

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<v Speaker 3>go preach.

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit of God spoke so clearly in my heart. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't gotta. I know it's bad grammar and God

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<v Speaker 1>probably uses correct English, but this is how he spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to me. You don't gotta do any of it. It

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stopped me on my tracks and I start

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<v Speaker 1>playing it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if I don't show up, who's gonna preach somebody?

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<v Speaker 1>Hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>That's true, isn't it. And if I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, somebody else does.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh? Okay, kids, not right now, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Get to go preach for the glory of God to

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<v Speaker 2>shepherd the flock over. I didn't say that. I wish

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<v Speaker 2>I was as spiritual. It takes me longer than that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, here's a good exercise to do.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've been distracted, pulled apart, go home if you

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<v Speaker 2>got time tonight, Martha. I know you're busy, but before,

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<v Speaker 2>before the day is over, sit down and make a

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<v Speaker 2>list of all the things in your life that you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to do every I mean detail, dishes and phone

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<v Speaker 2>calls and bills and appointments and messages and all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And then go back through the list and cross every

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<v Speaker 2>one of them out because you don't got to do

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<v Speaker 2>any of it. That is horrible grammar and great theology.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell somebody, I don't gotta do none of it, none

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<v Speaker 2>of it, none of it. Well, I gotta go to work, No,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't, don't go, but I gotta pay the bill.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have to live indoors either. You don't have

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<v Speaker 3>to do any of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on, let me a quick announcement. This is probably

0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:45.760
<v Speaker 1>really bad for church growth.

0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 3>You don't have to come to church now.

0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Don't come here because you have to come here because

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:54.920
<v Speaker 2>I owe him the glory.

0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:57.679
<v Speaker 3>And God has been so good to me. I can't

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<v Speaker 3>wait to give.

0:27:58.440 --> 0:28:02.640
<v Speaker 2>Him the praise in my life. Let everything that hot

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<v Speaker 2>breakfrays the Lord. High five of your neighbors, say.

0:28:11.520 --> 0:28:12.199
<v Speaker 3>You don't have to.

0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:15.280
<v Speaker 2>And if they don't, high five you back, say you

0:28:15.320 --> 0:28:15.919
<v Speaker 2>don't have to.

0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:20.080
<v Speaker 3>You don't have to. You don't have to do any

0:28:20.119 --> 0:28:22.320
<v Speaker 3>of it. You don't have to study for your test

0:28:22.400 --> 0:28:25.920
<v Speaker 3>this year. You don't have to pass your class.

0:28:27.080 --> 0:28:27.720
<v Speaker 1>You don't have to.

0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:30.399
<v Speaker 3>Get a job or ever be employed, or have any money.

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<v Speaker 2>With which to enjoy your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to. I get to. I want to.

0:28:37.040 --> 0:28:39.960
<v Speaker 1>I want to get a want to back in our worship.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm saying, where the worship leaders don't

0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:47.040
<v Speaker 2>have to work so hard and play your song and

0:28:47.280 --> 0:28:49.320
<v Speaker 2>that's my jam and I just.

0:28:49.560 --> 0:28:51.840
<v Speaker 3>Love that song. I want you to be able to

0:28:51.880 --> 0:28:52.680
<v Speaker 3>throw up your.

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<v Speaker 2>Hands to anything they sing that.

0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:57.920
<v Speaker 3>Mentions the name of the one who sets you free.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're singing about Jesus, I don't care if

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<v Speaker 3>I'm watching on a screen on an iPhone or in

0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:07.480
<v Speaker 3>rock Hill. I'm not praising him because the preacher told

0:29:07.520 --> 0:29:11.080
<v Speaker 3>me to. I want to give him praise. I want

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:18.959
<v Speaker 3>to give him glory. I want to if you want to,

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<v Speaker 3>if you want to.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a girl who came here from church from Danville.

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<v Speaker 2>Whereas Danville I don't know. They said it was like

0:29:30.440 --> 0:29:36.000
<v Speaker 2>an eight hour drive. She drove eight hours. Somebody else

0:29:36.000 --> 0:29:41.120
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't drive eight minutes. But that's all right, because God

0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:44.640
<v Speaker 2>will always.

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<v Speaker 1>Have somebody who wants to.

0:29:46.280 --> 0:29:50.160
<v Speaker 2>Waiting to take the place of somebody who wants to complain.

0:29:50.200 --> 0:29:53.080
<v Speaker 2>This is starting to hurt about what I gotta do.

0:29:54.080 --> 0:29:57.440
<v Speaker 2>I want to raise my kids. I don't always.

0:29:57.040 --> 0:29:59.800
<v Speaker 3>Feel like it. But what does feeling like it have.

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<v Speaker 1>To do with it? I want to kill this lion.

0:30:03.200 --> 0:30:06.360
<v Speaker 3>I want to kill this pair. I want to sonic

0:30:06.440 --> 0:30:09.160
<v Speaker 3>a liar. I want to sit on his beak.

0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:15.840
<v Speaker 1>A privilege, it's a privilege. You gotta fight Martha. Martha

0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:20.240
<v Speaker 1>will make you miserable. Yeah, I gotta you gotta go,

0:30:20.360 --> 0:30:22.200
<v Speaker 1>You gotta gotta got it. No, no, no, no no,

0:30:22.320 --> 0:30:26.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm going, and I want to go. I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, It's nothing worse than having somebody doing something for

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<v Speaker 2>you because they ought to.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't feel right. It makes me nervous when somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>doing something because they should. I don't want your should,

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<v Speaker 1>love should. I don't think God does either. And the

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<v Speaker 1>worst word we use is ought. I ought to.

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<v Speaker 2>That's worse than I've got to because now you're obligated

0:31:04.200 --> 0:31:06.720
<v Speaker 2>and you're not even doing it. So now you got

0:31:06.760 --> 0:31:09.600
<v Speaker 2>all the burden of obligation with none of the efficiency

0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:17.920
<v Speaker 2>of commitment. Buck is so funny. Now you never heard

0:31:18.000 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 2>him make jokes, but he is hilarious. You just gotta

0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:22.320
<v Speaker 2>give him the right thing. We were working out one

0:31:22.400 --> 0:31:24.080
<v Speaker 2>day a few years ago and he made me a

0:31:24.080 --> 0:31:28.400
<v Speaker 2>workout and I went in away. I looked at the workout.

0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:34.160
<v Speaker 2>It was some legs, some burpies. I said, he said something.

0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:39.000
<v Speaker 1>You know, he respects me in and I pay his salary.

0:31:39.880 --> 0:31:42.480
<v Speaker 1>But he said it. He said it so cool. He said,

0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:47.640
<v Speaker 1>what kind of workout do you like? I heard him.

0:31:48.120 --> 0:31:49.120
<v Speaker 1>I heard what he was saying.

0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:51.560
<v Speaker 2>You make that same noise every time you walk in here,

0:31:51.600 --> 0:31:53.120
<v Speaker 2>no matter what I write on the board.

0:31:57.480 --> 0:31:58.840
<v Speaker 1>Do you hear Martha in the kitchen?

0:32:00.200 --> 0:32:02.160
<v Speaker 2>You know she's making all kinds of noise in the

0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:05.640
<v Speaker 2>kitchen j' makings from Mary and Jesus can hear banging

0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:06.440
<v Speaker 2>pots together.

0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:14.200
<v Speaker 1>And what's really weird.

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:19.160
<v Speaker 2>About the passage is Martha is simultaneously the judge who

0:32:19.240 --> 0:32:25.840
<v Speaker 2>is telling Mary what she needs to do, and the victim.

0:32:26.000 --> 0:32:28.920
<v Speaker 2>Because this is the third attitude that causes us to

0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:31.680
<v Speaker 2>be distracted. Remember, distracted is not an action, it's an

0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:37.160
<v Speaker 2>attitude to state to mind. So now she's in the

0:32:37.920 --> 0:32:40.280
<v Speaker 2>third element that makes a really bad movie in your mind,

0:32:40.320 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 2>stresses you, out keeps you, keeps you from really entering

0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:45.680
<v Speaker 2>into the joy of the Lord. And that is victimization,

0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:50.440
<v Speaker 2>is taking on the victim mentality.

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:56.400
<v Speaker 1>Lord. She left me to do all the work by myself.

0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:02.920
<v Speaker 1>On the surface, this is sensible, but being mad at

0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Mary doesn't make your life any easier. You know, like

0:33:08.040 --> 0:33:13.239
<v Speaker 1>maybe Mary should help, but that's not your place. You

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 1>can't make Mary do anything. And so she's she's judging

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:22.000
<v Speaker 1>one minute, and she's a victim the next. And that's

0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:24.480
<v Speaker 1>why the Bible says that you don't want to get

0:33:24.480 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 1>in this habit of judging, because you too will be judged.

0:33:27.640 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 1>You will become the victim of your own judgments.

0:33:32.640 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 2>When you don't let other people operate in their grace,

0:33:34.640 --> 0:33:36.600
<v Speaker 2>you will find very little grace for yourself when you

0:33:36.600 --> 0:33:36.960
<v Speaker 2>need it.

0:33:39.160 --> 0:33:40.760
<v Speaker 1>You know, you start scrolling.

0:33:41.840 --> 0:33:45.320
<v Speaker 2>And you know, for a few pictures you're okay, Ah,

0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:49.320
<v Speaker 2>their baby is kind of cute. The real stuff that

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:52.440
<v Speaker 2>you don't say to them, you know, kind of cute. No,

0:33:53.440 --> 0:33:59.000
<v Speaker 2>they're on vacation again. You may know they can't afford

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:06.240
<v Speaker 2>to be on too vacations. Sixty Martha's getting mad, madder

0:34:06.320 --> 0:34:09.600
<v Speaker 2>and madder and madder with every flick of the finger.

0:34:11.200 --> 0:34:17.959
<v Speaker 1>Huh, must be nice. Does she think she looks good

0:34:17.960 --> 0:34:18.200
<v Speaker 1>in that?

0:34:18.719 --> 0:34:23.319
<v Speaker 4>Somebody needs to tell her, Tell her Jesus, tell her

0:34:23.400 --> 0:34:26.279
<v Speaker 4>that's too tight, Tell her that dress fit her in

0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:28.840
<v Speaker 4>a previous lifetime with someone.

0:34:33.480 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 1>Y'all should come to the nine thirty. That's when I'm fresh,

0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:45.759
<v Speaker 1>alert and guarded. So Martha is mad, and in a

0:34:45.760 --> 0:34:46.759
<v Speaker 1>sense she has a right to be.

0:34:46.880 --> 0:34:50.239
<v Speaker 2>But remember something now, he said in verse thirty eight,

0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:52.319
<v Speaker 2>where it says, not only was it Martha's home, her

0:34:52.400 --> 0:34:55.120
<v Speaker 2>name was under deed, but it was Martha's idea to

0:34:55.160 --> 0:34:55.560
<v Speaker 2>begin with.

0:34:57.000 --> 0:35:00.200
<v Speaker 1>As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:05.960
<v Speaker 1>came to a village where a woman named Martha opened

0:35:06.000 --> 0:35:09.840
<v Speaker 1>her home to him. Now, touch the person next to

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:14.440
<v Speaker 1>you and say this was your idea.

0:35:16.520 --> 0:35:18.160
<v Speaker 3>Come on, now, you're the.

0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:22.080
<v Speaker 1>One who wanted to have Peter and Bartholomew and Judas.

0:35:22.360 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 1>It was your idea to let all these former fishermen

0:35:25.520 --> 0:35:26.280
<v Speaker 1>up in our house.

0:35:26.600 --> 0:35:29.040
<v Speaker 2>Don't get mad at me because you wanted to have

0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:31.760
<v Speaker 2>a party, but now you want me to panic because

0:35:31.760 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 2>you over committed.

0:35:35.320 --> 0:35:36.280
<v Speaker 1>Don't move Mary.

0:35:37.400 --> 0:35:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Don't let people who over commit drag down your priorities

0:35:42.320 --> 0:35:46.560
<v Speaker 2>into the chaos of their urgency because they made bad decisions.

0:35:46.800 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 3>And don't do it to yourself either.

0:35:49.960 --> 0:35:51.960
<v Speaker 2>Don't make yourself the victim.

0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:55.239
<v Speaker 3>Everything that I'm stressed about today is.

0:35:55.160 --> 0:36:01.400
<v Speaker 2>Something that I committed to yesterday. Man about a schedule

0:36:02.000 --> 0:36:03.920
<v Speaker 2>that I made.

0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:07.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna take these kids to the game. No you don't.

0:36:08.800 --> 0:36:12.400
<v Speaker 3>You do not have parents.

0:36:12.440 --> 0:36:15.560
<v Speaker 2>Since when did we get in this prison of having

0:36:15.640 --> 0:36:16.920
<v Speaker 2>to be at everything?

0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:20.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm okay this side.

0:36:21.640 --> 0:36:25.640
<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit just left that part of the church. Some

0:36:25.680 --> 0:36:28.840
<v Speaker 2>of y'all need to drop your kids off at soccer

0:36:29.200 --> 0:36:33.000
<v Speaker 2>and go out on a date with your wife because

0:36:33.040 --> 0:36:37.080
<v Speaker 2>your kid is an average soccer player and they're not

0:36:37.200 --> 0:36:38.440
<v Speaker 2>gonna score anyway.

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:40.439
<v Speaker 3>So go to bowl fish.

0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:48.120
<v Speaker 2>Not every game, go to some games, but God, my god,

0:36:48.400 --> 0:36:50.640
<v Speaker 2>every once in a while, it's good for our kids

0:36:50.640 --> 0:36:54.440
<v Speaker 2>to get the message the world does not revolve around

0:36:54.520 --> 0:36:57.920
<v Speaker 2>you and your dance recital. If you want to dance,

0:36:58.040 --> 0:37:00.839
<v Speaker 2>baby girl, I'll be there is one and I'll show

0:37:00.960 --> 0:37:01.680
<v Speaker 2>up when I can.

0:37:01.880 --> 0:37:03.360
<v Speaker 3>But I might not be there every.

0:37:03.120 --> 0:37:05.279
<v Speaker 2>Time, and I'm not going to be many places at once,

0:37:05.320 --> 0:37:05.600
<v Speaker 2>so i.

0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:07.319
<v Speaker 1>Gotta be where I am and be okay with that.

0:37:10.280 --> 0:37:14.520
<v Speaker 2>I feel freedom breaking out in the church right now.

0:37:17.400 --> 0:37:21.799
<v Speaker 1>Now, go to the next game. Don't let Martha, who

0:37:21.800 --> 0:37:24.840
<v Speaker 1>comes to every game, make you feel bad because you

0:37:24.840 --> 0:37:28.719
<v Speaker 1>couldn't make that one. It's okay. This is therapeutic.

0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:32.239
<v Speaker 2>This is one hundred and fifty dollars an hour work

0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:37.120
<v Speaker 2>right here, trying to keep you off that expensive couch

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:42.120
<v Speaker 2>and just give you this, this teaching from the Word

0:37:42.200 --> 0:37:48.440
<v Speaker 2>of God. Because when you live in that place of manipulation, obligation, victimization,

0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:52.000
<v Speaker 2>the next thing that happens is interpretation.

0:37:52.920 --> 0:37:57.160
<v Speaker 1>And the skill of interpretation is so important. It's like

0:37:57.239 --> 0:37:58.040
<v Speaker 1>your life is a.

0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:03.799
<v Speaker 2>Is a foreign film, and what God has planned for you,

0:38:03.880 --> 0:38:06.080
<v Speaker 2>the events that happened to you, you don't always know

0:38:07.280 --> 0:38:12.279
<v Speaker 2>what it really means. And when you're under pressure and

0:38:12.280 --> 0:38:16.279
<v Speaker 2>when you play the movie in your mind where you

0:38:16.360 --> 0:38:19.640
<v Speaker 2>remember different ways you were offended, which I do so often,

0:38:20.520 --> 0:38:23.319
<v Speaker 2>and what I've got to do, and how it's not

0:38:23.400 --> 0:38:26.320
<v Speaker 2>fair and how others don't and how others should, and

0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:28.840
<v Speaker 2>all these things that I can tend to dwell on,

0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:33.879
<v Speaker 2>like Martha that Martha, in all of our minds will

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:35.440
<v Speaker 2>start to come to this conclusion.

0:38:35.520 --> 0:38:36.520
<v Speaker 1>This is the interpretation.

0:38:36.960 --> 0:38:39.440
<v Speaker 2>Jesus will not do what Martha wants him to do,

0:38:39.480 --> 0:38:43.080
<v Speaker 2>and Mary won't do what Martha wants Martha Mary to do,

0:38:43.440 --> 0:38:46.759
<v Speaker 2>and nobody is saying their lines like Martha wrote them

0:38:46.760 --> 0:38:47.760
<v Speaker 2>in her mind.

0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:52.239
<v Speaker 1>So here's what she says next. Lord, all this is

0:38:52.280 --> 0:38:57.719
<v Speaker 1>in verse forty. Lord, don't you care? You see it?

0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:02.439
<v Speaker 1>Since she can't control everyding, she thinks that nobody cares

0:39:02.480 --> 0:39:09.040
<v Speaker 1>about her. Since she can't control the situation, she interprets

0:39:09.040 --> 0:39:14.279
<v Speaker 1>the situation, Lord, don't you care? And Jesus is like, no,

0:39:14.320 --> 0:39:14.800
<v Speaker 1>not really.

0:39:16.960 --> 0:39:20.040
<v Speaker 2>I care about you, but I don't care about what

0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:23.239
<v Speaker 2>you're cooking in there right now. I came to be

0:39:23.360 --> 0:39:27.719
<v Speaker 2>with you, And since I can't accept the fact that

0:39:27.760 --> 0:39:29.960
<v Speaker 2>God loves me more than he loves what I can

0:39:30.000 --> 0:39:34.600
<v Speaker 2>do for him, I interpret the fact that he's not

0:39:34.680 --> 0:39:36.640
<v Speaker 2>doing exactly what I want him to do and others

0:39:36.640 --> 0:39:37.640
<v Speaker 2>aren't doing exactly what.

0:39:37.600 --> 0:39:40.520
<v Speaker 1>I want him to do. I interpret that to me

0:39:41.080 --> 0:39:45.600
<v Speaker 1>that they don't care about me. I imagined it so

0:39:45.600 --> 0:39:50.839
<v Speaker 1>many different ways, Martha, Martha. Because he said it twice, Martha,

0:39:51.480 --> 0:39:59.160
<v Speaker 1>she didn't listen the first time, Martha, or like this Martha, Martha,

0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:05.440
<v Speaker 1>and hearing it more tenderly lately, Martha Martha.

0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:09.560
<v Speaker 2>So I always thought that this passage was about work

0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:15.400
<v Speaker 2>in worship. I thought that Martha was working and Mary

0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:19.279
<v Speaker 2>was worshiping, and that worshiping.

0:40:18.800 --> 0:40:19.680
<v Speaker 1>Was better than working.

0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:24.719
<v Speaker 2>But really you can't make that case if you read

0:40:24.760 --> 0:40:28.719
<v Speaker 2>the Bible in context, because Paul said that to live

0:40:28.760 --> 0:40:33.600
<v Speaker 2>your life as a sacrifice is your spiritual act of worship,

0:40:34.800 --> 0:40:37.160
<v Speaker 2>and that has nothing to do with a song that

0:40:37.200 --> 0:40:38.680
<v Speaker 2>has nothing to do with Sunday morning.

0:40:40.520 --> 0:40:45.000
<v Speaker 1>So if he's not contrasting work.

0:40:44.760 --> 0:40:50.400
<v Speaker 2>In worship, maybe he's advocating that the two should become one,

0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:53.680
<v Speaker 2>that there should be a way that I try to

0:40:53.680 --> 0:40:56.560
<v Speaker 2>live my life by the grace of God and move

0:40:56.600 --> 0:40:59.120
<v Speaker 2>into that is more like Mary.

0:41:00.320 --> 0:41:02.080
<v Speaker 1>Not to kick Martha out of the house because it's

0:41:02.080 --> 0:41:03.799
<v Speaker 1>her house, and not.

0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:06.320
<v Speaker 2>To stop being busy or start feeling bad about how

0:41:07.040 --> 0:41:10.359
<v Speaker 2>you've been spread so thin, but to blur the line

0:41:10.360 --> 0:41:14.200
<v Speaker 2>between work and worship. A few weeks ago, we were

0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:17.040
<v Speaker 2>having a staff event and our interns were serving our

0:41:17.080 --> 0:41:19.640
<v Speaker 2>staff on this particular day, and they.

0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:21.040
<v Speaker 1>Had put in a very long day, but at the

0:41:21.120 --> 0:41:24.000
<v Speaker 1>end of the day. We're having a worship service with

0:41:24.080 --> 0:41:28.560
<v Speaker 1>our staff, and it was so strong what was happening

0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:31.840
<v Speaker 1>in the auditorium that the interns on their way to

0:41:31.880 --> 0:41:34.920
<v Speaker 1>tear down chairs and tables and clean the floors and

0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.520
<v Speaker 1>do the work, got caught up in a spirit of worship.

0:41:39.760 --> 0:41:40.919
<v Speaker 1>There was a TV in a room.

0:41:41.000 --> 0:41:43.680
<v Speaker 2>One of our interns, Ellie, pulled out her phone and

0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:46.759
<v Speaker 2>she caught this moment when they stopped working for a

0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:58.280
<v Speaker 2>moment and started worshiping. And see how Martha can become

0:41:58.360 --> 0:42:04.600
<v Speaker 2>merry and Mary needs smarta because you see that girl

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<v Speaker 2>on her knees right there, and that you see that,

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<v Speaker 2>see that girl head banging right there.

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<v Speaker 1>See that white guy clapping all rhythm right there. All

0:42:16.480 --> 0:42:17.280
<v Speaker 1>that is worshiped.

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<v Speaker 2>But then what they did in video is when they

0:42:20.880 --> 0:42:25.040
<v Speaker 2>stopped singing and started serving, and they took that same spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>With a mop and a broom.

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<v Speaker 2>And my goal in worship today is not just that

0:42:31.560 --> 0:42:35.080
<v Speaker 2>we have a moment in the presence of God, but

0:42:35.080 --> 0:42:37.640
<v Speaker 2>that when we leave and we grab our mop and

0:42:37.719 --> 0:42:41.839
<v Speaker 2>our job and our kids and our responsibilities and yes,

0:42:41.880 --> 0:42:44.760
<v Speaker 2>our tests and yes, our books and yes the things

0:42:44.800 --> 0:42:48.280
<v Speaker 2>that we have to do, that we work like we worship,

0:42:48.520 --> 0:42:52.080
<v Speaker 2>and we worship like we work, and we find ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>with extraordinary joy in the congregation, and extraordinary joy in

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<v Speaker 2>the kitchen, and extraordinary joy that spills over and overflows,

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<v Speaker 2>and this becomes a way of life.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you got to go. I'm almost done, because

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<v Speaker 1>the fifth thing that I want to discuss with you

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<v Speaker 1>is the most important of all, and its expectation. More

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:23.480
<v Speaker 1>than anything else. This movie in my mind is about

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<v Speaker 1>my expectation. And when the movie in my mind doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Match the scene in my life, there is a tendency

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<v Speaker 2>for me to begin to think that maybe God is

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<v Speaker 2>not the author of my story. Bring my chair real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the way I saw the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>In my mind. I saw Martha who saw herself as

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<v Speaker 1>a director, and I saw how Jesus wanted her to

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<v Speaker 1>be an extra. And now she's acting extra.

0:44:10.200 --> 0:44:15.000
<v Speaker 2>Because she's trying to direct a movie in her mind

0:44:16.160 --> 0:44:24.160
<v Speaker 2>that was not hers descript And I wonder if you've

0:44:24.200 --> 0:44:27.759
<v Speaker 2>been sitting in the wrong seat, and God gave me

0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:32.799
<v Speaker 2>this message so you could switch positions and sit like

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<v Speaker 2>Mary for a little while at his feet and say, God,

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<v Speaker 2>this is your movie, these are your gifts, this is

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<v Speaker 2>your temple.

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<v Speaker 1>My body. This is your assignment. God. You know why

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<v Speaker 1>Mary was so good at interpreting what Jesus was doing

0:44:53.000 --> 0:44:58.280
<v Speaker 1>because she did something Martha didn't do. She listened, She listened,

0:44:59.480 --> 0:45:09.560
<v Speaker 1>and Martha, Martha's too busy giving directions. She took a

0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:11.960
<v Speaker 1>while learness. It took a little while of learness. It

0:45:12.040 --> 0:45:15.360
<v Speaker 1>takes a while to learn that this is not your place.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody that said amen, just now is over fifty. It

0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:30.560
<v Speaker 1>takes that long. I'm telling you you don't want this

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<v Speaker 1>seat because you get it one way in your mind,

0:45:34.320 --> 0:45:37.640
<v Speaker 1>how it needs to be, how it should be. And

0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:41.160
<v Speaker 1>now you're miserable, like Martha. Didn't the universe get my script?

0:45:42.960 --> 0:45:45.560
<v Speaker 1>Didn't my future husband get my script? Where is he

0:45:48.760 --> 0:45:51.520
<v Speaker 1>future wife? Whatever? Everybody said, why you always put it

0:45:51.560 --> 0:45:53.920
<v Speaker 1>on the women. You're such a sexist. I'm not a sexist.

0:45:53.920 --> 0:45:59.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm an equal opportunity offender. I'm trying to make everybody

0:46:00.160 --> 0:46:05.680
<v Speaker 2>he mad in the sermon, but this is not my place.

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<v Speaker 1>And see, it makes sense that this scene, this little,

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<v Speaker 1>weird little scene. Now that we've spelled movie, we spelled movie,

0:46:15.239 --> 0:46:19.640
<v Speaker 1>we got we understand how this works. Yeah, but to

0:46:19.680 --> 0:46:21.440
<v Speaker 1>really understand the scene, you have to put it in

0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:25.520
<v Speaker 1>context of the whole story. Don't you don't you? You

0:46:25.880 --> 0:46:31.320
<v Speaker 1>can't understand the movie just by one scene. The reason

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<v Speaker 1>this simple little introduction to Mary and Martha is made

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<v Speaker 1>here in Luke ten is because of what the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>records in John eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where their brother Lazarus gets sick unexpectedly, and they

0:46:46.400 --> 0:46:50.000
<v Speaker 2>send for Jesus to come heal him. So go get

0:46:50.080 --> 0:46:55.480
<v Speaker 2>that rabbi that stayed at our house, that rabbi who

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<v Speaker 2>ate my Brussels sprouts, and tell him to come heal

0:46:59.400 --> 0:46:59.800
<v Speaker 2>my brother.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus doesn't show up for his casting call. He misses,

0:47:05.840 --> 0:47:08.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, Martha. Martha's got it all scripted out. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Lazarus is sick and and and Jesus is gonna come

0:47:11.160 --> 0:47:13.280
<v Speaker 1>heal him. Lights camera, Jesus.

0:47:14.520 --> 0:47:19.840
<v Speaker 2>Jesus don't show up until after Lazarus died, and Mary,

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<v Speaker 2>the director of the movie, now has to reconcile what

0:47:24.239 --> 0:47:25.040
<v Speaker 2>happened in her.

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<v Speaker 1>Life with the way she planned it in the movie

0:47:28.920 --> 0:47:34.960
<v Speaker 1>in her mind, and she's frustrated and angry. In fact,

0:47:35.000 --> 0:47:39.120
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna laugh at this verse in John eleven, after

0:47:39.200 --> 0:47:44.520
<v Speaker 1>Lazarus died and Jesus shows up late. Mary, this is funny.

0:47:45.040 --> 0:47:47.760
<v Speaker 2>I read you this. You got a few more seconds,

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<v Speaker 2>Martha said, Uh. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,

0:47:58.120 --> 0:48:02.759
<v Speaker 2>this is twenty no. Yeah, there she went out to

0:48:02.760 --> 0:48:06.360
<v Speaker 2>meet him. She's waiting at the road when he arrives.

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<v Speaker 1>She's got her hand on her hip and Mary stayed home.

0:48:11.360 --> 0:48:14.080
<v Speaker 1>Mary's got her head on her pillow. They're both playing

0:48:14.120 --> 0:48:17.400
<v Speaker 1>their role. Mary's like dead, there's nothing to do. Martha's like,

0:48:17.560 --> 0:48:20.879
<v Speaker 1>it's about time. Did you not get the script? Did

0:48:20.920 --> 0:48:24.160
<v Speaker 1>you not get the missed You missed them. You didn't

0:48:24.280 --> 0:48:26.200
<v Speaker 1>say you were supposed to say, be healed, and he

0:48:26.280 --> 0:48:30.400
<v Speaker 1>was supposed to be well, and you did it. Jesus

0:48:30.480 --> 0:48:34.080
<v Speaker 1>didn't come to read your script. He came to flip

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<v Speaker 1>the script and to show you something that you never

0:48:36.040 --> 0:48:38.960
<v Speaker 1>could have expected, a movie you didn't know to write,

0:48:39.200 --> 0:48:40.920
<v Speaker 1>immeasurably more than you ask her.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine. I feel the spirit of God on this message

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<v Speaker 2>right now. I know you wanted me to show up

0:48:48.480 --> 0:48:50.799
<v Speaker 2>and heal him. I didn't come to heal him. I

0:48:50.840 --> 0:48:54.640
<v Speaker 2>came to show you something greater. And one time God

0:48:54.719 --> 0:48:56.800
<v Speaker 2>showed me that the reason he can't meet all of

0:48:56.840 --> 0:49:00.760
<v Speaker 2>our expectations is because if he always met my expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>He would never have the opportunity to exceed my expectations.

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<v Speaker 1>He's making this movie, not you. He's written this script,

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<v Speaker 1>not me. And so Martha's like, you should have been here.

0:49:14.120 --> 0:49:15.920
<v Speaker 1>This is not the way I wrote the movie. This

0:49:16.040 --> 0:49:18.120
<v Speaker 1>is not the way I imagined it. And she's waiting

0:49:18.160 --> 0:49:21.640
<v Speaker 1>at the rod verse twenty one. But even if you

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<v Speaker 1>you would have.

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<v Speaker 2>Been here, my brother wouldn't have died Verse twenty two.

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<v Speaker 2>But I know that even now God will give you

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you ask. You see, you're getting out of the

0:49:30.320 --> 0:49:33.799
<v Speaker 2>director's chair a little bit. She's still working. Jesus, by

0:49:33.800 --> 0:49:40.600
<v Speaker 2>the way, I know you can still do it. Come on,

0:49:40.719 --> 0:49:43.160
<v Speaker 2>women do this to men all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you carry all those groceries, you big strong man?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you still do it. It didn't go the

0:49:54.400 --> 0:49:57.080
<v Speaker 1>way I wanted. And she said your brother will rise again?

0:49:57.200 --> 0:49:59.359
<v Speaker 1>What she still got her script? I know he'll rise

0:49:59.360 --> 0:50:01.160
<v Speaker 1>again on the red at the last day. I know,

0:50:01.400 --> 0:50:04.200
<v Speaker 1>JESSI no, no, no, I came.

0:50:07.560 --> 0:50:09.520
<v Speaker 2>Not just to read my lines in the script that

0:50:09.560 --> 0:50:14.560
<v Speaker 2>you wrote for your life, but I came to change

0:50:14.640 --> 0:50:20.600
<v Speaker 2>your expectation for something greater than you even knew to

0:50:20.760 --> 0:50:25.799
<v Speaker 2>ask for. And Jesus said to her watch, I am

0:50:26.120 --> 0:50:30.440
<v Speaker 2>the Resurrection and the Life, and the one who believes

0:50:30.480 --> 0:50:33.600
<v Speaker 2>in me will live even though they die next verse,

0:50:34.400 --> 0:50:37.080
<v Speaker 2>and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die.

0:50:37.160 --> 0:50:40.000
<v Speaker 1>Do you believe this? That's the question. Do you believe this?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you believe that you are not the one making

0:50:45.520 --> 0:50:51.759
<v Speaker 1>this movie? That this is not my place? This is

0:50:54.000 --> 0:51:03.960
<v Speaker 1>this is my place. So let's take a moment in

0:51:04.000 --> 0:51:08.880
<v Speaker 1>God's presence today and just consider that maybe it's not

0:51:08.960 --> 0:51:12.920
<v Speaker 1>our life that's making us anxious. Maybe it's the movie

0:51:14.120 --> 0:51:19.160
<v Speaker 1>in our mind, what we wanted it to be, what

0:51:19.239 --> 0:51:23.600
<v Speaker 1>we always imagined it would be, what we think we

0:51:23.680 --> 0:51:24.080
<v Speaker 1>have to be.

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<v Speaker 5>The saddest thing about Martha is that she's frustrated trying

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<v Speaker 5>to meet an expectation that Jesus did not even have

0:51:35.040 --> 0:51:35.319
<v Speaker 5>of her.

0:51:36.640 --> 0:51:41.399
<v Speaker 2>Jesus never even asked her for all this. Jesus came

0:51:41.520 --> 0:51:46.400
<v Speaker 2>into her house to be with her. Are you frustrated

0:51:46.440 --> 0:51:50.600
<v Speaker 2>with yourself because you're expecting something of yourself that God

0:51:50.640 --> 0:51:54.319
<v Speaker 2>never even put on you to begin with. I came

0:51:54.360 --> 0:51:57.840
<v Speaker 2>to day to break the spirit of manipulation, to break

0:51:57.880 --> 0:52:03.440
<v Speaker 2>the spirit of obligation, to break the victim mentality, to

0:52:03.520 --> 0:52:06.719
<v Speaker 2>let you know that just because God isn't doing it

0:52:06.800 --> 0:52:10.520
<v Speaker 2>like you want him to do, it doesn't mean he

0:52:10.560 --> 0:52:12.520
<v Speaker 2>stopped caring about you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really thankful for one thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Says that Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, which Mary

0:52:31.280 --> 0:52:32.560
<v Speaker 2>never would have put in her movie.

0:52:33.160 --> 0:52:36.560
<v Speaker 1>She didn't know it was possible when you let him

0:52:36.600 --> 0:52:37.400
<v Speaker 1>sit in this seat.

0:52:38.719 --> 0:52:41.799
<v Speaker 2>What he has for you is so much better than

0:52:41.840 --> 0:52:42.239
<v Speaker 2>what you.

0:52:42.320 --> 0:52:42.919
<v Speaker 1>Have for you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm telling you by faith what I know by experience.

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<v Speaker 2>Wat's just stand up like you're in a hurry because

0:52:56.200 --> 0:52:57.400
<v Speaker 2>it'll pressure me to finish this.

0:52:58.000 --> 0:52:59.560
<v Speaker 1>I could talk to you all day. I love this.

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<v Speaker 2>In John chapter twelve, verse one, it says that a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit later, on six days before the Passover, Jesus

0:53:10.360 --> 0:53:14.520
<v Speaker 2>came to bethany where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised

0:53:14.560 --> 0:53:17.359
<v Speaker 2>from the dead. Now watch verse two. This is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>bless you here. At dinner was given in Jesus'.

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<v Speaker 1>Honor, Martha served. See, she finally got it.

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<v Speaker 2>She's not talking, she's not manipulating, she's not serving out

0:53:34.080 --> 0:53:38.319
<v Speaker 2>of obligation and guilt anymore. She's serving because she has

0:53:38.480 --> 0:53:41.640
<v Speaker 2>seen God do what only God could do.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am here at your.

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<v Speaker 3>Service, God, what you want me to be. I'm ready

0:53:46.840 --> 0:53:47.200
<v Speaker 3>to be.

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<v Speaker 2>That now, and so I throw off the expectations of others,

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<v Speaker 2>and I throw off the expectations of self.

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<v Speaker 1>Do what you wanted to God.

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<v Speaker 6>This is your this is your movie, and I am

0:54:03.840 --> 0:54:07.719
<v Speaker 6>your child, and I am at your feet and I

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<v Speaker 6>trust you in this season.

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<v Speaker 1>Of my life. Thank you for joining us.

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