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Introduction This evening I want to point you towards one person who loved to serve others. She had her faults - just like we do - but she was a woman that can teach us a thing or two about ministry today. This woman’s name is Martha. Martha: “lady [of the house], mistress] True to her name, Martha is…

The day is coming There are several significant dates in someones life, and that included Jesus. What are some significant things, dates that you have had in your life? What about significant events, dates in Jesus life? How about the disciples, the apostles? Jesus date is coming, but tonight we are…

either serving or making the wrong choice

What did Mary and Martha experience during the dying of their brother, Lazarus? What emotions or thougths did the sisters experience the four days Jesus did not come while Lazarus was in the tomb? What can we learn from those four days when we face darkness and hopelessness in our lives? Take a new look at the account of Lazarus being raised to life by the word of Jesus the Messiah. Believe!

Sermon on the Gospel of John 11:38-44 titled "Rise Up". Part 4.

When Jesus and the disciples came to Mary and Martha's house for dinner, we see that the sisters had a different approach to being with Jesus. And in the dinner we find a question for ourselves: how often do we get caught up in what we have to do FOR Jesus, and forget to simply come and BE WITH Jesus?

Luke 10:25-42

In speaking about Martha, Pastor Marvin encourages us to make Jesus a priority and build a relationship with Him.

Jesus at Bethany being annointed by Mary with expensive oils while Martha serves and Lazarus reclines.

We are quick to judge other believers regarding our own conscience issues. We shouldn't. Jesus teaches us to love and serve and sets us free to do that by removing the dear of death. Jesus has overcome death. We who follow Jesus have the joyful freedom to lay our lives down for others and to think about their benefit. May God help us to lay our lives down others and to serve them. These thoughts shared by Jason Stuart Percy at Refuge TLH in Tallahassee, FL on Sunday, February 6, 2022.

Alastair talks about Mary and Martha, about the Prodigal Son and about the invitation to climb into the Father’s lap when we pray.

Pastor Marvin speaks about Simon from Bethany and his friendship with Jesus and his hospitality toward Him.

Sermon: Rise UP!! Pt. 2. John 11:17-27 God comforts those who mourn.

'Anyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?, ' Jesus asked. Jesus teaches us that the dead aren't actually dead. They may have left their bodies, but they aren't dead. He restored Lazarus as evidence of this fact. We must decide in whom we will place our trust. We live in a world with many who only trust what they've experienced with their own senses. Jesus has asked us to believe Him, not to deny the experiences of our senses and their reality, rather to acknowledge that our senses may not be receptive of all that exists. There is more and we are challenged to believe the Word of the One who knows and promises that there is more. In Lazarus' resurrection, Jesus shows that those whose bodies have died are themselves not dead. There is a coming resurrection, some will be raised to eternal life and joy and others to eternal contempt and shame. These thoughts shared by Jason Stuart Percy at Refuge TLH in Tallahassee, FL on Sunday, January 30, 2022.

God is able to provide precisely what we need when we need it. We may not trust Him to do so, but He is fully capable, and we find rest to the degree we learn to trust in His promises. Jesus, God's Prophet to Israel, pronounced judgement against those who rejected Him. If we refuse Him, we remain under condemnation. While we know what is right, we fail to live loving Him and loving others. He came to save sinners. After trusting Him and being brought into His Kingdom by the gift of His righteousness and grace, we have the privilege of serving and loving those who are rejected and outcasts and even our enemies. We have the privilege of laying our lives down for anyone; for everyone. We are neighbor to anyone we are acting in love toward. Shared by Jason Stuart Percy on July 4, 2021 at Refuge TLH in Tallahassee, FL.

Everyone needs to be a little Martha and a little Mary.