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Our Best for Jesus
by Adrian Rogers
Now, I want you to take God's Word, and I want you to open it. Please, to the Gospel of Mark, the 14th chapter. Today we're going to be thinking on ''Our Best for Jesus. Mark, the 14th Chapter and we begin in Verse 3: a marvelous episode in the life of our Lord. It's so important that it was recorded by all four Gospel writers. Mark 14:3 ''And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, the very precious; and she brake the box and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, 'Why was this...
Listening to Jesus (1 of 5)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: A mother and her young daughter had been driving on the highway for a couple of hours and traffic had been difficult... in fact, some of the other drivers had been downright frustrating. They wouldn't use their turn signals, she'd been cut off, tail gated, and then there had been the cars in front of her who insisted on moving way below the speed limit. Have you ever had that happen to you? Yeah, me too. And as the day wore on, her patience ran out and she began to begin to speak her frustrations out loud. She began to talk about the level of intelligence of the other drivers. They were ignorant, jerks, stupid. Have...
Martha and Mary - Part 2 (2 of 2)
by Charles H. Spurgeon
I think I see the Man of Sorrows as He is traversing the highroad attended by His few friends and disciples. Where will He refresh Himself when the time is come to cease from toil and take food? Where is His house? Surely the great prophet has some place wherein to rest? Alas! He has none! ''Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.'' However, what He has not of His own, that friends will afford Him. Martha, a disciple-not a full-grown one, but one who had begun to learn something of the truth-meets Him at the door of her house at the entrance to the village of Bethany...
The Resurrection and the Life - Part 2 (8 of 11)
by Ernest Easley
How many of you are facing a problem today? How many of you would say that it would take a miracle to solve your problem? Well, I have some wonderful news to tell you today: there is no problem that is greater than the Lord Jesus Christ! Now I can hear somebody say, ''Ernest, you don't know how big my problem is.'' Perhaps not, but you don't know how BIG my God is! Got any rivers that you cannot cross? Got any mountains you cannot tunnel through? God specializes in things thought impossible; He does the things that no one else can do.Now join me again in John 11 as we pick up where we left off last time together looking at the...
The Sisters (6 of 14)
by Jerry Vines
People Jesus Met two miles from Jerusalem on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, there was a little village called Bethany. It was a little bedroom community, a suburb of the city of Jerusalem. It was to the little village of Bethany that the Lord Jesus came. John 11 tells us that there was in that little village a family that was very special to Jesus. It was the family of Mary and Martha and their brother, Lazarus. It was a very special place and it seemed to have been one of those places where Jesus could just get away for a while. It was a place of relaxation, a place of refreshment, a place of refuge. I guess all of us like to have...
Raising the Dead (6 of 6)
by Dave Gustavsen
We've been taking the past six weeks to look at the miracles of Jesus as they're presented in the Gospel of John. And today we come to the last one. And just like last week, this is kind of a long passage…so I'm just going to skip a couple of verses as we go along. So we're in John 11; here's what happened. 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, ''Lord, the one you love is sick.'' 4 When...
A Certain Woman That Was Upset with Her Sister (5 of 11)
by Ken Trivette
Our story involves a ''certain woman'' named Martha that lived in a ''certain village.'' She had a sister named Mary. They were sisters that were quite different in personality and temperament. Yet it is these differences that the Holy Spirit has preserved in the Bible to teach us one of the most important lessons of the Christian life. As we slip into the home we find Martha upset with her sister about something she was doing. Let's consider what it was that upset Martha. First we see: 1. THE SAVIOUR IN THE HOME! ''Now it came to pass as they went, that He entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named...
Living under the Influence Of - The Martha Factor (9 of 17)
by Jim Henry
Well, when you were in school, do you remember ''pop tests''? Are you ready for this? All right. Get ready. First question, please, we'll put it on the board. What I want you to do is either make a mental note or use a pencil or pen. Check the ones that apply to you. All right, are you ready? Just check the ones that apply to you; just make a mark or mental note. There're going to be twenty of them. Pop Test. Be honest. The Lord sees your heart. Don't you dare cheat on this. Be honest! All right, here we go: 1. I am a competitive person. 2. I am not very flexible. 3. I like to be in control of myself and my environment. 4. I often focus on...
The One Thing (1 of 4)
by Kerry Shook
''But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.'' -Matthew 6:33 (NIV) ''Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, 'Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.' But the Lord answered and said to her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only...
Throwing the Dishes Won't Help
by J. Gerald Harris
Two boys were studying the definitions of certain words and they were having a hard time distinguishing between irritation, aggravation and frustration. It was getting on past midnight and on one of the fellows had just not been able to comprehend the difference. And so his friend said, ''I'm going to give you a demonstration of the difference.'' He picked up the telephone book, picked out a number at random and called that number. On the other end of the line there was a sleepy voice that said, ''Hello.' The young student said, ''This is Andrew Jameson. I'm calling for George Mitchell. Is he there?''The party on the other end of the line...
Lord, I Want You (1 of 3)
by Ken Trivette
1. There are five occasions in the book of Luke that we find someone at the feet of Jesus. We see a woman weeping at His feet (7:38), a man sitting at His feet (8:35), a ruler falling at His feet (8:41), a leper praising at His feet (17:15-16), and Mary listening at His feet (10:39). 2. Each of these scenes of someone at the feet of Jesus is worth one's attention and consideration. The reason why we find each of these individuals at the feet of Jesus is both enlightening and encouraging. Yet of all the individuals we find at the feet of Jesus, none speak to the heart anymore than Mary.3. Mary was the sister of Martha and Lazarus...
First Things First
by James Merritt
1. Just a few years ago there was a flight of one of the major airlines from New York to Miami. The crew began to make preparations for landing when they noticed that the light, which indicates that the landing gear was down, did not come on. 2. The Captain instructed the Engineer to get a new bulb, and he began to work on the light trying to get it to come on. The Co-pilot who was supposed to be landing the plane, also got pre-occupied with this little light and he and the captain together began to thump and to pound on the light trying to get it to come on. Well, in the meantime, no one thought to abort the landing or to manually...
The Necessity of Balance
by Robert Dawson
It's Christmas time!! Some of you love it and live for it...others of us not so much. Some of you have been preparing for months. Someone told me last week they had been shopping since September, some of you shop all year long, whether it is for Christmas or not! You are sitting on go. The rest of us feel as if we need to file an extension and have Christmas pushed back a couple of weeks or maybe even a month. Christmas gets so busy. Our schedules are packed and there are so many places to be and things to do and buy that the joy of Christmas can be siphoned right out of you. I know I sound a little grinchy but it's true...at least...
Listening Before You Speak (1 of 8)
by Jonathan McLeod
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day (Ps. 119:97). A ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION Have you ever been in a conversation in which the other person wouldn't stop talking? It's not very enjoyable. You want to speak, but you never get a chance! Prayer is talking to God. But God doesn't want us to do all the talking. He wants to speak to us. And how does God speak to us? Through the Bible (also know as the word of God). [Read Luke 10:38-42.] STRUGGLING TO PRAY Many Christians struggle to take the time to pray. Maybe we don't take the time to pray because we underestimate the importance of prayer. We will...
When Good Crowds Out The Best (25 of 68)
by Larry Osborne
Welcome to the Spring Quarter of Growth Groups! This week we kick off our Spring Growth Group quarter. Your first meeting will include a potluck dinner, time to get acquainted, as well as time to discuss your Growth Group Covenant. The homework has been shortened this week to allow ample time to accomplish each of these. To prepare for this week's meeting, take some time to focus on the questions below and be prepared to share your answers with the group. Have a great first meeting as you come together to connect and encourage one another to grow and to see God change our lives from the inside out! MY STORY...
Listen (3 of 3)
by Scott Maze
Join us on Sunday April 6 as we invite people to join us to celebrate Christ's resurrection. We will share Christ's love with many of our neighbors during this blitz. We will eat afterwards . Many of our senior adults stuffed packets all this week - I'm so proud of them. Yesterday, many in our church placed small, clear bags on doorknobs surrounding Cross Church. We covered approximately a radius of three miles from where the church will begin meeting. Beginning Palm Sunday, April 13, I will begin a two Sunday message devoted to walking through much of the details of Jesus last days before Christ's kingdom. We...
Mary and Martha (17 of 52)
by Christopher Harbin
Over the centuries, the church has struggled between looking to Scripture for guidance in its theology and practice and looking to the traditions and cultures in which it has lived. Often as not, we are blinded by the influence of culture and fail to even ask the right questions of the very Scriptures we read. We often miss the point of one text of another. At minimum, we do not grasp the implications of what we read to the day to day practices of our lives and the practices of our communities of faith. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than in consideration of issues surrounding women and what we might call a feminine theology. As a...
Martha and Mary - Part 1 (1 of 2)
by Charles H. Spurgeon
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. It is not an easy thing to maintain...
The Home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus: To Share His Serenity (23 of 34)
by Ivor Powell
It has often been claimed that comparisons are odious, and therefore it might be dangerous to compare homes mentioned in the New Testament. Houses are as different in design as people are in temperament. Nevertheless, it is probable that of all the dwellings in Palestine, Jesus preferred most the one owned by Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. It was like an oasis in what could easily have been a desert! As often as possible Jesus stayed with His friends. He was their favorite guest. Certain details about that beloved family are extremely interesting. The Bible never mentions anything spoken by the only man in the house....
Mary's Magnificat
by Charles H. Spurgeon
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Mary's Magnificat was a song of faith. You have thought, perhaps, that you could easily have sung this song if you had been as highly favored as she was; but are you sure that you could have done so? Have you ever realized the difficulties under which this hymn was composed and sung? If not, permit me to remind you that the wondrous birth, which had been promised to her, had not then been accomplished, and in her mind there must have been a consciousness that many would doubt her statements. The visitation of...
